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Corporate money has crept into our politics, too, but South Australia has recently banned that, and I'm hoping the rest of the states and territories will follow. It can be done.
11.08.2025 01:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It worked in Australia... our Labor Party isn't perfect, and it struggles to stay in power due to right wing propaganda (Rupert Murdoch is Australian, after all) but it is our major progressive party, founded by Unions to represent the working class and small businesses.
youtu.be/EoJ_5H7R-3k?...
If COVID resulted in everyone getting harmless, untreatable, utterly gross pustules covering their entire face for weeks we wouldn't still be in a pandemic.
1. I've said exactly this for quite some time. Expanding on Adrian's @sillyputty78.bsky.social point on X / Twitter here, Covid-19 has three distinct characteristics as a disease that enables it to be denied at a societal level.
10.08.2025 17:58 β π 951 π 252 π¬ 30 π 33βIβd like a government that is lead by people who have a humane vision of the future.β- Ezra Klein
10.08.2025 13:42 β π 494 π 187 π¬ 18 π 14Bernie is Almost Always on The
Correct side of The Issues......
The more Cuomo attacks Mamdani in a pathetic attempt to stay relevant, the more I understand all the sexual abuse charges against him.
This is the height of white male entitlement.
He doesnβt know when to stop.
He doesnβt understand the word βNoβ.
He canβt accept defeat.
Yeah..... please allow me to apologise for that on behalf of Australia.
Our bad; we shouldn't have let him out of his box.
The clouds parted, giving me a window to frame the full moon. This was taken with my Canon camera and Tamron 150-600 lens.
My Portfolio:
portfolio.pixelfed.social/JoeGarrity
#astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #longexposurephotography #longexposure #moon #lunar #photography
Remember when we all used to clap every night to thank doctors, nurses, scientists, and public health workers for saving lives?
Thanks to disinformation, people in these professions are now frequently threatened and attacked. There is no way society can keep functioning like this.
Reminder: Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted by testimony from women abused as teens by her and Epstein. This is a live coverupβpower rewriting reality in real time with zero shame. The question isnβt ifβitβs how far theyβll go, and whoβs still looking away.
10.08.2025 15:36 β π 403 π 158 π¬ 9 π 9RFK Jr will kill people.
09.08.2025 22:46 β π 377 π 132 π¬ 59 π 13"The collapse of American democracy is like the pandemic: Whatever you say at the beginning will sound alarmist β but likely prove inadequate by the end."
Stuart Stevens
βYou cannot negotiate with people who say whatβs mine is mine and whatβs yours is negotiable.β
President John F. Kennedy
Landlords Commit $2.5 Million to Help Cuomo's Mayoral Campaign The money, the largest example of outside spending by a single donor in the New York City mayor's race, will go toward campaign ads on Andrew M. Cuomo's behalf.
When you see Cuomo attacking Mamdani over his rent stabilized one bedroom in Queens, do recall this please:
10.08.2025 20:10 β π 7606 π 2567 π¬ 37 π 97Just some ducks enjoying peas
10.08.2025 16:12 β π 2360 π 391 π¬ 87 π 43Yet more gross shitfuckery from the Shitler regime.
11.08.2025 00:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Can someone please shed some light on which crimes lead to deportation and which ones pave the way for the presidency? Iβm curious to understand the complexities of these processes. Thanks a bunch! π€£π
10.08.2025 18:43 β π 334 π 76 π¬ 20 π 1Need another version of this without the spelling error in 'admissible'... the sentiment is 100% correct, though.
11.08.2025 00:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I missed the part where blowing hundreds of millions in taxpayer money on gaudy, unnecessary White House upgrades counts as βcutting waste, fraud, and abuse.β Or did we just drop that whole narrative?
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