PhilG

PhilG

@ssonick.bsky.social

Retired IT guy. Part time Lighthouse Tour Guide at Cape Schanck, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. A learning grandad. Environment, Integrity, Equality.

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Tim Dunlop: …you would have to conclude that major parties seem perversely primed to do just that, and their appeasement is consolidating electoral support into social base. Thus is the Coalition turning into One Nation. And Labor turning into the Coalition.¹ tdunlop.substack.com/p/this-is-no...

tdunlop.substack.com“This is not a blip; this is the direction in which we are currently headed”Book review and a discussion of the rise of the global far right

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The #EpsteinFiles are the key to end this madness. Vote like your life depends on it. Because it probably does! Vote Blue for individuals who will DEMAND the full un-redacted #TrumpFiles. #ReleaseTheTrumpSteinFiles #ReleaseThePeePeeTapes #Felon47IsARussianAsset #TheyRAPEDchildren #RoomTempIQ

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Parties won't change, they have to satisfy the very corporations funding them who are hollowing out this trust. I hope we start listening to the Pococks and Steggals and Wilkies. And we honor Helen Haines by electing more Independents to restore trust in #Auspol thepoint.com.au/new/261021-c...

thepoint.com.auCost-of-living pressures, declining trust driving public angerEarlier this week, researcher Alex Fein talked with Richard Denniss about why cost-of-living pressures, strained public services and declining trust are fuelling Australians’ anger.

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I was supposed to leave Lord Howe Island today but my ✈️ flight has been cancelled due to weather. Not sure when I’ll be able to leave. Oh, well 🤭🏝️

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"These are not serious people". But these are the people that Anthony Albanese and Richard Marles have outsourced Australia's defence strategy to. #EndAUKUS #auspol

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

“How much time do you think this defense secretary spends looking in the mirror in the morning? These are not serious people” — Obama’s audience in Ohio is hanging on every word as he skewers Trump and Hegseth

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Doug Cameron:”In my view it is now clear that AUKUS is about militarising Australia in interests of the US, ensuring the grifters in defence and the arms industry are well fed. It is an act of self-harm and madness on the part of the Australian government.” #auspol

His #Presidency is and always has been all, all about #SelfEnrichment and that of his #Family and #FellowDonatingOligarchs #WakeUpUSA

Steve Rattner@steverattner.bsky.social

Trump has made more stock trades in his second term than all 535 members of Congress combined.

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Talarico: You want to know why they are spending $200 million against me? Because I don’t take their corporate PAC money and I never will. I don’t work for them. I work for you. When we flip this seat in Texas, I’m going to vote to ban corporate PACs so billionaires can’t buy our elections.

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ABC Radio reporting with a straight face that the opposition will scrap net zero, renewables programs, home battery scheme and affordable housing initiatives. Reported verbatim as if they were all sensible good ideas. The rise of the right is frightening and polite rebuttal is not enough #auspol

A picture of a smiling idiot followed by a smiling grub. #NoThanks #Disappear. #Auspol

3wombats@3wombats.bsky.social

Coalition don’t care if you die of heatstroke in the coming years

Reading this, She only was ever going to award this to this company. What a travesty, pure corruption. @albomp.bsky.social ?? Stand up for once!

Jommy Tee@jommytee.bsky.social

More detail: A case of Jillian undertaking confidential soundings to pick Yaron Finkelstein's Society Advisory. ...to deliver PR support All legit 😜