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Let’s celebrate the win for Democracy today with a Grand Jury throwing out Trumps sham bullshit indictment of Letitia James! Suck it Trump and Bondi!
#DefendersOfDemocracy
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The Betoota Advocate on Lehrmann - describing him as the chungus - reports the High Court has found further than the original judgement, that not only did he rape Higgins, but he knew she did not consent. I hope Lehrmann goes bankrupt & Linda Reynolds rots in shame.
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Hegseth has surely already earned several life prison sentences through his actions as "Idiot of War"
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Opinion | A sickening moral slum of an administration
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
https://wapo.st/4pg1HJa
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What is going on??? The ALP should be utterly transparent regarding such significant assets as public housing for some of the most vulnerable people.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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Inquiry calls for Melbourne public housing towers demolition to stop
A parliamentary inquiry has called on the government to halt the demolition of Melbourne's public housing towers after finding it refused to provide evidence to justify the plan.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-02/melbourne-public-housing-tower-demolition-parliament-inquiry/106090804?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
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@katie_pinns
5 days ago
Interesting article: Renée Richards Shares Her Position on Gender Policy 'I believe that having gone through male puberty disqualifies transgender women from the female category in sports.'
www.si.com/tennis/renee...
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Renée Richards Shares Her Position on Gender Policy in Tennis
The groundbreaking tennis player offered her thoughts on transgender participation in the sport to the WTA in April 2024.
https://www.si.com/tennis/renee-richards-shares-the-gender-policy-recommendation-she-made-to-the-wta
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Get Out The Mid Term Vote
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
5 days ago
"… in the present instance, it was perfectly clear to the accused that killing defenceless people in the life-boats could be nothing else but a breach of the law. As naval officers by profession they were well aware …."
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Steve Ricketts
6 days ago
here's the thing, Madame Premier: science doesn't care whether industry can afford a carbon tax. the world will continue to warm. as usual, you show no leadership and are instead trying to placate the separatist whack jobs in your party
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Tassie Devil
8 days ago
It's an absolute dud. "The stadium benefits a subsection of the community, but the whole community pays for it." Both Thomas and Harriss need to say no for it to fall through. I am not feeling confident.
#politas
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Economic case for Hobart stadium just doesn't add up, experts say
An expert planning panel has defended their scathing assessment of Hobart's proposed Macquarie Point stadium while speaking to the politicians who will ultimately decide the project's fate.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-28/stadium-expert-planning-panel-presents-tasmania-upper-house/106074672?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
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Dr Monique Ryan
17 days ago
Smart countries don’t cut funding to their world-leading science and technology research organisations. The Albanese government has to step up and provide adequate support for research and development in Australia - it has to invest in our future.
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CSIRO to cut up to 350 research jobs in major overhaul
After 440 positions were slashed last year, the CSIRO has announced more staff cuts across the country in a bid to remain financially viable.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-18/csiro-cuts-350-research-jobs/106024498?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
7 days ago
Yes, who is more likely to regard the sacrifice of people as abhorrent than those who follow a religion centered on celebrating the sacrifice of a person?
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The Media and Democracy Project
7 days ago
Musk's DOGE has metastasized into govt agencies. "DOGE exists to help the extraction class disguise corruption, cronyism,& the brutal dismantling of consumer protection, labor rights, & the social safety net as as "innovative efficiency reforms"
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DOGE is gone, leaving behind 300,000 fired federal workers, 600,000 USAID deaths, and more
Here's everything DOGE did that affected the LGBTQ+ community at home and abroad.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/doge-lgbtq-impact-elon-musk
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Tony
8 days ago
This is a great explanation of the difference between 1 million and 1 billion, and how huge the wealth gap has become.
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Zack Polanski
8 days ago
The country wants a wealth tax on assets. They're panicking because "won't the rich just leave" has been utterly debunked. They've got no actual argument.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Eos
9 days ago
In a court filing Monday, the Trump EPA took the side of industry trade associations and states that had sued the Biden EPA over PM2.5 air pollution limits, abandoning the stricter regulations set last year. 🧪
eos.org/research-and...
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EPA to Abandon Stricter PM2.5 Air Pollution Limits - Eos
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency moved this week to reduce limits on fine particulate air pollution, including soot, set by the Biden administration last year.
https://eos.org/research-and-developments/epa-to-abandon-stricter-pm2-5-air-pollution-limits
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Nonia Pariente
10 days ago
#VaccinesWork
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@hayleygleeson.bsky.social
why the bizarre characterisation that Warren's gender was her burden, when it is sexism & misogyny that is the burden? The internalised misogyny of this article, the clumsiness & the lack of understanding of systemic bias is frustrating.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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She was a trailblazer for women in law. Her gender was, at times, a burden
Marilyn Warren made history when she was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, though she has never thought of herself as a trailblazer.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-25/today-in-history-november-25-marilyn-warren/105999384?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
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M Meerkat
11 days ago
Agree ⬇️ 💯.....
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Mueller, She Wrote
11 days ago
Quiet part, meet out loud.
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Michael Mazengarb
18 days ago
That's more than 1,100 jobs lost at the CSIRO over the last two years. "Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third." This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
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CSIRO to slash hundreds of jobs in cost-saving drive
The staff association at the nation’s leading scientific research organisation says the latest round of cuts marks “a sad day for publicly funded science”.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/csiro-to-slash-hundreds-of-jobs-in-cost-saving-drive-20251118-p5nga7.html
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GenXer-71
16 days ago
Give it to him, Miss Piggy!
#PEDO
#EpsteinFiles
#BelieveWomen
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Robert Reich
13 days ago
Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running. This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
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Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
Robert Reich
https://youtu.be/W8OWhw-GXUU?si=54SadI4Qfz0cNKDQ
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#KingResist🤴🔥‼️ #Revolt Fascism #FBaRmy✨️#Unite‼️ #NoDemUnder10k✨️
12 days ago
Balls... Not Bone Spurs!! Fuck Donald Trump Forever!!
#FBaRmy
#Gverse
#Unite🤴🇺🇸✨️
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Forbes
13 days ago
The president had a record net worth of $7.3 billion in September.
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Trump’s Net Worth Drops $1.1 Billion
The president had a record net worth of $7.3 billion in September.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/11/22/trumps-net-worth-drops-11-billion/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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The Tennessee Holler
13 days ago
We really can’t get enough of these
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Jon Cooper
13 days ago
Sex trafficking on Meta platforms was both difficult to report and widely tolerated. Instagram’s former head of safety testified that when she joined Meta in 2020 she was shocked to learn the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the “trafficking of humans for sex.”
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7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
https://time.com/7336204/meta-lawsuit-files-child-safety/
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freakanatcha.bsky.social
14 days ago
In his defense, it never occurred to Bill that a heroin addict and serial adulterer could not be trusted
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Predictably, MAGA Republicans are more likely to justify political violence, study finds
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MAGA Republicans are more likely to justify political violence, study finds
A new survey indicates that while MAGA Republicans frequently view political violence as justified, they are not more likely than other groups to express a personal willingness to engage in it.
https://www.psypost.org/maga-republicans-are-more-likely-to-justify-political-violence-study-finds/
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14 days ago
Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.
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Greg Jericho
16 days ago
I seriously cannot get over how stupid it is to be cutting back on research right now
#ThePoint
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CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research
The announcement this week that CSIRO are to cut 350 research jobs is another damning indictment on Australia’s ongoing failure to prioritise research and development.
https://thepoint.com.au/off-the-charts/251119-csiro-350-researcher-job-cuts-a-damning-indictment-on-government-priorities-misses-golden-opportunity-on-research
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Global Abortion Rights News
16 days ago
By characterizing abortion as health care, international orgs have pushed back against abortion exceptionalism. The World Health Organization recognizes that “[a]bortion is a simple health care intervention.” Numerous countries have adopted laws and policies to align with WHO recommendations.
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Global Approaches to Abortion as Health Care - O'Neill
The O’Neill Institute believes that the law is a fundamental tool for solving critical health problems.
https://oneill.law.georgetown.edu/global-approaches-to-abortion-as-health-care/
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"The refusal to conduct an inquest reveals again what many black women know: it’s not a place for truth-telling but rather a mechanism to alibi the state and its failures."
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Kardell Lomas’s heartbreaking apology to police is a moment that should shame all Australians | Amy McQuire
The refusal to conduct an inquest reveals again what many black women know: it’s not a place for truth-telling but rather a mechanism to alibi the state and its failures
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2025/nov/19/kardell-lomas-heartbreaking-apology-to-police?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Listening to your favorite songs modulates your brain’s opioid system
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Listening to your favorite songs modulates your brain's opioid system
A new brain imaging study reveals that listening to music activates the body’s natural opioid system. The findings suggest melodies trigger the same chemical rewards as biological necessities like foo...
https://www.psypost.org/listening-to-your-favorite-songs-modulates-your-brains-opioid-system/
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Larry the Cat
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Does he even own a suit?
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ARC Tracker
18 days ago
“CSIRO has announced it will slash up to 350 jobs as the national science agency grapples with long-term financial challenges … with current funding failing to keep pace with the rising costs of running a modern science agency.” Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡
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CSIRO to cut up to 350 research jobs in major overhaul
After 440 positions were slashed last year, the CSIRO has announced more staff cuts across the country in a bid to remain financially viable.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-18/csiro-cuts-350-research-jobs/106024498
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Anti-Fascist Collective 👊🏼👊🏿
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Coalition incompetence on full display: "Business and energy industry leaders have warned the Coalition that abandoning a net zero emissions target will not cut power bills, undermining the core promise of Sussan Ley’s signature new policy."
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Business and energy leaders warn Coalition dumping net zero won’t cut power bills and demand more detail
CEO of Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry calls Sussan Ley’s new policy ‘a bit of a plan not to have a plan’, echoing business scepticism
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/18/business-and-energy-leaders-warn-coalition-dumping-net-zero-wont-cut-power-bills-and-demand-more-detail?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Aaron Rupar
19 days ago
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
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Where is the accountability? Queensland police - their victim-blaming and misogyny must be addressed formally
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Hannah Clarke murders: Queensland police made potentially critical mistakes, new evidence reveals
Exclusive: Detectives investigated ‘veracity and motive’ of Brisbane woman’s allegations of domestic violence and coercive control – even after the horrifying attack that killed her and her children
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/16/hannah-clarke-children-murder-qld-queensland-police?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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"The Nats need the Libs to be in a future govt, so it is curious that Littleproud has exploited the backdown on net zero, given the message this sends to voters. The Libs need to reclaim urban seats to gain government; Littleproud wont be Deputy PM without it."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Conservatives win this one, but it could lose them the war
It was only a week ago that the moderates in the Liberal Party were flexing their muscle privately (and some publicly), threatening a divorce with the Nationals and to walk the plank if net zero was d...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-17/ley-puts-one-advantage-at-risk-scrabbling-to-keep-leadership/106011602?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
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Texas Paul
20 days ago
The fact that Megyn Kelly minimized raping 15 year olds and wasn't immediately canceled from every platform, including
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ArchedEyebrow
20 days ago
Sussan Ley has received her orders from on high.
#AusPol
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