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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1h

Trump has gone totally mad. It's 25th Amendment time all day, every day. He's living in a totally invented, fictional world. And he's old and in ill-health.

It's outrageous, reckless, choose your word that Republicans haven't done more to deal with this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump: "The restaurants were all closing, now you can't get into a restaurant. They're opening up new restaurants. It took 12 days for us. We sent in not politically correct military. We sent them in based on merit."

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 52m

"Israelis make clear that the only thing that would force their government to agree to a two-state solution would be economic sanctions by the international community.

Israelis and their lobby groups around the world dread the prospect of what happened to apartheid South Africa" - John Lyons

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 4h

In the tragic arc of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Donald Trump may have closed the latest — and most violent — chapter.

Trump deserves credit for stopping the fighting, but his key claim is overblown

In the tragic arc of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Donald Trump may have closed the latest — and most violent — chapter.

www.abc.net.au

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 19h

Ludicrous. The NACC is supposed to be independent but Brereton keeps working for the ADF while overseeing potential corruption investigations about it?
The Kathryn Campbell conflict wasn't enough to demonstrate how costly and damaging this is? That mistake already cost the NACC $1.2m to rectify.

Corruption watchdog head 'consulted' for ADF inspector general 11 times

Paul Brereton and Labor politicians had previously stated he had stepped away from the body and resigned as assistant inspector-general of the ADF prior to taking on the top integrity job.

www.abc.net.au

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Antfarmer @antfarmer.bsky.social · 2h

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Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social · 1d

Trump makes peace in the Middle East, and war at home…

My new column: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

Trump, the Self-Styled “President of PEACE” Abroad, Makes War at Home

The President’s martial rhetoric against fellow-Americans is a striking contrast with his push for an end to hostilities in Gaza.

www.newyorker.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19h

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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Antfarmer @antfarmer.bsky.social · 17h

Can you believe this grotesque grifting pig of of a man thinks he’s a ‘journalist’. He still hasn’t paid a cent. Jail the bastard.

Alex Jones Asks Supreme Court to Halt $1.4 Billion Payment to Sandy Hook Families www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Alex Jones Asks Supreme Court to Halt $1.4 Billion Payment to Sandy Hook Families

www.nytimes.com

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Antfarmer @antfarmer.bsky.social · 19h

Why are the world’s media obsessed with Donald Fucking Trump and the Nobel peace prize ? He can’t get it and he fucking well shouldn’t get it under any circumstances for anything.

Move on.

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Antfarmer @antfarmer.bsky.social · 20h

Unbelievable. Kicked out for questioning sports gambling lobbyist infiltration. What has this country become? Or is that a naive question ?😏

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 23h

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club

Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby Independent ACT senator David Pocock – a former Wallabies captain – been banned from attending parliament house’s social sports club after raising concern about its sponsorship by the gambling industry. The former rugby star was on Thursday night told he was no longer welcome at Australian Parliament Sports Club events, and accused of politicising the organisation. He has been removed from group chats discussing its events. Continue reading...

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Antfarmer @antfarmer.bsky.social · 21h

Stinkingly corrupt. God one day these fuckers will face justice.

Narrator: No they won’t.

Sheryl @sheryd01.bsky.social · 1d

And here is the real reason he was placed there.

www.axios.com/2025/10/07/f...

FBI shuts down corruption group, fires agents after they monitored GOP lawmakers

The firings come after Fox News reported agents had monitored communications from nearly a dozen Republican senators.

www.axios.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This is the way

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

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Antfarmer @antfarmer.bsky.social · 1d

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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 21d

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

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Antfarmer @antfarmer.bsky.social · 1d

I’d like to see Greta Thunberg get the Nobel peace prize and send that demented narcissist to his grave in rage. #nobelprize

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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 1d

The days of “she‘ll be right, mate” are over, and all thinking Australians need to take action against ecocide and genocide and not let one 22-year-old woman take the burden of the crises of the world on her shoulders. #auspol #GretaThunberg #Gaza

Is Greta Thunberg the lone voice for justice in our world?

As the world moves from one crisis to another and our politicians ignore the immense injustices that are happening in their nation and in the world, what do ordinary non-violent citizens do to let their politicians know they aren’t happy with their lack of moral and ethical fortitude?

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Antfarmer @antfarmer.bsky.social · 1d

I muted the reply guy.

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Antfarmer @antfarmer.bsky.social · 1d

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 1d

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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Antfarmer @antfarmer.bsky.social · 1d

Israel: hold that prize

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

BREAKING: Israeli war planes continue to launch raids on Gaza City as Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire announcement, according to an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent on the ground.

🔴 LIVE update: aje.io/xqppys

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Antfarmer @antfarmer.bsky.social · 1d

From the SMH today

“Did the US president hasten the deal so that he could beat the Friday deadline for the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize winner? So it seems.”

Demented clown.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

Annals in sane-washing. When I checked NYT, WSJ, Politico, and WaPo for a story abt how Trump invited PizzaGate guy to the White House and declared an end to the First Amendment, this single story that mentioned it was on top of WaPo. Now it's buried.

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A story headlined, Trump builds case for deploying National Guard to Chicago, Portland The president said he would pursue designating antifa a "foreign terrorist organization" and called for Democratic officials in Chicago to be jailed.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday looked to bolster his public case for deploying the National Guard to Chicago and Portland, Oregon, cities where he claims Democrat politicians have failed to protect journalists and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from people whom he sees as left-wing domestic terrorists.

Trump said during a televised meeting at the White House that he would pursue designating antifa as a “foreign terrorist organization” — a label that would allow for key financial and legal penalties because foreign entities are not protected by the First Amendment. Proponents of antifa — a political protest movement composed of unaffiliated groups — militantly oppose fascism, right-wing ideologies and are often anti-capitalist or anti-state.

Trump also repeated a call he had made earlier in the day for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, both Democrats, to be jailed, accusing them without evidence of “failing to protect” ICE officers who have been sent to the city.

His statements and other remarks given by top aides during a 2½-hour event laid out a legal and moral case for the administration’s push to send National Guard troops into U.S. cities. Designated foreign terrorist groups can face financial sanctions imposed by the Treasury Department. The Justice Department can prosecute supporters under enhanced charges of providing “material support” to a terrorist group.

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Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 1d

like fucking clockwork.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

BREAKING: Israeli war planes continue to launch raids on Gaza City as Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire announcement, according to an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent on the ground.

🔴 LIVE update: aje.io/xqppys

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Antfarmer @antfarmer.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t need to answer that. 😒 I’ll believe it when I see it and more importantly what happens after. If it’s all for show for the Friday Nobel peace prize deadline - as it appears - then the contempt deepens.

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Antfarmer @antfarmer.bsky.social · 1d

The utter contempt I have for cretins like Piers Morgan blowing smoke up Trump’s arse for a yet to happen ceasefire after all he’s done to destroy Gaza over the past year, the Gaza Riviera brochures, funding IDF monsters all the while waging domestic war on his political rivals and citizens. 😡

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