Tom Conley
@tomjconley.bsky.social
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These people played the long game
Trump has legalized crime if you’re a prominent Republican or married to one.
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
These people played the long game
Gough tried to spread the luck of the lucky country just as it appeared to be running out
My post on Gough: "Gough dreamed of a country that never was, and asked why not?"
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Gough dreamed of a country that never was, and asked why not?
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Gough tried to spread the luck of the lucky country just as it appeared to be running out
Nostalgia political economy
15 percent of American homes lacked indoor plumbing in 1960.
The idea that everyone in 1955 America lived in a split-level suburban home with two cars and three kids and one income is, quite simply, a fantasy borne of media consumption.
The idea that everyone in 1955 America lived in a split-level suburban home with two cars and three kids and one income is, quite simply, a fantasy borne of media consumption.
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Nostalgia political economy
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“Biden officials worried that attaching their names to a recommendation to limit American support for Tel Aviv would hinder their future career prospects, the former senior official said, ‘which is in itself appalling.’”
NEW: Inside the Biden administration debates in late 2024 that could have changed the course of the Gaza war
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
Biden Discussed Potential Israeli War Crimes In Gaza. He Kicked The Can To Trump.
New intelligence shocked officials in late 2024, spurring heightened fear of U.S. liability, HuffPost has learned. The period saw Secretary of State Antony Blinken ask if Israel’s actions constituted ...
www.huffpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
“Biden officials worried that attaching their names to a recommendation to limit American support for Tel Aviv would hinder their future career prospects, the former senior official said, ‘which is in itself appalling.’”
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Trump dining with billionaire Steve Wynn at Mar-a-Lago. Wynn was accused of pressuring workers to perform sex acts.
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Trump dining with billionaire Steve Wynn at Mar-a-Lago. Wynn was accused of pressuring workers to perform sex acts.
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Now do the United States’ threat to democracies everywhere.
Nicolás Maduro is a mafia boss, not a president, and the Venezuelan government is now a criminal enterprise with the power of a state. It poses a threat to democracies everywhere.
How Venezuela Became a Gangster State | Journal of Democracy
Nicolás Maduro is a mafia boss, not a president, and the Venezuelan government is now a criminal enterprise with the power of a state. It poses a threat to democracies everywhere.
www.journalofdemocracy.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Now do the United States’ threat to democracies everywhere.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Palestinians’ bodies recently returned by Israel appear “highly indicative of organ harvesting,” according to a British-Palestinian surgeon, with Health officials confirming that the bodies also showed signs of severe torture.
Surgeon Warns: Condition of Palestinian Bodies Returned by Israel Highly Indicates “Organ Harvesting” - Quds News Network
Palestinians’ bodies recently returned by Israel appear “highly indicative of organ harvesting,” according to a British-Palestinian surgeon, with Health officials confirming that the bodies also showe...
qudsnen.co
November 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Palestinians’ bodies recently returned by Israel appear “highly indicative of organ harvesting,” according to a British-Palestinian surgeon, with Health officials confirming that the bodies also showed signs of severe torture.
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After organizers refused to ban Israel from participating, activists in Palma de Mallorca, Spain replaced the Israeli flag with the Palestinian flag at the Fencing World Cup.
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
After organizers refused to ban Israel from participating, activists in Palma de Mallorca, Spain replaced the Israeli flag with the Palestinian flag at the Fencing World Cup.
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Israeli occupation forces forcibly expelled the elderly Palestinian Umm Zuhri Shweiki from her home in Silwan’s Batn al-Hawa neighborhood, handing the property to Israeli settlers.
November 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Israeli occupation forces forcibly expelled the elderly Palestinian Umm Zuhri Shweiki from her home in Silwan’s Batn al-Hawa neighborhood, handing the property to Israeli settlers.
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We make no apologies for blocking Labor’s disastrous bill to kill FOI. The task for this Parliament is to make government more transparent and more accountable. Right now the Albanese government is the greatest obstacle to that.
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
We make no apologies for blocking Labor’s disastrous bill to kill FOI. The task for this Parliament is to make government more transparent and more accountable. Right now the Albanese government is the greatest obstacle to that.
Meanwhile
"Far from a peak, China's gasoline demand is estimated to have fallen 9% in October on the year to 12.5 million tons, with average daily use roughly flat with September..."
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
EVs put an end to China's usual holiday surge in gasoline use
Tianyu Jiang took a 2,000-km (1,200-mile) road trip this month during China's national holiday week, driving in his electric vehicle from the southwestern Sichuan basin to Beijing for the first time.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Meanwhile
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Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??
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As usual from this author, lots of cherrypicking here. Most obviously, Australia's performance on inflation is very similar to that of other developed contries. Employment growth is featured prominently but the fact that unemployment has risen steadily sinc3 2022 is ignored.
Australia’s economy shines in a world of deepening gloom
The numbers confirm Australia’s economy is responding to global conditions better than most.
independentaustralia.net
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
As usual from this author, lots of cherrypicking here. Most obviously, Australia's performance on inflation is very similar to that of other developed contries. Employment growth is featured prominently but the fact that unemployment has risen steadily sinc3 2022 is ignored.
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Frankenstein (2025)
Dir: Guillermo del Toro
Dir: Guillermo del Toro
November 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Frankenstein (2025)
Dir: Guillermo del Toro
Dir: Guillermo del Toro
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When riding waves of popularity in Opposition, Starmer had the opportunity to flag a potential need for additional tax. He had another chance immediately after winning "oh no there's an unexpected black hole!". Instead he put his head in the sand, hoping problem would go away.
I thought Starmer was going to fund public services by increasing productivity and growth? As I (and others) said, that’s supply sider cope and delusion.
“Nobody thought a Labour government would have to raise taxes by more than £70bn,” claims one insider in this excellent piece. Shows the problem of the climate of fear in meetings created by some of Starmer’s aides, in that plenty of Labour insiders, did, in fact, think this!
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
When riding waves of popularity in Opposition, Starmer had the opportunity to flag a potential need for additional tax. He had another chance immediately after winning "oh no there's an unexpected black hole!". Instead he put his head in the sand, hoping problem would go away.
No. He's a successor to John Howard.
Very good read by @yelgeb.bsky.social on debate over Albo v Gough Whitlam #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/can-anthony-...
michaelwest.com.au/can-anthony-...
Can Anthony Albanese credibly claim to be a successor of Whitlam? - Michael West
From AUKUS to government secrecy, politics to policy, PM Anthony Albanese is closer to Liberal Scott Morrison than Gough Whitlam
michaelwest.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
No. He's a successor to John Howard.
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Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
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This is the outfit in Tasmania @albomp.bsky.social ‘backed-in’ before the last federal election.
Opportunistic policies have consequences.
And, Albo, protection of the environment is demonstrated by action…not deeply flawed legislation that amounts to window dressing
#auspol
Opportunistic policies have consequences.
And, Albo, protection of the environment is demonstrated by action…not deeply flawed legislation that amounts to window dressing
#auspol
Tassal has another fish kill on its hands - this time its barramundi from WA not Tasmanian salmon www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Tassal eyes barramundi expansion despite parasite leading to fish kill
Foreign-owned aquaculture company Tassal suffers a fish kill at its barramundi farm in WA's Cone Bay, where the company has plans to expand. It follows a mass mortality in Tasmania's salmon industry, ...
www.abc.net.au
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is the outfit in Tasmania @albomp.bsky.social ‘backed-in’ before the last federal election.
Opportunistic policies have consequences.
And, Albo, protection of the environment is demonstrated by action…not deeply flawed legislation that amounts to window dressing
#auspol
Opportunistic policies have consequences.
And, Albo, protection of the environment is demonstrated by action…not deeply flawed legislation that amounts to window dressing
#auspol
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Police in Chicago arresting people on behalf of ICE. They are there to Protect & Serve their corporate overlords. The same ones who funded Trump and are now benefiting from his corruption and gutting our democracy.
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Police in Chicago arresting people on behalf of ICE. They are there to Protect & Serve their corporate overlords. The same ones who funded Trump and are now benefiting from his corruption and gutting our democracy.
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1/2 Whether it's gambling, sports & media companies
the fossil fuels lobby
weapons contractors
employments service providers
aged care industry, or
or private childcare conglomerates
...the Albanese government operates not in the national interest, but for powerful vested interests. #auspol
the fossil fuels lobby
weapons contractors
employments service providers
aged care industry, or
or private childcare conglomerates
...the Albanese government operates not in the national interest, but for powerful vested interests. #auspol
“Labor sources have told ABC Investigations the prime minister's office has been putting pressure on advocates for gambling reform within the parliamentary Labor party to prevent them from speaking up.”
So pathetic. Backbenchers scared of taking a moral position, Albanese scared of any reform.
So pathetic. Backbenchers scared of taking a moral position, Albanese scared of any reform.
'Broad, unspoken consensus': silent Labor MPs want action on gambling
Andrew Wilkie has asked the PM to allow a free vote on banning gambling advertising and it appears many Labor MPs would support it.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
1/2 Whether it's gambling, sports & media companies
the fossil fuels lobby
weapons contractors
employments service providers
aged care industry, or
or private childcare conglomerates
...the Albanese government operates not in the national interest, but for powerful vested interests. #auspol
the fossil fuels lobby
weapons contractors
employments service providers
aged care industry, or
or private childcare conglomerates
...the Albanese government operates not in the national interest, but for powerful vested interests. #auspol