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Petrooka 🇨🇦 @petrooka.bsky.social · 1d

“When the American empire finally collapses,
historians won't be stunned by the greed of the elite;

They'll be stunned by the loyalty of the poor.”

Very interesting read👇

blog.ryanmerket.com/the-great-am...

The Great American Betrayal: How the Poor Worshipped Their Robbers and Rigged Their Own Democracy

When the American empire finally crumbles — and make no mistake, empires fall as surely as the sun sets — historians will sift through the…

blog.ryanmerket.com

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Sarah @aussiegal.bsky.social · 21h

How fabulous!! I’ll be turning in from Australia!!🇦🇺

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 3d

not sure how long they were planning on keeping this going but just hypothetically do we think Texas National Guard owns Chicago-grade winter coats

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 3d

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 5d

Are yall ever just sitting around and out of the blue you remember — again — that all of this is because of ONE Black President?!!

Just the one!!

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 5d

Larissa Waters says the govt must call on the Israel ambassador to “let those 6 Australians” who’ve been illegally detained by Israel from a flotilla “be free and come home” & that if the ambassador is not prepared to do that, he should be expelled.💥 #Abcinsiders

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Sarah @aussiegal.bsky.social · 5d

This is just infuriating. It immediately triggers lack of trust in politics. People need to see social justice occurring in Australia or we will fall down the path of American politics. Lack of immediate and consequential action for money grabbing men is how we got to the current world ‘situation’

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The Dangerous Ones @thedangerousones.com · 5d

This.
Is.
Brilliant.

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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 5d

The regime is acting this way because there are no consequences so it is clear that consequences—the development of them, the advocacy for them, the imposition on bad behavior—are the answer to our crisis.

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Kent Parkstreet, Laird of Doofus @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 6d

"Immigration is out of control. Not enough houses are being built. People are feeling the pressures in the cities so I think there is a pathway to victory,"

Andrew Hastie

ABC News

Anyone who sees a housing shortage in terms of electoral advantage, not in terms of offering solutions, isn’t fit.

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Paul Boland @paulobear.bsky.social · 5d

- Closed borders btwn 2022/23 & 06/24 meant 636,000 LESS migrants came than expected
- Migrants pay more in taxes than they claim in welfare
- perm migrants yr 2018/19 per person- avrge positive contribution of $127,000 more than Aust pop = $20 bill
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/economy...

Everything that’s wrong with this immigration debate

As anti-immigration sentiment is politicised around the world, new arrivals to Australia are being portrayed as detrimental to the economy – when in fact the opposite is true.

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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Tony Martin @tonymartin.bsky.social · 7d

As the headline suggests, the looming disaster is PETER VAN ONSELEN.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 8d

The Government is now shut down, but apparently nobody called the school in the Bronx that had come to the Capitol for their tour today, so they're getting the treat of a lifetime since AOC agreed to give them the tour herself!
I’m loving this for all of them!

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 8d

Treat the president’s statements seriously, as he intends far more severe consequences than this.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 9d

The president said, in a televised speech, that he's sending his new, less restrained, more violent military into US cities to practice their brutality on immigrants and minorities, to better train them to apply that brutality to other countries.

He said this out loud.

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Sarah @aussiegal.bsky.social · 10d

More of this needs to happen 👏🏻

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🦋MOM🦋 @momcjl.bsky.social · 13d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13d

JUST NOW AT THE UN…

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🜲 James @jamesskeets.blacksky.app · 13d

Through her creative platform, Saint Heron, Solange has launched The Saint Heron Library, a digital archive dedicated to making rare and out-of-print works by Black authors, poets, and artists accessible to all.

🔗 library.saintheron.com

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Sarah @aussiegal.bsky.social · 13d

This is the epidemic.

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🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋 @sebastiangarof5.bsky.social · 14d

Let’s make sure we wish Mark @markhamillofficial.bsky.social a Happy Birthday today. 🔄

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Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 14d

A meme image showing Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump standing on a gold-colored escalator that appears to have stopped working during an incident at the UN. Trump, in a navy suit and red tie, stares forward with a stern expression while Melania, in a white blazer, rests her hand on the rail and looks sideways. The caption above the photo reads: “A convicted felon and his immigrant wife stuck on an escalator.”

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Lord Jeffrey of Sherwood #FBPE @onemoregoodman.bsky.social · 14d

What a brittle, petty, thin-skinned, pathetic narcissist he is.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump demands inquiry over UN 'triple sabotage'

The US president called the incidents that included an escalator and teleprompter mishap "a real disgrace".

www.bbc.com

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Sarah @aussiegal.bsky.social · 15d

Labor could seize this moment with both hands and install some major changes.
-Truth in media reform
- Tax the wealthy
- Add to Medicare
- Cancel HECS Debts
- Fund education
- Authoritarianism reform and zero tolerance of NAZI voice
- Climate change action
There is more.
Now👏🏻Is👏🏻The👏🏻Time

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