Rob Richards

Was the identity of the corpse ever confirmed by DNA testing?

Sponsorship jackets for politicians are long overdue.

What is the point of hate speech laws if they aren’t enforced?

Words versus actions

We need a Talarico in Australian politics - maybe Ed Husic?

Justice delayed etc etc

Love thy neighbor

I hear what you say, but I see what you did.

Oh this sounds very familiar. Do any of these folks have a role in a university hierarchy?

Australian federal politics is going to be increasingly unrestrained racism all the way to the next election, no point pretending otherwise

It’s the America’s Cup of politics, with the major parties veering off to the right hand side of the course in desperate attempts to steal the wind from their opponents sails. Wedge politics is divisive and destructive.

“Conservatives” has lost all original meaning. Now translates to “radical right wing extremism”.

The Epstein scandal has punctured all the age-old myths about the French elite | Agnès Poirier Suddenly, venerable figures presumed immune to sordid compromise have been exposed – although some have shown that moral courage is possible, says political commentator Agnès Poirier

Good read

The Epstein scandal has punctured all the age-old myths about the French elite | Agnès Poirier www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Is it still ok for someone to say that they hate all forms of murder?

Attention USA: He is not going to leave voluntarily even if you (clearly) vote him out.

AI is making it harder to spot bovine excrement. If it appears too good to be true then it quite possibly is.

The Labor brand is tarnished, wallowing in the belief that the electorate has no viable alternative.

Excellent.
For @senatorwong.bsky.social and @albomp.bsky.social it’s the con text. Weasel words.

It’s all jolly japes now, but there will be tears before midnight. These characters have caused immense suffering and pain. See USA and UK.

“First they came for…”

Former

Actually cassowaries are the go.

Far out

Actually

Disinterest is sometimes the most appropriate response.

Gough help us.

Albo’s Waterloo: The Clayton’s PM and the Farrellisation of Labor “Leadership’s always been about two main things: imagination and courage.” (Paul Keating). Bernard Keane is half right. In today’s Crikey, he despairs of our PM as “a political manager, a risk-averse ...

Albo is scamming Grayndler too. Time for one of Australia's most progressive seats to find someone to represent our values.
Another great piece of independent journalism here.
#auspol #albo

theaimn.net/albos-waterl...

Breath is not baited.

How the hell is Angus Taylor still a thing? - The Shot Angus Taylor a walking Venn Diagram intersection of fossil fuel fervour and cash for the boys.

As it appears enough of the Liberals will sufficiently succumb to madness to endorse him as their next hapless leader, here's a piece I wrote way back in 2021 about the many and varied and still unexplained controversies that have swirled around Angus Taylor.

theshot.net.au/news/opinion...

Is the “Liberal” brand a sale-able retail commodity under any leadership?

CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"

Hi DOJ. Hope you’re enjoying reading this feed and our search histories. You have confirmed the existence of the deep state.