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Moira Rayner

@raynerme.bsky.social
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Churchill Fellow, Lawyer, investigator; ethicist, academic, author. Former Commissioner for Equal Opportunity & Human Rights,Victoria; Hearings Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission; Director, Office of Children’s Rights Commissioner for London.

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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 11h
Behind His Great Novels, an Unbearable Family Secret www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/m...
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Behind His Great Novels, an Unbearable Family Secret
The Irish author Sebastian Barry has made a career of mining his family history. But he kept one story buried.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Jeff Daniels' powerful rant against Trump. This video was deleted from facebook yesterday. You know what to do ‼️
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Rollie 🤬 @architecturenerd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump-backed Missouri congressional map returns to the Supreme Court for the third time apnews.com/article/supr...
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Trump-backed Missouri congressional map returns to the Supreme Court for the third time
The fight over Missouri's congressional map has returned to the U.S. Supreme Court for the third time.
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Corruption writ large
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I agree You want propaganda? So did Hitler’s willing helpers, and just look what happened
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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 22/09/2026
Tribal consultation isn’t optional, but the corporations building data centers in New Mexico are acting like it is.
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Big Tech Is Trampling Native Treaty Rights to Build Data Centers
Tribal consultation isn’t optional, but the corporations building data centers in New Mexico are acting like it is.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
On Friday’s episode of The Five 8, I outlined how the US is already a fascist state.The midterm elections comprise a referendum on how entrenched the condition is; the results of those elections will determine the course of the resistance going forward—and the future of American democracy.
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Far Right of Boom
The “boom” happened a while ago: American fascism is already here. But what if we don’t win the House and the Senate? The future of our democracy hinges on what happens in November. Are we ready?
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Quite right too
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Cowards die miserably and deservedly so
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Fascism writ large: obfuscating administrative obligations contrary to the rule of Law and the Constitution
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Far Right of Boom
The “boom” happened a while ago: American fascism is already here. But what if we don’t win the House and the Senate? The future of our democracy hinges on what happens in November. Are we ready?
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70andexhausted.bsky.social @70andexhausted.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Are You Sitting Down?
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Naqaa Hamed Detained
Journalist Arrested by Israeli Forces in West Bank
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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The new McCarthyism: Gaza and Australia – Richard Flanagan
This is the full text of a powerful speech Flanagan delivered at the the Festival of Dangerous Ideas on August 22
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Looks like a certain petulant brat got his saggy ass handed to him by a strong woman. You know how much he must have delighted in that. Thank you, President Connolly!
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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The carrion-eaters
What we did to Jason Arday
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luke-white.bsky.social @luke-white.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
At least the piece of shit suffered.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The 60 largest planned data centers could produce the same amount of carbon dioxide emissions as 27 coal plants. Big Tech CEOs are polluting our planet and selling out our future to line their own pockets. We need a data center moratorium — now.
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“Whale Oil Beef Hooked” !!
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Senior dog becomes a puppy after meeting a new puppy. [📹 taiIs_allyandbeau] Original post
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Ziggy @bigad.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Truth...
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Vincent Zimmerman @zimmermanv66.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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The System That Killed a President
A forgotten bargain from the Gilded Age has returned to Washington.
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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Oh? I’ll bet she’s being outsourced. By Tremp.
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Anne Frank wasn’t beat or shot to death. She died of typhus due to unhygienic conditions in her concentration camp. ICE isn’t just killing the people it shoots. A detention center is just a death camp by a different name. And they’re quietly murdering everyday. Post Here: interactink.vercel.app
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Facts beat paranoia HANDS DOWN
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Sacking aviation-experienced workers and especially if the country is running a war is exceptionally stupid
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Yes he’s a principled man and weaponising his constitutional rights to satisfy a bigoted bully is no way for the legislature to “investigate” him through such vicious interrogation is simply a new MCCarthyism,
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Ooh that hurts
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Dear God - how could the indigenous people of what is now NSW have been EXPOSED to medicinal toxin “by accident”
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
These were lifesaving remedies for loneliness pessimism and grief during lockdowns and the cracking of trust among peoples
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Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io · 12/07/2026
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I can’t “like” this report but the demise of an Aid program that saved lives of millions of disadvantaged people across the world, was grossly amoral, and its justification by Trump utterly unprincipled.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/07/2026
"Graham said he complained he was feeling unwell. When urged to seek care, Graham said he would after his scheduled appearance on NBC Graham joked: 'I can't die now. I still need to do the Russia sanctions, get Iran sorted out & do Israeli-Saudi normalization' He passed away several hours later."
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Inside Lindsey Graham's final push for Saudi-Israel peace
Graham saw Saudi-Israel normalization as the defining prize of a broader postwar settlement.
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SassySenora701 @sassysenior70.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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Mary J Berry @56jaytee.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
This👇🏼 NEVER FORGET! NEVER FORGIVE!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/07/2026
SHOCK NYT REPORT: DHS now admits the man ICE killed in Houston wasn't even their target. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 35-year U.S. resident, was just driving to work when agents — with no body cameras — shot him dead searching for two other men who weren't even in the van. Gift link in reply.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Juan Proaño on the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo: There were three others with him in that vehicle. Those individuals are now being pressured to sign self-deportation orders. They’re trying to get rid of them as witnesses as well.
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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
ICE Agent is once again using excessive force If slamming a man’s face into a concrete wall isn’t assault, then attacking the guy that caught him on video is! Screen shot of agents face is in replies make sure everyone sees him!
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Murdered by liars
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
STOP THIS RATBAGGERY ! Do your JOBS!
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
So I see
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Wow
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2026
get a load of the look on Zelenskyy's face as Trump calls him "President Putin"
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Moira Rayner @raynerme.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Watch this ! What a show of leadership !!
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JewelzinAZ @jewelzinaz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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