Does the world feel smarter? Less hateful?
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Does the world feel smarter? Less hateful?
While Trump sleeps, golfs, dies, whatever the hell it is he's doing, Global strategic alignments are shifting at a speed I can't recall in my lifetime The reaction of the Aus gov? Pretend nothing's happening. Let's throw more money at the world's most unreliable ally. Strategic brilliance 🙄 #auspol
Resigning? Moving to Russia?
Ukraine, Putin, Gaza, the Nobel, & now India cosying up to China, all proving to him that he is not the Almighty. Narcissistic implosion can get very messy.
Indigenous people make up < 4% of our population. There have been 12 deaths in custody this year. Jewish people make up <.5% of our population. Thankfully none have died as a result of antisemitism. Where is our Special Envoy To Combat Anti-Indigenous violence and neglect, @albomp.bsky.social?
Trump on the cover of French magazine Le Point. Translation: “Man from Moscow” Le Point is a major French weekly news magazine. It is considered a center-right / conservative-leaning publication.
A bit amused that the marchers spent much energy confirming their cultural/intellectual/societal superiority by continually changing "oi oi oi" 🙄
While defence minister Marles is embarrassing himself and his government by sucking up to Christo-fascist Hegseth in Washington and PM Albanese craps on about "shared values" being "above partisan politics", Macron shows how it's done. #auspol
She could wear that jacket "I don't really care"
A great education minister A shit environment minister Albanese made some terrible portfolio decisions.
@albomp.bsky.social #DITCHAUKUS #auspol Such a great opportunity to bail now. Don't waste it!
Why are our so called leaders always the last to see/state the bleeding obvious?
I framed this incorrectly. It’s not about us ceasing to be US allies, it’s about accepting that the US has ceased to be allies with anyone. The US has abandoned any normal international relationships, we need to adjust to this reality. And cancel AUKUS. #CancelAUKUS #AusPol
Aren't they in the same country?
The whole world is less safe. Except maybe Russia.
The New Yorker…
And not one of his boofhead mates stepped up to tell him to pull his head in.
MADNESS is ruling AMERICA A MADMAN is occurring the White House The world watches as America is being destroyed from within.
"Australian money is flushing into the US submarine construction system – a billion US dollars so far, with another billion by year’s end. What will Australia have to show for it? Nothing." Time to ditch #AUKUS. #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08...
Would he be any better? Or just another puppet?
It is the key question of course. Wish I had a solution. In Australia at least, we need to strengthen regional security & trade relationships, to buffer against any US policy shifts.
Even here in Australia, the political 'wisdom' seems to be to wait it out; 'it will pass'. By then the damage will be irreparable, both to the US & the global order. #auspol #Trump
Big Shitter is watching you
@albomp.bsky.social This is how Trump speaks about an ally that has been illegally invaded. But you and that dangerous idiot Marles keep throwing our money & sovereignty at him. FFS grow a pair & #DITCHAUKUS #AUKUS #auspol
This is it in a nutshell: firing at a hospital to take out a camera is a war crime, no question and no defence, but the media don't even recognise what they're normalising anymore.
Bravo Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social for the best description of #Assolini ever! Alas, he is correct as he is a perfect metaphor for America 2025 It is up to US to change it by throwing out all #GOPTraitors who have violated their Oaths of office & broken faith with We the People
Australia Institute polling has found that 54.2% of Australians want a more independent foreign policy. “The Australian Government has a chance to re-imagine our relationship with the United States, with the clear support of the Australian people.” - Emma Shortis @emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol
Can we join this club please #auspol
The one uniquely Aussie game Couldn't find a single Aussie act to headline. Australian cultural cringe still governs too many of our institutions.
We know it's not everyone But it's way too many to make the rest of us comfortable 😪
I know Trumps headlong race into dictatorship is massively important, BUT, While he rapes his own country, the US has turned its gaze away from the genocide in Gaza & the illegal invasion of Ukraine.
Does Trump not receive a morning briefing? The number of times reporters catch him off guard with overnight events is terrifying 😳 #Trump #Gaza #USAPOL
But how do we prove it? Massive crowd funded reward for concrete evidence? Either from Russia or the US.
You only get 1 Australia in your life.
This is the guy the AFL chose to roll out in front of our kids on grand final day? WTAF were they thinking? #AFL #auspol
Is he fucking 5 years old? Excited about getting a picture from his hero?
But this time, he didn't even have to give his word. Trump gave him a free pass.
@albomp.bsky.social Find a way BRING THESE KIDS TO AUSTRALIA #auspol
Any sanctions on Russia yet? Tariffs? Anything?
@albomp.bsky.social Looking for a real, positive way to help Palestine? Bring as many starving children to Australia as we can get out. We have the ability, capacity & will to help these poor kids. Make it happen. #Gaza #GazaFamine #auspol
No soul to sell
Netanyahu must now rank alongside Hitler as the most evil shits of our time. The scale is not the same, yet, but the hatred, the dehumanisation & the genocidal intent, all the same. And also the same, the world watches on; impotent, preoccupied, fucking useless.
And of course they ditched their commitment to Net Zero (such as it was). Looking forward to a very long stint in Opposition.
They gave Spud a standing ovation FFS. Now the Libs have 2 heros. Howard & Spud. Both suffered massive defeats & lost their own seats, and accurate reflection of their popularity. The lack of self awareness is breathtaking.
Watching a young woman being dug out of rubble from a bombed building in Gaza. FUCK YOU ISRAEL FUCK YOU NETANYAHU Enough is enough! @albomp.bsky.social #auspol Time now to say we're no longer friends. No more war parts. Ambassadors out NOW Otherwise Australia is complicit in genocide.
Just setting up someone to blame.
Looking on from afar, It looks like America really needs the opposite. Someone not aligned with, or beholden to the old dichotomies. Not left or right, not Democrat or Republican. Just a normal good, decent, intelligent citizen.
She is so far out of her depth its a bit embarrassing. Get the lettuce out.
Putin & Trump are leading the world in a deadly dance. They both know exactly what they are doing. And that's resetting the world order. The Europeans are starting to see it, but are deer in the headlights at the moment.
The body language! Every single one of them looks like they just want to slap his ugly orange face
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... How the hell can this not be the lead story of every single news story globally? All those poor children stripped from their homes & families by that massive prick Putin, yet appears to be only a second order issue in global affairs. What have we become? #auspol
Wouldn't it be great if the Federal Opposition put politics aside, just for a moment, and came out to stand up for the Aus PM & to tell Netanyahu to pull his head in. But no, take the low road as usual. #auspol #Gaza
The Australian population should demand that Australian media ask the Australian government every single day how we share values with the US. The US is debating if slavery is bad, kidnapping innocent people and sending them to another country, repealing gay marriage, stripping abortion rights…WTF
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You always have to leave via the gift shop.
Another Putin/Trump delay, distraction.
They should give it to Zelenskyy Well deserved And would push Trump over the edge
Trump is demanding that Europe redraw its borders. Of course they need to confront him. His ignorance, hubris, laziness & Putin worship needs to be curtailed in the real world.
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Australia has Asia on our doorstep, & India just round the corner. Why we persist with kowtowing to the Yanks is beyond me. #auspol
If the US goes to war with China Their economy would suffer, but they would survive. The Australian economy would be absolutely & irredeemably fucked. #auspol
TACO will be shitting himself No chance for bullying, lying, generally just being a dick.
This is the beginning of Trump's end. He will be globally exposed as a weak leader & a Putin puppet. The Russians will be laughing The rest of the World, horrified. The American voters? It will take them longer. It always does.
President Trump is committed to ending the Ukraine war by letting Russia win it.
I really hope Ursula goes with him. She will not take shit from Trump & that idiot JD.
Would Australian politicians give precedence to the voice of the people, or their American masters? I have zero confidence they would do the right thing
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Trump is a victim of his own bullshit He genuinely believes he is the great deal maker. That he can walk into a meeting, unprepared, without a plan, & expect his opponent to just fold in the light of his genius. It's a sackable trait for a vacuum cleaner salesperson, horrifying for a US President.
My advice to Zelenskyy for the Trump meeting (not that he needs it) 1. Show up in combat fatigues 2. Bring Macron along. Trump hates Macron 3. Refuse any open Oval Office conference 4. Refuse any JD involvement 5. Ask Trump 'is that the best deal you could do?' #Ukraine #trumpisaloser
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There's no hate quite like Christian love. There's no corruption quite like Christian morality. Nothing creates poverty as quickly as Christian charity. Nothing harms more children than Christian family values.
“Donald Trump didn’t just embarrass us. He humiliated us. He gave Vladimir Putin the propaganda triumph of a lifetime and dragged America’s honor through the mud for nothing more than a few flattering Fox headlines and the sound of his own voice.” Shameful!
Trump has told the media to temper their expectations about this meeting. How do you temper 'zero'.
The same can be said for countries & their governments. Did we ignore, appease, comply, even kowtow? There is no shame in acknowledging reality, even in a one time ally. Trump is incompetent, dangerous. Not a friend of Australia. @albomp.bsky.social Now is the time. #ditchAUKUS #auspol #Trump
Wow, excellent bit of work. Thanks for sharing.
Wondering whether we will see a similar analysis on Australian media? #auspol
Trump’s gutting of USAID will kill 15m of the poorest people in the world. He has turned the military on his own people, thrown innocent people into foreign gulags, fan boys Putin and supports Bibi’s inhumane assault on Gaza. Few recent world leaders have deserved the Nobel Peace Prize less.
Sussan is so far out of her depth that it's embarrassing. The Lib boys sitting behind her just giving her enough rope. I give her longer than a lettuce but shorter than a potato 🥔
Watching recent Trump press conferences, he genuinely looks like shit. Is no one questioning his health? Fitness for office? It's so glaringly obvious. #Epsteinfiles getting to him? #trumpissick #Trump
It's now quite clear the #AUKUS subs, in the unlikely case they're delivered, will never be truly ours but will remain under US control even if crewed & nominally owned by Aussies. Grow a pair @albomp.bsky.social & cancel Morrison's shit deal while we still can #auspol www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
Congress? What Congress?
#auspol
Off the charts moronic decision. On any level, what were they thinking?
I can think of another reason. Military control over Congess & its surrounds. Intimidation of members.
Ok Palestine will be recognised ✅ Now do: Leave Aukus Close Pine Gap Arrest Netanyahu
#TrumpFiles
Honestly, we should just call them the Trump Files. That feels more relevant. #TrumpFiles #EpsteinFiles
Why are they not speaking out? Have they all signed NDAs? Or all been threatened?
Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.
Albo's already knows which button he's pushing. It's worn down from his finger.
But still did nothing Is he scared of Bibi as well?
Desperately hoping for that much anticipated meeting between Albo & Trump, With @albomp.bsky.social having the balls to tell the Felon to keep his orange nose out of our defence decisions, shove his tariffs, give us back that #AUKUS money. #auspol #ditchAUKUS
Never in the history of #auspol has so much attention been given to the vacuous thoughts of a totally discredited & irrelevant opposition.
Or just ditch AUKUS anyway
'Supervising' future elections?
The Australian gov has made 2 x $800m payments to this corrupt degenerate regime for submarines that we will never see. Trump is a disgusting pig, a convicted felon who cannot be trusted with 14 year old girls & a threat to global security. But OK, cool, keep sending them our money. FFS #auspol
Has Witkoff achieved a single thing in his time as envoy? Perhaps being a total knob has something to do with it 🤔
WTAF ? Stop the Thanis @bsky.app
Thanks