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Gutted to see our national science organisation keep losing talented scientists & expertise built up over decades.
A further 86 FTE positions cut in the lead up to Christmas, is devastating for those impacted, our community + sovereign capability.
Short-term thinking at its worst. We need to ⬆️ our scientific capacity & R&D spend to confront the challenges facing us.
canberratimes.com.au/story/9…
Join me in calling for the government to save our CSIRO: davidpocock.com.au/save_our_…
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Wow. I don't recall any speaker getting applause at the National Press Club. Well done David. @PressClubAust @DavidShoebridge
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The ‘sensible centre’ of Australians are the majority of Australians who polling shows
▪️oppose the Israeli war against Gaza,
▪️oppose joining in any more US-led wars, and
▪️who support Australia adopting a policy of armed neutrality.
(Here’s something relevant I prepared a little earlier - declassifiedaus.org/2023/03/… )
Also worth following -
@WarPowersReform
@wagepeaceau
@IPAusNet
@WarPowersReform
@BaseWatchAU
@DeclassifiedAus
@LaborAgainstWar
Gay Spies retweeted
"Senator...I...I....I...I....."
Lied to the Royal Commission?
For how long are we expected to sit back and watch our hard-earned taxpayer dollars get funneled directly into the pockets of this person?
No more excuses, no more delays—sack her NOW!
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This was little Skye when I found her. She was a tiny puppy screaming in pain on a building site. The end was near.
Locals had tried to treat her pain with baby cough syrup in a syringe.
We got her just in time and you should see her today.. (1/6) 🧵
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Ed Husic warns not to expect a “kinder, gentler” Israel if Netanyahu is thrown out of power, reminding that Gadi Eisenkot has also led campaigns to kill Palestinians, has “refused to criticise the viciousness” of Netanyahu & has even served in his war cabinet after Oct7. ffs.
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Dear Senator Henderson @SenSHenderson we still await your response to antisemitism claims
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On the day a sitting president landed in Lubbock, Texas, for the first time in 34 years, people waited for hours in lines stretching for blocks in this reliably red city. But the crowd wasn't waiting for President Trump. They were waiting for Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico. nbcnews.com/politics/2026-el…
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Norman Finkelstein says "there was no democratic election in Israel" because Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza make up 30% of the potential electorate under Israeli rule and are barred from voting, comparing it to excluding NY, CA, TX, and FL from a US election.
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Why are Elon Musk and other billionaires flooding the airwaves with Islamophobic ads against Abdul?
Because they have nothing to say about the issues that matter to working people: healthcare, climate, AI and foreign policy.
WE WILL NOT LET THEM DIVIDE US
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I have just won the first legal case in my journey to reclaim my life.
Over the past three years I have paid a heavy price, away from the media spotlight—one that cost me my freedom, my safety, my voice, my career, my financial rights, and everything I built over 12 years—simply because I stood up at the UN and said, "Stop the genocide against our people in Gaza and Lebanon"—at a time when no one else dared to utter a single word.
To give you a small example: I have been living away from my family for nearly a year, moving between three different residences and using three different vehicles, while adhering to numerous additional security measures recommended by the authorities.
Although my voice has been censored here—simply because they do not want you to know what they have done to me through your own governments—if you were to learn what they are capable of doing to me, you would realize that they could do the very same thing to you as well. Your awakening would cost them their hegemony.
Amidst all of this, I want to celebrate this victory—even if only with one of you. And I promise that the time will come to reveal everything and expose everyone.
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老犬をカートに乗せて散歩していたら、近所の人に笑われた。
「もう歩けないなら、家に置いてくればいいのに」
うちの犬は、今年で十五歳になった。
後ろ足が弱くなり、以前のようには歩けなくなった。
少し前までは、公園まで行って帰ってこられた。それが途中で休むようになり、やがて家の前の角まで行くのにも時間がかかるようになった。
それでも、私がリードを手に取ると、起き上がろうとする。
前足で体を起こし、後ろ足を何度か踏み直す。
寝ていていいよと言っても、玄関までついてくる。
獣医さんに相談しながら、歩く距離を短くした。
そのうち、犬を乗せられるカートを買った。
底に毛布を敷き、縁にも畳んだタオルを掛けた。最初は家の中で乗せてみた。
犬は落ち着かない様子で座っていたけれど、外へ出ると顔を上げた。
いつもの道を通った。
角の植え込み。パン屋の裏。小さな公園。
歩いていた頃、必ず立ち止まっていた場所では、カートを止めた。
公園の草地で下ろすと、支えている私の手を気にしながら、ゆっくり鼻を地面へ近づけた。
ほんの数歩だった。
それでも、なかなか帰ろうとしなかった。
先週の日曜、その帰り道で近所の人に会った。
カートをのぞき込み、赤ちゃんかと思った、と笑った。
足が弱くなったので、と説明すると、家で寝かせておけばいいのにと言われた。
「犬一匹に、ずいぶん大げさだね」
私はカートの持ち手を握ったまま、うまく返せなかった。
犬は顔を上げて、その人の手を見ていた。
昔、散歩の途中で何度か撫でてもらったことがある。
少し待ってから、またタオルの上に顎を置いた。
Gay Spies retweeted
ALSO when people are called, and PAID to give evidence in front of Senate Estimates.. they should be fully informed and ready. NOT giving answers 'take it on notice'.
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The bastards will stop at nothing ! Now the Labor communists are ‘putting money into our economics…”
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Obama: "I'm not making this up -- the president of the United States is spending time supergluing gold medallions to the mantle in the Oval Office. He's literally doing arts and crafts while we are fighting a war and trying to deal with out of control prices."
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BREAKING: MAGA provocateurs James O’Keefe and Cam Higby have been hit with FELONY charges in Minnesota!
They allegedly impersonated REAL voters, dressed up as Muslims and tried to manufacture an election fraud scandal.
The irony is absolutely staggering.
These are the same people who have spent years screaming about election fraud, and now THEY are the ones facing felony election-related charges.
You cannot make this stuff up.
Hold them accountable!
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As I presented my latest report at the UN two days ago, the US ambassador managed to be even more insulting than Israel’s. No small feat, given that Israeli representatives at UN in New York have long been second to none in diplomatic buffoonery.
At the UN on Monday, Israel's ambassador called @FranceskAlbs a fraud and a liar. The US representative called her a lunatic.
Her report documents nearly 300 journalists killed in Gaza. Of course, neither of them addressed it.
Then she answered.
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BREAKING: MIC DROP! Senator Mark Kelly delivers the best takedown of Trump's failed Iran War that we've ever heard — just in time for the midterm elections!
This is an absolute slam dunk...
"We had a President take this country to war without a strategic goal, without a plan, without a timeline, and without an exit strategy. And now he's stuck. He doesn't know what to do," Kelly said, while campaigning for Senate candidate Troy Jackson in Maine.
"I sit on the Armed Services and the Intelligence Committees, both of them. And I will say, from what I know about this, the Iranians weren't any closer to developing a nuclear weapon this year than they were when I first got to the United States Senate in 2020," said Kelly. "And it's this President who, by the way, tore up the deal in 2018 that started them to enrich the uranium at a higher level."
"So if you think there was a problem, this President created the problem!" he continued. "But he didn't need to go to war and put Americans in harm's way. We have now 20 deceased service members. Over 800 injured."
By now, most discerning people have come to realize that this war was never about nuclear weapons. Trump launched this war because Israel convinced him that he could win a quick, splashy victory and Israel wanted this war because they want to destroy a regional adversary. American interests were never at stake.
"And what did the American people get out of this?" asked Kelly. "They got nothing. They got higher gas prices. They got higher food prices."
"We've got service members deployed for record numbers of days on the USS Abraham Lincoln. And I understand going on cruise can be hard. It's challenging," he went on. "But really, they had eight service members who tried to commit suicide because of the conditions aboard the ship. And I've got to tell you, the worst thing about that, by far, for me, was to see the Secretary of Defense go straight to camera and say, there's no problem, and we give commanders everything they need. That is not leadership."
"Leadership has taken some responsibility for whatever the situation is," added Kelly. "And by the way, how hard would it have been for him to say, hey, I recognize there's a problem. We're going to look into the problem, and we're going to make things better for these service members because they deserve that. It's not hard to do. This Secretary of Defense was incapable of doing that."
Kelly is right to lay the blame for this disastrous war as much at Hegseth's feet as Trump's. Our booze-breathed, Fox News-fried "Secretary of War" is more interested in posturing as a tough alpha male than he is in actually leading our troops.
These midterm elections are, among other things, a referendum on this war. If you're sick of wasting blood and treasure on endless wars, vote blue!
Please ❤️ and share if you think that Mark Kelly nailed it!
