Jan
@kiwijan.bsky.social
New Zealand woman, late 60s, health professional, immersed in US & UK politics (lived in UK 13 years until mid COVID) books, nature, art, cats, music, love satirical humour. Tend to repost but not comment much myself.
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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“Organizers said they followed Department of Homeland Security protocol and formally requested access more than one week ahead of the Mass and emailed and hand-delivered a second letter on Thursday. The request was denied,” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Religious leaders' request to give Communion to detainees at Broadview facility is denied again
Organizers said they followed Department of Homeland Security protocol and formally requested access more than one week ahead of the Mass. The request was denied, according to a statement from the vil...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“Organizers said they followed Department of Homeland Security protocol and formally requested access more than one week ahead of the Mass and emailed and hand-delivered a second letter on Thursday. The request was denied,” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.
October 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.
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It's hilarious that Luxon claims there are no hiring freezes in our health services, because everyone who works in healthcare knows well that funding cuts have meant staff are not being replaced, and haven't been for nearly two years. Call it what you will, but that's a hiring freezes to me. #nzpol
October 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It's hilarious that Luxon claims there are no hiring freezes in our health services, because everyone who works in healthcare knows well that funding cuts have meant staff are not being replaced, and haven't been for nearly two years. Call it what you will, but that's a hiring freezes to me. #nzpol
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ACT's Tim Jago who sexually abused minors under his care, is now in court for another indecent assault.
NZ Herald DECLINES to name Jago despite the Court allowing it. #nzpol
NZ Herald DECLINES to name Jago despite the Court allowing it. #nzpol
October 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
ACT's Tim Jago who sexually abused minors under his care, is now in court for another indecent assault.
NZ Herald DECLINES to name Jago despite the Court allowing it. #nzpol
NZ Herald DECLINES to name Jago despite the Court allowing it. #nzpol
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last i checked these young republicans were like 25 years old. but this is a classic case of infantilization to diminish the significance of the offense. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Vance downplays group chat messages: ‘Kids do stupid things, especially young boys.’
The vice president called the texts "edgy, offensive jokes."
www.yahoo.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
last i checked these young republicans were like 25 years old. but this is a classic case of infantilization to diminish the significance of the offense. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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October 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
apnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
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If the AI bubble does burst, the techbros may come to regret their recent political positioning...
"Sceptics are privately - and some now publicly - asking whether the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be, at least in part, the result of what they call 'financial engineering'. In other words - there are fears these companies are overvalued."
A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley
Some are worried that the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be a bubble waiting to burst.
www.bbc.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
If the AI bubble does burst, the techbros may come to regret their recent political positioning...
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In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
October 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
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Under National, gangs are doubling their money as the govt loses experienced cops & police budget constraints hit.
Domestic violence, sexual assaults. meth and cocaine use are all up & thousands of retail crime incidents go uninvestigated #nzpol #kiwi
Domestic violence, sexual assaults. meth and cocaine use are all up & thousands of retail crime incidents go uninvestigated #nzpol #kiwi
Gangs making large profits amid 'bizarre' increase in meth use
New Zealand’s meth consumption rose from 732kg in 2023 to 1434kg in 2024.
www.1news.co.nz
October 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Antifa is not an organization.
• There are no “founders” of Antifa.
• There is no centralized leadership of Antifa.
• There is no Antifa “membership.”
• There are no “chapters” of Antifa.
• You cannot “join” Antifa.
• Antifa is a PHILOSOPHY - the idea that fascism is bad and should be resisted.
Antifa is not an organization.
• There are no “founders” of Antifa.
• There is no centralized leadership of Antifa.
• There is no Antifa “membership.”
• There are no “chapters” of Antifa.
• You cannot “join” Antifa.
• Antifa is a PHILOSOPHY - the idea that fascism is bad and should be resisted.
October 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Antifa is not an organization.
• There are no “founders” of Antifa.
• There is no centralized leadership of Antifa.
• There is no Antifa “membership.”
• There are no “chapters” of Antifa.
• You cannot “join” Antifa.
• Antifa is a PHILOSOPHY - the idea that fascism is bad and should be resisted.
Antifa is not an organization.
• There are no “founders” of Antifa.
• There is no centralized leadership of Antifa.
• There is no Antifa “membership.”
• There are no “chapters” of Antifa.
• You cannot “join” Antifa.
• Antifa is a PHILOSOPHY - the idea that fascism is bad and should be resisted.
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I forget-- who controls the White House, Senate, and House?
October 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I forget-- who controls the White House, Senate, and House?
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Pritzker is right. They want to normalize troops in cities so they can steal every election just like Putin does.
October 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Pritzker is right. They want to normalize troops in cities so they can steal every election just like Putin does.
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Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
October 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
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Good to know our state broadcaster is ignoring our country's respected, credentialed and proven economic commentators, while publishing Atlas Network devotees. The same Atlas Network that produced Liz Truss, Javier Miller and Donald Trump. Here's NZ Initiative's declaration of love for Atlas #nzpol
October 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Good to know our state broadcaster is ignoring our country's respected, credentialed and proven economic commentators, while publishing Atlas Network devotees. The same Atlas Network that produced Liz Truss, Javier Miller and Donald Trump. Here's NZ Initiative's declaration of love for Atlas #nzpol
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The battle is going to be much harder than I thought. Support your parties and their leaders; it's not going to be easy - RNZ publishes an opinion piece from NZ Initiative fellow on its front page #nzpol
RNZ just published a NZ Initiative Wesselbaum opinion piece on its front page
Why our media landscape might be significantly more compromised than I thought. And below - NZ Initiative's proud association with the Liz Truss / Javei Miller connected Atlas Network
mountaintui.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The battle is going to be much harder than I thought. Support your parties and their leaders; it's not going to be easy - RNZ publishes an opinion piece from NZ Initiative fellow on its front page #nzpol
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Someone in the DOJ with access to the Epstein files has a conscience and enough love for this country to leak them. Where is this generation’s Deep Throat?
October 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Someone in the DOJ with access to the Epstein files has a conscience and enough love for this country to leak them. Where is this generation’s Deep Throat?
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Nicola Willis's RNZ & Stuff opinion piece writer Wesselbaum, an Atlas Network NZ Initiative fellow, has updated his disclosure statement this arvo.
Of note, Willis was a Director with NZ Initiative, making this conflict of interest even starker
How could both Stuff & RNZ ignore this? #nzpol #kiwi
Of note, Willis was a Director with NZ Initiative, making this conflict of interest even starker
How could both Stuff & RNZ ignore this? #nzpol #kiwi
October 6, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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He could’ve fought, but he faked bone spurs. So someone else had to go in his place - most likely a working class kid whose daddy couldn’t afford to bribe a doctor. Now he’s talking shit about how it should’ve been fought.
October 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
He could’ve fought, but he faked bone spurs. So someone else had to go in his place - most likely a working class kid whose daddy couldn’t afford to bribe a doctor. Now he’s talking shit about how it should’ve been fought.
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If you needed more proof that the coup in the US has Russian fingerprints all over it: cybersecurity trainings are now officially too woke for real warriors.
"Mandatory Department training will be directly linked to warfighting or otherwise be consolidated, reduced in frequency, or eliminated."
"Mandatory Department training will be directly linked to warfighting or otherwise be consolidated, reduced in frequency, or eliminated."
Pentagon relaxes military cybersecurity training
: Beards, body fat, and cyber refreshers now frowned upon
www.theregister.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
If you needed more proof that the coup in the US has Russian fingerprints all over it: cybersecurity trainings are now officially too woke for real warriors.
"Mandatory Department training will be directly linked to warfighting or otherwise be consolidated, reduced in frequency, or eliminated."
"Mandatory Department training will be directly linked to warfighting or otherwise be consolidated, reduced in frequency, or eliminated."