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Mary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social · 1m

The real question is:

Why the hell do they keep giving him cognitive tests?

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Oliver Markus Malloy @malloy.rocks · 1h

Never forget that he’s a deranged criminal psychopath

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KIM F-M @kimf-m.bsky.social · 15h

☆ ☆ C A L I F O R N I A ☆ ☆

#PROP50

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BREAKING: Obama deals SURPRISE blow to Trump, Republicans

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

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Poli Alert @polialert.bsky.social · 1h

Needham: “Past federal efforts… focused on ensuring ballot access, particularly for non-white, non-English speaking voters. But Trump’s efforts focus on just the opposite: making it difficult or impossible for minority voters to cast a ballot” @atrupar.com

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The DOJ's "election monitoring" is really voter suppression

Trump's Big Lie has become government policy.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

Not seeing much about the massive anti-Trump pro-Gaza protests are we? Funny, that.

(Instead our media shows us Trump’s embarrassing dance moves and red carpet treatment)

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1h

If the current administration ever ends, many people in (and around) it will need to be prosecuted. From influence peddling to flat-out murder, their crimes seem to accumulate each and every day.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 5h

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Cromwell MM @cromwellmm.bsky.social · 8h

Winter pjs back on again ❄️🌬🌨

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Everything’s computer… @atomicmoog.bsky.social · 16h

Who could possibly have predicted the party who tanked the economy to funnel more cash to landlords isn’t in favour of a CGT? 🤷‍♂️

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Nicola Willis slams Labour's capital gains tax plan: 'It's a terrible idea'

The finance minister says another tax is the last thing the economy needs, but an expert calls it clean and simple .

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Cromwell MM @cromwellmm.bsky.social · 19h

Wouldn't have anything to do with the investment properties she owns? #nzpol

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Nicola Willis - WhereTheyStand

National List MP

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Cromwell MM @cromwellmm.bsky.social · 19h

Of course Nicola Willis thinks Labour's capital gains tax plan is a terrible idea. Think of the landlords & investors! #PutTheNatsLast it's where they put you #nzpol #CGT

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Nicola Willis slams Labour's capital gains tax plan: 'It's a terrible idea'

The finance minister says another tax is the last thing the economy needs, but an expert calls it clean and simple .

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Cromwell MM @cromwellmm.bsky.social · 23h

She forgot who is in charge!

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Cromwell MM @cromwellmm.bsky.social · 23h

tRump has never cared about anyone but himself all his life. He only cares about money & from that power. No friends only people he can use and abuse. What's in it for him #DumpTrump #LockHimUp #Unpresidented #LOSER #VoteBlue

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Darren Watson @darrenwatson.bsky.social · 1d

While I'm not really surprised this increasingly Christofascist government is applying their 'worthiness test' to acknowledged victims of state abuse, I am really disgusted. #nzpol

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A grubby, grotty attempt to shirk responsibility for decades of horror

OPINION: The Government’s move to make it harder for some victims of abuse in state care to access compensation is disgusting.

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Cromwell MM @cromwellmm.bsky.social · 1d

Nats would never have set up a RC or a redress scheme #PutTheNatsLast it's where they put you #nzpol

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 1d

People forget that when the survivors were fighting for a Royal Commission into State Care under John Key's government, Anne Tolley the then Nats MSD minister said there would never be a commission and the only reason we have it at all is that Jacinda Ardern formally launched it in 2018 #NZPol

Darren Watson @darrenwatson.bsky.social · 1d

While I'm not really surprised this increasingly Christofascist government is applying their 'worthiness test' to acknowledged victims of state abuse, I am really disgusted. #nzpol

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

A grubby, grotty attempt to shirk responsibility for decades of horror

OPINION: The Government’s move to make it harder for some victims of abuse in state care to access compensation is disgusting.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Cromwell MM @cromwellmm.bsky.social · 1d

Your mom shouldn't give you toys if she doesn't want you to play with them!

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Char @kiwichar.bsky.social · 1d

…Then the whole world could see who the REAL CRIMINALS are….
#CoalitionOfCriminals #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #Election2026

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

A grubby, grotty attempt to shirk responsibility for decades of horror

OPINION: The Government’s move to make it harder for some victims of abuse in state care to access compensation is disgusting.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 1d

NZ news
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Verity Johnson: A grubby, grotty attempt to shirk responsibility for decades of horror

October 27, 2025 • 4:00am #NZPol

A grubby, grotty attempt to shirk responsibility for decades of horror

OPINION: The Government’s move to make it harder for some victims of abuse in state care to access compensation is disgusting.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Cromwell MM @cromwellmm.bsky.social · 1d

#Cluxterfcuk & co show their true colours. Law change to deny compensation if 5+ years of convictions. RC found their abuse in care directly correlated to their criminality but hey who cares about poor brown kids? #Racist #PutTheNatsLast it's where they put you #nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

A grubby, grotty attempt to shirk responsibility for decades of horror

OPINION: The Government’s move to make it harder for some victims of abuse in state care to access compensation is disgusting.

www.stuff.co.nz

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locus @locuslebe.bsky.social · 1d

#nzpol

For context: Total cost of all reparations paid to Māori for land confiscations to date = $2.7 billion

Total cost of the economic lunacy of this government reinstating mortgage interest deductions to landlords = $2.9 billion (over 4 yrs), plus $760 million every single year thereafter

Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 2d

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Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social · 1d

Can't afford:
Ferries
Hospitals
Pay equity
Intercity passenger rail
Fair pay increases for doctors, nurses, teachers
Feeding kids
😕😕

Can afford:
Roads
Military hardware
Landlord tax cuts
Pay rises for MPs
Billionaire subsidies
Support for tobacco & alcohol industries
💩💩

#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol

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Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 1d

Kind of the Herald to include a list of what she's fucked up (which is why we don't like her) & tell us what's next

"Van Velden’s plan for reform of health and safety law and regulation was inked into the Act-National coalition agreement, so she was committed to change, no matter what." #nzpol
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Her reforms, either having passed or before the House at present, include the following:
Repealing Fair Pay Agreements that would have set minimum employment standards across low-paid industries;
Setting new definitions of a contractor;
Removing a requirement that a new employee’s terms and conditions reflect the terms of the collective agreement for the first 30 days;
Preventing employees from lodging a personal grievance if they earn more than $180,000;
Removing eligibility for reinstatement or compensation if an employee contributed to the situation that led to the personal grievance;
Allowing all businesses, rather than just small ones, to have 90-day trial periods for new employees;
Reinstating the ability for employers to deduct wages from workers on partial strike, which they could not previously do without suspending the worker or issuing a lock-out notice.
One of her recent announcements included a proposed resolution of the Holidays Act fiasco in which employer groups, including the work regulator the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, have been miscalculating holiday pay. It seems to have been met with less resistance than many of her other reforms.
But perhaps the biggest piece of contentious policy reform is yet to come. That involves foreshadowed changes to the Health and Safety Act 2015, which was passed with bipartisan support after the Pike River disaster.
The CTU has been scathing about what it has seen so far, although a bill has yet to be introduced, and says plans for change are based on ideology, not evidence.

Van Velden’s plan for reform of health and safety law and regulation was inked into the Act-National coalition agreement, so she was committed to change, no matter what.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 3d

Treasury Dept employees got a second email last night telling them again not to take pics of the demolished East Wing of White House, a Treasury employee tells me.

Why? Because the images are devastating, of course.

Demolition of the East Wing is complete as of Thursday.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 5d

Donald Trump's demolition of the East Wing is perfect symbolism:

This is a wrecking ball presidency.

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