Charmaine Rodrigues

Governance & Peacebuilding Specialist - constitutions, parliaments, anti-corruption, FOI, womens empowerment - in Pacific, FCAS & elsewhere

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

It was really hard to cut this down to just 5 minutes

[Charmaine Rodrigues @charmainer99]

@BradleyWhitford 5 mins more for him according to CNN

[Sean Hayes @SeanHayes]

It was truly an honor, Mr. Jones. You will be greatly missed. #JamesEarlJones #WillAndGrace

[Michael Koziol @michaelkoziol]

Niki Savva: "Everyone refers to the 'drift' away from major parties, implying it is ... a phase that voters will grow out of. It isn’t. It is a deliberate, conscious, repudiation by Australians in their millions of traditional politics and politicians." https://t.co/5v4pn4WAVp

[Charmaine Rodrigues @charmainer99]

@JasonClareMP Legislate a complete TV gambling ad or u will be pushed into minority Govt with teals and greens. It's an easy win for u if only u would stand up to vested interests #bangamblingads

[Charmaine Rodrigues @charmainer99]

@AlboMP Legislate a complete TV gambling ad or u will be pushed into minority Govt with teals and greens. It's an easy win for u if only u would stand up to vest interests #bangamblingads

[Charmaine Rodrigues @charmainer99]

@AlboMP Legislate a complete TV gambling ad or u will be pushed into minority Govt with teals and greens. It's an easy win for u if only u would stand up to vest interests #bangamblingads

[Eric Columbus @EricColumbus]

Happy 70th Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools.

She’s younger than 36 senators and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.

The past isn’t past.

[Max Chandler-Mather @MChandlerMather]

$176 billion

That’s how much Labor will give property investors in tax handouts over the next 10 years, while millions of renters and mortgage holders suffer.

Scrap the tax handouts. Invest the savings in public housing. Cap rents. It’s not hard.

[Conspiratorial Templates @mynamehear]

Trump thinks people claiming asylum come from asylums. That's why he keeps bringing up Hannibal lecter.

It's that simple. He is just incredibly stupid.

[NOT a Canberra Bubbler 🌲🌏🌲 @MSMWatchdog2013]

The $25 billion gas contract Howard wholeheartedly approved of in August 2002 had gas prices locked in at 2002 prices until 2031 with no domestic gas reserve set aside.

In early 2007, he approved of a similar contract with China, only bigger.

We did get 2 Pandas, though.

🐼🐼

[Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele]

In 1968, Sidney Poitier was at a press conference at the height of his career.

He made it very clear how he felt about the press.

Funny that I had to find this on a discarded film reel with 1000s of books, Microfiche and films.

Now you can see it.

[Charmaine Rodrigues @charmainer99]

@Gr0wCrypt0 @mcuban @soldatthetop @FoxNews @NEWSMAX @CNBC @CNN @dailywire @marklevinshow @DavidSacks @Jason @KamalaHarris Do you get that that's NOT how tarrifs work? A car is built in X country - it costs $10k - but when it hits the American border a "tarrif" is imposed, let's say 20% - even if the Govt DOES collect some portion - consumer is the one paying - car costs $12k now

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

LOL. According to the DOJ indictment, one of Tenet Media's producers didn’t want to post Tucker Carlson's grocery store trip in Russia because they thought it was not subtle enough for a Russian influence operation: “It just feels like overt shilling"

[Stephen Koukoulas @TheKouk]

John Howard - the only Treasurer to simultaneously deliver:
- double digit inflation
- double digit unemployment
- double digit interest rates.
That is a miserable record that will not be beaten.
Go Johnnie Go!

[Doug Cameron @DougCameron51]

Thanks to the economic incompetence of the Howard govt selling our gas overseas for a song we are forced to import gas when we produce more than enough to meet our needs.
The LNP failed the nation,we are paying a big price for their ideological stupidity. https://t.co/D48tkbERxr

[Rupert's Conscience @RupertsConscie1]

Not an immigrant.

Not a refugee from Gaza.

Not a Muslim.

A member of Peter Dutton's own party.

@LiberalAus #Auspol #LNPNeverAgain

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Did you know Sesame Street was originally created for black and brown inner city kids?

A THREAD

[Mariana VR @marisconsin]

I don’t say this lightly: constitutional democracy in 🇲🇽 is being dismantled as I type this

The Chamber of Deputies is set to pass a const amendment overhauling the judiciary today. If you’re interested here’s a brief explainer of what’s about to happen:

https://t.co/aUzldr5umq