Gavin Huet
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This is just as public an execution as Renee Good and Alex Pretti, and it happened first… but Trump’s goons have been hiding this bodycam footage since October. This is ruthless cop murder of an innocent teacher. ICE must be destroyed.
Agents Who Shot Marimar Martinez Caught On Video Saying 'Do Something, Bitch'
Newly released body camera footage shows Border Patrol agents swerving their car into the Chicago woman before shooting her five times.
www.huffpost.com/entry/border...
Newly released body camera footage shows Border Patrol agents swerving their car into the Chicago woman before shooting her five times.
www.huffpost.com/entry/border...
Agents Who Shot Marimar Martinez Caught On Video Saying 'Do Something, Bitch'
Newly released body camera footage shows Border Patrol agents swerving their car into the Chicago woman before shooting her five times.
www.huffpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:35 AM
This is just as public an execution as Renee Good and Alex Pretti, and it happened first… but Trump’s goons have been hiding this bodycam footage since October. This is ruthless cop murder of an innocent teacher. ICE must be destroyed.
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Turns out The Speaker, Gerry Brownlie, who has had hysterical conniptions over dress standards and a haka or 2 in parliament because they didn’t follow the rules hasn’t thought the rules applied to him for two decades.
The crass hypocrisy of yet another National MP beggars belief. #nzpol
The crass hypocrisy of yet another National MP beggars belief. #nzpol
February 12, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Turns out The Speaker, Gerry Brownlie, who has had hysterical conniptions over dress standards and a haka or 2 in parliament because they didn’t follow the rules hasn’t thought the rules applied to him for two decades.
The crass hypocrisy of yet another National MP beggars belief. #nzpol
The crass hypocrisy of yet another National MP beggars belief. #nzpol
So they are winding up early because they have not achieved anything, but before the wind up they will focus on the thing they were meant to be doing. Ok, gotcha.
Community urges retail crime group to focus on youth offences before dissolution
Community urges retail crime group to focus on youth offences before dissolution
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith said Tuesday the group will wind up in May, four months before it was supposed to.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 13, 2026 at 12:39 AM
So they are winding up early because they have not achieved anything, but before the wind up they will focus on the thing they were meant to be doing. Ok, gotcha.
Are these "pristine waters" in the room with us now?
Nicola Willis was on a charm offensive during an election year speech to Southland’s political and business leaders, praising farmers, scientists, businesses, pristine waters and more.
Finance minister lays on the praise in Invercargill
Nicola Willis was on a charm offensive during an election year speech to Southland’s political and business leaders, praising farmers, scientists, businesses, pristine waters and more.
dlvr.it
February 13, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Are these "pristine waters" in the room with us now?
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David Seymour to ban the use of the phrase “David Seymour”
“Because there is already a perfectly good English word, ‘arsehole’”
“Because there is already a perfectly good English word, ‘arsehole’”
February 12, 2026 at 9:31 PM
David Seymour to ban the use of the phrase “David Seymour”
“Because there is already a perfectly good English word, ‘arsehole’”
“Because there is already a perfectly good English word, ‘arsehole’”
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Paywall now lifted: Big industrials are slated to close or switch off gas whether the proposed LNG terminal goes ahead or not, new modelling has found.
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/12/m...
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/12/m...
Most economic damage from gas crisis 'locked in', officials warn
Big industrials are slated to close or switch off gas whether or not the proposed LNG terminal goes ahead, new modelling has found
newsroom.co.nz
February 12, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Paywall now lifted: Big industrials are slated to close or switch off gas whether the proposed LNG terminal goes ahead or not, new modelling has found.
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/12/m...
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/12/m...
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The Nats are at it again
'Nakedly political': No rivals considered for Judith Collins' new job
The outgoing minister was the only person considered for Law Commission president - with no recruitment process and no others candidates.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 12, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The Nats are at it again
So much gun violence these days in NZ and yet our police minister is silent.
February 12, 2026 at 7:48 PM
So much gun violence these days in NZ and yet our police minister is silent.
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'Racist' and 'pathetic': Backlash as Govt drops te reo from school lunch scheme name
www.nzherald.co.nz
February 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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This is true
And if the govt were serious about it they could have shown good faith by constructively working on the previous govt's WIPs
But instead they repealed record amounts of policy without scrutiny, even where things were ready
When anyone suggests this in bad faith, we say "you first"
And if the govt were serious about it they could have shown good faith by constructively working on the previous govt's WIPs
But instead they repealed record amounts of policy without scrutiny, even where things were ready
When anyone suggests this in bad faith, we say "you first"
📢 ‘Tax policy certainty needs to span successive governments’: Finance Minister Nicola Willis talks investment boost policy, productivity and the long term at the New Zealand Economics Forum
Willis calls for bipartisan consensus on investment boost policy
https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/137178/‘tax-policy-certainty-needs-span-successive-governments’-finance-minister
February 12, 2026 at 8:40 AM
This is true
And if the govt were serious about it they could have shown good faith by constructively working on the previous govt's WIPs
But instead they repealed record amounts of policy without scrutiny, even where things were ready
When anyone suggests this in bad faith, we say "you first"
And if the govt were serious about it they could have shown good faith by constructively working on the previous govt's WIPs
But instead they repealed record amounts of policy without scrutiny, even where things were ready
When anyone suggests this in bad faith, we say "you first"
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Astonishing how Costello recalls events from an evening nearly 15 months ago (www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...), yet still can't recall the source of the tobacco industry friendly "mystery document" she passed on to the MOH to inform tobacco policy.
Judge called Winston’s speech ‘disgusting’ during disruption at club event, minister recalls
NZ First Minister Casey Costello told the panel Judge Ema Aitken yelled “he’s lying” during Winston Peters speech.
www.stuff.co.nz
February 12, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Astonishing how Costello recalls events from an evening nearly 15 months ago (www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...), yet still can't recall the source of the tobacco industry friendly "mystery document" she passed on to the MOH to inform tobacco policy.
If Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants to moan about Britain being colonised by foreigners maybe he can start looking at his Manchester United squad for a start
February 12, 2026 at 4:36 AM
If Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants to moan about Britain being colonised by foreigners maybe he can start looking at his Manchester United squad for a start
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"Transmission Gully will move to a 110km/h speed limit from next week."-Chris Bishop
YOU'RE F*****G KIDDING ME,BISHOP!!!
Road works have the speed limit down to one lane,at 30KPH between Haywards interchange & Waitangirua!
Its a joke;Entire sections have been dug up on a road only FOUR YEARS OLD!
YOU'RE F*****G KIDDING ME,BISHOP!!!
Road works have the speed limit down to one lane,at 30KPH between Haywards interchange & Waitangirua!
Its a joke;Entire sections have been dug up on a road only FOUR YEARS OLD!
February 12, 2026 at 1:59 AM
"Transmission Gully will move to a 110km/h speed limit from next week."-Chris Bishop
YOU'RE F*****G KIDDING ME,BISHOP!!!
Road works have the speed limit down to one lane,at 30KPH between Haywards interchange & Waitangirua!
Its a joke;Entire sections have been dug up on a road only FOUR YEARS OLD!
YOU'RE F*****G KIDDING ME,BISHOP!!!
Road works have the speed limit down to one lane,at 30KPH between Haywards interchange & Waitangirua!
Its a joke;Entire sections have been dug up on a road only FOUR YEARS OLD!
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Sweet Mary, Jospeh & that poor long suffering donkey the opening sentence "Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee has been incorrectly and incompletely declaring his property ownership to Parliament for 20 years"
Change the name to say Trevor Mallard - the right would be apoplectic with outrage. FFS
Change the name to say Trevor Mallard - the right would be apoplectic with outrage. FFS
February 11, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Sweet Mary, Jospeh & that poor long suffering donkey the opening sentence "Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee has been incorrectly and incompletely declaring his property ownership to Parliament for 20 years"
Change the name to say Trevor Mallard - the right would be apoplectic with outrage. FFS
Change the name to say Trevor Mallard - the right would be apoplectic with outrage. FFS
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www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02... In case we needed another reason to shop at Aldi
Known for their work with the CIA, tech company Palantir is coming to Coles
Coles plans to deploy data company Palantir's tools across more than 840 supermarkets to cut costs and "redefine how we think about our workforce". At a time of increased food insecurity, Australians ...
www.abc.net.au
February 11, 2026 at 9:20 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02... In case we needed another reason to shop at Aldi
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"It's ridiculous, isn't it? Primitive, savage beliefs in a people who once walked the stars."
— Line in Adrian Tchaikovsky's 2021 novel, Elder Race, which I am now, for some reason, constantly reminded of
— Line in Adrian Tchaikovsky's 2021 novel, Elder Race, which I am now, for some reason, constantly reminded of
NEW: FDA defends -- and backs off from -- its refusal to review Moderna's application for an mRNA flu vaccine. The company had spent ~$750M on studies, one with 41,000 people.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/h...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/h...
U.S. Health Officials Defend Rejection of Moderna’s Flu Vaccine
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:35 PM
"It's ridiculous, isn't it? Primitive, savage beliefs in a people who once walked the stars."
— Line in Adrian Tchaikovsky's 2021 novel, Elder Race, which I am now, for some reason, constantly reminded of
— Line in Adrian Tchaikovsky's 2021 novel, Elder Race, which I am now, for some reason, constantly reminded of
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UNBELIEVABLE! 🤯
Luxon’s idiotic fossil gas terminal will bypass even the fast-track process so that construction can start before the election.
Let that sink in.
Luxon’s idiotic fossil gas terminal will bypass even the fast-track process so that construction can start before the election.
Let that sink in.
February 11, 2026 at 7:02 PM
UNBELIEVABLE! 🤯
Luxon’s idiotic fossil gas terminal will bypass even the fast-track process so that construction can start before the election.
Let that sink in.
Luxon’s idiotic fossil gas terminal will bypass even the fast-track process so that construction can start before the election.
Let that sink in.
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Not 'struggling'.
Not 'hard up'.
Not 'skipping meals'.
*Starving*
In Aotearoa. In 2026.
This is so immoral and disgusting that opposition parties should be 20 points ahead in the polls by now.
Not 'hard up'.
Not 'skipping meals'.
*Starving*
In Aotearoa. In 2026.
This is so immoral and disgusting that opposition parties should be 20 points ahead in the polls by now.
'It's just not enough': Salvation Army warns families are starving
'It's just not enough': Salvation Army warns families are starving
The Salvation Army's latest State of the Nation paints a dire picture of worsening child poverty and unemployment.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 11, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Not 'struggling'.
Not 'hard up'.
Not 'skipping meals'.
*Starving*
In Aotearoa. In 2026.
This is so immoral and disgusting that opposition parties should be 20 points ahead in the polls by now.
Not 'hard up'.
Not 'skipping meals'.
*Starving*
In Aotearoa. In 2026.
This is so immoral and disgusting that opposition parties should be 20 points ahead in the polls by now.
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Reposted by Gavin Huet
Moskowitz: "Trump's name appears more times in the Epstein files than God's name appears in the book about God"
February 11, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Moskowitz: "Trump's name appears more times in the Epstein files than God's name appears in the book about God"
Cost of living crisis is only for the workers
Commonwealth Bank posts record half-year cash profit as investors pile into housing market
Commonwealth Bank posts record half-year cash profit as investors pile into housing market
CBA shares surge by 7% after bumper $5.45bn result while data shows owner-occupiers’ share of lending has decreased in tight property market
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The Commonwealth Bank has delivered a record $5.45bn half-year cash profit, as investors pile into the housing market and take market share from owner-occupiers.
Australia’s biggest lender said on Wednesday it was settling more than 3,000 housing loans on average every week, with property prices now at or near record highs across large parts of the country. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Cost of living crisis is only for the workers
Blame anyone and anything but the government.
February 11, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Blame anyone and anything but the government.
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My investigative piece today on Nicola Willis's surprise RBNZ Covid Inquiry announcement. She has set it up so that the results are released 6 WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION
Please share where you can - between the voter suppression laws, and this, it could be a real killer come Nov 2026. #NZPOL #NZ
Please share where you can - between the voter suppression laws, and this, it could be a real killer come Nov 2026. #NZPOL #NZ
Did Nicola Willis just appoint Atlas Network connections to her surprise RBNZ Covid Inquiry?
Willis launches a surprise Covid inquiry with results to come out 6 weeks before the election. Most NZ publications noted her hiring of "independent" experts. I looked further into it.
mountaintui.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:20 AM