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I told youse we should have had a Royal Commission of Enquiry into the Standard of the Shit we are Expected to believe.

I fucking told youse.

But we didn't, did we?

And here we bloody are.
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The word don't is censored. Don't, or Don T. If you're looking for just some fun proof they're doing control+f censoring
February 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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pretty funny that Trump's aides are all too scared to tell him that $18 trillion is batshit crazy
a delusional Trump claims "we're taking in more than $18 trillion into the United States because of tariffs. The companies, the only way they can avoid them is to build here. They avoid paying the tariffs. Now they've been doing that."
February 6, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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October 26, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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Oh no my fartcoins
There are drawdowns. And then there’s Melania Coin.
February 5, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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July 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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June 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Oh no, anything but that
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Secu…
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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Anti-woke messaging is a net negative among Democrats
February 5, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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I love the way it looks like the dog has turned his head to see who's talking shite about him.
November 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Once again Marc Daalder is the one to read on what actually happened at Waitangi rather than the tabloid nonsense from RNZs McCulloch & Stuffs McConnell.
'Have you understood?' MPs asked at Waitangi
The annual Waitangi political pōwhiri received a quieter reception than in recent years, but the most excoriating exchanges took place on the paepae.
newsroom.co.nz
February 5, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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October 26, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Thing about DPFs arg here is that it's very silly. If the concern is that big powers (read 'the US' basically) will treat smol bean NZ like shit is so therefore we need to grow up and face the 'necessity' of becoming an Australian state, then being part of Aus wants help. Still smol bean soz.
February 5, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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Love when my wife uses Siri to send a text
February 5, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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people who think the count of monte cristo is just a straightforward tale of a dude escaping a prison and revenging himself miss out on quality subplots like "the count is foiled by the power of lesbianism," "the case of the serial domestic poisoner" and "let's talk shit about italian food"
February 5, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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The Epstein mess is really the perfect vehicle for showing that reflexive heterodox thinking is complete performative and reactionary crap. "Oh, so you think a sex trafficking and pedophilia operation that many powerful people interacted with is *bad*? You rube, let me tell you why you're wrong."
Charles Manson.
February 5, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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probably not great that every natsec-adjacent reporter has spent the last 24 hours going "ron wyden expert here, this is not cute, ron wydens only do this when they're very distressed"
@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him
Ron Wyden Only Talks Like This When The Spies Do Something *Real* Bad
No, I don't know what they did. But I have a lot of experience with the senator
www.forever-wars.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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Thankfully this anomaly occurred at the exact time that a few bad apples were planting drugs and you can rest assured that cops no longer do that.
February 5, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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Cops were frequently getting caught planting drugs in 2017 because body cameras were new and many of them didn't understand how the technology worked.

When cops hit "record" it saved the 30 seconds from *before* they hit the button. Eventually, they figured it out.
Why Cops Frequently Got Caught Planting Drugs in 2017
Look. All technology comes with a learning curve.
gizmodo.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
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I wanna personally congratulate Hunter Biden for not only being nowhere near the Epstein files but for having rock-solid reviews from sex workers for respectfulness and tipping
February 4, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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hahaha they are keeping their contract because mErItOcRaCy
Quelle surprise, Veolia - in it for the profit - fails the to do the basics.

“An independent report released today has found the French-owned multinational Veolia failed to carry out basic asset management, including regular maintenance.” #nzpol

They join CompassNZ on the DO NOT USE LIST.
Company running Wellington wastewater treatment plants failed basic asset management - report
Despite multiple failures - including untreated sewage polluting a popular swimming beach - the company running Wellington's four wastewater treatment plants is keeping its multi-million dollar contra...
www.rnz.co.nz
February 5, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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This is a remarkable @nytimes.com split screen:

A huge 3,526 word + photos profile on Sen Britt who "can't stop thinking about the boy ICE detained"

But Rep Jaoquin Castro- who actually got Liam Ramos out of detention & back home- gets no interview, no pix, just 116 words inside a story. WOW.
February 5, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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Katie Britt is In On All These Horrors and NYT readers shouldn't have to wade through 3,300 words of bullshit about her deep compassion for Liam Ramos before finally encountering the tiniest hint that maybe it wasn't entirely sincere
February 5, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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paragraph 48: "In Mr. Trump’s second term, Ms. Britt has voted in line with the president 100 percent of the time."
February 5, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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So what I’m getting is he could’ve done this at any time up to now
According to reports from the front, the situation is close to critical. Over the two years of active Starlink deployment, almost all operational command and control—communication between units, fire coordination, and UAV data transmission—has been tied to the American satellite infrastructure.
February 5, 2026 at 10:41 AM