Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.

Erroneously thinking you've taken intelligence tests, when the tests were administered because doctors are (repeatedly) concerned you have dementia and may pose a danger to yourself and others, is probably yet another sign that you actually do have dementia.

hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison

@albomp.bsky.social, this is the nation you want to hand over military sovereignty to. If Australia doesn’t reject this US crime you will shed Labor voters by the thousands. #AusPol @australianlabor.bsky.social

The president of the United States is an unhinged madman who should’ve been impeached two impeachments ago but wasn’t because republicans are just as unhinged as he is for very similar reasons. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

The War of Epstein’s Files.

They’ve just … kidnapped the leader of a foreign nation (and his wife). What the fuck do they think is going to happen next?

I see Trump is continuing his long tradition of ending wars.

It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize

I'm seriously starting to question the credibility of the FIFA Peace Prize.

For interested parties Locke's Social Contract theory of politics and consent to be governed is under severe strain!

This essay proposed ideas why it gets ignored by Govt. www.grantwyeth.com/p/domestic-v...

And Aboriginal deaths in custody for heavens sake. Those folks don't live in luxurious mansions in eastern suburbs enclaves, demanding special treatment from govt&society. There are so many other people in desperate need of help here, also fearful for their futures.

And how come 100-odd blokes in suits are more important than the half a million who wanted a royal commission into Murdoch? 🤔 🙄

A hearty congrats to RFK Jr., as the U.S. is poised to lose its measles elimination status after 25 years, with the most cases since the early 1990s.

We’ve got a fair idea. 🤬🖤💛❤️

The reasons the opposition wants a royal commission and the reasons the government doesn’t want a royal commission are equidistant from rationality, quite an achievement really

You would think one fucking Very Serious Commentator would’ve realised this by now, but seems no

Just been catching up on Bluesky friends’ thoughts on a royal commission and I only read five before I felt the need to say I only follow smart people 💜💜

So the Australian Banking Association and the Insurance Council of Australia want a Royal Commission do they? Interesting.

ABC News has been repeatedly reporting that 140 people call for a royal commission into the Bondi shooting by ISIS linked men. No mention of people calling for an end to genocide, sanctioning Israel, boycotting trade to & from israel… No mention of deaths, bombings, oppression in Gaza either.

Or into lobbyist big-dick access: Israel Oil&Gas Gambling Donors Or why RC results are buried? -Black deaths -Banking/Finan Services -Robodebt. An ugly farce…

Because after years of the RC and lawyers fees, the AG will announce they accept all 56 recommendations (when there are 57) and then studiously ignore the other 56. And they don't care. Equally indigenous deaths in custody, climate change, gambling lobby...

I’m just at the point where if we need a freaking royal commission into one awful and tragic attack carried out by two extremists, why can’t we have one into the scourge of domestic violence that takes pretty much one woman’s life each week…carried out by “he seemed like a pretty good bloke”

You know, I don’t have a problem with having a royal commission into any kind of racism turned to violence…but to focus on one of those and ignore the many others perpetrated by white, racist Australians in the past six years alone is to be another kind of racist.

Minns is a hostage. #NSWpol #AusPol

Please don’t give civilians guns. Please don’t selectively give paramilitary groups guns either

I mean this is a completely unhinged response and I thought the previous week was looney tunes but this is something else again. Calm the fuck down, weirdo politicians who can’t seem to find a way to behave like anything other than a cornered rat. Do your job. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

And in the spirit of Aussie fairness they will then arm a Palestinian militia?

Having failed quite dramatically to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Donald Trump has doubled down on his determination to win the previously unrecognised Nobel War Prize which Republicans and the ‘Supreme Court’ will almost unanimously approve, confirm and pretend it’s real* *never going back to USA

I worked for DOJ. I don't think people realize how dangerous it is for the White House to takeover the daily operations of the Justice Department.

Look, as a Tasmanian who just survived Christmas Day 2025, I think it’s safe to say that even though Neil Finn wrote Four Seasons in One Day about Melbourne, if he’d lived in Tassie first it would’ve been a big hit for Split Enz.

Breaking News : Minns bans NYE celebrations in Sydney because that would be a mass gathering.🤷🤷👮 The Sydney Hobart boat race is not going ahead as well because to many people gathering along the foreshore would be dangerous . 🤔

Soooo, Sydney Australia Premier Minns has successfully made the Law that "No Public Assemblies for 14 Days" OK, Does that mean: NO NEW YEARS CROWDS AT SYDNEY HARBOUR - WATCHING THE FIREWORKS?

As an atheist raised in the uniting church I have to say I find it weird all the born agains and evangelicals who claim to have a close personal relationship with Jesus Christ himself yet don’t seem to know anything about him at all. Anyway happy Christmas 💜💜

When do you think Albanese will realise there’s no placating these people? News Corp pays no tax and adds nothing to Aus society apart from hate, but Labor acts as if it owns them. Instead of fighting back or standing up for themselves, Albanese and co are like “please sir can I have some more?”

That’s not how GDP works. But it is how propaganda works.

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Albanese and Labor could barely have been more supportive of Israel, or less sympathetic of the Palestinian civilians massacred and starved. Did that satisfy News Corp? Not even. And now he invites the president of the genocidal state to visit. Does he think they will lay off now? Ofc they won’t. 🤡

I remind @albomp.bsky.social and @tonyburkemp.bsky.social that they recently deported a man, on character grounds, for attending a Neo-Nazi rally. Surely Herzog's crimes are much worse than that? To invite him to Australia is, frankly, obscene.

The day before Christmas here in Australia...I just want to give a shout out to Jews, Muslims, my fellow idiot gentiles and anyone else who reads this...there are no words for the indiscriminate murder of people ever, there never are, wars, genocides, appalling things - but I just want to send love.

I wrote a Christmas poem in five minutes and it’s terrible but I might spend half an hour on it next time I’m really pissed off…happy Christmas to the good people of Bluesky 💜

I was going to say because he is a) batshit crazy and b) imaginary. :)

I keep thinking about why god gave his only son to die and then rise from the dead to save us all from our sins only for him to have us all burn in the eternal fires of hell if we choose the free will he also gave us and don’t believe in him. Then I think, oh right, he’s a man. #notallmen 😉💜

I’ve never been more appalled to be an Australian than I have been in the past week bc so many Australians think they’re not racist whilst publicly proving themselves to be racist. And the proportion of them who are politicians people actually vote for makes it so much worse.

The loss of freedoms in a democracy tends to come gradually. Cassandras warn about “risks” and “dangers.” Then one day, the possibility, the fear that something can happen, materializes into reality. That’s what happened on Sunday night with @60minutes.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/fridains...

WTAF!!! We paid $461 000 for Scott Morrisons legal assistance at #Robodebt

“The question isn’t “who are we letting into our country?”, it’s “why are we letting grasping politicians spread further hate and division?”” Such a great piece by @amyremeikis.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...