Troy Wright

Assistant General Secretary of the Public Service Association of New South Wales & South Sydney tragic. Politics and rugby league, not always in that order.

[Troy Wright @TroyTwright]

Days later I still cannot watch that Jai Arrow interview without tearing up. Well done @DanikaMason9 for somehow maintaining your composure. In doing so you kept the story about Jai and gave him the dignity he deserves. #NRL @NRLonNine

[Troy Wright @TroyTwright]

OK it was fun while it lasted. Twitter has become a right wing cesspool of bots and misinformation. I am outta here and will try to be a small part of the Bluesky rebuild of a stable online community. Hope to see you there

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

I think one of the most difficult reckonings of this election is that the incentives we thought inspired voting choices -- a better life for your family and future for your community -- may not be as decisive as the desire to dominate and inflict cruelty on outgroups. Explanations that don't grapple with this point generally read to me like liberal wishcasting.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

It's just a fact that if a Dem president nominated a guy with this background to be Sec Def it would be a major scandal and controversy. But because GOP immorality is completely normalized at this point I would be shocked if it makes any difference. (The article is from 2018.)

[Wayne Farry @waynefarry]

feel like I'm losing my mind over this Maccabi-Amsterdam story

all the media literacy in the world means nothing when the biggest news orgs are reporting a version of events that simply didn't happen

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Nearly 70% of Gaza war dead are women and children, UN says https://t.co/4f30gQ1zRw

[Bassem Youssef @Byoussef]

Zionists in Amsterdam disrespected the moment of silence for the flood victims in in Spain , they chanted”death to Arabs” they chanted “there are no schools and no babies left in Gaza” . They tore down Palestinian flags and attacked bystanders on the streets. So when they got the adequate treatment they deserved , as usual, they cried and victimized themselves and the western media , as usual, covered up for them and focused on the reaction and ignored their aggression. Some of those “soccer fans” were IDF reservists and assholes who served to kill Palestinian and Lebanese children. Zionist are just cowards. They will only play bullies if they are supported by US money and weapons. But without that you just have a bunch of cowards weeping and crying and victimizing themselves. Without the western media you have no cover and without US weapons you are absolute nothing. So cry me a fucking river…. To the sea.

[Peter FitzSimons @Peter_Fitz]

Holmes à Court: Dutton channels Trump.
"His fact-free nuclear debate thought bubble & aggressive 'othering' of non-white Australians & refugees should be a wake-up call to all. Dutton’s Svengali, Gina Rinehart, is partying at Mar-a-Lago as we speak!"
https://t.co/Ob6x9pJBpQ

[Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley]

50 years ago, young men concerned about inflation eroding their wages would have joined a union.

Today, they put all their savings in crypto and vote for tax cuts in case they become billionaires.

That’s neoliberal individualism baby.

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

"It wasn’t the economy," @mtomasky says. "It wasn’t inflation, or anything else. It was how people perceive those things, which points to one overpowering answer" — the right-wing media. https://t.co/8cu4znYI3y

[Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen]

A note to Dem politicians and campaigns: You won't persuade voters with a one-off appearance on a popular podcast the week before the election (which is not a knock on Harris' campaign; she only had a couple months so they did all they could). The reason Republicans are winning over so many young people is because the right invests hours and hours, everyday, every month, every year in audience-building among its influencer class. We can't compete by sticking our candidates on an episode one time in October of an election year. Democrats need to embrace YEAR-ROUND progressive media (either directly political or political-adjacent) if we want to compete. But you cannot only remember independent media outlets exist 2 weeks before an election-- not in a media environment where the vast majority of Americans (and practically ALL persuadable Americans) are consuming content on alternative outlets.

[Troy Wright @TroyTwright]

@vii_lauren The “truth and reconciliation commission” is going to be V2 of the McCarthy Hearings

[Stephen Koukoulas @TheKouk]

Poor Matt can't read the inflation data.
We are middle of the pack.
Using comparable monthly data here's the score card:
Australia 2.1%

Japan 2.5%
Sweden 1.6%
Eurozone 2.0%
Norway 3.0%
Canada 1.6%
US 2.4%
New Zealand 2.2% *Qtrly
UK 1.7%

[Troy Wright @TroyTwright]

@AltMediaWatch Emboldened by his hero Trump’s victory no doubt. The whole “libertarian” thing is a farce. They are just far-right nationalists with marketing. Guy is in NSW upper house, has contributed nothing of relevance in the NSW policy space and uses his salary to platform shit like this

[Alternate Media Watchers @AltMediaWatch]

John Ruddick, the Libertarian Party member for the NSW Legislative Council has made some very racist comments towards refugees while on a white nationalist podcast to discuss a working relationship between nationalists & libertarians 1/

[Stephen Mayne @MayneReport]

So, if you thought Trump was going to win big, the best trade would have been to buy listed US private prison operators. Only in America!! ⁦@AlanKohler⁩

[Kenny Devine @TheKennyDevine]

Ah yes.
A billionaire, with the backing of his billionaire friend, a billionaire media mogul, and 26 other billionaires, has secured a position of extreme power.

It truly is a win for the outsiders over the elite.

lolz

[The Stuttering Sissy @chulito_jotito]

This man lost to Biden.

Lost by ALOT.

If you think that this is ANYTHING other than misogyny at play you’re lying to yourself.

She is THE most qualified candidate on YEARS.

She is viciously intelligent and driven.

She is losing ground with MEN, latine & Blk voters.

[David Shuster @DavidShuster]

And what do you know? Harris now winning Virginia by 70,000 votes. That will grow. See how this works? Rural areas report results faster than cities and crowded suburbs. It has always been that way. And it will be that way in AZ, WI, MI, and PA. Harris gaining ground.