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lieslm.bsky.social @lieslm.bsky.social · 6h

Hmmm

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 22h

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h

HA! How much is Stephen Miller a propagandist? He’s saying the building in Chicago raided by DHS, where children were zip-tied and citizens dragged out, was “full of Tren de Aragua terrorists.”

Even DHS’s own account claims just TWO gang members total — and even that is a highly suspect claim!

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14h

Stephen Miller just said that Chicago ICE raid was one of the most successful law enforcement operations ever. I asked Pritzker to respond.

"If this was Pinochet’s Chile, if this was Argentina under authoritarian rule, maybe you’d call it successful," he said. 2/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13h

Judge Perry: “I’m trying to put this delicately. There has been evidence submitted that the very presence of federal agents, that the way they’re interacting with the populace, is itself the cause of violence.”

Judge blocks Trump from deploying troops in Illinois for now

Officials in Oregon and Illinois had challenged the Trump administration’s push to dispatch the National Guard in both states.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

Betcha 20 bucks nine out of ten MAGA cultists don’t get this meme.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

Cartoon by @claytoonz.bsky.social.

#ICE

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11h

NEWS: Trump accuses China of launching “hostile” export restrictions on rare earths and threatens massive new tariffs and financial countermeasures from the U.S. in response.

Markets quickly dropped after he made this post.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 15h

It really feels like they’re trolling our autocrat.

Reuters @reuters.com · 17h

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 15h

1. Anne Salmond: Hunger Games in the Beehive
Radical libertarian ideologies are generating extreme inequality and ripping the social fabric of NZ, writes Anne Salmond. Don’t we want to be a place where talent wants to live?
newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/04/a...

Anne Salmond: Hunger Games in the Beehive

Comment: Radical libertarian ideologies are generating extreme inequality and ripping the social fabric of NZ, writes Anne Salmond. Don’t we want to be a place where talent wants to live?

newsroom.co.nz

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

So I guess for MAGA when a Chinese balloon goes over US airspace it’s a week straight of apoplectic comments that WW3 is starting because Biden is weak, but when Trump allows the Qataris to have an airbase in the US and fly fighter jets over our country that is America First.

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Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 11h

I present to you, a New Zealand citizen.
#nzpol

Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 15h

Conservative tech lord Thiel said tighter financial regulations “were a sign that a singular world government has begun to emerge that could be taken over by an Antichrist figure who could then use it to exert control over people.” Via WashPost

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Mask Up Comments and Opinions @commentsandopi2.bsky.social · 9h

This is where we will end up too, if we don't start dealing with the imported culture wars of the right wing more effectively.
#nzpol
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 19h

New Zealands most subscribed far-right YouTuber made multiple videos spreading hate and disinformation targeting Doyle, one was was watched nearly 4,000 times. It would not surprise me if one of the viewers was this man who threatened Doyle

share.google/6nXjhHy875sa...

Lee Williams and the problem of Stochastic Terrorism

What can be done about someone who doesn't directly call for violence, but spreads the kind of misinformation we know leads to violence?

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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 20h

“The committee reported back on Friday, recommending “by majority” that it be passed.”

As Emeritus professor Jane Kelsey says, “this has the potential to be our ideologically driven version of the Trump administration.”

The progression of the RSB needs more scrutiny than a Friday night news dump.

The Act leader's proposed legislation has been contentious for a list of reasons.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 1d

"Everyone has challenges" Paul Goldsmith says when asked about leaving young jobseekers with medical certificates with no safety net.

I'll add that line to the list of ways this government sounds like a invalidating and gaslighting abuser. #nzpol

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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 2d

every fucking time

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 1d

The professor fleeing to Spain got out. Whew

(Jesus Christ the professors are fleeing to Spain)

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Dave @dpdiver.bsky.social · 1d

Why the fuck is Radio New Zealand promoting an untested, unproven AI app for mental health by uncritically interviewing the CEO of the company who developed the app? This seems highly unethical, so of course Matt Doocey and the Coalition of Chaos is pushing this. #nzpol

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(The Lesser Known) Luke Wilson @lukeslamdunkwilson.bsky.social · 1d

It is mind-boggling that the SCOTUS is willing to hear a case concerning the legality of conversion therapy for minors. The petitioner of the lawsuit, Kaley Chiles, is asking SCOTUS to legally allow licensed mental health care professionals to try to change minors' sexualities and genders. 1/5

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 1d

Govt to cut #JobSeeker benefit for 18 & 19 year olds who’s parents earn over $65,000, even if the teens have a disability or health condition. With #CostOfLiving & the job shortage they’re cranking up stress levels to 11, all to meet a target.
My #cartoon today about hard-nosed #NZpol

Cartoon. Title: “Job Seeee-e-e-e” Image shows PM Christopher Luxon at the open hatch of a small plane, high above farmland. He’s leaning out, and holding up a parachute pack, labelled “Job Seeker” He’s calling out to someone falling from the plane, “And I’ve kept your parachute because you kids from low-income homes need some motivation” Then he adds, “Don’t let that disability slow you down!”

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 1d

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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 1d

This is just 'civility' in disguise.

The purpose of protest is to draw attention to a perceived injustice, they are inherently public.

Good or bad is entirely subjective and, as is being demonstrated in some counties, not always determined by law.

The Press @thepress.co.nz · 1d

OPINION: Protests are publicity stunts. How do we tell the good ones from the bad?

The pain and the gain of protests

OPINION: Protests are publicity stunts. How do we tell the good ones from the bad?

dlvr.it

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

True leaders.

JB Pritzker And Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Clap Back Hard After Trump Calls For Their Arrests

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Michael Bain @mikejbain.bsky.social · 1d

We live in a Māori nation. Our Parliament should reflect that more. The haka from the public gallery is an appropriate response to a maiden speech. Suspended Parliament only reminds Māori that they are not welcome to be authentically themselves there. #nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Watch: Haka breaks out after Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech, Parliament suspended

Speaker Gerry Brownlee intends to investigate whether anyone knew the haka would take place after Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Lotographia 🍹 @lotographia.bsky.social · 1d

Yup. He's also truly responsible for the occupation at parliament, if we follow the same standards he applies to Chlöe.

If he wants to play this game he is going to lose so badly.

Winston Peters meeting with the people who occupied parliament, set the grounds on fire, threw bricks at police, and intimidated the residents of Thorndon. By his own standards he is explicitly condoning their behaviour.

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