Jo and guest host Joel Jenkins speak with Declassified Australia's Kellie Tranter and the Australia Institute's Mark Ogge about Gaza, Climate and Australia's failing foreign policy. Plus an interview with Dr Emma Shortis on the dismantling of American democracy. youtube.com/watch?v=m994...

Dave Milner interviewed historian Emma Shortis this week, and both parties found themselves in a state of shock (but not surprise) as they talked through the capitulation of corporate America to a thin-skinned authoritarian. This is is an extended version. youtube.com/watch?v=MM6c...

AOC: We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the civil rights act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.

Democracy in America is an "anathema" a provocative statement? The word "anathema" means something that is intensely disliked or a formal curse. While a majority of people might not use such a severe term, there is a significant and ongoing debate about the health and function of American democracy.

Antifa has now been declared a terrorist organisation? So does that mean being anti-fascist is gunna get us arrested? Asking for a friend.

@jimmykimmel.com The latest to be silenced by the Trump fascist regime. America is spiralling into despair. Where us the opposition?

sash1e Sasha Allen

If there is a sense that no-one is safe – that public life itself has become a blood sport – that will have its own corrosive effect on American politics. Violence begets violence. Increasingly divisive rhetoric, fuelled by social media echo chambers and easy access to firearms is also the cause.

Dr Bianca Webb-Pullman spoke with The Shot from aboard the Family Boat, presently moored in Tunis, Tunisia. She has a message for her local member and Australian Government. youtu.be/6SS_2v4ETrE?...

AU. *On Saturday the 13th September 2025 at 12PM* in Belmore Park next to Central Station, Sydney, First Nations people are marching against the rising tide of racism, fascism &white supremacy, the recent neo-Nazi attack on Camp Sovereignty, escalating, anti-immigration rhetoric & violence.

🇵🇱🇺🇲🇨🇦🇪🇺 Donald Tusk has officially confirmed that Poland, in accordance with Article 4 of the NATO Treaty, is urgently convening an extraordinary meeting of the North Atlantic Council, where the alliance’s course of action will be decided.

War Crime! youtu.be/nWqhBACyIJ0?...

"Trump is the Hitler of our Time, Free DC Free Palistine" What a nice tune! 🤗

Fair critique. Trump is being tested. So far he is failing miserably.

Award winning film maker #SpikeLee joins #JonStewart to discuss his new movie, #Highest2Lowest, in theaters now. They talk about Lee’s experiences over the years working with the film’s star, #DenzelWashington youtu.be/D6AXktFtscY?...

Sign of the times we are living in. Artwork by Banksy.

The United Nations is not buying into Trump’s Facisim! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

Love me a little bit of Whitney Webb, stay informed!! Through her writing and public talks, she exposes hidden systems of control at the intersection of politics, finance, and technology. youtu.be/LBqjVc_4egU?...

Nazis on our streets -WTF? We discuss the aftermath of the March for (White) Australia before hearing from Marian Wilkinson and Jesse Noakes about the petrostate that is WA and what it means for the rest of us. Marian's new Quarterly Essay "Woodside vs the Planel" available from www.quarterlye...​.

Israel lobby summit for mayors - push to ban 'antisemitic symbols' such as keffiya, Palestinian flag, watermelon. Wendy Bacon @sstephanietrann.bsky.social cover the Gold Coast event #auspol michaelwest.com.au/israel-lobby...

Rise up America 🇺🇸

Tah Dah!!

“How can one be shocked at the sight of starving hostage Evyatar David and shrug or even rejoice at the killing taking place in lines for food?” open.substack.com/pub/caitlinj...

Today's Australia under a Labor government— 1. GENOCIDE committed by ISRAEL 🙊🙈🙉 2. NEO-NAZIS marching on the streets 🙊🙈🙉 3. RACIST MOB VIOLENCE against First Nations 🙊🙈🙉 4. VOICES AGAINST ISRAELI GENOCIDE AND APARTHEID 😱🗣️🗣️🗣️ We. Can. See. You. @albomp.bsky.social. #auspol

The Norwegian Government has made a new tourism ad, and it's surprsingly honest and informative! 🇳🇴

Sensible can equal stupid! Politics 101. youtube.com/watch?v=6aMC...

WHAT DID I TELL YOU during the LIVE? According to Kremlin pool, Putin is traveling to China from 8/31-9/3. There he will meet with Xi, Modi, Erdogan, Kim Jong Un. The visit will begin with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit. Oh, believe me you, I’ll cover the heck out of it.

Sorry, I have plenty of thoughts but no prayers.

Add Australia to that list! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

“The Israel Jewish lobby in Australia is a foreign influence operation. It’s designed to put the interests of israel above the interests of Australia and its foreign policy and no one else has an operation as well funded.." – Former Foreign Minister of Australia & Former Premier of NSW, Mr Bob Carr

we are so fucked

@govpritzker.illinois.gov 💪🦋🤗

Maggie the Magpie like walnut cake.. 🤗

Details 👇 bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Kevin Rowland from Dexys knows the suss! 🔥👏

“Zionism just means self determination for Jews! If you hate Zionism then you hate Jews!” No, that’s not what Zionism means. Zionism is exactly what we see Everyday. Genocide. Ethnic cleansing. Apartheid. Violence and abuse. That’s what Zionism means. And anti-Zionism means opposing these things.

Israel’s opposition leader, Yair Lapid -"The thing that most strengthens a leader in the democratic world today is a confrontation with Netanyahu, the most politically toxic leader in the Western world. It is unclear why [Netanyahu] is rushing to give Australia this gift."

Foreign-owned gas corporations are getting over half the gas they export from Australia for FREE. The gas industry is ripping Australians off, and our governments are letting them. ✍️Add your name to the call to tax the gas industry properly theaus.in/increasePRRT #auspol

Tod Maffin: Thanks, but NO thanks!! Go fuck yourselves!! #Never51 #ElbowsUp

YouTube has bent the knee to the Zionist lobby. 60 minutes exposè has been removed, soon after it was uploaded?

🚨📣 Bless you, again, *fearless* Australia 60 Minutes! This Sunday it is going back for an updated deep dive on the #EpsteinMaxwell files! "SUNDAY on #60Mins, how a long-dead billionaire continues to cause grief for the U.S. President." #LetSurvivorsTestify 📺 youtu.be/bQzQLYAYjqQ?...

The Trump-Putin summit wasn’t a disaster. It was a U.S. defeat! Well worth watching @theshot.net.au www.youtube.com/live/_T1WMif...

On Monday President Zelenskyy will meet with President Trump in Washington...

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Donald Trump's Alaska meeting with Vladimir Putin highlights America's erratic diplomacy. Other world leaders are rightly anxious about just what Trump might agree to, about the future of another sovereign country, when left in a room with Putin in Alaska. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

HAPPENING NOW: Temporary restraining order hearing in DC v. Trump, a suit filed this morning over Trump's effort to takeover the DC police. Judge Ana Reyes just took the bench. I'm listening in for @lawfaremedia.org Follow along ⬇️

Maybe we all should be wearing tin foil hats🤷.

Here's me. "Two states of bullshit"