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trying to make sense of the world "i wish you a kinder sea" .. emily dickinson
Note to your social media team: Use the full link, and people can watch it here... www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLDE...
Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Rest in peace to one of cinema’s most outstanding artists; the legendary actor Sam Neill (1947–2026)
Check out this GetUp! Campaign to reform the press council in Australia !! getup.to/VnkVGmI8Caq9t2
Time to fix Australia's broken media
An independent movement to build a progressive Australia and bring participation back into our democracy.
getup.to
This cause is close to my heart - please sign to stop ANY Trump development from taking hold in Australia: petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/no... @getup.org.au
No Trump Golf Course on the Gold Coast!
Just weeks ago, 124,000 Australians forced a Trump Tower in Surfers Paradise to collapse – and Tate responded by lining up the next deal. A resort and golf course of this scale would require council a...
petitions.getup.org.au
(🚨) We’re mere *hours* from a constitutional crisis of historic proportions—and many Americans don’t seem to realize it. Why? Because nearly no corporate media outlet will properly report on it. So please consider sharing this new report widely.
Trump’s Second Iran War Becomes Illegal May 1
Contrary to claims by the New York Times, U.S. law doesn’t grant Trump authority to “give himself an extension” on a war already illegal under international law. His Iran war becomes illegal on May 1.
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The AI boom comes at a cost 😮💨 Behind the AI hype is a surge in energy use, data centre expansion and growing threats to democracy. Can it still be called progress if it deepens environmental harm, surveillance, and the grip of Big Tech and autocrats on power? empli.fi/greenpeace/?...
BREAKING: Bruce Springsteen just announced that his band will be doing a tour in effort to fight back against Donald Trump's authoritarian overreach. The Boss is back! Great. Bring down the ICE
Marco Rubio admits the war is to serve Israel. “There was absolutely an imminent threat and it was that we knew that if Iran was attacked and we believe that they would be attacked, that they would immediately come after us and we were not going to sit there and absorb a blow”
‘While the EV shift is accelerating, Australia is slow by global standards. Even as electricity rapidly goes green, transport remains overwhelmingly dependent on foreign oil. That leaves Australia exposed.’ #auspol It’s time ditch dependence on fossil fuels‼️ theconversation.com/the-strikes-...
The strikes on Iran show why quitting oil is more important than ever
Oil isn’t a normal commodity – it shapes politics around the world.
theconversation.com
theconversation.com/neither-pree... "The international legal order is now in free-fall. When powerful states conduct illegal wars under the guise of prevention, weaponise diplomacy as cover, and openly pursue regime change, the “rules-based order” is literally dead."
Neither preemptive nor legal, US-Israeli strikes on Iran have blown up international law
With the latest strikes on Iran, The international legal order is now in free-fall.
theconversation.com
74 HOURS. That's all it took for #DictatorDon to go from bragging about all the wars he had "ended" (actual number: 0) during his #SotU Address, to launching an unapproved & unprovoked attack upon #Iran for a nuclear capability he insisted he "obliterated" just 8 months ago.
thanks MAGA for unleashing this lunatic on the world. because, you know, you weren't happy with the price of eggs and gas. 🙄
factsonly007.bsky.social@factsonly007.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe weakest link
When corporate media obeys in advance, authoritarianism wins & the truth loses. This cowardice from CBS — & the Admin's weaponization of the FCC — threatens our 1st Amendment rights. We must not be silent as corporations keep bowing down to Trump. We must call them out.
Stephen Colbert says CBS didn't air interview out of fear of FCC
Colbert kicked off Monday's episode of "The Late Show" by saying that the network's lawyers told him he could not have Texas state Rep. James Talarico on the broadcast.
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“These crimes were committed against a backdrop of supremacist beliefs, racism, corruption, extreme misogyny, and the commodification and dehumanisation of women and girls from different parts of the world,” the experts said. #epsteinfiles
just a reminder what the current Liberal Party may have faced a few decades ago...and Hewson was one of the good ones... www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wqF...
Keating to Hewson: "This is little boy, stamp your feet stuff!"
YouTube video by AusQuestionTime
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"People want the government to spend less, but they want to spend more on Social Security Security, Medicare, welfare, and defense? THAT’S MOST OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET."
Shock Poll: Americans Miss Joe Biden’s Economy
Here’s what they’re worried about.
lnk.thebulwark.com
As it appears enough of the Liberals will sufficiently succumb to madness to endorse him as their next hapless leader, here's a piece I wrote way back in 2021 about the many and varied and still unexplained controversies that have swirled around Angus Taylor. theshot.net.au/news/opinion...
How the hell is Angus Taylor still a thing? - The Shot
Angus Taylor a walking Venn Diagram intersection of fossil fuel fervour and cash for the boys.
theshot.net.au
A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
democracydocket.com