A coup is underway in the #USPol, & we must stop pretending otherwise. The signs are unmistakable & accelerating: in just the past 48 hours, Musk’s #DOGE has seized control of #Treasury payment systems & gained unauthorized access to classified #USAID materials, while security officials who followed protocols were removed. #Trump openly declares he won’t enforce laws he dislikes, while #Congress watches in #complicit silence. #auspol

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A Coup Is In Progress In America

A coup is underway in the United States, and we must stop pretending otherwise. The signs are unmistakable and accelerating: in just the past 48 h...

#Musk says he's working to shut down #USAID as employees told to stay home Musk does not have the authority to shut down a government department and the legality of such a move is in question. #USPol #auspol

USAID in turmoil as Trump and Musk aim to shut down aid agency

America's top diplomat Marco Rubio says he is now the acting head of the agency that distributes billions of dollars in aid around the world.

Should my #tomato audition for any future remake of #AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes? #gardening

One of my #OxHeart #tomatoes looks like a prop from the movie #Alien! #gardening

4 potential #cyclones forecast for #Australia over coming days, #BOM warns. The BOM's seven-day tropical cyclone forecast shows 5 #tropicallows could develop over coming days. 4 of the systems have at least a "moderate" chance of reaching #cyclone strength. #weather #auspol

BOM forecasts four potential cyclones at once

The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting multiple cyclones could form across northern Australia by the end of the week, as tropical lows linger off...

Got more #JerusalemArtichoke in the mail! Outside now with my #Nata (Japanese gardening tool) next to the biggest chokes - I Have the rest that arrived today in a paper shopping bag. #gardening

#Navajo alarmed by reports of #Indigenous #Americans being swept up in US #deportation raids carried out early in #Trump’s 2nd presidency. In a statement, the #NavajoNation president, Buu Nygren, said his office in Window Rock, #Arizona, had received reports that tribal members had had “negative, & sometimes traumatizing, experiences with federal agents targeting #undocumented #immigrants in the south-west”. #Diné #USPol #auspol #NativeAmericans #ICE

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Navajo alarmed by reports of Indigenous people caught up in Trump immigration raids

Group takes steps to protect members after ‘traumatizing’ reports of people being stopped or detained by agents

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In…… November? I purchased one of those Indian #MealPacks from #woolies. It came with a pouch of sauce, another of rice & a smaller pack of herbs to fry into the sauce. I ate the meal but never used the attached herbs. Out of curiosity, last week I put the herbs into my #tomato pot - just to see what happened. This morning… #gardening.