“Since retaking office last January, Trump has granted presidential pardons to dozens of people convicted of white-collar crimes, including several individuals who were convicted of fraud.” The mid terms are under threat but from the White House. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

He probably just wants to make sure that future Presidents — of all political parties — are comfortable. 🤡 @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

🚨 🚨 ABC News confirms that Iran used advanced, passive infrared detection to shoot down the American F-15E fighter jet. Passive infrared detection does not emit radar signals. As a result, it cannot be detected or jammed by American electronic warfare systems. That leaves our aircraft vulnerable.

Is America on the cusp of a farm crisis? --- Short answer: Yes. Longer answer: Yesssssss.

“latest challenge for Australian manufacturers selling products to American consumers and comes as the White House tries to force changes to Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, which guarantees lower prices for prescription holders here.” Cancel AUKUS www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Because they know it would be the absolute end of them if they bent on this. If only they carried that attitude to everything else and used this latest batshit fuckery of harm from Trump to say no to everything. The US alliance is actively against our interests and the AUKUS Iran attack proves it

The imminent threat is real but being ignored. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I love that the two biggest hit movies in theatres right now are about the benefits of co-existence and recognising the need to work together, even if it's a different species or from another galaxy, to solve a problem affecting the planet.

Farmers: We need fertilizer for crops. Rollins: Here’s some money. Farmer: Thanks, but we still need fertilizer. Rollins: Why don’t you just take the money and stop being a snowflake! Farmer: I don’t think you understand agriculture.

This isn’t 2020 as we can’t just turn the global economy off and then on like what happened with Covid - the level of capital destruction that is happening at the moment means there is no switch to turn back on. 2020 doesn’t apply here. www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

“Donald Trump called Nato allies “cowards” for not wanting “to help open” the strait of Hormuz, and while fears of the economic damage of the US-Israeli war on Iran continued to grow.” Trump always gets nasty when others don’t accept the blame for his failures. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Guess they were the ones in charge of Iran’s nuclear program.

This moment from Feb 2025 may go down as one of the most prescient exchanges in modern diplomatic history. Zelenskyy warned Trump that while the United States may feel protected by an ocean today, a time could come when America would need help in war. Trump scolded him instead.

“Donald Trump on Thursday shrugged off the economic toll the war in Iran is taking on gas prices across the United States, writing on social media that “when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money”.” Who’s this we kemosabe! (The racism meshes nicely with Trump) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"The Iranian regime is even more dug in to Iranian society than Hamas. That raises the question of just what Australia, or any of the other countries being dragged into the war — through being attacked, or through offering to provide defence support — are getting themselves into."

There are voices of reason. www.youtube.com/watch?v=416b...

The Trump administration just announced that gas prices will not return to pre-war levels until at least mid-2027 at the earliest.

If Iran is bombed into submission, the USA gets to decide who governs Iran and the USA gets control of Persian Gulf oil who do you think will be the next target? Because with Trump there will always be another target and it’s going to be a big one, hint it isn’t Russia.

Drains across the Iranian capital Tehran are continuing to explode after earlier Israeli and US strikes on oil depots and infrastructure. Medical experts are warning the toxic smoke and runoff has increased the risk of deadly illnesses, including cancer.

Can the National party get any lower? This is ‘Reds under the bed’ McCarthyist crap. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Yes, I've noticed a distinct lack of msm interest in this story, which you'd think should generate a LOT of interest. I watch tv news each night and this is the kind of story you NEVER see on the evening news. On any of the stations. www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/03/a...

Maybe the plan is to elevate the USA by collapsing the global economy? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

“Foreign minister says Australia ‘not participating in offensive action against Iran’ but may help protect other countries” If we’re participating defensively we are participating in the illegal war. The support for Trump will not play out well for the govt. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

#HardTruth: While feigning concern, it’s actually Govt policy to let fuel prices rise (early). It reduces fuel demand (up to 10%) which is important when you’ve gifted billions to the US & UK for #AUKUS and not spent a dime on addressing low fuel stocks #25DaysDiesel #FOI #auspol

A good analysis of the Iran/Middle East situation www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

$350-500 billion for AUKUS nuclear submarines we may not get and gifts for the grifter who hits 'allies' with tariffs. And yet increasing spending on housing, science, education, health, infrastructure, aged care and jobseeker is unsustainable. (bleep) the ALP www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The ABC is buying into the right wing misinformation by saying Iran and others are using suicide or kamakazi drones. If they are unmanned they are just motorised bombs. As this has happened multiple times it is not just incompetence it’s deliberate. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

“The Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, had a secret meeting with Australia’s director general of security, Mike Burgess, during his visit to Australia last month,” It just gets worse for the PM. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The hypocrisy “He (PM Albanese) also highlighted the Iranian regime’s “brutal crackdown on its own people, leaving thousands of Iranian civilians dead”. Israel in Gaza? 70,000+ dead www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

You don't beat far-right racists by trying to just be a gentle kind of racist. You need to stomp on those fuckers and then salt the earth on which they were grown.

In circumstances where we’re gifting $10B to the US and UK to prop up their submarine shipyards, it would be treachery to not properly support Australia’s sole structural steel and rail manufacturing capability. #NationalResilience #auspol #saparli

The most successful vaccine in history before RFK Jr and the anti-vax operatives appeared. bsky.app/profile/carl...

Meanwhile, Canada making out like bandits! #ELBOWSUP

An excellent article. The Australian PM’s response to Trump’s comment about NATO troops in Afghanistan makes him sound like a Trump apologist. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

“Emergency workers found Renee Good with an irregular pulse after they removed her from her vehicle, and shortly after, she had no pulse, according to an incident report from the Minneapolis Fire Department.”

On #ThePoint - @emmashortis.bsky.social with an explainer on Venezuela and Trump thepoint.com.au/explainers/4...

As if things aren’t bad enough. I love this quote from Scott Bessent, particularly in light of the Maduro kidnapping. “a historic victory in preserving US sovereignty and protecting American workers and businesses from extraterritorial overreach.” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

It just gets worse and worse “diplomatic officials are instructed to turn down visa applications from anybody who worked on factchecking, content moderation “or other activities the Trump administration considers ‘censorship’ of Americans’ speech” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is all so predictable and boring - so why does it keep happening? www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

Australia’s housing crisis is not getting better and won’t get better while the main parties dither. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Further govt incompetence. You would think with all the technological advances we would be provided with easier and faster access to critical information. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The continued denial of the science of climate change and refusal to address the causes in the face of growing evidence by politicians is basically a betrayal. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

And with a whimper not a bang the ALP reveal themselves as liberal lite and probable climate science deniers. From this point on the proposed EPA is just window dressing. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

The Epstein files need to be released and justice done. This is not an easy read. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The people behind the Trump regime are seriously deranged. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

It’s nice the USA is focusing on important issues and not the cost of living or the Epstein files or habeas corpus or the rule of law. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

And so it begins. If anyone believes the spending in the nuclear submarines will be $368 billion then think again as all defence procurement contracts go over estimate and AUKU$ is off to a flier. Think $500 billion plus. And we may not get the submarines. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Of all US allies, the Baltic states have done most to increase defence spending in line with Trump's demands. So, he has cut military assistance. Australians who imagine that handing over billions to AUKUS will buy us security are living in a fools paradise. www.euractiv.com/new... #auspol

A powerful comment well worth listening to. youtu.be/XMFwj30seEg?...