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James McAlpine

@mymossvale.bsky.social

Superannuated educator. Still involved with public schools and supporting principals.

91 Followers  |  96 Following  |  21 Posts  |  Joined: 14.11.2024  |  1.5024

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Antisemitism crisis. What is real and what is not - Michael West Anthony Albanese has announced a Royal Commission into the Bondi Attacks and antisemitism. Is Australia's antisemitism crisis exaggerated?

the issue is instrumentalisation of antisemitism allegations to silence criticism of Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The Royal Commission TORs legitimise baseless accusations, inflated claims, and outright fabrications.

michaelwest.com.au/antisemitism...

10.01.2026 08:50 β€” πŸ‘ 108    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 2

Noticing that CNN is calling Jan. 6 a β€œriot,” not an β€œinsurrection.”

PSA: It was an insurrection.

06.01.2026 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 9632    πŸ” 2495    πŸ’¬ 417    πŸ“Œ 128
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I gave the 2025 Dymphna Clark Memorial Lecture recently. It was about how Australia is failing its public schools & the vulnerable kids they increasingly enrol. I pull no punches. It will be broadcast on ABC RN Big Ideas at 8pm 25/11 and midday 26/11. Or via the app www.abc.net.au/listen/liste...

21.11.2025 08:23 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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Massachusetts AG Campbell: What you heard from the president and the speaker is total bullshit.

Let’s take a step back. Never in the history of this country β€” during a war or an emergency shutdown β€” has the federal government ever stopped funding SNAP benefits for our most vulnerable.

15.11.2025 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 11481    πŸ” 3338    πŸ’¬ 153    πŸ“Œ 74
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

05.10.2025 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 38316    πŸ” 17061    πŸ’¬ 829    πŸ“Œ 2411

Not sure I have regretted anything less than cancelling my @washingtonpost.com sub

21.09.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
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The New York Times has become a pathetic newspaper. Their headlines β€œTrump says” are just press releases for Trump - stenography, not journalism. Without strong and brave journalism, democracy dies. It’s not often you see strong and brave journalism at the New York Times, particularly about Trump.

20.09.2025 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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People are talking about it...

28.08.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 114    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 1
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BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout.

They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.

(πŸŽ₯ AP)

28.08.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 10570    πŸ” 3405    πŸ’¬ 168    πŸ“Œ 246

If these conferences are genuinely about combating antisemitism, what is the purpose of all the Israeli flags (at this & similar events)?
Possibly because the real goal is to conflate Judaism with Israel & Zionism, to ensure that nobody can safely criticise Israel, no matter what it does?
#Auspol

05.08.2025 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely need the National Guard to quell this... insurrection of... line dancing?

09.06.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3344    πŸ” 927    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 32
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Pianist furore leads to record losses for Melbourne Symphony The discrimination suit bought by pianist Jayson Gillham after he was cancelled over pro-Palestinian comments helped inflict a record $3.3 million deficit on the orchestra in 2024.

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra recorded biggest loss in its 118-year history. Legal bills helped blow a $3.3 million hole in its budget

Concerts were postponed & members protested over its sacking of Gillham after he dedicated a song to killed Palestinian journos

www.afr.com/life-and-lux...

06.06.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 451    πŸ” 133    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 17
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#Auspol super tax

05.06.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why are ICE agents masked to begin with? Our law enforcement officers shouldn’t be anonymous. Ever.

12.05.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 35839    πŸ” 8495    πŸ’¬ 1928    πŸ“Œ 457
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β€œSee you in court.”

03.05.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 35132    πŸ” 6861    πŸ’¬ 1179    πŸ“Œ 550
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No notes. h/t @ianbremmer.com

03.05.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 32801    πŸ” 6620    πŸ’¬ 175    πŸ“Œ 348

There aren't many things I'll wax lyrical about when it comes to Australia, but I will for our non-partisan Electoral Commission, compulsory voting, ease of voting (wkend elections with booths everywhere & early and postal too), and democracy sausage setup.

#AusPol #AusVotes2025 #AusElection2025

23.04.2025 02:17 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

The UK has now issued a travel warning for the US: possible arrest or detention for failing to meet entry requirements.

20.03.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 23602    πŸ” 7074    πŸ’¬ 686    πŸ“Œ 737
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The ACCC supermarket inquiry has revealed what we already knew: that Australia's big supermarkets have some of the highest profit margins in the world.

Their gain = your pain.

We've been saying this for years: high inflation was caused by big companies price gouging & taking extra profit. #auspol

20.03.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 271    πŸ” 119    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 7
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BREAKING: A federal judge in Maryland has just barred DOGE from accessing Social Security, saying the group is on a "fishing expedition" that jeopardizes people's personal data.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

20.03.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 40943    πŸ” 9984    πŸ’¬ 857    πŸ“Œ 571

He should also be remembered as the treasurer who encouraged the closure of Australia’s automobile industry.

20.03.2025 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Manufactured antisemitism. Universities relied on fudged numbers - Michael West Australian universities adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of antisemitism based on fudging the numbers

How the numbers were fudged.

Zionist Federation: "64% of students experienced antisemitism on campus

Academic Emma Thomas: "Framed another way .. 94% of Jewish students did not report antisemitism"

#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/manufactured...

20.03.2025 06:24 β€” πŸ‘ 158    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 10

Let’s hope it’s May

03.03.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Top HHS spokesperson quits after clashing with RFK Jr. Thomas Corry resigned over disagreements with the HHS secretary and his approach to the measles outbreak.

RFK Jr’s top spokesman at HHS resigns after just 2 weeks after reporting clashing with him about his response to the measles epidemic in Texas. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

03.03.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 30015    πŸ” 9086    πŸ’¬ 1391    πŸ“Œ 626

And it’s only minimum funding. No Scottish baronial libraries.

03.03.2025 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rep. Jim Himes: Zelenskyy is watching 70,000 dead Ukrainians. Missiles are slamming into hospitals. This is what he’s seeing, and he comes to the Oval Office, and a reporter asks him why he’s not wearing a suit. And the effing VP wants him to say thank you…

03.03.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 31335    πŸ” 7876    πŸ’¬ 1294    πŸ“Œ 344
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Dutton echoes Trump, Musk and Carlson by peddling Great Replacement Theory Peter Dutton is now peddling the Great Replacement Theory, an extremist ideology denounced as antisemitic in the US, but which has been mainstreamed by Elon Musk, Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson.

Whack.
Bernard Keane doesn't miss while MSM either promotes Dutton's MAGAfication or tiptoes around it.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/24/p...

24.02.2025 03:20 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4

I guess Angus has accepted that Labor will win the election.

23.02.2025 05:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Usman Khawaja has asked "where is the justice?" after two Muslim women were attacked at a Melbourne shopping centre, in what's being treated as "prejudice-motivated"

"Rather than have an exclusive anti-Semitic summit, how about we stop picking sides and include Islamophobia"

18.02.2025 05:13 β€” πŸ‘ 869    πŸ” 271    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 7

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