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Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 1h

Presidential immunity + Power of the pardon = zero criminal justice

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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 1h

Power of the pardon must be repealed, the abuse is unacceptable and must be stopped! One man having that much power and abusing it, is all Americans needed to see…

www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

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LynnZ 🦋 @zizij.bsky.social · 4h

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Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 1h

Now that Trump has 'lost' the Nobel Peace Prize is the Gaza peace deal over?

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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 6h

Stephen Keim: @MaryKostakidis “was acting in accord with orthodox judgments and actions concerning publication made by editors and journalists around the world on a daily basis”. #auspol #ZFA

Judge allows Kostakidis ‘antisemitism’ case to proceed

Justice Stephen McDonald told the court, in the course of a six-minute hearing on Thursday, that the contention the Zionist Federation of Australia had no case against journalist Mary Kostakidis had to be determined at trial, reports Joe Lauria.

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Samuel Spade @samspade1941.bsky.social · 6h

Modi's been flooding Canada with thugs, gangsters, and contract killers.

The Indian govt is using Indian international students in Canada as assassins.

Canada needs to do more to protect Sikh-Canadians from Hindu oppression/violence.

#cdnpoli #uspol #ukpol #auspol

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Shooter was on student visa when Bishnoi gang hired him to threaten Punjabi musician AP Dhillon | CBC News

A man hired to "terrorize" Punjabi singer AP Dhillon at the behest of the Bishnoi gang came to Canada at age 21 on a student visa, according to court records obtained by CBC News. But the judge who se...

www.cbc.ca

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Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 18h

"By negotiating with the Coalition, Labor demonstrates its contempt for the millions of Labor, Greens & teal-independent voters who want polluting projects rejected, and Australia’s forests, rivers, deserts and oceans protected" australiainstitute.org.au/post/this-sh...

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Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 22h

A lovely tribute to Virginia Woolf with the discovery and publication of three early short stories youtu.be/baW3meZQzCw

Collection of Virginia Woolf's lost stories published nearly 80 years after her death

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 23h

I love a good turn of phrase... like this one "The Colonial Viceroy Tony Blair"

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Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 1d

"As a longtime Goldstein resident (40 years, I’ve watched Tim Wilson with exasperation and disbelief. His recent interview in The Age’s Inside Politics podcast is the latest chapter in a saga of rhetoric that promises the world but delivers zilch" suebarrett.substack.com/p/tim-wilson...

Tim Wilson's "Big Liberal Energy": A Masterclass in Political Hot Air

From IPA ideologue to "moderate" chameleon, Goldstein's MP delivers rhetoric without results

suebarrett.substack.com

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LisaZed 👩🏻‍🎨 🌏 🐨🌳 @lisazed.bsky.social · 1d

The evidence is clear showing Deloitte
has breached the federal governments supplier code of conduct on ethical behaviour and should be banned from further consultancy work.
#auspol

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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 1d

What is wild about this story is that Deloitte has been allowed to keep 80% of the massive fees it charged for using ChatGPT to produce rubbish and passing it off as actual work. (One might add, why was a consulting firm purporting to give legal advice anyway, hmmm?)

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Hey @albomp.bsky.social - tell us more about our 'special relationship' and 'shared values' with this fascist regime? #auspol

NPR @npr.org · 1d

BREAKING: New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted on one count of bank fraud, after steady pressure from President Trump to prosecute one of his longtime political foes.

Letitia James, who prosecuted Trump in N.Y., is indicted on one count of bank fraud

The indictment comes after steady pressure from President Trump to prosecute James, who successfully sued Trump and his company for inflating the value of some of its properties.

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Samuel Spade @samspade1941.bsky.social · 1d

Hungary is a ruSSian proxy and is an existential threat to Europe.

#uspol #cdnpoli #ukpol #auspol #espionage

www.dw.com/en/hungary-f...

Hungary found to have sent agents to spy on EU — report – DW – 10/09/2025

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban secretly sent agents to spy on European Union institutions in Brussels for years, according to a report published by a Belgian newspaper.

www.dw.com

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Tony Cartledge @decentral21.bsky.social · 1d

Hopefully this is a sign of things to come: crossbenchers wielding their veto power for the good of the nation. That link doesn't work but this one does. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

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glassdarkly @dyode.bsky.social · 1d

We have a treaty with this nation?
#auspol

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 1d

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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Colleen Strider 📎 @wetdreamteam.bsky.social · 1d

www.climate200.com.au/petition/hel...

#Auspol

Help Katya send a message

www.climate200.com.au

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Leroy @leroylynch.bsky.social · 1d

A Queensland man has been charged over an alleged death threat against Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and refused bail
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... #auslaw #auspol
note the history of criminal violence and once calling himself a sovereign citizen

Man accused of threatening to kill PM allegedly wrote he was ready to 'sacrifice' himself

A Queensland man accused of threatening to kill the prime minister has been refused bail, with a magistrate describing his alleged threats as "deeply disturbing."

www.abc.net.au

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Kiera @kieragorden.bsky.social · 1d

October 9, 2012. Thirteen years ago today - one of the greatest speeches in Australian parliamentary history: #JuliaGillard’s #TonyAbbott #misogyny speech. #AusPol

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Eleanor Padman @ellie1p.bsky.social · 1d

Horrible reporting from the ABC describing China as “once a climate villain”. Actually no, on a per capita basis and since industrialisation they are middle of the pack. Whereas Australia 👇

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Graph showing global emissions on a per capita basis since 1750.

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Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 1d

One of my fabourite moments in the Robodebt RC... when the Commissioner suggested a million dollar Report was either never actually written or was disappeared by a 'nod and a wink'.

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Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 1d

If Kathryn Campbell won't pay, Brereton should ... to remind 'les autres' www.themonthly.com.au/share/19477e...

Brereton for the NACCery?

A key architect of the corruption commission calls for its head to resign after the latest controversy

www.themonthly.com.au

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Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 1d

I like that Julia Gillard is right behind her

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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 2d

Today I’m suggesting an amendment to the government’s proposed legislation for a Cente for Disease Control. I’m pushing the govt to include preventative health care- like considering the mental health impact of gambling harm- from its first day.

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Kate-Eviva @kate-eviva.bsky.social · 1d

Glad this has come to the fore. Google appears to be invading the internet and all
kinds of services here in Australia. Time ANIKA WELLS investigated their #bias algorithm to regain control of #public #health #education. Googling it is no longer reliable. #auspol

Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 2d

Bloody #MAGA Anti Health stance effecting Aussie Health initiatives by getting Google to block content. FUCK TRUMP

Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 2d

Google blocked STI awareness ads as ‘adult content’, health estimates hears

Google blocked ads for a commonwealth funded STI awareness campaign, lessening its reach and raising costs, Larissa Waters has told health estimates.

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