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Tim Fish @fishydownunder.bsky.social · 22h

Orange bag of hot dog water … love it 😂

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5d

These are the people getting huge tax cuts — paid for by cuts to health care for millions of Americans.

Every lie Trump and Republicans are telling right now is meant to distract you from this.

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Tim Fish @fishydownunder.bsky.social · 5d

Gotta love those commercial in confidence agreements huh taxpayers absorb the project costs while private enterprise can refuse to give details or need to justify extra funding

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Tim Fish @fishydownunder.bsky.social · 10d

Brereton needs to be relieved of his role at NACC, sadly Labor won’t do it so we are stuck with this commission that can’t do their job properly … but perhaps that was what was intended all along

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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 26d

The gambling issue is a perfect illustration of how our political system is - far from broken - working perfectly for the vested interests it serves. @TimCostello @SatPaper 🙏🏽🙏🏽

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Tim Fish @fishydownunder.bsky.social · Sep 4

Positive news from the High Court

Ben Roberts-Smith loses final legal bid to overturn defamation ruling

The High Court rejects a special leave application from Mr Roberts-Smith to challenge a Federal Court ruling against his bid to sue the Nine network over allegations about war crimes.

www.abc.net.au

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Tim Fish @fishydownunder.bsky.social · Sep 3

Just when we thought we were voting in a Federal Labor Govt what we actually got was another Federal Liberal Government in Labor clothing.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 19

I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."

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Penny Tangey @pennytangey.bsky.social · Aug 17

Fave anti-fossil fuel sponsorship group @stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social are hosting a forum to oppose Monash's partnership with Woodside.

Wed 20 Aug 12-2pm, Lemon Scented Lawns, Monash Clayton

Expert speakers, free food and music

There's never been a nicer way to oppose fossil fuel sponsorship!

Poster for forum: Fossil Free Monash, A Forum-fest for Climate.
Lists speakers with headshots: Amanda McKenzie, Varsha Yajman, Prof. David Karoly, Sasha Braybrooke, Rod Campbell.
Event details: WE 20 Aug, 12-2PM, Lemon Scented Lawns, Monash Uni Clayton, Free food & live music!
Logos of presenting partners at bottom including Stop Woodside Monash, MSA, NTEU and Climate Action Network Australia

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Tim Fish @fishydownunder.bsky.social · Aug 19

Avi Yemeni is a thug nothing more nothing less and fleeces his followers for donations … it is disgraceful that even Murdoch press are platforming him

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Tim Fish @fishydownunder.bsky.social · Jul 23

Surely this is a parody article, please say it isn’t so

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · Jul 5

How justice 'works'.

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Tim Fish @fishydownunder.bsky.social · Jun 21

This guy is a joke, if he is awarded a Nobel Peace Prize then they need to cease the award forever

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Tim Fish @fishydownunder.bsky.social · Jun 17

That article is the sort of crap Greg Sheridan would churn out.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jun 9

If Trump can claim a "national emergency" to disappear legal residents without due process, what’s to stop him from doing the same to U.S. citizens who oppose him?

No one is safe — not even people legally in the country, possibly not even American citizens.

Fascism is here.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Jun 9

RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process.

So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.

Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.

RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines.

apnews.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Jun 9

This is the way to stand up to these bullies! Respect ✊

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jun 6

In just 130 days, Elon...

-Secured even more contracts

-Derailed at least 40 fed investigations of his corporations

-Gutted agencies that regulate his business

-Installed loyalists throughout the government

Elon has fallen out with Trump, but he got exactly what he wanted.

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Tim Fish @fishydownunder.bsky.social · Mar 17

That is gold

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Tim Fish @fishydownunder.bsky.social · Mar 16

30km run is impressive alone, the steps are definitely the pièce de résistance

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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · Mar 15

The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · Mar 15

Killing children is by design, I'm afraid. "Pro-natalists" like Musk claim they aren't racist, but their pressure to have children is solely focused on white women, while they back policies that literally kill of non-white children.

He's a eugenicist.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.

A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.

www.nytimes.com

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Tim Fish @fishydownunder.bsky.social · Mar 5

Whatever you do don’t mention the war [climate change]

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Tim Fish @fishydownunder.bsky.social · Mar 3

I’d rather see her lose her fortune overnight and then everybody dances as she lines up at Centrelink to apply for benefits 🤣

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Mar 1

DOGE recommended firing workers at:

-FDA, which oversees Neuralink

-FAA, which oversees SpaceX

-USAID, which probed Starlink

-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.

"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

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