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Born on Taribelang land. Qld Australia Once a philosopher. Always a writer. My novel CONVICTION (Allen&Unwin) is Out There. Oblomov is more afraid than lazy. My agent is the wonderful Virginia Lloyd in NY. lloydliterary.com

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Trump's shifting comments reveal how relations with Putin spiralled About six months into US President Donald Trump's second term, the Russia-Ukraine war continues to rage. Here's how the Trump-Putin relationship has waxed and waned since the beginning of the year.

Imagine being a journalist, or just an adult, having to take trump seriously. Because the media do. Take him seriously. Yep sure.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

05.08.2025 07:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Read THE DEATH OF STALIN, few people dared upset him in his decline. Sounds familiar, just canโ€™t place it.
Imagine if Russiaโ€™d had media? Like, actual media?

05.08.2025 07:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh how the stupidity shocks. This pigsty of ball-less boys. Do they dress themselves? Tie shoelaces too?
How history will laugh at them. And us. Especially us.

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The Language of Peacekeeping: Decoding Chapters 6 and 7 of the UN Charter Chapters 6 and 7 are the foundation of whatโ€™s referred to as the โ€œcollective security system. Here's what that means for UN Peacekeeping.

Israel has lost all moral & ethical rights to defend itself ever again. Send in the UN. Arrest every member of the Israeli Government & leaders of the settler movement. Religions don't deserve "special treatment".
betterworldcampaign.org/blog/between...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
End it.

04.08.2025 07:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have to agree that the Democrats are handling the Epstein files really well. All of the requests for documents and legislation being proposed, the money probe by Wyden and Senate Finance dems, the House dems asking for the birthday book, shutting down congress with endless Epstein amendments...

03.08.2025 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3531    ๐Ÿ” 858    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 88    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22
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Birds of a featherโ€ฆ..
This mother fuc*er is part of a huge flock.

04.08.2025 01:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17817    ๐Ÿ” 5759    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1281    ๐Ÿ“Œ 467
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Every time you shake a tree in Trumpville,... another sexual predator falls out.

03.08.2025 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 137    ๐Ÿ” 62    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Too few countries can hold their heads up in pride over Gaza. Sadly, Australia is still not one of them.

04.08.2025 06:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Irish President

โ€œI cannot really stand in a public venue & give a public speech & speak about our language when I see such incredible destruction of an entire people being taking place. Are we to watch children starving, women dehydrated who are trying to feed their children?..โ€

03.08.2025 20:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 204    ๐Ÿ” 109    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

Maybe something even uglier is coming down the line.

04.08.2025 06:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We first heard AFP Commissioner was gone on Friday, now itโ€™s public. I will not pretend this is anything other than good news. Under Kershaw the AFP:
- lost faith with senior management
- had zero transparency with parliament
- entrapped a 13 year old, and
- mishandled the caravan threat hoax

04.08.2025 04:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 232    ๐Ÿ” 69    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Only a journalist of Mehdi Hasan's caliber can DEMOLISH ISRAELI LIES.

Only took him 3 minutes flat๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ

04.08.2025 06:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Irish President calls on the UN to invoke Chapter 7 โ€” allowing military action to secure aid routes into Gaza.

โ€œAre we to simply watch children starve? Something must happen.โ€

A rare voice demanding real action to break Israelโ€™s siege.

04.08.2025 06:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 139    ๐Ÿ” 56    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Why does the AFR bother? Maybe their demographic is shrinking, sinking (or dying) as fast as the Coalitionโ€™s?

04.08.2025 06:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sounds about right.

04.08.2025 01:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9766    ๐Ÿ” 2117    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 76

Exactlyโ€ฆ

04.08.2025 05:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Appreciation post for this incredible American showing up in Marjorie Taylor Greeneโ€™s own district to say HELL NO to the chaos, cruelty, and coverups. When grandmas are grabbing neon signs and oxygen tanks to speak truth you know the tide is turning.

04.08.2025 01:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13023    ๐Ÿ” 2999    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 246    ๐Ÿ“Œ 104

still thinking about the Montana knife maker who said you don't have to worry about tariffs if you buy american. and then three months later, he realized he imports swedish steel and german equipment. and even MiUSA equipment costs $100k more now because of tariffs

04.08.2025 01:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26831    ๐Ÿ” 4656    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 729    ๐Ÿ“Œ 270
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Birds of a feather flock together

25.07.2025 16:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 161    ๐Ÿ” 78    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

We said release the files not the accomplices, idiot.

25.07.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27106    ๐Ÿ” 6561    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 369    ๐Ÿ“Œ 195

Christian Nationalists make the very best perverts.

25.07.2025 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3896    ๐Ÿ” 1355    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 238    ๐Ÿ“Œ 79

"He's in the process of establishing a dictatorship."
It's a simple 8-word sentence. News media could tell the public that. They know it's true. They report on the various steps toward autocracy every day. But they're afraid to utter that 8-word sentence. Which is more evidence of how true it is.

25.07.2025 19:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5341    ๐Ÿ” 1936    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 145    ๐Ÿ“Œ 84

THIS ๐Ÿ‘‡

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Todayโ€™s front page of The National, a Scottish newspaper.

25.07.2025 15:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23258    ๐Ÿ” 5865    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 720    ๐Ÿ“Œ 455
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DOJ slides into DMs of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell They're gonna make her an offer she can't refuse.

"In 2020, the government pointed to Maxwellโ€™s 'willingness to brazenly lie under oath about her conduct' as a reason to deny her bail. Now, with her entire life in the governmentโ€™s control, it turns to her as a source of truth. Or, if not truth, a story that can help the president out of this jam."

24.07.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15430    ๐Ÿ” 5819    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 871    ๐Ÿ“Œ 357

We are getting closer to the point of everyone quickly trying to pretend they have always called this genocide

24.07.2025 22:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 154    ๐Ÿ” 45    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The man who introduced Trump to Melania, Paolo Zampolli, served on the board of the TerraMar Project, a โ€œnonprofitโ€ founded by Ghislaine Maxwellโ€ฆ

Zampolli now holds a U.S. diplomatic role under Trump.

Just another random coincidence, Iโ€™m sure.

25.07.2025 00:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 99    ๐Ÿ” 60    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

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