McBlog by Bob McCoskrie

If you thought standards of dress were declining in Parliament (which they are), wait until you see and hear the newest Member of Parliament. It had to be a Green MP eh.WARNING: This episode contains some offensive images. We advise discretion.

Some businesses are waking up to their wokeness. Others - like Jaguar - aren't. Apparently, the American “marketing guru” who masterminded Jaguar’s woke rebrand is Black Lives Matter-supporting Santino from New York, who has a Scottish husband. DEI 101. Don’t worry about building good cars. It’s all about helping the staff to change their sex and indoctrinating sexuality and gender in the letters of LGBTQIA and any others you want to add.

One of the key reasons Kamala Harris was defeated by Donald Trump wasn’t just because she was a terrible candidate, obsessed with killing the unborn child in the womb, but she promoted transgenderism – the false notion that you can choose and change your sex. And Americans weren’t buying it. Even Democrats are admitting that now. It’s NZ’s time to also vote down the harmful transgender ideology. But there’s a Minister (or two) in the way.

The media is turning on itself, and that was especially noticeable last week when Newstalk ZB’s Heather de Plessis-Allan - who used to be a reporter on 1News (!) – went ballistic about the bias of TVNZ’s coverage of the hikoi to Parliament. And she had a number of reasons for making that call. But it's not the only news outlet that needs calling out.

The TVNZ taxpayer-funded documentary “Trans & Pregnant” was not only a celebration of biology and new life, but it probably affirmed what the producers never wanted you to realise. Biology always wins. Mothers and fathers matter.

In the recent US election, there were a number of state-specific ballots regarding abortion, cannabis and euthanasia. We look at the results because if you listened to the media, you would think that all these ballots would have succeeded with massive majorities. Guess what – they didn’t.

Last week wasn’t a good week for the news media. Trump won. The media were defeated – in perhaps a mortal blow to their trust and integrity. X (formerly Twitter) is now the news platform of choice, as the mainstream media worldwide disappears in a cloud of distrust.

Here's a breaking story that the NZ media don't seem to keen too tell you, after lecturing you in August for questioning the gender of the 'female' boxer at the Olympics. The International Olympic Committee said 'nothing to see here'. Now we find out that there were some things to see – including testicles, a micro-penis and the absence of a uterus. XY.

Kemi Badenoch has won the Conservative Party leadership contest and becomes the first black person ever to lead a major party in Britain. How socially conservative is the new leader of the UK Conservative Party? And why does it matter.

The NZ news media think you're idiots and that you'll fall for anything. The real question is - will you. And if they’re propagandising coverage of the US election, you can be sure they’re doing it to many other issues as well. We’ve already proved that. We deserve better from the news media.

Trans allies ask parents of transgender identifying youth the shocking question, “Would you rather have a living son than a dead daughter?” It has no basis in science or research. But that doesn’t stop them using the suicide trope to get their way. Now it's been revealed that they’re suppressing any research which goes against the trope.

The owner of one of the most prestigious newspapers has admitted that what we’re all thinking is correct - "Most people believe the media is biased. Anyone who doesn’t see this is paying scant attention to reality, and those who fight reality lose. Reality is an undefeated champion." Will it change anything and save the industry? Good question.

Sir Ashley Bloomfield, Sir Graham Henry & Sir Buck Shelford have fronted a campaign for the NZ Herpes Foundation to help fight the stigma associated with herpes. This is yet another campaign about removing the natural consequences and stigma associated with sexually related diseases, actions and outcomes. It’s a health campaign which doesn’t tell the inconvenient truths. But health advice should always be based on biological truth, prevention and treatment – not hurty feelings. Perhaps we could add AIDS and Gonorrhoea to the list. Let’s give that a clap as well.

The government has pulled funding from the country's flagship research centre into violent extremism. But just white extremism. What the media didn’t tell you – conveniently – is the real reason that the group targeting white extremism was closed down. It was headed by an extremist who was white.

Trump Derangement Syndrome is defined as a mental condition in which a person has been driven effectively insane due to their dislike of Donald Trump, to the point at which they will abandon all logic and reason. The NZ Media appear to have it. They proved it this week.

A new paper released this week and written by the chairman of the think-tank The NZ Initiative, Roger Partridge, argues that the NZ Supreme Court is ‘overreaching’ its role, and that ‘judicial supremacy’ must be reined in. We did warn you about this judicial activism – after the Family First case in the Supreme Court two years ago. Let us remind you of what that was all about.

More bad news for the news media in New Zealand. We have some of the highest rates of news avoidance in the world. We not only don't trust the news media. We're now deliberately avoiding it. As the news media goes under, they can't say they weren't warned. We check out this new study.

Check this one out. We speak to President Trump… sort of. It’s the amazing Shawn Farash! Close your eyes. You’ll be sold.

When the euthanasia law was introduced to New Zealand by ACT leader David Seymour and Brooke van Velden and other euthanasia activists, we were told that it would be 'safe' - that the safeguards were all in place, and that nobody would be killed without their express request. We now know that this was a big fat lie. But what’s even worse is that both the Ministry of Health in NZ and most of the mainstream media are keen to bury the story (pardon the pun). But you need to know about it.

Break open the knitting, Pinterest, home cooking and trad wives. Let out your red head children. The Disinformation Project which has specialised in churning out disinformation with taxpayer’s funding thanks to Jacinda Ardern has died from natural causes. Everyone thinks they’re raving mad. And in preparation for this very sad event, I have been asked to share a eulogy at this somber event.

There was a ‘dump’ of 2023 census data yesterday by government agency Stats NZ. It should be based on biological reality and observable data - but Stats NZ is more keen to push gender & sexuality ideology & fabricated data. We show you just how confused they are.

With the influence that the President and vice-President can have on the direction of our culture and the values that we hold as a society, even here in NZ, we need to know just who the candidates are, their values, and what direction they will indirectly lead the world in. Where do they stand on the issues that matter to us – life, marriage, family, religious freedom. What is their agenda in the areas of identity politics (LGBTQ++), gender ideology, critical theory, environmental alarmism, drugs, abortion, euthanasia, social engineering and many others.We've covered Tim Walz, JD Vance and Kamala Harris. In this episode, its Donald Trump."I will always put policy above personality – IF I can’t have both." - Bob McCoskrie

The PPTA Te Wehengarua Annual Conference 2024 is happening this week. And as expected, there’s some wacky things being suggested – especially around identity politics and gender ideology – because that’s all some teachers seem to care about. Not the maths, reading and writing as most parents are expecting.

With the influence that the President and vice-President can have on the direction of our culture and the values that we hold as a society, even here in NZ, we need to know just who the candidates are, their values, and what direction they will indirectly lead the world in. Where do they stand on the issues that matter to us – life, marriage, family, religious freedom. What is their agenda in the areas of identity politics (LGBTQ++), gender ideology, critical theory, environmental alarmism, drugs, abortion, euthanasia, social engineering and many others.Yesterday was JD Vance and the day before was Tim Walz. Today we focus on Kamala Harris…

With the influence that the President and vice-President can have on the direction of our culture and the values that we hold as a society, even here in NZ, we need to know just who the candidates are, their values, and what direction they will indirectly lead the world in. Where do they stand on the issues that matter to us – life, marriage, family, religious freedom. What is their agenda in the areas of identity politics (LGBTQ++), gender ideology, critical theory, environmental alarmism, drugs, abortion, euthanasia, social engineering and many others.Today we focus on Tim Walz…

Recently we have been responding to some woke research and surveys. One was a survey from Massey University about whether Principals were indoctrinating their children with InsideOut material, and the second was the study from Victoria University in Wellington which was trying to practice conversion therapy on Bob and make him more loving and accepting of paedophilia. It didn’t work. Today we do a survey from Western Sydney University about the inclusion of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) health in the medical curriculum across NZ and Australia. This should be fun.

The new Government is super-keen to ram through a law making surrogacy way more easier. The question that nobody is asking: Should we be making surrogacy and sperm / egg donation “easier”? We will ask that question. We.'ll also show you some disturbing examples of the commodification of children, and how the rights of children are not being considered.

According to Kamala Harris and the pro abortion mainstream media, women are dying in the US because pro-life laws don’t allow abortion on demand. Last week, in an attempt to try and bolster their argument, they were jumping on the tragic cases of two women who died in Georgia. But here’s what most of the media won’t tell you about these two sad cases. These women died after attempting chemical or so-called “medication abortions.” But that didn’t stop the abortion lobby and the media blaming… Trump.

The agenda of the once great NZ Herald is becoming very clear – and for those who weren’t sure, this week removed any doubt. In a specifically child-focused section on the newspaper website, they featured a 7-year-old child in stilettos pushing catwalking, crossdressing and even some twerking. Who needs drag queens in libraries to indoctrinate our children when we have the NZ Herald.

A ‘study’ by Victoria University says that reducing stigma towards people with a sexual attraction to children (aka "paedophile") is important for mitigating the negative consequences of stigma towards their 'orientation'. Bob enrolled in the survey and started the ‘conversion therapy’. Did it work on him?

We’ve been sent a survey which has been sent to primary school principals around NZ by an “Educational Psychologist and Senior Lecturer” at Massey University. One principal told us “Most primary school principals and school communities.. do not see it as age appropriate to be promoting policies of gender & sexuality at a primary school level.”. We analyse this latest academic push on primary schools under the guise of a 'survey'.

Activists and academics want to play linguistic gymnastics with the term “paedophile”. The movement is even going so far as to claim that paedophilia should be understood as a sexual 'orientation' and that the ‘stigma’ is making the paedophile the ‘victim’. The danger is that trying to destigmatise morally eroded behaviour generally ends up normalising it. In this episode, we examine the history of this movement and some of the key players.

Just over a month ago, the Royal Commission’s final report, Whanaketia – through pain and trauma, from darkness to light, was presented to Parliament and published on the Royal Commission’s website. It was a disturbing read as we learnt about the extent of sexual abuse – especially of minors – in both state care and religious institutions. It is therefore especially galling and sickening that coming so soon after this, one of NZ’s major universities – Victoria University in Wellington – appeared to be rebranding paedophiles as ‘victims’ of stigma whose only guilt was having a sexual ‘preference’ or ‘orientation’.

As a champion of rescuing small bugs like daddy long-legs, cockroaches and small spiders from my daughters' screaming, it seems fitting that my personal pronouns should now be hu/hu. But former Green MP Darleen Tana just changes hers back-and-forth - all within the space of a month. Was that all a joke?

1News claims that “comments that are discriminatory or harmful will not be tolerated” on their social media accounts. We do a fact check - and find that it often depends on who the comments are aimed at.

We highlight two recent fascinating interviews from the USA regarding the left wing bias of CNN, and two news media examples from New Zealand, which show why trust in the media being balanced and fair is at an all-time low. But what's most interesting is that even the political left are getting sick of the bias.

You've probably all heard of disgraced Green MP Darleen Tana. Tana left the Green Party in July, when it received the findings of an independent investigation into her knowledge of migrant worker exploitation allegations at her husband’s bike shop. But it's not her treatment by the Green Party that should be causing significant emotional harm. It's actually the misgendering. The problem is trying to figure out who's doing the misgendering.

The Government has just appointed some new Human Rights Commissioners. The problem is that they believe in free speech, believe that only a woman can be a woman, and a few other unacceptable views. But according to the cultural elites like Helen Clark, you can only hold views that the cultural elite agree with. Human rights.... for some.

Project 2025 report was unveiled in April 2023 by the Heritage Foundation and supported by 100+ conservative organisations, but left-wing opposition to the document exploded when Trump took the lead over Biden in the polling earlier this year. The NZ media have also attacked it - including just this week by the taxpayer-funded Radio NZ. We do a fact-check. You can probably guess the result!

Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate. You’ve probably never heard of him. Neither have I. But he could be the next Vice-President alongside Kamala Harris as President. Could! So you do need to get to know him – and what you learn should deeply trouble you.

In this slightly longer-than-usual episode, we check out US Presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ legacy, policies, and what may happen if she becomes the next President. It's quite an eye-opener.

Last week I was in Washington DC and with all the shenanigans going on with Biden stepping down from the Democrat nomination and Kamala Harris becoming the heir apparent, there was also the visit from the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netenyahu. Netanyahu's visit was his first since before former President Donald Trump left office in 2020, and he addressed a joint session of Congress last Wednesday afternoon. You deserve to hear all sides of this issue – not just what the mainstream media feeds you.

Have you heard of DEI – it stands for Diversity Equity and Inclusion. The problem is that it’s anything but that. The argument was that it would improve profitability for businesses. It doesn't. And now businesses are going back to focusing on.... customers. What a great idea!

Ohio Senator JD Vance has been announced as the running mate for Donald Trump at the upcoming presidential election in November. He’s only been in the Senate since 2022. But this means he could be the next Vice President of the USA. So who is JD Vance- and is he a friend or foe of social conservatives?

Near-death experiences can change a person's perspective on life. Did we see that with Trump's speech at the recent Republican National Convention? And more importantly, will it continue. Trump also pays appropriate tribute to a heroic dad who lost his life protecting his family.

Michael Geer is the founding President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Family Institute – an organisation similar to Family First in NZ. Today we speak to him about the disturbing event in his home state, his family connection to the area where it happened, the mood in the US, and the impact on the upcoming elections in November.

Do you remember when NZ First and Winston Peters suggested that toilets should get back to basics of male and female because women simply didn’t want biological men in their toilets – no matter who they thought they were - and he was told that nobody is thinking about toilets. They were wrong and Winston was right. The Ministry of Education are obsessed with school toilets – and with urinals – and with signage - and most importantly, with gender ideology. Their latest policy document proves that.

The first presidential debate last week featured President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. While most of the debate focus has been on President Biden’s confusion and his often-muddled delivery, there were nonetheless key moments on policy, especially abortion.

Are the left starting to turn on themselves? Have liberals had enough of their own wokeness? More and more of them are leaving US states that push a liberal woke worldview because they're seeing the consequences. The woke are awokening!

It’s time some senior politicians including Chris Hipkins, Chris Bishop and Willie Jackson manned up on the transgender issue and protected female sports rather than listening to 'theologian' and head of Sports NZ Raelene Castle. Sports should be focused on biology because that means safety and fairness come first. Transgender people do have a basic human right to play sport, in their biological sex as has been done since at least 1745. We analyse the weak responses made last week by these MPs.