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Supporter of Left politics, seen too much damage from the Right. Fierce critic of media kowtowing to the powerful.
Cricket fan, travel tragic (75 countries so far)
Cricket fan, travel tragic (75 countries so far)
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'I reject the premise' is the new filibuster
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 AM
'I reject the premise' is the new filibuster
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If you want to get just how rigged the tax system is for the rich, have a read of this tip from the AFR "wealth reporter"
June 16, 2025 at 2:11 AM
If you want to get just how rigged the tax system is for the rich, have a read of this tip from the AFR "wealth reporter"
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*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
April 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
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This is insane. The ramblings of a madman.
April 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This is insane. The ramblings of a madman.
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The President of the United States seems oddly focused on me.
Shouldn't he be focused on the economy he's crashing?
Shouldn't he be focused on the economy he's crashing?
April 9, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The President of the United States seems oddly focused on me.
Shouldn't he be focused on the economy he's crashing?
Shouldn't he be focused on the economy he's crashing?
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Hegseth, Waltz and company texting war plans to a reporter on signal is just the tip of the iceberg. This whole administration is full of incompetent, inexperienced, and unqualified clowns. Our national security is compromised in ways we’re just beginning to understand.
March 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Hegseth, Waltz and company texting war plans to a reporter on signal is just the tip of the iceberg. This whole administration is full of incompetent, inexperienced, and unqualified clowns. Our national security is compromised in ways we’re just beginning to understand.
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ABC's #Insiders is now #SkyNews on Sunday. Smarmy Liberal Party fanboy David Speers blatantly uses the program to push the LNP agenda. It is not fair or balanced. It does not accurately reflect the current Parliament (rarely interviewing Teal independents.) It is not journalism. #auspol #AusVotes25
March 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
ABC's #Insiders is now #SkyNews on Sunday. Smarmy Liberal Party fanboy David Speers blatantly uses the program to push the LNP agenda. It is not fair or balanced. It does not accurately reflect the current Parliament (rarely interviewing Teal independents.) It is not journalism. #auspol #AusVotes25
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NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
kyivindependent.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
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Fuck Donald Trump
Fuck JD Vance
Fuck Marco Rubio
Fuck Lindsey Graham
Fuck ALL the spineless, hypocritical, lying, worthless, traitorous Republican bastards.
Fuck JD Vance
Fuck Marco Rubio
Fuck Lindsey Graham
Fuck ALL the spineless, hypocritical, lying, worthless, traitorous Republican bastards.
March 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Fuck Donald Trump
Fuck JD Vance
Fuck Marco Rubio
Fuck Lindsey Graham
Fuck ALL the spineless, hypocritical, lying, worthless, traitorous Republican bastards.
Fuck JD Vance
Fuck Marco Rubio
Fuck Lindsey Graham
Fuck ALL the spineless, hypocritical, lying, worthless, traitorous Republican bastards.
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So, I guess they’re not draining the swamp after all, but instead are filling it up even more. Do I have that right? 🤷🏼♂️
February 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
So, I guess they’re not draining the swamp after all, but instead are filling it up even more. Do I have that right? 🤷🏼♂️
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What a disgusting human being Donald Trump is.
February 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
What a disgusting human being Donald Trump is.
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News Corp and Dutton are LOVING the whinging “progressive” movement against Labor. They’re loving every minute of it.
February 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
News Corp and Dutton are LOVING the whinging “progressive” movement against Labor. They’re loving every minute of it.
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Serious question for my followers. What’s your priority for the upcoming federal election? Railing against the two party system, or stopping Dutton becoming PM? And if your answer is “both”, you’re not being realistic about what it will take to stop Dutton becoming PM.
February 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Serious question for my followers. What’s your priority for the upcoming federal election? Railing against the two party system, or stopping Dutton becoming PM? And if your answer is “both”, you’re not being realistic about what it will take to stop Dutton becoming PM.
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Yes, exactly! Boo fucking hoo.
February 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Yes, exactly! Boo fucking hoo.
It's expected from the Coalition-backed MSM, but so disappointing from the ABC.
And journalists have a problem with the standing of their 'profession'.
And journalists have a problem with the standing of their 'profession'.
My latest on the media’s confected 'both sides-ing' of the govt’s Medicare announcement: 'the largest ever financial commitment to Medicare was reduced to a false equivalence between Labor’s detailed, costed, policy, and the Coalition’s cheap 5-word knock-off' #auspol www.echo.net.au/2025/02/medi...
Media negatively frames Labor’s achievements
We have become accustomed, not too happily, to a form of political journalism in which opinion and news have increasingly merged, blunting the essential distinction between political commentary and de...
www.echo.net.au
February 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
It's expected from the Coalition-backed MSM, but so disappointing from the ABC.
And journalists have a problem with the standing of their 'profession'.
And journalists have a problem with the standing of their 'profession'.
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Donald Trump just helped free Andrew Tate from his rape and human trafficking charges.
Tate has bragged about grabbing women by their necks, breaking their jaws, and said “I am absolutely a misogynist.”
Tate has bragged about grabbing women by their necks, breaking their jaws, and said “I am absolutely a misogynist.”
Trump intervention suspected as Andrew Tate, brother Tristan leave Romania for U.S. despite rape charges
Four British women who've accused Andrew Tate of rape are "in disbelief and feel retraumatized by the news" that he's been allowed to leave Romania for the U.S.
www.cbsnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Donald Trump just helped free Andrew Tate from his rape and human trafficking charges.
Tate has bragged about grabbing women by their necks, breaking their jaws, and said “I am absolutely a misogynist.”
Tate has bragged about grabbing women by their necks, breaking their jaws, and said “I am absolutely a misogynist.”
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Prof Jenny Hocking:
'We have become accustomed, not too happily, to a form of political journalism in which opinion and news have increasingly merged, blunting the essential distinction between political commentary and detached objectivity.' #auspol
www.echo.net.au/2025/02/medi...
'We have become accustomed, not too happily, to a form of political journalism in which opinion and news have increasingly merged, blunting the essential distinction between political commentary and detached objectivity.' #auspol
www.echo.net.au/2025/02/medi...
Media negatively frames Labor’s achievements
We have become accustomed, not too happily, to a form of political journalism in which opinion and news have increasingly merged, blunting the essential distinction between political commentary and de...
www.echo.net.au
February 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Prof Jenny Hocking:
'We have become accustomed, not too happily, to a form of political journalism in which opinion and news have increasingly merged, blunting the essential distinction between political commentary and detached objectivity.' #auspol
www.echo.net.au/2025/02/medi...
'We have become accustomed, not too happily, to a form of political journalism in which opinion and news have increasingly merged, blunting the essential distinction between political commentary and detached objectivity.' #auspol
www.echo.net.au/2025/02/medi...
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They just fired hundreds of FAA employees.
February 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
They just fired hundreds of FAA employees.
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Congratulations on reaching the point where crimes against humanity are now inside the Overton window.
Well done journalism. You really did your job well. So fearless. Sleep well. (I mean, you have been asleep for decades now so that won't be an issue).
Well done journalism. You really did your job well. So fearless. Sleep well. (I mean, you have been asleep for decades now so that won't be an issue).
Oh joy, watching the ABC's flagship current affairs show where Sarah Ferguson ask s"Is there any proportion of the Palestinian people in Gaza who would welcome the chance to be relocated?"
How about no, because there is no such thing an ok proportion of ethnic cleansing? #730
How about no, because there is no such thing an ok proportion of ethnic cleansing? #730
February 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Congratulations on reaching the point where crimes against humanity are now inside the Overton window.
Well done journalism. You really did your job well. So fearless. Sleep well. (I mean, you have been asleep for decades now so that won't be an issue).
Well done journalism. You really did your job well. So fearless. Sleep well. (I mean, you have been asleep for decades now so that won't be an issue).
1930s SEN would have banned their German football writer for privately opposing Adolf Hitler.
February 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
1930s SEN would have banned their German football writer for privately opposing Adolf Hitler.
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So lets recap:
- Trump announces tariffs.
- Allies turn against the U.S., launch boycotts on U.S. products and boo us at events.
- Markets nosedive.
- Trump caves.
The "deals":
- Mexico agrees to do the same things they always do at the border to help the U.S. (including under Biden) 1/
- Trump announces tariffs.
- Allies turn against the U.S., launch boycotts on U.S. products and boo us at events.
- Markets nosedive.
- Trump caves.
The "deals":
- Mexico agrees to do the same things they always do at the border to help the U.S. (including under Biden) 1/
February 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
So lets recap:
- Trump announces tariffs.
- Allies turn against the U.S., launch boycotts on U.S. products and boo us at events.
- Markets nosedive.
- Trump caves.
The "deals":
- Mexico agrees to do the same things they always do at the border to help the U.S. (including under Biden) 1/
- Trump announces tariffs.
- Allies turn against the U.S., launch boycotts on U.S. products and boo us at events.
- Markets nosedive.
- Trump caves.
The "deals":
- Mexico agrees to do the same things they always do at the border to help the U.S. (including under Biden) 1/
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Hey Merrick Garland, fuck you forever. Through your inaction, you enabled this blitzkrieg against the rule of law and democracy.
February 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Hey Merrick Garland, fuck you forever. Through your inaction, you enabled this blitzkrieg against the rule of law and democracy.
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Fourteen hours before the crash. 👇
January 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Fourteen hours before the crash. 👇
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