El-Sayed projected winner Michigan primary! And it was western Michigan and rural counties that brought the win home. Believing the person rather than the hype, ignoring the $70 million effort to smear him and to buy votes. I 💙Michigan. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, notching a Midwest victory for the left

The former public health official has defeated Rep. Haley Stevens, NBC News projects, despite facing a huge advertising disadvantage.

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👇 US Senate report on how banks looked other ay on Epstein funds being transferred. www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

Mōrena Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. This little boy went missing last night and is not dressed for this weather. Please read the clothing description and keep a watchful eye as you start your days. www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions...

Concern for 6-year-old Auckland boy missing overnight

A six-year-old boy has gone missing after leaving his home in Auckland about 6pm on Tuesday.

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On the trending topic of "Apology" The value of an apology is not found in the words themselves. It is found in whether someone has taken the time to understand the hurt they have caused. 🧵1/4

To vote in this years general election you need to be enrolled by midnight, 13 days before Election Day. Days left to enrol or update your details. Maori Roll: 3 days General Roll: 83 days Remind your Friends & Whanau #nzpol

NZ Public service bosses race to submit #jobcut plans, for almost 3,000 workers, by order of the Coalition govt- with which jobs to go being kept secret until you’ve voted -ripples will mean more local business closures #AtlasNetwork #Neoliberal #austerity newsroom.co.nz/2026/07/31/p...

Public service bosses race against clock to submit job cut plans

With job losses and structural changes on the way for the public sector, unions and the opposition argue for greater transparency

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Anyone interested in looking for a fair deal from their politicians need to read this thread 👇

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d ago

There are a lot of Ohio Republicans in the news right now and it can get confusing. I'm here to help.

James Talarico demonstrates the silliness of including the 10 Commandments in school. 🎯

This doesn't surprise me at all, but I really feel for the complainant here. What's going on at NZ Police? Massive numbers of cases reopened, individual Police investigated for child sexual abuse material, no one apologising to Tamatha Paul yet? #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

Police reopen sexual assault case after review finds sportsman’s career prioritised over complainant

The complainant was “not listened to and not believed”, an internal police review says.

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folks, randomly came across this. It's not for me, but what a cool opportunity for someone ...share with those it might be right for.

Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand@wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 2w ago

This isn't the kind of job listing you see very often! 👀 Our friends at Auckland Museum are looking for a Wikimedian in Residence to join the team! Get more information and apply via Seek: nz.seek.com/job/93393322

reminding you all. You need to read "He told us"

Chris Wilson@chrisjwilson.bsky.social · 3w ago

I was interviewed on the ABC this morning about He Told Us www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Can one of you remind me when politicians started assessing themselves with the normsof a junior high school boys lockeroom? 🙄

RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 2w ago

'Shoot, shag or marry' game was ACT candidate Paul Henry being authentic Seymour says

a decade long program to update and unify all the DHB's onto the same system was WEEKS away from delivery before this govt came to power and cancelled it. the whole thing just flushed. friend of mine worked in a hospital admin team, and when she found out about this she started planning to leave NZ.

RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hospital IT problems the result of years of under-investment, experts say

Just reminding myself and the world: Saying it doesn't make it true. Caring without action isn't empathy. Plans without progress are just announcements. Actions always speak louder than intentions.

Respectfully, we all know this. What people want now is action from those in power. Less talk. More action. Cut the funding. Stop the networks. Remove access to weapons. Start there.

Helen Clark says Palestine is 'disappearing in plain sight' after visiting occupied West Bank

Former PM issued one of her strongest criticisms yet of the Israeli government, saying a visit to the occupied West Bank left her convinced Palestine is "disappearing in plain sight".

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Good night

I’m tired of rules becoming optional depending on who’s involved. Whether it’s football, the street, or court — rules only work when they apply to everyone. We all knew that kid who wanted in the game, then bent the rules. Fairness starts when everyone plays by the same ones! 👇

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · last mo.

Things that make you go hmm…

I imagine having ministers and senior officials cheerleading for ‘AI’ in everything hasn’t been helpful either. #nzpol

RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · last mo.

Digital revamp of government services not effective review finds

Luxon <chose> to not condemn the US murder of Iranian schoolchildren. He was given the talking point “We are horrified by the deaths of civilians - on all sides - including the deaths of more than 100 children in Iran,” and ignored it to cheerlead for the US instead.

Revealed: The lines officials gave Christopher Luxon on Iran (that he didn’t use)

The PM was told to say he was “horrified” by the deaths of children in a school bombing, he didnt.

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Oh, excuse me... where are all those people who were supposedly going to fill the jobs that migrants were "taking"? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump allows dairy farms a path for migrant labor, upsetting anti-immigration camp

President Donald Trump was expected to announce the expansion of a guest-worker program to the dairy industry at a Wisconsin event. Instead, the news came out in a press release.

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Saw this gem on a friend's social media page and just had to share it with you all here. 🙂

Funny how some only cotton on once it starts affecting them. I've been raising this about 6 or so yrs ago: politicians were always going to be reluctant to take on big tech while they believed they needed those same platforms to win elections. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

MP told Stuff owner: ‘If you were nicer to us, maybe we’d care if you lived or died’

It’s not often you get to interview the boss of the company you work for. I’ve never done it with any of my former bosses, and certainly not for 40 minutes over mimosas and a bowl of pork scratchings.

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In today’s NZ Herald

So, so happy for Ecuador and my friends celebrating there.

Ecuador Flag Soccer Ball

ALT: Ecuador Flag Soccer Ball

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Back on track: People can’t afford to eat. People can’t afford to heat their homes. 10s of 1000s of kids are hospitalised and their health permanently damaged as a result. The highest levels of homelessness. High engineered unemployment. #nzpol Life can be better. Vote for it. 💚💚

One in three households have experienced some form of food insecurity in the last year, full-time workers are no exception – new research finds - NZ Food Network

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Here’s the international committee report on targeting Palestinian children by Israel’s forces. It is horrific reading. Yet some seem more outraged about the finding of genocide than the documented killing, sexual violence & torture & starvation of 1000s of children www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

🧵1/4 Crazy eek, I must say. Every so often, I find myself agreeing with a soul, that I've been juxtaposed on issues with in the past... This week, for me, that's Winston Peters. Not on everything.. But on two points, I think he's got decent reasoning.

Looks like the govt through Immigration NZ may have been planning to give off your biometric data not just to 5 Eyes countries, but to 36 other "anglosphere" countries.

Failed IT project: Greens question what would have happened if it had continued

A Green MP has raised concerns about what would have happened if a failed IT project had gone ahead, given New Zealand's links to a secretive migration pact.

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