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Victoria Fielding
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Twitter escapee. Lecturer and researcher in communication, media and its influence on democracy. Post in my personal capacity.
Trump is starting a war with Venezuela to sidetrack the news cycle from the Epstein files. It’s unfathomable that the people around Trump aren’t able to manage this dangerous, mentally unfit, psychopathic president. All his supporters have blood on their hands.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Live: Trump says US forces have captured Nicolas Maduro
US President Donald Trump says the US has captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
www.abc.net.au
January 3, 2026 at 9:40 AM
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For some enterprising media journalist, there is a book just aching to be written about how Bari Weiss (CBS), Will Lewis (WaPo) and Chris Licht (CNN) irreparably destroyed their storied news organizations at the behest of the billionaire owners seeking to suck up to Trump.
January 3, 2026 at 3:03 AM
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The bad news is that it appears CBS News has fallen.

The good news is that independent media has been ready for this moment.

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January 2, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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Bari Weiss’ rebrand of CBS News as “Fox News but way less successful!” is coming along apace.
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.

One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 10:54 PM
When news reporters claim to care more about uninformed opinion than they do with expertise and facts, you know something is very, very wrong. CBS is on a slippery slope towards being yet another political weapon of the hard right, just like Fox News.
CBS announces they're turning into a Fox News clone, explaining to people
that there will be no more academic and vetted journalism, instead more of gut feeling and echo chamber twitter reporting. They are desperate because the boomers are not leaving fox news and they lack credibility for everyone
January 3, 2026 at 4:42 AM
This is Bari Weiss’s MAGA propaganda. When Weiss chose to kill an investigative journalist piece which legitimately and factually critiqued the Trump administration - exactly the watchdog journalism America needs - she showed CBS can no longer be trusted to speak truth to power. Shame!
The Bari Weiss effect
January 2, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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2025 was a year where many of our worst fears came to pass.

We watched a madman get back into the White House, who let billionaires hijack our federal government, slash our benefits to fund their government handouts & tax cuts, while stealing our data to feed their Orwellian surveillance systems

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December 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Anyone who says the Trump movement is not a white supremacist movement is not paying attention.
DHS now says it's aiming for 100 million deportations. In an amazing coincidence, there are 104 million Black and Hispanic people living in the U.S. right now.
December 31, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Let’s put this another way. If Donald Trump is not a co-conspiracist paedophile with Jeffrey Epstein, then why is his administration so scared of full transparency in releasing the Epstein files? Why are they fighting the law, dragging their feet, and redacting so much? What has Trump got to hide?
December 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Australians are rightly shocked and disgusted by Sussan Ley accusing the Labor govt of not showing enough grief at the Bondi attack. The sick politicisation of terrorism by the Liberals - ignoring calls for unity - has been so ugly. Days before Christmas. Shame on all of them!
December 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Thank you Amy Remeikis for calling out the horrendous political opportunism of the Liberals in using a terror attack to score political points. Everyone I have spoken to about this devastating attack has agreed the Liberals are making a tragic situation worse.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
Our hearts are shattered – and some have broken them further
There is no going back to where we were before December 14. But a social contract Australians relied on has been destroyed by the Coalition.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
December 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Every “journalist” who is helping the hard right anti-immigrant Liberal Party use a terror attack to spread fear and hatred and to undermine the Labor government should hang their heads in shame. We know News Corp exists to run these campaigns, but what’s the ABC’s excuse?
December 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Australians should be standing against racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, bigotry, discrimination, hatred in all its forms. Let’s remember that the recent “anti-immigration” marches were crawling with antisemite Nazis. People need to be clear who they stand with and stand against in this debate!
December 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Frydenberg’s statements blaming Bondi terrorist attack on Albo are outrageous. Extremism and radicalisation exists in every society. Frydenberg and everyone else - inc. News Corp - who are using a devastating terrorist attack to score political points against Labor should be ashamed of themselves
December 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
If you’re an Australian politician or activist using the Bondi terror attack to provoke hate towards immigrants, while also opposing quite clearly necessary gun law reform, we see you! Shame!
December 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Shame on everyone who didn’t even wait a day to use an abhorrent, devastating terrorist attack to create fear and division - exactly what terrorists want. Anyone using a national tragedy for political point scoring should be ashamed of themselves! From all ends of the political spectrum.
December 15, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The hero who disarmed one of the Bondi shooters has been named - Ahmed al Ahmed. Ahmed is being hailed as a hero across the world. Incredible bravery to tackle someone with a gun, particularly when the other shooter still had his!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Hero' who wrestled gun from Bondi shooter named as Ahmed al Ahmed
Eleven people were killed in the shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach, as crowds attended an event to celebrate Hanukkah.
www.bbc.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Horrible to see the devastation in Bondi this evening. Violent hate is despicable anywhere, targeting families celebrating a religious festival at the beach is unspeakable. It’s a dark day 😞
December 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Linda Reynolds has bankrupted Brittany Higgins - the woman who was raped in Reynolds’ office. This outcome tells you everything you need to know about the character of Reynolds, and the Liberal Party. Reynolds never had to take this action. This was her choice

www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/2025/12...
Brittany Higgins declared bankrupt by court
Brittany Higgins has been bankrupted by her former boss, after the ex-Liberal senator successfully sued her for defamation.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
New SA Liberal leader Ashton Hurn has started her tenure by vowing to scrap SA’s successful Voice to Parliament. Thankfully Hurn will never be the premier so this won’t happen, but it’s just a sign that she is as MAGA as extremist Alex Antic, offering nothing but hate and division. Shame on her!
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Nigel Farage is a racist, white supremacist bigot. He’s made a political career out of racist, anti-immigrant hate. That he made antisemitic comments at school is totally unsurprising. He has always shown who he is. His supporters should decide if they’re that too
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Holocaust survivors call on Nigel Farage to apologise over alleged antisemitic comments
Exclusive: Group’s open letter says Reform UK leader must take responsibility for behaviour as a schoolboy
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I’m so embarrassed for everyone involved in this pantomime. Look at Trump’s face. He’s deranged.
What in the actual motherfucking fuck?

What are we doing?

Seriously.
December 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Just watched the movie Nuremberg. This is the strongest political statement I’ve ever seen against Trump’s MAGA white supremacy. Well done to the people brave enough to make this movie.
December 6, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Predictably, News Corp have ignored teachers’ pleas for them to stop pitting schools against each other by publishing uncontextualised rankings. Since they’ve ignored this, I’m sharing the list of Australia’s most untrusted brands. News Corp number 8 - should be higher! A toxic stain on Australia.
December 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Trump’s war on reality continues! Facts are Trump’s enemy because facts undermine his lies. Remember, he lies to gain power, not just to confuse.
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'
The order is focused on applicants for H-1B visas, which are frequently used by tech companies and is part of a campaign by the Trump administration against online content moderation.
www.npr.org
December 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM