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Aaron Dodd

@aarondodd.bsky.social
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Melbourne/Gippsland - based small business owner. Progressive. Judo, NMFC. These are my personal views and opinions. Curmudgeon.

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Rather than it being a snub, Trump chickened out of his meeting with Albanese. The gulf between Albanese's intellectual and moral clarity and Trump's would have been too embarrassing for him. That's why they call him #TACO. #auspol
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Mussolini famously said "Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power." This move by #Trump is fascism in its purest form. #auspol #uspolitics #NoKings www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/b...
nytimes.com
‘Golden Share’ in U.S. Steel Gives Trump Extraordinary Control
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
While #Trump orchestrates and basks in the adulation of a DPRK-style military parade, proud American citizens begin their uprising against his fascism. All power to them. If America's institutions can't save its democracy, it's people must. #auspol #USPolitics #NoKings
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The Victorian Liberals are beyond help. Let them sink and start again #auspol #springst www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/13/m...
crikey.com.au
The Victorian Liberals are beyond help. Let them sink and start again
Despite the corruption rampant in Victoria, the Victorian Liberals remain obsessed with their own internal brawls, and remain unelectable. Genuine liberals may have to go elsewhere.
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Like the citizens of 1930s Nazi Germany, US citizens have a choice. They can turn a blind eye to the atrocities of their government and leader and reap the consequences as the meek Germans did in WW2, OR they can stand up to fascism and end the tyranny now. #auspol #Trump
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
#uspolitics #Trump #MAGA #LA #NoKingsProtest #auspol
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
The reliability of of coal. #auspol www.afr.com/companies/en...
afr.com
Outage at power station broadens Victoria’s energy crisis
The disruption at EnergyAustralia’s Yallourn coal power station comes as Victoria is already facing the risk of winter gas shortfalls on peak-demand days.
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Australia knows very well that Morrison is a corrupt pathological and compulsive liar. If he says #AUKUS is safe, Australia should plan for the exact opposite. #auspol
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
For anyone playing along at home the "bombshell decision" was an announcement that the NACC had found "no evidence of corruption or any intervention by either the Coalition or Albanese governments in the mediation process". #auspol
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
It's obviously time to review whether Pine Gap and the US Marines base in Darwin is "Australia First". #auspol #USPolitics #Trump www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
theage.com.au
AUKUS in doubt as US starts review into whether the deal is ‘America First’
The snap review comes just days before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and President Donald Trump attend a world leaders’ meeting in Canada.
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Scott Morrison’s King’s Birthday honour is an insult to the truth #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
thenewdaily.com.au
Scott Morrison's King's Birthday honour is an insult to the truth
Scott Morrison doesn’t need punishment, but Australia needs clarity. Because if Robodebt can be rewarded, then nothing is off limits.
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
FFS. The Austrian President states "[the school shooting] is the darkest day in their history". The Anschluss? The mass deportation of Jews to death camps? Mathausen Concentration Camp? #auspol #Austria
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Nine myths about electric vehicles and who falls for them #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/auto/20...
thenewdaily.com.au
Nine myths about electric vehicles and who falls for them
Electric vehicles are vital in the fight against climate change, but pervasive misinformation is a significant challenge to their uptake.
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
For decades the American gun lobby justified its awful stance on the need for citizens to be armed so they could resist government over-reach. If that moment is not now, when is it? #auspol #uspolitics #Trump #LA
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Australia needs to do the same. It especially needs to dump #AUKUS. Australia should not be allied with, and our ADF should not be integrated into the US military while it careens into a fascist dictatorship. #auspol www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
theguardian.com
Canadian PM vows to boost defence spending and reduce dependency on US
Carney says Canada will hit Nato target of 2% of GDP five years ahead of schedule amid ‘dangerous and divided world’
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
As Trump and his militia torch America, Albanese recklessly insists on business as usual via @crikey_news #auspol www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/10/d...
crikey.com.au
As Trump and his militia torch America, Albanese recklessly insists on business as usual
Anthony Albanese avoided talking about Australia's changing strategic circumstances during the election. But as Trump embraces fascism, he may not be able to much longer.
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Americans elected a fascist as President. Now they're upset when that fascist does fascist things. Idiots. #auspol #USPolitics #Trump #MAGA #LA
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
#Trump’s claim that the LA protesters are paid is pure psychological projection. Because he does not lift a finger unless there is money to be made from it, he assumes everybody else has the same debased corrupt "values" (for want of a better word. #auspol #USPolitics #MAGA
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Bless. @senpaterson actually thinks he and his diminished party are still relevant. #auspol www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
theage.com.au
The Coalition says it’s open to tax reform – but there’s a catch
The federal opposition went to the last election opposing the government’s tax cuts. Now it says it backs tax reform on one condition.
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
BREAKING: Former PM Scott Morrison has been awarded a record 7 Orders on Australia in this year's King's Birthday Honours List - one for every cabinet minister position he held. #auspol
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Petition to revoke Scott Morrison's King's Birthday AC. Please sign and share. www.change.org/p/stop-scott... #auspol
change.org
Sign the Petition
Stop Scott Morrison's Order of Australia
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Scott Morrison's King's Birthday AC for "leadership during covid" is the best argument yet for an Australian Republic. #auspol
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Just did it: Nike cuts ties with Grace Tame #auspol www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mar...
theaustralian.com.au
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Why do the Greens keep referring to "the major parties"? They are a major party themselves. #auspol
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
So did I get this right? Musk's accusation that Trump is in the Epstein files is an admission that he knowingly helped put a paedophile in the Oval Office? #auspol #uspolitics #Trump #MAGA
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
No shit Sherlock >> Warren report claims Musk leveraged Trump government access for personal gain #auspol #USPolitics #Trump www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/u...
thenewdaily.com.au
Report claims Musk used government access for personal gain
US Senator's report chronicles over 100 examples of Elon Musk's 'unethical or potentially corrupt actions' while in the Trump administration.
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Two massive egos. These two were always going to end this way. It's going to get really ugly #auspol #USPolitics #Trump www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/u...
thenewdaily.com.au
Musk-Trump relationship melts down in full-on public spat
US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have criticised each other in public statements and online posts.
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
These morons are now defending the indefensible. They've just been flogged in an election and lack the numbers to block this measure anyway. Why would you pick this hill to die on??? #auspol
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Alan Stockdale's abhorrent comments actually mirror those of Scott Morrison when he said in a speech on International Women’s Day that "the empowerment of women should not come at the expense of men". The Liberal Party is munted. #auspol
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Moronic out-of-touch malevolent old Boomers like Alan Stockdale are everything that is wrong with the Liberal Party and why it is dying in real time before our eyes #auspol www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/05/l...
crikey.com.au
Stockdale Syndrome: Alan, resentful old blokes, and the Liberals' talent crisis
Alan Stockdale's 'joke' about assertive women was more than an ill-judged remark. It was reflective of the mindset of resentment that is embedded in the Liberal membership.
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Teal Boele wins Bradfield by 26 votes in election’s tightest race #auspol www.afr.com/politics/fed...
afr.com
Teal Boele wins Bradfield by 26 votes in election’s tightest race
Nicolette Boele has won the Sydney seat after a see-sawing recount that has ended Gisele Kapterian’s hopes of retaking it for the Liberals – unless she heads to court.
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Beware false messiahs. Prominent Jewish voices embraced Peter Dutton as a political messiah. It was a strategic mistake that must not be repeated. #auspol thejewishindependent.com.au/beware-false...
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Beware false messiahs - The Jewish Independent
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
'Lost their way': Greens lashed as senator defects #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
thenewdaily.com.au
'Lost their way': PM lashes Greens as senator defects
Anthony Albanese says the Greens are "losing their way", after the shock defection of a senator to Labor in the election fallout.
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
One belch from Barnaby in the direction of the Chinese lines and they will surrender en masse. #auspol
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
#auspol #wapol
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Template seems to be; Have a well-known losing candidate campaign UNPAID for 3 years to win back the seat by the barest of margins. NB. Seat must have the 2nd biggest Liberal party membership in the State. I can't see that being very replicable. #auspol www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
theage.com.au
How to beat the teals? The city Liberals now have a template
Tim Wilson’s winning campaign in Goldstein contains two important lessons for future campaigners.
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
The Nationals-Liberals supermarket policy would hurt regional and remote Australians #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/cons...
thenewdaily.com.au
National-Liberal supermarket policy would hurt regional Australians
Forced divestiture of supermarkets by Coles and Woolworths could only lead to higher prices in locations where transportation costs are high.
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
The Liberal Party has waged econonic warfare on young people for decades, and actively hinders climate change remediation initiatives that will have a direct impact on younger people. They then whinge that youth won't join their party??!! #auspol
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Secret figures show Liberal party’s ageing membership in freefall in NSW and Victoria #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Secret figures show Liberal party’s ageing membership in freefall in NSW and Victoria
Exclusive: Sources reveal closely guarded membership numbers as average age hits 68 in Victoria
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Coalition of the unwilling: Climate wars will soon eclipse coalition reunification relief #auspol www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
theage.com.au
Coalition of the unwilling: Climate wars will soon eclipse reunification relief
The climate wars are over. And the Coalition lost. But it will have great difficulty in accepting this fact and that’s a particular problem for the Liberal Party.
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Despite claiming successes against the Greens, right-wing lobby group Advance shifted very few votes and contributed to the Liberal Party’s massive loss #auspol www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Inside story: Advance ‘siphoned’ Liberal resources
Despite claiming successes against the Greens, right-wing lobby group Advance shifted very few votes and contributed to the Liberal Party’s massive loss.
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
#SamGroth has shown himself to be yet another self-entitled Victorian Liberal shonk - out for every perk he get for himself and without a second thought for the people he represents or Victorians as a whole. They're all the same - an unelectable swill. #auspol #springst
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Barnaby is under the misconception that Net Zero refers to his blood alcohol level. #auspol
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
The Coalition is back together, that may not be a good thing #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
thenewdaily.com.au
The Coalition is back together, that may not be a good thing
The critical question is whether the Liberals will succumb to Nationals' demands and constrain Sussan Ley’s promised post-election review.
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
US trade court blocks Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs #auspol #USPolitics #Trump #MAGA www.theage.com.au/world/north-...
theage.com.au
US trade court blocks Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs
The court ruled that the president had overstepped his authority by imposing across-the-board duties on imports from nations that sell more to the US than they buy.
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
The ONLY thing the Canadians are considering is how politely they should tell #Trump to f*ck off. #auspol #uspolitics
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Oh bless. Henderson thinks she's a high performer. #auspol
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
I'm no fan of Thorpe but she has the right to speak out on this. More importantly why is #JacintaPrice the local Senator and an Indigenous Australian NOT speaking out? #auspol www.theage.com.au/national/man...
theage.com.au
‘Met with brutal force’: Thorpe demands answers after man dies in police custody in Alice Springs supermarket
Lidia Thorpe said the latest death in custody was part of a brutal pattern of Indigenous people dying at the hands of police.
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
There is no doubt that @SenatorHume is utterly useless. She has been for years. But it is particularly ironic that it's the equally inept @sussanley who is the one who demoted her. #auspol
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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
You couldn't make this shit up. Morrison, the architect of #Robodebt, and the man who blew out Australia's debt to almost a trillion dollars (70% before the pandemic) is calling for a return to the Libs' "core economic values". #auspol
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