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Jane Caro

@janecaro.bsky.social

Novelist ‘Lyrebird’ ‘The Mother’, author, columnist, social commentator, feminist, atheist, activist, emcee, public speaker.

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Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 5d ago

El Sayed: "When it comes to trans rights, this is the right to get the health care that you need...It’s the right not to be discriminated against by your government because of who you are. Because what tends to happen is they come for theirs, then they come for yours"

The idea that we can assent to the taking away of anybody’s rights, and think that somehow the government won’t come for all of our rights, is itself the problem. And, look, I don’t need people to understand how they use their rights. I just need people to agree that the government shouldn’t be able to take any of our rights. I put my face on the ground thirty-four times a day, David. Most people don’t understand why I do it. I don’t need them to understand. I just want to have the right to do it. And when people decide that they want to take away my right to do that, I’ve got a problem.Now, I hope that everybody’s going to show up and say, No, no, no. You can’t stop that person or that community from reflecting and praying as they choose. Similarly, when it comes to trans rights, this is the right to get the health care that you need. That’s really what it comes down to. It’s the right to be who you are. It’s the right not to be discriminated against by your government because of who you are. Because what tends to happen is they come for theirs, then they come for yours, then they come for theirs. And at some point you live in a society where rights are negotiable, and that is not the America I was born in. It’s not the America I know and love. It’s not the America I’m going to allow somebody like Donald Trump to give us.
The DILETTANTE@demwar.bsky.social · 2w ago

The tariffs are about two things and two things only: 1. He wants huge influx of funds that he can steal from the treasury 2. He wants to destabilise the world order at the behest of Thiel and Putin and this is the easiest way to do it. America has no allies left that genuinely trust it. None.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

"It's not really a trade strategy so much as a demonstration that no American commitment is durable past the next mood swing — which is its own kind of cost, distinct from whatever the tariffs themselves do to the price of Canadian whisky." — @lizdye.bsky.social

Simmi Manya@simmimanya.bsky.social · 2w ago

When I was at uni over 50 years ago, Tom Roper wrote “The Myth of Equality” detailing the gross disadvantages experienced by large numbers of students in the education system. It’s now even worse …

House Judiciary Dems@democrats-judiciary.house.gov · 2w ago

Republicans voted to strip the right of unaccompanied kids to have a lawyer represent them in immigration court. We're talking about kids who are as young as 18 months old who will now be left to fend for themselves in front of the government.

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🦘Roseanne@roseanneb.bsky.social · 2w ago

Fifty years ago we were getting there with egalitarianism. Then Howard. Now we are a stratified society. People are more and more frequently born in a situation and are stuck at that.

Drop Bear@drop-bear.bsky.social · 2w ago

“… Commonwealth and state governments had overfunded private schools by a total of $2.1 billion between 2024 and 2028, while underfunding public schools by $31.7 billion over the same period.” thepoint.com.au/new/260721-m... #AusPol #PublicEducation #EducationFunding

More than one third of private school parents would have chosen public schools if they were better funded, poll finds

There are calls for an overhaul of Australia’s education funding system after new polling found more than a third of private school parents would have chosen the public system if it had been better fu...

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marque lawyers@marquelawyers.com.au · 2w ago

You just know that sometime in the next few days Pauline is going to confuse mass deportation with masturbation and Barnaby will have to give an even more confusing explanation than usual.

TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛@tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 3w ago

Mullin couldn't look at the journalists, & spent his time shuffling & mumbling, reminding everyone of his absolute loyalty to Trump (seen here glaring over his shoulder.) He's terrified. A mob boss is running our country, with the most unqualified cabinet in history. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Heather Delaney Reese (@heatherdelaneyreese)

At 11 am this morning, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin entered the Indian Treaty Room carrying a blue folder with both hands. He walked directly to the podium, nervously adjusted the...

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The Halfway Post@halfwaypost.bsky.social · 3w ago

BREAKING: Donald Trump is reportedly enraged that none of his staffers explained to him that the logic of his speech last night blatantly implied the only rigged election was the one he personally oversaw, and no one stopped him from telling the entire country he’s incompetent.