Foreign Minister Winston Peters pulls over NZ Reserve Bank governor Anna Breman after she signed a letter of support for US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell. My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #USpol #JeromePowell

“This chilling effect can limit the advance of scientific knowledge and restrict public access to accurate and high‐quality information." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

The Free Speech Union didn't exist when black ppl couldn't speak. The Free Speech Union didn't exist when LGBTQ ppl couldn't speak. The Free Speech Union didn't exist when disabled ppl couldn't speak. The Free Speech Union existed when racist white ppl were asked to keep their racism to themselves.

A reminder to #nzpol specifically but everyone generally; "They" are people. Like all humans unhoused folk just want shelter, warmth, nourishment and connection. "They" are not the problem... 1/2 www.1news.co.nz/2026/01/17/t...

The first sale of Venezuelan oil went to a guy who donated $6 million to Trump. The proceeds are now in a bank in Qatar.

Trump may tariff countries that don’t go along with his Greenland plan https://aje.news/uok3k6

Terribly uncanny how relevant this is to today.

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Dear trump, You're a desperate loser. You took a guy's Purple Heart. You lied about Michigan's "Man of the Year" award. You took Machado's Nobel Peace Prize. It's a participation trophy. On Obama's worst day, and your best, he will ALWAYS be better. The world laughs at you. Pathetic.

Cartoon by @jesseduquette.bsky.social.

this "reporting" smells almost as much like shit as Donald Trump does www.wdbj7.com/2026/01/14/i...

Meanwhile in #NewZealand our cardboard cutout of a climate change minister Simon Watts says methane aint a problem #nzpol www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhiU...

Remarkable that Winston has been Govt's only voice, so far, on Trump's attack on Fed independence. And he chose to attack Anna Breman. Especially given Peters voted for the RBNZ Act (1989), which enshrined independence & created a global model for it. thekaka.substack.com/p/peters-fea...

For those who don't know yet.....the deliberate use of this phrase on a podium, during a govt address, is chilling. Look it up.

interested to know why NZ media aren’t urgently asking questions about this situation

Legal experts smacked down Stephen Miller’s ominous message to ICE agents that they enjoy “federal immunity” and argued that he might have just opened himself up to impeachment proceedings.

Breaking WaPo: The FBI executed a search warrant this morning at a Post reporter's home as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified materials. 
It's highly unusual and aggressive for law enforcement to conduct a search on a reporter's home.

The Foreign Minister appears to be threatning the RBNZ governor for objecting publicly to a foreign government threaening their central bank governor without his permission One might be inclined to ask why www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

#nzpol Sharing this again because it's too important. You really need to read this, Aotearoa NZ because this is not a good situation for us to be in. Especially, when America is being run by white supremicist fascists with territorial expansionist ambitions. thespinoff.co.nz/atea/13-01-2...

Dear Winston - I am acting to further the RBNZ's functions under the Reserve Bank Act of NZ Act 2021, ss 10(1)(e)(ii); 10(1)(f)(i) and 10(1)(g) in line with the objective of "protecting and promoting the stability of New Zealand’s financial system". As you're not my Minister ... fuck off. Love, Anna

Cabinet Minister attempts to politically influence the Reserve Bank Governor for criticising the attempts at political influence of the Reserve Bank upon which the world economy relies on.

But in a sense it's actually worse than a war crime, because there is no war. It's just a crime. It's a crime—murder—whether or not the aircraft can be identified as part of a military force.

This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.

About 100 writers and four board members quit Adelaide Festival after it barred author Randa Abdel-Fattah.

RNZ choosing to syndicate CNN here, and specifically an article that platforms, and even promotes, Vance and other fascists' views that the shooting was justified, while introducing doubt as to the actual reality we've all seen, is an absolute failure of RNZ staff. Wtaf are you all doing over there

He's SOOOOOOO BAD AT THIS

Luxon is posting his music playlist? Bro get back to work what the fuck man.

Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE: "No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested". "Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".

We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.

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We are seeing unprecedented protests in US cities. The people's uprising against tyranny in that country. Yet AoNZ msm is *silent* as if it will just blow over. Where are you @rnz_news @nzherald @odtnews others??? #nzpol x.com/i/status/201...

It's time politicians in NZ stop using X #nzpol

nzers are all aware that there are a multitude of people currently in government, and in institutional leadership positions, who are desperately waiting for the point they can chair on the Trump regime openly instead of in their clubhouses, right? Our version is already in power here.

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#nzpol This awful preventable situation could have been avoided if US policitians weren't owned by oil. Don't let Shane Jones and his coalition partners sign you up to this sort of future. Say no to new drilling/fracking in any Aotearoa New Zealand's territories www.propublica.org/article/okla...

"The Office of the Clerk is currently considering its use of X as a platform." Shaming works

Alternative headline - Simeon Brown, while overseeing massive cuts to a severely strained NZ health system, becomes poster boy for Alanis Morissette 'Ironic' lyrics meme by claiming other people "gambling with lives" #nzpol

I haven’t read the piece by Josie Vidal from Straterra/‘Minerals Council’ = the mining industry. That’s because it doesn’t matter what she says. The industry position is that they will continue mining so long as it is legal and there is demand. Everything else is smokescreen.

New Study finds a significant reduction in suicidality after trans people receive gender-affirming hormone therapy. “Hormone therapy was associated with clinically meaningful reductions in suicidality over time…” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

anyone photo opping with fascists, especially like this, should be driven out of NZ politics basically forever

#NZpol The important thing is to hang the entire govt on the hook for it. Don't let Winston off, even if Willis carries primary responsibility, he is simply there *now* to paper over this *Cabinet decision*, ie. *collective responsibility* that fucked this up — *they're all in it together*.

I would really caution anyone against implying that paywalling this feature is a legitimate response to public outcry. The paywall is an endorsement, not a restriction. Musk is saying "this thing you're all talking about is valuable. Pay me for it." The actual material effect is just monetization.

Walz: "I will continue to press that we be part of the investigation, that we do the investigation, so that Minnesotans can trust what the outcome is ... very very difficult to Minnesotas to think in any way this is going to be fair when Kristi Noem was judge, jury, and executioner yesterday."

An ICE idiot shot an innocent American citizen bystander in the head while in her car. Police training dictates not to shoot a driver as they will lose control of the vehicle & may injure or kill bystanders. They should note the license plate & seek the driver later if necessary.