Irene
@basrene.bsky.social
Into cryptic crosswords, cooking and growing my own food. Living on Gunaikurnai lands.
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Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud.
Read our full investigation here 👇
Read our full investigation here 👇
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud.
Read our full investigation here 👇
Read our full investigation here 👇
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Funny how the media have forgotten how Jenny needed a minder, all on the public purse
December 10, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Funny how the media have forgotten how Jenny needed a minder, all on the public purse
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“Tasmania is preparing to borrow close to a billion dollars to build a stadium the state will not own, on recycled land it does not control, for a league it cannot negotiate with, to host little more than a dozen games a year.”
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Mockery of Democracy: Now Brought to You by Sportsbet
The Stadium Tasmania Cannot Afford to Build – Yet Cannot Refuse Tasmania is preparing to borrow close to a billion dollars to build a stadium the state will not own, on recycled land it does [...]
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December 9, 2025 at 6:52 AM
“Tasmania is preparing to borrow close to a billion dollars to build a stadium the state will not own, on recycled land it does not control, for a league it cannot negotiate with, to host little more than a dozen games a year.”
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She needs to study economics.
lol
lol
December 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
She needs to study economics.
lol
lol
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No lies detected.
December 9, 2025 at 4:58 AM
No lies detected.
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If the Liberals are so incensed by the parliamentary entitlements rules, why didn’t they change them in the ten years they were in power? Maybe after Bronnie took the chopper ride, or Susssan charged the taxpayer her flights to buy a Gold Coast apartment?
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
If the Liberals are so incensed by the parliamentary entitlements rules, why didn’t they change them in the ten years they were in power? Maybe after Bronnie took the chopper ride, or Susssan charged the taxpayer her flights to buy a Gold Coast apartment?
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Can you hear him? Obama never got a FIFA Peace Prize. 🙄
December 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Can you hear him? Obama never got a FIFA Peace Prize. 🙄
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Australia Institute research shows Australian nurses pay more in tax than the gas industry. How’s that fair?
Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Australia Institute research shows Australian nurses pay more in tax than the gas industry. How’s that fair?
Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
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Well, another year where our Island soccer team did not get chosen to play in FIFA. On the bright side, we didn’t have to attend or flap our wings for the participation trophies given out. Time to prepare for Eurovision selection.
December 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Well, another year where our Island soccer team did not get chosen to play in FIFA. On the bright side, we didn’t have to attend or flap our wings for the participation trophies given out. Time to prepare for Eurovision selection.
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How Journalists Created Sympathy for a Rapist. This superb piece by @sherelemoody.bsky.social is essential reading. Australia has a sexist & misogynistic custom: defending & excusing horrific acts by men against women & children. #DV #VAW #journalism australianfemicidewatch.org/2025/12/06/h...
HOW JOURNALISTS CREATED SYMPATHY FOR A RAPIST - The RED HEART Campaign
When a man murders a woman, journalists ctrl f on their electronic thesaurus to dredge up every negative word available to slut shame, victim blame, erase,
australianfemicidewatch.org
December 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
How Journalists Created Sympathy for a Rapist. This superb piece by @sherelemoody.bsky.social is essential reading. Australia has a sexist & misogynistic custom: defending & excusing horrific acts by men against women & children. #DV #VAW #journalism australianfemicidewatch.org/2025/12/06/h...
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TG someone knows the truth!
December 6, 2025 at 4:34 AM
TG someone knows the truth!
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There's a couple reasons so many IWW songs are set to the tunes of hymns and one is that the Salvation Army Band would show up and try to stop workers organizing by playing hymns to drown out speeches, so the Wobblies came up with words so they could sing along. SA has been trash all along.
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
There's a couple reasons so many IWW songs are set to the tunes of hymns and one is that the Salvation Army Band would show up and try to stop workers organizing by playing hymns to drown out speeches, so the Wobblies came up with words so they could sing along. SA has been trash all along.
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You don’t have to be a fucking rocket scientist to figure out way the Trump Nazis are engaging with Venezuela! Just follow the money and kickbacks!
December 2, 2025 at 4:01 AM
You don’t have to be a fucking rocket scientist to figure out way the Trump Nazis are engaging with Venezuela! Just follow the money and kickbacks!
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Everyone should watch Lawrence! 👏👏👏👏
November 29, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Everyone should watch Lawrence! 👏👏👏👏
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It's so frustrating that no one wants books
I have so many I have to get rid of!
Anyone want to pick these up from Coffs Harbour..?
I have so many I have to get rid of!
Anyone want to pick these up from Coffs Harbour..?
November 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It's so frustrating that no one wants books
I have so many I have to get rid of!
Anyone want to pick these up from Coffs Harbour..?
I have so many I have to get rid of!
Anyone want to pick these up from Coffs Harbour..?
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Kerry O’Brien got a standing ovation at the #Walkleys .. called on the industry to unite to strengthen press freedom & paid tribute to #Palestinian journalists who have “confronted the world with powerful evidence .. of the look and feel of #genocide” #Auspol theguardian.com/media/commen...
Kerry O’Brien sounds the alarm for Australian media in thunderous Walkleys address | The Weekly Beast
Former 7.30 host takes Labor government to task for record on press freedom and pays tribute to Palestinian journalists. Plus: a roo in the news
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November 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Kerry O’Brien got a standing ovation at the #Walkleys .. called on the industry to unite to strengthen press freedom & paid tribute to #Palestinian journalists who have “confronted the world with powerful evidence .. of the look and feel of #genocide” #Auspol theguardian.com/media/commen...
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Such a great episode on James Packer and all his lovely friends like Benjamin Netanyahu, Kerry Stokes and Donald Trump to name just a few
And the cookers still have a think for Dan Andrews
#CantGetYouOuttaMyHead 🤣
And the cookers still have a think for Dan Andrews
#CantGetYouOuttaMyHead 🤣
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Such a great episode on James Packer and all his lovely friends like Benjamin Netanyahu, Kerry Stokes and Donald Trump to name just a few
And the cookers still have a think for Dan Andrews
#CantGetYouOuttaMyHead 🤣
And the cookers still have a think for Dan Andrews
#CantGetYouOuttaMyHead 🤣
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Forget what you know about bushwalking and survival. The Tasmanian bush is different from anywhere else.
Never go alone, carry an EPIRB, notify authorities where you’re going and for how long and do not deviate!
Better still, pay for a guide, survival is measured in minutes here at times.
Never go alone, carry an EPIRB, notify authorities where you’re going and for how long and do not deviate!
Better still, pay for a guide, survival is measured in minutes here at times.
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Forget what you know about bushwalking and survival. The Tasmanian bush is different from anywhere else.
Never go alone, carry an EPIRB, notify authorities where you’re going and for how long and do not deviate!
Better still, pay for a guide, survival is measured in minutes here at times.
Never go alone, carry an EPIRB, notify authorities where you’re going and for how long and do not deviate!
Better still, pay for a guide, survival is measured in minutes here at times.
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Absolutely superb pickup by @amyremeikis.bsky.social - Ted O'Brien's made up "Jess" is just the Howard era "Jenny" that Lynton Crosby came up for for the 1996 election #PointLive
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November 26, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Absolutely superb pickup by @amyremeikis.bsky.social - Ted O'Brien's made up "Jess" is just the Howard era "Jenny" that Lynton Crosby came up for for the 1996 election #PointLive
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one