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Peter Relph ᴀᴜ

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The whole world's mad c̶e̶p̶t̶ m̶e̶ &̶ t̶h̶e̶e̶, &̶ e̶v̶e̶n̶ t̶h̶e̶e̶'s̶ a̶ l̶i̶t̶t̶l̶e̶ o̶d̶d̶ Journeyman of Twitter, sojourned meanwhile in the wilds of the Fediverse Non-practicing ⚪ Me: https://relph.org Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/uxfnatuiQs7M2Pedf84l2k9P7LmWwaQqXW

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Peter Relph ᴀᴜ @peterrelph.bsky.social · Jul 10

America

Once So Proud
now so piteous

Where to from here?

a fragging
a military coup
a civil war

Then where?

#uspol

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Lyn Bender @lynestel.bsky.social · 1h

Too hot for desk journos to handle
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

Free speech questioned as National Press Club cancels Gaza address

The decision to cancel Chris Hedges’ address on Gaza has raised fresh questions about the Press Club’s commitment to free speech.

independentaustralia.net

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Chad Crichton @chadcrichton.bsky.social · 8h

Could we back up and talk about the part where a SUPREME COURT JUSTICE is doing an interview on a Sunday morning political news show on FoxNews?

WTAF?!?!?!?!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 3h

I'm old enough to remember when pretty much all of the mainstream media regularly praised Abbott for being the politician with the deepest connection to Indig Australians because he visited a community every year, patted some kids on the head and hammered a few nails.

Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 7h

poor old Tony Abbott is on the public broadcaster dismissing the oldest and longest continuous oral histories in the history of humanity as “hearsay” how’s your morning going.

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Peter Relph ᴀᴜ @peterrelph.bsky.social · 1h

Added to which of course they are not just any old 400 people, they are the greediest, evilest, most psychopathic people that a greedy, evil, psychopathic system could produce

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 1h

And we’re just sitting here,letting it happen? This is deliberate psychological assault on the people who keep our government alive. These are our neighbors, our friends, our public servants and they’re being weaponized for politics. How is this legal? When did cruelty become a governing strategy?

A reminder that Russell Vought previously said he wanted government workers "to be traumatically affected. When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains...We want to put them in trauma."
This isn't a government shutdown; it's government sabotage.

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coupdegraz7.bsky.social @coupdegraz7.bsky.social · 1h

#AusPol #AusEcon #cleanenergy #endfossilfuels

Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 2h

Let's get on with it.

And keep mocking the fossil fuel lobby's self centred nonsense wherever we are and whereever we go.

There's a lot to mock.

#auspol #ausecon

David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 4h

Grattan’s new research shows households could halve their energy bills by 2050 as we electrify homes and cars. Clean energy isn’t just good for the planet, it’s cheaper too. Let’s go faster.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Louise Milligan @milliganreports.bsky.social · 5h

Watch reporter John Lyons’ story Chasing Trump’s Billions, on #4Corners ABC TV tonight 8.30 AEST & support public interest #journalism. Via YouTube for international viewers. This story famously led Donald #Trump to threaten John’s questions were “hurting Australia”.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

As Trump's wealth skyrockets, accusations of conflicts of interest mount

Donald Trump's wealth has skyrocketed since his return to the White House nine months ago, leading to accusations that he is profiting from the presidency.

www.abc.net.au

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 3h

this sure feels like a crucial point

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 3h

American politics becomes what it becomes because when people were saying “ Americans don’t protest like the French, Koreans, etc”

Everyone leaves out the context of

How they stopped covering Black protests and no longer mention them

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Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 1h

100%. Where the hell did the political comedy go and right when there's so much to laugh at?

There's @punterspolitics.bsky.social , Friendly Jordies etc - but why do they all have to be bootstrap podcasts?

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Peter Relph ᴀᴜ @peterrelph.bsky.social · 1h

Don't forget that you need both a decent government & a decent opposition

That is why the current neoliberals have got it all sewn up with both an indecent government & an indecent opposition, which ever pretend party wins

You would need to get rid of both the ALP & LNP & the Deplorables
#auspol

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Rosco The Grouch @roscothegrouch.bsky.social · 5h

The enshitification of the USA. In real time. Woop. Woop.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

Melania Trump is now selling this new Christmas ornament for $75.

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Lee Murray (she/her) @cousincat.bsky.social · 5h

Such a classy little trinket and so reasonably priced. 🤮

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Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · 5h

how I miss the halcyon right-wing days of “local control knows best…”

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 6h

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

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Peter Relph ᴀᴜ @peterrelph.bsky.social · 5h

... & incidentally I _do_ assume that Labor sold out, sold themselves, & more treasonously, us

At best, from a very kind analysis, they sold out opposition to a protofascist developing system

However when talking about fascism, a lack of opposition, as evident in the US coup _is_ fascism

#auspol

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Peter Relph ᴀᴜ @peterrelph.bsky.social · 5h

As I recall when in opposition Labor failed to oppose, when in weak leadership they failed to lead, & now they are in strong leadership they fail to lead.

But that depends on their intent, if you assume that their intention has always been fascist neoliberalism, then they always succeeded

#auspol

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 18h

Dear Australian news media
When reporting Israeli claims that are demonstrably false, known lies, REPORT THIS! Some suggested phrases:
"Israel falsely claims ..."
"Israel repeated the proven lie that ..."
Words matter. Facts matter. Otherwise it's not #journalism, it's propaganda. #Israel #Palestine

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 17h

Quote: I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember this too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick. Stewart Lee

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 1d

The Govt has spent $600K on lawyers to keep early warnings signals of further Snowy 2.0 cost blowouts from the public. With the matter now in the Full Federal Court, the price of this secrecy to the taxpayer will likely avalanche to >$1M 🤦‍♂️. #FOI #auspol

Snowy 2.0 legal cost avalanche - more public money spent hushing more public information - Michael West

The Government confessed to the Senate it spent $600K on lawyers to stop Snowy 2.0 cost and schedule blowouts from being made public.

michaelwest.com.au

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

No shit, Sherlock.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 17h

Making a mockery of the law: judicial treatment of non-volent direct action
Judicial refusal to allow people to say why they are protesting is both illegal and immoral

westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/hum...

Making a mockery of the law: judicial treatment of non-volent direct action

Judicial refusal to allow people to say why they are protesting is both illegal and immoral

westenglandbylines.co.uk

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Tim Rust @timrust.bsky.social · 17h

Yes. Speers is just useless; Uhlmann is knowingly malign

Peter Relph ᴀᴜ @peterrelph.bsky.social · 17h

www.livescience.com/37704-phi-go...

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Lisa the Antifascist “Leftist”🇦🇺 @lisatellstruth.bsky.social · 1d

JFC

watching @theshot.net.au

@ronnisalt.bsky.social revealed NACC has received 6000 referrals for investigation of serious corruption allegations

To date it has found a total of:

1. Middle level manager GUILTY

#auspol

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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @mylesjaybee.bsky.social · 18h

Every billionaire is proof millions of people, somewhere, are being robbed of a life worth living.
#SocialistSunday

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