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Robyn D @koparafallskid.bsky.social · 11h

As I predicted!

The United and Ununited States of America 2030

Robyn Dunphy’s dystopian fiction, published in February 2017, portrays the USA in 2030. Back then, we could only guess how accurate her vision might be, but in 2025, it’s clear her predictions are str...

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Rod Moffatt @politikarma.bsky.social · 5h

Consultation?
Or corporate capture?
Methinks the latter!
The incumbent @albomp.bsky.social
@australianlabor.bsky.social Govt is hawking its proposed new environmental legislation to those who will be subject to it.
A gaggle not fit to govern
#auspol

Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 8h

The ALP might as well merge with the Minerals Council of Australia

Miners to get an early look at Labor’s new green laws

Tom Rabe
WA political correspondent
Oct 12, 2025 – 3.26pm

The Albanese government will give mining companies and other stakeholders draft extracts of its environmental protection laws before they go to parliament, as Environment Minister Murray Watt tries to rebuild trust after earlier negotiations on the reforms collapsed in acrimony.

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Kenbehren @lyns84.bsky.social · 1h

and there will be many more in quick succession. Climate change is real, and the results will be increasingly catastrophic.

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’ — Guardian Australia

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you everyone

❤️ 🙏🏽 ❤️

#Gunnawah

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Nigel Kirwan 🇪🇭🇺🇦🇮🇳🇮🇩🇮🇪Niall Cairdubhain - Shiva Hridaya Gaudapada @npkirwan.bsky.social · 5d

Trust @ronnisalt.bsky.social doesn’t mind me copying this from the other place to here…

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 22h

Chris Hedges sets out truths about the 'peace plan' that so many western journalists avoid.

Truths that National Press Club members,
especially the ones who have accepted Israeli junkets and drunk the Zionist Kool-Aid,
preferred not to be confronted with? #GazaGenocide #NPC #auspol

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4h

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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Lee Murray (she/her) @cousincat.bsky.social · 19m

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Senator David Pocock has been turfed out of the Australian Parliament Sports Club! What?! | First Dog on the Moon

Was it for unsportspersonlike conduct? No it is much funnier than that

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6h

49-year-old worship minister
Jon Paul Sheptock was arrested on child sex abuse charges. Sheptock possessed and was involved in producing child sexual assault materials.

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boomdrummer.bsky.social @boomdrummer.bsky.social · 5h

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 6h

On October 18, We the Frogs Unite!
NoKings.org

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 17h

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Find a frog gathering near you www.NoKings.org | October 18

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Daryl Elliott @darylelliott.bsky.social · 5h

Bulwark's Tim Miller on Speaker Mike Johnson: "That Little Twerp!" 1min
www.youtube.com/shorts/yG9gl...

People are very pissed at Mike Johnson and for good reason!

YouTube video by The Bulwark

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 15h

Trump was POTUS on J6.

It was Trump’s FBI.

Biden’s win had not even been certified yet.

Trump’s lies are beyond insane.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7h

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Lee Murray (she/her) @cousincat.bsky.social · 6h

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 18h

Democracy Americana is a publication solely funded by readers. If you find pieces like this one helpful, you can subscribe for free – or, better yet: If you can, consider becoming a paid member. As an independent writer, I fully rely on your help to make this work possible. Thank you!🙏

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A newsletter on U.S. politics and history - and the ongoing struggle over how much democracy, and for whom, there should be in America

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 18h

Vought is singularly focused on bending the entire government machine to Trump’s will. He believes that any check on the power of Donald Trump, who Vought literally describes as a “gift of God,” is illegitimate. There is no line he doesn’t feel justified to cross.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 18h

Russell Vought embodies the radicalization of the conservative movement; his example captures how far removed from democratic politics the Trumpist Right is. Vought is convinced to be fighting a noble war against a vast leftist conspiracy that has supposedly taken over the country.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 18h

The overriding goal of too many journalists is to provide “balanced” coverage from a “neutral” position in equidistance to both sides. That framework is much easier to justify if you pretend to be dealing with “normal” politicians – as opposed to committed ideologues pursuing an extreme project.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 19h

The Daily is committed to sanitizing Vought and ignoring what they regard as unsavory ideology. Because engaging with what is actually animating Vought would make it very hard to uphold the “normal politics” framework that defines much of mainstream political journalism.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 19h

Vought, we are told, is a pious man who never curses. Ok! Not a word about his Christian nationalism; instead, one of the most influential political platforms in the world chooses to perpetuate the number one fallacy about the modern Right: That this is all about “small government.”

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 19h

Vought is a key figure in the world of Trumpism, with a rare – and dangerous – combination of ideological zeal and operative competence, a fully committed extremist causing massive harm to millions of people.

But if you only listened to The Daily, you wouldn’t get any of that.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 19h

About a week ago, the New York Times’ “The Daily” podcast portrayed Russell Vought as a devout Christian, a true “small government” conservative who loves the free market, and a man with a great work ethic. A remarkable combination of credulousness and deliberate whitewashing.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 19h

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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