Groomed, captured, deployed. How the Israel lobby runs Chris Minns - Michael West Police brutality, intimidation, harassment, free speech attacked. NSW Premier Chris Minns was groomed for Israel, writes Andrew Brown.

Globalise the Intifada

michaelwest.com.au/groomed-capt...

Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz ... You'll never convince me it's an organic phenomenon that the population always splits itself into two equal oppositional political factions which always leaves them in a deadlock unable to get anything done, and it always deadlocks in a way that benefits the rich and powerful.

ICE detained the wife of an active-duty U.S. Army Sgt. First Class after she showed up for an immigration appointment in 📍 El Paso—then still threatened removal despite legal protections.

Her husband (27 years active duty) said it plainly: ICE is out of control.

“The Japanese government is getting more revenue from taxing Australian gas than the Australian government is.”

The Point Live: Gas, politics and the coming budget. All the day's events, live Welcome to a special edition of The Point Live, as we cover off the first day of the Senate’s Select Committee on the Taxation of Gas Resources, as well as take a look at what is shaping up in the bud...

. @amyremeikis.bsky.social pointing out Ken Henry said much the same thing as @punterspolitics.bsky.social and yet some journos were all a bit sniffy about Konrad because "not an economist, just a tiktok guy blah blah"
live.thepoint.com.au

With the leak to the NYT of their internal notes to each other, I hope the conservative justices on SCOTUS are currently *very* paranoid about talking to each other. Because at least one of them is (or has staff who is) indiscreet and disloyal.

Keep looking over your shoulders, fascists!

Is this enough yet to classify Israel as a terrorist organisation @senatorwong.bsky.social ? #auspol #freepalestine

Israeli Guards Admit Dogs Are Used to Rape Palestinians, Says Analyst Guards at Israel’s notorious Sde Teiman torture camp have admitted their colleagues use dogs to rape Palestinian captives there, according to a prominent Israeli analyst.

Guards at Israel’s notorious Sde Teiman torture camp have admitted their colleagues use dogs to rape Palestinian captives there. novaramedia.com/2026/04/20/i...

These laws are unconstitutional and they deserve to be chucked out.

Listen to Executive Officer, Bart Shteinman on PM overnight discussing why the anti-protest laws in QLD and NSW are anti-democratic and it's a good thing they've been struck down in NSW!

Full link: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Australia's pro-Israel lobby is organised, well-funded and well-connected. But who are they, and how do they operate?

www.deepcutnews.com/p/who-exactl...

Headline from the AFR "Time to end welfare for the wealthy, says big business"

You mean the superannuation tax breaks? No?
You mean the CGT discount? No?
You mean the fossil fuel subsidies? No?
You mean the free gas for multinationals? No?
You mean the failure of the PRRT? No?
You mean the tax dodging trusts? No?
You mean the lack of a wealth tax? No?

No you mean the NDIS FFS

Dumbo picked a fight with someone who has a much larger cult following, and who he can't bully with tariffs, sanctions, or boycotts.

Real heroes who I choose to think about on Anzac Day instead of glorified modern day SAS war criminals #auspol

Australians sail to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza ‘World’s largest’ Global Sumud Flotilla sets sail for Palestine

17 Australians are setting sail on the Global Sumud Flotilla, attempting to break Israel's ongoing naval blockade of Gaza.

www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian...

It takes two to make alliances and the US may run away first As US commitment to alliances wavers, Australia faces urgent questions about its security, independence, and place in a rapidly shifting global order.

What happens if the US steps back from its alliances?
Australia may need to rethink its defence, alliances and independence in a rapidly changing world, Jack Waterford writes.
#auspol #AUKUS #ANZUS #Geopolitics #Defence

A brave woman from Niagara Falls’ heroism results in the largest capture of American soldiers from the invasions of the early 1800’s into Canada 🇨🇦 by the Yankees, largely agreed marking the invasions’ decline, and our Prime Minister credits the dude that died a year earlier. 🤦🏼‍♀️

This illustrates the need for broad and comprehensive reforms with money in politics. We need an international “No Dictators Day” before he steps up his attack on the nation he was supposed to govern, not humiliate. 😱🤬

Yup an investigation into this while a culture lays buried under rubble.
Israel is a terrorist state

'A turtle makes tracks on a beach after burying its eggs in the sand in June 2021 in the Ras Al Hadd Turtle Reserve in Oman. About 10,000 green turtles make the trip on this beach every year' (Haitham Al Farsi/Solent News/Shutterstock)

The Strait of Hormuz + surrounding seas are critical ecologically as well as politically.

Coral reefs, whale sharks, dolphins, endangered Arabian humpback whales, seagrass meadows supporting dugons, islands harbouring green turtles - just some of the creatures + ecosystems in + near the Strait.

2

When simulation becomes the norm, it weakens the human capacity for discernment. As a result, our social bonds close in upon themselves, forming self-referential circuits that no longer expose us to reality. We thus come to live within bubbles, impermeable to one another. Feeling threatened by anyone who is different, we grow unaccustomed to encounter and dialogue. In this way, polarization, conflict, fear and violence spread. What is at stake is not merely the risk of error, but a transformation in our very relationship with truth.

Pope Leo:

If you think the nuclear-powered supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford is the most powerful ship in the world, you are wrong. It's actually the German cruise ship Mein Schiff 4 (pictured), which successfully transited the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend

Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.

Won’t somebody save these hundreds of turtles condemned to death? | First Dog on the Moon There is a whole dam full of water right there but the turtles can’t have it

Letting one person's 'concerns' prevent a life-saving release of environmental water for wildlife, including turtles, is truly fucked up, and those responsible should all be ashamed.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social

MASSIVE 600 ton Liebherr mining excavator converted from diesel to electric Lloyds Metals and Energy have successfully converted a massive, 650-ton class Liebherr R 996 excavators from diesel power to electric.

If a 600-ton excavator can be converted from diesel to electric, pretty much anything can.

And thanks to Dementia Don and the oil crooks pulling his strings, the world is now - finally - scrambling to break decisively with fossil fuels.

electrek.co/2026/04/18/m...

USAsian’s can’t do conversion from gallons to litres sadly #trump

Stop your fucking whinging America.
This is where I live in Australia.

JUST IN: 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iranian state media says reports of a second round of US-Iran talks in Pakistan are false.

"The news published by the US is part of their propaganda campaign and a 'blame game' aimed at pressuring Iran."

#RealHeroes Vs #Fascism and #Genocide.