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Scruffymurphy
@scruffymurphy.bsky.social
Pigdog.1975 model.ALP member.Yuin land.Likes surfing,Aussie flora and fauna,Hawk,Keating, Gillard,Unions,Souths and chasing balls.Dislikes ferals,fleas,RWNJs-LNP,IPA/ASPI.
Not a Democracy.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announces that the White House Correspondents' Association will no longer choose the pool reporter.

"Moving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House press team."
February 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... The 31-year-old Pascoe Vale woman is accused of assaulting a pregnant 30-year-old Muslim woman inside an Epping shopping complex in Melbourne’s north on Thursday before attacking 26-year-old Ealaf Al-Easawi about 10 minutes later
Australia news live: Queensland credit rating downgraded; Greens push for fossil fuel companies to contribute to natural disaster insurance
Follow live
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Says free-speech boy.
Don’t fucking threaten us with a good time mate.
February 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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I love our allies, even if our incoming president hates them!

cc: @thekiffness.bsky.social
January 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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"We live in a critical moment. The forces undermining democracy are powerful, but they are not invincible."
— Sue Barrett
johnmenadue.com/when-leaders...
When leaders act like dogs: A time without shame - Pearls and Irritations
The phrase, "there will come a time where there is no shame, and leaders will act like dogs" has its roots in various traditions, including ancient wisdom and cultural proverbs, often warning of socie...
johnmenadue.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
No way, a surfing Swan?
The other swans aren't gonna believe this
December 17, 2024 at 1:34 AM
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If I were Muslim here in Australia, of Arab or Palestinian heritage, I would be feeling abandoned and ignored. The 46,000 dead in the Gaza genocide seem to have been forgotten, no longer news.
December 11, 2024 at 9:25 AM
What Alice says 👇
#auspol
I'm no longer going to call the genocide in Gaza Israeli.

From now on, it's American / Israeli .. not because other countries aren't complicit, but because America is the primary provider of weapons and impunity for Israel.

America alone has the most power to stop it, and has chosen not to
December 11, 2024 at 10:50 PM
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Could it be 14 months of watching a genocide was all it was going to take? Bring on the economic and diplomatic sanctions, @australianlabor.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social. Recognize Palestinian Statehood. Join SA's case in the ICJ. Put your money where your mouth is. #auspol #StopIsrael
December 11, 2024 at 10:47 PM
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🧙🏽 WITCHY ACTION POST 🧙🏽

Here’s the info you need this week, witches. We haven’t got all in our database yet but will soon.

Please read all the screenshots in 2nd post to find out how to help this campaign.

It’s working, but we need all hands on deck.

Post 1 of 2.

#ToYourBrooms
#VileKyle
December 10, 2024 at 1:32 AM
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about 100 women have been murdered this years in family violence... no task force

Palestinians & muslims have also been firebombed, assaulted, fired, attacked... no task force

FN ppl subject to discrimination & systemic racism... no task force

this is a govt privileging jewish ppl above all else
Australia’s PM has announced the launch of a police task force on anti-Semitism following a spate of attacks aimed at Jewish people, including an arson attack at a synagogue.
Australia’s PM launches anti-Semitism task force after synagogue arson
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces task force as police say they are treating attack as ‘terrorism’.
aje.io
December 9, 2024 at 8:30 PM
December 9, 2024 at 9:52 PM
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A most brilliant article to understand what’s happening in Syria, and yes, US interests from here to Israel and Saudi Arabia.

johnmenadue.com/the-end-of-p...
The end of pluralism in the Middle East - Pearls and Irritations
A truly seismic change in the Middle East appears to be happening very fast. At its heart is a devil’s bargain.
johnmenadue.com
December 8, 2024 at 8:15 PM
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I’m excited for @gregcasar.bsky.social’s leadership at the Progressive Caucus. He’s going to be great.
Newly elected Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Greg Casar is already cooking
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
December 7, 2024 at 4:46 PM
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All over Damascus the military are withdrawing. Here they're changing into civilian clothes

Damascus has fallen

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December 8, 2024 at 1:48 AM
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Case of honeymoon over before the ceremony #USElection adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-honeym...
The Honeymoon Won't Last
Why Trump's honeymoon is likely to be much shorter than most
adamkinzinger.substack.com
December 5, 2024 at 10:10 PM
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‘The NT govt is trying to overturn a landmark court ruling which found it was legally required 2 provide Indigenous communities safe drinking water’

GFC

If any RW patriotic numpty wants to argue that “we r all one & equal in this country”, they can fck right off
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NT government’s bid to not supply safe drinking water to Indigenous communities is ‘shocking’, lawyer says
Authorities accused of ‘wasting time in court’ rather than working to fix the problem in towns across the Northern Territory
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:16 AM
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I said this once on the other place and some misogynist man was so incensed he tried to track me down at work to abuse me over the phone. I’ll say it again: men who defend rapists should be put on a watch list - they are dangerous to women.
December 2, 2024 at 10:19 PM
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December 2, 2024 at 7:12 PM
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last month 3,900 australians donated $377,000 to @climate200 to help keep #trumpism out of australia.

as a donation aggregator, every cent we raise online goes to values-aligned community independent campaigns around the country.

#AusVotes25

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Ad campaign comparing Peter Dutton to Donald Trump sees Climate 200’s donations surge by $380k
Organisation asked supporters if they ‘want to feel different on our election night’ in an ad with half of Trump’s face and half of Dutton’s
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 5:58 PM
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Can anyone help me out?

I really want to leave X as it's a sess pit of hate & vile.

But I also feel obligated as I don't want the hate to win.

Hmmm
December 2, 2024 at 9:49 AM
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"If you are between 10 & 16, this is the way our country now treats you: you are not old enough to use TikTok, but you are old enough to be convicted as an adult

These contradictory laws do have one thing in common: a disturbing lack of evidence behind their introduction"

Sean Kelly for SMH/Age
December 2, 2024 at 2:30 AM
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