Waz
@waz1980.bsky.social
Aussie who is paying a lot more attention to US Politics than he wants to. Thanks, Tangerine Palpatine…
Passionate about family (partner and 2 boys), disability rights, sport (Geelong Cats, Arsenal, Marco Odermatt, Oscar Piastri) and equality.
Passionate about family (partner and 2 boys), disability rights, sport (Geelong Cats, Arsenal, Marco Odermatt, Oscar Piastri) and equality.
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Labor is failing to meet even Scott Morrison’s moral benchmark here. He brought Australian children home.
Albanese is refusing to repatriate citizens from Syrian camps despite US warning leaving them there ‘compounds risk to all of us.’ Utterly shameful. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Albanese is refusing to repatriate citizens from Syrian camps despite US warning leaving them there ‘compounds risk to all of us.’ Utterly shameful. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia refuses to repatriate citizens from Syrian camps despite US warning leaving them there ‘compounds risk to all of us’
US offers to get Australians out of camps if they are issued with travel documents, but Labor has said ‘this is not something the government is considering’
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Labor is failing to meet even Scott Morrison’s moral benchmark here. He brought Australian children home.
Albanese is refusing to repatriate citizens from Syrian camps despite US warning leaving them there ‘compounds risk to all of us.’ Utterly shameful. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Albanese is refusing to repatriate citizens from Syrian camps despite US warning leaving them there ‘compounds risk to all of us.’ Utterly shameful. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
This every day of the week. What is the point of a labour government without compassion?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Somehow or other, someone has decided that we need less human involvement in human services.
Possibly because computers are so compassionate.
Disability has always been costly it's just that the biggest service was mostly provided by women - for free.
#AusPol
Somehow or other, someone has decided that we need less human involvement in human services.
Possibly because computers are so compassionate.
Disability has always been costly it's just that the biggest service was mostly provided by women - for free.
#AusPol
NDIS plans will be computer-generated, with human involvement dramatically cut under sweeping overhaul
Exclusive: Staff were told of major changes to the way NDIS funding and support plans will be made during a recent internal briefing
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This every day of the week. What is the point of a labour government without compassion?
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Total Grand Final domination from North Melbourne the appropriate manner in which to win their 27th straight game and second straight premiership. Phenomenal team, so disciplined and well-structured, deserve all the plaudits and success which comes their way. #AFLW
November 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Total Grand Final domination from North Melbourne the appropriate manner in which to win their 27th straight game and second straight premiership. Phenomenal team, so disciplined and well-structured, deserve all the plaudits and success which comes their way. #AFLW
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No skin in the game, but got to chuckle at this mob reporting through gritted teeth what is obviously a pretty good day for Melbourne. As for the reader comments ... 😂
November 30, 2025 at 2:55 AM
No skin in the game, but got to chuckle at this mob reporting through gritted teeth what is obviously a pretty good day for Melbourne. As for the reader comments ... 😂
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All that said it’s hard not to watch this without a sense of weary despair… we won’t save this world will we. Somehow the momentary needs and greed of vested interest will win out. A tiny self-absorbed few will do for the rest of us… they’ll blight the future to line their pockets. Sod ‘em.
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
All that said it’s hard not to watch this without a sense of weary despair… we won’t save this world will we. Somehow the momentary needs and greed of vested interest will win out. A tiny self-absorbed few will do for the rest of us… they’ll blight the future to line their pockets. Sod ‘em.
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Seven million people came out on No Kings Day, the largest single-day protest in U.S. history, and then followed it up with sweeping every major race on Nov. 4. We did our job in the streets and at the polls. It’d be nice if Democrats in the Senate could get on board.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Seven million people came out on No Kings Day, the largest single-day protest in U.S. history, and then followed it up with sweeping every major race on Nov. 4. We did our job in the streets and at the polls. It’d be nice if Democrats in the Senate could get on board.
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Hey. Hi. Tom Homan is on camera taking a $50k bribe and no one knows where the money went. If this was any other administration, this would be non-stop on the news. Why are we normalizing this stuff?
October 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Hey. Hi. Tom Homan is on camera taking a $50k bribe and no one knows where the money went. If this was any other administration, this would be non-stop on the news. Why are we normalizing this stuff?
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This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.
America is on the brink of martial law.
Do not be silent.
America is on the brink of martial law.
Do not be silent.
This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
October 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.
America is on the brink of martial law.
Do not be silent.
America is on the brink of martial law.
Do not be silent.
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My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
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hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
September 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
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People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
September 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
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In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
September 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
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right up there with slavery
Stephen Miller: "What James Comey did is truly one of the most severe assaults on our freedoms and liberties that has occurred in the whole history of this nation."
September 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
right up there with slavery
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so the president just tweeted out an offense worse than watergate, we all realize that right?
September 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
so the president just tweeted out an offense worse than watergate, we all realize that right?
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Team Jimmy Kimmel,,, that guys my family.
September 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Team Jimmy Kimmel,,, that guys my family.
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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Here is the growing list of countries choosing to pause mail deliveries to the U.S. because of Trump's tariff chaos.
Did anyone vote in 2024 to become the new Hermit Kingdom?
Austria
Australia
Denmark
France
Germany
India
Italy
Japan
New Zealand
Singapore
Spain
South Korea
Sweden
Thailand
Did anyone vote in 2024 to become the new Hermit Kingdom?
Austria
Australia
Denmark
France
Germany
India
Italy
Japan
New Zealand
Singapore
Spain
South Korea
Sweden
Thailand
August 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Here is the growing list of countries choosing to pause mail deliveries to the U.S. because of Trump's tariff chaos.
Did anyone vote in 2024 to become the new Hermit Kingdom?
Austria
Australia
Denmark
France
Germany
India
Italy
Japan
New Zealand
Singapore
Spain
South Korea
Sweden
Thailand
Did anyone vote in 2024 to become the new Hermit Kingdom?
Austria
Australia
Denmark
France
Germany
India
Italy
Japan
New Zealand
Singapore
Spain
South Korea
Sweden
Thailand
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This is how you stand up to bullies and aspiring tyrants.
August 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This is how you stand up to bullies and aspiring tyrants.