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In an article not labelled opinion, Stuff's Luke Malpass says "corporate tax is too high" & talks about shifting the Overton Window to sell the idea of lowering it dramatically to the NZ public. A role he's filling. Again: Stuff expects us to believe he is neutral.

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And already, this. Perhaps the government could experiment with occasionally thinking it through.

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Some coffee shops are showing their support for Canada by changing the name of Americanos to “Canadianos.”

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As the measles outbreak in Texas keeps spreading, parents who previously chose not to vaccinate their children are now lining up to get their kids the shots needed to protect them from the serious illness.

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Libertarians make shit lawyers because they don't believe we need laws.

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This is despicable bullshit and Stephen Franks is an embarrassment to the profession of law. The sole intent of this empty-arsed stunt appears to be to intimidate health professionals. www.webworm.co/p/legalthrea...

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My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605... The school lunch programme is an absolute disaster. From the start it's been clear that money is all that's important. The contract by the Compass Group hoovers up hundreds & thousands of dollars. That's it. That's all that matters.

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“You shouldn’t be able to have any say girl” The toxic hell of Facebook - and David Seymour’s role in fanning the flames open.substack.com/pub/emilywri...

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#nzpol

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Musk has tweeted more than 220 times in last 24 hrs. That's not counting the replies.

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Alexia Phillips, from New Zealand, breaks the female world record for most merino ewes shorn in eight hours while working in the WA sheep town of Darkan.

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Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

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Rolling back on climate actions may spell rise in preventable illness – study

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I feel like more needs to be made of this. It's been an overt attack in the House from the Deputy PM and Cabinet on the equal rights of citizens to participate in our electoral system, and any migrant or child of migrants should find it as chilling as I do.

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Viruses exist. They are NOT exosomes. This claim is misinformation that ignores decades of virology, cell biology, and molecular biology. Yet, this claim of "viruses do not exist" or are exosomes your body makes to "detoxify" is frequently encountered. Let’s look at it. 🧵👇 1/9

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Of course we don’t need cameras on boats argues NZ First MP Shane Jones, salt of the earth those honest folk just scraping by to earn a living. #NZPol www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/17/n...

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Who is proofreading the NZ Herald articles and why is the answer no one?

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This is what oligarchy looks like.

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For years, Tamaki's violence and escalation has been inhibited by his greed and self-interest. He clearly thinks that in the current climate he can get away with mobilising his brownshirts more aggressively without financial consequence. Prove him wrong.

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Remember its all three strikes and boot camps unless you are part of a cristofascist terrorist organisation Then its just sparkling antics #nzpol

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Turns out the cost of certification is not high after all. In fact in this case, FIANZ would have done it for free. But nobody asked.

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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

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Compulsory reading. Compulsory understanding of what this means, and how bad and terrifying this is. "Power grabs, dismantling institutions faster than anyone can track, attacking science, knowledge and international cooperative bodies and allies are all part of the authoritarian playbook."

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A crystal-clear @washingtonpost.com headline: "Musk accused Reuters of ‘social deception.’ The deception was his." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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You cannot determine whether you saved or cost money based solely on one side of the ledger. Example: I saved my household $2K by not paying the mortgage.

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Marc is clever and good

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Neo-Nazi terrorist and convicted mass murderer Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway in 2011, cited this same Napoleon quote in his manifesto.

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The Herald coming in hot with a new weasel construction, "violence took hold" Did anyone bother to ask the PM just how "far" he would have been okay with these jackbooted bullies going?

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I wonder why we keep electing afterpay councils. Could it be that papers like The Post call for councillors to be poked with sharp sticks if they either try to pay for infrastructure out of existing rates or allow housing that would expand the rates take? Much to consider

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An escalation of transphobic violence from cult and gang leader Brian Tamaki's following, as they assault teenagers - the article claims no injuries, but blood was drawn. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

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Instead of fashion policing gang members, the Government could trying turning its attention and performative outrage on those enagaged in the harassment and intimidation of people going about their lawful business in a public facility? Just a thought...

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Does David Seymour realise we are a multi cultural society. Obviously not. No.1 arsehole #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...

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Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

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Notice what the kid's lawyer Alistair McClymont says (referred to as a 'veteran' & this is for real, he was already well-known when I was doing asylum cases in 2001): This kind of case is normally granted; Penk is pulling a Trump, breaking the norms of our system for the love of racism.

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So this nasty little creep Simon Court wants to tell women what menstrual products they should use. What other controls does he want to put on women - chastity belts? Forced sterilisation if they are on a benefit? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

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