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Reading good journos (you) helps. Thanking you.
I can write; will write.
Reading good journos (you) helps. Thanking you.
Pinned
On the flesh-trade side are: #TateBrothersPimpingGang & #TrumpsterFiredPresidency.
On the 48
complainant, victim, survivor side
are people who think young women and girls-
EACH person
somebody's daughter...
-are
NOT
simply #PrettyYoungLivestock pimping asset$.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/fe...
On the 48
complainant, victim, survivor side
are people who think young women and girls-
EACH person
somebody's daughter...
-are
NOT
simply #PrettyYoungLivestock pimping asset$.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/fe...
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Whitlam Dismissal take
The greatest achievement of the Dismissal has been the crushing of the ALP’s ambition to actually bring a better world into being.
Hawke sealed the deal by making the mark of success decent management of a capitalist economy.
Now it’s just ambition to be in government.
The greatest achievement of the Dismissal has been the crushing of the ALP’s ambition to actually bring a better world into being.
Hawke sealed the deal by making the mark of success decent management of a capitalist economy.
Now it’s just ambition to be in government.
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Whitlam Dismissal take
The greatest achievement of the Dismissal has been the crushing of the ALP’s ambition to actually bring a better world into being.
Hawke sealed the deal by making the mark of success decent management of a capitalist economy.
Now it’s just ambition to be in government.
The greatest achievement of the Dismissal has been the crushing of the ALP’s ambition to actually bring a better world into being.
Hawke sealed the deal by making the mark of success decent management of a capitalist economy.
Now it’s just ambition to be in government.
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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The Mekong Delta and Ho Chi Minh City, home to a third of Vietnam's population, face rising seas and the toll of decades of resource overuse, leaving much of the delta vulnerable to submersion.
Water rises and land sinks in Vietnam's Mekong Delta
'Our planet at +1.5°C' (5/6) The Mekong Delta and Ho Chi Minh City, home to a third of Vietnam's population, face rising seas and the toll of decades of resource overuse, leaving much of the delta at ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The Mekong Delta and Ho Chi Minh City, home to a third of Vietnam's population, face rising seas and the toll of decades of resource overuse, leaving much of the delta vulnerable to submersion.
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The premier needs to give the police new powers to *checks notes* actually use the powers they already have, to prevent the kind of protest that took place on Sunday.
November 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The premier needs to give the police new powers to *checks notes* actually use the powers they already have, to prevent the kind of protest that took place on Sunday.
sworesy
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
sworesy
Dear @AlboMP & @AnikaWells check it out:
Sportsbet false reporting of dividends paid, false reporting of related party transactions, false reporting of GST, inadequate disclosure of netting off gains and losses on betting activity
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/a-hot-mess-t...
Sportsbet false reporting of dividends paid, false reporting of related party transactions, false reporting of GST, inadequate disclosure of netting off gains and losses on betting activity
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/a-hot-mess-t...
A hot mess. The 'irregulation' of sneaky Sportsbet - Michael West
The accounts of Sportsbet are a hot mess. An independent analysis finds multiple breaches of accounting standards, ergo the laws of Australia.
michaelwest.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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1/2 The pattern is clear. Whether it's
- ATO call centres
- welfare debt collection
- employment services
- aged care
- childcare....
*Every* time governments have contracted out or privatized public services; the result is poor quality and worse outcomes.
But neoliberals never learn. #auspol
- ATO call centres
- welfare debt collection
- employment services
- aged care
- childcare....
*Every* time governments have contracted out or privatized public services; the result is poor quality and worse outcomes.
But neoliberals never learn. #auspol
‘Set up to fail’: ATO outsourcing to private call centres focused on boosting profit not helping Australians
‘Set up to fail’: ATO outsourcing to private call centres focused on boosting profit not helping Australians
Consumer advocates raise significant concerns as union says contractors use lower-paid staff to boost profit
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The Australian Taxation Office has outsourced thousands of call centre roles to private operators that pay workers significantly less than public servants and use call targets that can leave vulnerable taxpayers exposed, Guardian Australia can reveal.
The call centre contracts are shared between US private equity-owned Probe Operations, the Nasdaq-listed Concentrix Services and British multinational Serco and are collectively worth $316.5m, according to analysis of government tenders. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
1/2 The pattern is clear. Whether it's
- ATO call centres
- welfare debt collection
- employment services
- aged care
- childcare....
*Every* time governments have contracted out or privatized public services; the result is poor quality and worse outcomes.
But neoliberals never learn. #auspol
- ATO call centres
- welfare debt collection
- employment services
- aged care
- childcare....
*Every* time governments have contracted out or privatized public services; the result is poor quality and worse outcomes.
But neoliberals never learn. #auspol
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Going on MSNBC at 3:45 ET to talk about this
No need to navel gaze about a fascist future, the antisemitic, Hitlerite youth of today’s GOP—led by Nick Fuentes—shows that we are already there.
New from me:
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
New from me:
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Nick Fuentes started a MAGA civil war — and it looks like he’s winning
Some conservatives excoriated Tucker Carlson over his friendly interview with the antisemitic influencer — but they're fighting a battle they've already lost.
www.msnbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Going on MSNBC at 3:45 ET to talk about this
Maye, did he used to say "swindly"?
#SwindlyElonGate
#SwindlyElonGate
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Maye, did he used to say "swindly"?
#SwindlyElonGate
#SwindlyElonGate
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Trump called climate change a “con job.” Newsom called it a challenge — then took his seat at the summit Trump boycotted. As America’s president stayed home, California’s governor spoke for the planet. 🌍🔥
Newsom Fills Trump’s Empty Chair at Global Climate Summit — and the World Takes Notice
For the first time in three decades, the United States will have no official representative at a United Nations climate conference. But that doesn’t mean the U.S. will be voiceless. Gavin Newsom is…
allchronology.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Trump called climate change a “con job.” Newsom called it a challenge — then took his seat at the summit Trump boycotted. As America’s president stayed home, California’s governor spoke for the planet. 🌍🔥
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my new mayor getting sexual predators off the streets on day 1 i KNOW thats right
Dave Portnoy threatens to pull Barstool from NYC over ‘Communist’ Zohran Mamdani’s win: ‘Hate the guy’
Portnoy made the comments during a livestream on YouTube last week as it became clear that Mamdani would win the mayoral race.
nypost.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
my new mayor getting sexual predators off the streets on day 1 i KNOW thats right
Cruelty of #TrumpsterFiredPresidency, truly a Marquee of Sad.
The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Cruelty of #TrumpsterFiredPresidency, truly a Marquee of Sad.
Trump looked, watched, didn't skip away. #CookerinChief RFKjnr wasn't being in that photo opportunity.
Note photo (which i cropped) by Getty, showing LairdDonald standing on his mark, waiting out the kerfuffle.
Note photo (which i cropped) by Getty, showing LairdDonald standing on his mark, waiting out the kerfuffle.
November 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Trump looked, watched, didn't skip away. #CookerinChief RFKjnr wasn't being in that photo opportunity.
Note photo (which i cropped) by Getty, showing LairdDonald standing on his mark, waiting out the kerfuffle.
Note photo (which i cropped) by Getty, showing LairdDonald standing on his mark, waiting out the kerfuffle.
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."
"The deniers and coal champions in the Coalition are waging such a fierce campaign that Ley and moderates such as Senator McLachlan could well be forced to commit what they reasonably believe is electoral suicide," writes Paul Bongiorno. satpa.pe/Je8cwcW
Sussan Ley and the joy of division
satpa.pe
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Como gov-in-exile office vehemently denies rumours that they've been in communication with the Erik #DogsOfWarPrince crowd, bases in Columbia or funders in Malta.
Still, they say, Staten Island has good harbour potential, and they're prepared to burrow in, as needed.
Still, they say, Staten Island has good harbour potential, and they're prepared to burrow in, as needed.
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Como gov-in-exile office vehemently denies rumours that they've been in communication with the Erik #DogsOfWarPrince crowd, bases in Columbia or funders in Malta.
Still, they say, Staten Island has good harbour potential, and they're prepared to burrow in, as needed.
Still, they say, Staten Island has good harbour potential, and they're prepared to burrow in, as needed.
Nixon, Kissenger, Cheney, Trump
What the world needs now is no more
of this anger, these fractious ghouls and idiomatic fanatics in power.
What the world needs now is no more
of this anger, these fractious ghouls and idiomatic fanatics in power.
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Nixon, Kissenger, Cheney, Trump
What the world needs now is no more
of this anger, these fractious ghouls and idiomatic fanatics in power.
What the world needs now is no more
of this anger, these fractious ghouls and idiomatic fanatics in power.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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For years, but especially for the past year, Democrats have been in thrall to the idea that they need to chase an imagined median voter, and adopt that voter’s positions. Mamdani’s victory shows another way: hold principles, and persuade people to share them.
I wrote about Zohran’s victory. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan
The Democratic party appears listless and unprincipled, unwilling to fight because they do not believe in anything. Zohran Mamdani is the opposite of this
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:13 AM
For years, but especially for the past year, Democrats have been in thrall to the idea that they need to chase an imagined median voter, and adopt that voter’s positions. Mamdani’s victory shows another way: hold principles, and persuade people to share them.
Sounds of NYC
November 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Sounds of NYC
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I just want to remind everyone that this is a statewide mandate, unencumbered by maps.
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I just want to remind everyone that this is a statewide mandate, unencumbered by maps.
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One of these lists is tied to Trump’s undeclared war in the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean.
There are reportedly dozens of groups on the list, but only two — the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the Colombian guerrilla group Ejército de Liberación Nacional — are publicly known.
There are reportedly dozens of groups on the list, but only two — the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the Colombian guerrilla group Ejército de Liberación Nacional — are publicly known.
Are You on Trump’s List of Domestic Terrorists? There’s No Way to Know.
The Trump administration is using NSPM-7 to compile the names of alleged domestic terror groups. It won’t tell us who’s on the list.
interc.pt
November 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
One of these lists is tied to Trump’s undeclared war in the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean.
There are reportedly dozens of groups on the list, but only two — the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the Colombian guerrilla group Ejército de Liberación Nacional — are publicly known.
There are reportedly dozens of groups on the list, but only two — the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the Colombian guerrilla group Ejército de Liberación Nacional — are publicly known.
Yes, Virginia.
Spanberger is projected to win alongside her running mate Ghazala Hashmi, who will be the first Muslim woman to win a statewide race in U.S. history. www.notus.org/virginia/abi...
Democrat Abigail Spanberger Wins Virginia Governor’s Election
She defeated her opponent, Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, by what was expected to be a wide margin.
www.notus.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Yes, Virginia.
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If you want the granular look at how the NYC mayoral candidates perform in neighborhoods across the city, you'll want to watch this precinct-level map, which will update as results start coming in.
The Most Detailed Map of the New York City Mayoral Election (Gift Article)
See how New Yorkers are voting, precinct by precinct
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
If you want the granular look at how the NYC mayoral candidates perform in neighborhoods across the city, you'll want to watch this precinct-level map, which will update as results start coming in.