Q: Do you stand by your statement from earlier this year that nobody has died from USAID cuts? RUBIO: I'm very proud of the changes we've made in foreign aid

even among really smart folks, i think ppl have greatly underestimated just how much resources the ultra-wealthy have put into culture war bullshit to get us to fight each other instead of them

I totally agree with the Jewish Council here. I will continually speak out against the Netanyahu Govt’s killing of 20,000 innocent children in Gaza. That appalling action has caused so much anti-semitism around the world.

They’re really just letting RFK Jr use the department of Health and Human Services to run his own non-scientific 'experiments' on a mass level.

DoJ will NOT release all the Epstein files today. So predictable. They say they’ll release some today, and more later on a “rolling basis.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

NY Times: “This a presidency that celebrates nastiness and spite, not empathy or grace, a reflection, perhaps, of a coarser era in American life.”

Russell Vought announced that the National Science Foundation will “break up” the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado calling it a source of “climate alarmism” and saying its work should be dismantled and redistributed.

President Trump on Wednesday night gave a rare prime-time address intended to defend his accomplishments that included a long list of exaggerations and misleading statements. Here’s a fact-check. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/h...

Yeah it really is.

Wasn’t aware that Christmas meant to worship an evil criminal like a North Korean dictator. This is some sick shit.

Look, I don't want to tread on anyone's feelings here but people were shot because ASIO is so busy profiling people that are anti war and disgusted with Israel's genocide that they let a terrorist run around with 8 fucking gun licenses. Don't go blaming peace protests.

The explosion of extreme and dangerous misogyny in our schools is down to influencers like Andrew Tate. Reminder: Nigel Farage once described Andrew Tate as “an important voice for men”.

The Genocide in Gaza has not stopped. It has been rebranded. And that is enough of a linguistic subterfuge to get the world to ignore it.

Here's me. "Weaponising the Bondi tragedy is a betrayal of all our children"

"If I could ask one question of the Prime Minister right now, I would like to understand his definition of “hate preachers that promote violence”, because signing missiles that fall on children and hanging out with a genocidal army would absolutely fit the bill if he was of any other religion. "

Fruit mince pies …🤢 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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No concerns for Muslim safety in Aus.. why?

Giving Jillian Segal even more influence over Australian policy when she still hasn't denounced far-right group "Advance" (which she bankrolls) is extremely poor governing. Australia deserves far better.

It's always those you most suspect www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Nice

Truer words… @theshovel.bsky.social

I never want to hear another American make fun of North Korea ever again.

If the DOJ does not release the entire Epstein files tomorrow – leak all of them immediately.

“After Bondi, more than ever, we must be able to separate legitimate criticism of Israel’s government policies and actions from antisemitism. Legitimate criticism of Israel is not antisemitism.” theaimn.net/reflections/

As I sit here feeding another outdoor cat that could be a stray or someones pet....I get more pissed off. Stop letting your cats be outdoor. It's bad for their health. If you can't handle entertaining your cat indoors, than dont have one. Just ugh.Pisses me off so much. Forever anti-outdoor cats.

Funny how they can't remember these facts #auspol

Years of dedicated work by the Israel lobby have ensured that the mass murder of Palestinians is viewed by governments, the media, and parts of the Jewish community as entirely legitimate.

I blame the rise of antisemitism and all terror attacks on the jewish community on war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu.

No, I fundamentally do NOT believe Bondi was a false flag to 'pretend to persecute Jews' for the sake of passing highly restrictive protest and freedom of speech laws in Australia What IS happening is Zionists are choosing to take advantage of this awful tragedy to do it anyway Fuck Israel

Have a quiet think. Let it be a guiding lesson for you Whatever regretful comments you may have made in your life, whatever actions you wish you could take back, let your benchmark for the lowest of the low be using the deaths of 15 people for the relaunch of your political career

Accurate

“Elon Musk is an odd, odd duck, an avowed ketamine user who sleeps in a sleeping bag in the Executive Office Building during the daytime.” — Suzie Wiles

Gaza has Entered its Final Death March The genocide has not ended. The “ceasefire” is a lie. The project of annihilation continues. But it has entered a new and dire phase. One that extracts from us all an even bigger portion of our humanity.

I have long thought that if John Howard had been the opposition leader after the Port Arthur massacre, he would have fought tooth and nail against any changes to gun laws, and used the event & proposed law changes to attack the govt & cause division. This week shows that to be true.

Nick Riemer @NickRiemer1 "It is obscene how quickly the right has seized on this horror to advance an Islamophobic, anti-Palestinian agenda. And it is disgusting to see Israel’s politicians almost gleeful at the opportunity to distract from their genocidal onslaught in Gaza"

McDonald’s USA — Employee: $15/hr, no benefits — Big Mac: $5.79 McDonald’s Denmark — Employee: $22/hr, 6 weeks vacation, 1 year paid maternity leave, life insurance, pension — Big Mac: $5.49 Tell us more about how raising the minimum wage would affect the cost of hamburgers.

It’s ironic that the same people who applauded DOJ for indicting Jim Comey & Tish James are complaining there was a lack of evidence to search Mar-a-Lago.

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A man who has abjectedly failed the test of leadership at the first hurdle. In the past, trying to revive your political career off the back of a massacre might be viewed as tasteless... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

We don’t have a complete account of Donald Trump and his family’s finances. But a clear picture has emerged: enrichment of the First Family on a scale that is unprecedented in American history.

Josh Frydenberg who was the Australian Federal Treasurer at the time of ROBODEBT. Distanced himself from the suicides and Mental Health Issues that it caused it's victims. Yet. He now wants a royal commission into antisemitism in Australia. The hypocricy by Frydenberg is breathtaking.

Social media erupted after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Australia’s support for Palestinian statehood for the deadly attack in Sydney - a claim that many online called illogical and a politicisation of tragedy. #NetanyahuWarCriminal www.middleeasteye.net/trending/net...

The conservatives forces using the Bondi Massacre to instigate a crackdown of freedoms of speech and the right to assembly are completely disgusting. Protesting genocide and the actions of the Netanyahu Israeli govt are not antisemitic.