Austin Docherty

Twitter is dead. I only use X if I can't find a person elsewhere.

[Austin Docherty @AustinDocherty]

@WhiteHouse @FLOTUS @FirstLadyOffice I think the headline is “Thanks @Pontifex” and “Melania also made a phone call”.

[Robert van Lieshout @rhjhvanlieshout]

@WhiteHouse @FLOTUS @FirstLadyOffice Wrong! Taking credit for something the pope has achieved!

[Austin Docherty @AustinDocherty]

@ytruthmatters Lizardking

[Nir Blu @NirBlu]

@Uvalajnr Can we agree that this AI BS stories are ruining social media?

[DEI w/the hard R 💖blm💗tblm💗gblm🇵🇸 @chyrah]

@Uvalajnr Why would you not notice a $349 over charge before paying. And the supervisor cannot add a charge if they are not on the register. Who is letting their 5 yr old child write chat gpt slop.

[Austin Docherty @AustinDocherty]

@Uvalajnr Moral of the story: always check the EFTPOS Terminal total amount to be billed before scanning your card.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say. But that’s exactly what the Trump Administration is doing to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.

To understand why this is so appalling, it’s important to know the facts. Congresswoman Omar came to this country with her father when she was 12 years old. Five years later, her father became a naturalized citizen. If Ilhan had been 18 at the time, she would have had to apply for citizenship separately. But because she was 17, she became a naturalized citizen automatically.

Congresswoman Omar went on to graduate from college, work as a community organizer, become the first Somali-American legislator elected to public office in the U.S., and win a seat in Congress. There, she has been one of the Trump Administration’s fiercest critics, which has led the president to repeatedly single her out as someone who he believes does not belong in this country.

Now the Administration is actively trying to deport Congresswoman Omar, seemingly based solely on the unsubstantiated theory that she was actually 18 when her father was naturalized, and therefore is not a citizen. Federal agents have raided her home, confiscated personal records, and seized her phone — all to try and uncover a nonexistent smoking gun from 20 years ago that will somehow make their case.

Think about that. The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president. And it’s not the first time this has happened. Under President Trump, the Justice Department has repeatedly gone after those he considers his political enemies — from the Attorney General of New York, to the former head of the FBI, to members of the Federal Reserve.

In those cases, the prosecutions either stalled or were dismissed for having no basis in law, and the same is likely to happen in this case. But not before Congresswoman Omar’s life has been turned upside down, her legal bills have piled up, and she’s been forced to spend time fighting unsubstantiated charges instead of serving the people of Minnesota.

The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to intimidate someone should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views. Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same.

[Bonnie Allan @bonnieallan72]

@macsween_prue What a pathetic troll tweet. Not needed at this time.

[Austin Docherty @AustinDocherty]

@PaulBongiorno @macsween_prue @helenhainesindi Thank you @PaulBongiorno

[Paul Bongiorno @PaulBongiorno]

@macsween_prue @helenhainesindi You pathetic small person

[Austin Docherty @AustinDocherty]

@edwinhayward @daveyk317 2.25 million barrels ÷ 3.908 million barrels/day = 0.576 days
or:
about 13.8 hours of US consumption
Another way of looking at it:
Russia's initial 300,000-tonne shipment is roughly half a day's US distillate consumption.

A drop in the ocean, or Strait of Hormuz.

[Austin Docherty @AustinDocherty]

Serious question @AlboMP @SenatorWong ???

[Christine Milne AO @ChristineMilne]

Does Australia stand with the ICC? Time for Albanese and Wong to stop talking out both sides of their mouths. I don’t want to hear anymore concerned, deeply concerned, gravely concerned. I want a definitive Yes! #auspol, do your job.

[Christine Milne AO @ChristineMilne]

Does Australia stand with the ICC? Time for Albanese and Wong to stop talking out both sides of their mouths. I don’t want to hear anymore concerned, deeply concerned, gravely concerned. I want a definitive Yes! #auspol, do your job.

[Austin Docherty @AustinDocherty]

@Lisa9Sophia I think I’ll wait for Speckles the psychic crocodile to predict who will win the next Australian election, thanks. About as credible.

[Elizabeth Glab @lizglab.bsky.social @LizGlab]

Here's more legacy media reporting that normalizes Pauline Hanson as just another political personality.

But ignores just how racist, divisive & #FarRight she is. The Coalition is pushing in the same direction.

As usual, it's the odds, not the stakes. https://t.co/bYyYHupLBW

[Austin Docherty @AustinDocherty]

@STANJAY0426 Paulina Hanson is the angry, racist, crazy aunty at the party who drinks too much and then steals the silver.

[Austin Docherty @AustinDocherty]

@Andrews86495144 @premnsikka Also “I’ll do whatever my overlord Vladimir tells me to” while I make myself rich.

[Austin Docherty @AustinDocherty]

@MikeCarlton01 @alanfriedmanit The sad part is this is Putin’s plan to destabilise “the west”, separate Europe, Canada, Australia from the US, make them weaker, susceptible to attack (many forms) from Russia or China.

Donald Trump is a Putin stooge despot tinpot dictator. The USA is doomed, as is the world.

[Austin Docherty @AustinDocherty]

@bennyjohnson The sad part is this is Putin’s plan to destabilise “the west”, separate Europe, Canada, Australia from the US, make them weaker, susceptible to attack (many forms) from Russia or China.

Donald Trump is a Putin stooge despot tinpot dictator. The USA is doomed, as is the world.