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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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!
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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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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!
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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...
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NEW: "The system sucks," or what a federal lawyer's comments really tell us about the Trump admin.
Julie Le's comments are shocking, but they are a problem of the Trump admin’s own making. And it goes way beyond one lawyer new to the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office.
Overnight, at Law Dork:
Julie Le's comments are shocking, but they are a problem of the Trump admin’s own making. And it goes way beyond one lawyer new to the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office.
Overnight, at Law Dork:
"The system sucks," or what a federal lawyer's comments really tell us about the Trump admin
Julie Le's comments are shocking, but they are a problem of the Trump admin’s own making. And it goes way beyond one lawyer new to the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office.
www.lawdork.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:10 AM
NEW: "The system sucks," or what a federal lawyer's comments really tell us about the Trump admin.
Julie Le's comments are shocking, but they are a problem of the Trump admin’s own making. And it goes way beyond one lawyer new to the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office.
Overnight, at Law Dork:
Julie Le's comments are shocking, but they are a problem of the Trump admin’s own making. And it goes way beyond one lawyer new to the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office.
Overnight, at Law Dork:
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"Punishment Pays: The reason why the Government won’t bin Mutual Obligations" by @jeremypoxon.bsky.social for @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Punishment Pays: The reason why the Government won’t bin Mutual Obligations
The Labor Government is dragging the public into another unlawful welfare scandal, because it refuses to walk away from an ideology and industry built around punishment
thepoint.com.au
February 4, 2026 at 3:17 AM
"Punishment Pays: The reason why the Government won’t bin Mutual Obligations" by @jeremypoxon.bsky.social for @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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February 3, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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it’s always ‘call your representatives’ and never ‘occupy the factories’.
February 2, 2026 at 8:58 AM
it’s always ‘call your representatives’ and never ‘occupy the factories’.
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
February 1, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Billie Eilish during her #GRAMMYs speech for Song of the Year:
“As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”
“As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”
February 2, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Billie Eilish during her #GRAMMYs speech for Song of the Year:
“As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”
“As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”
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I should also note - I seriously doubt Hanson will be able to keep Joyce, Bernardi, and now possibly Antic & Giles, together & united in one party until the next election.
But I also think "don't worry, they'll implode" is a risky & potentially stupid strategy to take, esp if ON polling continues
But I also think "don't worry, they'll implode" is a risky & potentially stupid strategy to take, esp if ON polling continues
Re: Cory Bernardi joining One Nation - yes, he's a joke, but this will do the trick in terms of
a) keeping the media focused on ON - and I think all this attention is helping them greatly in the polls
b) adding a strong & prominent 'Christian values' face to the party
a) keeping the media focused on ON - and I think all this attention is helping them greatly in the polls
b) adding a strong & prominent 'Christian values' face to the party
February 2, 2026 at 1:46 AM
I should also note - I seriously doubt Hanson will be able to keep Joyce, Bernardi, and now possibly Antic & Giles, together & united in one party until the next election.
But I also think "don't worry, they'll implode" is a risky & potentially stupid strategy to take, esp if ON polling continues
But I also think "don't worry, they'll implode" is a risky & potentially stupid strategy to take, esp if ON polling continues
It's hard to find much to disagree with in this article.
One Nation is exploiting popular anger at a failing political system. That's something the Greens should be doing, writes
@maxchandlermather.bsky.social
@maxchandlermather.bsky.social
The Greens must pivot to meet the One Nation challenge
One Nation is exploiting popular anger at a failing political system – something the Greens should be doing
www.deepcutnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:00 AM
It's hard to find much to disagree with in this article.
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Doesn't seem like this should be his job
February 1, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Doesn't seem like this should be his job
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…however bad you think it is, the reality is far far worse. In particular, the full statement allowed me to explore more deeply two emerging problems — ICE’s reliance on surveillance technology and the looming crisis of its concentration camp-style detention facilities.
I testified Friday before Gov. Pritzker's commission studying abuses of ICE and CBP and tried to explain how the agencies went so far off track. It's actually way worse than I ever realized. Please read and share my testimony as Congress considers reform: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
Accountability for ICE and CBP
However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 2, 2026 at 1:41 AM
…however bad you think it is, the reality is far far worse. In particular, the full statement allowed me to explore more deeply two emerging problems — ICE’s reliance on surveillance technology and the looming crisis of its concentration camp-style detention facilities.