Dr Jackie Watts OAM
@melbactivist
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Chair, Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network. Board Member, Offshore & Specialist Ships Australia. Local Govt. Reform Activist
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined August 2012
During the Vietnam War, the military measured success by "body count," resulting in soldiers killing civilians in order to reach their death quota. By imposing quotas on ICE, it's unsurprising the Trump administration has caused agents to just brutally round up whoever they can.
10th grader, Arnaldo BAZAN and his father were getting McDonald’s before school when immigration agents pulled them over. The agent slammed Bazan’s father to the ground and put the teenager in a chokehold. Arnaldo is 16 years old and a US citizen‼️
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How to lose the 21st century to China: 1. Unilaterally disarm regarding the soft power competition by ending economic aid and international media agencies. 2. Impose tariffs irrationally on everyone. 3. Invade Greenland, break up NATO, and isolate the US from the entire world.
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JUST IN: 🇪🇺🇺🇸 European Union to suspend trade deal with US, Bloomberg reports.
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More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland. They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
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Troops from European countries are arriving in Greenland to defend the territory from us. Let that sink in. And now Trump is setting tariffs on our allies, making you pay more to try to get territory we don’t need. The damage this President is doing to our reputation and our
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🚨 JUST IN: In a stunning development, Denmark's streets explode into anti-American rage as thousands flood Copenhagen's City Hall Square, waving Danish and Greenlandic flags in a massive "Hands Off Greenland" showdown. Protesters scream "Greenland is NOT FOR SALE!"
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All this crap generated about Greenland and Venezuela is just to distract from the Epstein Files, which have still not been released. In defiance of the law, might I add. RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.
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-74% of all insulin used in America comes from Denmark. -100% of all Ozempic used in America comes from Denmark -15% of all shipping containers arriving in America come from a Danish company All 3 are being discussed within Denmark to halt.
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Trump is raising tariffs on 8 NATO allies because they rightly support Denmark's sovereignty in Greenland. Destroying our closest alliances to take Greenland — which Denmark lets us use freely already — is insane. Congress must say NO.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz: "What's happening in Minnesota right now defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos and disruption and trauma the federal government is raining down upon our communities. They're pulling over people indiscriminately,
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It's clear @sussanley and her LNP rabble wanted legislation that banned *ONLY* antisemitism. But here's the thing. Such laws would be unconstitutional as we cannot have laws that affect only one faith and not others. Ley was too thick to realise it, and here we are. #auspol
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Brilliant article. The Coalition cynically demanded stronger religious hate speech laws and are now opposing the very laws they demanded because these laws are likely to also prevent racial vilification. They’re also opposing stronger gun laws. #auspol
https://t.co/QP1tPbU2pM
abc.net.au
Federal Liberals are discovering the price of having been so brazen in their politicisation of the Bondi terror attack and many appear to have buyers' remorse.
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Penny Wong is right. “What is becoming increasingly clear is that it is Ms Ley’s leadership which is unsalvageable.” https://t.co/mQonRq9Zcl
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theguardian.com
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Australia should withdraw the invitation to Herzog, or the govt’s noises about social cohesion and adherence to international law are meaningless
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Canada stands in solidarity with Greenland & Denmark. 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰 PM @MarkJCarney quote: "The future of Greenland is a decision exclusively for the people of Greenland and Denmark..." Carney also announced the establishing of a new consulate in Nuuk, Greenland. Retweets appreciated.
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Not just each other. The Coalition also hate: -Workers who want better pay -Parents who want proper public education -LGBTIQ+ Australian’s who don’t want to hide -Indigenous Australians who ask for recognition they were here first -New Australians who have their own opinions -Me
They’re an angry clown show. 🤡 Weaponising a terrorist attack and just hating on each other. #auspol
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Gavin Newsom: “He’s trying to stoke a Civil War in this country. It’s a disgrace what he’s doing in Minneapolis. It’s a disgrace what his DHS is putting out. Very intentionally stoking tensions. White supremacy being promoted. None of this is normal and it cannot be normalized”
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