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John Flint

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Investigative journalist, Dad, Chelsea FC fanatic, gigging drummer, and whippet slave. Views are my own.

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John Flint @flinty01.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
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Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
What we’re being told is that a guy who is an adjudicated rapist, who was credibly accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, who paid hush money to a porn star, who cheated on all his wives, who is mentioned hundreds of times in the Epstein files, couldn’t possibly be a sexual predator.
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John Flint @flinty01.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
My story: thewest.com.au/news/health/...
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Rogue dentist’s patients in pain and heavily out of pocket
The dentist at the centre of a scandal involving 132 dumped and desperate patients had been ordered to undertake education by the industry regulator in 2021 following complaints about his work.
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John Flint @flinty01.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
My latest story on this racket: thewest.com.au/lifestyle/su...
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Greedy dentists gaming the system is a national trend
A lot of dentists are getting richer from gaming the ‘compassionate release of super’, but patients aren’t necessarily getting better teeth.
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John Flint @flinty01.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
My story: thewest.com.au/news/health/...
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The patients left in pain after dental practice’s collapse
More than 130 dental patients — many in pain and discomfort — are stuck in limbo following the collapse of a leading Perth dental practice in which $7.1 million was syphoned out by its now-deceased ow...
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John Flint @flinty01.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
My story on the crazy war splitting the community in Esperance, Australia, which also includes a video report. thewest.com.au/news/wa/espe...
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Inside Esperance’s bitter war over marine park plan
The spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories has tipped petrol on the controversy surrounding a contentious marine park on WA’s south coast.
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
This is what happens when you have an entire cabinet full of folks who would NEVER pass a regular security clearance. Led by a president who would never be able to pass one either.
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John Flint @flinty01.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
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Trump’s Deportation Agenda Expands to Legal Immigrants and Tourists
U.S. border officials are using more aggressive tactics at ports of entry as the administration scrutinizes green card and visa holders who have expressed opposition to its policies.
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
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John Flint @flinty01.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This online story from the weekend includes my very first attempt at video journalism. For an old print hack (35 years in the news biz), who started out on a typewriter, I'm enjoying learning new ways to tell my stories. thewest.com.au/business/pro...
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Weary first homeowners ‘trapped’ in a renovation nightmare
Having escaped the rental market, this group of first homebuyers should have been celebrating. Instead, they’ve been mauled by Perth’s housing crisis – dodgy builds, poor oversight and greedy develope...
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John Flint @flinty01.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
X is down.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
We know Trump & Elon are corrupt. We’ve learned even more in the past 48 hours: 🚙 Trump’s State Department tried to funnel $400 million to Tesla. 💰 Elon received $38 billion in government contracts, loans, & tax credits. 🛰️ The FAA gave a contract to Elon’s company Starlink, worth billions.
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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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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II. Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
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The Honorable DeniseHKG @denisehkg.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
It is kind of ironic that Trump wants Canada as his 51st state, but all of his efforts appear to be turning America into Russia’s 47th oblast.
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John Flint @flinty01.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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Trump Flips the Script on the Ukraine War, Blaming Zelensky Not Putin
As he seeks to negotiate a peace deal with Moscow, President Trump is rewriting the history of Russia’s invasion of its neighbor.
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John Flint @flinty01.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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As Trump Turns Against Ukraine, Republicans in Congress Stay Quiet
Congressional Republicans have mostly tempered their criticism or deferred to the president as he topples what were once their party’s core foreign policy principles.
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John Flint @flinty01.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Two superpowers opening discussions on the future of a country which one of them is still invading, without that country
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
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John Flint @flinty01.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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German Chancellor Rebukes Vance for Supporting Party That Downplays Nazis
At the Munich Security Conference, Olaf Scholz accused the U.S. vice president of unacceptable interference in Germany’s coming elections.
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John Flint @flinty01.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
My story in today’s paper on older Australians getting increasingly hooked on harmful conspiracy theories peddled by lunatics and grifters. thewest.com.au/news/wa/olde...
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How older Australians are being drawn into extremism webs
In rural towns as well as cities, growing numbers of over-50s are embracing the lunatic rantings of charismatic leaders in the conspiracy movement.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 05/02/2025
Criticism and concern spread across both sides of the aisle Tuesday night following President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States “will take over the Gaza Strip.”
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'Deranged' and 'problematic': Bipartisan lawmakers bash Trump's Gaza proposal
Trump said Tuesday night the U.S. "will take over Gaza" and send in troops "if necessary."
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Jim Acosta, we are with you.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
“Fifteen North American Jewish organizations announced on Monday that they will be pivoting their social media content away from X, citing the platform's harmful discourse & promotion of ‘hate, antisemitism, and societal division.’” 1/28/25 www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025...
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John Flint @flinty01.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Trump’s Moves to Upend Federal Bureaucracy Touch Off Fear and Confusion www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/u...
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Trump’s Moves to Upend Federal Bureaucracy Touch Off Fear and Confusion
Agencies are gripped with uncertainty about how to implement the blizzard of new policies as workers frantically try to assess the impact on their lives.
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Newtown Action Alliance @newtownaction.org · 24/01/2025
One day after the school shooting at Antioch High School in Tennessee, the Trump administration has disbanded the Federal School Safety Advisory Board that was created to combat mass shootings. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
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John Flint @flinty01.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Good summary of this shameful case. I'm glad good journalists blew the whistle. theconversation.com/murdochs-uk-...
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Murdoch’s UK newspapers have apologised to Prince Harry. Where does it leave the legally embattled media empire?
While few people have received an apology from a Murdoch-owned publication, Prince Harry now has. But if you think this is the end of the long legal saga, you may well be wrong.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I’m really not crazy about Twitter’s new logo.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
She called out Musk’s salute in a social media post…and then lost her job at CBS. www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
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CBS 58 weather reporter Sam Kuffel is out after criticizing Elon Musk arm gesture
Meteorologist Sam Kuffel criticized Elon Musk on social media for his straight-arm gesture some likened to a Nazi salute at the Trump inauguration.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
🕊️ “… That’s a far different legacy than King, who by words, spirit and his audacity of hope, lit a flame for good that burns as hot and bright as any other American’s in the history of this confounding nation ...” 🕊️ Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. on a day we’ve never needed his strength more.
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NOT FIT FOR A KING
Today the worrisome winds of 1968 are once again blowing cold over our nation ...
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𝑀𝒶𝓎𝓇𝒶°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:・🫧 @lepapillonblue.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
#MartinLutherKingDay2025 "True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice."
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John Flint @flinty01.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
A sad but beautiful song for the good half of America. Benjamin Tod always cuts through. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fnx...
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Dark Before The Dawn
YouTube video by Benjamin Tod - Topic
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John Flint @flinty01.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Well done Le Monde. www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
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Fighting for facts in the era of Trump and Musk
EDITORIAL. The alliance between Donald Trump and social media platform bosses such as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg represents a global threat to free access to reliable information. Le Monde has ther...
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Hannibal Chau @hannibal-chau.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Fear gives them power over you. Take it away and they have nothing.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
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Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship - Anadolu Ajansı
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 12/01/2025
A Flurry of Announcements Signal That the Trump Family Will Keep Making Deals. Even before the start of the new administration, there has been repeated blurring of lines between the federal government efforts and Trump family businesses. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/u...
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A Flurry of Announcements Signal That the Trump Family Will Keep Making Deals
Even before the start of the new administration, there has been repeated blurring of lines between the federal government efforts and Trump family businesses.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 12/01/2025
A ‘Business-Friendly’ Lawyer’s Rise From Lobbyist to Attorney General Pick. Pam Bondi, whom President-elect Donald J. Trump intends to nominate as attorney general, received trips/donations funded by those seeking favors from her Florida office. A deep dive on Bondi. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/u...
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A ‘Business-Friendly’ Lawyer’s Rise From Lobbyist to Attorney General Pick
Pam Bondi, whom President-elect Donald J. Trump intends to nominate as attorney general, received trips and donations funded by those seeking favors from her Florida office.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 12/01/2025
NYT: An unpaid group of billionaires, tech executives and some disciples of Peter Thiel, a powerful Republican donor, are preparing to take up unofficial positions in the U.S. government in the name of cost-cutting. Zero public disclosure so far about the work. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/u...
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Inside Elon Musk’s Plan for DOGE to Slash Government Costs
Mr. Musk has turned to Silicon Valley to help recruit executives who will take up unofficial positions across the federal government.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 12/01/2025
NYT: Four years after receiving a pardon from President Donald J. Trump for crimes related to foreign lobbying, Paul Manafort is again seeking business from political interests abroad, capitalizing on international interest in forging connections to Mr. Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/u...
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After Trump’s Pardon, Paul Manafort Is Back and Looking for Foreign Work (Gift Article)
The president-elect’s 2016 campaign chairman, four years after receiving clemency, is testing the international market with a team of Trump-linked consultants.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 12/01/2025
NYT: When flooding ravaged South Dakota last summer, leaving homes and businesses in ruins, Gov. Kristi Noem (Trump nominee to head DHS) made a controversial decision: not to deploy the state’s National Guard. Instead, she had sent Nat Guard to the border. Mark Walker www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/u...
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Kristi Noem Sent Troops to Border, but Not to Flood Victims in South Dakota (Gift Article)
President-elect Donald J. Trump picked the South Dakota governor to head the Homeland Security Department, which includes the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 12/01/2025
FYI, folks from Bluesky. Reporters at The NYT, among other news organizations, are now generating a giant wave of accountability stories about the new Trump era. Reading these stories, sharing them, is a form of accountability as well. It is a form of participatory democracy too. Substance matters.
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John Flint @flinty01.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I hope more people wake up to climate change. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...
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Opinion | I’m a Climate Scientist. I Fled Los Angeles Two Years Ago.
After the Bobcat Fire, L.A. no longer felt safe.
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John Flint @flinty01.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
I turn off my phone for a few hours and in that time America has gone to a new level of crazy. What next?!
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John Flint @flinty01.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
People talk about legacy media v new media. The real distinction and the only one that matters in 2025 is fact-based, truth-seeking media (regardless of delivery mode) v those that serve propaganda purposes.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
A fascist and his cult rewriting history for their agenda. And establishment just allows it because it's good for business. Shameful. ‘A Day of Love’: How Trump Inverted the Violent History of Jan. 6 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/u...
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‘A Day of Love’: How Trump Inverted the Violent History of Jan. 6
The president-elect and his allies have spent four years reinventing the Capitol attack — spreading conspiracy theories and weaving a tale of martyrdom to their ultimate political gain.
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