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Weather finally proving that God is officially anti-union.
October 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Weather finally proving that God is officially anti-union.
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The Kaipara Council election is the contest that just will not end! That said, unless the firm running the election has really stuffed up, 21 votes out of 6,300 should be too many to overturn (electorate recounts at national elections with 4x more votes usually produce this sort of margin of error).
New Kaipara Mayor Jonathan Larsen faces vote recount challenge from Snow Tane
Snow Tane is just 21 votes behind incoming new mayor Jonathan Larsen after Friday’s local election results.
www.teaonews.co.nz
October 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The Kaipara Council election is the contest that just will not end! That said, unless the firm running the election has really stuffed up, 21 votes out of 6,300 should be too many to overturn (electorate recounts at national elections with 4x more votes usually produce this sort of margin of error).
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I mean, putting to one side Brownlee's claim that this is "the dumbest thing you could possibly do" (an open invite to "hold my beer" if ever there was one), he's kinda boxed himself in with regards doing anything about this ... 🧵
Speaker Gerry Brownlee 'taking advice' after Te Pati Māori burns a copy of a government bill
Speaker Gerry Brownlee 'taking advice' after Te Pati Māori burns a copy of a government bill
Gerry Brownlee was considering whether to take action over MPs burning a copy of a bill outside Parliament.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I mean, putting to one side Brownlee's claim that this is "the dumbest thing you could possibly do" (an open invite to "hold my beer" if ever there was one), he's kinda boxed himself in with regards doing anything about this ... 🧵
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.
October 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.
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In the long, trade-war debate of “Who Holds the Cards?”, US officials are admitting they tried to reach out to China and essentially got the Heisman.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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www.reuters.com/world/china/...
October 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
In the long, trade-war debate of “Who Holds the Cards?”, US officials are admitting they tried to reach out to China and essentially got the Heisman.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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Just to note that this legally-bound-to-fail opposition cost the ratepayers at least $100,000 ... . I wonder if the "hate speech" was along the lines of "look, you egg, stop being such an egg!"
October 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Just to note that this legally-bound-to-fail opposition cost the ratepayers at least $100,000 ... . I wonder if the "hate speech" was along the lines of "look, you egg, stop being such an egg!"
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"Putin might control everything now, but vertical logic means that no one can be sure of anything in the moment he dies."
Preparing for the Death of Putin
Vladimir Putin turns 73 on Oct. 7. That's old for a Russian, but even if he is fanatical about his health, he cannot continue indefinitely. Strategic stability in Europe's future depends on treating P...
www.rand.org
October 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"Putin might control everything now, but vertical logic means that no one can be sure of anything in the moment he dies."
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What is the best means of crafting and using a military?
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to think it is a “warrior ethos.” But as @profpaulpoast.bsky.social writes, Eisenhower offered a much stronger argument:
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to think it is a “warrior ethos.” But as @profpaulpoast.bsky.social writes, Eisenhower offered a much stronger argument:
As Eisenhower Knew, Hegseth’s ‘Warrior Ethos’ Isn’t What Wins Wars
The U.S. defense secretary’s emphasis on warfighting ignores the other important factors that make a military cohesive and effective.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
What is the best means of crafting and using a military?
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to think it is a “warrior ethos.” But as @profpaulpoast.bsky.social writes, Eisenhower offered a much stronger argument:
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to think it is a “warrior ethos.” But as @profpaulpoast.bsky.social writes, Eisenhower offered a much stronger argument:
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CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.
Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
October 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.
Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
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I can’t adequately express how mystified and nauseated I am by the conversation about Trump receiving a Nobel Peace Prize that corporate media is now leading. But as a journalist, attorney, historian and Trump presidential biographer I’m now obligated to make the case *against* in full.
Here it is:
Here it is:
Media and MAGA Calls for Trump to Catch a Nobel Peace Prize Rather Than An ICC War Crimes Indictment Are Obscene
The second-biggest threat to global peace after Putin has earned a cell for war crimes—not a humanitarian award. That his grotesque and scammy appeal for a Nobel Peace Prize is working is terrifying.
sethabramson.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I can’t adequately express how mystified and nauseated I am by the conversation about Trump receiving a Nobel Peace Prize that corporate media is now leading. But as a journalist, attorney, historian and Trump presidential biographer I’m now obligated to make the case *against* in full.
Here it is:
Here it is:
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We are changing our antifa secret handshake to slap-slap-fistbump-fistbump. Then you snap your fingers once, eat everyone's pets, and make everyone within 50' instantly become trans. Pass it along.
October 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
We are changing our antifa secret handshake to slap-slap-fistbump-fistbump. Then you snap your fingers once, eat everyone's pets, and make everyone within 50' instantly become trans. Pass it along.
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The below, in turn, helps to explain this ...
October 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The below, in turn, helps to explain this ...
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He could’ve fought, but he faked bone spurs. So someone else had to go in his place - most likely a working class kid whose daddy couldn’t afford to bribe a doctor. Now he’s talking shit about how it should’ve been fought.
October 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
He could’ve fought, but he faked bone spurs. So someone else had to go in his place - most likely a working class kid whose daddy couldn’t afford to bribe a doctor. Now he’s talking shit about how it should’ve been fought.
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I wrote a carefully-worded Listener column about Charlie Kirk, essentially asking politicians (especially) to not drag us down the hole America is in. A couple of conspiracy folk are now very unhappy about it on Facebook. Because ... www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...
Russell Brown: Why Charlie Kirk’s rhetoric would identify him as an extremist in NZ
Our politicians should not be pulling us towards American agendas.
www.nzherald.co.nz
September 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I wrote a carefully-worded Listener column about Charlie Kirk, essentially asking politicians (especially) to not drag us down the hole America is in. A couple of conspiracy folk are now very unhappy about it on Facebook. Because ... www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...
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"Dig into the [GDP] numbers, however, and you find the trade war is in fact wreaking economic havoc" 👀 www.wsj.com/opinion/bene...
September 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
"Dig into the [GDP] numbers, however, and you find the trade war is in fact wreaking economic havoc" 👀 www.wsj.com/opinion/bene...
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As the Putinization of America accelerates, “Trump’s opponents must build up forces to withstand the administration on every level, from grassroots protests to lawsuits in the courts,” Garry Kasparov writes:
The Race to Save America’s Democracy
Trump’s administration may seem chaotic, but Americans should not take the integrity of next year’s elections for granted.
bit.ly
September 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
As the Putinization of America accelerates, “Trump’s opponents must build up forces to withstand the administration on every level, from grassroots protests to lawsuits in the courts,” Garry Kasparov writes:
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"Conservatives in Alabama do not believe that the people of California or Massachusetts should be allowed to make their own decisions about their children’s education, or health care." We've come a long way.
“Conservatism” Is Now Just a Domination Fetish
From states rights, a rules-based system, and limited government to a boot stamping on a human face—forever.
www.thebulwark.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"Conservatives in Alabama do not believe that the people of California or Massachusetts should be allowed to make their own decisions about their children’s education, or health care." We've come a long way.
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India’s push for EU trade deal hit by basmati rice dispute on.ft.com/4gImWQx
India’s push for EU trade deal hit by basmati rice dispute
Brussels plays for time as New Delhi and neighbouring Pakistan press competing claims to grain’s protected status
on.ft.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
India’s push for EU trade deal hit by basmati rice dispute on.ft.com/4gImWQx
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Many economists think that internationalising the yuan is impossible while China’s controls on money flowing in and out remain in place. But Chinese officials sense an epic opportunity
China is ditching the dollar, fast
Officials believe that the yuan has finally come of age
econ.st
September 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Many economists think that internationalising the yuan is impossible while China’s controls on money flowing in and out remain in place. But Chinese officials sense an epic opportunity