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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 80th day out of the last 92.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
Inpex quietly admitted that its Ichthys LNG project drastically underreported its emissions of the cancer-causing chemical benzene by more than 13,000%.

The gas industry is continuing to harm our health and our climate, yet our governments are failing to act.

#auspol
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Breaking News: President Trump pardoned the billionaire founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, Changpeng Zhao. Zhao admitted in 2023 to money-laundering violations that allowed terrorists, drug traffickers and other criminals to move money on the platform. nyti.ms/3J9mazz
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Trump’s scare tactics and the uncertainty in the economy is why people are lining up to invest in gold.

‘When things get scary, people flock to gold. This is why they’re all lining up at the ABC bullion store in Martin Place.’

- Greg Jericho, Chief Economist

@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
Could there be things she’d prefer you not see? 🤔
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Unidentified bodies with missing limbs washed ashore on Trinidad’s coast after the U.S. carried out its first strike on a boat in the Caribbean. In Trinidad, some are questioning whether the prime minister’s hesitance to cross the Trump administration is keeping residents from getting answers.
A Mystery in Trinidad as Bodies Wash Ashore After U.S. Strikes
The U.S. campaign targeting what it says is drug trafficking from Venezuela has exposed Trinidad to the fallout: unidentified bodies with burn marks and missing limbs showing up in its territory.
nyti.ms
Dangerous. Stupid. Fascistic. WRONG. 👿 #TrumpFelon
ICE now has a budget bigger than most militaries around the world and has increased spending on weapons.

It's also engaging in a race to recruit 10,000 new agents who will eventually be out in American streets.

Some will be vetted, but how many unqualified recruits will fall through the cracks?
Centrelink illegally cancelled Daniel’s jobseeker payment. He fought back against the system – and won @albomp.bsky.social This is appalling! Thought it was only LNP punishing the poor! But NO @australianlabor.bsky.social continues the nasty illegal practices of John Howard. #ScrapMutualObligation
Karoline Leavitt is a complete disgrace.

Her violent and unhinged rhetoric is going to get someone killed.

These extremists are sick people.
Analysis by The Australia Institute reveals that replacing the broken Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) with a flat 25% tax on gas exports, as suggested by the ACTU, would raise more than $17 billion a year, enough to quadruple Commonwealth spending on housing.

Read the full release below:
Progressive patriotism: ACTU’s 25% gas export tax should replace broken PRRT
Analysis by The Australia Institute reveals that replacing the broken Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) with a flat 25% tax on gas exports, as suggested by the ACTU, would raise more than $17 billion...
australiainstitute.org.au
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New Australia Institute research reveals that QLD has missed out on almost $400 million after Adani sold discounted coal to Indian companies.

‘It’s time Australian governments started charging for Australian resources and stopped giving them away for free.’

@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
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This idiot keeps bragging about the 20 hostages being released in another country while he's kidnapping thousands of people a day here in America.

Fuck him and the fascism he rode in on.
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If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.
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Our governments are already caving in to pressure from the gas industry to export our domestic gas reserves.

90% of WA's gas is exported or used for export.

We don't have a gas shortage problem. We have a gas export problem.

@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
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BREAKING: AFR reports #Macquarie is backing another gas fracking pilot project in the Beetaloo Basin, this time for Tamboran Resources.

This comes just months after Macquarie received a 35% shareholder strike against its fossil fuel financing activity. #climate #auspol
Beetaloo gas to hit market in 2026, thanks to $75m NT guarantee
An unusual loan guarantee granted by the Northern Territory government has underscored how much gas from the project is needed.
www.afr.com
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com