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Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 14h

Today I learned that the going rate for a garage in Badgerys creek is $350 a week

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Adam @kels316.bsky.social · 16h

900 of those words are "asbestos"

The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 19h

A picture is worth 1,000 words.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 14h

This should be incredible, but given the Trump admin, it is very credible

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 15h

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."
Anna Bower
Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM
Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about
the Letitia James grand jury.

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 1d

ffs

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 13h

'Members of white supremacist ‘active clubs’ spearheaded a US expansion of a Russian fighting group that has raised money for the Kremlin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine'

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Revealed: how a Russian fight club expanded into the US with the help of American neo-Nazis

Members of white supremacist ‘active clubs’ spearheaded a US expansion of a Russian fighting group that has raised money for the Kremlin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine

www.theguardian.com

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 13h

Join our upcoming webinar including Professor Stanley AC, Dr Mohammed Mustafa, and Dr Sue Wareham OAM, for an incredible discussion about delivering healthcare in Gaza.

📅 Wed 22 Oct 1pm AEDT
Register below⏬

#auspol #gaza @ebonybennett.bsky.social @amyremeikis.bsky.social

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12h

As predicted.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15h

NEW: Four years after GOP lawmakers in Georgia enacted one of the most aggressive anti-voting laws in the country, new evidence filed in federal court shows that Senate Bill 202 has drastically deepened racial inequalities in voting access in the state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Georgia’s Sweeping Anti-Voting Law Suppressed Black Votes, New Data Shows

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 1d

Former Neighbours star Nicola Charles got kicked in the head by a mule named COVID-19 & reinvented herself as a binfluencer w strong opinions about (((Soros))) & Co..

'My instincts are telling me that covered faces, the burning of Police effifies & the celebrating of terrorists is actually an effort to incite violence from the peaceful March for Australia Aussies.
It didn't work.
I am pretty sure the dark forces behind this, Soros, Gates & Bankers are more than happy to see violence against the police to achieve their goals.
The colonisation of #Australia by a Regime not welcome by the people but being coddled by our Politicians.
I am proud of Australians for not taking the bait.
This is why Australia is so great.
I would be surprised if the covered people in this photo aren't the secret service.
You are an abomination.'

Still from a propaganda vid by Leon 'kofy_time' Kofmansky titled 'Melbourne Chaos: Antifa/Pro-Hamas Agitators', which labels as such opponents of the March for White Australia in MEL/Naarm on OCT 19, 2025 (vid also used by the Herald Sun in its reportage).

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Jac @cultofjack.bsky.social · 9h

Ew.

Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 11h

'The Victorian government will soon require organisations that receive grant funding to sign a ‘social cohesion’ pledge, despite broad opposition from civil society and the government’s own multicultural advisory group.'

www.deepcutnews.com/p/victorian-...

Victorian 'social cohesion' pledge will target multicultural communities, rights groups warn

New 'social cohesion commitment' goes against government's own advice

www.deepcutnews.com

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 14h

Job agency companies and bosses continue to make an extraordinary amount of money from a Mutual Obligations system we now know operates unlawfully

Here's the latest example of what they're doing with that public funding. Enjoy Sarina at the Louis Vuitton resort in St Tropez 👇

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Jac @cultofjack.bsky.social · 10h

I’ve been sickened by the PM, who is meant to represent us, capitulating to an authoritarian regime.
Making deals that will cause further damage to the environment and make billionaires like Reinhart richer.

Anyone still supporting this Albo led ALP needs their head checked.
#auspol

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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 10h

Last month we learnt that Santos was underreporting a massive methane leak in Darwin. This month it’s cancer-causing benzene emissions from the NT Ichthys facility.

www.theaustralian.com.au

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 20h

“💩 Trump 'Shits' on America”

The 1st edition of Zeteo’s new politics morning newsletter is out. Subscribe to Zeteo to get it in your inbox everyday at 7am ET

The lede from me today is on ‘Poopgate’ & the media’s failure to hold Trump/GOP to account:

💩 Trump 'Shits' on America

Mehdi launches Zeteo's new morning newsletter 'First Draft.' In today's inaugural edition: Trump's crazy video, 'No Kings' fallout, Gaza latest, and the return of George Santos.

zeteo.com

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 18h

Just in from #Gaza: Morten Rostrup, emergency doctor, working inside Al-Aqsa Hospital, describes receiving dozens of wounded after the Israeli airstrikes across the #GazaStrip yesterday

It killed more than 45 people and injured over 150, according to the Ministry of Health.

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 17h

In the 10 days since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was announced to take effect, the Israeli military has already repeatedly violated it. Al Jazeera reports that it has continued its genocide, killing nearly 100 Palestinians and wounding over 300 people.

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Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 16h

Rudd: “I was only mean to you before I took this role mr pwesident 👉👈”
Why are they so spineless

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16h

The ALP will use this opportunity to do even less on climate change and the environment.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

Coalition showdown on net zero looms amid speculation more MPs could quit over policy

Meeting called for end of sitting week inviting backbench MPs to argue for or against dumping the policy after Barnaby Joyce announced resignation Coalition backbenchers are preparing for a showdown on net zero as pressure mounts on Sussan Ley’s opposition to resolve its position, with speculation more MPs could join Barnaby Joyce in quitting if the policy isn’t dumped. Liberal and Nationals MPs have been invited to remain in Canberra after the upcoming sitting week for a three-hour, closed-door debate on energy policy, including net zero by 2050. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 19h

A picture is worth 1,000 words.

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Jac @cultofjack.bsky.social · 16h

Albo is a tory in a red t-shirt. He once claimed he wanted to fight them, now he’s their mate. Albo & Starmer have killed the Labor/Labour party.

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Jac @cultofjack.bsky.social · 16h

This is true.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16h

A day ago Trump posted a video of him dumping shit on Americans.

Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 16h

Rudd: “I was only mean to you before I took this role mr pwesident 👉👈”
Why are they so spineless

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Jac @cultofjack.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah. This will age well.
#auspol

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Jac @cultofjack.bsky.social · 16h

Millions match in No Kings marches, National guard roams Blue cities, masked ICE “disappears” people, Miller goes full Nazi, ceasefire is bust & Trump suggests BUDAPEST for Ukraine/Russia negotiations.

Meanwhile, we’re doing business these despots.
Good one Chamberlain 👍 @albomp.bsky.social
#auspol

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Australian Unions @australianunions.bsky.social · 1d

Join your union peeps.

www.australianunions.org.au

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Jac @cultofjack.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, that he can’t even wear the flight mask correctly.

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