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@AngusTaylorMP For god's sake, Angus, keep up. That's been part of the deal for years. Try come up with something original for a change.

JD Vance pretends Trump waged a “just war” against Iran despite having eschewed negotiations for bombing. But a 1,000-year tradiion says that “a nation can only legitimately take up the sword ‘in self-defense, once all peace efforts have failed.’”trib.al/Yoy7voL

Israel's systematic war crimes aimed at hospitals, first honed in Gaza, is now finding 'expression' in Lebanon. Israel, the epitome of a rogue terrorist state, is clearly hellbent on wrecking every ceasefire, every Peace Deal that the US seeks. It must be stopped!

@atrupar And Australia is not happy with you, Trump

Trump: "I'm not happy with Australia"

The Israeli military’s destruction of the Qasmieh bridge on April 16, hours before a ceasefire, threatens to cut off Lebanese territory south of the Litani River from the rest of the country -- a disproportionate harm and possible war crime. trib.al/wh4z6ke

Yes!

This is the sort of leadership Australians thought they had voted for.

Australia needs an independent defence policy that makes us safer, not one that ties us closer to unhinged billionaires like Trump. We should not be locking ourselves deeper into US weapons systems and dependence on a country whose politics can shift overnight.

The personal insults are just a disgrace. A vicious bully. Hopefully this will impact on our stance on AUKUS

Israel escalates its evil & illegal policy of medicide: "Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly ‘quadruple tap’. Lebanese health ministry says killing of 91 healthcare workers shows ‘total disregard’ for international law" theguardian.com/world/2026/apr…

If Trump can issue an order like this to Israel to stop bombing Lebanon, why not issue a similar order to stop depriving the Palestinian civilians of Gaza of needed food, medical, and humanitarian assistance. Or to stop ethnically cleaning the West Bank.

Just 20 minutes before Trump announced the Strait of Hormuz was open—Someone dumped 7,990 lots of Brent crude futures. A $760 million bet that oil prices would drop. Orders far larger than anything else in the market at that moment. They made a fortune. But somebody knew the announcement was coming. This is insider trading at the highest level of government.

It’s time Israel’s 200 nuclear warheads were taken off them.

Southern Lebanon shows that Israel is unable to resist pressure from Trump to halt military operations. So why isn't Trump pressing Netanyahu to fully lift his blockade of Gaza and stop ethnically cleansing parts of the West Bank? trib.al/v9LsaHu.

“He would have done the same if she was three years old.”

@PeterCronau @MichaelPascoe01 Great piece by Laura Tingle

It is the insanity of the military-intelligence-corporate behemoth driving America’s eight decade rampage of coups, invasions, assassinations & wars that we have to fear long after Trump’s demise The clarity of US agenda gives Australia pause to reassess. abc.net.au/news/2026-04-1…

Why do we in Australia need water and electricity guzzling data centres at all when we can use overseas ones? Especially when AI is unregulated and in the hands of a few billionaires?

The US blockade is a hostile act, not just towards Iran but towards the entire world, including Australia. Energy supplies, food supplies, jobs, all hostage to the whims of US military power … and Labor wants to keep us tied to them. Unbelievable really.

I’m not a Catholic, but wouldn’t it be great if we could get #Ilovethepope trending as he’s plainly a good, decent, principled human being, and, on Musk’s platform, this will annoy a lot of powerful, evil people. Do please repost.

The blood-drenched Butcher Netanyahu is due to address the UN General Assembly at 11 pm tonight our time. I really do hope that the Australian delegation walks out on him, with the rest of the civilised world. @SenatorWong RT if you agree.