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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 15 cont <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> 🏡🏠🏡🏡🏡🏡🏡🏠🏡🏡💰</p><p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> Leader <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a> has announced a plan to allow first-time buyers of newly built homes to be able to deduct interest payments on up to $650,000 of their <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/mortgage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mortgage</span></a> from their income taxes.</p><p>The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> would mean a family on average incomes would be around $11,000 a year better off — or $55,000 over five years”</p><p>Last minute policy. Details? More deductions from the government instead of fixing the existing problems.</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coalition</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HousingCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HousingCrisis</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Financialisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Financialisation</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NegativeGearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NegativeGearing</span></a> <<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-13/coalition-first-home-buyers-mortgage-taxes/105170766" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-13/coa</span><span class="invisible">lition-first-home-buyers-mortgage-taxes/105170766</span></a>></p>
Six Grandfathers Mountain<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@newsopinionsandviews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>newsopinionsandviews</span></a></span> </p><p>I wonder if the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> despised, hated (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liberal</span></a>) law firms that gave in to help his <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> agendas, were the ones to edfit the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> to exempt <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smartphones</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCs</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tablets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tablets</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SouthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthKorea</span></a>⁉️</p><p>This what <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EricHolder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EricHolder</span></a> said in the video</p><p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is getting these law firms to help him negotiate trade deals or work on this whole tariff, controversy"</p><p>"...these firms need to stand together. If we do, I think we ultimately win"</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 15 cont 🏡🏠🏡🏡🏡🏡🏡🏠🏡🏡💰</p><p>“I want to help <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/YoungPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YoungPeople</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FirstHomeBuyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstHomeBuyers</span></a> achieve the dream of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HomeOwnership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeOwnership</span></a>,” — <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AnthonyAlbanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnthonyAlbanese</span></a> said.</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a> (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a>) has announced a $10bn tax cut measure, which would give <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australians</span></a> who earn up to $144,000 relief of up to $1,200 in the upcoming financial year.”</p><p>What a load of horse💩. Where is the strategy to industrialise the housing Industry to drive down costs and increase quality? <<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watchv=36I6jCrWTvQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watchv=36I6jCrWTvQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>></p><p>Does <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> want people to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/buy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buy</span></a> or <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/rent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rent</span></a>? Where is this discussion? If not where is the plan to rollback (middle class <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>welfare</span></a>) house investment & <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NegativeGearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NegativeGearing</span></a>? Where is the talk of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EducationalDebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EducationalDebt</span></a>? Free TAFE for Tradies won’t solve these problems. </p><p>Dream on Labor. <br>Libs, $1200 dollars 😆🤭🤣🤣</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LaborParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborParty</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HousingCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HousingCrisis</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Financialisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Financialisation</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NegativeGearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NegativeGearing</span></a> <<a href="https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/12/albanese-to-pledge-10bn-to-help-build-100000-homes-for-first-time-buyers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/apr/12/albanese-to-pledge-10bn-to-help-build-100000-homes-for-first-time-buyers</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 15 cont ☢️ 👷🏻♂️ 🛻🚛🚚🏭🏭🏭⚒️👩🏻🏭🧑🏻🏭</p><p>“With <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NuclearPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPower</span></a> ☢️ there is no need carpet our national parks, our prime agricultural land and coastlines with industrial, solar and windfarms, or 28,000 kilometres of transmission lines …</p><p>Our <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> has stagnated under the Albanese governments excessive and interference, privatising the agendas of inner-city Green voters, activists and union bosses, as they always do. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> has used every tool at their disposal to target sectors critical for our <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/economies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economies</span></a>.</p><p>It has gone after <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/miners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>miners</span></a>, small businesses, farmers, fishers and foresters, from Tasmania to Western Australia, and when these <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/industries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industries</span></a> suffer, we all suffer. My intention is to make Australia a mining, agricultural and manufacturing powerhouse once again.” — <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a>👷🏻♂️</p><p>There you go, that’s the 🥔 policy. Everything is based off <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nuclear</span></a> ☢️ and it will solve all the problems. No policy, costings, strategic analysis, economic or political discussion.</p><p>Question?</p><p>This message was delivered in Perth, WA. Who benifits from a new <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> uninformed policy? </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a>☢️ / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/13/australia-election-2025-live-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-housing-tax-campaign-launches-cost-of-living-labor-coalition-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/live/2025/apr/13/australia-election-2025-live-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-housing-tax-campaign-launches-cost-of-living-labor-coalition-ntwnfb</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 15 💥🚂</p><p>“As Price got into full flight, Dutton’s team tried to end the press conference.</p><p>But Price kept talking.”</p><p>“When the press conference’s final question turned to Price’s plans for cutting <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GovernmentWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentWaste</span></a> in a potential <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> cabinet, the senator seized her moment. In 11 minutes, she traversed everything from the indoctrination of students to “silly ideas around ideological things like colonising breastfeeding”.</p><p>There had been no plan for Dutton’s spokeswoman for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/IndigenousAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousAffairs</span></a> and government efficiency to take centre stage. Half an hour earlier, Price had led a rallying cry to “make Australia great again”.</p><p>Discipline, focus, strategy? </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Perth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Perth</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leadership</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a> <<a href="https://archive.md/4IhID" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/4IhID</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>> / <<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/dutton-had-a-decision-to-make-on-saturday-he-chose-jacinta-price-20250412-p5lr8q.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smh.com.au/politics/federal/du</span><span class="invisible">tton-had-a-decision-to-make-on-saturday-he-chose-jacinta-price-20250412-p5lr8q.html</span></a>> (paywall)</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 15 📺 => 📻</p><p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BarrieCassidy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BarrieCassidy</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TonyBarry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TonyBarry</span></a> examine <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a>’s surprise backflip on his work-from-home policy, and ask: what can the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> do to recover from a bad week? And can they limit the damage quickly?”</p><p>Remember when you could get the weekly catchup and analysis (however flawed) of Australian political goings on? It was call “Insiders” and would be aired on the ABC on Sunday mornings. The show transmuted into <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Binsiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Binsiders</span></a> 🗑️when Barry left. </p><p>Barry has a podcast thats released every Saturday. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Aunty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aunty</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ABCTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABCTV</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Greens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greens</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/profile/barrie-cassidy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/profile/barrie</span><span class="invisible">-cassidy</span></a>></p>
LyleDAL<p>To my Canadian friends, PLEASE listen to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PoliticsGirl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticsGirl</span></a>. A lot is riding on this!</p><p>Vote <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> by April 28th for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarkCarney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkCarney</span></a>! </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n4RpDZhk788" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/n4RpDZhk788</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PierrePoilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PierrePoilievre</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CDNPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNPol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 14 cont 🗣️🎙️📺 🇺🇸</p><p>“Price was appointed to lead a government efficiency unit if the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> government is elected after 3 May. The unit, which would sit within the prime minister’s department, has been compared to one led by US <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> billionaire Elon Musk (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechWeenie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechWeenie</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Oligarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarch</span></a>), whose Department of Government <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Efficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Efficiency</span></a>, or Doge, is taking a razor to US government departments.</p><p>“Let’s be very, very clear, media, you’re obsessed with Donald Trump 🎃. We’re not obsessed with Donald Trump. We’re actually obsessed with ensuring that we can improve the circumstances for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australians</span></a>,” she said.”</p><p>Devoid of any <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/analysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>analysis</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/costing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>costing</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ideas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ideas</span></a> an LNP Senator makes a word salad of foreign phrases about making the “Bond market” sexy again, from a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BowlingClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BowlingClub</span></a> on a Saturday in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Perth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Perth</span></a>.</p><p>Repeat the slogans, <br>Repeat the slogans, <br>Repeat the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/slogans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slogans</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JacintaNampijinpaPrice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JacintaNampijinpaPrice</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/indoctrination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indoctrination</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/12/jacinta-price-says-coalition-will-make-australia-great-again-then-accuses-media-of-being-obsessed-with-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/apr/12/jacinta-price-says-coalition-will-make-australia-great-again-then-accuses-media-of-being-obsessed-with-trump</span></a></p>
Toni Aittoniemi<p>A common problem of the contemporary <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liberal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> is not claiming the values of discipline, commitment and militancy back from the right.</p><p>Allowing the right to claim ownership of those values while doubling down on values like safety leads to giving up the tools to achieve it in the first place.</p><p>Those safe spaces won’t police themselves. They need tough & muscular nonbinaries and allies standing by, ready to punch any nazis coming in to disrupt them.</p><p>The narrative needs to <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>change</span></a>.</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 14 cont 🔋⚡️🛢️🔥 🚘🚚🚛🚚</p><p>“The Coalition’s pledge to scrap fines for carmakers that exceed emissions caps imposed by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> has raised concerns about new barriers to the influx of cheap <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EV</span></a> models and entrenching <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/petrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petrol</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/guzzlers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guzzlers</span></a> that cost more to run.”</p><p>“We want cleaner, cheaper cars on Australian roads as we head towards net zero by 2050, but forcing unfair penalties on carmakers and consumers is not the answer,” — <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a></p><p>Remember tradie Utes under threat? (cf BYD electric Ute 4WD) Also note the target date, 2050. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> <<a href="https://smh.com.au/politics/federal/copied-from-america-dutton-launches-election-fight-over-evs-20250402-p5loib.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">smh.com.au/politics/federal/co</span><span class="invisible">pied-from-america-dutton-launches-election-fight-over-evs-20250402-p5loib.html</span></a>></p>
Day<p>The SAVE Act 💩: “That’s what they tell ya in the Big Font” <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fyp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fyp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foryoupage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foryoupage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thesaveact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thesaveact</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/saveact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>saveact</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liberal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democrat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>project2025</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 13 🗡️✍️🗳️</p><p>“In Australia, in a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>, you make your <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/arguments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arguments</span></a> with <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a>, not <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weapons</span></a>,” he told Sunrise.</p><p>“If people want to come up to us and have a chat, they can.”</p><p>“If they don’t like us, then they might mumble something under their breath or cross the road – you never want to see the sorts of threats of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/physical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physical</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> happen, like we’ve seen <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/overseas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overseas</span></a>.” — Member for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Blaxland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blaxland</span></a></p><p>Does Australia and Australians need violence for political change? NO, thats why we vote. </p><p>Both major Political parties have “Pay to meet the Politician” programs for the largest bidders, so saying the public can chat to any Politician, especially serving members is unrealistic & patronising. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JasonClare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JasonClare</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a> <<a href="https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/11/peter-dutton-brisbane-boy-charged-alleged-terror-plot-ntwfb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/apr/11/peter-dutton-brisbane-boy-charged-alleged-terror-plot-ntwfb</span></a>></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1984476/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1984476/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Will there be leadership changes on both sides of politics next parliamentary term? <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AngusTaylor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AngusTaylor</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coalition</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JimChalmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JimChalmers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LEADERSHIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LEADERSHIP</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrimeMinister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrimeMinister</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/treasurer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>treasurer</span></a></p>
Father Enoch<p>If <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MarkCarney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkCarney</span></a> really wanted us to believe he wasn't a puppet for the same oligarchy that's pushing <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PierrePoilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PierrePoilievre</span></a>, he'd call <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s "Pause on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a>" what it WAS: a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HOSTAGESITUATION" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HOSTAGESITUATION</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is using the threat of tariffs to hold the world hostage, just like how the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> use the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Debtceiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debtceiling</span></a> to hold the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Federalgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Federalgovernment</span></a> hostage every four years. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CanadaPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanadaPol</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a></p>
Olaf<p>Und plötzlich, ist der Schwiegerdrache aus Amerika eingeflogen. Naja, ich werde brav bleiben und meine liberalversifften statements für mich behalten. <a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/linksgr%C3%BCn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linksgrün</span></a> <a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liberal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/falsefriends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>falsefriends</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day twelve cont ☢️🏭</p><p>“Coalition sources on Wednesday told The AFR that while the party would honour the NRF’s existing commitments if elected on May 3, the remaining funds would be put to other uses, including possibly the Coalition’s plans to build seven <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NuclearPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPower</span></a> plants across the country.</p><p>The Coalition will not scrap or exit existing <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NRF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRF</span></a> (National Reconstruction Fund) agreements over fears that would create sovereign risk, whereby investors avoid making investments in Australia due to uncertainty about government decision-making.”</p><p>…</p><p>“While the Coalition has opposed Labor’s off-budget funds, Dutton has said a future Coalition government would finance its taxpayer-funded nuclear power plants through a similar <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investment</span></a> vehicle.</p><p>Modelling by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FrontierEconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrontierEconomics</span></a> commissioned by the Coalition estimates the opposition’s energy plan would cost $331 billion to 2050, of which the taxpayer-funded construction of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NuclearPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPlants</span></a> would be a large component..”</p><p>There you go, $331B tax payer funded ‘never never’ nuclear technology ☢️ for power generation. 🤪</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manufacturing</span></a> <<a href="https://archive.md/FLmBy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/FLmBy</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>> / <<a href="https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/coalition-to-reprioritise-14-5b-from-labor-s-manufacturing-fund-20250409-p5lqck" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">afr.com/politics/federal/coali</span><span class="invisible">tion-to-reprioritise-14-5b-from-labor-s-manufacturing-fund-20250409-p5lqck</span></a>> (paywall)</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day twelve 🎃🪨</p><p>“Donald Trump says he has ambitions to compete with <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> on coal production after signing executive orders designating the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> as a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/mineral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mineral</span></a> and vowing to reinvigorate an industry that is in steep decline. …</p><p>During a rambling one-hour speech that spanned illegal immigration from Africa, Germany’s wind industry and energy challenges in California, Trump also specifically referenced Australia’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CoalTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoalTrade</span></a> with <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>.</p><p>‘We have more coal than any other country. You go to Australia, they have fantastic amounts of coal. You know who they sell it to?’ he asked several dozen hard hat-wearing coal miners in the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a>.</p><p>‘China. They sell it to China. They’re nearby. They sell a lot of it to China. But we have more than anywhere else on earth. We also have more liquid gold than anywhere on earth. So we’re really an <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> behemoth, but we’re unleashing that also.’”</p><p>Energy Resources. We should see some response by either party as to their Environmental and Climate policies by what is and isn’t said.</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/minerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minerals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> <<a href="https://archive.md/lzK4E" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/lzK4E</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>> / <<a href="https://afr.com/companies/mining/trump-cites-australia-in-his-beautiful-clean-coal-energy-overhaul-20250409-p5lqjl" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">afr.com/companies/mining/trump</span><span class="invisible">-cites-australia-in-his-beautiful-clean-coal-energy-overhaul-20250409-p5lqjl</span></a>> (paywall)</p>
Nathaniel Gregory<p>Too many <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liberal</span></a>-brained types think that the problem is that we spend too much on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a>. It's the fact that a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalist</span></a> military should not exist. If it's an armed party of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> you want it to be a large military.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeBiden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimWalz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Walz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Walz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a></p>
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸<p><a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/TheAmericanFascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheAmericanFascist</span></a> uttered this morning.</p><p>“I’m proud to be the President for the workers, not the outsourcers; the President who stands up for Main Street, not Wall Street; who protects the middle class, not the political class; and who defends America, not trade cheaters all over the globe.”</p><p>The left wing social democratic forces of the world (including the <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberals</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/NDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NDP</span></a> in Canada) have been so neutered and brow beaten into incrementalism and neo-Liberal corporate capture, that a right wing, billionaire-wannabe, near-Nazi fascist, and politicians who want to be like him (Pierre Poillievre) have stolen the rallying cries of working men and women (but mostly men).</p><p>These were the warnings working people and socialist forces screamed when Free Trade and privatization was born by Reagan and Mulroney, Thatcher and Chirac. The de-unionization of western economies, the decimation of public infrastructure for private “partnerships”…</p><p>Now here we are, it all got so bad that the regular person, struggling to put inflated food on the table, or put their children through inflated college, are so fed up that they submit to the regressive, racist, anti-human, bloviations of populist tyrants.</p><p>A pox on you, “Liberals” and “Democrats” of the world.</p><p>You chose corporations while you placated people with false promises and false hopes.</p><p>You enabled the worst of the human condition through complacency and greed.</p><p>Your limp, unconvincing defence of Liberalism and Democratic values destroyed both.</p><p>What will you do to win back the podium to speak for working people? Perhaps you don’t deserve to.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/canpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/populism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>populism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/rightwing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rightwing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/neoliberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/tradewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tradewar</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/trumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpTariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/elxn45" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elxn45</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/cpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cpc</span></a></p>
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