mattcheely.bsky.social
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Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants https://theonion.com/democrats-condemn-ice-for-murdering-without-proper-warrants/
January 30, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants https://theonion.com/democrats-condemn-ice-for-murdering-without-proper-warrants/
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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GREAT NEWS! Our wonderful library, Te Matapihi, has reached a huge milestone with construction work now finally finished. On time and on budget. It'll re-open in March 2026. For me, this marks an exciting future for Wellington where we'll start to see parts of our city open back up again. #nzpol
August 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
GREAT NEWS! Our wonderful library, Te Matapihi, has reached a huge milestone with construction work now finally finished. On time and on budget. It'll re-open in March 2026. For me, this marks an exciting future for Wellington where we'll start to see parts of our city open back up again. #nzpol
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Unhoused people are just the most accessible target. It won’t stop there.
You should care about homeless ppl b/c they are ppl, and most folks are closer to living outside than they are to being a billionaire.
But if that's not enough, care about them b/c how gov't treats them says volumes abt us.
Care b/c the cruelty won't stop with homeless folks.
But if that's not enough, care about them b/c how gov't treats them says volumes abt us.
Care b/c the cruelty won't stop with homeless folks.
August 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Unhoused people are just the most accessible target. It won’t stop there.
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@andrewlittlenz.bsky.social
is it true that you were on the board that stripped the Māori names from Wellington electorate? If so, can you please explain what makes this appropriate?
is it true that you were on the board that stripped the Māori names from Wellington electorate? If so, can you please explain what makes this appropriate?
August 11, 2025 at 5:31 AM
@andrewlittlenz.bsky.social
is it true that you were on the board that stripped the Māori names from Wellington electorate? If so, can you please explain what makes this appropriate?
is it true that you were on the board that stripped the Māori names from Wellington electorate? If so, can you please explain what makes this appropriate?
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Rongotai means sound of the sea or tidesound.
The name change of the electorate to ‘Wellington Bays’ was not consulted on, and does not make any sense.
The new boundary brings in no additional bays to the electorate. Why change?
The name change of the electorate to ‘Wellington Bays’ was not consulted on, and does not make any sense.
The new boundary brings in no additional bays to the electorate. Why change?
August 8, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Rongotai means sound of the sea or tidesound.
The name change of the electorate to ‘Wellington Bays’ was not consulted on, and does not make any sense.
The new boundary brings in no additional bays to the electorate. Why change?
The name change of the electorate to ‘Wellington Bays’ was not consulted on, and does not make any sense.
The new boundary brings in no additional bays to the electorate. Why change?
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This crusty old bigoted disgusting dipshit
NEW from me: Winston Peters directly intervened to stop diplomatic accounts posting about Pride Month. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/25-...
Winston Peters intervened to stop diplomat accounts posting about Pride Month
Exclusive: After years of posting generic sentiments during Pride Month, New Zealand's diplomatic posts were silent this year following a directive from the foreign affairs minister.
thespinoff.co.nz
July 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This crusty old bigoted disgusting dipshit
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This is NOT OK. We are being run by minority parties with no mandate for this sort of bigoted, backward thinking nonsense - which Sport NZ themselves don’t want!
Basic rights, like participation in community sports, should be afforded to ALL.
Solidarity.
#nzpol
Basic rights, like participation in community sports, should be afforded to ALL.
Solidarity.
#nzpol
Government orders Sport NZ to scrap transgender inclusive community sport guidelines
What started off as a review under a previous minister has turned into an order to ditch the guidelines completely.
www.rnz.co.nz
July 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is NOT OK. We are being run by minority parties with no mandate for this sort of bigoted, backward thinking nonsense - which Sport NZ themselves don’t want!
Basic rights, like participation in community sports, should be afforded to ALL.
Solidarity.
#nzpol
Basic rights, like participation in community sports, should be afforded to ALL.
Solidarity.
#nzpol
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National targeting local councils for providing accessible toilets for disabled people is a horrible, sh*te, uncaring thing to do.
It shows such contempt and disregard for disabled people and families.
It is such a petty, small minded, cruel thing to target.
It shows such contempt and disregard for disabled people and families.
It is such a petty, small minded, cruel thing to target.
July 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
National targeting local councils for providing accessible toilets for disabled people is a horrible, sh*te, uncaring thing to do.
It shows such contempt and disregard for disabled people and families.
It is such a petty, small minded, cruel thing to target.
It shows such contempt and disregard for disabled people and families.
It is such a petty, small minded, cruel thing to target.
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💯 agree with Mayor Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social
Local councils are key to providing well-being resources and assets for their communities. Not least because this govt couldn’t care less about people.
I want my tax dollars going to a range of well-being projects. Take my money!
Local councils are key to providing well-being resources and assets for their communities. Not least because this govt couldn’t care less about people.
I want my tax dollars going to a range of well-being projects. Take my money!
Different man, same message. Get rid of the well-beings and narrow council scope.
If we don’t provide funding for the crucial role of art, nature and community, who will? Certainly not this Government. The economic well-being pillars are crucial for the protection of our people and planet.
If we don’t provide funding for the crucial role of art, nature and community, who will? Certainly not this Government. The economic well-being pillars are crucial for the protection of our people and planet.
July 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
💯 agree with Mayor Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social
Local councils are key to providing well-being resources and assets for their communities. Not least because this govt couldn’t care less about people.
I want my tax dollars going to a range of well-being projects. Take my money!
Local councils are key to providing well-being resources and assets for their communities. Not least because this govt couldn’t care less about people.
I want my tax dollars going to a range of well-being projects. Take my money!
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Behind every claim of "wasteful council spending" is a metric crap tonne of misinformation. And almost always from the same serial offenders.
July 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Behind every claim of "wasteful council spending" is a metric crap tonne of misinformation. And almost always from the same serial offenders.
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The EHRC is meant to protect everyone’s rights. But internal documents reveal a different story: repeated meetings with anti-trans lobbyists, legal bias, and secret coordination. We filed the FOI. Here’s what we found.
tacc.org.uk/2025/07/01/f...
tacc.org.uk/2025/07/01/f...
FOI Exposes EHRC Bias: Private Meetings, Legal Echoes, and Policy Capture - Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective
Let’s be honest. The Equality and Human Rights Commission is not acting like a neutral regulator. It is not standing above the fray.
tacc.org.uk
July 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The EHRC is meant to protect everyone’s rights. But internal documents reveal a different story: repeated meetings with anti-trans lobbyists, legal bias, and secret coordination. We filed the FOI. Here’s what we found.
tacc.org.uk/2025/07/01/f...
tacc.org.uk/2025/07/01/f...
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Normal day for a wāhine Māori, Green Party MP online. Studied ~400 comments on FB/Twitter on Tamatha Paul's recent comments, incl. on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DLg5Jz-Jyg... to decolonialise memorialisation. 0 intellectual engagement present in online ecologies studied. Just a frothing hate.
June 30, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Normal day for a wāhine Māori, Green Party MP online. Studied ~400 comments on FB/Twitter on Tamatha Paul's recent comments, incl. on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DLg5Jz-Jyg... to decolonialise memorialisation. 0 intellectual engagement present in online ecologies studied. Just a frothing hate.
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What kind of boss let's his staff run amuck without consequences.
David is bullying people he's supposed to be deputy PM over. His behavior is deserving of a suspension from the house.
If tpm get suspended for haka he should be suspended for bullying, lying and spreading propaganda
#nzpol
David is bullying people he's supposed to be deputy PM over. His behavior is deserving of a suspension from the house.
If tpm get suspended for haka he should be suspended for bullying, lying and spreading propaganda
#nzpol
It's time for our Prime Minister to pull his colleagues into line. Whether it's Seymour or Peters, punching down on the public is unacceptable for a Deputy Prime Minister and they need to be held to account asap #nzpol
SIGN our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/lu... #nzpol
SIGN our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/lu... #nzpol
Luxon: Uphold Codes of Conduct - Hold your Government to Account
Responsible leaders welcome advice from experts and when they are creating laws and policies. They know good decision making means planning for the long term, considering diverse points of view and ma...
our.actionstation.org.nz
June 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
What kind of boss let's his staff run amuck without consequences.
David is bullying people he's supposed to be deputy PM over. His behavior is deserving of a suspension from the house.
If tpm get suspended for haka he should be suspended for bullying, lying and spreading propaganda
#nzpol
David is bullying people he's supposed to be deputy PM over. His behavior is deserving of a suspension from the house.
If tpm get suspended for haka he should be suspended for bullying, lying and spreading propaganda
#nzpol
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NPR published a story 5 days ago about three high ranking Trump officials with clear ties to Hitler-admiring antisemites and it barely made a ripple. These are the kind of stories that used to end political careers. Now the subjects of the stories just hold up a middle finger and keep plowing ahead.
I talked to NPR about seeing DHS White House liaison Paul Ingrassia at a Nick Fuentes rally last year.
Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists
NPR has identified three Trump administration officials with close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a prominent Holocaust denier.
www.npr.org
May 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
NPR published a story 5 days ago about three high ranking Trump officials with clear ties to Hitler-admiring antisemites and it barely made a ripple. These are the kind of stories that used to end political careers. Now the subjects of the stories just hold up a middle finger and keep plowing ahead.
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She thinks the Library of Congress is like a local public library because it's got "Library" in the name and I can't emphasize enough that our country is being run by the stupidest people alive on the planet today.
Reporter: The president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why?
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
May 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
She thinks the Library of Congress is like a local public library because it's got "Library" in the name and I can't emphasize enough that our country is being run by the stupidest people alive on the planet today.
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Amazing!!! 😁
A milestone: #kakapo mating calls have been heard on the North Island of NZ for the first time in over a century. At least 2 of the 3 #kakapo males at the fenced sanctuary of Maungatautari have "boomed" this summer. #conservation www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r... Video: www.scienceagency.co.nz
May 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Amazing!!! 😁
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The mainstream press viewpoint is that no one mainstream is racist, and therefore, as ideas approach the mainstream, they become less racist
i do not think the mainstream press is equipped or capable of covering ideological white nationalists and eugenicists as such, or even capable of noting that this is what they are. it is related to the wide belief that racism is simply a matter of manners.
It would appear CNN was also at the eugenics conference? Why are all these mainstream news orgs at a 200-person event where all the speakers are eugenicists and racists? www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/u...
April 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The mainstream press viewpoint is that no one mainstream is racist, and therefore, as ideas approach the mainstream, they become less racist
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For people who are not yet members, there'll be a second fight at the AGM in July, where the FSU will try to roll back and changes and replace the board with their own people. In order to vote in the AGM, you need to becoming a member *now*.
internetnz.nz/membership/
internetnz.nz/membership/
March 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
For people who are not yet members, there'll be a second fight at the AGM in July, where the FSU will try to roll back and changes and replace the board with their own people. In order to vote in the AGM, you need to becoming a member *now*.
internetnz.nz/membership/
internetnz.nz/membership/
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Sign and share and get some manaakitanga involved in feeding our tamariki and rangatahi good kai.
“A Māori lawyer has launched a petition calling for the government to cancel Compass Group's school lunch contract, saying the company has repeatedly failed to meet its obligations, leaving tamariki with "horrible, disgusting and inedible" kai.” #CompassNZ #DavidSeymour #Inedible
Petition launched against 'horrible, disgusting and inedible' school lunches
"We've just had enough," lawyer Tania Waikato told RNZ.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Sign and share and get some manaakitanga involved in feeding our tamariki and rangatahi good kai.
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NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.
![I am the immigration attorney for Jerce Reyes Barrios, born in January 16, 1989 in Venezuela. 2. In February and March 2024, Mr. Reyes Barrios marched in two demonstrations in Venezuela protesting the authoritarian rule of Maduro. At the second demonstration, he was detained and taken to a clandestine building where he was tortured (electric shocks and suffocation) along with other demonstrators. 3. Shortly after his release, he fled Venezuela for the United States. He registered with CBP One in Mexico, then presented himself to CBP officials on the day of his appointment. He was taken into custody and detained at Otay Mesa Detention Facility in September 2024. 4. We applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT protection in December 2024. His final individual hearing is set for April 17, 2025 before Judge Robinson at the Otay Mesa Immigration Court. 5. On March 15, 2025, Mr. Reyes Barrios was deported to El Salvador with no notice to counsel or family. It was not until March 18, 2025 that counsel was able to reach an ICE official and learn that he had in fact been deported. 6. Mr. Reyes Barrios was/is a professional soccer player in Venezuela. He has never been arrested or charged with a crime. He has a steady employment record as a soccer player, as well as a soccer coach for children and youth. 7. Initially, Mr. Reyes Barrios was placed in maximum security at Otay Mesa and accused of being a Tren de Aragua gang member. The accusation is based on two things. First, he has a tattoo on his arm of a crown sitting atop a soccer ball with a rosary and the word "Dies." OHS alleges that this tattoo is proof of gang membership. In reality, he chose this tattoo, because it is similar to the logo for his favorite soccer team Real Madrid. See logo below. [pictures of the tattoo and the pictures of the logo]. 8. Second, OHS reviewed his social media posts and found a photo of Mr. Reyes Barrios making a hand gesture that they allege is proof of gang membership.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifncv2sfxob3h7ozdkoymku3wfpbknlroa6bric46v5y7asbrzrim@jpeg)
March 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.
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There are a million horrible things happening all at once, but wanted to take a moment to focus on the exec order against Perkins Coie and how it's an attempt to make it difficult for anyone to use the legal process to challenge all this law breaking.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/11/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/11/t...
Trump’s Latest Weapon Against Critics: Destroying Their Lawyers
When a president uses executive power to not just blacklist but effectively destroy a major law firm, solely for representing political opponents, it means he’s given up any pretense that he’s not …
www.techdirt.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
There are a million horrible things happening all at once, but wanted to take a moment to focus on the exec order against Perkins Coie and how it's an attempt to make it difficult for anyone to use the legal process to challenge all this law breaking.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/11/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/11/t...
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Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
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UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
March 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.