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‘We’ll run out of food this week’: how attacks on Iran leave Gaza under siege Israel has closed all crossings into Gaza, threatening to plunge 2 million people into a new hunger crisis * US-Israel war on Iran – live updates Israel closed all crossings into Gaza indefinitely when it attacked Iran, imposing a siege that has already pushed up food prices and threatens to plunge 2 million people into a new hunger crisis. After more than two years of war, and with Israeli forces in control of about 60% of the territory, almost all Gaza’s food must be brought in. Continue reading...

‘We’ll run out of food this week’: how attacks on Iran leave Gaza under siege

Indigenous Australians share the racist messages they receive online: ‘No one’s feeling safe’ Australia has announced an inquiry into racism and hate directed at First Nations people, as Lidia Thorpe says racism has ‘never been this bad’

Where is the RC and the special envoy for this?
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Tasmanian salmon farms blocked from using antibiotic florfenicol after detection in wild fish 10km away Regulator suspends permit due to ‘unacceptable risk’ antibiotic poses to other species in move welcomed by environmental campaigners

Tasmanian salmon has been on the nose for years with calls to shut down or completely change farming practices; see Richard Flanagan's non-fiction book Toxic (2021) - also find wild or sustainably farmed fish at your monger - not cheap but better...oh and this...
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Raskin tears Kristi Noem a new one: "Apparently when your blankie was left on one of the govt jets and not transported to the new one, your special govt employee, Corey Lewandowski, chivalrously stepped forward to fight the pilot -- mid air!"

Breaking: Antibiotic licence for salmon farming revoked over 'unacceptable risk' The use of florfenicol in Tasmania's salmon industry has been banned as the country's veterinary medicine regulator suspends an emergency licence for the antibiotic.

Good. No concern was given for the impact on other marine species nor for human health. #politas

Statement from Jasmine Crockett.

AOC: If people like Kristi Noem, Kash Patel, and Pam Bondi violate the law, there are supposed to be consequences. These are people who call themselves law enforcement officers. The message they’re sending is that they can cover up for pedophiles and street executions. That cannot be acceptable.

White House pushes back against mounting questions over any US involvement in Iran school strike – live Karoline Leavitt bats away question over bombing that reportedly killed 175 people

US & Israeli Governments are the biggest terrorist organisations in Middle East!
Listen up @albomp.bsky.social

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Ossoff: "The president owes Americans a real explanation. 2am posts on Truth Social just aren't good enough when you're sending Americans into combat. He was dancing at his beach club the same night he ordered air crews to launch into combat & hours before our service members endured missile salvos"

Mostly cuts from sharp things like knives, but the most recent one was from a vege peeler.

COUNTRIES ATTACKED BY BOMBING, SABOTAGE OR ATTEMPTED GOVERNMENT OVERTHROW SINCE WORLD WAR Iran - none USA - China 1945-46 Syria 1949 Korea 1950-53 China 1950-53 Iran 1953 Guatemala 1954 Tibet 1955-70s Indonesia 1958 Cuba 1959 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1960-65 Iraq 1960-63 Dominican Republic 1961 Vietnam 1961-73 Brazil 1964 Belgian Congo 1964 Guatemala 1964 Laos 1964-73 Dominican Republic 1965-66 Peru 1965 Greece 1967 Guatemala 1967-69 Cambodia 1969-70 Chile 1970-73 Argentina 1976 Turkey 1980 Poland 1980-81 El Salvador 1981-92 Nicaragua 1981-1990 Cambodia 1980-95 Angola 1980 Lebanon 1982-84 Grenada 1983-84 Philippines 1986 Libya 1986 Iran 1987-88 Libya 1989 Panama 1989-90 Irag 1991 Kuwait 1991 Somalia 1992-94 Irag 1992-1996 Bosnia 1995 Iran 1998 Sudan 1998 Afghanistan 1998 Yugoslavia - Serbia 1999 Afghanistan 2001 Traq 2002-3 Somalia 2006-2007 Iran 2005-present Libya 2011

Posted without comment, other than... FFS!

You can be an ally of a country but not openly support every country they invade or conflict they enter.

Just like you can support a political party but not openly support every policy they have.

This is called a democracy and what we’re meant to be fighting for.
#Auspol

Why, indeed.

Trump and Netanyahu want regime change, but Iran’s regime was built for survival. A long war is now likely A public uprising might not be enough to topple a deeply entrenched political system backed by armed paramilitary groups.

‘Trump and Netanyahu want regime change, but Iran’s regime was built for survival. A long war is now likely… ‘
@aunz.theconversation.com
#Auspol

A PSA from Thomas Massie:

A PM under an ICC arrest warrant for alleged war crimes backed by a U.S. president who tried to overturn an election, killed the Iranian supreme leader / dictator.

Iran now bomb 4 authoritarian countries: Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Bahrain.

And we’re told democracy will come out of this.

Still true

Sign the Petition Plants Not Pills - Reverse DVA’s Attack on Veterans’ Access to Medicinal Cannabis

Fewer than 160 doctors in ALL of Australia can now prescribe medicinal cannabis to veterans under the DVA’s new in-person specialist-only requirements, eliminating 95% of prescribers overnight.

Federal Labor is bad for our health, and abandoning our diggers. 👇🏻

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On days like today it's worth reading or listening again to Australian Opposition Leader Simon Crean's 2003 response to Prime Minister John Howard's decision to plunge Australia into conflict; the false war against weapons of mass destruction. #auspol australianpolitics.com/2003/03/20/w...

YouTube video by Reelblack One Inside The CIA - On Company Business (1980) [COMPLETE] HD

worth remembering how the US established itself as the global cop after the second world war, the history is long and brutal, this documentary from 1980...

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We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

The lies these shameless, dishonest assholes told us about how voting for Donald Trump would be voting for no new wars.

Well, we are now in a new war with Iran—just to distract from Trump's pedophilia.

🙋‍♀️ #DifficultWomen

marie from the aristocats is looking out of a window with her paws crossed . ALT: marie from the aristocats is looking out of a window with her paws crossed .

I'm now having Haigh's chocolate envy...

5. Max and Francesca co-own a home in Washington, D.C., where they lived for years and brought a daughter into the world. The sanctions against Francesca include a block on this property that bars Plaintiffs’ from enjoying it or its value indefinitely, constituting an unreasonable seizure under the Fourth Amendment. 6. L.C., Max, and Francesca also continue to face irreparable harms to their Fifth Amendment due process rights. Max and Francesca’s spousal relationship, and their parental relationship with L.C., has effectively been turned into criminal activity. Both Max and Francesca’s chosen professions have been, and continue to be, impaired through the termination of longstanding relationships, canceling of professional opportunities, and limitations on their ability to engage fully in their professional lives. 7. At its heart, this case concerns whether Defendants can sanction a person — ruining their life and the lives of their loved ones, including their citizen daughter — because Defendants disagree with their recommendations or fear their persuasiveness. Sanctions, used appropriately, are a powerful tool to disrupt and undermine the activities of terrorists, criminals, and authoritarian regimes. Sanctions are abused, however, when they seek to silence disfavored points of view and to violate the constitutional rights of people the government does not like.

Via @seamushughes.bsky.social, Treasury has blocked Francesca Albanese, her spouse, and their US citizen daughter from accessing her property based in IEEPA sanctions.

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Grace Tame says ‘spare me the condescension, old man’ after Albanese defends ‘difficult’ comment PM clarifies remark but says he disagrees with some language the 2021 Australian of the Year has used

LOLZ
#TeenyTinyMan
#Scambo
#ShutUpOldMan
#auspol
#DifficultTroubleComingMatey
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Francesca Albanese is a powerful voice for justice, which is why the Israel lobby is trying to silence her Israel lobby groups have spread doctored quotes by UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Francesca Albanese to defame her. Their desperate campaign is a testament to her work and the threat she poses...

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The best of people if you believe in human rights

Imagine if the State Govt enacted a rapid response taskforce in response to #DomesticViolence.

It's a yummy looking cake, fresh cream? 😋💜

Israeli Soldiers Killed Gaza Aid Workers at Point Blank Range in 2025 Massacre: Report A minute-by-minute reconstruction of the massacre by Earshot and Forensic Architecture found Israeli soldiers fired over 900 bullets at the aid workers, killing 15.

Israeli Soldiers Killed Gaza Aid Workers at Point Blank Range in 2025 Massacre: Report
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