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Clare @clarebraven.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Agree entirely. It sowed confusion and turned people immediately back southwards on to others marching northwards. If not for the volunteers trying to get the message through and people sharing the message, it could have been much worse.
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Clare @clarebraven.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Returning on the train from the Sydney March for Humanity, Free Palestine protest and they are still turning people back on the bridge
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Clare @clarebraven.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Police trying to turn Sydney march back on itself. Crush concerns.
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Clare @clarebraven.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Free Palestine
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13/06/2025
By now, we've all seen the video of Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) being forcibly removed and handcuffed for asking a question during Kristi Noem's press conference. But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.
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clawofdragon.bsky.social @clawofdragon.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Looking back at a clip of George W. Bush warning about exactly what Donald Trump is doing today #tRUMP #MAGA #DEMS #Democrat #DemsUnited #StrongerTogether #SaveDemocracy #StopFascism #StopOligarchy #StopAuthoritarianism #StopBillionaires #Resist #GOP #donaldtrump
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WOW: George W. Bush DESTROYS Trump's entire economic agenda
YouTube video by David Pakman Show
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The Anti-Fascist Herald-Tribune @antifascistht.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Fuck Stephen Miller and Tom Homan to hell. Goddamn bastards, both of them.
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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
The USA is now the global school yard bully. A country of its size pressuring countries like Australia? What a bunch of turds. Boycott the bastards. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
US consumer tech joins winemakers, film studios and drug companies in urging Trump to target Australia
The Consumer Technology Association, which counts Sony, Microsoft, Dell, Adobe and Samsung among its members, lodged the submission
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Clare @clarebraven.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Pharmaceutical companies have the gall to complain about competition and claim it stifles innovation *cough* profits? Didn't seem to bother Josef Salk.
abc.net.au
US pharmaceutical giants urge Trump to put further tariffs on Australia
American medical giants want tariffs imposed on Australia as punishment for its Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, which sees the government negotiate cheaper prices for medicines for Australians
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Fair bit of swearing round the office when I shared this graph yesterday www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Graph showing that trying to save for a deposit in Sydney is impossible even if you have a good job - saving 15% of a FT average earning job since 2015 would see you still $155,000 from a deposit (back in 2015 you were $154,000 away from it…

So yeah. Fucked.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Imagine this: On the evening of March 8, you and your spouse unlock the door to your apartment building. As you step inside, two men—not in uniform—push their way in behind you. They tell you your visa has been revoked and that they are there to deport you.
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Clare @clarebraven.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
As the economy continues to tank...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/03/2025
It all makes sense once you realize a recession is actually a good thing for the 1%.
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Lisa the Leftist @lisatellstruth.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
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Lisa the Leftist @lisatellstruth.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Let’s flip this Can you imagine the outcry if any other percentile held this much power, influence & wealth over the entire populace!! Say, women (all kinds) in their 50s for example 🤔
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Curtis Yarvin wrote that “as the crappy govts we inherited … are smashed, they shld be replaced by a global spiderweb of…independent mini-countries, each governed by its own…corporation w/o regard to the residents’ opinions.” This reminds me of DOGE, “Network States,” & “Freedom Cities.” You? 1/
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Annastasia @annastasia77.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
RIGHT NOW, in Zocalo,downtown Mexico City, President Claudia Sheinbaum has convened hundreds of thousands of citizens to inform them of her government’s response to Trump and the threat of a tariff war with the United States. chew on that size of a crowd Shitler!
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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Clare @clarebraven.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Barry Clark in 1C for Understated Australian of the Year. “All I could do was push [the flight attendant] out of the way, get the gun out of the way, break that, throw it down the stairs, and then put him in a hold and throw him to the ground until the police come.”
theguardian.com
Teenager overpowered by plane passengers after allegedly boarding Jetstar flight with ‘large gun’ at Avalon airport
Victoria police called to airport outside Melbourne after alleged incident on commercial flight
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
“We have to consider the possibility that President Trump is a Russian asset." - UK Tory MP Graham Stuart, this morning No shit, Graham.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Let this sink in.
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Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
“We have to consider the possibility that President Trump is a Russian asset.” Conservative MP Graham Stuart suggested Donald Trump is a Russian asset. Stuart’s comment comes after considering Trump’s betrayal of Ukraine. Trump’s sudden and indefinite suspension of military aid to…
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MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
People ask “what could Dems have done after the election? There was no evidence of interference.” REALLY?? I heard there were like 60 bomb threats. I KNOW there were legitimate parties who had VALID concerns. Not ONE contested race? Not ONE lawsuit? Not ONE word… I knew something was VERY wrong.
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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.
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MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
I know why the white supremacists are so afraid of being replaced. They’re the weakest & dumbest of the entire human race.
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 02/03/2025
"There were, of course, different stages of recruitment. Typically, a case officer would invite a target to lunch. The target would be classified as an “official contact.” If the target appeared responsive, he (it was rarely she) would be promoted to a “subject of deep study,” via @politico.com
politico.com
The Hidden History of Trump’s First Trip to Moscow
In 1987, a young real estate developer traveled to the Soviet Union. The KGB almost certainly made the trip happen.
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Mattz @hereticalempiricsm.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Dutton promising 36,000 sackings - impacting working families - while his rich, inefficient consultancy time-waster big business mates rub their grubby paws together in anticip… #auspol #AusVotes25 #DontRiskDutton
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Anyway. Congratulations to Russia on winning the Cold War. The long game worked.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
This is a bigger scandal than people realize. It really makes it look as though this entire meeting was a setup by Trump that was planned in advance. If you watch the video it is clear that they are deliberately and almost derangedly blindsiding Zelenskyy. Now we know who the audience was. Putin.
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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Never forgive, never forget
nytimes.com
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
What explanation can there be for this except that Trump and Musk for some sick reason I cannot fathom _want_ millions of Americans to die in the next pandemic? What would the elevator pitch for stopping attempts to prevent bird flu deaths even _be_? Is my mind just not evil enough to suss it out?
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Mel Campbell @incrediblemelk.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
@omarsakr.bsky.social (pictured at right in this preview image) said: "When art must serve the government’s political agenda, it’s no longer art, it’s propaganda" YEAH
smh.com.au
‘Incredibly dangerous’: Fiery protesters slam Creative Australia over artist dumping
Dozens of protesters descended on the arts agency’s office on Thursday as the backlash over the Venice Biennale decision continues.
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Auntie @auntiedeb2024.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
The GANG OF PUPPETS after voting to take away Medicaid services from my son and thousands of people had a moment of prayer. Here's a prayer I pray that you all burn in hell for being evil, cruel, despicable scum.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Hero
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
More than 20 civilian employees resigned in protest of DOGE, the twist being that they worked for DOGE itself. "We will not use our skills to compromise core government systems, jeopardize Americans' sensitive data, or dismantle critical public services," they wrote. (AP)
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 24/02/2025
The best way to confront a bully about the misinformation he is spreading is to confront him in front of everyone. Macron just did that.
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Clare @clarebraven.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Oh dear, looks like the men are no longer responsible enough to vote. We may need to remove men's suffrage for a while.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
open.substack.com
This is the most dangerous move yet
The canary is gasping for air
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
"In other countries, this would be called 'an authoritarian coup.' In America, mealy-mouthed officials call our transition into a mafia state 'deeply troubling' and do little to curb the damage." -- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)
except from HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT on how it's a coup
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/02/2025
When FAA employees are telling us it’s not safe to fly, we should probably listen.
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Clare @clarebraven.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Quit amazon
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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
You cannot determine whether you saved or cost money based solely on one side of the ledger. Example: I saved my household $2K by not paying the mortgage.
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Clare @clarebraven.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Why?! Of all the things to cut surely there was someone who said 'yeah reducing oversight of our nuclear weapons is probably not smart'. Surely. Someone?
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Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
A 71-year-old woman has died after her oxygen supply was abruptly cut off in response to the United States’ freeze on USAID funding. Pe Kha Lau, a refugee from Myanmar living in a displacement camp in neighboring Thailand, died only four days after she was forcibly discharged from a…
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