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JustDavo

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Ageing Metal Head, who suffers the ignorant and stupid badly. The loony right that use abuse,in place of a civil discussion of their cause. Get instantly blocked. Twitter has become a haven of RWNJs the few sensible people are leaving.

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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 19h
When Justice Becomes a Spectacle theaimn.net/when-justice... The moment that Vietcong soldier was shot in the head on TV, has stayed with me forever, you could see the pain has the bullet entered his brain. And has he dropped to the ground the blood spurting from the temple.
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When Justice Becomes a Spectacle
When justice becomes a spectacle: the barbarity of livestreamed execution There are moments when a society reveals something about itself that is far more disturbing than the crime that prompted its r...
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Why not put an end to civilization? eduardoelreportero.substack.com/p/why-not-pu... The end of the world as we know it, And I {We} feel FINE????????
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Why not put an end to civilization?
I have a naïve question: why are we investing in the end of civilization?
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Why not put an end to civilization? eduardoelreportero.substack.com/p/why-not-pu... The end of the worls as we know it, And I {We} feel FINE????????
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Why not put an end to civilization?
I have a naïve question: why are we investing in the end of civilization?
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... I suppose the right thing would be to have some memorial somewhere. Not just randomly scatter you all over the place or bury in some random space.
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Sydney’s ‘king of town hall’ ended up in a pauper’s grave. His support workers are shocked they weren’t told
Exclusive: The rough sleeper with a ‘massive personality’ now lies buried in a plot with four strangers, despite being well known to local homelessness services
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Listen, deliver, rebuild trust to quiet the populist right www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Listen, deliver, rebuild trust: Answering the populist right
Reassuring people that Australia is doing well on average will not persuade those whose experience says otherwise.
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Australia’s ‘sensible centre’ is shifting radically right www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Australia's 'sensible centre' is shifting radically to the right
Australia has a new political centre, but just because it falls in the middle of two policies, that doesn’t make it good policy.
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
‘Addicted to drops’: Insiders spill on why Australian media is silent on One Nation’s press ban www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/07/o... Good read
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‘Addicted to drops’: Insiders spill on why Australian media is silent on One Nation’s press ban
Crikey speaks to top Australian political journalists, executives and The New Yorker's Susan Glasser about politicians' assault on the free press — and the lack of collective resistance against it.
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Environmentalists trump coal mine in High Court www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/state/n...
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Local environmentalists trump coal mine in High Court | The New Daily
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“LET THEM TAKE OUT LOS ANGELES”: HE OFFERED UP TWO AMERICAN CITIES AND THE FUCKWITS CHEERED ifloz.substack.com/p/let-them-t... Full onScathe attack is that, Excellent stuff.
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“LET THEM TAKE OUT LOS ANGELES”: HE OFFERED UP TWO AMERICAN CITIES AND THE FUCKWITS CHEERED
A president priced five million of his own citizens at 24 cents a gallon, and a hall full of red caps clapped like he’d shouted the bar.
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Coalition migration policy rests on false premises www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...
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The Coalition’s migration policy rests on a series of false premises
The Coalition's migration plan is based on a series of false or highly questionable premises. Here are just five.
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2... A excellent listen
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‘There’s no such thing as democracy’: Yanis Varoufakis | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast
Who is really in charge – the people or the markets? In the first episode of Radical Thinking, Aditya Chakrabortty talks to the former Greek finance minister
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Albanese’s poll slump after interest rate hike www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic... Really shows how out of touch the average voter is on economic issues.
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Albanese’s ratings slump in Redbridge poll after interest rate hike
The vote for One Nation and the Coalition has been steady since late August, but Albanese’s net favourability slumped 10 points.
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Malinauskas as prime minister? Not if his litany of controversies are anything to go by www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/05/p... A back up for the back up back ups.
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Malinauskas as prime minister? Not if his litany of controversies are anything to go by
Speculation is afoot about whether the South Australian premier could have his eyes on The Lodge. But with his "Teflon Pete" image waning, don't hold your breath.
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... What works in one country not always what work in another.
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Would slashing migration tank the economy or reset Australia’s living standards? Canada may offer clues
Annual population growth for the North American nation has slowed to just 0.5% – and the economy is ‘adjusting’
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/05/one-nation-1998-queensland-election-pauline-hanson-david-oldfield-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url But its followers are all stupid enough to believe anything. All MAGA nuts.
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One Nation celebrated stunning success in Queensland in 1998 – then it all fell apart. What happened?
Those who lived through the rightwing populist party’s most successful election say history could soon repeat itself – but this time ‘on steroids’
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Is a Reckoning Coming? | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, October 3, 2026 robertreich.substack.com/p/anti-accou...
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Is a Reckoning Coming? | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, October 3, 2026
With Heather Lofthouse and yours truly, Robert Reich
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... And she lost her seat to LNP to a clueless Tim Wilson.......go figure that one out.
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Australia’s wealth gap is growing and so is the anger over it. How do we fix this absolutely hopeless state of affairs? | Zoe Daniel
Prices beyond our control, climate change, big tech, crime, the government itself. It’s no wonder people are so furious
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
How PM Anthony Albanese has made sure the NACC covers up corruption during the Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard years kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2026/10/04/h... Politics of convienence
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How PM Anthony Albanese has made sure the NACC covers up corruption during the Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard years
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government appointed Kylie Kilgour to the position of Acting Commissioner of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) even though her husband, Tom Bentley, was ...
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Putting the boot into a new leader: the monstering of David Shoebridge urbanwronski.com/2026/10/04/m...
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The monstering of David Shoebridge | Urban Wronski
Four days into his leadership, David Shoebridge was cross-examined on 7.30, labelled, straw-manned and monstered. How the ABC and News Corp ran the same play.
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Can Shoebridge rally the Greens amid rise of right? www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...
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Can David Shoebridge reinvigorate The Greens?
With One Nation on the rise on the right, will David Shoebridge be able to help the Greens gain similar traction on the left?
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
China and housing: Two things we may have missed www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Two things easily missed while we were distracted by trivia
In Australia, we’re too busy looking at the next carriage on the political sushi train to realise the track itself is broken.
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AMERICA WILL NEVER BE SOCIALIST, SAYS THE DUMB FUCK WHO JUST BOUGHT A TENTH OF INTEL ifloz.substack.com/p/america-wi... What a read but worth it
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AMERICA WILL NEVER BE SOCIALIST, SAYS THE DUMB FUCK WHO JUST BOUGHT A TENTH OF INTEL
A remedial economics lesson for the Commissar of Mar-a-Lardo, with the 2008 receipts stapled to his thick-as-a-brick noggin.
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Eighty to One: The Greens, the Press Gallery and the Wrong Race urbanwronski.com/2026/10/02/e...
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Eighty to One: The Greens, the Press Gallery and the Wrong Race
Shoebridge's Greens are written off at 80 to 1. A 1948 Melbourne Cup photo finish says the press gallery is calling the wrong race.
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For all of you who think we should have more Coal fired power stations. I was brought up in the Industrial North of England. Coal fired power stations everywhere, heavy industries run on coal. Smoke poured into the sky, combined with Fog. A toxic cocktail, and you want this. !!!???
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Households in pain, but budget crisis can be solved www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic... We have to spend to stay alive, most of us have cut everything.
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Households in pain – but our budget crisis has an obvious answer
Australia is at a tipping point. Choosing the brave route – taxing gas and raising revenue – would also, in this case, be the right one.
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NSW approves biggest-ever coal mine expansion, paves the way for 800 million tonnes of pollution theaimn.net/nsw-approves...
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NSW approves biggest-ever coal mine expansion, paves the way for 800 million tonnes of pollution
Climate Council Media Release  The NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) has approved the Hunter Valley Operations Continuation Project (HVO), the largest coal mine expansion ever proposed in New ...
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Would Pauline Hanson turn Australia into an Outsider? theaimn.net/would-paulin...
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Would Pauline Hanson turn Australia into an Outsider?
Former deputy prime minister Kim Beazley has issued a warning that is difficult to ignore. Australia, he says, risks becoming an “outsider” if One Nation enters government. Beazley is hardly an unfami...
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When one seat can decide who governs, how do you make the maths fair? theaimn.net/when-one-sea...
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When one seat can decide who governs, how do you make the maths fair?
UNSW Sydney Media Release  UNSW academics have cracked a problem in proportional representation posed by leading researchers – the latest chapter in a mathematical debate more than 200 years old. In p...
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
'Will it be enough?': Bullock flags further rate rise www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/fina... Interesting they talk about creating jobs, but want higher unemployment to achieve lower inflation...
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'Will it be enough?': Bullock flags potential fifth rate rise
Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock has refused to rule out a fifth interest rate rise when the board meets again in just over a month.
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pain for borrowers as RBA lifts rates again www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/fina... The recession we are going to have to have, thanks Donald.
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More pain for borrowers as RBA lifts rates for fourth time
The Reserve Bank has lifted the official cash rate for the fourth time this year, taking interest rates to a 15-year high.
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pocock cannot, he is a independent.
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Immigration or bills? This is the real issue for voters www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026....
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Politicians keep talking about immigration. Voters talk about bills
The immigration debate obscures the real economic pressures behind the voter drift away from the major parties.
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Greens leader exits after health 'downturn' www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Greens leader's shock exit after health 'downturn'
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Profits over people: The end of liberalism theaimn.net/profits-over... Long read but on the money is this.
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Profits over people: The end of liberalism
The politics of discontent BBC news reports that an 87-year-old woman was evicted from her unit in Madrid for not being able to pay her rent. She had lived in that home for almost 70 [...]
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
More billionaire media owners an existential threat www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...
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Trump suck-ups owning more news outlets is an existential threat
In every country that’s slid into strongman rule over the past half-century, the first step was capture of media by friends of the regime.
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Lone voice pleads for help in unfolding catastrophe www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...
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A lone voice pleads for help addressing this global catastrophe
As the world wrings it's hands over AI, which it seems to be enabling, a lone voice called for help fighting a true global catastrophe.
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
'Vintage’ Pauline Hanson photo is an AI fake www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/social-... Will impress her short attention span goldfish follower's.
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'Vintage’ Pauline Hanson photo is an AI fake
A widely circulating vintage-style photo of Pauline Hanson in a busy fish and chip shop in the late 1980s is actually an AI fake.
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Gap Between the Speech and the Record: Albanese at the UN theaimn.net/the-gap-betw...
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The Gap Between the Speech and the Record: Albanese at the UN
The Speech On 25 September 2026, Anthony Albanese addressed the United Nations General Assembly. He named climate change, artificial intelligence, and the “breakdown of international rules” as the def...
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Bidding Wars and Nonsense Targets: Cutting Migration Down Under theaimn.net/bidding-wars...
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Bidding Wars and Nonsense Targets: Cutting Migration Down Under
It’s become the disease of affluence: How do wealthy countries limit, restrict or totally bar migrants (whether they arrive through regular channels or otherwise) who are seen as ills to be shunned ra...
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Someone Wasn’t Reading the Room theaimn.net/someone-wasn... relations and the optics of this. Are more about a Post Trump USA. And what Gov is in power.
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Someone Wasn’t Reading the Room
There are occasions in international politics when a photograph says rather more than the people in it probably intended. The United Nations General Assembly is one of those occasions. World leaders g...
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bystander1.bsky.social @bystander1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"But the United States — the ultimate haven in the post-war world — has decided to upend that logic and instead offer chaos, economic stupidity and global turbulence as its key brand for investors. Other countries are responding by ditching the US."
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Coalition must explain how its energy wrecking ball would deliver cheaper, reliable power theaimn.net/coalition-mu...
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Coalition must explain how its energy wrecking ball would deliver cheaper, reliable power
RE-Alliance Media Release  RE-Alliance response to the Coalition’s proposed energy bill Australians want affordable, reliable power and cleaner energy. Delivering all three requires steady, responsibl...
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A Field Guide to Negotiating with Donald Trump theaimn.net/a-field-guid...
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A Field Guide to Negotiating with Donald Trump
There are many faces to Donald Trump, which is not particularly reassuring for world leaders who find themselves sitting across the negotiating table from him. Which President Trump will they be dealing with? The toddler? [...]
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... And what happens after. Power grid fails and AI dies as well.
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How would AI actually ‘kill all humans’? Here are the top five most likely scenarios | Toby Walsh
From a dangerous new bioweapon to total societal breakdown, is a ‘superintelligent’ AI capable of wiping out humanity?
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This one is pretty tame. Never been that close to a Kookaburra. Totally calm as I took his/her picture.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
David Pocock fires up on the $10K donation scheme running since 1999 just to get the PM's ear, reserved for people with ‘money & power’ “If you have cash, you can get access” “A nurse who’s lost their brother to a gambling addiction…she doesn’t have $10K” What a crock. Scrap it.
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He’s Out of His Gourd | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, September 19, 2026 robertreich.substack.com/p/hes-out-of...
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He’s Out of His Gourd | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, September 19, 2026
With Heather Lofthouse and yours truly, Robert Reich
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I guess the kid on the E bike following me driving at 50kph was on a non street legal machine. Time to crack down big time on these things
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What went wrong? (Part 6) theaimn.net/what-went-wr... Everyone is too politically disengaged now. Too busy doing life. Need to take more notice of whats happening.
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What went wrong? (Part 6)
Continued from What Went Wrong? (Part 5) Part 6: Have We Moved Forward? There was a time when I genuinely believed we were moving forward. I remember the election of Barack Obama in 2008 and the [...]
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JustDavo @justdavo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Gagging and blacklisting: What's going on in the NT www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic... Looks like a One Nation think tank. To see what it could get away with. And probably will thru voter apathy.
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Gagging and blacklisting – what's really going on in the NT
Amid Hanson’s latest controversy, Australia’s most right-wing government announced yet another devastating decision for Indigenous people.
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