David Pocock campaign launch @ 5.30pm, Sunday 16 March.
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For years, "politics" was defined as "the art of compromise."
But if the other side refuses to compromise, you don't need to either.
Tell them you're willing to negotiate, but wait to see what happens.
About 250 more Democratic members of Congress, and their caucuses, need to take actions, and not just spew words or deliver none at all, in direct confrontational defiance of the Trump administration.
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From my perspective, I have no interest in blocking or anything else, we have a lot in common.
#Democrats , #Uncommitted disaffected #Republicans , #Independents , #Libertarians I really don't care other than we need to pull back from the #authoritarian fringe.
Too many labels, not enough #collaboration
Remember how @govtimwalz upended the whole campaign using the single word "Weird" to summarize everything wrong with Trump/Vance?
Now, the word that should be blasted from every #progressive #democrat constantly is #RECKLESS
That's exactly the word for the cuts at USAID, spending freeze, jobs buyout, tariffs, high cost of living, and lost jobs for Americans. It's one thing #liberals, #independents, and #conservatives can agree on. RECKLESS RECKLESS RECKLESS
#USpolitics #LeopardsAteMyFace
Democracy has to evolve or die, which we see happening in the terminal autocratic disease infecting the USA. Our best shot for an evolutionary leap is the rise of the #independents in the next election. Ordinary Australians sick of the ineffectual duopoly will not chose a destroyer but will choose creators, unaffiliated reformers and representative of their people who will actually make us a true #democracy
“Jeremy Corbyn set to attend the launch of a NEW political party”
by Ed Sykes in The Canary @thecanaryuk
Jeremy Corbyn will attend the launch of Southport Community Independents in the seaside Merseyside town on 1 March. [..] This event will be in partnership with the Collective, Peace & Justice Project and Assemble”
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025/02/03/jeremy-corbyn-southport/?__s=1toyfummtp6bhspv4akg
Canary · Jeremy Corbyn to attend launch of new political partyFor too long politicians have asked for your vote and then taken it for granted - but that’s all about to change in Southport, and Corbyn will be there
Before helping my local independent candidate, #AllegraSpender, with her successful 2022 election campaign, I volunteered for another independent in 2018, which was my first week in politics! 
#auspol #independents
Link to post on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/blog/week-in-politics
Tall And True · My Week in PoliticsFor years, I've sat and watched Australian politics stumble from one self-obsessed stuff-up to the next. In the past week, I stood up and took action.
@peter
"Whining while offering no solutions (or *sane* solutions)" may work with Right Wingers & #MAGAts, but not with #Democrats or #Independents. 
#WeirdGOP
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@RaymondPierreL3
I hate to say it but a chance would be a fine thing when it comes to #AlboPM going the attack.
What would be hilarious & I’d love it, is for both parties to be really badly reduced by #Independents & the #Greens.
I never used to feel that way as I was very much for #Labor, but my position has certainly shifted. #AusPol
One-in-three Australians voted for independents or Green candidates at the last Federal election.
Inside the community independents movement targeting key marginal seats at the next federal election
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-23/climate-independents-fund-federal-election-campaign-teal-success/104837648
#auspol #coal #climatechange #fossilfuels #independents
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ABC News · Inside the community independents movement targeting key marginal seats at the next federal election
Good leaders prosper, that's all,
not presuming on victory.
They prosper without boasting,
or domineering, or arrogance,
prosper because they can't help it,
prosper without violence.
Tao Te Ching 30
Trans Ursula Le Guin
#auspol #independents #tao
In Australia, we need ethical politicians to blunt the power of the mining and gas industries, among others. A stronger crossbench full of #independents with a social conscience will help design a new #auspol architecture. The next election is a huge test case. Tim Dunlop has called the rise of Indies as the 'third force' in #auspol and it signals an exciting change in the political landscaoe.
We get the leaders we deserve so demand more brave and principled leaders. We need more Pococks, Steggles, Ryans and Spenders. Back Independents; vote Independents
Shift the balance of power in parliament.
Change the system.
Break the partisan duopoly.
The party is over.
“Breaking: 20 Labour councillors quit in Notts, form independent group and take control of council”
by Skwawkbox
@skwawkbox
“Broxtowe Independents accuse Starmer’s Labour of abandoning party’s values”
SKWAWKBOX · Breaking: 20 Labour councillors quit in Notts, form independent group and take control of councilBroxtowe Independents accuse Starmer’s Labour of abandoning party’s values Twenty Labour councillors, including council leader Milan Radulovic, have quit the party this afternoon and fo…
We deserve more brave and principled leaders. We need more Pococks, Steggles, Ryan and Spenders. Raise Independents; back Independents; vote Independents.
Shift the balance of power in parliament.
Change the system.
End the partisan duopoly.
The party is over.
#auspol #independents #democracy
"How could a two-party system built on patriarchal, colonial, Christian values of another era ever properly represent the diverse nation Australia has become?" - Tim Dunlop
The Future of Everything · Why Australians citizens are ahead of the political class when it comes to electoral reform