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Human first. Everything else second. If I was God I would delete the tribal gene.

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Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Two acronyms tell the story of Trump. One, coined by Financial Times columnist Robert Armstrong this month, is TACO – Trump always chickens out. The other, first reported by The Wall Street Journal last week, conveys investor sentiment about where to put money. It’s ABUSA – anywhere but USA.
theage.com.au
At debt’s door: US superpower is waning and Trump’s part of the problem
America spends more servicing its debt each year than it does on its enormous military. It’s a key sign of a great power in decline.
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Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Yep.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 23/04/2025
Pete Hegseth is treating the Pentagon like it’s a Fox News set—ordering a makeup studio while leaking sensitive information in Signal chats. This is what happens when you put clout-chasers in charge of national security.
cbsnews.com
Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has not given any press briefings in the briefing room but has used the room as a backdrop for TV hits with Fox News.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/04/2025
“The Pentagon is in ‘total chaos’ and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is unlikely to remain in his role, according to its former top spokesperson, who painted a scene of dysfunction, backstabbing and continuous missteps at the highest levels of the department.”
politico.com
Former Pentagon official warns department's dysfunction could topple Hegseth
“The last month has been a full-blown meltdown at the Pentagon,” John Ullyot, the former top Defense Department spokesperson, wrote in a POLITICO Magazine opinion piece.
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OMG.WTF 🇦🇺 🇲🇪 🇿🇲 @amsickofpollies.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
His-tory ne-va repeats I tell my-self before I go to sleep……. (Split Enz 1981)
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Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign:
megaphone.org.au
Help freelancers at Nine Publishing win fair rates
Off the back of strike action last year, Nine management committed to engage in discussions about freelance rates and conditions with MEAA representatives. Despite this commitment, Nine management ha...
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The Trump regime has put a 10% tariff on the Heard Island and McDonald which is inhabited only by Penguins. The majestic Penguin has become the first nonhuman in history to enter a trade war with the United States.
Trump tariffed some Penguins
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Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The Australian market has tanked 2% and it's not even lunchtime. #TrumpTanksTheMarket
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Amante2 AmeliaBee7 @amante2ameliabee7.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
This extraordinary achievement by this magnificent person cannot be measured in monetary means because it is absolutely priceless How tragic that far too many people today are simply incapable of comprehending this
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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
How very apt that Peter Dutton sees the prospect of becoming prime minister as a real estate opportunity. How unsurprising he would choose the Harbour view over the Bush Capital. (When people tell you who they are, believe them.)
Newspaper clip: "Dutton says if elected he would live in Kirribilli any day over Canberra.
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Lee in Vancouver 🇨🇦 @leechamberland.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
🎯
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Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Dutton chooses Sydney, with harbour views over the seat of Govt. Good thing he has his priorities sorted. “When you’ve got a choice between Kirribilli and living in Canberra and the Lodge, I think you’d take Sydney any day over Canberra.”
theage.com.au
‘We love the harbour’: Dutton says he would live in Sydney as prime minister
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused the opposition leader of hubris and “measuring the curtains” before the election.
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Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Brilliant! Canada is posting billboards in red states in the USA.
thegodpodcast.com
Canada Posts Giant Billboards in 10 Red States
God bless Canada!
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
It's awful watching the US being dumbed down [even more] by a really dumb and dangerous government. But America's loss could be Australia's gain. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
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Hart Cunningham @hart28.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
3/23/25🇺🇦”Of the unit’s 150 soldiers, 130 are WOMEN”🇺🇦 www.thetimes.com/world/russia...
thetimes.com
‘Witches of Bucha’ fight back against Putin’s drone terror
Female volunteers scoff at Russian claims that strikes against civilian infrastructure have stopped as they fight off nightly air raids
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Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
In the USA folk are protesting literally and with their wallets. takedowntesla.com#home
takedowntesla.com
Takedown Tesla!
We are protesting Tesla to stop Elon Musk's hostile takeover of our government!
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
The TESLA (a/k/a "TESLER") TAKEDOWN is working... WORLDWIDE! Turns out people really resent an unelected weirdo running our Government & creating economic chaos. Hit Elmo where it really hurts: in his big, fat wallet. If we #TankTesla, It's Ex-X! (a/k/a Twitter) #WinWin Visit www.takedowntesla.com
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Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
If you don't react to this with absolute alarm, you have no idea what unfettered power means.
nytimes.com
Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China
Giving Elon Musk access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets is a major expansion of his role as an adviser to President Trump and highlights his conflicts of interest.
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Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
#BoycottUSAproducts
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Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I knew Trump would tank the market. Let’s see how his followers react to this.
investors.com
Stock Market Today: Dow Jones, S&P 500 Fall Hard As Tariffs Kick In; Tesla, Palantir Continue To Slide (Live Coverage)
The Dow Jones and the other major indexes sank on the stock market today as tariffs began. Big Tech names continued to feel pain.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Luís Montenegro Prime Minister of Portugal 👏
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Sweden stands with Ukraine 👏
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Period.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Olaf Scholz Chancellor of Germany 👏
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Jonas Gahr Støre Prime Minister of Norway 👏
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Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Yep. There should indeed be consequences.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA. Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps. Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems. See how this works?
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Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Hey Republicans, is this really what you signed up for?
theage.com.au
Trump accuses Ukraine of starting war, sets price of peace deal
Trump’s comment followed the first high-level diplomatic talks between the US and Russia since the war in Ukraine began, almost three years ago.
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Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
He’s unhinged.
nytimes.com
Video: Musk and Trump Appear Together in the Oval Office
Elon Musk, who was accompanied by his 4-year-old son, claimed without evidence that the Department of Government Efficiency had found multiple instances of fraud and waste across the federal governmen...
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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Must Read
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
The allies defeated Hitler in no small part cos so many brilliant people fled Europe for the US. Fascist dictatorships inevitably create brain drains. Trump has just slashed funds for medical research. The best & brightest will leave. We should invite them here. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
While Trump is moving fast and breaking things, Americans wanting to escape should come to Australia | Julianne Schultz
There is a talent pool of brilliant people who should be invited to study here, to work in our hospitals, construction sites and research labs
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Trump is WRONG on USAID. Let me know if you agree. 💙
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
“Delete” the CFPB & IRS.  Abolish bank regulators.   Gut Social Security and Medicare. The Musk-Trump administration’s plots all boil down to the same thing: swindle working people, funnel money to the ultra-rich.
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Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Two birds with one stone.
theage.com.au
Trump tells advisers to ‘obliterate’ Iran if he’s assassinated
Federal authorities have been tracking Iranian threats against Donald Trump since he ordered the assassination of a key Iranian general in 2020.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
HAPPENING NOW: members of Congress led by @maxwellfrost.bsky.social are attempting to enter the Treasury Building to demand answers re: Musk’s unconstitutional money grab
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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
We worked for months with USAID to build an $85,000,000 project to end TB in two regions of the Philippines. The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds. It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
This is Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll. Last Friday he refused Justice Department order to identify & assist in firing all agents involved in Jan. 6 riot cases, He is said to have pushed back forcefully. Thank you Brian Driscoll!🇺🇸
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Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
A hostile takeover of government by the richest man in the world.
wired.com
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Now we’re cooking! Thank you for doing something, @schatz.bsky.social. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I work with one of the organizations funded by USAID. The freezing of funds will have tragic consequences for people in that part of the world, especially local women.
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Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Trump has a tariff tantrum and the USA stock market crashes. Good one.
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Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Trump throws a tariff tantrum and folks' superannuation investments dive. Wonder how that will go down in the US of A.
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Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Antoinette Lattouf's case starts today. She should never have been dismissed. Very poorly managed by the ABC
theguardian.com
Antoinette Lattouf to argue ABC sacked her ‘because of her political opinions’ as case goes to court
Journalist was dismissed three days into five-day casual radio contract in December 2023
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Philip Low @brainking.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
If you are wondering how you would have acted in Germany in the early 1930s or in Austria in the late 1930s, you are doing it right now.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Then Elon Musk cancelled DEI and within 10 days 2 planes crash for the first time in 17 years.
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Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Hey America, how's it going with President Musk?
theage.com.au
‘Knife-at-your-throat feeling’: How Elon Musk is shaking up Washington
The world’s richest person has brought the same tactics used in his takeover of Twitter to the US government
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
At what point do we start calling what Elon Musk is doing inside our government a coup
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DJ "Jo" NoneYa 🟧 @djnoneya.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
already been done www.amazon.com/Zuck-Sucks-L...
amazon.com
Zuck Sucks Long Sleeve T-Shirt
Face the Consequences--People aren't happy when you don't go by the book. Wear this to show how you feel. Everyone should care about the protection of personal data.
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