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I'm not here. It's your imagination. 🤬 NB: Curses liberally. 🚫 No porn, religious callers, fascists.
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about 6 hours ago
The only negotiation the USA should be having with Iran is how much the USA should pay Iran to compensate for all the destruction it’s done … and then leave Iran in peace
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PANDA™
about 6 hours ago
Donald Trump is doing everything in his power to convince you not to go to the voting booth in November— don't let him win!
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"The US Justice Department has ended its investigation into Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, weeks after a prosecutor handling the case conceded ... that the government hadn't found any evidence of a crime." How many taxpayer $$$s did this little charade cost?
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
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Trump's Justice Department drops investigation of Fed chair Jerome Powell
The move could lead to a swift confirmation vote by the Senate for Kevin Warsh, a former top Federal Reserve official whom President Donald Trump nominated in January to replace Mr Powell.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-25/jerome-powell-fed-chair-criminal-probe-dropped/106605880
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump fan Caitlyn Jenner learns elections have consequences | Arwa Mahdawi
She backed the president as he ran millions of dollars in anti-trans ads. Now she’s disappointed her passport has the wrong gender
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/25/caitlyn-jenner-trump-israel-russell-brand-ghislaine-maxwell
about 7 hours ago
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Doug Aoki
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""Governments will review their energy strategies. There will be a significant boost to renewables and nuclear power and a further shift towards a more electrified future ... And this will cut into the main markets for oil.”" Oops! Trump blows his foot off.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says
Exclusive: International Energy Agency’s Fatih Birol, the world’s leading energy economist, also says UK should largely forgo North Sea expansion
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/24/global-oil-crisis-changed-fossil-fuel-industry-for-ever-iea-chief-fatih-birol
about 18 hours ago
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The hunter becomes the hunter. Good riddance, asshat.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US millionaire big-game hunter dies after being crushed by elephants
Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old vineyard owner, was hunting an antelope species in Africa when the incident occured
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/millionaire-hunter-dies-elephants-gabon
about 19 hours ago
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Of course this was in America. Where else???
www.youtube.com/shorts/rTAv7...
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"How much do you trust god?!" #jimmycarr #crowdwork #hecklers #standupcomedy
YouTube video by Jimmy Carr
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rTAv7P0vrDg
1 day ago
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""Our blockade is growing and going global," Mr Hegseth told reporters." Correction: Your blockade is growing and making the world sick to death of America's bullshit. Your blockade is crippling the global economy, including the US's and making the world hate the US.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
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Hegseth 'not anxious for a deal', says US blockade on Iran 'going global' — as it happened
Pete Hegseth said the US was "not anxious" for a deal with Iran — as it happened.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-24/iran-war-live-updates-us-shoot-kill-hormuz/106598082
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Greg Jericho
2 days ago
"Don’t let gas giants scare you - they need to cough up"
www.smh.com.au/business/the...
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Don’t let gas giants scare you - they need to cough up
There’s something better than a 25 per cent tax on gas exports. It involves us all having some skin in the gas game.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/don-t-let-gas-giants-scare-you-they-need-to-cough-up-20260423-p5zqks.html
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The stable genius demonstrating how to make friends and influence people. Fucking ignorant dickhead. Pretty soon, because of Trump, the world will basically hate America. Not far off now.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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India voices anger after Trump shares comments calling it a ‘hellhole’
Foreign ministry says remarks of conservative podcast host Michael Savage that were shared by US president were ‘obviously uninformed, inappropriate and in poor taste’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/24/india-trump-hellhole-post
1 day ago
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"This isn’t music, this is the Wi-Fi password to another galaxy." @GwoodTNH
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ssi...
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Angine de Poitrine - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ssi-9wS1so
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"Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok 4.1 told researchers pretending to be delusional that there was indeed a doppelganger in their mirror and they should drive an iron nail through the glass while reciting Psalm 91 backwards." As nutso and irresponsible as its creator.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Grok tells researchers pretending to be delusional ‘drive an iron nail through the mirror while reciting Psalm 91 backwards’
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot ‘extremely validating’ of delusional inputs and often went further, ‘elaborating new material’, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/24/musk-grok-x-ai-researchers-delusional-advice-inputs
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You think Trump fucked up this whole Iran thing? You probably don't realise just how badly. Have a listen to the following. You might need to set your VPN to Australia.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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Will the US and Iran make a deal (again)? - ABC listen
In the midst of bluffs, empty threats and broken promises, Trump has struggled to find any leverage over the Iranian regime he has declared war on, so why is he so confident he can make a better deal ...
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/if-youre-listening/will-the-us-and-iran-make-a-deal-again-/106594856
2 days ago
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Brant Reeves
2 days ago
The Absolute Opposite of What They Should Be Doing….
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I smell burning fat.
www.realclearpolling.com/polls/approv...
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President Trump Job Approval | RealClearPolling
President Trump Job Approval | RealClearPolling
https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/approval/donald-trump/approval-rating
2 days ago
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Is America winning yet?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump’s war has backfired spectacularly: Iran is now more influential than ever | Fawaz Gerges
Tehran has shown that its grip over the strait of Hormuz is its most potent deterrent – arguably more consequential than its now defunct nuclear programme, says Fawaz Gerges of the LSE
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/23/donald-trump-iran-war-tehran-strait-hormuz
2 days ago
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This is more like reality.
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3 days ago
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Emily Ann Gregson
3 days ago
‘We aren’t your enemy, we love Americans’ New Iran LEGO video 🥹🫶🏻
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Ever heard of the song Yakety Sax? That's the music that should accompany the Trump administration. It's fucking tragi-comedy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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Pentagon announces US navy secretary is leaving ‘effective immediately’ and replaced with deputy – live
Amid Iran blockade, John C Phelan has been immediately replaced with undersecretary Hung Cao, says Pentagon on social media with no explanation
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/apr/22/virginia-congressional-map-vote-redistricting-donald-trump-republicans-democrats-us-latest-news-updates#img-2
3 days ago
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Greg Jericho
4 days ago
ATO asked to comment on the line from 2019 that oil and gas were "systemic non-payers of tax". The ATO repeats the line that oil and gas were among the small number of firms that they said in 2019 were "systemic non payers" So yeah. They said it. Fact check that, Shell Oil
live.thepoint.com.au
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The Point Live: Business and gas companies have their say on gas tax proposals.
Representatives from the Business Council, Shell and ConocoPhillips are among those fronting the gas tax senate inquiry today, while the health minister lays out proposed changes to the NDIS.
https://live.thepoint.com.au/
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Ah, those Iranians like a laugh.
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https://x.com/IraninSA/status/2043757392010076666/video/1
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M Meerkat
3 days ago
NO 👇 LIES DETECTED, NEIL.......
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I wanna play!
www.youtube.com/shorts/KYivo...
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PERFECT STOMP ON MAGA SIGN SPOTTED - NEW KINGS LIVES ON
YouTube video by Tony Dortie
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KYivoNX0zKE
3 days ago
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You're going down, little man.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump approval slips as polls show warning signs for Republicans ahead of midterms
Reuters-Ipsos, AP-NORC and NBC polls show approval in mid-30s, with economy, Iran and immigration concerns
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/22/trump-approval-slips-polls-midterms
3 days ago
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The longer Trump is in office, the more appealing the petroyuan will become. If the world's markets begin to move toward the Chinese yuan, the US will be seriously fucked. If they switch to the yuan completely, the US will become a third-world country.
fortune.com/2026/04/07/w...
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2 years ago, Saudi Arabia quietly canceled the ‘petrodollar’ deal with America that wired the world economy for 50 years. Then war broke out in Iran | Fortune
China’s “petroyuan” system is a player in a way that it wasn’t before.
https://fortune.com/2026/04/07/what-is-petrodollar-petroyuan-saudi-china-dollar-strength/
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Tristan Snell
4 days ago
It’s official - VICTORY in Virginia as voters approve new redistricting plan with a 10-1 Democratic advantage This could mean up to FOUR more seats for Dems in House this November Mike Johnson, consider yourself on notice - the American people are about to FIRE you
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He talks too much. And all of it shit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘He talks too much’: how Trump’s erratic commentary is the real block to an Iran deal
US president’s contradictory statements only make Tehran more wary of anything but the most watertight deal
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/21/trump-one-man-whatsapp-group-diplomacy-derailing-peace-talks
4 days ago
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MamaSass
5 days ago
Being anti-Netanyahu is not anti-Semitic. It’s anti-corruption, anti-genocide. It’s pro-peace.
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Nice one, 'Murica. Always winning. Na. We're watching end of empire in real time. Another one.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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US spending on ‘reckless’ Iran war could have saved 87m lives, says UN
Head of UN’s humanitarian agency frustrated that $2bn weekly cost of conflict comes amid big cuts to aid budgets
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/20/us-spending-on-reckless-iran-war-could-have-saved-87m-lives-says-un
4 days ago
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ashley fairbanks
4 days ago
still can’t believe that given the choice between “bountiful, free, clean energy from the earth, wind, and sun” and “poisonous dead animal sludge price sensitive to global politics” we keep choosing the latter
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Valorie Nichols
4 days ago
Happy National Library Week! 💙📚
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Raider
5 days ago
Before they were arrested- Vets are demanding an end to the war on Iran at the Cannon Building in Washington, D.C.
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Refresh yourself with an Australian perspective from the 'situation room' with Australia's 'Planet America'. This week, among other topics, Trump's niece, Dr Mary Trump, a psychiatrist, attempts to navigate her uncle's cognitive decline and gives a rough analysis.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITCM...
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Is Trump mentally fit? Mary Trump answers | Planet America
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITCMukFZiig
5 days ago
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Raider
5 days ago
This is a war based on lies
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Joyce M
5 days ago
Pa. court recognizes ‘reproductive autonomy’ as a right, strikes down ban on public funding for abortion
www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...
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Pa. court recognizes ‘reproductive autonomy’ as a right, strikes down ban on public funding for abortion
In a 4-3 ruling, the Commonwealth Court found that abortion access is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Pennsylvania Constitution.
https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/abortion-pennsylvania-constitutional-right-court-allegheny-reproductive-health-20260420.html?utm_medium=referral
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Fantastic! Get another 13 panels. More! Especially if you're in the UK.
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5 days ago
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Why the fuck does the media take any of this drivel seriously? They treat it like gospel and like it actually means anything. US on the brink of deal with Iran? Pfft. And the moon's made of cheese. Baby Don and his rich mates haven't made enough out of this yet.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
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Live: US says it's 'on the brink' of deal with Iran, but uncertainty over peace talks remains
The White House says the United States is "on the brink" of a deal with Iran as the ceasefire deadline looms. Follow live.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-21/iran-war-us-negotiations-pakistan-talks/106586280
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
5 days ago
Today's winner of the Internet. Congratulations!
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Exactly what Trump doesn't want. But he's well past it now. Not sure he knows what day it is. Madman. Why's he still there? America, looking at you.
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Impiety
6 days ago
Donald Trump is the most hated man on Earth! Retweet if you believe this to be true!
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Andrea Junker
6 days ago
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
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California Dreamin’… 😎
6 days ago
You may disagree, but if the heads of our military don’t trust Trump to be in the Situation Room because he’s erratic, unfit, or dangerous… HE SHOULD NOT BE PRESIDENT! Simple as that. 😎✨
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I'll second that. Can I have a go, Batty?
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5 days ago
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Another day in the USA. More thoughts and prayers or are they actually going to do anything about it? Na. Course they're not. Thoughts and prayers it is. They'll leave it to their imaginary friend in the sky. As usual.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Mass shooting rampage in Louisiana leaves eight children dead and others wounded
Shreveport police say suspect Shamar Elkins, who was fatally shot, killed seven of his children and injured their mother in a ‘domestic violence incident’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/19/shreveport-louisiana-mass-shooting
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Get rid of this baby-man fuckwit, America. He is holding the world to ransom with his petty, dementia-inspired nonsense and taking the world into a global recession. I mean, look at the pic. This idiot's a buffoon. A clown. An American embarrassment.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Intemperate Trump brings chaos and confusion to Iran talks
US president’s unreliable style sows diplomatic confusion but leaves Tehran clear on strategic value of strait of Hormuz
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/19/intemperate-trump-brings-chaos-and-confusion-to-iran-talks
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The Tennessee Holler
7 days ago
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6 days ago
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"In a sweltering hot Washington DC this week, the message at the IMF meetings was chilling: things had been looking up for living standards around the world. But then came the Iran war." Now we're heading for a global recession. Thanks Trump. Thanks America.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘It’s a twilight zone’: Iran war casts deep shadows over IMF gathering in Washington
Rachel Reeves joins global finance chiefs in highlighting how households and businesses are feeling the pain of higher energy prices
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/18/twilight-zone-iran-war-casts-deep-shadows-rachel-reeves-imf-gathering-washington
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'What is going on?' asks the headline. Pretty fucking obvious.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on?
Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/18/iran-war-bets-ethics-concerns
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