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Obviously, everyone will focus on Trump’s F-bomb. But the agressive “do you understand that?” spat towards the female reporter reveals more about this piece of shit than anything.

Trump's image of dead 'white farmers' came from Reuters footage in Congo, not South Africa U.S. President Donald Trump showed a screenshot of Reuters video taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of what he falsely presented on Wednesday as evidence of mass killings of white South...

Trump showed a screenshot of a video taken in the Congo as part of what he falsely presented as evidence of mass killings of white South Africans. In fact, the video showed humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the Congolese city of Goma, filmed after deadly battles with Rwanda-backed rebels.

Told you!

How good is this line up? 🙌🙌🙌

See you Sunday at 9am #SundayShot #auspol

As Australia’s election result reminds us, News Corp no longer has the power to sway voters | Margaret Simons The declining power of the Murdoch press is part of the wider story of the waning influence of mainstream media

This is wise and thoughtful from @margaretsimons.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Capitalism has already eaten democracy anyway - The Shot If left unsupervised, capitalism will always eat democracy. And we are further on this arc than many of us want to believe.

Here's me. 'Capitalism has already eaten democracy anyway'

Instead of obsessing about Climate 200's crowdfunding to support candidates committed to saving our planet, maybe the media could focus more on Atlas Network's funding of individuals and organisations to promote climate denialism and undermine democracy to benefit the (very) privileged few?

Gettin' Scared - April 13 YouTube video by The Sunday Shot

After reading the introduction to the deceptive cabal that is Advance in today's @sydmorningherald.bsky.social, watch last week's #SundayShot to learn more about its ties to the Atlas Network & their toxic brand of Christo-fascist White supremacist hyper-capitalism.

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"Within the lifetime of most Australians, large parts of south and south-east Asia will simply become unlivable due to unbearable heat, as will parts of northern Australia.
Crop yields will fall, and so will some states."

-Canberra Times, Admiral Chris Barrie (Retd)

The missing women of autism are differently different | Aeon Essays Long believed to be particularly associated with males, new research is revolutionising our understanding of autism

“...research shows that up to 80 percent of autistic females may initially receive an inappropriate diagnosis – of social anxiety, or an eating disorder, or borderline personality disorder – before it is recognised that they are autistic.”

OMGee

••••MEASLES ALERTS••••

1. Fueled primarily by the surging epidemic in western Texas, the number of confirmed measles cases in the United States has risen to 523.

Reported in less than three months, these 523 cases represent the second-highest annual total America has experienced in a…

Donold is now classifying protests at Tesla dealerships as ‘domestic terrorism.’

Protest at a Tesla dealership and you get arrested as a terrorist.

But attack the Capitol and you get a pardon.

Trump never had a peace plan for Ukraine. He had a plan for Ukraine's surrender, with a colonial resource grab. As Zelenskyy rightly refused it, or to cooperate in Trump's TV spectacular, the US has now cut Ukraine off.
That's what blackmail looks like.
That's what the world is up against.

So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.

This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.

What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

Screen grab from the Guardian: Zelenskyy says Trump 'lives in disinformation bubble' with discord sowed by Russia Zelenskyy now responds to Trump's comments overnight. He says that he "never comments on popularity ratings, especially my own or other leaders," but he points out that the latest poll shows 58% of Ukrainian trust him. "So if anyone wants to replace me right now, that will not work," he says. He also calls out "a lot of disinformation coming from Russia," as he says that these figures seem to be shared with the US. "Unfortunately, President Trump, with all due respect for him as the leader of a nation that we respect greatly ... is living in this disinformation bubble," he says. Zelenskyy says he will look into collecting more data on trust in key global leaders to counter Russian disinformation, as he says he warns against "the misinformation circle around President Trump," which he says includes representatives linked with Hungarian and Slovak governments.

Zelenskyy is giving a live press conference right now and can I just say: YES.

Thanks to @mrhenrymorris.bsky.social, I’ve seen the next incisive issue of The PNG Courier

How about that NACC?
Are we going to get to the election without them delivering a single successful corruption investigation?

Labor pledges $573 million for women's health, including long-term contraceptives The election pitch also includes new measures for women in menopause, including efforts to lift support and care provided by GPs.

This is huge. HUGE. Oral contraceptive pills to be added to PBS for first time in decades. Funding for IUDs, long lasting contraception, and menopause supports. This is one for the history books. Seriously, BIG.
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Just re-upping this again because the Temu Trumps in the LNP insist on bringing every culture war here: the Morrison govt spent $20.8bn on consultants in its final year - the equivalent of 54,000 FT public servants. The private sector benefits with govt cuts. No one else.

Sometimes you just have to giggle. What do you think made me a radical extreme communist? Working as a corporate lawyer? Advising Australia’s biggest companies at BCG? A strategic role at Australia’s then biggest employer, Wesfarmers? The actual radical extreme communists must be horrified! #auspol

Séamas O'Reilly: The world is an objectively worse place because of tech-bro oligarchs As Zuckerberg pontificates about masculinity and traditional values, he does so in soundbites as lifeless as his former paeans to gender and racial equality

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This is why I wrote this book. Even among people who followed Royal Commission there is a collective response to it that goes like: I knew it was bad but I didn't know it was THIS bad. Perfectly understandable given the buckets of bullshit that surrounded it, but important to see it all lined up.

Why Albanese is in trouble Where’s the urgency from Labor? Unfortunately, Albanese doesn’t do urgent. In fact, it’s hard to point to any Labor achievements that haven’t been incremental, minimal, indexed or unavoidable.

Why Albanese is in trouble.
New piece from me:

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NACC finds “no corruption” – spends $140m to date The embattled National Anti-Corruption Commission has completed its first three investigations – and found zero corruption.

After 18 months of operation and a cost of $140 million to Australians, the staggeringly incompetent NACC has concluded its top 3 major corruption investigations, and guess what?

It has found no corruption.

The #NACC is a failure and a national embarrassment.

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Same

It’s such a beautiful new bridge

The median super account balance for Australians under 40 is ~$57-60K

Many Australians who'd like to buy a house don't actually have $50K sitting in their super account.

As usual, Peter Dutton is talking baseless, unadulterated shit.

She’s fantastic.