NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Obviously, nothing increases investor confidence like the thought of reducing energy prices. Wtaf.
One of the many bitter pills to swallow is that there will be not one single consequence for Jerry Seinfeld basically complimenting the KKK and equating them to the phrase Free Palestine. There will be little, if any, media pushback. It’s terrible.
Ouch.
Luxon does NOT come out of this well.
The juxtaposition of his lies and blather and attempts to blame the media for not reporting on him nicely, and Hipkins's directness and knowledge of the situation doesn't do Luxon any favours at all.
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There is, in fact, quite a good chance that if Trump ever drives this Tesla (which may be unlikely), it will explode and burn him alive -- with the doors locked closed electronically, which is what happens when Teslas catch fire.
Seymour never gonna shake off the "failed lunches guy". Be great if it was terminal to his career.
How much disrespect is NZ Govt showing to students, parents, principals, teachers, nutritionists, local caterers, and rubbish disposal staff in their 2025 #SchoolLunches programme?
Starving and burning kids; taking teachers' time and money; wasting food and $$
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Luxon defends 53% rise in homelessness by saying "We're doing a great job"
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Sounds familiar - failures fiddling!
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It gets better. 20 minutes earlier, Morning Report's producer/s had chosen to broadcast an interview with the PM about this. #nzpol
BSA Standard 5 Balance applies.
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370,000 to be stung by stealth student loan change costing $62 a year 😡🤬
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Is anyone surprised that the Trump regime is going to illegally disappear Palestinian protestors? We said this would happen. That knowledge doesn't make the reality any less frightening, though. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Flipside is we can then legally shoot fascists (anyone who espouses a capitalist ideology for personal gain since fascism is just capitalism with its nuts in a vice) because we are defending against domestic terrorists ultimately.
I don't see the Christchurch Call (or anyone) doing anything sadly, until the whole patriarchal colonialist cis-tem system is burnt to the ground, literally if need be.
Fear, hate and a putrid stench: Inside the Unsilenced anti-trans event
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Theres more to this - $170k of hidden donations ( from whom) ….Didn’t know the rules ?, from Taranaki (site of contentious mining ), known for support of murky business , chairing committee ( to green light mining) bill highlighted as corruption magnet. Luxon - just mistake nothing to see here.
Ah yes. David McLeod. I could tell a story or two about his time as chair of Taranaki Regional Council. Shall we start with the denial of the taonga status of the yellow pohutukawa on the Waitara River bank? jury.co.nz/2015/04/07/t...
David Seymour accuses Waitangi Tribunal of meddling after it makes confidential Treaty Principles docs public
briefings reveal officials told the Government the policy could threaten social cohesion and ACT's proposed principles were a novel interpretation with the backing of no expert opinion.
Arse covering is all that is, I don't believe any of the current government.
Given the number of times that National berated the last Labour led Government to increase funding of First home grants, this coalition move to cut it entirely is utter height of hypocrisy.
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So that KC, Gary Judd who made the national headlines in early May for filing a complaint over tikanga Māori requirement for law students is … David Seymour’s uncle by marriage, in case our beleaguered media still care about mighty relevant context.
This episode and the second part are the hardest I've worked and the hardest I've gone on an episode yet. Please give the show a chance if you haven't yet. If you have listen anyway
Here's an extra newsletter: Sam Altman is a liar, and it's time to treat him and OpenAI with outright suspicion - they lied about Scarlett Johansson, they're lying about Sora and YouTube, and they will keep lying as long as the media fails to push back.
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When Nicola Willis inevitably crows about the Budget in the coming weeks, how it will "help ordinary NZers", and the PM adds to it with "I just want to see a country that's the best country in the world to live in, and that's what we're determined to do"...
Just keep THIS utter BS in mind ⏬
I see the Atlas Network, through their lobbyist Jordan Welliams, are up to their usual tricks opposing lobbying transparency. When prompted with this, knowing he can't argue against the principle, he tries to poison pill the definition. That's just bad faith framing.
The game here is to focus on Jords, not his dirtbag clients. The response should be that if he has a right to access MPs for political discussions for his job, we have a right to know who he's doing it on behalf of or whether it's genuinely his own dumb opinions, end of discussion on terms.
Just saw a young Muslim woman whose hijab had pink and white cat's ears. And they were lovely.
