Dismayed

[JayJay @JayJay91341991]

Liberal MP candidate Paul Lindemann has been dumped after vile, derogatory remarks made about the indigenous community.

The LNP are just a bunch of racists & bigots, which is why Jess Wilson has preferenced One Nation over other parties.

#auspol #vicvotes26 @LiberalVictoria

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

Fun Fact: Jim Jordan has been in Congress since January 2007. Nearly 20 years collecting a taxpayer-funded salary, and not ONE bill he's sponsored has passed the House or become law. Almost two decades of yelling, investigating, and performing for cameras. Zero bills passed.

[Stephen Koukoulas @TheKouk]

I note - yet again - that a slower economy, including for housing, is part of the economic policy to get inflation back to target.
The hand-wringing about the fall in lending (whihc by the way can simply mean less turnover as people postpne decisions to move) is part of that adjustment.
ICYMI

[6 News Australia @6NewsAU]

#BREAKING 🚨 The Victorian Liberals have disendorsed Williamstown candidate Paul Lindemann after it was revealed he made what the party called "unacceptable and offensive" comments about Indigenous people

He will remain on the ballot as a Liberal because nominations have closed

[Lunacharsky @silupescu]

"Ho spiegato tante volte a Kushner e Witkoff che il Donbass non è una mia proprietà, non posso decidere di cedere due km in più o in meno, né un affare immobiliare. Parliamo di argomenti molto sensibili per la gente, provate a ragionare come se i russi fossero entrati in Florida"

[jezz @JezziiB]

Secretary of WAR Pete Hegseth just went on TV and told the nation that he's being impeached for "winning a war."

There's that word again. War.

War. War requires 48 hours notification by the President to Congress. War imposes a 60-day limit on hostilities UNLESS Congress formally declares war and passes specific legislation authorizing and funding it.

This is the law.

And Pete Hegseth just went on record telling us he and Trump have broken it.

There's your impeachment. Thanks, Pete.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Raskin: Somebody should tell Todd Blanche and his team to get a Supreme Court decision called Steffel v. Thompson, which says it’s legally actionable to bring an injunction action against the government if the government is trying to scare you out of exercising your First Amendment rights and your constitutional rights.

In our case, it’s not just that these members were exercising their constitutional rights; they were exercising their constitutional duties. We have a duty, as the Article I preeminent branch of government, to conduct oversight operations of the entire government, as well as the economy and other things happening in society.

[Roman Levandovsky 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 🇨🇦 @levandovsky]

This is my Canada.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

If you’ve ever been to the spot at Arlington where Hegseth got reprimanded, you know it’s one of the most solemn, heaviest, emotional places in America. Most would never dream of being loud or laughing while we are there. But Hegseth, on Vet’s Day of all days, is a classless ass.

[Dismayed @Dismayed12]

@MelissaVla40400 @OldSchoolTieSir Barely function brain damaged simpleton sock puppet stooges like you are the problem.
You fail the Nation daily.

[OldSchoolTie @OldSchoolTieSir]

It says everything about Dave Hughes that he’s posted 7 tweets attacking Labor/Greens today but not said a peep about the Liberal candidate he was heavily backing being stood down for offensive anti Indigenous racism. He was making content with Lindeman as recently as yesterday.

[Rex Kwon Do @RexKwonDo_]

Why the fuck are BBC news describing the child David Walliams was grooming as "a woman of 15"?

Fucking sickening.

[Kira Rudik @kiraincongress]

Absolutely disgusting.

According to Kushner, russia is asking whether Ukraine and Europe are genuinely ready for peace.

After years of killing, destruction, kidnappings, and war crimes, the aggressor has the audacity to question whether its victims want peace.

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

bro does not care about whipping votes (unless it’s for aid packages to israel)

[FireFighterDev @fire_starter457]

Floridians are absolutely losing their minds after being told the new “No DEI” law also means heritage celebrations like St. Patrick’s Day parades and Oktoberfest are now cancelled is the funniest fucking thing ever.🤣😂

What an amazing Pyrrhic victory for those bigoted fuckwads.

[GURGAVIN @gurgavin]

JUST IN : NVIDIA CEO JENSEN HUANG HAD ANOTHER AFFAIR WITH AN NVIDIA EMPLOYEE PER NEW YORK TIMES

HUANG'S ALLEGED RELATIONSHIP WAS WITH NVIDIA HEALTH CARE VP KIMBERLY POWELL

JENSEN HUANG HUNG UP THE CALL ON NYT AFTER THEY ASKED HIM ABOUT IT ; NVIDIA HAS DECLINED COMMENT

$NVDA

[Molotov @ipoolgian]

🚨 IMPORTANTE

Exclusiva de Reuters muestra el verdadero móvil de la operación militar que llevó a la captura de Maduro

La investigación reveló que una semana antes de la operación militar del 3 de enero, el vicepresidente JD Vance abordó la futura venta del crudo venezolano con un operador de la firma Vitol y megadonante de su campaña, allanando el camino para que Vitol y Trafigura recibieran sin licitación el monopolio de comercialización petrolera que ya les ha generado cientos de millones de dólares.

Registros de vuelo ubican el avión oficial de JD Vance y el jet privado de John Addison (operador de Vitol) juntos el 27 de diciembre en Bozeman, Montana, rumbo al exclusivo Yellowstone Club.

Según una fuente enterada del encuentro, Vance preguntó qué tan rápido podrían vender el crudo venezolano si EEUE tomaba el control del suministro.

Aunque Addison negociaba gasolina en EEUU y carecía de experiencia técnica en contratos internacionales de crudo, había donado 300.000 dólares a Vance en 2022 y 7 millones de dólares a comités de Trump en 2024 (el mismo año en que Vitol pagó 50 millones en California por un caso de manipulación de precios donde Addison fue señalado).

Recomendado por Vance, Addison recibió el 5 de enero (dos días después de la operación) la llamada del secretario de Energía, Chris Wright.

La Casa Blanca omitió la licitación pública y el 9 de enero Vitol y Trafigura ya tenían las licencias.

Con más de 200 millones de barriles exportados en lo que va de 2026, expertos estiman que los operadores ganan entre 3 y 3,50 dólares por barril (un margen de 3,5 % a 4 %, superior al 1 %–3 % habitual de Vitol). Ambas firmas mantienen en secreto sus contratos con PDVSA, y Vitol confirmó tener además relación comercial con NABEP, la petrolera de Alejandro Betancourt

Este reporte se suma a la filtración del informe de KPMG publicada ayer por The New York Times, según la cual Vitol y Trafigura concentraron el 61 % de los 12.260 millones de dólares ingresados a la Cuenta de Custodia de Venezuela antes de que Washington transfiriera casi la totalidad de esos fondos de vuelta al Banco Central de Venezuela

Es decir:

Una semana antes del ataque militar, el gobierno de Trump ya estaba coordinando en un club privado de esquí cómo repartir la comercialización del petróleo venezolano a sus megadonantes de campaña sin licitación pública.

https://t.co/U3MFGkmOn9

[Tutkumuz F1 @F1tutkumuz]

💥“İSRAİL ÜZERİNDE BASKI KURMALIYIZ.”

🗣️Lewis Hamilton: “Bugün, Gazze’ye gönderilmek üzere hazırlanan yardım kolilerini yüklerken Mısır Kızılayı ile birlikteyim. Gönüllüler eşliğinde bugün Refah Sınır Kapısı’na gittiler. Mısır genelinde 70 binden fazla gönüllü bulunuyor. Burada ise her gün 2 binden fazla kişi, bu kolilerin mümkün olduğunca iyi hazırlanıp paketlenmesi için gönüllü olarak çalışıyor. Yardımların gönderilmeye hazır olduğunu söyleyebilirim.

Bu nedenle İsrail üzerinde baskı kurmamız ve sınır kapısının Filistin tarafının yeniden açılmasını sağlamamız gerekiyor. Çünkü her gün sınırdan yeterli sayıda yardım kamyonunun geçişine izin verilmiyor.

Gazze ve Filistin halkı öylesine acil bir ihtiyaç içerisinde ki bu yardımlara şu anda duydukları ihtiyaç bundan daha büyük olamaz. Bu yüzden gerçekten baskı oluşturmalı ve yardımların onlara ulaşmasını sağlamak için birlikte çalışmalıyız.

Burada çok büyük miktarda yardım malzemesi bulunuyor. Üstelik burası, aynı şekilde harika malzemelerin depolandığı birkaç farklı merkezden yalnızca biri. Bu yardımlar; Filistin’deki bireylerin ve ailelerin gerçekten ihtiyaç duyduğu gıda, ilaç ve çeşitli temel ihtiyaç malzemelerini içeriyor.”