Pepperpots
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Rusted-on to morality, decency & human rights. Democracy is pretty damn ok too when it works. Still waiting for the most wealthy 1% to end world poverty TODAY. Keeper of the Laura Tingle shrine. Typos are a given these days because I am often Very Angry.
FFS, vaccinate your kids! Measles is catastrophic for unvaccinated children & literally NO-ONE expects that their child will be the one to get measles encephalitis.
"The virus can lead to brain swelling, which can cause lasting damage, including blindness, deafness and intellectual disabilities..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...
December 14, 2025 at 7:13 AM
FFS, vaccinate your kids! Measles is catastrophic for unvaccinated children & literally NO-ONE expects that their child will be the one to get measles encephalitis.
Oh man - brutal.
“I know you wouldn’t come to this Committee and lie about something. …and you just did.”
“I know you wouldn’t come to this Committee and lie about something. …and you just did.”
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 14, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Oh man - brutal.
“I know you wouldn’t come to this Committee and lie about something. …and you just did.”
“I know you wouldn’t come to this Committee and lie about something. …and you just did.”
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The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The RFK, jr effect.
Yep.
December 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Yep.
Yes. This. Why is it so effing hard to get a corruption watchdog THAT WORKS in this country?!?
Oh. Right. 🙄
#auspol
Oh. Right. 🙄
#auspol
The Albanese govt needs to do two things to save the #NACC:
- sack Brereton
- amend the legislation so it stops covering up corruption, and actually investigates it. Publicly. #auspol
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
- sack Brereton
- amend the legislation so it stops covering up corruption, and actually investigates it. Publicly. #auspol
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
‘His position is untenable’: Corruption watchdog boss stares down resignation demands
The nation’s first federal anti-corruption commissioner is facing growing calls to resign after he became embroiled in another potential conflict of interest controversy.
www.theage.com.au
December 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Yes. This. Why is it so effing hard to get a corruption watchdog THAT WORKS in this country?!?
Oh. Right. 🙄
#auspol
Oh. Right. 🙄
#auspol
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Here’s a fun little tax policy brought in by Treasurer Scott Morrison - sell your home to “downsize” and you can put $300k into your super.
The catch? You don’t actually need to downsize and it doesn’t even need to be your home. So yeah, it’s a rort
My column #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251213
The catch? You don’t actually need to downsize and it doesn’t even need to be your home. So yeah, it’s a rort
My column #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251213
December 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Here’s a fun little tax policy brought in by Treasurer Scott Morrison - sell your home to “downsize” and you can put $300k into your super.
The catch? You don’t actually need to downsize and it doesn’t even need to be your home. So yeah, it’s a rort
My column #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251213
The catch? You don’t actually need to downsize and it doesn’t even need to be your home. So yeah, it’s a rort
My column #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251213
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Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
December 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
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The ALP need to realise they will be criticised whatever they do, so how about do things that are good? And do things to please those who voted for you not those who never will.
The AFR run a 2 year campaign to get the ALP to weaken the changes to super tax concessions to make it easier to avoid paying the tax.
The ALP does it.
The AFR criticises the ALP for weakening the policy because people can avoid paying the tax.
My column #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251213
The ALP does it.
The AFR criticises the ALP for weakening the policy because people can avoid paying the tax.
My column #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251213
The rich get tax advice; the poor get lectures: super tax saga lays bare a skewed system
A new report on the amount of revenue expected to be raised by the changes to superannuation tax on balances over $3m highlights yet again how the tax system is weighted in favour of the rich and that...
thepoint.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The ALP need to realise they will be criticised whatever they do, so how about do things that are good? And do things to please those who voted for you not those who never will.
“He has to go”, indeed.
#auspol
#auspol
When your conflicts become the story instead of the anti-corruption work you’re supposed to be leading, you know there’s a problem.
That Commissioner Brereton claims he’s seeking a public hearing to “put questions to rest” only erodes trust further.
He has to go.
That Commissioner Brereton claims he’s seeking a public hearing to “put questions to rest” only erodes trust further.
He has to go.
December 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
“He has to go”, indeed.
#auspol
#auspol
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The @thesaturdaypaper.com.au nails it.
A "defence policy written by a tourism executive" now set by a man whose "hair looks cleverer than he is".
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...
A "defence policy written by a tourism executive" now set by a man whose "hair looks cleverer than he is".
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...
Pete Hegseth and the AUKUS folly
The man who sets Australia’s defence policy is an alcoholic former Fox News commentator who is known for his gross financial mismanagement and on at least one occasion paid a settlement to a woman he ...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The @thesaturdaypaper.com.au nails it.
A "defence policy written by a tourism executive" now set by a man whose "hair looks cleverer than he is".
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...
A "defence policy written by a tourism executive" now set by a man whose "hair looks cleverer than he is".
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...
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If the reason Linda Reynolds sued & bankrupted a rape victim was to save her reputation then she has spectacularly failed. She might have money but has no friends or credibility & her actions have only ever grown Brittany’s supporter base. Reynolds is no winner. #fatcow
December 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
If the reason Linda Reynolds sued & bankrupted a rape victim was to save her reputation then she has spectacularly failed. She might have money but has no friends or credibility & her actions have only ever grown Brittany’s supporter base. Reynolds is no winner. #fatcow
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Wonder why women don’t report rape?
Because there is no justice
Because there is no justice
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Wonder why women don’t report rape?
Because there is no justice
Because there is no justice
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Let us all be thankful that Linda Reynolds is absolutely nowhere near a position of power anymore.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Brittany Higgins declared bankrupt by federal court
Former senator Linda Reynolds's bid to have Brittany Higgins declared bankrupt has succeeded in a federal court.
www.abc.net.au
December 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Let us all be thankful that Linda Reynolds is absolutely nowhere near a position of power anymore.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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The persecution of this rape victim by Linda Reynolds has been relentless.
I look forward to pissing on your grave, Linda, while you burn in Hell. 🥂 #auspol #IBelieveBrittany #IStandWithBrittany
I look forward to pissing on your grave, Linda, while you burn in Hell. 🥂 #auspol #IBelieveBrittany #IStandWithBrittany
December 12, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The persecution of this rape victim by Linda Reynolds has been relentless.
I look forward to pissing on your grave, Linda, while you burn in Hell. 🥂 #auspol #IBelieveBrittany #IStandWithBrittany
I look forward to pissing on your grave, Linda, while you burn in Hell. 🥂 #auspol #IBelieveBrittany #IStandWithBrittany
My god, Linda Reynolds really needs to take a long hard look at herself. #IStandWithBrittany
A young government staffer, who, two courts have now found, was raped by another government employee, at her workplace, has now been bankrupted by legal action by her boss at that workplace, a senior Australian Government minister, using disgraceful laws promulgated by that government...
What the Brittany Higgins ruling tells us about defamation in Australia
Former Western Australian senator Linda Reynolds has won her defamation case against former staffer Brittany Higgins over social media posts, a University of Melbourne legal expert
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au
December 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
My god, Linda Reynolds really needs to take a long hard look at herself. #IStandWithBrittany
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Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
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HERITAGE FOUNDATION: "Nice state ya got there. Pity if anything happened to it."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
December 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
HERITAGE FOUNDATION: "Nice state ya got there. Pity if anything happened to it."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
Perfectly excellent outcome. #auspol
Walter Sofronoff loses appeal against ACT Integrity Commission. He was found to have given confidential material to Janet Albrechtsen of The Australian, & a copy of his final report to her & ABC's Elizabeth Byrne before it was officially released. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Walter Sofronoff loses appeal against corruption finding
The man who led the inquiry into the criminal prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann loses his appeal to have serious corruption findings against him overturned.
www.abc.net.au
December 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Perfectly excellent outcome. #auspol
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A gerrymander is not a sure thing…
December 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A gerrymander is not a sure thing…
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Hilarious.
Anyone with common sense knows a Trump pardon means nothing outside the U.S. Oops.
🚨 NEW: Honduran Authorities Issue Arrest Warrant for Ex-President Pardoned by Trump
Anyone with common sense knows a Trump pardon means nothing outside the U.S. Oops.
🚨 NEW: Honduran Authorities Issue Arrest Warrant for Ex-President Pardoned by Trump
December 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Hilarious.
Anyone with common sense knows a Trump pardon means nothing outside the U.S. Oops.
🚨 NEW: Honduran Authorities Issue Arrest Warrant for Ex-President Pardoned by Trump
Anyone with common sense knows a Trump pardon means nothing outside the U.S. Oops.
🚨 NEW: Honduran Authorities Issue Arrest Warrant for Ex-President Pardoned by Trump
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ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows
The figures don't include arrests made by Border Patrol, which has launched aggressive immigration operations in several cities in recent months.
www.nbcnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows
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BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICEBlock App developer Joshua Aaron is SUING DHS, ICE, DOJ, White House officials for violating his 1st Amendment rights when they pressured Apple to remove the app from the App Store. www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE: ICEBlock App Developer to Sue ICE, DHS, DOJ, White House Officials
ICEBlock app developer Joshua Aaron is suing multiple federal agency officials for violating his 1st Amendment rights after they coerced Apple into removing ICEBlock from its App Store
www.muellershewrote.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICEBlock App developer Joshua Aaron is SUING DHS, ICE, DOJ, White House officials for violating his 1st Amendment rights when they pressured Apple to remove the app from the App Store. www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
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