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Cartoon by John Deering.

Of course they did and this explains why they are always so keen to ban any pro Palestine marches. #auspol #nswpol #freepalesti̇ne

Kristi Noem ‘stares down’ Antifa. It was reporters and a guy in a chicken costume

Kristi Noem praised for ‘staring down’ Antifa. It was a dozen reporters and a guy in a chicken suit

When there is an actual terrorist attack because Stephen Miller & co have utterly broken the forces dedicated to preventing them, including putting podcasters at the helm of the FBI, he’s preparing to say it’s Antifa’s fault for (mythically) drawing away resources.

No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

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Jared Kushner is going to the Middle East to negotiate a deal on behalf of the U.S. government days after Kushner announced a $55 billion deal between his private equity fund and the Saudi government

One of the most brazen conflicts in history.

Opinion | Andrew Hastie fleeing to the backbench once again demonstrates how the right loves to destroy things, but building anything is too much like hard work, writes Bernard Keane.

Read it here: www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/0...

Definitely channeling Nazi propaganda re: WWI

Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’ The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

"Both Google and Apple recently removed Red Dot, an app people can use to report sightings of ICE officials."

"Google told 404 Media it removed apps because they shared the location of what it describes as a vulnerable group."
#USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

Countdown until he blames the generals . . . .
Who says you can't learn from history.

Serious Nazi vibes about WWI

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“It’s not just Netanyahu, but the State of Israel that is committing crimes. States must act by severing strategic, military, and economic relations, otherwise they become complicit. The responsibility also falls on us citizens.”
— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason. Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

"[A]gents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face.... I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, 'you’re free to go.'" #KavanaughStop

In a world where techlords rule us by whim, Australia’s stance against deepfakes is reason to celebrate | Van Badham Could courage be contagious? Let’s hope so, because in the absence of powerful regulation, the normalisation of awful blooms A man who posted non-consensual, pornified “deepfake” images of Australian women has been ordered to pay $343,500 in civil penalties for doing so by a federal court. Everyone, everywhere, should be thrilled by this decision. What Anthony Rotondo did by uploading these images was perpetrate “image-based abuse” against his victims. It’s a wanton, wilful act of cruelty intended to harm and humiliate its targets, and it is against Australian law. Continue reading...

In a world where techlords rule us by whim, Australia’s stance against deepfakes is reason to celebrate | Van Badham

Andrew Hastie: soldier for an extreme version of governing by Christ Andrew Hastie is a more extreme Fundamentalist Christian than Scott Morrison. Australians cannot let his attempts to lead the nation go unchallenged. His place on the ARC Board is a warning.

…consoled or fooled by subtler first steps.

Price & Hastie don’t care that their views are minority. Watch USA. The long game is minority authoritarian rupture of representative government.

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#auspol

Burma, India, Pakistan, Kenya, the middle east . . . .

And consider very carefully that Gina the unelected billionaire who funds the IPA is behind this

Hastie - a captains pick by Abbott and now Gina’s new lapdog is part of a major shift by the LNP IPA towards the extreme right

PAY ATTENTION VOTERS

This is so good!

Grand Theft Accounting I am shocked—shocked, I tell you—to discover in this year’s corporate tax report that Optus paid no tax on $8.2 billion of income.

Brilliant piece by @birmo.bsky.social on corporations not paying tax and how the people in charge want you to blame baristas, foreigners and single mums for the fact your hospitals are busted.

He's talking about Australia, but it's true for everyone, everywhere.

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Authoritarianism is boring.

My American friends believe that dictatorships are dramatic with public executions and whatnot. Unlike the movies, dictatorships are unexciting. Life goes on: people get groceries and struggle with bills, as usual.

Losing agency in your own society is mostly boring.

All part of a power and control fetish?

Her lips are moving, so I'm assuming yes.
But seriously they're trying to reduce the minimal regulation we have on corporate (and billionaire) power along with the minimal taxes.

There's a 3-pronged attack on AUS, UK and US. All using the same play book.
An orchestrated effort by far right politicians, neo-Nazis (including Zionists) and Christian Nationalists.
I fear for our society.

He's absolutely right. The alternatives to shame and social pressure are worse, as we're seeing.
Along that same line, the legal approach to hate speech are being weaponised by the far right. But I think it was just a weapon that came to hand by bad faith actors in the service of their aims

Government playing word games with nuclear weapons - Michael West While a treaty prohibits nuclear weapons stationed in Australia, the Government tries to circumvent it, playing word-games.

Nuclear word games! From 2032 US Virginia subs will carry nuclear cruise missiles. The Rarotonga Treaty prohibits nuclear weapon carrying subs from being “stationed” here. Our Govt is saying US subs won’t be “stationed” here, they’re just a “rotational force” #auspol

Andrew Hastie is on the board of an international extreme Christian body, the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship.
Don’t let his mask fool you. We don’t want bossy Christian gov in Australia. (Note in US, contraceptive pills being treated as abortion 🚨)
#Auspol

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We've just delivered 80 pages and over 2,700 signatures to the PM's office, calling for sanctions on Israel now to put a stop to the genocide.

Hastie's little playbook needs be called out by everyone

And rejected

Migrants are NOT here grabbing your jobs and houses

They're building your new house, starting new businesses, bringing in skilled work we don't have in Australia to cover shortages