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Alison McCourt

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Animal lover, reading and leftie

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Just had Palantir’s comms person call me an ‘anti Palantir campaigner’ The classic 2026 populist move ‘I don’t like what you’ve said. You must be a campaigner against me’ Anyway read the pieces and judge for yourself….
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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 19/06/2026
everlee is free - please RT, all the details here: www.webworm.co/everleeisfree/
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Everlee Is Free
Webworm can report that Everlee Wihongi is finally free.
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Alison McCourt @alisonmac.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
For the first time ever I have been polled by curia no less. It was amusing how many ways I was asked if I could change my mind about National, Act or NZ first.
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Alison McCourt @alisonmac.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/de...
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Demand the Government support people experiencing homelessness!
Everyone should have access to decent, secure and permanently affordable housing. But right now, many people in our communities are experiencing homelessness – living on couches, in cars, in overcrowd...
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Michael Bain @mikejbain.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Great news. Well done to the Clerk of the House. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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NZ Parliament announces it will no longer post on X
Clerk of the House David Wilson made the decision as he could no longer support the platform.
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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 25/01/2026
i've been out in minneapolis all day, talking to locals and trying to wrap my head around the murder of alex pretti. it's 11.23pm, and this is what i've arrived at. please RT, it's free to read: www.webworm.co/alexpretti/
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"Say His Name: Alex Pretti"
David Farrier's Webworm reports that Alex Pretti's gun never left its holster - before ICE agents removed it and killed him at point blank range.
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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 16/01/2026
Kia ora from Aotearoa New Zealand @deborahmeaden.bsky.social Ciara is asking for an investment of just NZ$25 in return for the chance to win 100% of this fabulous cross stitch piece😉 Would you be kind enough to repost this and see if we can help her out?🙏🏼
Fabulous cross stitch piece of a woman in a wooly hat and turtle neck
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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Because it’s not getting reported on enough: Muslim fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed, father of two, was the hero who bravely tackled one of the Bondi Beach shooters and took away his gun. He saved lives during a major terror attack. Say his name, and honor the lives of the victims of the shooters
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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
#NZpol This will want investigating further, even if Luxon wants to try "excuse" it. Can’t be having MPs treat NZ’s money as open to pay for favoured projects or covering their arses.
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Roxine King @roxineking.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Truth
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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
#nzpol Raise your voices loud Aotearoa New Zealand because this is definitely not OK. These people have suffered enough. They have already been put through far too much for what will be meager symbolic compensation. Some are so ill they're dying while they wait. This govt is utterly disgusting.
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Suzi and Rose @suzirose.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Much love and support to everyone striking today. Kia kaha! #Oct23Strike #NZMegaStrike
Black poster  Red, green and white lettering

I back the teachers

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Te Riu Roa

kimi haeata
back our futurePurple poster White lettering 

I SUPPORT STRIKING HEALTH WORKERS

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Stand Together For Health
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Undupably @undupable.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
🚨 Voices for Freedom and Local Elections 🚨 Last local elections VFF encouraged people to run for local council. Their plan was semi-successful, electing dozens of councillors and board members. This time around, they're far more organised. Read: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360... /1
A photo of Voices for Freedom coordinators at their VFF Connects event in 2022. The background has an illuminated VFF sign. Three people are wearing VFF t-shirts and many are wearing a lanyard. There are eight people circled in red.
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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Look, did a bunch of us organise to have a pro Māori wards billboard on the same sign Hobson’s Pledge put their bullshit? Absolutely. Did we all put our names to it cause we're community leaders staunch in our position? Absolutely.
A photo grid of 12 Hamilton community leaders, with their names underneath, with the text Decide Together, Thrive Together. VOTE to keep Māori Wards.
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Hypergraphic @hypergraphic.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
The hostility of Fox News hosts is appalling. Watters is threatening citizens of this country that had nothing to do with Kirk's death. And Brian Kilmeade wants to kill homeless people like Hitler did! www.history.co.uk/article/akti...
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The Nazi euthanasia programme that killed 300,000
The first to die was a five-month-old baby boy called Gerhard Kretschmar
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees. No refugee underfunded a school. No refugee closed a hospital. No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled. We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
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MJGBoston @mjgboston.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
It’s about time!!!!
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Seven hours.
FOR 7 HOURS
ITALIAN CARDINAL READS NAMES OF ALL CHILDREN KILLED BY 'ISRAEL' IN GAZA
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Annette ☮️ (annettebeebe.bsky.social) 💙 @annettebeebe.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
@annettebeebe.bsky.social TY💙 @j1j2.bsky.social @77sunnyandclear.bsky.social @akaanangrymom.bsky.social @bab102.bsky.social @billydillydally.bsky.social @bluhue123.bsky.social @bonhanson.bsky.social @carolicar2.bsky.social @diannatibbetts.bsky.social @areyouyesyet.bsky.social
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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
111 deaths from starvation in Gaza, 80 of them children aje.io/2ewa76
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LIVE: ‘Unforgivable’ that world standing by as Israel starves Gaza, UN says | Gaza News | Al Jazeera
More than 100 organisations call on governments to take urgent action as Israel’s forced ‘mass starvation’ engulfs Gaza.
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FeistyEnglishTeacher @flower-power.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
The World Must See Gaza’s Starvation www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/o...
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Opinion | The World Must See Gaza’s Starvation
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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 22/06/2025
Dame Anne Salmond on a lame but personally abusive campaign launched by Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour against academic critics of his Regulatory Standards Bill
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Anne Salmond: Victim of the Day
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
🚨🚨The White House is pissed off about this ad so you know what to do, share it everywhere! ICE is disappearing people just because of the color of their skin! No Warrant! No Due Process! This is not who we are as Americans! #MAGAKidnappers want an all white America, fuck that‼️
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Bee @dailybee.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Act Party's upcoming keynote speaker, everyone. #nzpol
Conspiracy theory promotion
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Lindsay has promoted several prominent conspiracy theories.[4][7]

He is a proponent of the right-wing LGBT grooming conspiracy theory and has been credited as one of several public figures responsible for popularizing "groomer" as a slur directed at LGBTQ educators and activists by members of the political right.[25][41][42] Lindsay has referred to the Pride flag as "the flag of a hostile enemy."[5][24]

In 2021, Lindsay wrote on Twitter that "there will be" a genocide of whites if critical race theory "isn't stopped."[43] His statement was met with widespread criticism, including from founder of libertarian anti-identity politics magazine Quillette Claire Lehmann who wrote: "James Lindsay is now peddling White Genocide Theory. Implying that a genocide against whites in the U.S. is imminent has the potential to inspire racist violence. Such comments are extreme, reckless, and irresponsible. They should be denounced."[43][44]

Lindsay has promoted the far-right Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory,[45][35][6][46] which alleges a concerted effort by Marxist critical theorists to undermine Western civilization using Marxism
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. (via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
"We are devastated and heartbroken at the loss of our parents, Melissa and Mark. They were the bright lights at the center of our lives, and we can't believe they are gone. Their love for us was boundless. We miss them so much.
"We want everyone to know that we are both safe and with loved ones. We are grateful for the outpouring of love and support we have received, and we appreciate your respect for our family's privacy as we grieve.
"Our family would like to thank law enforcement for their swift action that saved others and for the coordination across communities that led to the arrest of the man who murdered our parents. We especially would like to thank the officers who were first on the scene to our parents' home and their heroic attempts to rescue our mom and dad.
"Our parents touched so many lives, and they leave behind an incredible legacy of dedication to their community that will live on in us, their friends, their colleagues and co-workers, and every single person who knew and loved them.
"If you would like to honor the memory of Mark and Melissa, please consider the following:
• Plant a tree.
• Visit a local park and make use of their amenities, especially a bike trail.
• Pet a dog. A golden retriever is ideal, but any will do.
• Tell your loved ones a cheesy dad joke and laugh about it.
• Bake something — bread for Mark or a cake for Melissa, and share it with someone.
• Try a new hobby and enjoy learning something.
• Stand up for what you believe in, especially if that thing is justice and peace.
"Hope and resilience are the enemy of fear. Our parents lived their lives with immense dedication to their fellow humans. This tragedy must become a moment for us to come together. Hold your loved ones a little closer. Love your neighbors. Treat each other with kindness and respect. The best way to honor our parents' memory is to do something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else."
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Too Long Covid 💚 @toolongcovid.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Seymour: Shutting down schools for Covid was so terrible! Me: Long Covid now the most common chronic illness in kids in the US. www.thegauntlet.news/p/long-covid...
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Long COVID is Now the Number One Chronic Illness in Children
Repeatedly mass infecting kids with COVID is not a public health strategy. It's a fast pass to declining population health
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Melissa Hirst 💙🔥BLUE ADVOCATE OF LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE @melmayhem.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
I doubt anyone will see me post, but this needs to be known... if you have a visible following please repost 💙🔥💙 Admitting he wants "his people... aka US " to behave like north Korea for Kim Jong Un.🤬
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
It's been really demoralizng how much the press mindlessly repeats the lie that the National Guard was sent to quell violence. It was sent to start violence. People know this, so just say it.
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Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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Wellington mayor Tory Whanau said Luxon’s comments were “a blatant punching down” on the city.

“Just last week, we successfully passed our long-term plan 2024-34 and progressed our water reforms. Perhaps he should look at his own policy choices – like the recent decision to slash pay for women on low incomes and the disastrous school lunch programme.

“We need solutions and collaboration from the prime minister, not rhetoric designed to distract from his own failings. We’re doing just fine in Wellington, and the prime minister should focus on his chaotic coalition instead,” Whanau said.
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Ol’ ɔıN @hazmat.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Articles like this, and RNZ losing millions in funding over the next 4 years makes a whole lot of sense, once you understand this govt are only transparent looking through the lens of fascism. #nzpol
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Regulatory Standards Bill inflicts ACT's far-right principles on Aotearoa, via www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol
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Regulatory Standards Bill inflicts ACT's far-right principles on Aotearoa - Greenpeace Aotearoa
The Government is facing backlash over David Seymour’s controversial Regulatory Standards Bill which passed its first reading today, under the shadow of the Budget.
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Michael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 43 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
Andry José Hernández Romero
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind. An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one." The other said, "Take him anyway." So they did.
Wilmer only found out his son had been detained after receiving a phone call on March 15 from his nephew, Luis, who lives with them. That morning was their last time together; they had gone around the corner to do their laundry. Later that day, Wilmer said that his son met with a friend to get help with some errands at the American Red Cross. He learned this from Luis, who looked at the situation from inside the apartment: when his son was on his way back, just steps from his home when ICE agents stopped him. “The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our building. One said, ‘No, he’s not the one,’ like they were looking for someone else. But the other said, ‘Take him anyway.'”

That moment marked the beginning of Wilmer’s search for answers — answers he’s still waiting for.
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Charlie Mitchell @comingupcharlie.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
We have found the man understood to be behind @2ETEKA, the X account that surfaced Instagram posts by Green MP Benjamin Doyle. He is a former NZ First member from Taranaki who organised a conference opposing "gender ideology" last year www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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Businessman behind toxic online Benjamin Doyle campaign
A Taranaki businessman, a former NZ First member, is understood to control the anonymous account behind the inflammatory posts.
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Jeremy David Engels @jeremydavidengels.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Community building Sunday. Give these fine folks a follow! @pittsburghlady.bsky.social @bluthrunthru.bsky.social @lindapatch.bsky.social @corrinaleeb.bsky.social @ltwlauren.bsky.social @henry62.bsky.social @srwylie.thesteves.com @mkabir.bsky.social @michaeleichner.bsky.social @northjules.bsky.social
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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philsmithcross.bsky.social @philsmithcross.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
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Jeroen Van Bouwel @jeroenvanbouwel.eurosky.social · 25/03/2025
Dictator!
A cartoon with Trump saying "Remove this hideous painting at once" - a painting on which you see Trump's face. Person next to Trump says: "Sir, that's a mirror".
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 24/03/2025
Horrific.
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Earl Mardle ✅✅ - Full Mamdani - No Swerves @rlmrdlnz.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
but so very much on brand for Luxon, Levy, Brown, Willis et al All we can do, aside from jamming the streets with bodies in protest, is make damned sure these are the stories that splash ALL over opposition campaigns And not some pablum about chickens in pots
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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
youtu.be/Jf-jHCdafZY?.... #Music Aussie Brilliant First Nations group. Check out the didgeridoo being included in the song
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Yothu Yindi - Treaty (Original Version)
YouTube video by Yothu Yindi
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
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Names and faces of children killed in Israel's latest offensive on Gaza
At least 183 Palestinian children have been killed since Tuesday morning
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Jorj, Interim DEITY🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦💪🏽 @just-jorj.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
#GOPPetty
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mantione.bsky.social @mantione.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Russia kidnapped 30,000 Ukrainian children. Free the 30,000 kidnapped Ukrainian children! Call your representatives and Senators re: DOGE's possible deletion of data tracking these human trafficked children by Russia. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
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Trump Administration Ends Tracking of Kidnapped Ukrainian Children in Russia (Gift Article)
Democratic and Republican lawmakers sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio asking whether a database on thousands of children had been deleted.
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Tracy @tracydeepbluesea44.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
www.business-standard.com/world-news/e...
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I can't stress this enough. The country and the world is not being shown just how much pushback is happening. You have to share it when you encounter it. They all think we're taking this lying down and we are not.
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