Concerned outsider

Dual citizen of Australia and Finland. Former US resident. My tweets reflect my personal opinion and not those of my employer.

[Shelley Blond @BlondShelley]

One of the horrors of Oct 7 that will stay with me forever is the betrayal.
The communities of the kibbutzim welcomed the Palestinian workers like family. Some slept at their homes, ate at their tables. Some had worked with them for decades. They were considered family.
On October 7, when the massacre, rape and kidnap of our people occurred and terrorists were killed in battles with the heroic IDF, they found detailed maps on those bodies. Maps that the Palestinian workers.. the ‘innocent’ Gazan civilians.. had drawn of each house. They designed the maps to help the terrorists know how many people lived in each kibbutz home. How many children resided there. Who owned pets. Who were elderly. Who owned guns. They knew where to target because the Palestinians betrayed the kindness of the peace loving Kibbutz community by handing over all the information to aid the slaughter.
May they all rot.

[Nurses Against Dick Pics. 🪷🇺🇦 @ClaudetteGGibs1]

The charges against Jesse Mack Butler, rapist from Oklahoma has been expunged by the DA. This man had the nerve to say that they won't hold it against him and he is free to go and live his life. Oklahoma is literally saying that's it's okay to rape women. We are not talking about a regular rapist. One of Butler's victims almost died from her injuries.
https://t.co/JRf0QbqjZc

[Liza Rosen @LizaRosen0000]

After confronting London’s Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan—who publicly dismissed the white rape victims and denied the existence of the grooming gangs—London Assembly Member Susan Hall made it clear:

The investigation into the rape gangs in London must focus on protecting the girls and survivors, not on shielding political correctness or political narratives for the sake of diversity.

She adds that the grooming gangs still threaten British girls, and authorities seem more interested in protecting political correctness than protecting British children.

She says authorities must protect the girls, expose the gangs, and stop the cover-up.

Share if you agree with her!

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

BREAKING: LOL! Australia World Cup fans go viral with a chant of "Aussie boys are on a bender, Donald Trump is a sex offender" and MAGA world is FURIOUS!

This is just too funny...

Clips are spreading like wildfire across social media showing hundreds of Australia fans in several locations gleefully belting out the chant.

Australia will face off against the United States tomorrow in Seattle after triumphing over Turkiye this past weekend. Ahead of that showdown, the Aussies are waging a particularly funny brand of psychological warfare.

Predictably, supporters of the President are screeching their outrage all over X, with some calling for the Australian fans to be banned from the United States for the match. As usual, these Republicans believe in free speech until they hear speech that they don't like.

But the problem for MAGA is that Trump IS a sex offender. He's an adjudicated rapist and a self-admitted sexual predator. He's also an alleged pedophile and judging just by the Epstein files that we have seen, he preyed on little girls for years.

This is what the entire world now thinks of the American President.

The Oval Office used to inspire respect and awe, now it's the butt of every joke.

Please like and share if you have NO PROBLEM with this chant!

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

Adil Khan fathered a child with a 13-year-old victim he groomed in Rochdale. Qari Abdul Rauf trafficked girls for sex. Both were convicted in 2012.

In 2015 Britain moved to strip their citizenship. The Court of Appeal upheld it in 2018. Deportation appeals failed in 2020, then again in 2022, with judges citing a "very strong public interest" in removal.

In 2026, both men are still living in Rochdale.

Rauf has worked for a takeaway delivery service in the same town where his victims live. Neighbours describe him walking around "like he owns the place".

Home secretaries promised. Tribunals ruled. Nothing moved.

Victims can meet their abuser at the corner shop, years after his deportation was announced on national news.

What is a court order worth in Britain if a convicted trafficker can simply outwait it?

[Rebekah Jones @GeoRebekah]

The people of Ohio are currently represented in Congress by a "man" who broke his little baby girl's collar bone.

What kind of depraved monster hurts a child?

EXPEL MAX MILLER.

[0HOUR1 @ZEER0HOUR]

Join me and demand @fortnite remove all of D4VD emotes and materials from the game.

He murdered and dismembered a little girl.

[Senator Sarah Henderson @SenSHenderson]

Protecting Australians’ way of life means keeping our community safe.

The government must immediately cancel the visa of this international student and deport him.

[Marko Matvikov @MarkoMatvikov]

Foreign student busted filming 150 women in toilets.

State court says it’s okay by setting him free.

Federal government says it’s okay by letting him stay.

Just think about what he’ll do to vulnerable women when he’s in a position of power if he goes on to become a doctor.

We’re enabling a monster.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: SHOCKING TESTIMONY reveals DOGE operative wiped out research funding without training or experience

A jaw-dropping deposition is shedding new light on how the Trump administration’s controversial DOGE initiative decided which federal research grants deserved to live — and which would be wiped out.

The answer? Apparently… vibes.

Under oath, DOGE staffer Nathan Cavanaugh admitted that he and another colleague personally labeled several academic grants as the “craziest” they had seen — and canceled them despite having no experience in grant review, federal research funding, or scholarly peer review.

When pressed on why one research project was targeted, Cavanaugh didn’t point to fraud, waste, or flawed methodology. His reason? The project mentioned “feminist and queer insights.” That alone was enough.

Another grant examining the experiences of marginalized military veterans — including women, Black service members, Native Americans, immigrants, and LGBTQ troops — was also flagged and canceled. Why? Because the description “explicitly says LGBTQ.”

That was the entire explanation.

When the lawyer conducting the deposition asked Cavanaugh whether he had any background in scholarly peer review or grant evaluation, the answer was simple: “No.”

The attorney then asked whether it was appropriate for a twenty-something with no experience reviewing federal grants to make sweeping decisions that could destroy researchers’ careers and cut off funding for academic work.

Cavanaugh’s response? He saw nothing wrong with it. He argued that someone could make those decisions simply by being “well-informed” from reading books.

The lawyer then asked the obvious follow-up question: Which books? Cavanaugh’s answer? “There were no books.”

And the irony gets even sharper.

Earlier in the deposition, Cavanaugh insisted he had no regrets about people losing income and research funding because the cuts were meant to reduce the federal deficit. When asked if those actions actually reduced the deficit, he admitted they did not.

So to recap: federal research grants were canceled by people with no expertise, no training, no peer review experience, and apparently no research to guide their decisions — simply because certain projects mentioned LGBTQ issues or feminism.

And the people making those calls say they see absolutely nothing wrong with that. That’s why so many people are finally realizing that MAGA actually stands for “Morons Are Governing America.”

Please like and share!

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: KNOCKOUT PUNCH! Congressman Ted Lieu confronts Pam Bondi about Trump being "all over" the Epstein files, plays a clip of them partying together, and then exposes her for lying under oath about his crimes!

This was an absolute masterclass...

"I want to discuss another man, Donald Trump, who is all over the Epstein files. Here's a video," Lieu said during a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee before playing a clip of Trump and Epstein laughing, chatting, dancing, and eying up girls together.

"Like former Prince Andrew, Donald Trump attended various parties with Jeffrey Epstein," said Lieu. "I want to know were there any underage girls at that party or at any party that Trump attended with Jeffrey Epstein."

"This is so ridiculous and that they are trying to deflect from all the great things Donald Trump has done," said Bondi, performing for an audience of one. "There is no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime! Everyone knows that. This has been the most transparent presidency. He's the one that asked that those files be released—"

"I'm going to claim my time. I got your answer. You said there's no evidence," said Lieu. "Mr. Chairman, please stop the clock."

After a bit more faux indignant ranting, Bondi finally shut up. The reality, of course, is that there is mountains of evidence that Trump committed sex crimes with Epstein. The files are full of accusations that he sexually abused, raped, threatened, and perhaps even killed children. There may not be hard DNA evidence right now, but testimony is evidence nonetheless.

Lieu continued apace—

"I'm going to put up another document from a witness who called the FBI's National Threat Operations Center because I believe you just lied under oath," he said. "There is ample evidence in the Epstein files."

"Don't you ever accuse me of a crime!" shouted Bondi, the most corrupt Attorney General in American history. Although she tried to summon up righteous fury, she just came across like a bad actor. It's clear that this woman knows that she's in the wrong, but she's so committed to her own career and power that she doesn't care.

"I believe you just lied under oath and this is all on videotape. You said there's no evidence of a crime. I'm showing you," said Lieu, presenting a document. "Here is a witness statement who called into the FBI's Threat Operations Center. He drove Donald Trump around in a limo. He overheard what Donald Trump said to Jeffrey on his cell phone. He was so angry he was going to stop the limo and hurt Donald Trump."

"And he met a girl who said she was raped by Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein," continued Lieu. "She later had her head blown off and officers at the scene said that could not have been suicide. No one, no one at the Department of Justice interviewed this witness. You need to interview this witness immediately.

"Epstein should rot in hell!" said Lieu, summoning up the righteous indignation that Bondi was only play-acting at. "So should the men who patronized this operation. And as we say here today, there are over 1,000 sex trafficking victims and you have not held a single man accountable."

"Shame on you! If you had any decency, you would resign right after this hearing concludes," Lieu concluded.

Please ❤️ and share to demand that Bondi be investigated and prosecuted if crimes are uncovered!

[Piyush Mittal 🇺🇸🇺🇦🟧🌊🌈 @piyushmittal]

The DOJ was supposed to redact identifying data for Epstein victims. Not only did they NOT redact identifying data for the victims, they redacted the names of the rapists and killers! They broke the law. Again. When is @AGPamBondi being impeached?

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

BREAKING: Philadelphia just drew a hard line on ICE. They have INTRODUCED legislation to rein in ICE.

- Agents can’t wear masks
- Must show ID
- Judicial warrants only
- Assault a bystander → arrested

This is what accountability looks like. This isn’t law yet, but it’s the blueprint. Pass it. Enforce it. Take it nationwide.

[Chuck Schumer @SenSchumer]

Kristi Noem is a liar.

Kristi Noem is incompetent.

Kristi Noem is vicious.

Kristi Noem must be fired.

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

🚨BREAKING: Greg Bovino and his Border Patrol agents deployed toxic green chemical gas right outside a PARK AND PLAYGROUND, down the street from an ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in Minneapolis… immediately after dismissal.

And a school bus was forced to drive straight through the gas.

Sit with that.

Agents fired multiple canisters of green chemical irritant gas at Mueller Park, right down the street from Ella Baker Global Studies & Humanities Magnet School, just minutes after school let out…

As children were heading to the park and buses were actively transporting students home.

The gas spread across the playground, through the park, and into the surrounding residential blocks, while families and kids were on their way home from school.

And this wasn’t “normal” crowd control smoke, or even normal pepper spray.

This type of gas is linked to burning skin and eyes, coughing, vomiting, chest pain, and serious respiratory injury, with the risk of delayed and long-term lung damage.

It is especially dangerous for children, infants, pregnant people, and anyone with asthma or other respiratory condition… which is exactly why the U.S. military stopped using it decades ago.

And yet, it was deployed here.
In-front of a park.
Near a school.
At dismissal.

Instead of driving away from protesters, Border Patrol chose to stop. They got out of their vehicles, escalated a non-situation, and deployed chemical gas in a public park surrounded by homes, and an elementary school.

In the video, you can hear Bovino ordering people to “get back,” warning he would deploy gas…

Not because anyone was in front of their vehicles.
Not because they were blocked.

But because protesters were standing on public sidewalks, filming.

And Greg didn’t deploy the gas into the street…

Oh no.

They threw it toward the park. Agents threw it up next to the playground, forcing people to run.

Later forcing a school bus to drive straight through the smoke.

After gassing the area, agents walked onto the public sidewalk, assaulting people who were simply recording, then got back in their cars and drove away… leaving residents coughing and scrambling to escape the toxic chemicals.

And, to make this even worse…

Border Patrol has no crowd-control authority.
They were not executing an operation.
They had no legal justification to stop, escalate, or use chemical force.

Unless their “mission” was terrorizing a public park near a school, they had zero authority to stop and gas civilians.

This is what reckless, unlawful federal force looks like.
This is how communities are being terrorized, poisoned, and children traumatized.

And this is what happens when agents believe there will be no consequences.

They deployed toxic chemical gas at a public park, near a school, at dismissal, and drove away like it was nothing.

That should alarm everyone because nothing is stopping it from happening to you next.

[MM  @adgirlMM]

This Greenland situation is absolutely insane.

WTF is wrong with Congressional Republicans. DO SOMETHING.

You cowardly bootlickers.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

TWEEPS: The SAVE Act is an attack on voting rights: ending mail-in voting and making millions of Americans ineligible to vote. We have to push back now.

Please give me 1,000 quick RTs and replies with #StopTheSaveAct.

Please and thank you! 🙏💪

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Norway's Prime Minister officially addresses Trump's insane admission that he's threatening Greenland because he didn't receive the Nobel Peace Prize — and says he has "clearly explained" to Trump that he has no control over the prize.

Our lunatic president shouldn't be expecting that medal any time soon...

"I can confirm that this is a text message that I received yesterday afternoon from President Trump. It came in response to a short text message from me to President Trump sent earlier on the same day, on behalf of myself and the President of Finland Alexander Stubb, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre stated, according to Fox News' Jennifer Griffin.

"In our message to Trump we conveyed our opposition to his announced tariff increases against Norway, Finland and select other countries," Støre continued. "We pointed to the need to de-escalate and proposed a telephone conversation between Trump, Stubb and myself on the same day. The response from Trump came shortly after the message was sent."

"It was his decision to share his message with other NATO leaders," he continued. "Norway’s position on Greenland is clear. Greenland is a part of the Kingdom of Denmark, and Norway fully supports the Kingdom of Denmark on this matter. We also support that NATO in a responsible way is taking steps to strengthen security and stability in the Arctic."

"As regards the Nobel Peace Prize, I have clearly explained, including to president Trump what is well known, the prize is awarded by an independent Nobel Committee and not the Norwegian Government," Støre concluded.

The message from Trump in question was revealed yesterday—

"Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America," he wrote.

"Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a 'right of ownership' anyway?" Trump went on."There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also."

"I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT" he concluded.

We are truly through the looking glass now. Trump is so insane, so deeply tangled up in his own pettiness and narcissism, that he's threatening to use the U.S. military against a NATO ally because an independent institute in another NATO country refused to give him a shiny medal. Our national security is being ripped apart to an atomic level due to the whims of a demented pedophile with historically low approval ratings.

It's worth remembering that Trump's fixation on the Nobel Peace Prize isn't an arbitrary obsession. He's furious and embarrassed that Barack Obama — a Black man, and thereby an inferior life form in Trump's vile racist worldview — won the prize while he has not. It enrages him so much that he's willing to tear down the entire post-World War II global order to make himself feel better. Pax Americana is ending because we elected a white supremacist real estate conman without a shred of impulse control.

Liberals were told by Republicans as well as commentators in the mainstream media that we were being paranoid when we said that Trump wanted to be a dictator. Now it's clear that all of our criticisms, as harsh as they were, didn't go far enough. Trump is no longer simply the worst, most corrupt president in American history. He's an active threat to world peace.

Please ❤️ and share to demand that Trump be removed under the 25th Amendment!

[Cristina Cordova @cjc]

Turns out the last line of defense against authoritarian pressure is a mild-mannered former investment banker armed with spreadsheets.

[David Collier @mishtal]

A few days ago, former Israeli hostage Romi Gonen spoke publicly about a string of horrific sexual assaults she endured during 471 days of captivity.

Among her attackers were “medical staff” in a hospital and a “journalist” - the very "Palestinian" professions routinely lionised by outlets such as @BBCNews and @guardian.

Perhaps I’m naïve, but I would have assumed that sexual assault by a gang in a hospital, attacks involving medical staff, or a journalist, would be considered newsworthy.

Romi Gonen experienced all three.

And yet, while the mainstream media churns out daily demonisation of Israel - including rushing to publish unverified and false allegations of sexual abuse whenever a Palestinian prisoner makes a claim - all of that same media has remained silent about Romi.

The @BBCNews front page still carries a recent (long and vindictive) article accusing Israeli soldiers of sexual assault without any evidence at all. Yet two days after Romi Gonen’s brave and harrowing testimony, the BBC has not written a single word about her. Not one.

Neither has the Guardian - or any of the other media outlets who's journalists always rush to write demonising articles that spread lies about Israel.

In a media landscape saturated with falsehoods, it also matters to acknowledge those willing to give these victims a voice. The @Telegraph has been the only major British newspaper to report Romi’s story. Thank you Daily Telegraph!

As for the rest - this is a shameful moment.

A Jewish woman is repeatedly sexually assaulted - by a gang in a hospital - by medical staff - by a journalist - and you cannot bring yourselves to write a single word.