Peter Monk

I'm surprised anyone can still not see that we're 'not in Kansas anymore'. The inmates are running the asylum and all bets are off as to what's possible.

Miller, Trump, Johnson and all the other enablers need to be charged with treason. If their actions don't amount to a betrayal of the country and "providing aid and comfort to its enemies", I don't know what does.

YouTube video by Pod Force One with Miranda Devine Howard Lutnick on Living Next Door to Epstein, Surviving 9/11 & Late-Night Calls with Trump

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8_s...
The interviewer is Miranda Devine, an Australian far-right Trump supporter.

YouTube video by Pod Force One with Miranda Devine Howard Lutnick on Living Next Door to Epstein, Surviving 9/11 & Late-Night Calls with Trump

Posted yesterday.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8_s...
The interviewer is Miranda Devine, an Australian far-right Trump supporter.

YouTube video by Pod Force One with Miranda Devine Howard Lutnick on Living Next Door to Epstein, Surviving 9/11 & Late-Night Calls with Trump

Posted yesterday.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8_s...
The interviewer is Miranda Devine, an Australian far-right Trump supporter.

YouTube video by Pod Force One with Miranda Devine Howard Lutnick on Living Next Door to Epstein, Surviving 9/11 & Late-Night Calls with Trump

Posted yesterday.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8_s...
The interviewer is Miranda Devine, an Australian far-right Trump supporter.

I feel like the fact that Wikipedia is more tightly moderated than all the 'other' social media networks combined should count for something. Try putting some harmful content on there and see how long it lasts.

Vaccines are your natural 20. 💪

Crom laughs at your dilemma.

This really doesn't take a whole lot of brainwork:

1. Everyone wants the Epstein files released so that corrupt paedophiles can be identified and punished.

2. Trump does not want them released.

I'm sure there's a significance here, what could it possibly be?

When America falls, it won't just be Trump's fault. He could not have achieved half of his absurd authoritarian shit-show without the support of the greedy and the weak. They know this is all wrong but in their minds, you can't jump off the Trump train without breaking your legs in the process.

Johnson's response says it all: what about your side? Never mind legitimate concerns, just deny, defend and dismiss. He is a weak toad of a man.

I hope Republican voters are enjoying the unbridled chaos and corruption they voted for. The sad thing is, they'll continue to support Trump til their dying breath, even as recession drives their lives into the ground.

Australian artists warn of wipeout in a decade by AI Musicians and artists descended on Canberra to argue for copyright protections against AI, which they say will affect the future of their industries.

"Productivity Commissioner Stephen King admitted the PC had not conducted economic modelling of how proposed changes to #copyright law would affect the #creative industry..."

...after suggesting #AI could have carte blanche on works to learn how to replace artists! 🤯

www.afr.com/politics/fed...

I know it's common for people to want power without the associated responsibility but the MAGA party is just ridiculous. This is what you get when you put inexperienced and unqualified sycophants in positions of power.

2025-26: Israel establishes "security outposts" that rapidly evolve into civilian settlements.
2026-27: Rapid demographic engineering through forced displacement and resettlement.
2027-28: Formal Israeli annexation with US recognition as validation.
Is it being optimistic? 😅
2/2

I've been playing with an AI that predicts Trump's moves. It says Trump would probably favour "a phased process of establishing long-term control under the guise of reconstruction and humanitarian aid" rather than formal annexation but that his hand would likely be forced by Israel's timeline:
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That's basically the entire Trump administration: partisanship and a lack of experience. They're there to uphold the king's rule, not to do a job in any meaningful or productive way.

Trump Makes It Very Clear They’re Going To Turn TikTok Into A Right Wing Propaganda Machine After years of hyperventilation about TikTok’s impact on privacy, propaganda, and national security, TikTok is likely being sold to a bunch of Trump’s billionaire technofascist buddies …

Now might be a good time to leave TikTok. With its assets sale to Rupert Murdoch, Larry Ellison, and Michael Dell, and Trump's "joke" about it becoming "100 percent MAGA", it's on its way to becoming another right-wing cesspool. #tiktok

www.techdirt.com/2025/09/30/t...

Qld women denied chosen miscarriage care say it's like something from the US Brisbane women have told the ABC they paid an abortion clinic for their chosen miscarriage care rather than getting it at their large public hospital.

Women having 'missed miscarriages' say they were denied care at Mater Mothers’ Hospital in Brisbane because of its religious policies on abortion. This hospital receives public money. Why are we funding hospitals that don't provide medical services? #auspol #qldpol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

How can he justify his attacks if he's not being persecuted? Even if it is only by escalators...

If you're not angry about it, you're probably part of the problem!

A US fascism expert’s warning to Australia: ‘You guys are probably next’ The US’s slide towards authoritarianism is part of a global trend, says professor and fascism expert Jason Stanley. And distant Australia, far from being immune, is uniquely vulnerable

Fascism expert warns Australia could be next.

"A lot of what you’re seeing in the US must seem familiar to you, even though you’ve come nowhere close to what we’ve seen in the last few months ... the ideological preconditions are certainly familiar to you."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

No mention of palliative care for Janet but it does say she had to travel far for her medical appointments, so she may have had limited access to palliative care, too, which also suffers from underfunding (worsening due to our ageing population). Access to many services can be a "postcode lottery".

Parliament is not a place for worship, and certainly not sectarian worship. Any parliament claiming to represent all citizens - and claiming to provide and protect a right to religious freedom - should not be endorsing or engaging in the practice of a single religion. #auspol @albomp.bsky.social

Given that a majority (62%) of Australians support a national target of net-zero emissions by 2050 or earlier, it looks like the LNP is determined to make itself even more unelectable. #auspol #netzero

Big Brethren Four Corners is the home of Australian investigative journalism.

Watch this past week's Four Corners, where former members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church speak about the manipulation, surveillance, and threats the church allegedly used against them. #auspol
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-15/big-brethren/105776410

It's sad watching all these billion dollar companies fall over themselves to capitulate to Trump's whims. It turns out they don't actually have any principles at all, and they'll happily sell themselves to whoever can help them make more money. They do not deserve our trust.

Ex chief of staff John Kelly from October 2024. As it turns out: bang on the money. #Trump