☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 33 cont 🗳️🗣️</p><p>“The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a> is, in what became an impressive field of advocates, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Albo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Albo</span></a> did more to secure my freedom than any other politician or public figure, even more than the late Pope, whose support was both moving and significant.<br>Against all expectations for an <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australian</span></a> politician, once elected, he kept his word.</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Albanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Albanese</span></a> lobbied former US president <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeBiden</span></a> at several meetings, pushing for Assange’s release.</p><p>Albo hasn’t just stood up to the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> to end the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PoliticalImprisonment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalImprisonment</span></a> of an <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australian</span></a> – he’s also intervened for other Australians detained in difficult circumstances, including in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>. This government has proven itself unusually capable of rescuing <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australians</span></a> caught up in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/sensitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sensitive</span></a> political situations.</p><p>Does this mean Albo will put Australian interests first and skillfully navigate tensions between the US, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>, and China? I can’t say for sure. But I do know this: He can. Albo did right by me ... You don’t need to be a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/bully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bully</span></a> to have a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/backbone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backbone</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JulianAssange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JulianAssange</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/veritas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veritas</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/02/australia-election-2025-live-last-day-campaign-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-labor-coalition-poll-voting-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/live/2025/may/02/australia-election-2025-live-last-day-campaign-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-labor-coalition-poll-voting-ntwnfb</span></a>></p>