Clare Curran, member of the public
@citizencurran
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Once was a member of parliament. Always an advocate & representative. Labour through & through. Working out what's next
Dunedin City, New Zealand
Joined April 2009
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My response to the statement by Adelaide Festival board.
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To believe this is about drug smuggling, you have to ignore Trump’s pardon of the former Honduran president for drug smuggling. To believe it’s about Maduro’s democratic legitimacy, you have to believe Trump cares even slightly about democratic legitimacy. Alternatively:
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So when China launches a special op to seize the president of Taiwan: or Russia tries to do the same for Zelensky - what exactly do we say? You can’t do that, it’s illegal?
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It’s old-fashioned to defend mainstream journalism these days but some of the most reliable reporting from people actually on the ground will be the AP and Reuters the next 24 hours. Your Substack journalist writing takes will be using frontline reporting from them.
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Extremely serious. NZers require full transparency on the implications for their most personal health information. No cover ups or downplaying please. If the Minister doesn't know (which is highly possible) then bring in the expertise that does. Now! https://t.co/LU2kpPdbld
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Private health records, linked to the Manage My Health ransomware attack, appear to have surfaced on the dark web.
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High winds at the perfect time of day created a rare Rainbow Waterfall in Yosemite National Park
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BREAKING: NBC News projects: Prop 50 Congressional Redistricting has been approved.
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This is worth a listen. Warnings about the possible AI bubble.
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This is worth a listen. Warnings about the possible AI bubble.
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Please read this and share. All NZers can use their voices
💥 If you read one thing today, make it this story by Italian journalist Lorenzo D’Agostino — captured aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla: beaten, blindfolded, mocked with homophobic slurs, and held half-naked in freezing vans and scorching cells. According to D’Agostino and
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Military analyst Professor Michael Clarke says "we are on the verge of a military confrontation with Russia", as a former MI5 boss says she agrees Russia has "declared war on us". Latest world news ➡️ https://t.co/e3TVsl0gp8
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As a tribute to the six Al Jazeera journalists killed in Gaza, here's the poem I wrote a few months ago:
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This is the film they didn't want you to see, the film that the BBC refused to air. Watch 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack' NOW at https://t.co/nc9UmuBbBB.
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New Zealand's PM, 3 Cabinet ministers, Rakon and Rocketlab CEOs referred to International Criminal https://t.co/Vt1AwQAtCR about it here:
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Statement from Executive Editor Matt Murray: “For three decades, Ellen Nakashima has been one of the most careful, fair-minded, and highly regarded reporters covering national security. Reaching out to potential sources rather than relying solely on official government press
It has come to my attention that Washington Post reporter @nakashimae appears to be actively harassing ODNI staff. Instead of reaching out to my press office, she is calling high level Intelligence Officers from a burner phone, refusing to identify herself, lying about the fact
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Why is Ian Taylor obsessed with Jacinda Ardern. Still.
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