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When Your Daughter is Kidnapped by ICE David Farrier's Webworm talks to Betty Wihongi, whose Kiwi daughter Everlee got kidnapped by ICE at LAX after a trip to New Zealand.

i talk in-depth to betty wihongi, whose kiwi daughter everlee got kidnapped by ICE at lax. full audio, and article, here (no paywall, no ads - please RT): www.webworm.co/betty/

The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.

“Behind the scenes, the atmosphere is so rooted in paranoia that former Knicks players warn one another about rooms being bugged, and staffers worry about being watched when they go out to local bars.”

an instant @wired.com classic www.wired.com/story/madiso...

CNN put together a montage of Trump saying as far back as March 9 that his war against Iran "is going to be finished pretty quickly," then him saying that same thing over and over for the past six weeks

Kash and Carry!

For Tues Metro

Single frame. Prayer session in the Oval Office. Trump’s team laying hands on Trump, as his pastor says, “O Lord, cast out those misguided religious leaders who would dare to meddle in our politics…”

Let us pray.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Losing my mind reading Dann, Malpass, Tibshraeny, (etc) sweating about Govt 'returning to surplus'. Surely the reckonomics commentariat should understand balance sheets?
Let's see if I can make it simple. Here's how much we spend offshore and how much we earn. Take a minnit... [🧵 1/n]

Fuel deal misses announcement deadline set by Luxon Christopher Luxon’s promise that an announcement would be made on potential commercial deals to secure more fuel by Monday has fallen through.

Christopher Luxon’s promise that an announcement would be made on potential commercial deals to secure more fuel by Monday has fallen through.

An ‘ordinary’ storm with extraordinary impacts: what made Wellington’s deluge so intense?

Wellington’s extreme deluge was caused by an unfortunate combination of weather factors. But a warming climate is upping the odds of more of these events in future.

*UAE ASKS US FOR A WARTIME FINANCIAL LIFELINE: WSJ

IRAN'S TOP JOINT MILITARY COMMAND: IRAN WILL SOON RESPOND AND RETALIATE AGAINST THIS 'MARITIME AND ARMED ROBBERY' BY U.S. MILITARY

Oil prices rebound 7% as Strait of Hormuz is closed again Oil prices rebounded ​more than 7% ‌on Monday after tumbling more than ​9% on ​Friday as the Strait ⁠of Hormuz ​closed after the ​U.S. and Iran said that the other ​party has ​violated the ceasefire d...

The war authored by Trump/Israel is again driving up global energy prices.

A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing an assembly of renewable energy solutions - solar panels, battery storage, high speed rail, electrified truck freight, EVs and charging infrastructure, wind turbines, and bicycles - put together in a shape that resembles a military tank. A different approach to a massive increase in military spending that would increase Australia's security and sovereignty in times of global unrest.

Best defence.
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social

The FBI Director Is MIA Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

“On multiple occasions in the past year, members of his security detail had difficulty waking Patel because he was seemingly intoxicated, according to information supplied to Justice Department and White House officials.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

For Thomas Coughlan's article:
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

What's the plan? Sadly, the plan appears to be to simply let that price shock roll through the economy and sit back eating popcorn while unemployment rockets. Hell, RBNZ might even join in - increasing debt-servicing costs for giggles. The cure for burns is fire apparently. What should we do? [5/n]

Role of currency strength in 2010s?

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

Note to self: put these quotes from Luxon aside into a folder marked ‘PM’s fuel comments history’ to refer to at a later date.

Trump says Iran war ‘close to over’; US claims all Iranian sea trade halted US president says second round of talks could be held in Pakistan as naval blockade of Iranian ports continues.

So what happened the last time the USA stopped the oil flowing to Asia’s dominant power? aje.news/lxeq57?updat...

The proposed Arch de Trump, with guillotine added.

Haha. Took me a second to see it.

By Momot (Ukraine).

Cartoon

From today's @financialtimes.com #straitofhormuz #blockade

Without an El Niño, global Sea Surface Temperatures are already at record high levels.

The heatwave in the Gulf of California and off the Mexico coast is quite something!

Wednesday’s Early Bird & preview + invite to Substack Live of Bernard's Chorus Full Picks n’ Mixes + Preview of Chorus: US blockade turns back oil tankers; IMF fears global recession; IMF sees NZ inflation rising with world; Kiwibank pushes back on early OCR hike view

Chorus preview out for paying subscribers: US blockade turns back oil tankers; IMF fears global recession; IMF sees NZ inflation rising with world; Kiwibank pushes back on early OCR hike view #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...

Great news

Love it. Keas get to hoon too.

Keeping an eye on this. If US Navy were to board a ship filled with oil headed to China...then...

My cartoon for Tuesday's Metro