Miriamnz
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Now, finally the main point (lol). Our capacity as a country to build things, educate kids, look after people etc is not constrained by the dollars in the mythical ‘public purse’. The real constraint is the availability of real resources – people, materials, energy etc. [9/n]
April 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Now, finally the main point (lol). Our capacity as a country to build things, educate kids, look after people etc is not constrained by the dollars in the mythical ‘public purse’. The real constraint is the availability of real resources – people, materials, energy etc. [9/n]
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For example, high-income folks spend as much on meals out as low-income folks spend on food. Maybe they could afford to pay a bit more tax and eat out less? That might mean fewer hospo workers and more nurses. End of the world? [15/n]
April 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
For example, high-income folks spend as much on meals out as low-income folks spend on food. Maybe they could afford to pay a bit more tax and eat out less? That might mean fewer hospo workers and more nurses. End of the world? [15/n]
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This.
No, Trump isn't cratering our economy. The entire Republican Party is cratering our economy. The enablers deserve just as much blame as Trump.
April 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This.
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What Tamatha Paul REALLY said
YouTube video by Mountain Tui
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March 28, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Good news and bad news: “The answer is shocking, but perhaps not surprising: Donald Trump isn’t that engaged in the policy of his administration, JD Vance is weak and powerless, and the only one that matters is Stephen Miller.”
Across the last 48 hours, “Signalgate” has morphed from one scandal into what I think is best thought of as five distinct overlapping scandals, as well as providing some fascinating political insight into who has power and how decisions get made in Trump II. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-five-s...
The Five Scandals (and One Fascinating Political Insight) of Signalgate
The Trump administration's group chat tells a lot about itself
www.doomsdayscenario.co
March 27, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Good news and bad news: “The answer is shocking, but perhaps not surprising: Donald Trump isn’t that engaged in the policy of his administration, JD Vance is weak and powerless, and the only one that matters is Stephen Miller.”
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Let’s be real: everyone in this administration already lied under oath during their confirmation hearings.
March 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Let’s be real: everyone in this administration already lied under oath during their confirmation hearings.
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“‘The government is treating us like criminals based only on our tattoos, or because we’re Venezuelan, without a proper investigation or a prosecutor offering any evidence.’”
The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos
The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.
www.motherjones.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“‘The government is treating us like criminals based only on our tattoos, or because we’re Venezuelan, without a proper investigation or a prosecutor offering any evidence.’”
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This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Matthew Hooton has changed his tune on Luxon - saying Luxon deserves a second term if an Indian deal goes through.
Did he say the same for Ardern's historic EU deal or Robertson's increased global credit rating?
Yeah, nah, Luxon & Nat don't deserve a second term, or another look in again.
#nzpol
Did he say the same for Ardern's historic EU deal or Robertson's increased global credit rating?
Yeah, nah, Luxon & Nat don't deserve a second term, or another look in again.
#nzpol
No, You Don't Deserve a Second Term
Right wing pundits come to the rescue of Christopher Luxon
mountaintui.substack.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Matthew Hooton has changed his tune on Luxon - saying Luxon deserves a second term if an Indian deal goes through.
Did he say the same for Ardern's historic EU deal or Robertson's increased global credit rating?
Yeah, nah, Luxon & Nat don't deserve a second term, or another look in again.
#nzpol
Did he say the same for Ardern's historic EU deal or Robertson's increased global credit rating?
Yeah, nah, Luxon & Nat don't deserve a second term, or another look in again.
#nzpol
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Here is Chris Morris nee Bishop opposing plain packaging of cigs on grounds that it would interfere with property rights youtu.be/TlLZ1-yyMms?...
NZ tobacco lobbyist Chris Bishop repeals NZ's 2025 Smoke Free 12 years after this video
YouTube video by Mountain Tui
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March 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Here is Chris Morris nee Bishop opposing plain packaging of cigs on grounds that it would interfere with property rights youtu.be/TlLZ1-yyMms?...
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Here's an important tip. The TPB is met with outrage. The RSB similarly. But Chris Bishop's RMA changes enforce the same type of framework - elevating property rights at the expense of community/future/environment & scrubbing Te Tiriti.
March 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Here's an important tip. The TPB is met with outrage. The RSB similarly. But Chris Bishop's RMA changes enforce the same type of framework - elevating property rights at the expense of community/future/environment & scrubbing Te Tiriti.
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out: sharing state secrets with judges in secure conferences
in: sharing state secrets with journalists in signal chats
in: sharing state secrets with journalists in signal chats
NEW: The Trump administration invokes the state-secrets privilege, saying it will give Judge Boasberg no more information about deportation flights to inform his decision about whether the gov't defied his orders storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
out: sharing state secrets with judges in secure conferences
in: sharing state secrets with journalists in signal chats
in: sharing state secrets with journalists in signal chats
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Politicians will say "Law based on property rights" but what they really mean is "If I own it why can't I do what I want with it?" This was also once said to people who had the audacity to oppose slavery.
March 24, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Politicians will say "Law based on property rights" but what they really mean is "If I own it why can't I do what I want with it?" This was also once said to people who had the audacity to oppose slavery.
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Comment: An illuminating book on the favoured policies of the right of economics and politics has lessons for New Zealand.
Anne Salmond: The Emperor's clothes
newsroom.co.nz
March 24, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Comment: An illuminating book on the favoured policies of the right of economics and politics has lessons for New Zealand.
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The Democratic Party must become an anti-establishment party ready to fight the moneyed interests and shake up the system on behalf of the vast majority of Americans.
This is the Lesson of the 2024 election.
This is the Lesson of the 2024 election.
Why Trump Won | Robert Reich
Should Democrats move to the right? Absolutely not. That's morally wrong and bad politics. The real lesson of 2024 is that Democrats must become an anti-establishment party ready to shake up the system on behalf of working people.
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March 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The Democratic Party must become an anti-establishment party ready to fight the moneyed interests and shake up the system on behalf of the vast majority of Americans.
This is the Lesson of the 2024 election.
This is the Lesson of the 2024 election.
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DOGE is a trojan horse to gut labor, consumer, and environmental protections.
If DOGE actually wanted to cut waste, it would end the massive tax loopholes, contracts, and subsidies that benefit the wealthy and large corporations.
If DOGE actually wanted to cut waste, it would end the massive tax loopholes, contracts, and subsidies that benefit the wealthy and large corporations.
The REAL Waste That Elon's DOGE Should Cut
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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March 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
DOGE is a trojan horse to gut labor, consumer, and environmental protections.
If DOGE actually wanted to cut waste, it would end the massive tax loopholes, contracts, and subsidies that benefit the wealthy and large corporations.
If DOGE actually wanted to cut waste, it would end the massive tax loopholes, contracts, and subsidies that benefit the wealthy and large corporations.
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The costs of this penny pinching on kids lunches vs multi billion dollar handouts to the rich will go far deeper than this coalition thinks
#nzpol
#nzpol
The high price of saving money on lunch
Today from The Detail: The school lunch debacle has deteriorated so much that there is an increasing clamour to rip it up and start again
newsroom.co.nz
March 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The costs of this penny pinching on kids lunches vs multi billion dollar handouts to the rich will go far deeper than this coalition thinks
#nzpol
#nzpol
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“Social workers still have the power to just go in, willy nilly, and take children away, largely based on whānau not being able to afford to feed their kids — not abuse.” — Paora Moyle.
If nothing else, we've put our pain on the record | E-Tangata
“Social workers still have the power to just go in, willy nilly, and take children away, largely based on whānau not being able to afford to feed their kids — not abuse.” — Paora Moyle.
e-tangata.co.nz
March 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
“Social workers still have the power to just go in, willy nilly, and take children away, largely based on whānau not being able to afford to feed their kids — not abuse.” — Paora Moyle.
“There was the teething 'gross unidentifiable alleged 'food'' problem, the 'not turning up' problem, the 'inappropriate for dietary requirements' problem, the 'melted burny plastic + injury' problem, and now a small teething 'supplier in liquidation' problem.”
There was the teething 'gross unidentifiable alleged 'food'' problem, the 'not turning up' problem, the 'inappropriate for dietary requirements' problem, the 'melted burny plastic + injury' problem, and now a small teething 'supplier in liquidation' problem. 🤦♀️
www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/11/s...
www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/11/s...
School lunch provider Libelle Group in liquidation
Libelle Group is contracted to deliver approximately 125,000 meals daily as part of the Government’s school lunch programme.
www.1news.co.nz
March 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“There was the teething 'gross unidentifiable alleged 'food'' problem, the 'not turning up' problem, the 'inappropriate for dietary requirements' problem, the 'melted burny plastic + injury' problem, and now a small teething 'supplier in liquidation' problem.”
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Just a reminder that Compass will still have profits while the local provider will have bad debts here in NZ.
Tell me again how having multinationals doing business is good for the LOCAL NZ economy?
Tell me again how having multinationals doing business is good for the LOCAL NZ economy?
Compass isn't going into liquidation.
They are a billion dollar multinational that's listed on the FTSE and employs half a million people.
It's the local subcontractor that has been left carrying the can.
They are a billion dollar multinational that's listed on the FTSE and employs half a million people.
It's the local subcontractor that has been left carrying the can.
March 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Just a reminder that Compass will still have profits while the local provider will have bad debts here in NZ.
Tell me again how having multinationals doing business is good for the LOCAL NZ economy?
Tell me again how having multinationals doing business is good for the LOCAL NZ economy?
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Did the procurement criteria not evaluate the financial position and sustainability of these companies to ensure ability to fulfil the contract or something? I thought the NActs were the alleged business experts!
March 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Did the procurement criteria not evaluate the financial position and sustainability of these companies to ensure ability to fulfil the contract or something? I thought the NActs were the alleged business experts!
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National have systematically unhoused thousands and I don’t understand why nobody seems to be making political hay from this simple fact.
March 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
National have systematically unhoused thousands and I don’t understand why nobody seems to be making political hay from this simple fact.
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Number of Wellington public servants dumped by this govt: 10,001
Number going to Everest to get over hurt feelings: 1
Number going to Everest to get over hurt feelings: 1
March 10, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Number of Wellington public servants dumped by this govt: 10,001
Number going to Everest to get over hurt feelings: 1
Number going to Everest to get over hurt feelings: 1