Jim Marr
@jimmarr.bsky.social
Writer, intrigued by politics, sport and horse racing and, of course, the characters who populate these endeavours
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A climate emergency fund would be useful right about now.
Oh, that's right, Luxon canned it so he could funnel more money to landlords.
Oh, that's right, Luxon canned it so he could funnel more money to landlords.
January 24, 2026 at 6:41 AM
A climate emergency fund would be useful right about now.
Oh, that's right, Luxon canned it so he could funnel more money to landlords.
Oh, that's right, Luxon canned it so he could funnel more money to landlords.
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I've updated the Third-Country Removal Tracker with the two likely ones to Equatorial Guinea this week. I'll have another update tomorrow morning.
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January 24, 2026 at 12:45 AM
I've updated the Third-Country Removal Tracker with the two likely ones to Equatorial Guinea this week. I'll have another update tomorrow morning.
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/tracking-all...
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/tracking-all...
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Kick the FBI out of AotearoaNZ! #nzpol
Breaking NYT:
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Kick the FBI out of AotearoaNZ! #nzpol
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Replay of #Germany during the 1930s. 😡 #AmericanGovGestapo
Where TF is Pam Bondi’s outrage now???
Over 100 priests have been arrested in Minneapolis for protesting ICE.
They gathered to demand that airlines stop contracting deportation flights with DHS.
Over 100 priests have been arrested in Minneapolis for protesting ICE.
They gathered to demand that airlines stop contracting deportation flights with DHS.
January 24, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Replay of #Germany during the 1930s. 😡 #AmericanGovGestapo
After the thugs have gone ... economist, Adam Tooze, on the Davos experience adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
Chartbook 450 After the thugs.
Walking past the pavilion, proclaiming “Freedom 250”.
adamtooze.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:28 AM
After the thugs have gone ... economist, Adam Tooze, on the Davos experience adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
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The tragic loss of lives in NZ flooding events this week are climate change deaths. Media and govt are avoiding the topic.
Leaders and commentators must acknowledge the emerging reality of ordinary summer rainstorms carrying volumes of water akin to tropical cyclones of previous decades.
Leaders and commentators must acknowledge the emerging reality of ordinary summer rainstorms carrying volumes of water akin to tropical cyclones of previous decades.
January 21, 2026 at 10:54 PM
The tragic loss of lives in NZ flooding events this week are climate change deaths. Media and govt are avoiding the topic.
Leaders and commentators must acknowledge the emerging reality of ordinary summer rainstorms carrying volumes of water akin to tropical cyclones of previous decades.
Leaders and commentators must acknowledge the emerging reality of ordinary summer rainstorms carrying volumes of water akin to tropical cyclones of previous decades.
Predictably, perhaps even deceitfully, lacking in substance. It's the economy stupid, and also, who are your 'populists'? newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/20/t...
To stop megaphone populists triumphing, we need unlikely left-right alliance
Summer reading: When the members of our so-called secretive cabal gather, we do not discuss how to dismantle the state or grind the faces of the poor. We talk about how to save the open society and th...
newsroom.co.nz
January 21, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Predictably, perhaps even deceitfully, lacking in substance. It's the economy stupid, and also, who are your 'populists'? newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/20/t...
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Yes! Plans to showcase F-22 Raptor fighter jets at Warbirds Over Wänaka have drawn condemnation from #DoctorsWithoutBorders worker, as the display legitimises US military force & weapons used to kill civilians #nzpol #peace www.1news.co.nz/2026/01/22/w...
Warbirds Over Wānaka display of deadly jets sparks backlash
The F-22 Raptors are widely considered the most lethal fighter jets ever built, says a former Doctors Without Borders worker.
www.1news.co.nz
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Yes! Plans to showcase F-22 Raptor fighter jets at Warbirds Over Wänaka have drawn condemnation from #DoctorsWithoutBorders worker, as the display legitimises US military force & weapons used to kill civilians #nzpol #peace www.1news.co.nz/2026/01/22/w...
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Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
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In today’s Chorus for paying subs, David Seymour says the quiet part out loud. He’s favour more housing supply in densified developments, just not near his constituents in the leafy inner-city suburbs, and not in a way that would reduce house prices. #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/seymour-fi...
Seymour fights for pool owners' property rights
ACT Leader & Epsom MP opposes housing densification around his constituents' pools in leafy inner-city suburbs, but is fine with densification elsewhere; Election date due; Fletcher stops building
thekaka.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:41 PM
In today’s Chorus for paying subs, David Seymour says the quiet part out loud. He’s favour more housing supply in densified developments, just not near his constituents in the leafy inner-city suburbs, and not in a way that would reduce house prices. #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/seymour-fi...
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In earlier years, the United States did more than any country to eliminate the use of offshore bank accounts as shelters -- numbered Swiss accounts ceased to be a thing thanks to Washington's reporting and filing regulations. Now we're watching the president use one.
The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
www.semafor.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:41 AM
In earlier years, the United States did more than any country to eliminate the use of offshore bank accounts as shelters -- numbered Swiss accounts ceased to be a thing thanks to Washington's reporting and filing regulations. Now we're watching the president use one.
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The next government should give Beck and Rocket Lab a simple choice: abandon your military contracts or lose your license to launch rockets from Aotearoa.
January 15, 2026 at 6:47 AM
The next government should give Beck and Rocket Lab a simple choice: abandon your military contracts or lose your license to launch rockets from Aotearoa.
Venezuelan Opposition leader grovels to Trump - pisses off Norway www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
‘Unbelievably embarrassing’: Norway reacts to Venezuelan opposition leader giving Nobel peace medal to Trump
US president accepted the medal from opposition leader during White House meeting
www.irishtimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Venezuelan Opposition leader grovels to Trump - pisses off Norway www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Bullies - Trump and Vance - standing over the smallest nation they could find www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Greenland minister tearful as she describes ‘intense pressure’ amid Trump’s threats
Vivian Motzfeldt was one of the foreign ministers who met with US vice-president JD Vance at the White House to discuss the future of the Danish territory
www.independent.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Bullies - Trump and Vance - standing over the smallest nation they could find www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
There are costs to the Seymour-Luxon-Peters Government's resolute commitment to a low-wage economy #nzpol thespinoff.co.nz/society/14-0...
How the pay equity ‘reset’ erased years of progress for Pacific communities
Pacific women, who earn just 75 cents for every dollar earned by a Pākehā man, will bear the brunt of the cancelled pay equity claims.
thespinoff.co.nz
January 16, 2026 at 8:25 PM
There are costs to the Seymour-Luxon-Peters Government's resolute commitment to a low-wage economy #nzpol thespinoff.co.nz/society/14-0...
The extraordinary secrecy the Seymour-Luxon-Peters Govt engaged in to blindside Kiwis and pull the rug out from under women pursuing legal action in good faith #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/04/h...
Hush and rush of Govt lawmaking undermines trust and quality
Analysis: The Govt responsible for the Regulatory Standards Bill, which aims to improve legislative quality, is the same one rushing through laws in secret.
newsroom.co.nz
January 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The extraordinary secrecy the Seymour-Luxon-Peters Govt engaged in to blindside Kiwis and pull the rug out from under women pursuing legal action in good faith #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/04/h...
Climate policies fail when they are disconnected from economics - New Zealand planners should be studying Uruguay's success #nzpol www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...
January 10, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Climate policies fail when they are disconnected from economics - New Zealand planners should be studying Uruguay's success #nzpol www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...
Oil companies funding climate change denial across South America in a campaign coordinated by David Seymour-linked Atlas Network www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Oil companies funding climate change denial across South America in a campaign coordinated by David Seymour-linked Atlas Network www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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WARNING: Explicit video of the killing of #ReneeGood.
FYI-The ICE agent’s family says he’s a good Christian family-man and father… #usnews #Minneapolis #uspoli
FYI-The ICE agent’s family says he’s a good Christian family-man and father… #usnews #Minneapolis #uspoli
SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.”
ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.”
Via Alpha News
ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.”
Via Alpha News
January 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
WARNING: Explicit video of the killing of #ReneeGood.
FYI-The ICE agent’s family says he’s a good Christian family-man and father… #usnews #Minneapolis #uspoli
FYI-The ICE agent’s family says he’s a good Christian family-man and father… #usnews #Minneapolis #uspoli
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Can we just piss this govt and its endless array of user charges off and go back to funding essential infrastructure ourselves?
Transporting NZ warns of 'double-dipping' motorists with tolls on existing roads
Transporting NZ warns of 'double-dipping' motorists with tolls on existing roads
The bill would allow tolls on roads that may benefit from newer projects in the same corridor.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 9, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Can we just piss this govt and its endless array of user charges off and go back to funding essential infrastructure ourselves?
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"We are very well aware of the fact that X for Grok is now offering a spicy mode showing explicit sexual content.
This is not spicy. This is illegal. This is appalling. This is disgusting.
I can confirm we are very seriously looking into this matter."
— Spokesperson @thomasregnier.ec.europa.eu
This is not spicy. This is illegal. This is appalling. This is disgusting.
I can confirm we are very seriously looking into this matter."
— Spokesperson @thomasregnier.ec.europa.eu
January 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
"We are very well aware of the fact that X for Grok is now offering a spicy mode showing explicit sexual content.
This is not spicy. This is illegal. This is appalling. This is disgusting.
I can confirm we are very seriously looking into this matter."
— Spokesperson @thomasregnier.ec.europa.eu
This is not spicy. This is illegal. This is appalling. This is disgusting.
I can confirm we are very seriously looking into this matter."
— Spokesperson @thomasregnier.ec.europa.eu