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Progressive political dreamer working in brand and marketing in Walyalup/Fremantle, Western Australia. Imaginative enough to think we can make politics better. See voicesforfremantle.org

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He risked his life at Bondi. But this Iranian refugee failed our character test AB ran into danger during Bondi's terrorist attacks to save lives. Four months on, he faces deportation after failing Australia's refugee character test. His family is urging the Albanese government t...

An Iranian refugee shot while trying to disarm one of the Bondi shooters is to be deported from Australia. ‘Character’ is complicated, as is recovering from trauma.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

14.03.2026 09:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The SAVE America Act is a voter suppression scam. It would take away the rights of working people to make their voices heard at the ballot box.

The Senate must reject this bill.

13.03.2026 19:02 👍 23990 🔁 8374 💬 862 📌 397
Senator Tuberville on x writing a response to the @endwokeness account 

Original tweet from @EndWokeness - “less than 25 years apart”
Image 1 - the twin towers as they are hit by a the planes on 9/11/2001
Image 2 - Mayor Mamdani sitting on a prayer rug while hosting an Iftar  at city hall

Quote tweet from Senator Tuberville - “the enemy is inside the gates.”

Senator Tuberville on x writing a response to the @endwokeness account Original tweet from @EndWokeness - “less than 25 years apart” Image 1 - the twin towers as they are hit by a the planes on 9/11/2001 Image 2 - Mayor Mamdani sitting on a prayer rug while hosting an Iftar at city hall Quote tweet from Senator Tuberville - “the enemy is inside the gates.”

Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.

13.03.2026 19:50 👍 64378 🔁 11944 💬 1867 📌 503
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(H/T @SafeH2o4Schools)

14.03.2026 03:04 👍 8811 🔁 3038 💬 136 📌 95
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Ossoff: "The WH put out a video depicting this war as a video game. When service members are returning in flag-draped coffins, & even more have lost limbs or suffered brain injuries or are fighting for their lives, this WH treats war like a game. It's a disgrace. And it speaks to a moral rot."

13.03.2026 23:41 👍 39614 🔁 12259 💬 892 📌 674

He could never be disfigured enough to be as ugly as this hump. Repulsive to the core.

13.03.2026 13:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

He could never be disfigured enough to be as ugly as this hump. Repulsive to the core.

13.03.2026 13:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The NACC robodebt report: A heartbreaking work of staggering incompetence Rick Morton wrote the book on robodebt. He delivers a damning verdict on the NACC's long-awaited robodebt report, which exonerated Scott Morrison and Kathryn Campbell.

The NACC report is astonishing for just how many non-sequiturs, excuses and naive assumptions can be packed into 455 pages. The deputy commissioner who authored it is not a judge, unlike Catherine Holmes. And it shows. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/13/n...

13.03.2026 08:04 👍 571 🔁 274 💬 31 📌 13

Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"

Social Security - "That's socialism!"

Debt free education - "That's socialism!"

Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"

$1 billion per day on a war in the Middle East that no one wants, while millions of people at home struggle.

"That's just how it is."

12.03.2026 22:15 👍 11739 🔁 4130 💬 392 📌 176
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Dump Woodside – Take Action Now It’s time for SLSWA to Dump Woodside. Contact your local Surf Life Saving Club and tell them you do not support fossil fuel branding on kids. This is a people-powered campaign vs. a billion dollar gas...

Calling all West Aussies. Our kids shouldn't be billboards for toxic corporations. Join the effort to get Woodside's face off the surf lifesaving Nippers. The website provides a tool to make emailing your local club easy.
www.dumpwoodside.com

13.03.2026 05:51 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

It’s increasingly hilarious when people refer to Trump as ‘the leader of the free world’. America, those days are gone.

12.03.2026 13:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"

10.03.2026 20:30 👍 25002 🔁 8654 💬 983 📌 517
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09.03.2026 14:58 👍 6448 🔁 1807 💬 462 📌 118
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Surprise ICE warehouse could house up to 10,000 detainees for months at a time, new documents show After weeks of speculation about what the 400,000-square-foot warehouse in Surprise might be used for, the documents confirm it will be retrofitted as an ICE detention center, potentially housing 7,00...

We must stop every single proposed concentration camp. www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...

19.02.2026 04:57 👍 13975 🔁 5250 💬 478 📌 253
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U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows

Precision munitions.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/w...

09.03.2026 03:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Winston Churchill of our time.

07.03.2026 16:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Iran's women's football team being held 'hostage' amid calls for them to remain in Australia The Iranian women's football team is facing an impossible situation. Return home, and possibly face punishment from the Islamic Republic regime for its silent protest, or stay in Australia and their f...

The impossible situation these young women find themselves in speaks volumes about the totalitarian regime they live under. Minister Wong’s boilerplate statement on the issue is really depressing. #iran #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

07.03.2026 10:19 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Investigators now say the U.S. likely bombed a girls’ school in Iran, killing over 160 people, mostly children. If confirmed, it would rank among the worst civilian massacres of America’s Middle East wars.

06.03.2026 11:41 👍 5417 🔁 2167 💬 408 📌 153

I’m convinced that Trump recently saw a clip of FDR saying ‘unconditional surrender’ and thought it sounded cool.

07.03.2026 03:10 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August.

He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA.

The grift continues.

06.03.2026 19:45 👍 16386 🔁 7385 💬 533 📌 382

Gotta love a retiring Republican.

06.03.2026 10:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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These are the words of a 'middle power' with the strength of its convictions. Are you paying attention, @albomp.bsky.social ? #auspol

06.03.2026 10:22 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a construction worker's outfit. The other shows her in a police officer outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a construction worker's outfit. The other shows her in a police officer outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a nurse's outfit. The other shows her in an electrical worker's outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a nurse's outfit. The other shows her in an electrical worker's outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a military outfit while riding aboat. The other shows her in a firefighter's outfit using a firehose.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a military outfit while riding aboat. The other shows her in a firefighter's outfit using a firehose.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a Westernwear outfit. The other shows her in a police officer's outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a Westernwear outfit. The other shows her in a police officer's outfit.

good news. kristi noem has already found eight new jobs

06.03.2026 06:12 👍 14566 🔁 2038 💬 715 📌 242
A Reductress post features a photo of Kristi Noem with the headline, “Kristi Noem Put Down for Being Too Hard to Train”

A Reductress post features a photo of Kristi Noem with the headline, “Kristi Noem Put Down for Being Too Hard to Train”

Screaming

05.03.2026 22:00 👍 16558 🔁 3356 💬 259 📌 175

Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone.

But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.

05.03.2026 19:38 👍 40408 🔁 9131 💬 1490 📌 307
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From FT comments

05.03.2026 13:47 👍 4386 🔁 1532 💬 194 📌 106
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Sea Levels Are Already Higher Than Many Scientists Think, New Study Shows

You know that creeping feeling you have that it’s later than you think? #climatecrisis #auspol
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/c...

05.03.2026 09:37 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Supporting ‘illegal aggression’ against Iran ‘the worst thing’ Australia could do, international law experts say Ben Saul says ‘rolling over’ after Israel and US attack is counterproductive for middle powers because it undermines rules-based order

“…outsourcing Australian foreign policy to Washington.” Still hanging onto the coattails like a geopolitical child.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

01.03.2026 12:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

These venal Republican cowards and their decades of bad faith 'hearings' never landed a punch on #Hillary - but they tarnished her reputation with their low-info Fox voters and doubtless contributed to her loss in 2016. Few of them will meet her eyes during this session, and neither should they.

27.02.2026 08:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0