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Peter Dutton, aligning with billionaires over his own electorate? Stuffing cash into bags instead of sand? Astonishing. Truly.

This is a terrible look for Dutton. And when I say terrible, I mean as terrible as buying rock bottom bank shares during the GFC which shot up after bailout. I note this story has fallen off the media agenda already. Because News Corp killed it.

Australia's privacy commissioner giving a pretty firm rebuke to Peter Dutton's claim that public servants working from home hurts the agency's efficiency

It gets worse! #DumpDutton #auspol

I have warned about the rightwing attack on empathy. It is as dangerous as any attack on democracy. It is an attack on our humanity. Once you turn off empathy you can do anything. It will accelerate in Musks’ hands. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Great job, MAGA!

So don't want to be the bearer of bad tidings: but DOGE canceled the lease on the facility that processes and stores all the nuclear waste created by the US military. Sorry. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...

This is where we are, America.

Crockett: They have this fake outrage about how immigrants are stealing resources and jobs when residents of Boston, Chicago, New York, and Denver are subsidizing public services in their districts because Republicans refuse to ensure that their constituents earn a livable wage

Crockett: Let me ask each of the mayors… Have any of you been made aware of any immigrant that has had 34 felony convictions that has still been able to roam in your cities? I know that my Republican colleagues would never want anybody with 34 felony convictions roaming around

DOGE firings have upended the lives of thousands of hardworking civil servants — including park rangers, disease researchers, and veterans. Meanwhile, DOGE's own staffers are drawing hefty six-figure government salaries from the very agencies they are sabotaging. "Efficiency."

Dutton says we want a PM who governs, not campaigns—then jets off to a secret Sydney campaign fundraiser while Queensland braces for Cyclone Alfred. Meanwhile, Albo is on the ground listening to Queenslanders. Dutton continues to show how out of touch Pictured: Ali France for Dickson & Steven Miles

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Dutton offers Morrison-style corruption again. Mine for MWM michaelwest.com.au/safety-grant...

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Waiting for the Telegraph Column why yesterday‘s German decision to spend 500 Billion Euros on Defence, and ease the Debt Break, is in reality just another example of Germany‘s refusal to take responsibility, and of its ignorance regarding imminent security threats in Europe. Or something.

And he wonders why he wasn’t applauded by everyone today and why not? Everyone was happy with his performance. Trump is doing to the USA what he paid Stormy Daniel for

Moskowitz on Town Halls: The Republicans have this line claiming it’s paid Democratic actors. We hear that every time there is a mass shooting. “It’s paid actors.” No, these are their constituents. Even if they are Democrats, they are still your constituents. I have Republican constituents.

I love this line of attack because there's nothing that pisses off constituents more than telling them they are fake and their concerns are bullshit. Thank you for recruiting for the next round of protests of your fellow Republicans, Mike.

Remember this the next time that some savvy centrist pundit or reporter tells you that Trump and the GOP ran as the anti-establishment, pro-worker party:

Neguse: I can certainly assure you that my constituents who are seeing their 401K balances vanish in real time would not describe your policies as common sense

Will he impeach himself?? 🤔

Democrats should go to Republican held Congressional Districts & hold town hall meetings.

If the Trump-Musk agenda is so popular, why are Republicans hiding from their constituents? Keep fighting. Keep calling. Keep showing up. Keep causing good trouble.

Alina Habba on veterans who have been fired from government jobs: "Perhaps they're not fit to have a job at this moment."

I loathe Trump, always have, but if you told me he’d pick a fight with Canada once elected, I would not have believed you. Canada? Canada? What the fuck?

Trudeau: "He talked about banking again today in a tweet, which doesn't make any sense because 16 banks are currently active in Canada holding about $113b worth of assets in this country... what he wants is to see a total collapse of the Canadian economy, because that'll make it easier to annex us."

Crockett: We had an opportunity to have a woman lead this country and I promise you, she would have led us to the promised land. But instead we got somebody that seems like he wants to take to us hell

Trudeau: "Every country is very aware that if the American government is willing to do this to their own closest ally, neighbor, and friend, everyone is vulnerable to a trade war."

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Jane Hume has been caught out claiming a research paper said WFH reduces productivity in a speech when in fact it also suggested WFH 1 or 2 days a week “improves productivity and leads to happier employees”. Spokesperson is claiming she ‘misspoke’ www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/polit... #auspol

Um, say what???? Dutton just said when the Coalition was in govt they closed the Gender Pay Gap No, they didn't - that is an out & out lie Not one journo challenged him on it 🐝 #auspol

JUST IN: The White House has been clear that it intends to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, and that it will be McMahon's job to oversee that effort.

“Trump’s Tariffs will cause surge in car prices” Trump loves attaching his name to everything. Make him own this.

Deleted tweet from incoming FBI deputy Director Dan Bongino on January 6th www.cnn.com/2025/03/01/p...

The Social Security Administration is cutting 7,000 jobs and closing half of its regional offices. It's no coincidence that Elon Musk called Social Security a "ponzi scheme." They're gutting the program YOU'VE PAID INTO to make room for more billionaire tax cuts. Now is the time to speak up.

This guy is so deeply corrupt. newrepublic.com/post/192150/...

"Just a big mess": Musk's team claims credit for saving $53.7 million for "canceling" a federal contract that in fact was just for $144,000 and was actually completed 20 years ago. @Fahrenthold.bsky.social @sangerkatz.bsky.social @jsvine.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...

The Trump administration is: *breaking the law by not spending appropriated money from Congress *breaking the law by ignoring a court order *lying about it *killing people *silencing public employees who are pointing all of this out

The former head of the Social Security Administration says he expects the agency to miss on some payments over the next three months, interrupting some people's benefits, for the first time in Social Security's history of eight decades: www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...

Donald Trump has launched another extraordinary attack on Volodomyr Zelensky. Still no criticism from Trump of Vladimir Putin - the ACTUAL murderous dictator who started the war with his illegal invasion of Ukraine