paul mckessy

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

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[Morten Øverbye  @morten]

An assassination attempt by a mentally ill person using an AR-15 is a terrible reason to vote for the man who made it easier for mentally ill persons to obtain AR-15s.

[paul mckessy @Mckess_]

@TraceySpicer Evidently

[Jim Chalmers MP @JEChalmers]

New jobs numbers show our labour market is an important source of strength in difficult times. We are fighting inflation and repairing the budget without smashing the economy, and we see that in these tens of thousands of new jobs created in May. #auspol #ausecon @AustralianLabor

[Sally McManus @sallymcmanus]

Peter Dutton has no shame charging us $23K for a jet to Tamworth to speak at a Newscorp event, sponsored by Gina Rinehart to talk about the cost of living crisis.

[lady galadriels 🏏 @ mtcg - ishkh khakfe andu null @miss_reys_mind]

fucking hypocrite
but
typical RWFW

[blakandblack @blakandblack]

Just because it’s Sunday … oh, and … this is hilarious…

[Solo Monk @JJKALE2]

Who else would like to see more of Laura Tingle and less of David Speers on @abcnews?

#Insiders @abc730 @RadioNational

[JayJay @JayJay91341991]

Let’s show Laura Tingle our support.❤️
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#IStandWithLaura

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Rock and roll legend Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones enrages MAGA world by hilariously trolling Donald Trump during a massive concert in New Jersey.

This is exactly the kind of thing that gets right under Trump's skin...

"I thought we were gonna get a bit of a Stormy Daniels but we’re alright," Jagger said of the weather, causing the crowd to roar with laughter.

Daniels is currently a sore sport for Trump because her testimony could end up sending him to prison in the hush money trial in New York.

During another point in the performance, Jagger performed a fan-voted song and said: "There’s a much bigger vote happening in November."

He also noted Trump's "trials and tribulations," a likely reference to his mounting legal and financial problems.

To add insult to injury, the Rolling Stones performed for more than 80,000 people at the concert. Meanwhile, Trump's campaign rally in the Bronx struggled to pull in 3,500 people (Trump lied and claimed 25,000).

The best part of all of this is that Trump is absolutely obsessed with celebrities. He wants to be liked and welcomed in by them but most of them absolutely despise him.

Please retweet and ❤️ if you'll stand with Mick Jagger and vote against Trump this November — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a new pro-democracy social network that is exploding in popularity because Twitter and Facebook are trying to stop its growth — which is only making Tribel grow even faster. Please follow us on Tribel to get all of our breaking news alerts sent straight to your phone or computer by clicking the following link: https://t.co/HnJzSKjCwX

[Beed @Beed_mcfc]

I've been given a Kevin de Bruyne signed shirt, comes in a presentation box including a certificate of authenticity. I'm going to do a raffle & donate all proceeds to my just giving page to raise money for @RMCHosp @RMCH_Ward86.
Tickets are £2.50 each or 10 for £20.
Pls RT

[JayJay @JayJay91341991]

Laura Tingle should host 7.30 permanently.
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#abc730 @abcnews #Budget2024

[paul mckessy @Mckess_]

@sjaymatthews @MikeCarlton01 Still feels THE young

[paul mckessy @Mckess_]

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[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum.

God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

-Nate White

[paul mckessy @Mckess_]

@PhillipAdams_1 Fake news obviously @PhillipAdams_1

[paul mckessy @Mckess_]

@NickGalatas @gazzagazzagc @AAFClubs @FootballAUS I’d love to but I’m afraid that’s too high a league for me and besides I live in the Sunshine Coast these days!

[Anthony Albanese @AlboMP]

It’s a Yes from @_nathancleary