Brave of me, I know 😌

South Park called it, and it’s hilarious. One of the creators purchased the Trump Kennedy Center URL address before the name was even changed because they know Trump’s narcissism is in the driver’s seat.

A year before alleged Bondi gunman Sajid Akram was permitted to have a gun, the NSW Firearms Registry granted a licence to one of the first men to be charged with anti-terrorism offences in Australia #AusPol www.theage.com.au/national/jih...

Erika Kirk’s drama school churning out some empty vessels already …

Despite that very misleading headline; “There is weaker support for a royal commission and a crackdown on protests … but the polling still shows more people are in favour of those measures than not.” Love to know if the pollster called them “pro-Palestine” or “anti-genocide” protests too. #AusPol

Sydney’s queer bookstore ‘haven’ to close after 43 years: ‘This has never been about just selling books’ The Bookshop Darlinghurst has stood firm through the decades ... Today it shuts its doors for good www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Free calls to Santa from payphones are a gift – and a reminder that public goods have a value beyond money www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Israel is weaponising Australia’s tragedy — #friendlyjordies #AusPol youtu.be/SpNjg65s29I?...

This is excellent from #friendlyjordies on the LNP response to the Bondi tragedy and the apparent death of statesmanship and bipartisanship. #auspol

Alex fled civil war into an Australian nightmare with no end. After 16 years, he could not bear it He escaped violence and chaos in Sri Lanka only to get trapped in a labyrinthine immigration system, never to see his wife and children again #AusPol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.

The Age - Fairfax News in general - now wringing hands over "the politics of tragedy" as though they didn't quote wanted war criminal Netanyahu's lunatic take about Australia recognising a Palestinian state, and carry water for the disgusting phoney press-conferences held at the vigil site. #AusPol

Activist groups to challenge NSW protest laws on right to free speech grounds Pro-Palestine and Indigenous activist groups say Minns government ‘trying to strip away the right to peacefully protest for everyone’ in wake of Bondi attack #NSWPol #AusPol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

In Andrew Bolt's infamous 2018 "tidal wave of immigrants column", he specifically singled out Jewish communities as 'part of the problem' The idea that the far-right, anti-immigration parties and xenophobe media are going to protect the Aus Jewish community is absurd archive.ph/sDmhO#select...

Albo blamefest should now be derailed (probably won't be) - due to revelations Bondi Shooter bought 3 shotguns, from same gun store, but raised no red flag. @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social #auspol michaelwest.com.au/bondi-traged...

Sussan Ley is giving us Erika Kirk-levels of histrionics, in a performance nobody asked for … how contemptible. #AusPol

Sussan Ley is clearly so far out of her depth that she deserves to be sacked by her party, purely for her own good. This is perhaps the most contemptible thing any political leader has ever said in this country. The sooner she f*cks off to obscurity the better for Australia.

Sussan Ley spent the press conference blaming the PM, then turned on Penny Wong. Totally over the top. Not a good look. Disgraceful. #auspol #bondi

Anyone who places blame squarely and solely on PM Albanese's shoulders for the Bondi terror attack is doing a disservice to themselves, Australians, and Jewish safety. It was not his fault and to suggest as much is psychotic. The behaviour towards him at the Bondi vigil was disgraceful #AusPol

Petition: We will not be divided after Bondi. Add your name: jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...

Chris Minns' protest ban in the wake of Bondi attacks is racist, authoritarian and must be resisted @nickriemer.bsky.social #auspol michaelwest.com.au/minns-protes...

A gentle reminder that the genocide and illegal activity by Israel in Palestine continues barely untroubled by a "ceasefire" www.bbc.com/news/article...

Yes, let's hear about gun laws from the person who thinks Port Arthur might have been a false flag op.

Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.

This is sickening. I’m not Albanese’s biggest fan by any means, but to single him out as to blame for the actions of two terrorists is vile propaganda, carried out by a foreign government - whose hateful flag was everywhere at the vigil. For. Shame.

Albo just got booed at the memorial for the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting. I immediately felt sick. I’m also angry that this tragedy has been so politicised. Albo is not to blame. The Labor government is not to blame. Hateful extremists ARE to blame. We need unity. Not more hate.

Two Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers taken to hospital

I really think that people not knowing how to learn things and then think about them is a huge problem.

An immigrant works a dangerous job to protect Americans. It puts him in medical debt. Now he also has to worry about being deported by ICE when he goes to work or takes his kid to a soccer tournament. Feel safer?

oomf who is a librarian had to take down the David Walliams poster at work today and said it felt like pulling down the big Saddam Hussein statue in Baghdad in 2003

“Never has there been a time where politics has been played so blatantly, so openly at the expense of a terrified, traumatised community and the wider nation at large.” @amyremeikis.bsky.social www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

While none of these are acceptable in any way, shape or form, it's remarkable how many have no clear ideological motive, or are enacted by petty criminals or neo-nazis. It's directly counter to the idea that pro-Palestine marches are their sole and major cause. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

This entire opinion piece by Chip le Grand does not mention ISIS a single time. Not once. Instead it repeatedly suggests that the cause of the Bondi attack was Labor's failure to crack down harder on Gaza protests and related antisemitism. www.smh.com.au/national/lab...

If the last three days demonstrate one thing, it's that the right (via the media) controls the narrative in this country. Or, as Matt Golding puts it: #bondibeach #auspol

David Pope Canberra Times

Now I can post this one. The evidence/not evidence.

Australian hearts are shattered – and some would-be leaders have broken them further #AusPol @amyremeikis.bsky.social 👏 www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

WOW: The DOJ has DELETED an image from its release of the Epstein files that shows photos of Trump in a drawer. Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump. Now, it’s gone.

There is, "incompetence," level stupid, and then there is, "Oh my god, you must work for the Trump Administration," level stupid.

Australians should be a lot angrier that because of petty politicking and the Israel lobby, we are losing the opportunity to improve our gun laws and make everybody safer. This is foreign interference and treason, and it’s infuriating and terrifying. #AusPol

A key piece of Port Arthur-era gun reform remains unfinished. Could it have helped prevent the Bondi attack? National register would have allowed police to better assess risk posed by alleged Bondi shooters before attack, expert says #AusPol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Shooters will still be allowed four to 10 guns. Bondi terrorist Sajid Akram had six Sajid Akram was licensed to own the six guns that he and his son used in the Bondi massacre. The gun crackdowns announced since are nowhere near strong enough #AusPol www.theage.com.au/national/sho...

COMMUNITY ALERT: The National Socialist Network are gathering in Sydney for their “Nationals” event and March for Australia, 24-26 January. Expect upwards of 200 neo-Nazis to attend. Keep an eye on the Anti-Fascist Alerts Sydney channel t.me/antifaalerts... and SHARE WIDELY.

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

The NSW premier’s outrageous rhetoric on peaceful protests sows division in our community. It’s unbecoming of his office #auspol www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...

reminder:

David Walliams dropped by publisher over alleged inappropriate behaviour HarperCollins has ‘decided not to publish any new titles’ by Walliams after the successful children’s author was reportedly accused of harassing junior female staff www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Linking the march across the bridge to the massacre is disgusting and everyone doing so should be deeply ashamed of their giving tacit support for genocide www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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.