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Penny Wong has had 24 hours, but still nothing. No statement of concern, no raised eyebrow... and no late signing of this very reasonable joint statement of foreign ministers. The Australian govt's craven failure to say [let alone do] anything critical of the Trump regime is humiliating. #auspol

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If Hanson "seems more and more like the de facto opposition leader", it's because legacy media - glosses over the racism - avoids testing her 'policies' - ignores disinformation that drives her support, and - rarely mentions PHON's #FarRight links. In short; keeps giving her an easy ride. #auspol

So, the White House can ban media outlets, but not be banned by them? 🤔 "The department launched the investigation in response to all five major US television networks suspending White House coverage in solidarity with reporters who had their credentials pulled."

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Revenue still rose a lot. Without any emigration, wealth tax revenue would have grown 75% between 2021 and 2024; accounting for reform-driven departures cuts that gain only modestly, to 71.5%. Read paper: www.nber.org/papers/w35854 #economics #norway #taxes #billionaires #economy #jobs #government

If Americans view, clip, share, and permanently enshrine an American public killing in a million ways on the internet, we will move towards fascist rituals of violence. snyder.substack.com/p/four-wrong...

ICE-linked contracts in #Auspol

A MILITARY COUP AT THE 26 MIDTERMS? #MilitaryCoup #HegsethCoup What is striking is the combination of developments: DOMESTIC MILITARY RAPID-REACTION CAPABILITY WAS DEVELOPED Pentagon documents obtained by the Washington Post described plans for a “Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force.”

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Current reading: "Angrynomics" by @ericlonners.bsky.social and @mkblyth.bsky.social A short book, framed as a dialog between the authors. Explores the social dynamics of anger and its socio-economic roots through the neoliberal period and the escalation post-2008. Good read.

🏛️ After SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act this year, Republicans launched an aggressive attack on Black voting power, write Carolyn Hugley and Lauren Groh-Wargo. The backlash points to a simple, undeniable fact: The South is America’s new political battleground ➡️ https://demdock.com/4ztr9zG

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fascinating deep dive (😎) into the system of subsea cables and oil pipeline infrastructure, with its history and connotations. Part of the @globalvoices.org Big Tech and Authoritarianism Spotlight! globalvoices.org/2026/10/09/s...

Back in February, Steve Bannon’s right hand man, Benjamin Harnwell, told Australian conservatives to stop voting for centre-right parties and to vote for parties further to the right.

Hey @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social! Maybe it's time for Australia to stop being a net importer of political idiocy. Get behind the ICC - all the way. Choose our allies better. You know the other guys wont do it. But then, they aren't behind the wheel right now either.

Yesterday marked the 3rd annual Network State conference (in Singapore). This is the venture capital cult that plans to kill democracy. Peter Thiel protégés Curtis Yarvin and Balaji Srinivasan had a polite fireside chat about exactly how the USA will die. Yeah, The Nerd Reich is a very true story!

Not just a police state. ICE state.

Once again, Australia goes missing.

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

To be fair, every day he wakes up and gives thanks to Putin.

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Three years on, Israel continues to asphyxiate #Gaza. With Israeli forces now occupying approximately 65 per cent of Gaza, the ‘Yellow Line’ is further restricting where Palestinians can live, putting people at risk of being shot and disrupting aid. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-th...

Eyewitnesses to the shooting recalled the commotion as gunfire erupted in the middle of a residential neighborhood. Iris Rosa, a school therapist, said after she emerged from a nearby shop, she saw a man bleeding on the ground in front of a car, while agents milled around, one holding a small child.

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Trump’s deal to buy Russian diesel from Putin just weeks before the midterms funnels money directly into Russia’s war machine. Trump is now facing calls for Congress to block the deal and impeach him. Meanwhile, energy analysts say it’s unlikely to even make a dent in fuel prices.

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Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error. Same error amplified by right-wing think-tanks, press It suited their ideological leanings. Future historians might say - planet earth and human life was shattered by a spreadsheet error.