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Rob
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Cyclist, biker, mostly retired IT geek, home brewer, reader, brother, partner, friend
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NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.

By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Folks, this now successful campaign to capture the federal parliamentary Liberal Party re dumping net zero 2050, has been bankrolled by an “enshitification” online outfit called Advance -bankrolled by Gina Rinehart, an Australian coal/gas oligarch and Trumpist.
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Sheesh life comes at ya fast when you’re a POS
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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more people need to read Cyclonopedia.
November 9, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.
October 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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October 26, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Unrwa warns of escalating Israeli violence and annexation in West Bank
<article data-history-node-id="430620" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unrwa-warns-escalating-israeli-violence-and-annexation-west-bank" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unrwa-warns-escalating-israeli-violence-and-annexation-west-bank" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Unrwa warns of escalating Israeli violence and annexation in West Bank</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="74" data-start="0">The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa)&nbsp;banned by Israel said on X that since 7 October, 2023, the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, has seen a sharp rise in Israeli and settler violence.</p> <p data-end="468" data-start="253">According to the UN humanitarian office, more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed in attacks by Israeli forces and settlers since the war on Gaza began, with children making up around one-fifth of the deaths.</p> <p data-end="673" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="470">Unrwa warned that “the increasing annexation of the West Bank is happening steadily in a gross violation of international law”, citing the expansion and formal recognition of illegal Israeli settlements.</p> <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Since the start of the war in Gaza, the occupied <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WestBank?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WestBank</a>, including East Jerusalem, has also witnessed a sharp escalation in violence.<br> <br> More than 1,000 Palestinians, one fifth of whom are children, have been reportedly killed according to @‌UNOCHA, and many more injured or… <a href="https://t.co/J970olcQTI">pic.twitter.com/J970olcQTI</a></p> — UNRWA (@UNRWA) <a href="https://twitter.com/UNRWA/status/1981601683642704285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center> </div> </div> </article>
www.middleeasteye.net
October 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Cartoon by John Deering.
October 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Of course they did and this explains why they are always so keen to ban any pro Palestine marches. #auspol #nswpol #freepalesti̇ne
October 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Kristi Noem praised for ‘staring down’ Antifa. It was a dozen reporters and a guy in a chicken suit
Kristi Noem ‘stares down’ Antifa. It was reporters and a guy in a chicken costume
www.independent.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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When there is an actual terrorist attack because Stephen Miller & co have utterly broken the forces dedicated to preventing them, including putting podcasters at the helm of the FBI, he’s preparing to say it’s Antifa’s fault for (mythically) drawing away resources.
October 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

Support its work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
October 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Jared Kushner is going to the Middle East to negotiate a deal on behalf of the U.S. government days after Kushner announced a $55 billion deal between his private equity fund and the Saudi government

One of the most brazen conflicts in history.
October 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Opinion | Andrew Hastie fleeing to the backbench once again demonstrates how the right loves to destroy things, but building anything is too much like hard work, writes Bernard Keane.

Read it here: www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/0...
October 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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"Both Google and Apple recently removed Red Dot, an app people can use to report sightings of ICE officials."

"Google told 404 Media it removed apps because they shared the location of what it describes as a vulnerable group."
#USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’
The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.
www.404media.co
October 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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October 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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“It’s not just Netanyahu, but the State of Israel that is committing crimes. States must act by severing strategic, military, and economic relations, otherwise they become complicit. The responsibility also falls on us citizens.”
— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt
October 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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"[A]gents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face.... I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, 'you’re free to go.'" #KavanaughStop
I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.
Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
October 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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…consoled or fooled by subtler first steps.

Price & Hastie don’t care that their views are minority. Watch USA. The long game is minority authoritarian rupture of representative government.

open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2...

#auspol
Andrew Hastie: soldier for an extreme version of governing by Christ
Andrew Hastie is a more extreme Fundamentalist Christian than Scott Morrison. Australians cannot let his attempts to lead the nation go unchallenged. His place on the ARC Board is a warning.
open.substack.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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And consider very carefully that Gina the unelected billionaire who funds the IPA is behind this

Hastie - a captains pick by Abbott and now Gina’s new lapdog is part of a major shift by the LNP IPA towards the extreme right

PAY ATTENTION VOTERS
October 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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This is so good!
If you follow AI, you've heard a number of cognitive scientists weigh in with valuable insights and concerns. You may not have heard from one quite like Hagen Blix, however, who describes generative AI as "class warfare through enshittification."

My interview with @hagenblix.bsky.social:
"AI is an attack from above on wages": An interview with cognitive scientist Hagen Blix
The author of 'Why We Fear AI' on why he sees generative AI as "class warfare through enshittification."
www.bloodinthemachine.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:05 AM