Which is why there should be taxes on unrealised capital gains, because these greedy pricks are not using super for their retirement but to AVOID PAYING TAX Reminder - they are not self-funded retirees, they are tax-break funded retirees.

How many times do we need to point this out? By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it. While weakening your own position. There's a vast amount of academic research showing this. But Labour will not listen. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...

The social media ban is the Platonic ideal of contemporary politics: An ill-conceived, superficial "we must do something" response to a serious systemic issue The real harm it will cause terrifies me Can it inspire us to create a better politics? in-between-days.ghost.io/the-social-m...

This is obscene. That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face. We are the 99.999%. Tax the super rich. Join.greenparty.org.uk

This is a white supremacist rally. Anyone who attends something like this or still supports the leader of this movement should be unwelcome in your home and shunned from civil society. Period. We’re way past the point where this crap should be tolerated from anyone. Cast them out.

#BREAKING: The Commonwealth Ombudsman has published their investigation into the Targeted Compliance Framework & Mutual Obligations system Their findings on the Department's administration of many parts of the system are incredibly damning 👇

The agency's commissioner-general condemns raid as a direct violation of international law.

#StateOfTheNation @australianlabor.bsky.social @jimchalmers.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social Stop using the #ThrowAwayDefaultLine of “it’s within regulations set by an external board …” the standard policy should be #ThePubTest which is more in-line with the taxpayers expectations … #Auspol

And this is what corporate "centrist" cartel parties have been reduced to. Vile stuff.

Following Eurovision’s decision to allow Israel’s participation, Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has withdrawn from the contest. The announcement split the screen between Israel’s performance and scenes of bombardment and starving children in Gaza. #Spain #eurovision #genocide

Labor today…the party that traded its traditional values just to maintain incumbency for its gaggle of deeply institutionalised careerist party apparatchiks #auspol

'Labor has the space to do what it wants – and what it wants, apparently, is to be the Liberal Party of the 1990s." @amyremeikis.bsky.social #AusPol

Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:

The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

“This irresponsible and purposely misleading guidance will lead to more hepatitis B infections in infants and children.” Read our full statement by AAP President Dr. Susan J. Kressly: www.aap.org/en/news-room...

Mockler: It's honestly humiliating that other countries are treating our president like a child, like a baby. It's like if I created a peace prize and I gave it to myself. I'm like, I'm just going to keep this medal on all night. Our president is an actual child

This might be the most Cancel Me, Daddy story that ever Cancel Me, Daddyed

Sorry If This Is Antisemitic But I Think It's Wrong To Train Dogs To Rape Prisoners One thing I try not to think about is how many reports we’ve been seeing about Israeli prison guards training dogs to rape Palestinian captives in torture camps like Sde Teiman. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/sorry-if-t...

Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. Concentrated wealth is already endangering our democracy. Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.

As ever, straight talker #TimWilliams dismantling many myths around housing supply that so distort our politics & society. As practiced in Europe, Govts must step up & build public housing themselves - stop pretending anything else will work thefifthestate.com.au/columns/spin...

Nesting offences. My @smh @theage cartoon.

The way you defeat them is to STOP BEING A STUPID SUCKER, and understand that they will NEVER admit to what they're doing, because THEY ARE LYING TO TROLL YOU. At some point you have to accept the evidence of your eyes and ears and not play the "some allege, but others disagree" game.

apnews.com/article/mide... They do this all the time it's just this time they caught it on camera🤨👿

If you would like to hear my 2025 Dymphna Clark Lecture where I explore how Australia and neo liberalism have failed our schools (and everything else) you can listen here www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

The constant demonisation by left wing governments of public servants as bloated, lazy bludgers needs to stop. It's just one more example of the corporate centre left elevating right wing light talking points, passing off shit light sandwiches as somehow sensibly progressive.

It's the last day of parliament and I am all out of fucks to give: Party that refused to properly negotiate on laws now bitching about laws they refused to negotiate properly on live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...

The public service is not bloated, and cuts will hurt Australians. Two charts on The Point from @grogsgamut.bsky.social show the context and costs of slashing APS budgets: thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...

Israeli group B’Tselem notes that, since a supposed “ceasefire” in Gaza, Israel has: * killed 345 Palestinians, * denied food to 70% of the population who need it, * demolished a further 1,500 buildings. All of this is in blatant violation of the agreement.

Australia could end poverty tomorrow. We just refuse to tax wealth, so >14% of the country gets sacrificed to keep a few fucking rich parasites comfortable. #auspol

Showing their true colours. The US and Israel vote AGAINST banning torture. substack.com/@ahmadibsais...

You Don't Hate The Mass Media Enough The western press see the killing of Palestinians as such a baseline norm that Israel can massacre dozens of people in Gaza and they’ll go, “Gosh I sure hope this doesn’t lead to any violations of the ceasefire!” www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/you-dont-h...

The theory in the paper is that it's not the superhero per se, but that unexpected events in general increase mindfulness and thus pro-social behavior So act weird and make people behave better.

Trading places www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

Israel Moved Gaza’s Yellow Line And Then Shelled Palestinians For Being On The Wrong Side They just keep finding new ways to carve off more pieces of Gaza and murder more Palestinians. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israel-mov...

"Australia is being taken for a ride" - whilst our kids & and grandkids have little to no chance of ever owning a home. @albomp.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DQ-dfLV...

New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Marvellous piece by @pronouncedalva.bsky.social , this: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

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It always feels like a media beat up, but after decades of watching this stuff it's almost always the last gasp of a dying administration. I don't know if it's the media just pulling on threads, or the momentum was already unstoppable, but either way at this point Starmer is a dead PM walking.

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Why did DEWR outsource "independent" assurance, giving Deloitte access to its own AI tools to spit out slop? Because all it ever wanted from Deloitte was justification to keep MOs punishments going I have FOIed a bunch of Ministerial briefings & the theme is the same: We must keep the system on

Israel's Ben Gvir hands out sweets after death penalty bill for Palestinians advances - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ben-gvir-distributes-sweets-after-preliminary-approval-prisoner-execution-law

Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers. “If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” one commander says. It’s a genocide. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

A lot of people have observed that the Democrats’ deep unpopularity comes from the fact that absolutely everyone wants to complain about them and nobody wants to defend them. This is true, but a lot of THAT dynamic comes from the fact that Dems are regularly punching their supporters in the face!

Dr Assal Rad— "This should be the headline in every major news outlet."

Today, Ms.Rachel accepted Glamour Magazine ‘Women of The Year’ by wearing a custom dress with drawings from children from Gaza.