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Government continues to load huge costs onto local councils, while loudly declaring that local councils are bad with money.
January 29, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Government continues to load huge costs onto local councils, while loudly declaring that local councils are bad with money.
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So, we’re NOT all the same are we David Seymour? Slaves deserve less human rights than non slaves, according to the ACT party, so effectively he’s blown up his whole ‘Trojan horse plan’ to appeal to the masses, proving that not all psychopaths are geniuses🤦♀️ #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
January 29, 2026 at 7:22 PM
So, we’re NOT all the same are we David Seymour? Slaves deserve less human rights than non slaves, according to the ACT party, so effectively he’s blown up his whole ‘Trojan horse plan’ to appeal to the masses, proving that not all psychopaths are geniuses🤦♀️ #nzpol #OneTermGovernment
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Puts ACT corporate donors on the hook for misleading about their supply chains and is actively against the interests of NZF fishing industry donors if you're wondering why it's not a govt bill.
National and Labour MPs are teaming up for a modern slavery bill, using a new and never-before-used rule that allows them to skip the biscuit tin for a members' bill with enough support.
January 28, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Puts ACT corporate donors on the hook for misleading about their supply chains and is actively against the interests of NZF fishing industry donors if you're wondering why it's not a govt bill.
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Every time Luxon talks about Labour needing the terrible radical Greens this should be put to him for response.
2013: Recently former ACT leader writes a column arguing that slavery was better for slaves than democracy: www.nbr.co.nz/a-southern-s...
2026: ACT refuses to support anti-slavery legislation, forcing Grand Coalition
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
I suppose consistency is a kind of virtue
2026: ACT refuses to support anti-slavery legislation, forcing Grand Coalition
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
I suppose consistency is a kind of virtue
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January 29, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Every time Luxon talks about Labour needing the terrible radical Greens this should be put to him for response.
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What is being ‘normalised’ through politics and media is abhorrent and dangerous.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Beware the new 'normal', it might be about to bite us
Some people just like power. Those same people enjoy sowing seeds of discord that they never have to actually solve, in order to keep it.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
January 28, 2026 at 10:48 PM
What is being ‘normalised’ through politics and media is abhorrent and dangerous.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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This is just to say
I have given away
the law commission
president role
to Judith Collins
and which
you were probably
saving
for someone qualified
Forgive me or don’t
she had to leave
I’m a pushover not at all bold
as I’ve been repeatedly told
I have given away
the law commission
president role
to Judith Collins
and which
you were probably
saving
for someone qualified
Forgive me or don’t
she had to leave
I’m a pushover not at all bold
as I’ve been repeatedly told
January 28, 2026 at 8:44 PM
This is just to say
I have given away
the law commission
president role
to Judith Collins
and which
you were probably
saving
for someone qualified
Forgive me or don’t
she had to leave
I’m a pushover not at all bold
as I’ve been repeatedly told
I have given away
the law commission
president role
to Judith Collins
and which
you were probably
saving
for someone qualified
Forgive me or don’t
she had to leave
I’m a pushover not at all bold
as I’ve been repeatedly told
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“Over 60% of voters think treaty is not an issue”
January 28, 2026 at 5:56 AM
“Over 60% of voters think treaty is not an issue”
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The people on here saying Judith Collins won’t be that bad at the Law Commission are the same people that said Bishop and Willis are ‘actually ok Nats’
If you saw the Atlas network plan for NZ, you’ll remember that they plan to attack the judiciary and legal system here
She is part of that
#nzpol
If you saw the Atlas network plan for NZ, you’ll remember that they plan to attack the judiciary and legal system here
She is part of that
#nzpol
January 28, 2026 at 3:51 AM
The people on here saying Judith Collins won’t be that bad at the Law Commission are the same people that said Bishop and Willis are ‘actually ok Nats’
If you saw the Atlas network plan for NZ, you’ll remember that they plan to attack the judiciary and legal system here
She is part of that
#nzpol
If you saw the Atlas network plan for NZ, you’ll remember that they plan to attack the judiciary and legal system here
She is part of that
#nzpol
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CNN: Are you okay?
Omar :I've survived war. And I'm definitely going to survive intimidation and whatever these people think they can throw at me because I'm built that way.
Omar :I've survived war. And I'm definitely going to survive intimidation and whatever these people think they can throw at me because I'm built that way.
January 28, 2026 at 2:42 AM
CNN: Are you okay?
Omar :I've survived war. And I'm definitely going to survive intimidation and whatever these people think they can throw at me because I'm built that way.
Omar :I've survived war. And I'm definitely going to survive intimidation and whatever these people think they can throw at me because I'm built that way.
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I do remember when Judith Collins leaked the name and details of a public servant to the right wing attack blogger Cameron Slater and then the public servant received personal attacks and death threats. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Key, English distance themselves from Collins
Prime Minister John Key and deputy Bill English are distancing themselves from Justice Minister Judith Collins' actions in passing a public servant's information to a blogger.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 28, 2026 at 1:25 AM
I do remember when Judith Collins leaked the name and details of a public servant to the right wing attack blogger Cameron Slater and then the public servant received personal attacks and death threats. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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In today’s NZ Herald
January 27, 2026 at 6:10 PM
In today’s NZ Herald
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Wow.
The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.
The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.
January 27, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Wow.
The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.
The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.
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Judith Collins, one of the most hateful, divisive & unrepentantly nasty politicians to have ever disgraced NZ politics is retiring.
Dirty Politics will forever be a stain on NZ, but that 'Crusher' Collins only ever crushed ONE car is testament to her uselessness.
#NZPol
Dirty Politics will forever be a stain on NZ, but that 'Crusher' Collins only ever crushed ONE car is testament to her uselessness.
#NZPol
January 27, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Judith Collins, one of the most hateful, divisive & unrepentantly nasty politicians to have ever disgraced NZ politics is retiring.
Dirty Politics will forever be a stain on NZ, but that 'Crusher' Collins only ever crushed ONE car is testament to her uselessness.
#NZPol
Dirty Politics will forever be a stain on NZ, but that 'Crusher' Collins only ever crushed ONE car is testament to her uselessness.
#NZPol
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Goneburger.
Maybe Kash will let her work at the FBI office wearing a stormtrooper uniform.
Maybe Kash will let her work at the FBI office wearing a stormtrooper uniform.
January 27, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Goneburger.
Maybe Kash will let her work at the FBI office wearing a stormtrooper uniform.
Maybe Kash will let her work at the FBI office wearing a stormtrooper uniform.
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#nzpol
Those photos of her cozying up to the head of US death squads might have impacted her electability. This corrupt, war-mongering, racist person has no part to play in a representative democracy. To be fair we currently have a lobbying body, not representatives in charge. Glad she’s going.
Those photos of her cozying up to the head of US death squads might have impacted her electability. This corrupt, war-mongering, racist person has no part to play in a representative democracy. To be fair we currently have a lobbying body, not representatives in charge. Glad she’s going.
January 27, 2026 at 10:29 PM
#nzpol
Those photos of her cozying up to the head of US death squads might have impacted her electability. This corrupt, war-mongering, racist person has no part to play in a representative democracy. To be fair we currently have a lobbying body, not representatives in charge. Glad she’s going.
Those photos of her cozying up to the head of US death squads might have impacted her electability. This corrupt, war-mongering, racist person has no part to play in a representative democracy. To be fair we currently have a lobbying body, not representatives in charge. Glad she’s going.
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Comment: It's becoming ever more easy to imagine Health NZ transforming into a for-profit health service that measures 'efficiency' by return on shareholder equity, not the quality of care, writes former Te Whatu Ora chair Rob Campbell
Upgrade to Simeon’s dream private health service – at a cost
newsroom.co.nz
January 27, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Comment: It's becoming ever more easy to imagine Health NZ transforming into a for-profit health service that measures 'efficiency' by return on shareholder equity, not the quality of care, writes former Te Whatu Ora chair Rob Campbell
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I’ve been thinking about that Nat graphic of competence/chaos and the factually incorrect nature of it is really bugging me. It should be more like this. And honestly give me some chaos and bread.
January 27, 2026 at 10:38 PM
I’ve been thinking about that Nat graphic of competence/chaos and the factually incorrect nature of it is really bugging me. It should be more like this. And honestly give me some chaos and bread.
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"The president was kept apprised of [DHS] statement by Miller and Noem's top adviser, Corey Lewandowski"
Well well well, the boyars are saying they kept the tsar in the loop the whole time. www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
Well well well, the boyars are saying they kept the tsar in the loop the whole time. www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
Scoop: Stephen Miller behind misleading claim that Alex Pretti wanted to "massacre" agents
The episode illustrates the sheer power of Miller, Trump's close and longest-serving political adviser
www.axios.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:54 PM
"The president was kept apprised of [DHS] statement by Miller and Noem's top adviser, Corey Lewandowski"
Well well well, the boyars are saying they kept the tsar in the loop the whole time. www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
Well well well, the boyars are saying they kept the tsar in the loop the whole time. www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
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me: "So, Rod Donald, that's basically what the Green Party is like in 2025. What's your analysis of the situation? Is the party doomed?"
Rod Donald: "Holy shit, we have 15 MPs?"
me: "Does the Green Party have a future?"
Rod Donald: "15 MPs in the fucking parliament?"
Rod Donald: "Holy shit, we have 15 MPs?"
me: "Does the Green Party have a future?"
Rod Donald: "15 MPs in the fucking parliament?"
April 2, 2025 at 3:02 AM
me: "So, Rod Donald, that's basically what the Green Party is like in 2025. What's your analysis of the situation? Is the party doomed?"
Rod Donald: "Holy shit, we have 15 MPs?"
me: "Does the Green Party have a future?"
Rod Donald: "15 MPs in the fucking parliament?"
Rod Donald: "Holy shit, we have 15 MPs?"
me: "Does the Green Party have a future?"
Rod Donald: "15 MPs in the fucking parliament?"
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Simply outstanding from @rodemmerson.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Simply outstanding from @rodemmerson.bsky.social
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The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting.
January 27, 2026 at 8:00 AM
The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting.
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You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history
January 27, 2026 at 2:11 AM
You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history
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Until Miller’s gone these are just gestural purges to sanitize and consolidate his reign of terror.
BREAKING: The Border Patrol's Greg Bovino has been ousted from his role of "Commander at Large"—and Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski could be next to lose their jobs, sources tell @nickmiroff.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 27, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Until Miller’s gone these are just gestural purges to sanitize and consolidate his reign of terror.