AngoraFish
@angorafish.bsky.social
Australian. Left wing nerd, native plants, landscape design, urbanism, urban fantasy reader, Celtic music, folk festivals, violins, free range children, atheist. No gofundmes, fund political lobbying instead. Free Palestine. Fuck Murdoch.
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📌I comment on American politics. You can ignore this, or not, as you prefer. American politics affects everyone, but for what it's worth, I completed my undergrad degree at a US university, have friends there, and follow the political minutiae closely. Also, solidarity. Resistance is international.
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They’ve gone completely over the top with red carpets, guards of honour, RAAF aircraft etc. This was meant to be a visit to mourn with + console those Jewish Australians who consider their HoS to be in Israel. They’ve turned it into a glorification of Genocide + Zionism tour #HerzogNotWelcome
February 11, 2026 at 2:43 AM
They’ve gone completely over the top with red carpets, guards of honour, RAAF aircraft etc. This was meant to be a visit to mourn with + console those Jewish Australians who consider their HoS to be in Israel. They’ve turned it into a glorification of Genocide + Zionism tour #HerzogNotWelcome
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Sadly amusing that it took Haaretz to pick up on this line by Albanese
February 10, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Sadly amusing that it took Haaretz to pick up on this line by Albanese
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The number one thing that Labor could do to tackle inflation?
Stop pumping money into the overheated property market.
And that $180 billion dollars being handed out in tax breaks for landlords?
Put it into building more affordable and public homes for people.
Stop pumping money into the overheated property market.
And that $180 billion dollars being handed out in tax breaks for landlords?
Put it into building more affordable and public homes for people.
February 5, 2026 at 1:12 AM
The number one thing that Labor could do to tackle inflation?
Stop pumping money into the overheated property market.
And that $180 billion dollars being handed out in tax breaks for landlords?
Put it into building more affordable and public homes for people.
Stop pumping money into the overheated property market.
And that $180 billion dollars being handed out in tax breaks for landlords?
Put it into building more affordable and public homes for people.
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Here's me. "Why the fuck would we 'socially cohere' for monsters?"
Why the fuck would we “socially cohere” for monsters? - The Shot
Yesterday, the gulf between the will of the Australian people and the actions of the Australian government revealed itself to...
theshot.net.au
February 10, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Here's me. "Why the fuck would we 'socially cohere' for monsters?"
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In Australia The Police Beat You Up For Opposing Genocide
Australian authorities were fully aware that inviting Israel’s president was going to ignite unrest and furious opposition. They invited him anyway, and sent in the police to assault the protesters.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/in-austral...
Australian authorities were fully aware that inviting Israel’s president was going to ignite unrest and furious opposition. They invited him anyway, and sent in the police to assault the protesters.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/in-austral...
In Australia The Police Beat You Up For Opposing Genocide
Reading by Tim Foley:
www.caitlinjohnst.one
February 10, 2026 at 2:38 AM
In Australia The Police Beat You Up For Opposing Genocide
Australian authorities were fully aware that inviting Israel’s president was going to ignite unrest and furious opposition. They invited him anyway, and sent in the police to assault the protesters.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/in-austral...
Australian authorities were fully aware that inviting Israel’s president was going to ignite unrest and furious opposition. They invited him anyway, and sent in the police to assault the protesters.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/in-austral...
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It is so fucking insane how we let federal lawmakers give commentary like they are on a CNN panel rather than say what they are going to do.
AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
February 10, 2026 at 1:52 AM
It is so fucking insane how we let federal lawmakers give commentary like they are on a CNN panel rather than say what they are going to do.
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Vale to one of Australia's greatest cartoonists and artists - Jon Kudelka
February 9, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Vale to one of Australia's greatest cartoonists and artists - Jon Kudelka
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February 8, 2026 at 9:32 AM
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TRUMP: [does clearly racist thing]
MAGA: That's not what he meant
TRUMP: I definitely did
MAGA: Oh. Well then Libs are taking it out of context
TRUMP: No they're not
MAGA: Oh, well then it's actually not racist at all
TRUMP: It actually is
MAGA: Oh, well yeah F*ck your feelings Libs!
1/2
MAGA: That's not what he meant
TRUMP: I definitely did
MAGA: Oh. Well then Libs are taking it out of context
TRUMP: No they're not
MAGA: Oh, well then it's actually not racist at all
TRUMP: It actually is
MAGA: Oh, well yeah F*ck your feelings Libs!
1/2
February 7, 2026 at 7:46 PM
TRUMP: [does clearly racist thing]
MAGA: That's not what he meant
TRUMP: I definitely did
MAGA: Oh. Well then Libs are taking it out of context
TRUMP: No they're not
MAGA: Oh, well then it's actually not racist at all
TRUMP: It actually is
MAGA: Oh, well yeah F*ck your feelings Libs!
1/2
MAGA: That's not what he meant
TRUMP: I definitely did
MAGA: Oh. Well then Libs are taking it out of context
TRUMP: No they're not
MAGA: Oh, well then it's actually not racist at all
TRUMP: It actually is
MAGA: Oh, well yeah F*ck your feelings Libs!
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Wake in Fright
open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/...
open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/...
Wake in Fright
It's time to reset our thinking about where the parties stand
open.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Wake in Fright
open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/...
open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/...
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For a small insight into the horror of Israel's settlers... Louis Theroux
iview.abc.net.au/show/louis-t...
iview.abc.net.au/show/louis-t...
Louis Theroux: The Settlers
In the occupied territory of the West Bank is a growing ultra-nationalist community of Israeli settlers. Louis meets prominent settlers and discovers the consequences of their activity - and their pla...
iview.abc.net.au
February 7, 2026 at 4:20 AM
For a small insight into the horror of Israel's settlers... Louis Theroux
iview.abc.net.au/show/louis-t...
iview.abc.net.au/show/louis-t...
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‘It could be the most divisive state visit to Aust since that of US president Lyndon B Johnson in Oct 1966 when the Vietnam war was at its height and Aust soldiers were being killed.
What was the prime minister thinking when he invited Herzog?’ #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
What was the prime minister thinking when he invited Herzog?’ #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t be welcomed to Australia
Writing in the Guardian on Thursday UN Commissioner Chris Sidoti laid out the reasons Isaac Herzog should not be welcome in Australia, and urged the Prime Minister to correct his terrible mistake in i...
johnmenadue.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:41 PM
‘It could be the most divisive state visit to Aust since that of US president Lyndon B Johnson in Oct 1966 when the Vietnam war was at its height and Aust soldiers were being killed.
What was the prime minister thinking when he invited Herzog?’ #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
What was the prime minister thinking when he invited Herzog?’ #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
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This is a very, very bad decision from one of the two Reagan judges left on the Fifth Circuit, joined by one of the two most extreme Trump appointees on the court.
And, it is about the issue I walked through at Law Dork earlier this week, in the context of Minnesota: www.lawdork.com/i/186796727/...
And, it is about the issue I walked through at Law Dork earlier this week, in the context of Minnesota: www.lawdork.com/i/186796727/...
February 7, 2026 at 2:50 AM
This is a very, very bad decision from one of the two Reagan judges left on the Fifth Circuit, joined by one of the two most extreme Trump appointees on the court.
And, it is about the issue I walked through at Law Dork earlier this week, in the context of Minnesota: www.lawdork.com/i/186796727/...
And, it is about the issue I walked through at Law Dork earlier this week, in the context of Minnesota: www.lawdork.com/i/186796727/...
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Some classic moral certainty from Peter Hartcher. He knows, case closed.
February 6, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Some classic moral certainty from Peter Hartcher. He knows, case closed.
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The US Keeps Openly Admitting It Deliberately Caused The Iran Protests
A lot of attention is going into the Epstein files right now, but it’s worth noting that nothing in them is as depraved and abusive as what our rulers are doing right out in the open.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-us-kee...
A lot of attention is going into the Epstein files right now, but it’s worth noting that nothing in them is as depraved and abusive as what our rulers are doing right out in the open.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-us-kee...
The US Keeps Openly Admitting It Deliberately Caused The Iran Protests
Reading by Tim Foley:
www.caitlinjohnst.one
February 6, 2026 at 12:41 PM
The US Keeps Openly Admitting It Deliberately Caused The Iran Protests
A lot of attention is going into the Epstein files right now, but it’s worth noting that nothing in them is as depraved and abusive as what our rulers are doing right out in the open.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-us-kee...
A lot of attention is going into the Epstein files right now, but it’s worth noting that nothing in them is as depraved and abusive as what our rulers are doing right out in the open.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-us-kee...
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Donald is gonna die and Republicans will continue to be just as bad. Democrats will continue to enable them. Y’all are fucked if you don’t stop acting like doe-eyed fools.
February 5, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Donald is gonna die and Republicans will continue to be just as bad. Democrats will continue to enable them. Y’all are fucked if you don’t stop acting like doe-eyed fools.
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Along with our democracy sausage sizzles, Australia's preferential voting system tops all others.
theconversation.com/why-preferen...
theconversation.com/why-preferen...
Why preferential voting is superior to first past the post
Australia has long had preferential voting, and it is the best system for safeguarding our democracy.
theconversation.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Along with our democracy sausage sizzles, Australia's preferential voting system tops all others.
theconversation.com/why-preferen...
theconversation.com/why-preferen...
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February 4, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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Trump's constant degradation of female reporters is unsurprising but the press corps' collective decision to treat it as background noise is actually kind of sickening
February 4, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Trump's constant degradation of female reporters is unsurprising but the press corps' collective decision to treat it as background noise is actually kind of sickening
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I am running out of ways to convey how disconnected from reality Trump's judicial nominees are. They can't say that Trump lost the 2020 election, they won't say that the January 6 insurrection happened, they don't acknowledge any fact about anything if Trump hasn't authorized them to believe it
Trump Is Building a Federal Judiciary of Delusional, Cowardly Loyalists
Judges have to decide cases based on facts. For Trump judges, the only facts that matter are the ones that he authorizes them to believe.
ballsandstrikes.org
February 4, 2026 at 8:28 PM
I am running out of ways to convey how disconnected from reality Trump's judicial nominees are. They can't say that Trump lost the 2020 election, they won't say that the January 6 insurrection happened, they don't acknowledge any fact about anything if Trump hasn't authorized them to believe it
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This administration is the pettiest bunch of little fucking babies ever www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Pentagon warns Scouts to restore ‘core values’ or lose military support
The relationship dates back decades, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has criticized the organization for allowing girls to join and changing its name from Boy Scouts.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
This administration is the pettiest bunch of little fucking babies ever www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...