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Pauline Hollywood @paulinehollywood.bsky.social · 1h

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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 8h

The Zionist lawsuits against @marykostakidis.bsky.social John Keane & Nick Riemer are a massive test for free speech in Australia, and costly. We check the claims. Keane kicks off in the morning.
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Zionists v Keane, Riemer, Kostakidis. Australia's massive test cases for free speech - Michael West

Zionist lawsuits against Mary Kostakidis and Sydney Uni academics John Keane and Nick Riemer are a mighty test case for free speech in Australia

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Pauline Hollywood @paulinehollywood.bsky.social · 2h

Since the Executive Council of Aust. Jewry (ECAJ) brought a complaint against a Muslim Cleric for criticizing lsrael, the IDF & Zionism, Justice Angus Stewart of the Federal Court of Australia ruled that #AntiZionism & criticism of #Israel is not #AntiSemitism.

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Australian law is clear: criticism of Israel does not breach the Racial Discrimination Act

The Federal Court recently found it is not inherently antisemitic to criticise the state of Israel or the Israel Defense Forces.

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Rosie de Kat 🌱🍉🍉 @rosiedekat.bsky.social · 3h

Zionists v Keane, Riemer, Kostakidis. Australia's massive test cases for free speech - Michael West

Zionist lawsuits against Mary Kostakidis and Sydney Uni academics John Keane and Nick Riemer are a mighty test case for free speech in Australia

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Bruce Williams @brucewilliams4.bsky.social · 4d

The context of the potential criminality of the 6 individuals referred by the Robodebt Royal Commission contributed to Justice Murphy awarding Robodebt victims $1.8B.

Yet more than 4 years after the RC, no single person has been made accountable.

Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 5d

ASIC doesn't prosecute bankers, or NACC the perpetrators of Robodebt.

@yelgeb.bsky.social on the blistering double standard in prosecuting white collars v blue, and protecting corporate reputations
#auspol #ANZ #austrac
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A culture of leniency. Exposing wrongdoing or protecting wrongdoers? - Michael West

Corporate regulator ASIC lets crooked bankers walk free, and the notional anti-corruption commission ignores Robodebt.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d

Trump gets boosted.
His followers get buried.

If you haven’t gotten your updated COVID or flu shot yet go do it. Science doesn’t care about politics, but politics sure cost us a lot of lives.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump just got a COVID booster at Walter Reed, per the White House physician.

Let’s be clear this is the same guy who downplayed the virus, mocked masks, and turned lifesaving vaccines into a political wedge that cost hundreds of thousands of lives.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 10h

What’s happening right now should terrify every American. We’re sliding toward empty shelves, broken systems, and a government run by chaos. This week on @meidastouch.com, I break down how close we really are and what we can do to stop it.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

Meiselas: Trump says he’s focusing right now on laying off the Democratic agencies and government employees, whatever that means. Again, completely pathetic behavior, and in normal times, this would be impeachable and/or 25th Amendment territory.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15h

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Let's make hope normal again.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

“Britain is a nation of neighbours, not strangers — and it’s time we built a politics of hope that reflects that.”

Zack Polanski with a message of unity and hope having been out door knocking Handsworth today.

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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 1d

No wonder the NPC cancelled Chris Hedges

His sober take on this sham peace deal would scare the so called journslists who have forgotten what real reporting should be

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Trump’s Sham Peace Plan

There will be no peace in Gaza. Only the temporary absence of war.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Yet another victim of Israel's #GazaGenocide.

Thank you, Matthew Doran, for your compassionate journalism.

Matthew Doran @matthewdoran1.bsky.social · 1d

In August we reported on the story of 12 year old Huda, suffering extreme malnutrition. Her hair was falling out, and she didn't have enough energy to get out of bed.

We're hearing reports that Huda died in recent days.

Here's our story from August:
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Malnourished Huda needs treatment outside of Gaza — but she can't leave

Hospitals in Gaza are having to divert resources to treating surging cases of malnutrition as starvation takes hold across the strip. Meanwhile, children who need treatment are waiting to be evacuated...

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 1d

World has reached a ‘critical turning point’ in switch to renewable energy www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...

World has reached a ‘critical turning point’ in switch to renewable energy

Solar and wind power outpaced the growth in worldwide electricity demand

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 1d

“This war is absolutely about displacement & ethnic cleansing, the right-wing fever dreams encouraged & fomented by the PM.

Likud, Netanyahu's party, has organized a conference called "Preparing for Settlement in Gaza," headlined by 9 Knesset members, for Oct 21, 2025.”
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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 1d

By Chris Hedges:

“Why are Palestinians, who have a right under international law to armed struggle against an occupying power, expected to disarm while Israel, the illegally occupying force, is not?”
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Trump’s Sham Peace Plan

There will be no peace in Gaza. Only the temporary absence of war.

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Al Quds News Network @alqudsnewsnet.bsky.social · 1d

The Egyptian Committee in the Gaza Strip is using large trucks to transport displaced persons from Khan Yunis, Al-Qarara, and Deir al-Balah to Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip, free of charge.

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Al Quds News Network @alqudsnewsnet.bsky.social · 1d

*🚫Civil Defense in Gaza:*

▪️ There are 9500 Gazans missing in the Gaza Trip.

▪️ More than 300,000 citizens have arrived in the city of Gaza since the ceasefire.

▪️ There are no tents or ready-made houses to shelter the citizens returning from the southern regions.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

Lebanese president condemns Israeli attack on Msayleh as a 'blatant aggression' against civilian infrastructure.

Intensive Israeli air strikes kill one, injure seven in southern Lebanon

Lebanese president condemns Israeli attack on Msayleh as a 'blatant aggression' against civilian infrastructure.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

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Pauline Hollywood @paulinehollywood.bsky.social · 22h

The Israeli media is reporting on a ‘secret clause’ in the Gaza ceasefire deal that no one is talking about mondoweiss.net/2025/10/the-...

The Israeli media is reporting on a ‘secret clause’ in the Gaza ceasefire deal that no one is talking about

Hebrew-language Israeli media reports say there is a “secret clause” buried in the Gaza ceasefire agreement that would allow Israel to resume the war. Palestinians worry this is the pretext Netanyahu ...

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NewJukeboxCafe 🇨🇦 📎 @newjukeboxcafe.bsky.social · 1d

NEWS | HUMAN RIGHTS
Despite Ceasefire, Netanyahu Vows Return to “Hard Way” If Hamas Isn’t Disarmed
Netanyahu made his threat in an address just before the first phase of the ceasefire went into effect.
By Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT October 10, 2025

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Despite Ceasefire, Netanyahu Vows Return to “Hard Way” If Hamas Isn’t Disarmed

Netanyahu made his threat in an address just before the first phase of the ceasefire went into effect.

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Pauline Hollywood @paulinehollywood.bsky.social · 1d

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Pauline Hollywood @paulinehollywood.bsky.social · 2d

It's not even feasible to contemplate how the Trump/ Netanyahu/Blair/Kushner #20PointPlan will bring peace.

There's 0 guarantee that #PalestineWillBeFree of the #IsraeliOccupation.

Armed terrorist settlers are killing Palestinians, driving them off their land as we speak.
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Pauline Hollywood @paulinehollywood.bsky.social · Sep 8

It's not a war; it's a planned genocide aided with the unconditional assistance of US/UK/Germany towards the Zionist plan to wipe Palestine off the face of the earth!

Trump’s SHOCKING Plan for Greater Israel - AKA #EretzIsrael - EXPOSED:

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Pauline Hollywood @paulinehollywood.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s Sham Peace Plan
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Trump’s Sham Peace Plan

There will be no peace in Gaza. Only the temporary absence of war.

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