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Oliver Pocock @oliverpocock.bsky.social · 3d

Speaker of the House Mike 'Sergeant Schultz' Johnson everybody.

"I see nothing. Nothing. I was not here. I did not even get up this morning."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Q: Are you aligned with the president on ending the filibuster?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've been a little busy as you know. We haven't spoken since he returned.

Oliver Pocock @oliverpocock.bsky.social · Sep 29

I know citing 'The West Wing' is considered a liberal faux pas, but there was *literally* an episode about this Jeffries. You'd do well to watch it.

By the way, the words you're looking for are "Oh, good grief."

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · Sep 29

Democratic leadership should have to deliver all interviews from a spring loaded chair that catapults them into a giant vat of tapioca pudding anytime they say something like this.

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · Sep 29

HAKEEM JEFFRIES: "We hope and expect that Republicans will do the right thing"

Oliver Pocock @oliverpocock.bsky.social · Sep 29

This is not a test.

This is your Emergency Broadcast System announcing the commencement of the annual purge sanctioned by 6 News.

6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · Sep 29

Just to be clear.

Oliver Pocock @oliverpocock.bsky.social · Sep 16

'And in our next episode, I'll discuss ways to prevent forest fires with an arsonist. Do tune in, won't you?'

Blergh.

Oliver Pocock @oliverpocock.bsky.social · Jul 23

I felt this got the point across very well also.

Send criminals to jail *should* be a unifying principal, at least in democratic nations.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · Jun 30

Incidentally, many of the redundant checks, verifications and additional hoops to jump through were introduced after a tabloid story about someone getting something they shouldn't caused a government to vow to 'take action' and make the application process even more rigorous.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · Jun 30

Civil servants will privately tell you that a major reason every process is slow, full of redundant checks and forms is that, "government accidentally granted benefit to someone who shouldn't get one" is a front page tabloid story, and "government was annoying, slow and painful for citizen" is not.

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Oliver Pocock @oliverpocock.bsky.social · Jun 30

Oh, and never mind that 128 House Democrats just voted *with* Republicans to kill an impeachment bill last week!

I'll believe that Trump and any of these oligarchical yuppies will face consequences when and only when it happens and not a second earlier.

#4Corners #AusPol

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Oliver Pocock @oliverpocock.bsky.social · Jun 30

We were told Trump would face "serious consequences" for launching an attempted coup d'état against the US Government and what happened?

A big goose egg is what happened.

#4Corners #AusPol

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Oliver Pocock @oliverpocock.bsky.social · Jun 30

#4Corners just had an interview as part of their program on the impacts of Trump's tariffs where the man said that should Republicans lose the midterms, you would see Democrats launch a third impeachment where they'd be spoilt for choice as to the charges.

I'm not holding my breath.

#AusPol

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Oliver Pocock @oliverpocock.bsky.social · Jun 19

"And another thing. The Australian political press are not mad that they didn't get to see Trump abuse Albanese in Canada. Please don't put in the newspaper that they got mad."

Seriously, it's very tedious sometimes.

Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · Jun 19

This column is basically "we journalists have decided this must be done because we had a lousy time in Canada because you didn't tell us everything immediately, so we pretty much wasted our organisations money"

Meeting Trump has become a box Albanese needs to tick
The big prize was meeting the orange man in the Rockies and his “perfectly understandable” snub of Albanese ensured it was the PM’s worst trip abroad in terms of how it played out back home.

Phillip CooreyPolitical edito

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Oliver Pocock @oliverpocock.bsky.social · Jun 12

'Senator bitterly disappointed at lack of corruption'

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Oliver Pocock @oliverpocock.bsky.social · May 28

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

#AusPol

Oliver Pocock @oliverpocock.bsky.social · May 28

Chris Bowen is the 'Minister for Climate Change and Energy', whereas Dan Tehan is the 'Shadow Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction'.

In fact, the words 'Climate Change' do not appear anywhere in the Shadow Cabinet, Shadow Outer Ministry or Shadow Assistant Ministry positions.

#AusPol

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Oliver Pocock @oliverpocock.bsky.social · May 28

If you want an example of how nothing has changed for the Liberal Party even with their new lick of paint as a 'modern party for modern Australians', you need only look at the Cabinet v. Shadow Cabinet postings.

#AusPol

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Oliver Pocock @oliverpocock.bsky.social · May 28

Greg Jericho's War on Everything

"We will fight them on the spreadsheets. We will fight them on the pie charts. We will fight them in the scatter plots and in the waterfall charts."

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Micah @rincewind.run · May 17

your regular reminder that buying Harry Potter stuff gives money to Rowling and she uses that money directly and in large quantities to fund attacks on trans people

no ethical consumption under capitalism and all but “don’t buy Potter stuff” is an extremely easy baseline to follow

Game Rant @gamerant.bsky.social · May 17

The upcoming Hogwarts Legacy 2 could potentially feature more characters from the Harry Potter books and movies.

Hogwarts Legacy 2 Could Feature Characters from the Books and Movies

The upcoming Hogwarts Legacy 2 could potentially feature more characters from the Harry Potter books and movies.

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Oliver Pocock @oliverpocock.bsky.social · May 24

I always understood it was 'Canavan' (like caravan), not sure who this "Matt-who Carn-a-varn" that Kevin Hogan keeps talking about is.

#AusPol #Insiders

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Oliver Pocock @oliverpocock.bsky.social · May 24

A complete disassembly of David Littleproud's actions these past few weeks by the wonderful Karen Middleton, in which Littleproud appears to have made the fatal mistake of attempting to retroactively build the ladder while he was standing on it.

insidestory.org.au/david-little...

David Littleproud’s own goal • Karen Middleton

The week the Nationals’ leader overplayed his hand

insidestory.org.au

Oliver Pocock @oliverpocock.bsky.social · May 23

Liberal Party agrees to suck it up while Nationals Party agrees to fuck it up (again) at indeterminate date in the future.

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · May 23

The Liberal party room met today to discuss Nationals Leader David Littleproud's four policy demands as part of discussions over the coalition agreement.

Liberals agree to 'suck it up' and back Nationals demands in principle

The Liberal party room met today to discuss Nationals Leader David Littleproud's four policy demands as part of discussions over the coalition agreement.

www.abc.net.au

Oliver Pocock @oliverpocock.bsky.social · May 22

"The Liberals want *us* to take responsibility for everything that went wrong in our relationship. I mean they go on for five pages about how we were unfaithful to them. WE WERE ON A BREAK!"
— The Nationals (probably)

Oliver Pocock @oliverpocock.bsky.social · May 21

a woman with a surprised look on her face is wearing earrings

ALT: a woman with a surprised look on her face is wearing earrings

media.tenor.com

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Oliver Pocock @oliverpocock.bsky.social · May 21

Ms Ley's office texted a second time during the program, adding: "Her language was deliberate to make it sound like it was just about the policies. That is just not correct."

#AusPol

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · May 21

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley's office says National Party Senator Bridget McKenzie made false claims during an appearance on 7.30.

Ley's office says McKenzie made false claims about cabinet solidarity

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley's office says National Party Senator Bridget McKenzie made false claims during an appearance on 7.30.

www.abc.net.au

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Oliver Pocock @oliverpocock.bsky.social · May 21

"As that interview played, we've just received a note from Sussan Ley's office saying - it is not correct to suggest that shadow cabinet solidarity was not a sticking point, and they - that is, Sussan Ley's office - have that in writing."

#AusPol

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Oliver Pocock @oliverpocock.bsky.social · May 21

If you want an indication as to how bad the fighting is between the Liberals and the Nationals post-divorce, Sussan Ley's office just responded to Bridget McKenzie's interview on the ABC's 7.30 Report in real-time by sending a note to the production team.

#AusPol

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