Former Middle East adviser at the US Department of Defense, Jasmine El-Gamal, has it exactly right.

in the latest example of how we're governed by the Make a Wish Administration, Melania Trump is presiding over a UN meeting

Timbecile. A typical #LNPToxicNastyParty master of weasel words, backflips and word salads. Can’t offer straight answers to questions. Pivots to LNP talking points and agenda items. Zero understanding of CGT and neg gearing. 🤷‍♂️ #insiders #auspol

As per usual he has the most bizarre and varied reasons for the attack. We will hear multiple others throughout the coming days.

#WeekendBreakfast so now the whole show is about Iran,USA & Israel? Not even interviewing experts - just other journalists Australians are sick of this and we better not get involved. Richard Marles will be salivating to get our troops over - cabinet better make better choices #auspol

#afternoonbriefing it's so funny watching all th RW commentators getting their knickers in a knot about rolling back negative gearing. They can see their white boomer privilege evaporating. It's abt fg time we fixed this rort. #auspol #abcnewsaustralia

Tim Wilson smashed for failing to answer on his party’s lack of housing policy, says “we’ve just had an election”🤔 Ferguson “the election was some time ago…” “We can’t ignore the fact that viewers would have heard No actual answer…”💥 No, we can’t ignore that fact. 🙄 #auspol

More on the *political* risks of tax reform, including wasted words on what the Coalition might say [code for what NewsCorp will say]. But almost *nothing* on the policy implications and human impacts of failing to fix the #HosungCrisis, and growing #homelessness, #inequality and #poverty. #auspol

When you say "consistent raw conviction" AFR, you mean hate groups flooding the zone with shit, because that's what One Nation is. One Nation is an internationally recognized Hate Group. With no lack to RWNJ billionaire funding + shit to flood us with. #AusPol

Imagine the outrage if a Federal MP asked "Show me a good Jew!" Yet Pauline Hanson can rptedly vilify the Australian Muslim community by asking "Show me a good Muslim!" Shouldn't she be charged under the new hatespeech laws?! #auspol #Islamophobia

Australian media obsessing with “isis brides” AGAIN proving their abysmal performance in actually reporting on important issues to majority of Australians - cost of living #auspol

Barnaby Joyce attacks Muslims saying ppl should be “very concerned” when they follow the Koran - then labels himself the “far right” & PK the “far left” when she compares it to following the Bible. PK “You’re losing it today!”💥 When is he not losing it PK? #auspol

"They're raising prices because they can. "That's what's driving inflation and yet it's workers who get smashed by an interest rate rise." @grogsgamut.bsky.social on how corporate profits are driving inflation while workers bear the cost. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/4rS2eSg

Noticed that coalition were quick to talk about “mean girls” but baulk at any suggestion that there were “mean boys” involved in thier action to take down Sussan Ley #AfternoonBriefing #Auspol

Don't use the services of Kennards Hire or Kennards Self Storage. Sam Kennard is a major donor to Advance, so that is where your money will be going. #auspol

Dr Jeremy Walker details the “enormous war chest” of Advance & lists funders inc Gina Rinehart, James Packer, IPA board, Woodside’s Charles Goode & “the priv foundation of Jillian Segal” - who pay Advance to “flood social media with aggressive Far Right disinformation”🔥 #auspol

he didn’t say capital gains tax, payable by landlords for profits on their multiple properties that increase in value while tenants pay the mortgage, and discounted because public money landlord handouts are bipartisan policy. He said “Labor’s tax on homes”, a lie. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Is Australia’s obsession with sports & sportspeople an agenda that is pushed driven overtly by the betting industry that has its firm grip and power over the media and politics? #auspol

So, from Jane Hume’s trainwreck interview on #insiders she has picked to be shadow treasurer or finance minister? #auspol

So what is the “mass migration” and “bad immigration” that the RWNJs and now the well done Angus opposition leader has adopted as his key message amplified by dismal Australian media? Do they not know about the ABS website? #auspol

Worst thing about the #LibSpill is now we have to be subject to round the clock Anus Taylor opinions/comments and basic nothingness, thanks to our terrible media in Australia. #auspol (No I did not misspell it)

Taylor vowed to "unapologetically defend Australian values", and named home ownership and immigration as his main priorities. lets see some policies #auspol

Anyway, here's how to really grow the economy and living standards by investing in health and education. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mybO... #auspol

So boooooring #AfternoonBriefing full of interviews with liberal party people media again proving that the Canberra bubble is just like a bunch year 7 gossipers #auspol

No Business CEOs or sports stars see any desire to demand a #RoyalCommission into the #InvasionDay Terrorist incident?

And Sussan Ley in her speech called it “political differences” ??? What does she even mean by that?? As usual politicising everything she can #auspol

the IRONY of being an "australian nationalist" and targetting the first nations people???? why is this not the biggest story in the country, an absolute joke #auspol

Yes, it's a bit rich 🤑 or rather he is. And he whined about not being able to go on holiday and reconsidering their essential purchase of an investment property. Things mustn't be as tight with the #RateRise if that's the best #NewsBreakfast can do. #auspol Did Steph Ferrier just go next door?

Is #NewsBreakfast serious??? Interviewing a guy wearing an expensive suit in a fancy looking house whinging that he’ll have to send his kids to government schools instead of “the best possible schools in the market” #auspol

Such lightweight questions from ABC News Breakfast host Emma first question to treasurer “ will you take responsibility for rate rise?” Of course we know the what the reply is 🤦‍♀️can they not think of better questions? #auspol

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Mortgage holders brace for hundreds more in repayments. Two incorrect assumptions have set the Reserve Bank on track for a costly U-turn on interest rates, with borrowers facing steeper repayments on thei... michaelwest.com.au/mortgage-hol...

I wonder if One Nation would still be rising in polls if media bothered to question the fringe views they stand for Climate denial, against LGBTIQ+, against women’s rights, abortion Or when they tried to funnel $ from NRA to weaken gun laws Hype would be over pretty fast #auspol

Inequality keeps growing in Australia because we play by one rule — don't upset the rich. ~ Carl Rhodes Australia’s inequality isn’t an accident, it’s policy independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

Australia is suffering from a femicide crisis. Media outlets carry a responsibility to centre the victims, avoid blame shifting, and report the killings of women and children with care and restraint. When they fail to do that, they stop informing the public and start compounding the harm.

A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot. "They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets." "They had the professional demeanor of criminals." ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social

There's polling today that suggests on current numbers One Nation could win 30+ seats. Here's a quick thread of why I think this is *very* unlikely to actually pan out Now, a federal election probably won't be until early 2028, and a lot could change, but here's why I'm not too worried now 1/14

Or could it be “we want that seat of Farah back on our side of the ledger, so getting rid of Sussssan should do it AND of course we wouldn’t do this to a man”

The Nobel Foundation makes yet another statement:

always stupid,egotistical men are the centre of wars. Sick of them.

NEWS: Canada just checkmated the United States. Breaking with the U.S., Canada has struck a major deal with China: Ottawa will cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for dramatically lower tariffs on Canadian farm products.

Best of 2025: Japan and China both have legitimate security concerns. But we cannot have informed debate when major #media outfits systematically erase the historical context that shapes how the region understands current events. #auspol #ChinaThreat #ChinaJapan

The Bondi Beach terror attack: 15 dead Royal Commission National Day of Mourning. Port Arthur Massacre: 35 dead Australian Women Murdered: 2024: 105. 2025: 77. No Royal Commission No National Day of Mourning. Are some Australian lives more precious than others? 🤔 #auspol

Rhea Seehorn #Pluribus #BestActress #DramaSeries #GoldenGlobes

Mulder and I started listening to @pluribuspod.bsky.social with Annie and Jenn 😊 Recommend! #pluribus #pluribusappletv

If Josh Frydenberg wants to talk about bad appointments for Royal Commissioner, he should start with his party’s appointment of Dyson Heydon, who was later found to have sexually harassed multiple women. I don’t recall Josh raising any objections?

Pressed on why she described far-right neo-Nazis as “far-left”, Sussan Ley says these are just “political concepts” and can be framed however you like. 🤔 I don’t think so, Sussan. Left neo-Nazis? #auspol

Best of 2025: Since Albanese's Defence Minister Richard Marles remains infatuated by Morrison’s AUKUS thought bubble, the prime minister keeps him cheek by jowl. #auspol #aukus

If the US holds Venezuela, we will seize 17% of oil -- yesterday's technology. If China uses this precedent to take Taiwan, it will own 60% of semiconductors -- tomorrow's technology. See what happens when you elect evil & stupid at the same time? Really American FB

We’ve had the barristers and silks. The other day it was “business leaders”. Today it’s “sporting greats” who have signed an “open letter calling for a RC into antisemitism, radicalisation and the Bondi massacre”. Who will be the next lot? Have we heard from the doctors yet? Surely…

It's fairly apparent from the photos what happened. I'm no expert but the foam on the roof and the indoor fireworks is a bit of a giveaway