Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Two 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.auAt debt’s door: US superpower is waning and Trump’s part of the problemAmerica 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. 010
Reposted by MargotCongresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 23/04/2025Pete 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.comHegseth orders makeup studio installed at PentagonDefense 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. 980113322887
Reposted by MargotAaron 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.comFormer 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. 1215154753771
Reposted by MargotOMG.WTF 🇦🇺 🇲🇪 🇿🇲 @amsickofpollies.bsky.social · 06/04/2025 His-tory ne-va repeats I tell my-self before I go to sleep……. (Split Enz 1981) 43819
Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 04/04/2025This cause is close to my heart - please sign:megaphone.org.auHelp freelancers at Nine Publishing win fair ratesOff 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... 031
Reposted by MargotAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 03/04/2025The 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. 28746161352
Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 03/04/2025The Australian share market has tanked 2% so far and it's not even lunchtime on the east coast. #TrumpMadness 020
Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 03/04/2025The Australian market has tanked 2% and it's not even lunchtime. #TrumpTanksTheMarket 010
Reposted by MargotAmante2 AmeliaBee7 @amante2ameliabee7.bsky.social · 02/04/2025This 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 26620205
Reposted by MargotTim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 31/03/2025How 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.) 1417658
Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Anger the world over because Musk and Trump's actions have such broad consequences beyond USA borders. 040
Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 31/03/2025I deeply hope as you do, but I fear there is a far-right juggernaut happening right now across western democracies. We don't hear enough about how Trump's base is responding to all this, let alone how right wing voters in Europe view it. I see almost no reporting on that. 010
Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 31/03/2025He's not clever. I mean he's really not clever. The man speaks before he thinks, on potential policy issues as well. 050
Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Dutton 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 ministerPrime Minister Anthony Albanese accused the opposition leader of hubris and “measuring the curtains” before the election. 000
Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Lifestyle first. "We would live in Kirribilli. We love Sydney, we love the harbour, it’s a great city, and so yes. You’ve got the choice between Kirribilli or living in Canberra. I think I’ll take Sydney any day over living in Canberra." Yep, lifestyle considerations first. 010
Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Fascism. Pure and simple. And just as in the 1930s his supporters don’t see it. This is way more than he said he would do on the hustings, but much of his base is right behind him. It’s terrifying. 020
Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Brilliant! Canada is posting billboards in red states in the USA.thegodpodcast.comCanada Posts Giant Billboards in 10 Red StatesGod bless Canada! 000
Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 30/03/2025I’m exactly the same. I’ve supported them with my every vote… until now. 020
Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Welcome to dystopia. Americans got what they voted for. Problem is the rest of us got it too. 000
Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Again I think that’s up for discussion. In my experience there are formerly rusted on labor voters now looking to alternatives and for a whole host of reasons the greens don’t cut it. 221
Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Maybe. Or maybe some of those "progressives" want labor to not be such wooses and be stronger on environmental and other issues. And that's why they vote Teal and others. 2201
Reposted by MargotSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 28/03/2025It'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.com75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leavingMore than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada. 3145
Reposted by MargotHart Cunningham @hart28.bsky.social · 27/03/20253/23/25🇺🇦”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 terrorFemale volunteers scoff at Russian claims that strikes against civilian infrastructure have stopped as they fight off nightly air raids 18534127
Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Take care of yourself Amy. Yours is the most important work. 010
Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 22/03/2025In the USA folk are protesting literally and with their wallets. takedowntesla.com#hometakedowntesla.comTakedown Tesla!We are protesting Tesla to stop Elon Musk's hostile takeover of our government! 000
Reposted by MargotMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 17/03/2025The 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 22646846215396
Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 21/03/2025If you don't react to this with absolute alarm, you have no idea what unfettered power means.nytimes.comMusk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With ChinaGiving 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. 000
Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 04/03/2025I knew Trump would tank the market. Let’s see how his followers react to this.investors.comStock 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. 010
Reposted by MargotPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Luís Montenegro Prime Minister of Portugal 👏 152274525
Reposted by MargotPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Sweden stands with Ukraine 👏 281999410
Reposted by MargotPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Olaf Scholz Chancellor of Germany 👏 202304500
Reposted by MargotPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Jonas Gahr Støre Prime Minister of Norway 👏 283991996
Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 28/02/2025media.tenor.coma group of men are dancing in front of a yellow curtain with the letter n on itALT: a group of men are dancing in front of a yellow curtain with the letter n on it 000
Reposted by MargotRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/02/2025DOGE 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? 18503998115067
Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 22/02/2025“Freedom across the world” is playing to Putin’s tune, right? 000
Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 21/02/2025I'm going for the pettiest - signing an order to restore plastic straws. 000
Margot @margotg.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Hey Republicans, is this really what you signed up for?theage.com.auTrump accuses Ukraine of starting war, sets price of peace dealTrump’s comment followed the first high-level diplomatic talks between the US and Russia since the war in Ukraine began, almost three years ago. 000
