cjamesnz.bsky.social
@cjamesnz.bsky.social
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Every single time the tactic is not about the topic - it's about them toxifying our politics and consolidating power.

#nzpol
War on Councils: It's Begun!
Familiar faces abound as 3 Waters Mark II formally kicks off
substack.com
July 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Doc Edge previously received funding from the 🇮🇱 Embassy, and consistently ignores calls for the de-platforming of 🇮🇱 propaganda.

In 2025, it continues with 'A Letter To David', about an 🇮🇱 hostage held in Gaza. This prioritises the suffering of one man, and ignores the endless suffering of millions.
July 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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When was it, 2021?, that Stuff earnestly said all that shit about recognising our bicultural history and mana whenua and blah blah blah?
July 17, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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The Deputy Prime Minister has described karakia as "pervasive insanity".
The ACToids are proud of this and have a youtube of it.
This is why they are so against hate speech laws I suppose.
What a pile of snot they are.
July 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Our debt levels are so extreme as we rent ourselves into more debt, buy houses we can't afford and shop at Duopoly supermarkets with overpriced food.

How the fuck is anyone going to afford this Coalitions path to private insurance and health care.
#nzpol
July 17, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Super disappointing to come across this news. Investing in cities means investing in communities and looking at the social, economic, cultural and environmental impact our decisions have on our people. We need to keep well-being at the forefront of decision making.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/566...
Local Government Amendment Bill introduced to remove council wellbeing provisions
Requirements on councils to prioritise core services will also be imposed.
www.rnz.co.nz
July 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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An excellent article about the genocide in Gaza.
Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
www.nytimes.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Shall I give Ray Chung another hint
July 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Ray Chung is receiving about 0.5% of the shit Tory Whanau got, which he enabled, and is crying like a baby about it. Men are just too emotional, sensitive and thin skinned to be involved in serious politics. It's just a biological fact.
July 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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When sharing posts about poor behaviour by NZ councillors please remember those with even worse history than Ray Chung. He's the latest but there are others.

Ray is an easy target but media shouldn't excuse privileged white men from view. Like Andrew Bydder, Nobby Clark, and Lee Vandervis.
#NZpol
July 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Just a reminder that on the Better Wellington website, this guy, Vlad Barbalich, is top of the list of their supporters. Know who is behind this group, good voters of Te-Whanganui-a-Tara. When they show you who they are, believe them the first time. 👀 #NZPol
*CW Homophobia: People may not realise the ‘softly-spoken property developer’ Vlad in this story has form as a right-wing bigot. Here he is at a pro-Homosexual Law Reform Bill March, Wellington, 1986, proudly sporting a t-shirt he had printed specially.
digitalnz.org/records/2323... #NZPol
July 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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A woman asks Ray Chung "what are three policies you would enact as mayor to ensure respectful behavior on the council?"

Chung refuses to answer, the crowd shouts incomprehensibly, and campaign manager Alistair Boyce abruptly ends the meeting.
July 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Absolutely wild watching the clips of Chung's campaign rally being posted by @joelmacmanus.bsky.social and remembering how many years of bullshit we've had from The Post attacking leftwing women councillors and blaming them for "council dysfunction". They really think Chung is what this city needs?
July 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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‘Every single day since the start of the war in #Gaza, on average, a classroom full of children have been killed,’ UNRWA Sam Rose tells BBC Radio 4 Today.

Nothing justifies the killing of children wherever they are.

#CeasefireNow
July 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Well if we are playing the comparison game it’s time for some serious housekeeping
Other PMs have had to make tough calls and fire lousy employees
#NZPol
Isn't it ironic
#nzpol
February 11, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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What I Would Say To You Is I'm Not Aware
#nzpol
February 11, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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Luxon dreams of development. Sadly, he has the wrong end of the stick. Development happens when you have a skilled & healthy workforce, and great public infrastructure. That doesn’t happen because you held a meeting with canapés for wealthy investors. craigrenney.substack.com/p/luxon-drea...
Luxon dreams of development
Foreign direct investment is great – but have you tried domestic investment?
craigrenney.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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If I were Māori/Maaori I would be a tiny bit pissed at this shit. 🤷‍♀️
#ToitūTeTiriti #nzpol
January 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM