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Peter Dutton's promise to match Labor's Medicare commitments reminded me of this 2014 column I wrote. The Commission of Audit, an Abbott invention, wouldn't have recognised an accurate number right under its nose. I felt its numbers weren't right. So I checked. www.smh.com.au/opinion/tony...

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Dutton’s instant matching of Albanese on #Medicare + other issues reminds me that on one hand the election is between Tweedledee + Tweedledum (who both break promises when elected). On the other hand there are the @greens.org.au + the community independents. They really give us no choice #auspol

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The @washingtonpost.com interviewed me about the regime taking over the Kennedy Center. They accurately quoted me saying "Fuck this!" We must speak up now. "Revolution Rock n Roll"

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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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#waffle1129 4/5 @ozjuliancox.bsky.social @tvaughanedu.bsky.social @hicksville.bsky.social 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🔥 streak: 3 wafflegame.net

submitted 20 hours ago • 2 comments

This is how you do it. Other news agencies like Axios and CBS, stop rolling over! Grow a spine, stand up straight and fight!

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"fear-based blame has become a headline grabbing tool ...Dutton, who might yet be PM, has stoked division between diverse communities that make up the nation." Time to grow up, face our demons and create an inclusive, robust future, says @juliannes.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Pauline Hanson & Alex Antic on a wild Racist #SkyAfterDark Rant repeat Dutton’s Lie that ppl of “Gaza” are being given citizenship Antic “Don’t know what the Minister’s thinking!” Hanson “They’re not compatible with our culture!” “We need to bring in White South Africans!”🤦‍♂️

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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

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Friends don’t let friends buy & eat Tasmanian farmed salmon. It’s produced & farmed irresponsibly, harms the local environment inc the ancient & endangered Maugean skate - & is owned by multinationals who pay little to no tax Friends don’t let friends buy & eat Tasmanian farmed salmon #auspol

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Sacrifice, live in disaster-prone isolated places, access housing schemes. What a pile of shit. These pieces fail to get the reality of Australia’s housing affordability crisis: people over 40, with kids and ineligible for housing grants are screwed. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

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Germany's Obsession With Defending Israel and Criminalizing Speech Aided AfD's Rise open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...

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This can’t to repeated enough. President Zelenskyy is the democratically elected leader of a sovereign country who is bravely standing against the illegal invasion of Ukraine by a murderous ACTUAL dictator called Vladimir Putin

submitted 22 hours ago • 12 comments

(📢) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: The Daily Beast publishes a sourced allegation that Trump has been a Russian spy since 1987 and then—possibly under some form of threat—deletes it. But in an act of unusual heroism, it left it up long enough for Wayback Machine to capture it text. Here it is (please share):

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This hits hard.

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Worst. Episode. EVER.

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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/ba...

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Q: How evil do you have to be to cut a Dolly book program? A: Pretty f*cking evil. Solution: Dolly for Prez! Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library www.thedailybeast.com/dolly-parton... cc @drjengunter.bsky.social

submitted 23 hours ago • 446 comments

Chug! More scrapeable content on Patreon patreon.com/glenlelievre #Trump #Maga

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(AP) — Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team is eliminating jobs at the vehicle safety agency that oversees Tesla and has launched investigations into deadly crashes involving his company’s cars. #OligarchEra 🇺🇸 apnews.com/article/musk...

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Wow Another breath of fresh air (along with The Shot). There is now no need to even consider #Insiders as relevant. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Sorry to bring this over from "the other place", but good to see that European countries are not giving in to Trump's games yet. Especially not when it comes to Ukraine 🇺🇦. The Dutch government is even primarily right wing, btw! "A CEASEFIRE WITHOUT UKRAINE & EUROPE AT THE TABLE IS NOT AN OPTION" ‼️

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💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

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The major parties don't have the moral courage to protect the people and places we love. This election is an opportunity to vote for a candidate who will. Minority govt may be the only thing that forces the Govt to put 🇦🇺ns ahead of vested interests. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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LOL🤣

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@ozjuliancox.bsky.social @tvaughanedu.bsky.social @hicksville.bsky.social Connections Puzzle #623 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 purple definitely leftovers

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@ozjuliancox.bsky.social @tvaughanedu.bsky.social @hicksville.bsky.social Strands #357 “Oh, this old thing?” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡🔵🔵 I had the concept when I easily found the first word, but took a while to find the spangram

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@ozjuliancox.bsky.social @tvaughanedu.bsky.social @hicksville.bsky.social Wordle 1,345 4/6* 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A step by step approach to success early on a Sunday morning

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@ozjuliancox.bsky.social @tvaughanedu.bsky.social @hicksville.bsky.social #waffle1128 5/5 Frabjous day! 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩⭐🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🔥 streak: 67 🥇 #wafflegoldteam wafflegame.net

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@ozjuliancox.bsky.social @tvaughanedu.bsky.social @hicksville.bsky.social Wordle 1,344 5/6* ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 very frustrating for the first 3 lines

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At last, an intelligent opinion piece on why the nurses whose online racism has received such a visceral response. Well said Waleed Aly

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This is NOT how a major cultural institution should behave. #Censorship www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

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Our institutions are not really all that subtle at letting us know whose rights and views are not considered important

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@ozjuliancox.bsky.social @tvaughanedu.bsky.social @hicksville.bsky.social Wordle 1,342 4/6* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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This prison sentence is great to see. I hope the thousands of other trolls who abused Brittany Higgins while she was suffering the traumatic aftermath of being raped consider the damage they did. Their only interest was defending a rapist. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

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Interesting that the @sydmorningherald.bsky.social doesn’t acknowledge how much of this story was broken by @crikey.com.au but now we discover “the man in the hat” (a well-known Zionist provocateur) was indeed recording staff at #CairoTakeaway www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

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theklaxon.com.au/liberal-part... ‘The Albanese Government, which was swept to power in 2022 on a platform of “accountability” and “transparency”, refused to implement truth in political advertising laws…’ Bet they regret that now.

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