Chatting to a friend here in the U.K and of course the convo turns to politics... The vibe here seems grim, an entire generation of folks disengaged because a change in party doesn't change anything in their lives, the rise of reform, and the nationistic right, FPP, and long term length...

Impressive. Via xcancel.com/The_x_Truth/...

#nzpol Locked Out has had a look at the recent GDP numbers. Guess what? They’re not great, and there is no plan to make it work. Have a watch now: youtu.be/RQgR2S6aaTI?...

My entire operating theatre (surgeon, anaesthetist, nurses, techs, registrars) stayed late today so that a patient could get her procedure done instead of having to sit around waiting for a slot next week. And not that this sniveling weasel will care, but the SMOs involved did it for free.

they confiscated it. the american nazi führer's reach extends to the uk. we are living through some of our most treacherous history repeating itself. no new mistakes. all the same old bloody mistakes.

In case you missed it, four people have been arrested for projecting images of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein onto Windsor Castle.

Foiled again, JD.

I swear I didn't plan this.... Day 1 in London and I'm in the middle of a huuuuuge Palestinians march

3 of 3. After a 17 hour flight, hopefully this 7 hours will zip by...?

Aluminium tube 2 of 3. This one for 17 hours! Shes a bigun

Ylva is waiting for me to come home!*cries*

I am a bad person and I feel bad

1st of 3 on this long day of aluminium tube

It will never not be amazing to me that journalists and other people in positions of public influence willingly stay on a site that is being openly manipulated on every level by one of the worst human beings on Earth.

I recommend everyone watches this

The times we are living in eh? Determined to do what I can to make things, including the divisiveness of politics, better not worse. Actually better, not “Better Wellington”.

Perfect way to deal with Destiny Church

Streeeeeetch

This is a helpful explainer about the groyper stuff.

Deep internet cults and the media's refusal to discuss them have driven an astounding degree of the fascist takeover in the US. And failing to understand the ironic or deceptive nature of many of these subcultures, especially fascist and white supremacist ones, launders their propaganda for them.

So the charlie kirk shooter is a white Christian male, who donated to trump, and a fan or follower of Nick fuentes, another notorious hard right nutter. It's seven layers of online ironic memery deep and the media will struggle to un ravel it for the public

THEY'RE CALLED GROYPERS COOP. A GAGGLE OF YOUNG MEN ONLINE WHO CAN'T DELINEATE BETWEEN VIOLENCE AND ENTERTAINMENT. DARNDEST THING. ONE OF THEIR SHELL CASINGS TURNED THREE OF OUR BEST AGENTS GAY.

I want you all to just watch how quickly mainstream media moves on from this story now.

Let me see if I have this right: - The shooter’s shell casing were steeped in Groyper messages - Groypers are far-right, white supremacists who are led by Nick Fuentes - The same Nick Fuentes that had dinner with Trump at Mar-A-Lago

Incredible how every ring wing pundit went from "THIS IS WAR" "THERE WILL BE BLOOD IN THE STREETS" to "what an unfortunate tragedy" the minute it didn't fit their narrative. They wasted no time in calling for violence towards trans people despite it once again being a white cis male shooter

Journalistic malpractice in broad daylight. The phrases on the bullets refer specifically to groyper memes, meaning Tyler followed right wing hatemonger Nick Fuentes, who hated Charlie Kirk. If CNN doesn’t know about right wing internet culture, it should just stop covering politics. Kid is MAGA.

THIS YOU? MASTER THREAD 1. Jeremy Clarkson

As a heads up this is disinfo. The rifle used is suspected to have been a 30.06. Turan (the company that makes the pictured bullet) only makes up to 5.56 rifle caliber rounds. So unless the feds are wrong about the caliber of the rifle they found (unlikely) this can't be an explanation.

Emperor Palpatine was a human being with a family, and it would be rude to celebrate his demise. Shame on the rebellion.

And now the US Department of State is openly asking for denunciations of suspected visa holders who have expressed wrongthink, so their visas can be cancelled. It already forces visa holders to keep their social media accounts open for inspection. www.nzherald.co.nz/world/us-thr...

This after the FBI director *twice* live-tweeted the apprehension of people who weren't the guy.

sure feels like it... I still can't believe there have been so many school shootings in my country - WHY target kids...

Benjamin Doyle left politics because of threats to them and their family. Tory Whanau isn't running for re-election as mayor because of a campaign of sexual harassment. but sure, I believe you care about free speech.

Don’t worry guys he is treating us as a bottomfull ATM it’s all good you see

Sign Greens open letter to Karen Chhour on protecting children action.greens.org.nz/childrenspro... #NZGreens

This was LITERALLY last month. I feel like I'm losing my mind seeing rightwing posts over on Twitter tonight. nytimes.com/2025/08/13/u...

#BHN Charlie Kirk assassinated at TPU event | Kahurangi Carter LIVE | McAnulty smites Nicola Willis #nzpol www.youtube.com/live/meGRpGI...

We don’t yet know who killed Kirk or why. Not that you’d know it from the endless numbers of accounts on X with huge follower numbers, including British politicians, making as yet unknowable claims about the motivations behind the murder. Exhibit A. Extraordinary stuff.

Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.

it's confusing and infuriating to see NZ political leaders (Peters, Seymour) wax lyrical about the murder of Charlie Kirk, a hateful american right wing podcaster. it's wierd.

The night after the murder of Melissa Hortman, the Democratic legislator in Minnesota, the Yankees were at the Red Sox and neither team requested a moment of silence. For an actual public servant. Who we choose to hold a moment of silence for and who we do not are silences that speak volumes.

USA's "average annual health expenditure per person is $25,000, compared to $5658 per person in New Zealand". --It's almost like private profit being added to the price of healthcare makes it significantly more expensive eh.

Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life. The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.

"National MP Carl Bates owns 25 properties, which he did not disclose on the MP register. Many of the properties are rentals in Whanganui, making Bates’ family one of the biggest private landlords in his electorate." Peak National Party #nzpol #kiwi

#Dunedin peeps - my Leftie-progressive DCC-ORC Voters Guide is finally completed and live.... Please feel free to share far and wide if you find it helpful (because, with suspicious timing, I've been blocked from my usual platform it gets good distribution on 😢 ). tinyurl.com/BaxtersLefti...

Judging by the shamefully opportunistic & politicizing rhetoric of some rightwingers on Twitter, & their cynical use of Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder for political point scoring, it’s almost as if Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman wasn’t murdered by a Trump-voting MAGA maniac just 12 weeks ago.