Kevin Warsh just lost me. He argues he's going to be an independent Fed Chair, but refuses to acknowledge that Trump lost the 2020 election. If you can't state simple facts when you're in the political spotlight, you aren't independent. You're a coward.
Will the MyGov app blow up your phone? #auspol
Will you be pressganged at Coles checkout? #alp
Will Westpac freeze your accounts?
Will Qantas start dropping bombs on Gaza?
#FromTheRiverToTheSea
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The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief #auspol
"We kill enemies"
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#Palantir
Palantir releases a bizarre – and pretty terrifying – 22 point manifesto.
With Steven Methven & Harriet Williamson
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I had the opportunity to confront Pete Hegseth's bigoted spiritual mentor, Pastor Doug Wilson, and call him out on his history of hate, his misreading of the Bible, his hijacking of Jesus, and his cosplay Crusading.
It was worth it.
From Rocky to Rock of Ages….
"Often journalists are accused of Trump derangement syndrome. But we should never shirk from probing whether the president himself is deranged."
@nickbryantoz.bsky.social
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Remember when middle managers Wong and Marles we called into Head Office and met their Divisional Boss, Hegseth
They came home with an American Flag as a souvenir, all hyped up on the company motto - "Full steam ahead!"
That's when Australians smelt RATS!!
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When Trump loses power, his assets should be liquidated and returned to the American people.
Release the #EpsteinFiles NOW....
#Iran
#Epstein
Is the success in the room with us now?
Wakey, wakey
LOL.
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:
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I'm With Her make their Late Show debut with a performance of Paul Simon's classic, "The Obvious Child," which is included on their album, "Sing Me Alive."
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Anyone know whether today is a ‘ceasefire’ day or a ‘destroy your civilisation’ day yet?
Ossoff: "How does American politics really work? It's coin operated. Money goes in, favors come out. It's been running on secret money, corporate money, billionaire money ... all of this gave rise to a depraved president who exploits this rot to empower and enrich himself"
#auspol 🇦🇺 The Lucky Country?
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It’s a mark of how completely normalised the corruption & depravity have become that we barely bat an eyelid at the thought of two *property developers*, one Trump’s nepo baby son-in-law, being sent to represent the USA in peace negotiations with Iran. Sometimes it all hits you afresh.
Alt text: Screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Abdulkhaleq Abdulla (@Abdulkhaleq_UAE), with a verified badge. The post reads: “This is what I told Reuters today: The UAE no longer needs America to defend it, as it has proven during the Iranian aggression that it is capable of defending itself with distinction. What the UAE needs is to acquire only the best and latest weapons that America has. Therefore, it is time to think about closing the American bases, as they are a burden and not a strategic asset.” The post is labeled “Translated from Arabic by Grok” and shows a timestamp of 10:21 AM · 4/19/26 with 139K views.
NEW: UAE scholar Abdulkhaleq Abdulla says the UAE no longer needs U.S. protection, calling American bases a “burden, not a strategic asset” and suggesting they should be closed. The United States’ standing in the region has been obliterated.
More on #Palantir politics
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Not Your Average Liberal @NotAvgLiberal Just read it. Spot On - An Aussie reply to Trump’s rant about ‘NATO not being there for us’: “Mate. You run a country with 600,000 homeless people sleeping on the street tonight. A country where 40% of adults can't cover a $400 emergency without borrowing money. A country where insulin costs more than a car payment and people are rationing it to survive. A country where medical debt is the number 1 cause of bankruptcy. A country where women are dying in hospital car parks because doctors are too scared of abortion laws to treat a miscarriage. You lock up more of your own citizens than any nation on earth. More than China. More than Russia. More than North Korea. The land of the free has 2 million people in cages, and a quarter of them haven't even been convicted of anything. They're just too poor to make bail. Your life expectancy is going backwards. You're the only developed nation where that's happening. Your infant mortality rate is worse than Cuba's. Your kids do active shooter drills between maths and English while you sell the gunmaker's stock to your mates. Your minimum wage hasn't moved in 15 years. You've got teachers working 2 jobs and veterans sleeping under bridges and you just spent a trillion dollars flattening a country that didn't attack you.
Wow. Check out this Aussie telling it like it is.
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EU: The European Union will require sale of mobile phones with “user-replaceable and longer-lasting batteries” starting in 2027.
The regulation demands “availability of spare parts and manuals for 10 years to curb planned obsolescence”.
#Palantir
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This is brilliant and fun! Should definitely cut through 😁
“Their main goal is not to scare us away. They're shooting to kill”
Palestinian villager, Akram Abu Ali, who lives in the occupied West Bank witnessed Israeli settlers shoot and kill a boy who was trying to save his friend from being beaten.
Read Theia Chatelle’s report: zeteo.com/p/israeli-se...
