Trump: "Turek voted to allow schools to turn your kids transgender without informing the parents" (This never happens)
There is a direct line from the republican lie that abortions take place at term and after birth to this absurdity. Instead of doing some minimal research to debunk both lies the press has now accepted this bullshit as an alternative truth.
Is it too late for Hipkins to resign in fucking disgrace over this entirely predictable shambles? He handed a gift straight to the coalition with his disasterous reactionary handling of this. This isn’t good leadership. It’s cowardice #nzpol
Like many authoritarian cults, the MAGA crowd does not believe their reign will ever end or that their opponents will ever gather their wits to respond to assaults on their rights, liberties, and physical safety.
Like, I wish just once someone would spell out the mechanics of how this works. Are they hiding the surgical theaters in the teacher's lounge? Is the school nurse handing out hormone therapy to anyone that asks for it?
once I recovered from my brush with that nonsense I began to wonder what the purpose of the psyop was (for so it must have been). Lowering the birthrate was a leading contender
I love my lefty Kikorangi space and we all seem pretty f*d off right now, but let's remember the actual cause sits with the NActFirst coalition (even if the trigger was Hipkins). Rawiri is right, it's more important than ever to focus our rage on those who seek to continue to shred our future.
Pitch for next Hager book: The dirty politics used against Labour by Labour. #nzpol
He's had that conversation hasn't he? The one where some shadowy blokes in a room go 'we know where your kids live Burnham. Time to knuckle down'.
Badenoch, in her car crash interview with the BBC, says that she has an energy plan. She does, its called science denial. She a big oil rewarding Tory dinosaur more interested in £ than climate and health.
For the record, no shame on any double dip Labour stans out there. Viva la secret ballot, I say, and you do you boo. Just that, for me, it would be an act of massive political irresponsibility to make someone with Hipkins' weak ethics & judgement head of government without strong restraints. #nzpol
@rachelbrooking.bsky.social Jesus christ, Rachel. How is your party so consistently bad at this?! Supporting your women and Māori MPs isn't something you do when it's easy; you show up when it's hard. I'm staggered that Labour is so utterly bulletproof to learning lessons.
I assume if it's a lawsuit that tRump has filed against the British government, then he'll be scrambling to withdraw the complaint before he has to testify. If it's a lawsuit filed BY the British government, then he's shit out of luck. Of course, he could always declare war on England. 😠
bsky.app/profile/kaim... I don't want people to be shocked that Hipkins is racist and willing to throw Māori under the bus when he's been open that Mallard made him political advisor during the mid-2000s and he was both his and Clark's political advisor around the time of Foreshore and Seabed
Carney may have a PhD in Economics, but to me he really seems to be rather on a lower part of the IQ chart - the Poilievre's level - same pre-election one speech rearranged words only, with one addition of a sign in a window story in Davos - plus arrogance & quite noticeable God complex & lies. 😐
Since context doesn't seem to matter, I'm happy to quote Hipkins out of context: "Our Māori MPs get held to a very different standard to others." - Chris Hipkins I completely agree Chris. You remain one of the most uninspiring people I won't vote for.
Why are the Scotsman quottng Reform UK? They are fascists who want to make the UK a totalitarian white supremacist state ruled by terror. Ohhhh but balance Sophie. Would you quote Rudolf Hess for balance?
Been really grim this week to see rape being used as a political football by the Minister for Justice. Then you have the whole stupid debacle with the ad yesterday which was a complete nothing burger but fires up people who think woke has gone too far.
These are the 2 major risks: 1. Progressive vote split in 3, the regressive vote in 2 2. LibDem vote share going down
i do have a genuine belief, albeit here exaggerated, that political consultants are just as much our enemies as the rich. they, alongside lobbyists, are forever holding government hostage with money
I didn't propose it, but hope to be speaking to it. I think it's funny that the leader of Reform is accusing the Greens of being extreme. And to the Tories, people can have multiple views at the same time.
Today I'm somewhat deflated. So much energy and great intention went into narrowing the gap in this election to give the left a real chance to change this awful Govt. How can candidates not realise that whatever their good intention, photo ops with humans from 'dreaded gangs' just gives cocksucker /
The greatest trick Sen. Susan Collins ever pulled was convincing people she’s a “moderate.”
#bcpoli #bcelxn If they had succeeded and the NDP said anything about it, they would be accused by the media of trying to hold onto power. I know our BC media all too well.
Does Westminster deliver 𝙖𝙣𝙮 public services better in England than the other administrations do in their nations?
100 per cent support to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) consent campaign. I know that 2 left TD's - Gary Gannon (SD's) and Richard Boyd-Barrett (PBP) - reject the Aontú/Jim O'Callaghan far-right attack on the DRCC. We know that a Louth SF TD Ruairí Ó Murchú is on the same side as Aontú.
jeez 7.02 am this morning on sky news " after zack polanskis by-election defeat we look into the green party's factional infighting.... " it wasn't his seat to lose, it was labours PLUS the latest poll have the greens +2 points and ABOVE the libdems our media is such a disgrace
Actually, I voted for Kamala Harris, but uh, Biden threw our money to Israel to kill innocent people and Harris didn't exactly inspire confidence she'd do much different. but it's not like the deaths of innocent people or the eroding of our rights ever bothered you fucks.
That isn’t what’s “enough.” What’s enough is that they know this will hurt her and things have gotten awful enough that they’re betting they can get away with it. No one supporting this disbelieves the allegations. It is simply enough to find a potential lever of power and pull it.
Why has Mister Strongly Strong Fight Fight Fight Man never stopped even one these alleged incidents? They’re arresting people for fake shit all the time. Why never this?
I don’t want to go through an election campaign. Australian politics has become too ugly and Victoria’s going to have experience it at its worst over the next few weeks, during the campaign. I especially don’t want to when the worst result of the election seems inevitable.
I think the new political term for Hipkins' ongoing shittiness to female politicians of the Left should be "the sausage roll" #nzpol
In the red states you send your kids to a Christian church and they come back racists, haters and MAGA.
Wanted to be proven wrong... But the latest kneeling to Israel (everything is antisemitism) motion , will be absolute proof of his genocidal compliance.
I mean Corbyn and his fans were tankies just a few years ago. The Tories are now unapologetically racist. The extremes don't go away.
LRT for context avi lewis is the leader of the NDP who are our actually left-leaning party (liberals are center-at-best with a currently very fiscally conservative (to put it delicately) PM, conservatives are far right), they have not nonexistent but very limited power currently
Look how spinless Hipkins throws his team under the bus to look tough on gangs for some sacking offense he made up on the fly in a debate.. #nzpol
WE NEED TO STOP MEASURING "THE ECONOMY" BY HOW WELL RICH PEOPLE ARE DOING & stop pretending that the mood of the boardroom - opining of people exorbitantly paid & privileged - isn’t electioneering for the parties that will serve them & their bottom line #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/business/bus...
Amanda Luxon: Don’t you pick on my husband, because he bought me a great big Tesla way back when those bottom feeders were paying for it! He’s a genius! #nzpol
Listening to Speers, MSM, Raf Epstien, politicians etc you realise they're all in it together. Status quo keeps them employed. Blame social media and anyone speaking out as extremists. We are in a very dangerous time and it looks like we're going to let them get away with it.. #auspol
I don’t think Hipkins should be off the hook for how he handled this but also the surrounding insanely racist media ecosystem that allowed for this to become a thing should not exist. #nzpol
Mainstream media in Aotearoa are the enablers of our corrupt government. This is not journalism. This is not newsworthy. The journalists are gatekeepers to truth and willing participants of propaganda. Integrity demands honesty. Just word whores. Useless. Sold.
The inevitable downstream disaster caused by this will be this neoliberal Labour government's legacy.
No President has ever said stuff like this, treating budget dollars like money in his own wallet. Like a weapon to beat citizens with to bend then to his will.
Of course the #ADF wouldn't be so silly as to rely on #starlink for vital military stuff. Would they. #auspol
🤔There's something truly revolting about Trump (see, e.g., "Epstein Files") telling a female reporter: "You'd love every inch of it." 🚩WHILE supporting Vivek Ramaswamy's exploitation of a political opponent's childhood sexual abuse in a campaign ad, featuring the "mother" who sided w/her rapist.
Luxon: is a terrible leader Hipkins: Hold my L&P
Why do we never find out who is making death threats against membears of congress or judges. Not hard to do. Not unless the calls are coming from the WH WHICH IM SURE THEY ARE
The same audience that stripped the shelves bare in march 2020? Could be
By all means call another general election to renew your mandate to fiddle and fart with transport.
