Ruth Dawkins

I’m in total agreement. For the average white person to put their bodies on the line to push back against American fascism takes a substantial escalation in the political climate, particularly if they are not immediately the targets of the fash.

I gotta be real, I did not suspect we would reach "roving mobs of white folks chanting "shame" at ICE" within 9 months, and it really feels like a sign of how much more horrifying it must be on the ground than those of us not there can even imagine.

you know what I was just saying about how only white men are permitted to embody the American Working Class

Begging people to understand how big of a deal a net 40-point shift against Israel among your base within two years is for the Democratic Party

Thread of required reading

The standard pro-Israel complaint was previously directed toward protesters as “what about Sudan” — now it seems to be “OK now you’re talking about Sudan but picking the wrong side”

Western governments preferred to break the world, destroy every institution that uplifted human rights in some capacity, just so they didnt have to extend those human rights to us. Think about that.

Can’t speak to the accuracy of everything in this. I’m not an insider - have just taken my own kid out to Cambridge for lessons - but I’m glad to see this Tasmanian private pilot touch on what the loss of Par Av Flight training means for the state 😔 #politas

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Diplomacy next: The internal politics of Hamas and the power of European engagement Europeans have the potential to tip the scales in the coming diplomatic negotiations over Gaza, but they must move rapidly…

An interesting analysis which makes the case that Hamas is prepared to engage in a Northern-Ireland style decommissioning process of its offensive arsenal if Europe and the Arab mediators are willing to exert the necessary pressure to ensure the political components are dealt with accordingly.

Israel has bombed Gaza again. 104 Palestinians are dead.

Critical aid being let into Gaza remains far below agreed levels.

I’m so over the endless bullshit in Tassie politics: it’s just relentless.

I will never understand how both Libs and Labour are supporting a stadium but we have a horribly understaffed and underfunded healthcare system. People are experiencing massive delays accessing MRIs, mental health professionals and specialist appointments. #Politas needs to do better

Israel is going to keep bombing Gaza and making our efforts at diplomacy loon stupid and embarrassing until we actually take away their toys.

Which the President can do with a simple phone call to his Secretary of Defense or his Secretary of State, or both with the miracle of a conference call.

There are no examples of genocidaires willingly ending a genocide and Israel is no exception. Unless Israel is turned into a pariah state and diplomatic and trade relations severed, the genocide will continue.

Want it noted that every single critic of this investigation's conclusion was correct

Cool story I was lucky enough to work on about a CSIRO energy researcher who first came to Australia as a refugee.

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Someone you would expect better from 😡

((Have a little hug from an internet stranger instead))

These are rough times all round, Stu, take care x

Record poll. Scottish Greens on course for best ever result. Scottish Parliament regional list vote. SNP: 21%. Greens: 16.5%. Reform: 16%. Labour: 15%. Tories: 11%. Lib Dems: 10%.

A new poll puts us in second place!

With 7 MSPs we delivered free bus travel under 22s, ended peak rail fares, banned new incinerators, increased taxes on the rich, scrapped school meal debt, introduced rent controls, and much more.

Imagine what we could do with double that. 👀

If Labour is continuing to lose votes, just got 11% in a by-election in a seat they've held for 100 years and in a few recent polls is equal to or just behind the Greens maybe we should stop suggesting they're the only thing that can defeat Reform.

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Oh BILL, FFS 😬😬😬😬😬

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Everyone got pissed off about discussion of it at the time, but seeing as Labour have been election obsessed since day one - the gov majority is a house built on sand, and their one job (electorally) was to shore up the foundations, something they are doing the opposite of.

‘Much of the British media/political elite is in meltdown over the ascendancy of Zack Polanski, the new Green leader, who has offered some political ideas which, until recently, would have been thought mainstream. Such is the extent to which the Overton Window has hurtled to the right’

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Ooh no, this isn’t good.

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Piling on the criticism of Netanyahu's government after Knesset advanced legislation to annex the West Bank while US Vice President JD Vance was in town, a senior Trump administration official tells @TimesofIsrael , "The Israelis can't treat us like we're Joe Biden." (1/3)

lmfao, holy fucking shit

I don’t know who the ‘we’ is in this headline because every serious analysis I’ve read has said this throughout…