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American in Oz. He/him/his. Thou/thee/thine.
Crikey. A Yank trying on an Aussie accent. Good luck, mate.
These Americans moved to Australia — but can't escape US politics
As interest in US politics surges and Australians' views shift for the worse, Americans reflect on what it's like to be an expat down under.
www.sbs.com.au
December 22, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Crikey. A Yank trying on an Aussie accent. Good luck, mate.
“They are attempting to intellectualize a fundamentally anti-intellectual movement.”
Patrick Deneen's Bullshit Case Against Liberalism
He distorts everything about this governing system and offers a scary 'aristopopulist' authoritarianism as an alternative
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
“They are attempting to intellectualize a fundamentally anti-intellectual movement.”
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Books about “Asian wife sharing.” Detailed descriptions of orgies. Scenes involving “ladyboys.”
That’s what @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official and mentor to Pete Hegseth.
What came next was even wilder.
That’s what @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official and mentor to Pete Hegseth.
What came next was even wilder.
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Books about “Asian wife sharing.” Detailed descriptions of orgies. Scenes involving “ladyboys.”
That’s what @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official and mentor to Pete Hegseth.
What came next was even wilder.
That’s what @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official and mentor to Pete Hegseth.
What came next was even wilder.
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As a pediatrician, let me say this about both RFK jr and Trump with regard to their knowledge about the health of children. They are ignorant, biased and extremely dangerous. They are both accessories to murder of children in the US and around the world and deserve to be prosecuted for that.
December 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
As a pediatrician, let me say this about both RFK jr and Trump with regard to their knowledge about the health of children. They are ignorant, biased and extremely dangerous. They are both accessories to murder of children in the US and around the world and deserve to be prosecuted for that.
Love @ilhanmn.bsky.social
Opinion | Ilhan Omar: Trump Knows He’s Failing. Cue the Bigotry.
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Love @ilhanmn.bsky.social
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Straight up murder!
December 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Straight up murder!
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It turns out, when you mix the 2016 video of Pete Hegseth talking about troops not following unlawful orders with the recent Democratic PSA on the same subject, their message flows together pretty seamlessly.
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
It turns out, when you mix the 2016 video of Pete Hegseth talking about troops not following unlawful orders with the recent Democratic PSA on the same subject, their message flows together pretty seamlessly.
Let’s pause to remember how very long the US (and Republicans especially) have been meddling in Central America to create dysfunctional dictatorships and client states and the conditions that drive millions to migrate… to the US! Where they are now treated as enemy invaders.
Eugene Hasenfus, Gunrunner Who Exposed Iran-Contra Plot, Dies at 84
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Let’s pause to remember how very long the US (and Republicans especially) have been meddling in Central America to create dysfunctional dictatorships and client states and the conditions that drive millions to migrate… to the US! Where they are now treated as enemy invaders.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Absolutely disgusting, reprehensible responses here, both of them utterly full of shit. Huge props to ABC journalist Mary Bruce for putting them on the spot.
Live Updates: Trump Praises Saudi Prince and Dismisses Question About Killing of Journalist
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Absolutely disgusting, reprehensible responses here, both of them utterly full of shit. Huge props to ABC journalist Mary Bruce for putting them on the spot.
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Australia has a key role to play. We are not each responsible for the whole crisis, but we are each responsible for a piece of the solution. The end of violence must be a first step, then committing to action.@AbangOthow #auspol #Sudan
Sudan cannot be an invisible tragedy
The end of violence must be a first step in the Sudan Civil War. And Australia has a key role to play.
johnmenadue.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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🧵 This piece captures a core problem of the hollow democratic state: politics has become performance, optimised for visibility, not understanding.
Farage is winning because politics has been reduced to clickbait.
It’s a shallow spectacle that favours clowns and con-artists.
As @jemmaforte.bsky.social says here - politics has been “repackaged into junk food.”
But there are ways for the left to fight back 👇🏻
It’s a shallow spectacle that favours clowns and con-artists.
As @jemmaforte.bsky.social says here - politics has been “repackaged into junk food.”
But there are ways for the left to fight back 👇🏻
The political entertainment industry
📝 A guest essay...
writesbright.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🧵 This piece captures a core problem of the hollow democratic state: politics has become performance, optimised for visibility, not understanding.
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“… and the castrati up on Capitol Hill are not going to do a gosh-darned thing about it.” Hah!
The Founders knew Congress - especially the House - was the backbone of U.S. democracy. It should be a huge story that Mike Johnson, serving Trump, has all but shut it down
From the Reichstag Fire to Putin's toothless Duma, this is what dictators do. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
From the Reichstag Fire to Putin's toothless Duma, this is what dictators do. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
It didn’t take a Reichstag Fire to burn down Congress | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, what’s troubling about Maine’s Nazi tattoo flap.
www.inquirer.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
“… and the castrati up on Capitol Hill are not going to do a gosh-darned thing about it.” Hah!
Another great gone.
Jack DeJohnette, Revered Jazz Drummer, Dies at 83
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Another great gone.
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Wow yesssss this is the way….ICE Nazis were about to kidnap some brown folk in Wheeling, IL until a hero emerged and they ran away like the masked cowards that they all are
"I'll Venmo you some cash you broke bitch!"
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"I'll Venmo you some cash you broke bitch!"
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October 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Wow yesssss this is the way….ICE Nazis were about to kidnap some brown folk in Wheeling, IL until a hero emerged and they ran away like the masked cowards that they all are
"I'll Venmo you some cash you broke bitch!"
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
"I'll Venmo you some cash you broke bitch!"
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What have the news media been thinking as they’ve normalized and empowered MAGA fascism over the last decade? I took an intrepid journey inside the media’s brain to find out.
Read my free Stop the Presses newsletter.
Read my free Stop the Presses newsletter.
My exclusive Trump-era tour inside the media’s brain
What were America’s journalists thinking? I have strong suspicions.
www.stopthepresses.news
October 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
What have the news media been thinking as they’ve normalized and empowered MAGA fascism over the last decade? I took an intrepid journey inside the media’s brain to find out.
Read my free Stop the Presses newsletter.
Read my free Stop the Presses newsletter.
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Someone went there:
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It
He's spent the past month delivering four high-octane lectures in San Francisco's downtown waterfront on the antichrist.
futurism.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Someone went there:
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
Of course not, @washingtonpost.com. The irrationality is the point. The struggle is the point. There is no end game — it’s an endless game. That’s how fascism works. You still don’t get it.
October 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Of course not, @washingtonpost.com. The irrationality is the point. The struggle is the point. There is no end game — it’s an endless game. That’s how fascism works. You still don’t get it.