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MingTheMerciless

@mingthemercyless.bsky.social

✡️ MPH, MD, PhD, FRS(med). Dual Citizen 🇦🇺🇵🇱🇪🇺. Child of Holocaust survivors. I support Israel & Palestine's right to peaceful, democratic & independent statehood. Support feminism except when it strays into misandry. <10 posts, no follow.

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MingTheMerciless@mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 2h ago

Seems @albomp.bsky.social / @australianlabor.bsky.social party's hatred of the Greens is so visceral, it would rather shift even further right & form a defacto coalition with the LNP than countenance doing any deal with the left. The winner? One Nation. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol

One Nation is targeting a WA seat in Labor heartland. It could be a defining moment for Australian politics | Narelle Miragliotta for the Conversation

The Secret Harbour byelection has the potential for an electoral upset, given the many characteristics conducive to a One Nation win

theguardian.com

MingTheMerciless@mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 2h ago

Come drill the Barrier Reef Mr President. No doubt our timid little mouse of a Prime Minister @albomp.bsky.social will agree if you insist. He'll even allow you to encourage our kids to bet on it www.theguardian.com/environment/... @australianlabor.bsky.social #auspol

US territories hit out at Trump plan to explore deep sea mining in the Pacific

US agency releases plan to lease millions of hectares of seabed off the coast of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam

theguardian.com

MingTheMerciless@mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 21h ago

I note the article twists & turns very hard to avoid identifying the racial identity of the perpetrators, while avoiding any analysis of why it is so and yet fingering the (presumably racist) police for the poor clear-up rate. www.theguardian.com/law/2026/aug... #UKpol

Nine out of 10 unsolved murders in London linked to minority ethnic victims

Exclusive: Analysis risks deepening perception of ‘unequal protection under the law’, say campaigners

theguardian.com

MingTheMerciless@mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 21h ago

‘Attacked’ by Trump on Trade, Canada Is ‘at War’ With USA www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/w... Keep going Trump's USA & soon the whole world will be 'at war' with you ... all but Australia where our timid excuse for a PM @albomp.bsky.social is readying his tongue for another round of bootlicking. #auspol

Carney Slams U.S.-Canada Trade Proposal and Vows Retaliation

Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a powerful speech to Canadians on Saturday morning, hours after ordering negotiators to suspend U.S. trade talks despite President Trump’s punishing tariffs.

nytimes.com

MingTheMerciless@mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 3d ago

It seems the only harms the gambling industry causes that @albomp.bsky.social intends to minimise are those to his right-wing, 'donations' saturated @australianlabor.bsky.social government. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #smokeandmirrors #auspol

A ‘shiny, dangling carrot’ lured Jesse into gambling. He says Labor’s reform won’t stop others being sucked in

The government says it’s stopping ‘the most toxic’ gambling company strategies. Former addicts say it will do ‘absolutely nothing’

theguardian.com

MingTheMerciless@mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 4d ago

U.S. Debt Hits $40 Trillion as America’s Borrowing Binge Continues www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/b... I wonder how much of that $40 Trillion has ended up in Trump's, his family's, and his billionaire backers' back pockets?

U.S. Debt Hits $40 Trillion as America’s Borrowing Binge Continues

President Trump’s promises to restore fiscal order and reduce the amount of America’s debt burden have been undercut by spending on the Iran war, tax cuts and tariff refunds.

nytimes.com

MingTheMerciless@mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 4d ago

Bribery and corruption in both the @australianlabor.bsky.social and liberal.org.au parties, all covered up by Scott Morrison's & @albomp.bsky.social's nacc.gov.au pro-corruption commission. Thanks for nothing Albo. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #auspol

I have seen the raw grief of a family who lost a son to gambling. Labor’s stitch-up shows politics is broken | David Pocock

How is it that Australians can call so strongly for action on gambling advertising and the major parties fail so comprehensively to listen?

theguardian.com

MingTheMerciless@mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 4d ago

Senator Ossoff claimed Harp accompanied Trump on his recent plane switch via catering container after a missile threat from Iran. Conservative Megyn Kelly said it was a "despicable attack" that "basically suggests she's a cheating slut". www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08... Well why not? Trump is.

Trump aide in unwelcome spotlight after senator's insult goes viral

Officially, Natalie Harp is Donald Trump's "executive assistant" and "special assistant". But in some Washington circles, she is less kindly known as his "human printer".

abc.net.au

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d ago

ROSIE: “.. I'm back in the spotlight all thanks to President Ompa J. Loompa, who is watching us this evening from inside a catering cart. You know, I couldn't have done it without you, sweetie. You brought me back just like you did with fascism and the measles." $DIS

MingTheMerciless@mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 5d ago

This is something the co-creator (along with Scotty) of the corrupt pollie protection commission (nacc.gov.au) @albomp.bsky.social made sure wouldn't happen in the Federal sphere. ALP/LNP - same/same. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol

Victoria moves to expand definition of ‘corruption’ before state election

Former Ibac head welcomes potential change that would capture actions that currently cannot be used to make corrupt findings

theguardian.com

MingTheMerciless@mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 6d ago

I just signed @australiainstitute.org.au's petition: Protect native forests without giving big polluters a licence to pollute! Will you join me? nb.australiainstitute.org.au/forests

✍️ SIGN THE PETITION: Protect native forests without giving big polluters a licence to pollute

The NSW Government has finally agreed to protect 176,000 hectares of forest and create the Great Koala National Park – a habitat for koalas and 66 other threatened species. But there's a catch. Under...

nb.australiainstitute.org.au

MingTheMerciless@mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 6d ago

Let me rephrase the headline for you, The Guardian. 'Right-Wing Arsehole MPs Eye Off All Those Juicy Retirement Savings by Hard Working Australians for Their Billionaire Paymasters and Mistresses.' You're welcome. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Rightwing critics argue we might as well scrap super. Here’s why that could spell disaster for Australia’s finances

Spending on aged pension will be stable for decades to come, experts argue, despite claims by Bragg and Hanson

theguardian.com

MingTheMerciless@mingthemercyless.bsky.social · last wk.

Can the USA ever recover from Trump's two terms of destruction? Not unless it fixes the deep flaws in its Constitution, taxation, inequalities, gun laws, endemic racism and social security. So, no. theshovel.com.au/2026/08/13/t... #uspol

Trump Takes Break From Losing Wars To Help Spread Preventable Diseases — The Shovel

“Being humiliated by a minor military regime and losing control of a global trade route has been fun, but it’s time to turn our attention to losing control of public health"

theshovel.com.au