Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences? Only one explanation now remains. They do. And it is what they want.
Rosco The Grouch
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Retired secondary school teacher. #Aikido student. Lover of Australian #wildlife. Born 310ppm CO₂. Life science student. Had a gutful of hyperpartisanship threatening democracy and climate action. Canadian expat Living on #Bundjalung country. Voted YES.
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Exactly.
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Just saw a headline calling the latest school shooting ‘incomprehensible’
Yeah no, it’s absolutely comprehensible because your country refuses to fix the problem. You are ok with kids getting killed, shut up and own it.
I said what I said.
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A top CDC official shared a scathing resignation post tonight in which he accused HHS chief Robert Kennedy of ignoring experts and said recent policy changes threatened lives.
"Unable to serve": CDC vaccine chief slams Kennedy in scathing resignation post
Demetre Daskalakis said there had been an "intentional eroding of trust in low-risk vaccines."
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Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
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Good
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Amnesty International Australia and the Centre for Non-Violence have officially cut ties with #HESTA over its fossil fuel investments, removing it as the default superannuation fund for employees. #climate
Employers switching super funds to send climate message
Moving an individual's super out of funds that invest in fossil fuels is a popular climate action in Australia, but what is less common is entire organisations making the shift.
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And Iran trying to tell you Israel is the problem. This could get confusing. Or maybe that's the point.
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We've all seen Israel do the most depraved shit imaginable, commit the worst atrocities human are capable of. We've seen it thousands of times, not just journalists, everyone paying attention and not a lying sell out. And now they're trying to convince you Iran is the problem.
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So. More foreign interference in Australia's democracy. This time, Iranian activities playing into Israel's hands, building on the "antisemitism narrative" in Australia.
#auspol #Iran #Israel
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia accused of not acting on 2023 warnings Iran was harassing and surveilling diaspora
Senate inquiry at the time received hundreds of submissions saying Revolutionary Guards were monitoring and intimidating critics of Tehran
