Kate Doak
@thedeadlynewt.com
Investigative & Football Journalist in Australia – 10 Football, A-Leagues, Matildas, Socceroos & Star Trek fan ⚽🖖 – Thoughts = mine - 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧
"The Wrong Kind of American: The Trump White House needed me —until the fact that I am trans became public." A profile of honour & courage by @juliacurlee.bsky.social that's going to rip your heart out. Country before self. @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social, get her on @therestpolitics.bsky.social
The Wrong Kind of American
The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.
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I've seen some funny shit in politics in my time and caused my fair share of it in Australia too. 🤓 Seeing @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & @rory-stewart.bsky.social being roasted by a talking trashcan is something else entirely though. Well done with Count #Binface, @therestpolitics.bsky.social! 😂
AD FREE | Count Binface: A Journey From Intergalactic Space to Clacton on Sea.
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If Barnaby Joyce doesn't make a reappearance on @lastweektonight.com with John Oliver after screaming at his dogs last night on @news.abc.net.au, I'd be quite surprised... Does everyone remember Oliver's takedown of Joyce when as Deputy Prime Minister, he threatened to shoot Depp's & Heard's dogs?
'Sit down!': Joyce's dog interrupts 7.30 interview as he defends One Nation leader
The One Nation MP says Pauline Hanson's meeting with far-right British activist Tommy Robinson did not amount to an endorsement of his criminal conduct, during a 7.30 interview that was twice interrup...
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CNN just played a 911 Dispatch call to Senator Lindsay Graham's D.C. residence. Call was a Cardiac Arrest related report, though no confirmation that it was a cardiac arrest event itself. #LindsayGraham #CNN #USSenate
Like your President's hands, you Yanks have a small eagle. Meet the true Master of the Skies, the Australian Wedgetail Eagle.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agotacky and fashy
Just goes to show that "Parking The Bus" can get results... 😏🔥⚽
Christina Kahrl@christinakahrl.bsky.social · 2mo agoAusgeschrecklich is a word, right? I expect it's a mood in one country that rhymes with "Mermany."
Hey @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social, have you heard back from Canadian PM @mark-carney.bsky.social about your brilliant idea to have #FIFA reassign #OmarArtan to #WorldCup refereeing duties in Canada? @therestpolitics.bsky.social & @therestisfootball.bsky.social - would love an update.
The Trump-ification Of The World Cup.
YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics
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The Colorado Supreme Court has ordered Colorado's largest provider of gender-affirming care for young people to resume medical treatments like puberty blockers and hormone therapy despite threats that providing the care could lead to losing federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nDAkbM
Colorado Supreme Court orders children's hospital to resume gender-affirming care for minors
Children’s Hospital Colorado suspended medical treatments for transgender patients under 18 in January after it said the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services opened an investigation into its t...
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For those who say there will be no consequences for Musk from this, it's worth remembering that this admittance is a serious political victory for the Australian E-Safety Commission. The leader of that agency, Julie Inman Grant, doesn't mess around either. i.e. Teen Social Media Ban etc..
Kate Doak@thedeadlynewt.com · 3mo agoSome #Breaking news out of Australia - Musk's x-Twitter admits noncompliance in relation to anti child abuse measure requests from the Australian government in Aussie Federal Court. cc @michaelhobbes.bsky.social, @chrisgeidner.bsky.social, @chanda.blacksky.app & @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
Some #Breaking news out of Australia - Musk's x-Twitter admits noncompliance in relation to anti child abuse measure requests from the Australian government in Aussie Federal Court. cc @michaelhobbes.bsky.social, @chrisgeidner.bsky.social, @chanda.blacksky.app & @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
Breaking: Musk's X admits noncompliance with Australian child protection request
Elon Musk's social media company X Corp has admitted to not complying with an order from Australia's eSafety commissioner to provide information about the measures it has in place to stop child ...
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I've never heard of "Klipy", but credit to @jay.bsky.team, @rose.bsky.team & @bsky.app for going with a GIF provider that appears to have high res images. Now they just need more Aussie & UK images, particularly for policy wonks like @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & @therestpolitics.bsky.social. 😉
Jack Sparrow on Politics & Madness
Alt: Jack Sparrow on Politics & Madness
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Watching this week's @therestpolitics.bsky.social Question Time on hatred, psychology & radicalisation early (TRIP+ member) & it's a cracker! I disagree with @rory-stewart.bsky.social & @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social - these issues go far beyond racism & culture in UK. e.g. extensive LGBTI+ abuse
How Polarisation is Fuelling Hate Crime
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"Sir Gauke".... 😏 Well, if David sits in for @rory-stewart.bsky.social again on @therestpolitics.bsky.social in the future like he did in May 2024, at least @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social's intro will be entertaining given this... 😄 Credit to Keir Starmer, as this would annoy Kemi Badenoch a lot!
James Heale@jaheale.bsky.social · 4mo agoNEW: Tory source responds to David Gauke being nominated for a knighthood by Labour "Kemi absolutely livid Labour nominated Gauke. She wouldn't have him anywhere near any list. Starmer even snuck it through a random honours committee to stop Kemi vetoing it."
Interesting.... Though what about Nigel Farage, @yougov.co.uk? From having a quick peep at his profile, it doesn't look like you've done a standalone article on Farage specifically (not Reform etc) in well over a year... I think even @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social would be surprised by that. 🗳️
YouGov@yougov.co.uk · 4mo ago47% of Britons now have a negative opinion of Zack Polanski, up 8pts from just prior to the Golders Green attack, and his worst rating since becoming Green leader Favourable: 22% (-2 from 28-29 Apr) Unfavourable: 47% (+8) yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
Great to see @simonhill1894.bsky.social achieving some of his life... *Ahem* ... "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALS!!" ⚽😂 Even with the beard trim, this "Balls Up" movie should be interesting as a result of Mark Wahlberg & co finally rising to the level of the legendary "Voice of Australian Football" himself.
How Simon Hill ended up in new Hollywood movie alongside Mark Wahlberg & Sacha Baron Cohen
Football commentator Simon Hill explains how he ended up in a Hollywood movie alongside the likes of Mark Wahlberg and Sacha Baron Cohen.
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Just FYI there’s an account on here called @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social (with over 200k followers) that is posting a bunch of AI slop (including a “Saturn polar hexagon” with 8 sides) and claiming it’s NASA imagery. If you see anything posted by them, it’s likely fake.
... I think that you are going to need a bigger Rake @goldingcartoons.bsky.social, as Trump just doesn't seem to be learning from the garden variety to the combover... 👀 @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social might know where a bigger one is, as Keir Starmer's close to knocking himself out over #Mandelson.
Matt Golding@goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe Strait is closed to shipping again. Trump keeps stepping on the rake. Geoff Gowers, Merricks North The Age, letters
Wow... UK Prime Minister #Starmer is MASSIVELY throwing the UK Civil Service under a London bus and then following up with a Bulldozer with this Peter #Mandelson statement and update. The level of roasting of the UK Foreign Office is astonishing, with Starmer's future now surely in peril.
Keir Starmer gives statement to the House of Commons over Mandelson vetting process – UK politics live
PM tells MPs he was wrong to appoint Peter Mandelson ambassador to US in his update to parliament
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So gut instinct.... Sometime in the next 36 hours @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & @rory-stewart.bsky.social will do a @therestpolitics.bsky.social emergency Livestream on the British Prime Minister.... Same goes for @number10cat.bsky.social possibly having to house-train a new tennant.... 👀
Have you guys tried the On/Off switch, @rose.bsky.team? 😏
Rose 🌹@rose.bsky.team · 4mo agoLet’s just say calling attention to it will bring more of it
"The Pope has made the Catholic Church political", huh? 🤔 Obviously old mate Bernie Moreno has never heard of the "Vatican Hit Man", B.A. Santamaria... 😏 For those unfamiliar, here's an absolute ripper from #TheGilliesReport alumni Max Gillies & @wendyharmer.bsky.social in the 80's. #Auspol #Trump
The Gillies Report 08 - Vatican Hit Man
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Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 4mo agoBernie Moreno on Trump’s comments about the Pope: “I was incensed to watch the Pope's comments. I think what the Pope is doing is a disgrace.” “It's a shame that the Pope has made the Catholic Church political. Thank God my mom’s not alive to watch that.”
So #Trump going absolutely blind with rage at #Pope Leo and the Catholic Church reminded of a classic skit from the legendary Aussie comedy tv show, "The Gillies Report" ..... that none other than @wendyharmer.bsky.social starred in. 🤣 Will the "Vatican Hit Man" make an appearance after this? 😂
The Gillies Report 11 - Listen to the Pope
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If this is correct, then Hugh Marks needs to answer some serious questions before Senate Estimates. Nine has improved significantly regarding the LGBTI+ community since he departed. If the ABC is going backwards on LGBTI+, Women in the workplace & disability issues, there are major issues afoot.
ABC drops sponsorship of LGBTQ+, disability and diversity groups including Acon
Exclusive: the decision follows friction over the public broadcaster paying fees to the groups, which then rank the ABC on an equality index
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It's arguable that everyone knew that Trump's address was going to be bad when he scheduled it on April Fools Day... This could just be #Trump trying to prove French poet Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux's quote "A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him" right, @carlquintanilla.bsky.social.... 😏
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5mo ago
This dopey Don doesn't even know global history. World War One lasted 4 years, 3 months and 14 days, from 28th July 2014 to November 11th 2018. How the hell does #Trump not know that, and who the hell in the White House thought that it was a wise idea for any President to say it? #EpicFury #Iran
LIVE: Donald Trump delivers address about the war in Iran | ABC NEWS
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