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Ros
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“Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.”.
Social Justice. Science. Atheist. Democracy #Auspol #USpol #Climate
Vaccinated x8 on Dja Dja Wurrung Country
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The Trump shutdown is now officially the longest government shutdown in American history, with no end in sight.

If you have Republican representatives in Congress, let them know you're not impressed with the self-imposed vacation they're taking as Americans suffer. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
CALL NOW: Demand your Republican Senator Protect Healthcare and End the Shutdown
indivisible.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Bless you @chaser.com.au Chaser Boys.
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 AM
So cruel.
The new face of Cruella d* v****
October 31, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Wow!
More than 100 former top Justice Dept officials, including dozens of former prosecutors, file court brief opposing James Comey's prosecution:

"not the judgment of an impartial prosecutor, but rather an expression of retributive animus by the President"

washingtonlitigationgroup.org/news/over-on...
October 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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"The even more human part of this is, think about the families that are on SNAP. They rely on this for literally putting food on the table. About three quarters of those families now are saying they're genuinely stressed. Nearly half are saying that they're going to be skipping meals."
October 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The end of democracy.
October 26, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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"we're in an economy right now where beef prices are soaring and American farmers have soybeans. The simple solution is, of course, more vegetarians."

...And this is one of those times when I can't tell if I'm giving serious economic advice, or having fun. Perhaps both.
October 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Trump is the all-time Loser.
This was a no-brainer!
October 26, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Yeah, I'm a senior with a 17yo daughter. She was out with me & felt the power of collective action. Her time is coming & these kids don't play
October 20, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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California
Artillery shell exploded prematurely over California freeway during marines celebration
Shrapnel fragments rained on vehicles parked on Interstate 5 including highway patrol and JD Vance’s detail

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Artillery shell exploded prematurely over California freeway during marines celebration
Shrapnel fragments rained on vehicles parked on Interstate 5 including highway patrol and JD Vance’s detail
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:
October 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Respect. 👏
October 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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If you're in Australia, my Boyer lecture will be on ABC in about 20 minutes. I'll wave to you from inside your TV. Should also be on iview if you're not near your telly.
This is sort of a thing, and I'm kind of proud of myself. The thing: I'm giving the keynote Boyer Lecture this year. Won't mean much to non-Aussies, but it's the leading annual "public intellectual" lecture series in my native Australia, and it means a lot to me.
2025 ABC Boyer Lecture series examines Australia as a Radical Experiment in Democracy - About the ABC
Academics, writers and policy experts will explore Australia: A Radical Experiment in Democracy across a series of five orations for the 2025 Boyer Lecture series, hosted by its creative director…
www.abc.net.au
October 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Kamala Not Only Warned Us, She
Told Us In Exact Detail......
October 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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We may be used to it but we need to continue to be outraged. We can’t normalize this regime. #NoKings
October 17, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Johnson is a deceitful, lying phoney!
Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.

No phones, no staff, nothing.

I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)
October 17, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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Here’s how tariffs work. Your costs go up, and that money gets transferred to the wealthy.

Whether you’re progressive, liberal, leftist, libertarian, communist, socialist, moderate, democrat, conservative, Christian, atheist, Gen Z, Boomer… we have the same enemy. It’s the oligarchs.

No Kings
October 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Way too many people don’t seem to understand this concept.

#HandmaidsTale #BannedBooks #Warnings

⚠️ No One’s Safe Forever ⚠️
October 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
Here’s video of the incident
October 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Somewhere out there in the US… right now… there’s a little girl hiding… maybe in a basement or an attic… because she’s Hispanic… and she’s keeping a diary.
In the United States of America.
Today.
You go ahead and take all the time you need to ponder that.
October 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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I wonder if he knows the UN Commission of inquiry calls it a genocide? www.bbc.com/news/article...
Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says
The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.
www.bbc.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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I'm just saying..
October 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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The numbers say H-1Bs raise wages, boost patents, and drive productivity.

The story is that H-1Bs aren’t just “workers”—they’re engines of innovation. They're the strivers who crossed the ocean, and brought their fresh new ideas with them.
October 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Think of the economy as like baking a cake. H‑1B visas supply missing ingredients -- high skill STEM workers. If Trump cuts off access: fewer projects get baked, worse recipes get used, or we import the cake. None of those make Americans better off. #TheProfessorIsIn #TeachEcon
October 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM