'Beginning in 1933, the federal government launched a tax fraud investigation on Mellon, leading to a high-profile case that ended with Mellon's estate paying significant sums to settle the matter.' More parallels? Hope so heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-28...

The Australian sense of difference & separation grows with the increasing lawlessness of the US administration, its departures from national and international rules of law and the nation’s increasing authoritarianism.. Australians and Americans enjoy “shared values”?? johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

At last some facts about Community Independents Many thanks Zoë Wundenberg @canberratimes.bsky.social Congratulations for being so much better than the lazy Murdoch-trained hacks at @abcnews and almost all MSM www.canberratimes.com.au/story/909458...

'And while many reports suggest Trump has “confirmed” AUKUS, there is nothing to suggest this is either true or even possible.' Too true @EmmaShortis Sadly you failed to note that the Rudd question was set up by an Australian Murdoch minion. #loyalty ? theconversation.com/can-albanese...

'Australia’s political parties are moving to their use-by date' Correct ALP is mean and gutless as Waterford spells out here - and dumb. johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

re Wannon Tehan won - just - because he had /paid for? the Plymouth Brethren intimidating voters at the booths and Advance's sending BS to voters That is his idea of a 'good clean campaign' FYI www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

@jimchalmers.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social Hey take a look 👀 👇🏻 #auspol

#AusPol www.instagram.com/reel/DQC7lRV...

'Special Minister of State Don Farrell said the government's reforms delivered needed transparency.' Senator Farrell is a liar sand all together a very nasty piece of work Let's go to the High Court ASAP to scupper this Farrell Libs attach up of democracy www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

David Marr is being faux naive here in dismissing the importance of headlines in the MSM we all know headlines drive clicks = $$$ All media moguls only care about that - ask Kim Williams -sadly Marr was unnecessarily hostile to Chris Hedges www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

'Australia’s ability to “speak about international issues” is code for the least popular child in the schoolyard hoping and praying that the coolest kid takes note (while still stealing your lunch money).' #AUKUS #ANZUS #AntonyLoewenstein www.smh.com.au/culture/book...

Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. I just signed this @australiainstitute.org.au petition calling to end government secrecy: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/end_governme...

@theshovel.bsky.social many thanks for this and well said 'There’s a touching eulogy commemorating the passing of Peter Dutton’s career, which died this year after a long and painful battle with the Australian electorate.' xxxx

Linda Reynolds deserves to be ridiculed and scorned for the rest of her miserable existence. #AusPol www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...

“If you read the agreement itself, there are no guarantees provided to the Palestinians, not a single guarantee,” she added. “All guarantees are provided to the Israelis.” #notapeaceplan www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

@squigglyrick.bsky.social so well done - just a shame neither @alboMP or his piss weak NACC did nothing about it theconversation.com/prime-minist...

Honestly Trump sounds quite pathetic - whiny and miserably inadequate. If I was an American I would be mortified and humiliated. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw9f...

'Have you no sense of decency?' Trump and his minions have no sense - at any level @albomp.bsky.social should be very wary. IMO Australia may need to fight not align further with this regime Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism theconversation.com/political-wi... via @ConversationEDU

Given this is making some waves - here is the piece and you can judge for yourself. (I'm fine, there are no issues - right wing ecosystem just doing what right wing ecosystem does). Take care of you - it's rough out there! Ax amyremeikis.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...

Enough. Forget Aukus. Let's reject AUZUS It offers us nothing, costs us billions and removes our sovereignty. Who here wants to align with the no-longer-United States as it attacks its allies and devolves ? #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

This excellent reflection from @katemanne.bsky.social articulates everything that has felt so deeply distorted about the commentary this week, particularly in New Zealand where all nuance has been lost and media reporting has been overwhelmingly sanitised and guided, unchallenged, by bad actors.

@johnmenadue.com author please? johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...

FFS how did @albomp.bsky.social allow this? Who is Richard Marles working for us or Trump? This is a disgrace. #auspol Deputy PM Richard Marles to address Israel lobby summit on Gold Coast michaelwest.com.au/deputy-pm-to...

Australia making global headline on refugees for the wrong reasons once more. Even Human Rights Watch has come out to condemn the Albanese Government. “Australia Should Halt Plan to Deport Refugees, Migrants to Nauru.” www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

boo hoo

Well done Mark Dreyfus this speech is excellent & your praise for Zoe Daniel is much appreciated by those of us also familiar with the tone & behaviour of her opponent's campaign. You and she have class. He has none. Goldstein will regret it. www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

Suggest this speech become part of our hopefully soon to be markedly improved civics education in secondary schools? www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkKe...

Are this dodgy mob [which the AHRCommissioner should not be seen dead with] connected to the equally dodgy 5A academic zionist group I wonder ? @anthonyklan.bsky.social ? michaelwest.com.au/point-of-ord...

well done @simonahac.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Note everyone the Zionist 5A group which destroyed the Bendigo Writers Festival is NOT honest enough to list actual members - cowards but my old university and probably yours is 'associated' #Shamejob www.aaaaa.org.au/representati...

I would like to place a bet of fifty gazillion dollars that post-politics, Richard Marles will somehow find a job for a weapons company that helps America slaughter millions of brown people for squillions of dollars

I made sure my local Mayor was NOT going

"The presence of former head of US National Socialist Movement Jeff Schoep is deeply concerning. He was one of the most high profile Nazis in America for 2 decades." Question is not just why would the Human Rights Commissioner attend this. But why would anyone? www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian...

this rightly spells out that us we in the West are now giving allowing Israel to slaughter the Palestinians out of guilt because we allowed the Germans to slaughter the Jews then cheekmedia.substack.com/p/a-few-bad-...

who can be surprised by these findings as few in the US media can see the totalitarian woods for the distracting trees of Trump antics? Also the media oligarchs are caving him one by one and sinister Murdoch has - as ever - his own financial motives.

New Pew poll findings: About half of Americans say journalists are losing influence in society (49%). Fewer than half of U.S. adults (45%) say they have a great deal or fair amount of confidence in journalists to act in the best interests of the public. More: www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...

Mr Justice Lee does it again - well done Your Honour @qantas-official.bsky.social 'the wrong kind of sorry” Indeed www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

see @kossamaras.bsky.social not only are we boomers by far the biggest component of Community independent volunteers but also the most arrested at Palestine Action Group protests UK. We're much better than your dismal profile of us... altho perhaps we just are easier for the police to catch ....

Who did the due diligence of this appointment in PM&C? How was this allowed to happen? theklaxon.com.au/jillian-sega...

I'm afraid you'll have to fire all of us, Mr President. www.wsj.com/economy/trum...