The Cat's Whiskers
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This timelapse of Hīkoi mō te Tiriti in Pōneke today is awe inspiring.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlu7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlu7...
Hīkoi mō te Tiriti - A Time-lapse of the Hikoi Protest rolling down Manners St Wellington
YouTube video by The Traffic Fox / Traffic Updates HKW
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Astonishing turnout
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What is with Jevon Mcskimming choosing to wear a tartan Swanndri to court for multiple appearances? Dies he not own a smart sports jacket or even a suit?
November 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
What is with Jevon Mcskimming choosing to wear a tartan Swanndri to court for multiple appearances? Dies he not own a smart sports jacket or even a suit?
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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find someone who will wear a big overcoat with you
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November 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
find someone who will wear a big overcoat with you
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Trump just told reporters on Air Force One that he hasn’t ruled out a pardon for Ghislane Maxwell
November 15, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Trump just told reporters on Air Force One that he hasn’t ruled out a pardon for Ghislane Maxwell
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HDPA in full victim blaming mode here. Let's remember Ms Z was:
1. 20 years his junior
2. A player he coached in sport
3. His employee
4. Threatened by him over job
5. Blackmailed by him threatening to release intimate photos
6. Constantly told no one would believe her
1. 20 years his junior
2. A player he coached in sport
3. His employee
4. Threatened by him over job
5. Blackmailed by him threatening to release intimate photos
6. Constantly told no one would believe her
It's not just one bad apple Mr Mitchell but many more that failed to protect and care for this woman.
#nzpol
#nzpol
It bears remembering that this woman, according to the IPCA report, sent at least 36 emails to media outlets, presumaby including NZME, as well as the PM, Police Minister, and police command in Dec 2023 & Jan 2024, and they did fuck-all about it too
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heath...
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heath...
November 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
HDPA in full victim blaming mode here. Let's remember Ms Z was:
1. 20 years his junior
2. A player he coached in sport
3. His employee
4. Threatened by him over job
5. Blackmailed by him threatening to release intimate photos
6. Constantly told no one would believe her
1. 20 years his junior
2. A player he coached in sport
3. His employee
4. Threatened by him over job
5. Blackmailed by him threatening to release intimate photos
6. Constantly told no one would believe her
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“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grammes a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be REDUCED to twenty grammes a week."
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grammes a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be REDUCED to twenty grammes a week."
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this story was sort of lost in the last few days of the epstein news but it’s wild how many republicans appear to be pedophiles or okay with pedophilia
'Beyond horrific': Observers aghast as teen at center of Gaetz sex scandal comes forward
www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-t...
www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-t...
'Beyond horrific': Observers aghast as teen at center of Gaetz sex scandal comes forward
Reactions mounted Thursday after a woman sharing her story for the first time said that then-Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) sexually abused her when she was just 17, while she was living in a homeless shelter...
www.rawstory.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
this story was sort of lost in the last few days of the epstein news but it’s wild how many republicans appear to be pedophiles or okay with pedophilia
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They let this man — who ran for president on the idea that being mayor was enough because also he was gay — adopt Black children, who are going to need so much therapy as adults if they’re being raised listening to this kind of bullshit
Speaking at a Texas Tribune Festival on Friday, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg criticized the Democratic Party for failing to reach everyday Americans, arguing that it “got sucked in” to a conversation about identity. #TribFest25
Pete Buttigieg critiques Democrats for focus on identity
The former U.S. transportation secretary said the Democratic Party should focus more on issues gripping the country, such as health care and housing affordability.
www.texastribune.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
They let this man — who ran for president on the idea that being mayor was enough because also he was gay — adopt Black children, who are going to need so much therapy as adults if they’re being raised listening to this kind of bullshit
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And also, I'm at the point where the truth-yness is less important than repeating it over and over again until something tiny and capillary in someone's head pops like a soap bubble. I feel evil until I think of 600K dead people due to USAID cuts.
November 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
And also, I'm at the point where the truth-yness is less important than repeating it over and over again until something tiny and capillary in someone's head pops like a soap bubble. I feel evil until I think of 600K dead people due to USAID cuts.
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Maybe? OTOH, we've long thought there was compromat on Trump. In the dossier, it was only speculated it was a pee tape. All the analyst really said strongly is that there was smoke relating to SOMETHING being photographed and it was sexual.
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Maybe? OTOH, we've long thought there was compromat on Trump. In the dossier, it was only speculated it was a pee tape. All the analyst really said strongly is that there was smoke relating to SOMETHING being photographed and it was sexual.
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To quote Peggy Noonan, “is it irresponsible to speculate? No, it’s irresponsible *not* to.”
The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
To quote Peggy Noonan, “is it irresponsible to speculate? No, it’s irresponsible *not* to.”
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Yip, my family
My family’s daily mantra:
We will use as many glasses, cups, mugs and bottles as humanly possible all day long.
We will use as many glasses, cups, mugs and bottles as humanly possible all day long.
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Yip, my family
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Friends I haven’t seen in ages, friends who aren’t even into movies, but felt compelled to sit with it and end up so moved and awe-struck by its beauty.
“The emotional impact is something I haven’t experienced with a film in a long time.”
I watched it last week and it’s still floating in me.
“The emotional impact is something I haven’t experienced with a film in a long time.”
I watched it last week and it’s still floating in me.
November 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Friends I haven’t seen in ages, friends who aren’t even into movies, but felt compelled to sit with it and end up so moved and awe-struck by its beauty.
“The emotional impact is something I haven’t experienced with a film in a long time.”
I watched it last week and it’s still floating in me.
“The emotional impact is something I haven’t experienced with a film in a long time.”
I watched it last week and it’s still floating in me.
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We are in the strangest of times. Everyone knows Trump should be removed from office. Everyone, I don't care what bluster they give. Yet, he's just allowed to chill and destroy the country.
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We are in the strangest of times. Everyone knows Trump should be removed from office. Everyone, I don't care what bluster they give. Yet, he's just allowed to chill and destroy the country.
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Wellington's failure to build an obviously needed upgrade to its dilapidated main streets is a damning and demonstrative example of a capital city self-immolating through incompetence and political cowardice.
November 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Wellington's failure to build an obviously needed upgrade to its dilapidated main streets is a damning and demonstrative example of a capital city self-immolating through incompetence and political cowardice.
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Sure it *sounds* bad, but if *I* were the world's most famous child sex trafficker and Donald Trump was *my* best ever friend in the whole wide world, I'd probably mention him more than a thousand times in my emails too!
Epstein files reveal his obsession with Trump
The president is mentioned over a thousand times in sex trafficker’s emails
www.miamiherald.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Sure it *sounds* bad, but if *I* were the world's most famous child sex trafficker and Donald Trump was *my* best ever friend in the whole wide world, I'd probably mention him more than a thousand times in my emails too!
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This just won Best Music Video by a Māori Artist and it is so good: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNaZ...
(This was the largest march in Aotearoa New Zealand's history, Hīkoi mō te Tiriti, which happened at the same time as MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke's world-famous haka in Parliament -- Nov 14, 2024.)
(This was the largest march in Aotearoa New Zealand's history, Hīkoi mō te Tiriti, which happened at the same time as MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke's world-famous haka in Parliament -- Nov 14, 2024.)
Tipene - Tū (Feat. Hone Harawira)
YouTube video by Tipene Music
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November 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This just won Best Music Video by a Māori Artist and it is so good: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNaZ...
(This was the largest march in Aotearoa New Zealand's history, Hīkoi mō te Tiriti, which happened at the same time as MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke's world-famous haka in Parliament -- Nov 14, 2024.)
(This was the largest march in Aotearoa New Zealand's history, Hīkoi mō te Tiriti, which happened at the same time as MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke's world-famous haka in Parliament -- Nov 14, 2024.)
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[Jesus hearing about the Jesus App] well kill me again
November 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
[Jesus hearing about the Jesus App] well kill me again
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I thought the thing about Trump giving Bill Clinton head was just a reference to Bondi trying to shift attention to Bill Clinton but there is an actual email about is so now I am officially ded
November 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I thought the thing about Trump giving Bill Clinton head was just a reference to Bondi trying to shift attention to Bill Clinton but there is an actual email about is so now I am officially ded
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I'm listening to a podcast episode that says EVERYTHING I think about this topic - What did Epstein know about Trump? on Podbean, check it out! www.podbean.com/ea/dir-zq5tz...
November 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I'm listening to a podcast episode that says EVERYTHING I think about this topic - What did Epstein know about Trump? on Podbean, check it out! www.podbean.com/ea/dir-zq5tz...
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Week in Review:
A year on from the PM's apology to those abused in state care, survivors say they are still waiting for proper redress, accountability and closure. Laura Walters reports.
A year on from the PM's apology to those abused in state care, survivors say they are still waiting for proper redress, accountability and closure. Laura Walters reports.
Survivors say Crown apology proves ‘hollow’ 12 months on
newsroom.co.nz
November 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Week in Review:
A year on from the PM's apology to those abused in state care, survivors say they are still waiting for proper redress, accountability and closure. Laura Walters reports.
A year on from the PM's apology to those abused in state care, survivors say they are still waiting for proper redress, accountability and closure. Laura Walters reports.
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The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.