I grew up listening to the @bbcworldservice. I couldn't wait to finish school and head to London. I went to art school and d̶i̶d̶ a̶n̶ e̶x̶c̶h̶a̶n̶g̶e̶ y̶e̶a̶r̶ Down and Out in Paris... I made it to Obama's 2nd Inauguration when I was living in New York, but there were so many people I didn't make it onto the Mall. I am a politics nerd/news junkie, political commentator, provocateur, satirist, selfless corrector of @SkyNewsAust "articles", clarifier of conspiracy theories, bleeding heart liberal, gay man and advocate, and proud Dad to 3 sausage dogs (yes, rescues). I have had to type this post out so many times because @elonmusk's AI keeps deleting it. I grew up in the Western world where @rupertmurdoch controls what everyone sees and believes😵‍💫, and I believe @realDonaldTrump is either the most despicable human being or the greatest performance artist of all time. I take my inspiration from them both for dis/information, an installation artwork of online spaces working together to point out hypocrisy, and troll the trolls. Art critic: "Disinformation is the defining characteristic of our time. And this is art of our time." #auspol2024

🚨 Taylor Swift to fund childhood reading program previously defunded by Missouri Republicans.

Trump is about to lose his mind over this.

This took a deadly turn...

Abdul El-Sayed: “I know that antisemitism exists and it’s a very dangerous force. But I also know that trying to meld the interests of Judaism and the Jewish people with the interests of a Super PAC and a foreign government itself risks exacerbating antisemitism because just like I don’t want to be held accountable for what the Egyptian government does because I share ethnicity with the people who live in Egypt, I don’t think Jewish people in Michigan or America want to be held accountable for what the Israeli government does”

Gavin Newsom says even the critics of Zohran Mamdani have to acknowledge his success on election night: It was a rather remarkable success. I mean, you could be his biggest critic, but you had to acknowledge his success on election night. I certainly reached out and texted him. This guy figured it out a year ago or more, and his influence continues to grow. It certainly grew the other day during the election.

🚨 BOMBSHELL! Ana Kasparian confirms Pete Hegseth blatantly lied to Congress. The disastrous Iran war has already drained $113 BILLION from taxpayers! Trump's reckless war triggered massive inflation, skyrocketing oil prices by 41%. Washington is bankrupting Americans!

When Trump spews bullshit about ‘Communism,’ I look out my window & see Canadians recklessly enjoying healthcare, public schools, pensions, paid parental leave & unemployment insurance. My god our tax dollars actually help people. It’s absolute Marxist bedlam up here. Pray for us

Truth over power‼️

Abdul El-Sayed on AIPAC: “Why does an organization that wants to send our money abroad to drop bombs on women and children, to back a genocidal foreign government, why are they attacking me? Well, because they know I want to keep our money here, to invest in women’s health here and childcare here. They know they can’t beat us on the fundamentals of the debate”

🇨🇺 CUBA | The Nation, citing a leaked State Department cable obtained by reporter Ken Klippenstein, reports Secretary of State Marco Rubio directed U.S. embassies to lobby countries to oppose a July 7 U.N. General Assembly debate on the humanitarian impact of U.S. sanctions on Cuba. The cable reportedly instructs allies to criticize Cuba, urges nonaligned states to stay silent, and warns countries supporting the debate that Washington “will be listening very closely” to their remarks and discourages comments that could “create friction” in bilateral ties. Cuba said the U.S. is trying to block debate through pressure and threats. thenation.com/article/world/…

Everyone should pay attention to Albania right now. The revolution is starting there. Albania just rejected Zionism and Epstein Class. Stand with you Albanians 🇦🇱

Gavin Newsom goes off on the Trump Family corruption: Newsom: And I’m not talking about the $100,000 watches. I’m not talking about the guitars that he’s selling that you didn’t even know about, or the Bibles, or the sneakers. I’m not talking about all that. I’m talking about what’s happening substantively with these kids and these investments, and the Pentagon contracts they’re receiving on rare earth minerals and drone companies, and all the stuff that’s happening with the Kushner family, the Witkoff family, the “Board of Peace,” which is about getting a piece of the Middle East. Let’s talk about the UAE and high-value chips, where they’re getting a piece of our national security, where the Biden administration held off. But as long as you can get a deal done with the UAE on the private family businesses, then all of a sudden national security becomes less of an important talking point. Or how about the tariff relief in places like Vietnam for the golf courses and the development deals, and the dozen other countries that he’s doing business in? How about all the corruption as it relates to the self-dealing with his resorts and all of his assets that the Secret Service and taxpayers are subsidizing? Or directing G7 investments? Or the emoluments issues across the spectrum every day? Or just the day trading literally behind the Oval Office desk, or showing up on your calendar at a company that you just invested in because you know that stock’s going to pop because you’re going to promote it the next day? All of this happening—this open sewage system. You talk about draining the swamp. He gave it a presidential suite with gold leaf. And you’re seeing this gross corruption at a scale and scope never before seen in modern American history. This is stuff I don’t even imagine exists at this scale in a year and a half, even in Putin’s Russia or Kim Jong-un’s North Korea.

Doug Burgum's claim that the reflecting pool "has been a big success" flopped hard on the Sunday shows, with hosts Dana Bash and George Stephanopulous tripping him up with basic follow up questions like, "The president claims vandals cut a 350 gash in the pool. What evidence do you have?" Here's a supercut of Burgum flailing:

"What if there's some asshole in office, some narcissistic prick who doesn't follow the Constitution..."

This is General Donahue and he was a four star General who was apparently pressured to resign from the Military because of Pete Hegseth’s ridiculous mismanagement of the Department of Defense. This is the loved he was shown as he was leaving his home and position!

If anybody knows the names of any of the far right white supremacists yesterday, please DM me their information. Thank you.

Thank you for telling the truth. Frederick Douglass asked this country one question in 1852. This country has spent the last 174 years, avoiding the answers.

Alexander Acosta signed Epstein's non-prosecution deal, then the Justice Department kept telling his victims their case was still active. At a May hearing, Rep. Walkinshaw laid it out to a survivor: "That letter they sent you was a lie. They lied to you." "Yes."

Haggard, lethargic, freakazoid, dementia patient buffoon at Mt Rushmore

Being a patriot is standing up for the Constitution, which Trump and his people have been shitting on since he got in office. I am not a damn communist or Marxist. If asking for people to be treated fairly, if asking for the laws that are on the books to be followed, if demanding accountability to the American people makes me a communist. Then you do not know what it means to be a patriot. I love my country, I hate what you are doing to it. I AM TAKING THIS FLAG BACK!!! Don't tread on me, asshole.