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Sue Armstrong

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Horticulturist and plant lover, country kid who is into nature and politics.

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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
The dishonesty around the use of Robodebt in prosecuting the government’s Freedom of Information secrecy drive is galling in the extreme. I set out some facts that deflate the specious claims being used as cover. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
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‘Absurdist leaps of logic’: Robodebt misused in FOI reforms
I am furious. Angry, certainly, about the federal government’s proposed freedom of information laws, which mock the very idea of transparency, but seething especially about the justification for them,...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/10/2025
Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Mike Johnson refusing to swear her in: "The excuses depending on the day keep changing ... the timing is the fact that I am the 218th signer to the discharge petition for the Epstein files"
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Newsom: This president appears unhinged… seems listless… he seems, dare I say, in decline—cognitively, and… physically. These are just the rantings of someone who needs an intervention, needs some help, needs to be stabilized.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
“Kids”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
CHICAGO: “Feds chased a car through a residential neighborhood… intentionally crashed into the car.. responded to the crowd by hurling smoke grenades, shooting pepper balls and deploying 3 rounds of tear gas with children & seniors in the area…” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Pardon me if I delay celebrating this vile cretin losing until those poor Sandy Hook families he victimized for cheap publicity see all of the cash. I don't trust him for a second. abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...
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Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Alex Jones, who has been ordered to pay $1.4 billion in damages to the families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
“Swear her in! Swear her in!” #TrumpEpsteinCoverup
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
AZ AG Mayes: If I have to, I’ll take Speaker Johnson to court. There's no legitimate reason for him to refuse to swear her in right now. And it's not fair for Mike Johnson to be holding the state of Arizona hostage because he doesn't want to release the Epstein files.
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Theprogressive ✊️ @treadres.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
They are appalled only because they got caught.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
ICE has been deployed to *provoke* civilians, not to protect them. They want to throw tear gas canisters and get people on the streets riled up, all to create footage for Fox News and Newsmax, et al., that will be used as a pretext for imposing martial law to lower voting rates in Democratic cities.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..." www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...
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Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby
Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.
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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
“And while I would love to continue splitting hairs about whether a country starving kids is better or worse if the kids are already sick let’s just table that discussion for when I see you in hell.” 🔥
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/10/2025
The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!! Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
If journalistic malpractice was a crime, Kristen Welker would be serving a life sentence.
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
No need to hunt all over for Antifa headquarters. It's located in Arlington National cemetery. There are 400,000 members there.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
This sadly demented man doesn't realize *he* was president on Jan 6, 2021. Get him in an assisted living facility ASAP.
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Louise Milligan @milliganreports.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Watch reporter John Lyons’ story Chasing Trump’s Billions, on #4Corners ABC TV tonight 8.30 AEST & support public interest #journalism. Via YouTube for international viewers. This story famously led Donald #Trump to threaten John’s questions were “hurting Australia”. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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As Trump's wealth skyrockets, accusations of conflicts of interest mount
Donald Trump's wealth has skyrocketed since his return to the White House nine months ago, leading to accusations that he is profiting from the presidency.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/10/2025
Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
We've all heard that there is no free lunch. Well, guess what? There is no free 747 either.
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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Thank you! I do find with this story more than anything else it’s the details that really make you see it for the conspiracy it was. And so I did not pull back from those details.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/10/2025
Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Is there a better indication of how superficial and unhelpful mainstream media has become than that they are cutely musing about whether the domestic terrorist who changed "The Department of Defense" to "The Department of War" will get a Nobel Peace Prize—instead of reporting the fascism/terrorism.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Shapiro: I filed that amicus brief last night to make it very clear that the Pennsylvania National Guard is under my command. The way the President has chosen to deploy the Guard in other states—and, in at least one case, deploy the Guard from one state into another—is extremely dangerous.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles. You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2025
NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it? MJ: Again, it's a distraction
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
He finally got the election-denying MAGA A.G. he always dreamed of. Bondi was openly partisan, scornful & highly combative, her non-answers dripping with disdain. Very telling when she was asked if she'd seen the photos of her boss "with half-naked young women." PATHETIC #ProtectingHerPedophilePrez
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2025
Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2025
I posted this one week after the election in 2024. Holds up.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Is it serious enough for y'all, yet? What the fascist authoritarian Trump regime is doing is straight out of Himmler's handbook. Trump and Stephen Miller are treating Chicago like it's the Warsaw ghetto. Chemical weapons are now being deployed against American citizens. 😡😡😡👇
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 06/10/2025
THE CHICKENS ARE FINALLY COMING HOME TO ROOST Ryan Walters is out & the investigation floodgates just opened. The Oklahoma AG launched a full audit of Walters’ entire tenure as Superintendent, and it’s about damn time. Also the education dept website’s being scrubbed of his culture-war nonsense. 🧵
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 06/10/2025
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. trib.al/9Sxu9IN
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
my life is that I record a podcast episode all about tariffs and leave the booth just to find out there are more tariffs
Beginning November 1st, 2025, all Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks coming into the United States from other Countries will be Tariffed at the Rate of 25%. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
🚨 ICE said Marimar Martinez “rammed their vehicles.” Bodycam footage says otherwise. It shows an ICE agent ram his own vehicle into hers, sneer “Do something, bitch,” and then shoot her. We can never believe anything ICE accuses anyone of.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
In an extraordinary pitch for a public servant scrutiny void, senior public servants have blamed Robodebt on transparency. Former Senator Rex Patrick reports on a leadership failure michaelwest.com.au/too-much-tra...
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Fat Cats say what? Too much transparency caused Robodebt scandal - Michael West
In an extraordinary pitch for a public servant scrutiny void, senior public servants have blamed Robodebt on transparency.
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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
De Brouwer made the exact same argument two years ago after the Robodebt Royal Commission report was delivered. This is how I treated it in Mean Streak: "Grow up."
Screenshot of the book Mean Streak by Rick Morton. The text reads:

for the past decade and half, when conclusive certificates were
discontinued, is counterproductive to the Parliament’s intent.
‘When it comes to deliberative material, FoI does not ensure
transparency (because advice is not being written) and it
undermines integrity (because advice is not being written).’
So officials don’t put things in writing because they might get
released under Freedom of Information laws, therefore the FoI
laws aren’t working?
Grow up.
De Brouwer is not alone in his views. Former secretaries have
been doing the rounds making exactly these kinds of noises, as if
the outcome of poor professional behaviour is the result of some
law and not … poor professional behaviour.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
This is an old formula used by authoritarian regimes. Stoke chaos and blame scapegoats to justify the use of force.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2025
MAJOR BREAKING: In a late-night order, Judge Immergut, a Trump-appointee, has BLOCKED Trump from deploying the National Guard from ANY state or D.C. into Oregon.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
No indication yet from major media that the FBI has any interest whatsoever in investigating this apparent attempted assassination of a well-known judge openly targeted on social media by the far-right activist—Harmeet Dhillon—currently calling herself Assistant Attorney General of the United States
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Beachfront home of South Carolina judge, ex-senator burned to ground, injuring 3
Ex-senator Arnold Goodstein, along with two additional people, were rescued by several neighbors and paramedics from a marshy, remote area behind the home after jumping from the fist floor.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 06/10/2025
This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States. America is on the brink of martial law. Do not be silent.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Narrator: This is fascism.
The image is an X post by Mike Nellis (@MikeNellis
) from 19 hours ago, stating: "So let me get this straight: a Blackhawk helicopter and dozens of masked, armed federal agents roll up on a Chicago apartment building, cuff everyone—including kids—and then run checks for warrants and immigration status? What the hell is going on in this country? How is that not fascism?" The post includes a verified badge.
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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 05/10/2025
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Bonta: Just minutes before the hearing, we got word that the Texas National Guard has been federalized. We asked the judge to issue a broad order — one that applies to every National Guard unit in every state — stating that none of them can be deployed to Oregon. She issued that order
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror." ( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )
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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 05/10/2025
Miller’s propaganda has gotten so stale it should come with an expiration date. If this is Miller’s best, maybe the machine is running out of gas.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 05/10/2025
Donald Trump and Kristi Noem are using every lever to provoke our communities and incite chaos. If Trump and Noem wanted to help Illinoisans, they would work with us — not against us — to protect public safety.
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