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Once described in HuffPost as “one of the brightest minds on the planet”… (true) but I’m pretty sure that journo was high. (also true).
Founder MiVote | Global Democracy Activist | Author | Dilettante polymath
📍Bunurong, Turrbal and Yuggera Country.
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📍Bunurong, Turrbal and Yuggera Country.
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@demwar.bsky.social
· Mar 31
Vote like your best mate is indigenous, your daughter is gay, your uncle is on NDIS, your brother is on the poverty line, your neighbour is an immigrant and your kids have to live on this planet for decades after you leave.
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Breaking on MS NOW:
Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.
The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.
Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.
The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.
January 30, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Breaking on MS NOW:
Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.
The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.
Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.
The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.
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This guy? Some of the Epstein rapists got consequence eventually although their victims from these days got none.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What women said "Melania" director Brett Ratner did to them
The First Lady’s documentary premiere marks the return of a director accused of sexual violence by six actresses in 2017.
www.motherjones.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:36 PM
This guy? Some of the Epstein rapists got consequence eventually although their victims from these days got none.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Melania can say "twenty-five dollars" in seven languages.
January 31, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Melania can say "twenty-five dollars" in seven languages.
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The director of Melania movie
January 31, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The director of Melania movie
The thing that is most reprehensible about Megyn Kelly is that she doesn’t even have the integrity to stand up against the very people who once attacked her.
She is a sad, pathetic, weak, mean loser.
And she should be afraid of Nuremberg style trials. She really should.
She is a sad, pathetic, weak, mean loser.
And she should be afraid of Nuremberg style trials. She really should.
Megyn Kelly: "Stephen Miller is trying to save young girls. Kara Swisher will never have to worry about being murdered in her bathtub." Kelly then proceeds to call the Nuremberg trials unamerican.
January 31, 2026 at 9:43 PM
The thing that is most reprehensible about Megyn Kelly is that she doesn’t even have the integrity to stand up against the very people who once attacked her.
She is a sad, pathetic, weak, mean loser.
And she should be afraid of Nuremberg style trials. She really should.
She is a sad, pathetic, weak, mean loser.
And she should be afraid of Nuremberg style trials. She really should.
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Q: Do you have comment on the career prosecutors that are resigning in Minneapolis?
BLANCHE: *walks away*
BLANCHE: *walks away*
January 30, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Q: Do you have comment on the career prosecutors that are resigning in Minneapolis?
BLANCHE: *walks away*
BLANCHE: *walks away*
Peter Thiel is a real life Bond villain. He is the most dangerous man in the world aside from Putin.
He must be stopped, no matter the price.
He must be stopped, no matter the price.
What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here
Peter Thiel's data company is powering ICE operations in the US. In part 2 of the Nerve’s Palantir series, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social argues that the UK will be next - and we map Thiel’s network🧵
www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
Peter Thiel's data company is powering ICE operations in the US. In part 2 of the Nerve’s Palantir series, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social argues that the UK will be next - and we map Thiel’s network🧵
www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
January 31, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Peter Thiel is a real life Bond villain. He is the most dangerous man in the world aside from Putin.
He must be stopped, no matter the price.
He must be stopped, no matter the price.
The emails are a distraction. The videos are the evidence that will lock people away.
If the FBI wasn’t a pedo protection agency rapists would already be in court.
If the FBI wasn’t a pedo protection agency rapists would already be in court.
In 2013, Jeffrey Epstein invited Elon Musk to hang out with him and Woody Allen, of all people!, in the Caribbean.
Musk said ‘Yes.’ (Per DOJ files).
He has so much explaining to do.
Musk said ‘Yes.’ (Per DOJ files).
He has so much explaining to do.
January 31, 2026 at 12:56 PM
The emails are a distraction. The videos are the evidence that will lock people away.
If the FBI wasn’t a pedo protection agency rapists would already be in court.
If the FBI wasn’t a pedo protection agency rapists would already be in court.
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"Another allegation is from a woman who claims she was 13 yrs old & pregnant in 1984 when she was forced to perform oral sex acts. She told the feds she was sex trafficked by high-profile individuals & that Trump regularly paid her money to force her to perform sex acts."
tinyurl.com/4n7f8taz
tinyurl.com/4n7f8taz
January 31, 2026 at 12:23 PM
"Another allegation is from a woman who claims she was 13 yrs old & pregnant in 1984 when she was forced to perform oral sex acts. She told the feds she was sex trafficked by high-profile individuals & that Trump regularly paid her money to force her to perform sex acts."
tinyurl.com/4n7f8taz
tinyurl.com/4n7f8taz
Notice the redacting of the perpetrators, insiders and co-conspirators.
This is the opposite of justice.
This is the opposite of justice.
January 31, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Notice the redacting of the perpetrators, insiders and co-conspirators.
This is the opposite of justice.
This is the opposite of justice.
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Remember that time I ended up in court with Elon Musk after he bet me the cave diver was a pedo?
Anyway, here’s Elon begging Jeffrey Epstein for crazy parties on his private island, several years after Epstein was convicted of sex trafficking girls.
Anyway, here’s Elon begging Jeffrey Epstein for crazy parties on his private island, several years after Epstein was convicted of sex trafficking girls.
January 31, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Remember that time I ended up in court with Elon Musk after he bet me the cave diver was a pedo?
Anyway, here’s Elon begging Jeffrey Epstein for crazy parties on his private island, several years after Epstein was convicted of sex trafficking girls.
Anyway, here’s Elon begging Jeffrey Epstein for crazy parties on his private island, several years after Epstein was convicted of sex trafficking girls.
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Remember where I was driving the afternoon in Austin, TX I heard on NPR that #SCOTUS chose “Citizens United” and declared corporations people! Bad for 🇺🇸 “Citizens”, empowering corporations opening the floodgates for international/domestic bribery and corporate influence.
And here we are.
And here we are.
January 31, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Remember where I was driving the afternoon in Austin, TX I heard on NPR that #SCOTUS chose “Citizens United” and declared corporations people! Bad for 🇺🇸 “Citizens”, empowering corporations opening the floodgates for international/domestic bribery and corporate influence.
And here we are.
And here we are.
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‘Melania’ might be the biggest bomb ever dropped by a US government
January 31, 2026 at 1:54 AM
‘Melania’ might be the biggest bomb ever dropped by a US government
Of course #Epstein is first and foremost about rich men using their power and status to rape young girls and cover it up but it is also about the President of the United States being so compromised that release of the evidence has led him to commit treason.
Both truths require justice.
Both truths require justice.
January 31, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Of course #Epstein is first and foremost about rich men using their power and status to rape young girls and cover it up but it is also about the President of the United States being so compromised that release of the evidence has led him to commit treason.
Both truths require justice.
Both truths require justice.
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institutions are crumbling. 1st Amendment rights are going wobbly, charges against a journalist covering #Minneapolis . We still don’t know the names of the officers who killed Alex Pretti. And the president is sucking up all the taxpayer money he can. www.thebulwark.com/p/defang-ice...
Defang ICE → Save the Midterms
The fight over ICE isn’t just about civil rights. It’s about free and fair elections, too.
www.thebulwark.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:55 PM
institutions are crumbling. 1st Amendment rights are going wobbly, charges against a journalist covering #Minneapolis . We still don’t know the names of the officers who killed Alex Pretti. And the president is sucking up all the taxpayer money he can. www.thebulwark.com/p/defang-ice...
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January 25, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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We are hearing nothing about the fate of people currently taken by ICE. Where are they being sent? What is happening to them?
January 30, 2026 at 11:14 PM
We are hearing nothing about the fate of people currently taken by ICE. Where are they being sent? What is happening to them?
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Fun fact: the star of the new "Melania" infomercial also featured in the Epstein Files franchise.
January 29, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Fun fact: the star of the new "Melania" infomercial also featured in the Epstein Files franchise.
Just a reminder that the FBI is being used as a pedo protection agency.
Very normal stuff folks.
Very normal stuff folks.
January 30, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Just a reminder that the FBI is being used as a pedo protection agency.
Very normal stuff folks.
Very normal stuff folks.
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By arresting Don Lemon, Trump is acknowledging that social media and podcasters are damaging him.
Republicans have bought up all the Main Stream Media but independent journalism is hitting back hard on the truth.
Republicans have bought up all the Main Stream Media but independent journalism is hitting back hard on the truth.
January 30, 2026 at 1:36 PM
By arresting Don Lemon, Trump is acknowledging that social media and podcasters are damaging him.
Republicans have bought up all the Main Stream Media but independent journalism is hitting back hard on the truth.
Republicans have bought up all the Main Stream Media but independent journalism is hitting back hard on the truth.
I hope Alcaraz wins tomorrow.
Not just because I can’t stand Djokovic but mainly because Sinner was saved by the heat rule (should have lost to Spizzirri) and Djokovic was saved by injury (should have lost to Musetti). Neither deserve the title.
#AusOpen
Not just because I can’t stand Djokovic but mainly because Sinner was saved by the heat rule (should have lost to Spizzirri) and Djokovic was saved by injury (should have lost to Musetti). Neither deserve the title.
#AusOpen
January 30, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I hope Alcaraz wins tomorrow.
Not just because I can’t stand Djokovic but mainly because Sinner was saved by the heat rule (should have lost to Spizzirri) and Djokovic was saved by injury (should have lost to Musetti). Neither deserve the title.
#AusOpen
Not just because I can’t stand Djokovic but mainly because Sinner was saved by the heat rule (should have lost to Spizzirri) and Djokovic was saved by injury (should have lost to Musetti). Neither deserve the title.
#AusOpen
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It is at least a little bit funny that there's a whole brand of car where you have to put a special sticker on it claiming that you're not a piece of shit
January 30, 2026 at 7:47 PM
It is at least a little bit funny that there's a whole brand of car where you have to put a special sticker on it claiming that you're not a piece of shit
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I agree. If a President cannot be impeached and removed after this, then nothing would pass the bar.
January 30, 2026 at 10:37 PM
I agree. If a President cannot be impeached and removed after this, then nothing would pass the bar.