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Joe Biden accuses Trump and Musk of taking ‘hatchet’ to social security

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COALition MP Colin Boyce is what I like to call a “coal cretin” He’s the founding member of the Saltbush Club formed to create climate science denial. He’s an advocate for nuclear but his fave thing is to “build more coal-fired plants” & fck over all renewables www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Under pressure from DOGE, nearly all the staff of the Defense Digital Service — the Pentagon’s fast-track tech development arm — are resigning over the coming month. The resignations will effectively shut down the decade-old program after the end of April.

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It’s interesting to note how hard the QLD LNP are working to cover up the ageing Callide coal-fired power station “mishap” Reports of an explosion have been hushed up. Could it be bec QLD LNP are tearing up transition targets so that they can keep dangerous coal-fired plants open for a lot longer?

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The Senator will be my guest tonight on @allinwithchris.bsky.social

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I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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When ICE agents descended upon 19-year-old Merwil Guttiérez in New York City, they realized he was not the intended target of their operation — but they arrested the boy anyway. Merwil was, in fact, in the United States legally — from Venezuela, seeking asylum. Merwil’s father, Wilmer Guttiérez,…

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So, surprise, surprise, it turns out that the USA isn’t as open to sharing technology under #AUKUS as Defence Minister Richard Marles has claimed. Another reason why we need a no-holds-barred Senate inquiry to lift the lid off this radioactive can of worms. #auspol

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I missed where the $11,000 is coming from for young Australians that Sukkar was talking about. (Admittedly I did leave the room for a minute to replenish my fukk off's). Young Australian's are the new Little Aussie Battlers/Quiet Australians #NPC #AusPol

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www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/16/t...

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LA county facing financial turmoil after wildfires and $4bn abuse settlement

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🇭🇰🇺🇸 Hong Kong suspends postal service for US-bound goods.

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Love have the ABC are reporting that the ALP are accusing #TemuTrump of verbalising the Indonesian PM. FFS the ABC has the receipts of him verbalising the Indonesian PM. PK even questioned said verbalising. #AusPol

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While it is likely the serial sycophantic nutjacks at The Australian are conceding that Dutton may well be an epic turd-tinselling fail Paul Kelly saying the No Campaign was Dutton’s “finest call” is absolutely despicable The No campaign was racist, divisive & punched down on vulnerable minorities

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Fun fact: the International Criminal Court at The Hague does NOT recognize any immunity based on official title or diplomatic status.

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Trump's tariffs have cost the US nearly $30 trillion, this translates to an additional $300,000 per family of four. That’s more damage than any economic policy pursued by any president in US history. He's bankrupting the country in real time. fortune.com/2025/04/04/l...

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The Penguins of Heard Island & McDonald Islands are in talks with the Penguins of Phillip Island to build a base there. #TemuTrump wants to know who knew what when. 😀 #AusPol

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Oh no Oh well

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It’s almost as if we need a plan to bring all the states and territories together to agree to limiting rent increases. If only a party brought such a proposal to our parliament. #VoteGreens #AusPol

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Leopards & faces again

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The DOJ lawyer who made the mistake of answering the court's questions about Abrego-Garcia candidly (eg yes he was mistakenly deported, a fact the Administration already has acknowledged), which got him put on administrative leave, has now been fired, ending his 15-year DOJ career..

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I know it won't happen but it did make me laugh #auspol 😂🥔🔪

submitted 11 hours ago • 3 comments

How the fuck do we live in a world where anyone is surprised that Peter Dutton lies and lies and lies and lies and lies and lies and lies and lies and lies and lies and lies and lies and lies and lies and lies and lies and when he’s tired of lying he just lies and lies and lies again? #NewsCorpse

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Wow! HHS is hitting new levels of recklessness and incompetence… U.S. citizens are being threatened with deportation by Homeland Security. Nicole Micheroni isn’t just a citizen—she’s an immigration attorney. And she got a notice to leave the country within 7 days.

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I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.

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Ternie Sanders and Albatrossia-Cortez today: Ternie: “We flew nonstop to be here today, and let us tell you: our wings are tired, but our souls are on fire! They say the system is frozen. That nothing will change. But I’m here to tell you: THE ICE IS CRACKING, AND A MOVEMENT IS HATCHING! 1/3

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Who's holding the cards again ? www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/b...

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Career officials at the Internal Revenue Service were pressed by Trump officials and DOGE staffers to hand over access to sensitive taxpayer data to immigration agencies, but repeatedly refused, telling their new overseers that doing so would be illegal. Trump and Musk barreled ahead anyway.

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Is ABC News going to report on Coalition candidates refusing to attend public forums in their electorates?! Labor, Greens, Teal independents and other candidates attend them. But the Coalition candidates are in hiding. Imagine the media coverage if Labor or the Greens did this. 🤔 #auspol #AusVotes25

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DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States

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Dutton refers to the CSIRO as a "green environmental group". Does he think it's an insult to call Australia's pre-eminent science org environmentally responsible?! Under Dutton, the Coalition is no better than Pauline Hanson's One Nation. #auspol #AusVotes25 #science #Climate #environmentalism

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Bawahahahahahah Speers put in his place

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This is in fact what we have done. Foolish, shortsighted, appalling.

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I'm taking a week off from work due to feeling really burnt out lately—going to spend the Easter break cooking, baking, pickling, fermenting, summoning the hellish dead to begin their wild hunt, and brewing 🏡

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#TemuTrump really doesn't want his son to able to save up for a deposit for a house, now he's going to make him pay for TAFE. 😬 "Peter Dutton to axe free TAFE courses if elected Prime Minister" #AusPol www.news.com.au/national/fed...

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Dutton doing his version of Trump and Junior #TemuTrump #auspol

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"It's really denigrating to call things that are important legacies 'spendathons'. "Building social and affordable housing is an important investment." Great answer from Claire O'Neil 👏 #auspol

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Taking his kids on a ride-a-long really backfired on Dutton, didn't it? He owns at least 26 properties and is a multi-millionaire and he peddles out his kid to say, "I can't afford to buy a house"? What a stupid move. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Forget the 'sun don't shine, wind don't blow' fossil urgers, Australia is heading to 100% renewables and solar is leading the charge #auspol michaelwest.com.au/forget-nucle...

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Are Australians avoiding the US? Why Yes! Yes they are, and I wonder why? #auspol

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The world has turned. "Americanised" is now the kiss of death!

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