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MandaM
@marragem.bsky.social
Retired-ish teacher, grandy, auto-immune arthritis warrior, finding joy.
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All in plain sight.

Please share this image with your friends, family, colleagues - in your messaging groups, on your FB!

There's nothing we can do about the US, but there's a lot we can do to make sure it doesn't happen to us - especially in an election year. Time to step up! #auspol
February 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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In a fascist dictatorship the greatest threat is evidence of the lie. The reason Trump is shutting websites and firing experts is because he can’t risk evidence of his corruption, intellectual bankruptcy and insanity countering the state run propaganda.
February 1, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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“It's not hysteria. It's not exaggeration. It's not premature. Where we are is a place we have never been in this country and threat we face is one that is by no means certain that we can survive.” @djrothkopf.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
January 6 Was Nothing Compared to What We're Going Through Now
But Make No Mistake, This Too is Our Government Being Torn Apart by a Mob of Thugs
open.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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Temu Trump .. at odds with reality.

The LNP scaled back the number of APS employees by 17,000 from 2012 to 2020.

But it hid the surge in spending on consultants.

An audit in 2023 found that the previous LNP Govt hired a “shadow” workforce of 54,000 consultant workers, costing $20B pa.

#auspol
Right idea, wrong target: How Dutton’s 36,000 job cuts will leave him exposed
Getting rid of thousands of public servants in Canberra sounds like a vote winner, until the voters realise that the services on which they rely won’t be there any more.
www.smh.com.au
January 31, 2025 at 2:09 AM