Edward Shepherd 🦘
@stingerdelux
Truth is treason in the empire of lies. I’m here for that treason. Aussie voice. Sharp takes. Read before the silence falls: http://edwardshepherd.substack.com
30 countries just yelled “STOP” at the same time. Israel: “We heard a whisper.” At this point, the international community isn’t lacking clarity, it’s lacking courage to act when law is ignored in plain sight.
The Coldplay couple has faced more accountability than the entire Epstein list and we should all be really angry about that
You know America is cooked when the Coldplay couple faces more accountability backlash than the president does for graping teens.
That “middle way” line will haunt them. History won’t forget who stood silent while children starved. This isn’t policy nuance, it’s moral failure dressed in polling language. Australia deserves leaders, not cowards in focus groups.
Labor sent out backgrounding commentary to journalists THIS WEEK in the face of end stage mass neonate and population starvation and death in Gaza that a hands off middle way approach on Gaza is what the Australian people want. They are irredeemable and evil. Irredeemable.
If Ghislaine starts naming names, half of Washington and Wall Street better start rehearsing their denials.
Today, I met with Ghislaine Maxwell, and I will continue my interview of her tomorrow. The Department of Justice will share additional information about what we learned at the appropriate time.
Criticising Israel’s government for breaches of international law is not antisemitism. The PM condemned both Hamas and Israel’s actions, and called for peace and aid access. Pretending that’s an “attack” only shields war crimes from accountability.
Cowardly Albo finds his voice. Notice how he appeases the human rights abusing dictator in China but can't stop bashing the Jewish State. When choosing whether to focus on governing Australia and looking out for Australians or attacking the world's only Jewish state, the…
This is a welcome shift in tone. Now it’s time for policy to match the words, because condemnation without consequences is just theatre.
We’ve normalised cruelty in the name of “fiscal responsibility” while billionaires dodge tax through super concessions. What Pocock’s saying isn’t radical, it’s basic decency. Raise JobSeeker. Feed people. Don’t just talk fairness, fund it.
We are seeing rising inequality in Australia. Our safety net ia below the poverty line. This is a political decision. We need more than talk, we need the political will to not leave anyone behind and build a fairer Australia. theguardian.com/australia-news…
Thailand and Cambodia are now openly bombing each other over disputed temples. Dead civilians, mined borders, airstrikes. It’s not 1962, it’s 2025 and ASEAN is still asleep. All this over stone and sovereignty. The 21st century is allergic to peace.
🚨 $1.5B in shady Epstein-linked wire transfers. Russian banks. Thousands of transactions. Senator Wyden says the receipts are right there in the Treasury files... And Trump won’t release them. Still think this is about “elites on the left”? 👉 newrepublic.com/article/198247…
Ancient Nationals ritual. If another Barnaby appears, the budget forecast will be 7 years of drought and a coal subsidy.
When I were lad, Scroll Lock meant something. You’d press it, and the screen would scroll while your cursor stayed put. Like magic. Now it just sits there glowing like a forgotten porch light, waiting for Lotus 1-2-3 to come home.
“Me waiting for dinner like the world has personally wronged me.” 🐾
They’ll clear the rubble, plant palms, and sell silence. A resort on the bones. Tourists will sip cocktails while saying “let’s not get political.” #GazaStarving #FreePalestine
What have we become and where does this end up? #GazaStarving #FreePalestine
Colbert’s funny again. Wonder why? Oh right, he’s got nothing left to lose. @StephenAtHome, bring @jonstewart and that brilliant pommie git @iamjohnoliver on and burn the place down before May. 🔥 Make it a funeral and a roast. #LateShow
🕯️ Raising one last fist to the skies, here’s ‘War Pigs’ in tribute to Ozzy’s legacy. The Prince of Darkness may be gone, but his voice will echo forever. \m/ #OzzyOsbourne #WarPigs #RockLegend youtube.com/watch?v=LQUXuQ…
“They’re not being tortured, they’re just ungrateful.” The language of every regime that wants cruelty to look like policy. History will remember who laughed.
Liar
If most people agree housing is a basic human right, maybe the real question is: Why do we still let markets decide who gets to feel human?
Is housing a human right?
When the UN says a million children are being starved, and your response is “actually, we go above and beyond,” you’re not defending policy, you’re denying reality. The siege speaks louder than your press release.
As someone who has spent over 40 years in Israel’s Security Establishment - both as IDF Chief of Staff & Minister of Defense, I can say this unequivocally: Not only has Israel never starved or targeted civilians, but it goes above and beyond to protect civilians in the most…
This is the kind of structural reform we should be talking about. But as always, political will gets smothered by investor lobbies and property millionaires in Parliament. The housing crisis isn’t a mystery, it’s policy by design. #auspol
We should be using tax reform to tackle housing affordability, not just CGT discount to ⬆️ supply but also reforming negative gearing + stamp duty, one of our most regressive taxes. Sen Lambie and I had the PBO cost options - just need political will... smh.com.au/politics/feder…
They’re not “caught in the crossfire.” They’re being starved to death in full view of the world, while contractors shoot those still standing. This isn’t war, it’s a calculated extermination by blockade. #Gaza #StarvationAsWeapon #CeasefireNow
People now collapsing in the street with organ failure and dying in Gaza due to extreme malnutrition because Israel blocks world organizations from delivering food into Gaza. The group of private contractors Israel permits routinely massacres Gazans in line for tiny rations: