Grant MacDonald

Wow.

This is the classic "I am sorry YOU were offended" apology that isn't.

We used to associate the #US Whitehouse with West Wing, now it all looks more like The Office.
#uspol

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Liberal Party leadership spill #auspol #LNP

Content posted from the US is so depressing. I think I will just start blocking everyone posting from the USA.
Just kidding, but seriously guys!

Bunnings given green light to use facial recognition tech on customers to combat crime Bunnings store managers gave evidence of regular threatening or abusive behaviour from some customers

Hmmm.... bit of a scratchy throat. I will need to wrar a mask in Bunnings. 🤔 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Yes can we please stop associating Zionism and Semitism. The former is a political movement and the latter is a racial/cultural group.

I have seen no antisemitism at universities. Plenty of support for Gaza, but that is not antisemitic.

Trumps walk away with millions and everyone else loses money. Just like the crypto meme coin. Grifters.

Just don't eat salmon. Especially not Tasmanian. I live here and you will be helping my environment. Fish caught within 1 km of pens is not safe to eat, but apparently fish in the pens is a healthy food. Go figure.🫤

Recognising 26 January as a day of invasion is not about division, but about respect, honesty and connection.

It is about acknowledging the truth that sovereignty was never ceded.

This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

Influx of influencers leaves tennis fans frustrated at Australian Open Many long-time tennis fans have levelled some frustration at the influx of influencers who have descended on Melbourne Park, as they battle long lines, overcrowding and increased ticket prices.

Influwankers #wordoftheyear2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Trump will never understand those that put principles above dollars. In any case the USA people will be paying the tariffs.

Well there aren't any valuable minerals or oil there obviously.🫤

Giving Trump the Nobel peace prize medal is ‘absurd’, say Norwegian politicians US president criticised for accepting medal awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado

Trump displaying the nepobaby grin. Doesn't know the difference between earning something and just being given something. #Trump #PeacePrize
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#Trump comments on #Greenland put the Australia-US alliance in doubt. If Australia were actually under threat (for instance, from China), instead of coming to Australia's defence, the USA is more likely to invade.

US exceptionalism gives them the idea that the rest of the world has nothing to offer them.

I respect elite athletes for their skill, but in the political debate their opinion rates the same as any random person in the street. Why give them a megaphone on public issues?

For decades big oil has had influence over governments, but now we may be seeing the first country actually governed by an oil corporation.
#venezuela #trump #chevron

When Antisemitism Becomes a Political Weapon Part II Part I dealt with a lie. Part II deals with a misdiagnosis. In the wake of Bondi, grief has been channelled toward a particular conclusion: that Jewish safety requires the suppression of disse...

“In the wake of Bondi, grief has been channelled toward a particular conclusion: that Jewish safety requires the suppression of dissent, the conflation of Jewish identity with Israeli state power, and the rapid expansion of punitive authority in the name of protection.”

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Maintain dignity. The politicians that are using this tragedy to push Trumpist policies of division and retribution cannot be allowed to succeed.

Trump to highlight 2025 achievements amid Venezuela, economic tensions Trump is also set to preview his 2026 priorities during Oval Office 'address to the nation'.

Trump seems to have solved the immigration problem by simply making moving to the USA less desirable that living in a corrupt South American war zone.
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It is not antisemitic to be critical of Israeli government policy, just as it isn't unaustralian to be critical of our government's policy.

Banning immigration from a country because a few from that country are terrorists is racist.
#Bondi #OneNation #PaulineHanson #BarnabyJoyce

Yes, finding myself parked between two F100s and trying to back out safely is a nightmare.

Slopify

Also brings to mind "The Emperor's New Clothes"

I didn't realise, when I opened my first protonmail account that it would get this big.😸

He means postcolonial countries still being exploited economically by core economies like the USA.

He is actually Boarder Patrol, not ICE.
ICE are being blamed for a lot of Boarder Patrol aggression.