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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h
What actual DOJ weaponization looks like. We are very far off the cliff.
abcnews.com
Rep. Ilhan Omar’s residence searched as part of ongoing criminal investigation, DOJ says
A Department of Justice spokesperson said the search was part of an ongoing criminal investigation.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News
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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
More Perfect Union: In her statement on the ICE shooting in New York, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez specifically called out Target to demand the mega-corporation stop allowing ICE to stage paramilitary raids from its parking lots. I second the motion on the floor. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
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Rachel Fairbank @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This isn’t a “controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr,” this is “playing with the lives of vulnerable infants in a developing nation, which is being pushed by malicious grifters who couldn’t care less about the innocent lives they hurt.”
theguardian.com
Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social @hagatha42.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
#auspol it's way past time to legislate confiscation, restoration and fines for disregarding the laws of the land.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off.
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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ruh-roh www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Victorian language charity with $16m kitty has links to white nationalists
It presents itself as a quaint charity dedicated to the English language but ABC NEWS Verify has uncovered links between the Victorian branch of the English-Speaking Union and white nationalist groups...
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Manufacturers accuse RBA of undermining productivity" Tegan George for @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/new/261009-w...
thepoint.com.au
Manufacturers accuse RBA of undermining productivity
Australia’s welding industry has accused the Reserve Bank of making it harder for manufacturers to lift productivity, arguing higher interest rates are strangling investment in the technology and trai...
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Today ICE shot a man in the Bronx in front of his kid; yet DHS seems more concerned about peaceful, constitutionally protected advocacy to defend our communities than it does about masked government agents killing, assaulting, and cruelly detaining people—including American citizens.
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God @thegodshow.com · 09/10/2026
Attacking Iran was never about stopping them from getting a nuclear weapon and always about distracting everyone from talking about how many children the president raped in the Epstein Files.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 08/10/2026
Art loan scheme on chopping block amid Tasmanian government cost cutting
abc.net.au
Art loan scheme on chopping block amid Tasmanian cost cutting
Tasmania's arts sector is fearing for the future of a nation-leading purchasing scheme that looks to be affected by government job cuts.
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
WA's energy sector is sounding the alarm over a landmark High Court ruling that overseas emissions from a proposed NSW coal mine were required to be considered when approving the project.
abc.net.au
WA's oil and gas industry watches impact of High Court ruling closely
WA's energy sector is sounding the alarm over a landmark High Court ruling that overseas emissions from a proposed NSW coal mine were required to be considered when approving the project.
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Wolfie Rankin @wolfierankin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's the only way.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So after the White House spokespersons tried to justify his inexplicable remarks, saying that he wasn't calling for Iran to nuke Los Angeles and San Diego, Trump *doubles down* Literally daring them to bomb the California cities
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
An acting commissioner was questioned by the Joint Standing Committee on the National Anti-Corruption Commission about the agency's track record. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nJNxDRp6pM…
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Stefan Popenici @popenici.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If one wants to understand the current state of #auspol & corruption this one short video is just enough. 💯
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Random Sarah @random-sarah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Minns Labor government is reflective of what the @australianlabor.bsky.social has become. They mirror the fascist, authoritarian nature of the LNP. This will get people killed. We don't want this strong arm shit in Australia 🤬 #auspol
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/10/2026
NEWS: The DNC is suing Trump for illegally diverting $20 million in taxpayer funds—including money intended for line-of-duty memorials—to air pro-Trump propaganda ads ahead of the midterms.
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DNC Sues Trump Over Taxpayer-Funded Propaganda Ads Ahead of Midterms
The lawsuit alleges Trump personally ordered $20 million in federal funds diverted toward campaign-style TV spots—including money budgeted for commemorative events such as line-of-duty memorials.
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aussieleftie.bsky.social @aussieleftie.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Albo should get a selfie with it #auspol
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Road salt would have been delicious on the steaks you can no longer afford thanks to Donald Trump." —Susan Collins, Senator from Maine
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Three years from October 7. Cover-ups and lies still shielding Netanyahu Andrew Brown reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/three-years-from…
Michael West Media story graphic
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Australian taxpayer $ may be going to Trump's sons, through this military tech company Anduril. There's a long list of questions on #AUKUS that defence minister Marles refuses to answer. Here's another: How can you guarantee that AUKUS payments are not being used corruptly? #EndAUKUS #aispol
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Labor can't call itself a climate leader while it keeps approving new coal and gas. Governments must lead. New coal and gas is incompatible with a safe climate. Congratulations, Tony and Wendy. You've shown us we can win.
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 05/10/2026
it is interesting that I can't find any mainstream media coverage of Altman's sister Annie going viral on social media over the weekend for uploading footage of the first hour of her deposition in her lawsuit against him (one of two) in which she is alleging years of CSA
theguardian.com
Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman
Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 05/10/2026
Friends, hit us UP
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Maureen @maureen123.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We murdered four more people in a boat today
U.S. southern Command: On October 4, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists. @DeptofWar
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Gekko @gekko.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Labor - called out, NOT by voters, but by Pacific nations over their hypocritical fossil fuel corporate agenda Pacific nations are pushing back in the UN on the global stage, to expose a killer nation which continues use to add to global emissions VOTE for ambitious climate goals and solutions
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Well May We Say @wellmaywesay.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Actually, ABC, I'd say there's one opposition now - the Greens. The rest (ALP, LNP, ON) are all varying degrees of the right - lock up kids, property investor tax cuts, data centres, cuts to public services and infrastructure. Weird you forgot to mention them? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Three oppositions are contesting Victoria's election. The premier leads one
With voters flocking to One Nation and Premier Ben Carroll doing all he can to distance himself from his predecessors, Victoria is gearing up for an unusual election in eight weeks' time.
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Jeremy's Ear @jeremysear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'd like to see the Greens start attacking the ABC for this shit. Make them up their game. Worked for the right. Also end the fiction people believe that the ABC is somehow pro Greens. No, it's obsessed with trying to make One Nation happy.
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 04/10/2026
Central banks can’t stop “shockflation” from happening by raising interest rates, but they can damage economies and inflict pain on workers while they try to rein it in, writes Stephen Long. trib.al/SWOs9t0
trib.al
Could a German economist fix the RBA’s inflation problem?
As the RBA admits interest rates are its only tool for managing inflation, alternative models propose dealing with supply shocks through price caps and strategic reserves.
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Jean Proudman @bluejeans58.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
FFS!!
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Andrew Gardiner @ajgardineresq.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
One Nation wants Dan Andrews and Jacinta Allan "in prison by Christmas"? For what, exactly? Are you guys going to pull a #Trump and appoint some crony as Director of Public Prosecutions? Still, it's good for a headline ... right James Ashby? #springst #auspol
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Don’t listen to religious extremist and warmonger Hegseth and his sycophantic mate Marles who claims “shared values” with this obnoxious and dangerous fool. Military experts, politicians, diplomats peace activists, unions, faith groups all oppose the madness that is AUKUS.
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Australian Politics 🇦🇺 @auspol.info · 03/10/2026
Is Australia selling off the farm to Big Tech? Booker winner Richard Flanagan warns that handing copyright to US AI giants threatens artists' rights, privacy, and national sovereignty. We must not become a digital colony. #auspol open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...
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The great betrayal? AI imperialists and Albanese – Richard Flanagan
The Albanese government is opening the floodgates to American AI corporations
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Debrianna Mansini-I’m Spartacus @dmansini.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We have two men on the SUPREME COURT And one in our WHITE HOUSE ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RAPE OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN. They got there because they are republicans. #VoteBlue Then stay involved. bakingitsbetterthanmurder.substack.com/p/we-are-don...
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We. Are. Done.
by Lisa Lucas
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Jim Pembroke @jimpembroke.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Labor tightened corporate tax rules, including a 15% minimum tax for big multinationals. More are now paying tax. But Santos paying zero for 11 years shows there’s still more to do. #auspol
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Allowing Open AI to call these “rogue agents” lets them dodge responsibility - they made them, directed them and set them free without caring about the consequences. Our laws need to catch up to hold them accountable before worse happens.
Screenshot of newspaper article title Rogue OpenAI agent enters another NSW government website, tech giant says
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Anthony Klan @anthonyklan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨The Coalition's "MAGA arm" – billionaire-funded disinformation group Advance – has banned media from a public event featuring Senator Bridget McKenzie. Major questions for Coalition, follows One Nation's bans. Gina Rinehart biggest funder of both... theklaxon.com.au/gmvn
theklaxon.com.au
Coalition's “MAGA arm” bans media - The Klaxon
Media has been barred from a “public” event featuring National Party Senate leader Bridget McKenzie hosted by far-right lobby group Advance.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Joint statement from Senator David Shoebridge and Senator Steph Hodgins-May
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The same conflicted media & right wing parties who are now demanding the govt “slash spending” spent all year pushing for more spending on tax breaks for wealthy investors. Let’s be real: they love spending. They just hate funding things that actually matter. #auspol
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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The great betrayal? AI imperialists and Albanese – Richard Flanagan
The Albanese government is opening the floodgates to American AI corporations
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 30/09/2026
Really really lovely to speak to the nice people at 4ZZZ. These local radio stations are so great. We go through a huge variety of greenwashing issues, including AI and data centres!!! paradigmshifton4zzz.com/2026/08/19/s...
Podcast episode webpage titled "S5E20 – Greenwashing and the climate cost of AI data centres" (Aug 19, 2026) summarizing a conversation with climate analyst Ketan Joshi, with play/download buttons and bold artwork of a yellow fist gripping a wrench on green-and-purple rays.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Fossil fuel propagandists. #auspol
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
El Salvador continues to imprison ICE-Gestapo deportees from the US even after the major backlash of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case with quite a few people disappearing entirely. This would be called crimes against humanity. Every MAGA official who allowed these atrocities to happen should be jailed.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"On Tuesday, the full D.C. Circuit will hear argument in a case that began on a Saturday evening in March 2025, when a federal judge ordered two planeloads of Venezuelan men returned to the United States and the administration, hours later, handed them to a prison in El Salvador instead."
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Crucial Hearing on Team Trump’s Contempt for the Rule of Law
Entire D.C. Circuit takes up administration’s effort to force Judge Boasberg to stand down.
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
OUTRAGEOUS scenes outside the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool yesterday! But it’s nothing new... In the UK, OVER 3,500 people have been arrested, with MORE THAN 2,250 formally charged under TERROR LAWS for PEACEFULLY PROTESTING the ban on Palestine Action.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"The president barred US reporters, while welcoming Chinese reporters who answer to the communist dictatorship in Beijing. This would be the same president who's running government-paid TV advertising vowing to stop the United States from becoming communist..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
nytimes.com
In Trump’s White House, China’s Dictator Is Welcome. American Media, Less So.
The showdown over President Trump’s partial media ban played out as he welcomed President Xi Jinping, whose government is ranked among the most repressive in the world.
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