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Aaron Dodd

@aarondodd.bsky.social

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Melbourne/Gippsland - based small business owner. Progressive. Judo, NMFC. These are my personal views and opinions. Curmudgeon.

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jan 4

Note: If you repetitively use the words "duopoly" or "genocide" in your tweets I will probably inevitably mute or block you. #auspol

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 18

Rather than it being a snub, Trump chickened out of his meeting with Albanese. The gulf between Albanese's intellectual and moral clarity and Trump's would have been too embarrassing for him. That's why they call him #TACO. #auspol

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 16

Trump is obviously a socialist.

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 16

Mussolini famously said "Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power." This move by #Trump is fascism in its purest form. #auspol #uspolitics #NoKings www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/b...

‘Golden Share’ in U.S. Steel Gives Trump Extraordinary Control

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 15

While #Trump orchestrates and basks in the adulation of a DPRK-style military parade, proud American citizens begin their uprising against his fascism.

All power to them. If America's institutions can't save its democracy, it's people must.

#auspol #USPolitics #NoKings

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 13

What Judge? This is the result of the court's judgement. It's all over in the courts. And anyway, why would anybody want to save them.

Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 13

The Victorian Liberals are beyond help. Let them sink and start again #auspol #springst www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/13/m...

The Victorian Liberals are beyond help. Let them sink and start again

Despite the corruption rampant in Victoria, the Victorian Liberals remain obsessed with their own internal brawls, and remain unelectable. Genuine liberals may have to go elsewhere.

www.crikey.com.au

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 13

Like the citizens of 1930s Nazi Germany, US citizens have a choice. They can turn a blind eye to the atrocities of their government and leader and reap the consequences as the meek Germans did in WW2, OR they can stand up to fascism and end the tyranny now.
#auspol #Trump

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 13

#uspolitics #Trump #MAGA #LA #NoKingsProtest #auspol

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 12

The reliability of of coal. #auspol
www.afr.com/companies/en...

Outage at power station broadens Victoria’s energy crisis

The disruption at EnergyAustralia’s Yallourn coal power station comes as Victoria is already facing the risk of winter gas shortfalls on peak-demand days.

www.afr.com

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 12

Australia knows very well that Morrison is a corrupt pathological and compulsive liar. If he says #AUKUS is safe, Australia should plan for the exact opposite. #auspol

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 12

For anyone playing along at home the "bombshell decision" was an announcement that the NACC had found "no evidence of corruption or any intervention by either the Coalition or Albanese governments in the mediation process". #auspol

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 11

It's obviously time to review whether Pine Gap and the US Marines base in Darwin is "Australia First". #auspol #USPolitics #Trump

www.theage.com.au/world/north-...

AUKUS in doubt as US starts review into whether the deal is ‘America First’

The snap review comes just days before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and President Donald Trump attend a world leaders’ meeting in Canada.

www.theage.com.au

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 11

Scott Morrison’s King’s Birthday honour is an insult to the truth
#auspol
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

Scott Morrison's King's Birthday honour is an insult to the truth

Scott Morrison doesn’t need punishment, but Australia needs clarity. Because if Robodebt can be rewarded, then nothing is off limits.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 11

FFS. The Austrian President states "[the school shooting] is the darkest day in their history".

The Anschluss?
The mass deportation of Jews to death camps?
Mathausen Concentration Camp?

#auspol #Austria

Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 10

Nine myths about electric vehicles and who falls for them
#auspol
www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/auto/20...

Nine myths about electric vehicles and who falls for them

Electric vehicles are vital in the fight against climate change, but pervasive misinformation is a significant challenge to their uptake.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 10

Canada has been affected much more than us by Trump’s lunacy. So far we have not been threatened with annexation. Carney has had to take a tougher stance.

Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 10

For decades the American gun lobby justified its awful stance on the need for citizens to be armed so they could resist government over-reach.

If that moment is not now, when is it?

#auspol #uspolitics #Trump #LA

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 10

Australia needs to do the same. It especially needs to dump #AUKUS. Australia should not be allied with, and our ADF should not be integrated into the US military while it careens into a fascist dictatorship. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Canadian PM vows to boost defence spending and reduce dependency on US

Carney says Canada will hit Nato target of 2% of GDP five years ahead of schedule amid ‘dangerous and divided world’

www.theguardian.com

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 10

As Trump and his militia torch America, Albanese recklessly insists on business as usual via @crikey_news #auspol www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/10/d...

As Trump and his militia torch America, Albanese recklessly insists on business as usual

Anthony Albanese avoided talking about Australia's changing strategic circumstances during the election. But as Trump embraces fascism, he may not be able to much longer.

www.crikey.com.au

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 9

Americans elected a fascist as President. Now they're upset when that fascist does fascist things. Idiots.

#auspol #USPolitics #Trump #MAGA #LA

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 9

#Trump’s claim that the LA protesters are paid is pure psychological projection. Because he does not lift a finger unless there is money to be made from it, he assumes everybody else has the same debased corrupt "values" (for want of a better word. #auspol #USPolitics #MAGA

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 9

At least he or she would be an Australian and a resident.

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 8

Bless. @senpaterson actually thinks he and his diminished party are still relevant. #auspol
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

The Coalition says it’s open to tax reform – but there’s a catch

The federal opposition went to the last election opposing the government’s tax cuts. Now it says it backs tax reform on one condition.

www.theage.com.au

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 8

BREAKING: Former PM Scott Morrison has been awarded a record 7 Orders on Australia in this year's King's Birthday Honours List - one for every cabinet minister position he held. #auspol

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Aaron Dodd @aarondodd.bsky.social · Jun 8

Petition to revoke Scott Morrison's King's Birthday AC. Please sign and share.

www.change.org/p/stop-scott...

#auspol

Sign the Petition

Stop Scott Morrison's Order of Australia

www.change.org

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