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YankAussie

@yankaussie.bsky.social

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American living in Australia, Woke AF, news junkie, ally 🌈, pro-choice💗, supporter of human rights, Celiac, nature lover, who likes funny cat/dog videos and people who don’t suck. 🇺🇸🇦🇺🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙🌊🗳️✊🏾🌏

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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · Sep 10

It is weird that the assassination of essentially a celebrity influencer is a bigger deal than the shooting of two top state legislators + their spouses

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YankAussie @yankaussie.bsky.social · Sep 10

I don’t condone political violence EVER, but I will leave this right here.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · Jun 19

Juneteenth calls us to understand the realities of our past, celebrate the resilience and achievements of Black Americans, and align the course of our country toward its founding creed of liberty and justice for all. Wishing everyone a meaningful Juneteenth!

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YankAussie @yankaussie.bsky.social · Jun 19

For profit detention centers and daily quotas for ICE, creates a system that needs be be fed bodies. They will grab the easiest ones to ensure they make their numbers. Horrifying consequences of a rogue system anointed by Trump, MAGA and Project 2025.

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A teen with no criminal background was deported by ICE, leaving his community aghast

Emerson Colindres’ coach says his case is an example of how those getting taken by ICE “are your friends and neighbors … and then one day they're just gone.”

www.nbcnews.com

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YankAussie @yankaussie.bsky.social · Jun 19

Trump has negotiated himself into a very tricky corner.

(Side note - Since Tucker Carlson and Tulsi Gabbard are both bankrolled by Putin, it now makes sense that they are actively pushing back on America getting involved in the war with Iran) 2/2

YankAussie @yankaussie.bsky.social · Jun 19

Putin needs Iran to stay relevant in the Middle East and the Saudi’s want Iran taken out. Both Putin and the Saudi’s own Trump in different ways - Trump’s pimping himself to the highest bidder will not end well with these close associates. 1/2

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dbnewtondoors.bsky.social @dbnewtondoors.bsky.social · Jun 12

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I won't say this is true, I have zero way of knowing. But if any of it is true the 2024 election has to ripped apart and investigated.

Please read this and think it through.

The 7 swing states going the way they did and the 7:00 PM call of the election was stunning!

She Won. They Didn't Just Change the Machines. They Rewired the Election.

How Leonard Leo's 2021 sale of an electronics firm enabled tech giants to subvert the 2024 election.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 13

"They took her in a car, in essence kidnapping her ... I met another young woman whose husband has quite literally disappeared" -- Newsom shares harrowing details of specific cases of ICE terrorizing immigrants in California

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YankAussie @yankaussie.bsky.social · Jun 13

Let’s just send them to the States and see how they fair as immigrants

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YankAussie @yankaussie.bsky.social · Jun 13

Yeah, nah

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YankAussie @yankaussie.bsky.social · Jun 13

You can keep them 😏

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YankAussie @yankaussie.bsky.social · Jun 13

Australia gets it

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Australians on Trump: dumb, dangerous and dishonest

A global survey shows Australians have some of the most negative attitudes in the world towards the US president.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · May 24

We have a president who virtually never thinks rationally, logically, or even in sequential steps. Nor can he fully comprehend causes and effects. His base of knowledge on virtually all subjects relating to governance and economics and world affairs is minimal. (1/2)

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YankAussie @yankaussie.bsky.social · May 24

Making Smog Great Again!

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · May 24

What?!?! The EPA has drafted a plan to eliminate all pollution controls from coal and gas-fired power plants. The agency claims these plants “do not contribute significantly” to dangerous pollution or climate change, arguing their emissions are a small and declining share of global totals.

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Marco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · May 9

HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center

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YankAussie @yankaussie.bsky.social · May 9

The arrest of the Newark mayor who was peacefully protesting a private ICE facility should terrify every American citizen. READ THIS ARTICLE 👇🏼
www.nj.com/essex/2025/0...

ICE officers arrest Newark mayor outside immigrant detention center

The arrest followed an intense struggle in which immigrant rights protestors surrounded Mayor Ras Baraka to try and prevent his arrest.

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YankAussie @yankaussie.bsky.social · May 8

May cooler heads prevail

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · May 8

What’s going on between India and Pakistan? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains ⤵️

YankAussie @yankaussie.bsky.social · May 4

Will Trump punish Australia for their clear rebutting of Trump like candidates? We rely on military support from the US.

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YankAussie @yankaussie.bsky.social · May 4

The result in Australia is exactly why US Republicans want to disenfranchise voters and make it as difficult as possible for people to cast their vote. Australia has a true democracy despite Murdoch’s best efforts. 3/3

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YankAussie @yankaussie.bsky.social · May 4

The key is: Mandatory voting, with preferential choices and a completely independent electoral commission overseeing the process to ensure a free & fair result that truely reflects the will of the people. 🪡 2/3

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YankAussie @yankaussie.bsky.social · May 4

Murdoch controls much of the media in Australia, so that makes the thumping results rejecting the conservative narrative even more impressive. 🪡🧵1/3

the flag of australia is waving in the wind

ALT: the flag of australia is waving in the wind

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YankAussie @yankaussie.bsky.social · May 3

What is crazy is that Trump could have just coasted on the amazing economy he inherited and then take credit for its continued success - but noooooo, he had to go in and break everything for everyone. 🤬

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YankAussie @yankaussie.bsky.social · May 3

I am a duel American/Australian citizen. I am always impressed with the electoral process in Australia - it truely delivers free and fair elections. If America embraced mandatory voting and an independent electoral commission, you would never have political chaos that it has now.

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YankAussie @yankaussie.bsky.social · May 2

Ahhh, not good!

💙🦋🌊 Political Americans 🌊🦋💙 @politicalamericans.bsky.social · May 2

An air traffic controller at Newark Airport just told MSNBC that "it is not safe to fly" in or out of Newark, which impacts how America travels.

The industry in the U.S. is short 3,000 air traffic controllers and struggling to maintain working parts for planes.

That's terrifying. People will die.

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