And when Luxon read out a list of reasons why he believes Iran’s govt is bad, the media failed to ask why he was spreading propaganda about Iran’s supposed nuclear weapons programme or why the NZ govt doesn’t condemn Israel given that it’s still slaughtering Palestinians...

They’re really trying to do drive-thru colonization

So this is great 😬 US has confirmed it too is participating in these "preemptive" strike 🙄🤬 Bunch of utterly psychotic warmongers

I don't want a city on Mars. I don't want AI in every app. I don't want data centres in space. I want clean water. I want a stable climate. I want bees to survive.

#NZpol So I've *just* come in from another long day, this week has pretty much be spent outside doing labouring shit, and it's this 🤬🤮 Oh well... what more can be saidIabout this US//MAGA-licking "Govt"? As always: turn up on Nov 7, PLEASE (and to the extent NZF isn't calling the shots either!!).

This is not for Palestinians. This is colonialism and it won't succeed. Long live the resistance! It has never been in the interest of Palestinians or anyone frankly these organizations were set up to reinforce imperialism. 🇵🇸 www.instagram.com/reel/DVHLtIk...

Capitalism is not our friend. There is no free market. Austerity & war & exploitation are functions of capitalism, not consequences. Promotion of the cult of individualism should make it clear to everyone just how much the privileged elite fear the power of our collective might.✊ #nzpol

#NZpol I mean, *are* we a fair society at present?! I can find individuals — but *they* don't have control of many of *the biggest levers to alleviate this issue*, THIS govt though DOES. And it has made its choices plain: move 'em out, anywhere but where they can *prick our societal conscience*.

#NZpol I'll say it again: every time a ragey person rages I say a point and they go "Yep, commonsense, *that's* what Govt *should* do!". Then I casually drop *it's the Greens who said it* and they get VERY F'N EMBARRASSED. Gee, almost like the narrative about how "extreme" the Greens are is BS 🙄

#NZpol Peters brain went AWOL a while ago. It'd help if NZF voters realised it's not even the Party of 2017, much less being tolerant of this BS before. He doesn't give a shit Tuiono was born here, the foul racism works too good for them. People, turn up, help ensure zero leverage for NZF in GE26.

Summing Up the Foul Fiddler... "I hope Andrew gets everything that comes to him"

#NZpol It *isn't* fair, but as with all things this govt does — and those of their ilk before, and doubtless more after — the cruelty *is* the point. None of it is inevitable. None of it need be tolerated. Change IS possible. If WE want to. It can change. And it *must*. *MAKE CHANGE IN GE26*.

#NZpol Important reading. This Party hopes to grind the fire out of us, steamroll right past to a future that will do none of us any good. As always, talk to people you know, near and far, get them out there to the polls come GE2026. We need *far better than this* from both our MP's and society.

#NZpol Can Pay, Won't Pay... AKA FuckUNomics 101 "...overseas-owned Methanex consumes up to 45 percent of New Zealand’s natural gas every year..."

#NZpol Why do I get the feeling that despite everyone agreeing we need to build, build, build (which was happening, at reasonable pace, until *Bishop* halted a lot of it), soon as Seymour says his Epsom voters have An Issue, it's not really *that* complicated — it's rich pricks having a fit. AGAIN.

Dr Jeremy Walker details the “enormous war chest” of Advance & lists funders inc Gina Rinehart, James Packer, IPA board, Woodside’s Charles Goode & “the priv foundation of Jillian Segal” - who pay Advance to “flood social media with aggressive Far Right disinformation”🔥 #auspol

#NZpol National? A spine? It's made of pure jelly. Wobbly as anything and has always, ALWAYS shaken to the rhythms of its donors... As for ACT? Expect nothing from these absolute haters, I would hope that this is the last election they were an issue at all, which *can* happen *if people turn up*.

WTF is Starmer playing at? Starmer needs to be sacked. And Smotrich needs to be arrested and taken to The Hague. 🤬

#Nzpol Yep. And apart from the brain numbing cack of this piss poor PM using it to distract people from the terrible job he's doing as PM, this surely qualifies then as a "nice to have"?! The kind he berates us all about preventing us "getting the basics" right and need a-fixin' pronto?!

Lindsey certainly doesn't lose any chance to tell the world he has always been proud of being a feral warmongering beast. His bloodlust really cannot be satiated enough it appears...

#NZpol “Levying billions of dollars of charges onto every New Zealand family and business to increase our dependence on overseas fossil fuels is crazy,” — NZGBC chief executive Andrew Eagles Yes, it really *is* beyond economic madness to push LNG. Definitely some very ugly quid pro quo going down.

No, you haven't seen this. It's far, *far* worse than Jaws surfacing.

Who can forget the images of elderly vicars and blind wheelchair users being dragged away from peaceful protests? www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/high-court...

#NZpol The TPU is so full of goddamn shit. Markets are not spontaneous laws of nature, they're *literally created BY US*. Which means how they operate, the conditions under which we interact with them, means that at *any point* we can CHANGE the terms of engagement *when* and *how* we want....

"I mean, how can you escape capitalism?" "The first point is to escape the mental trap that naturalizes the system, that makes us think exactly what you just said, that we have a spontaneous tendency towards it... capitalism requires constant, violent enforcement of austerity to remain in place."

#NZpol The Right love to go on about meritocracy, and yet: "...no recruitment process, no selection panel and no rival candidates. The appointment amounted to a simple "Cabinet confirmation". The revelation came on Friday in response to written questions to the government from the Green Party."

#Nzpol Absolute *predators*. As Van Velden said, YOUR human life is a waste of money: a dispensable line item on a spreadsheet. This Govt prizes donors *much* higher. Bets on now on who'll be screaming *loudest* for help *when the inevitable happens* (SPOILER: *you already know who it'll be*).

#NZpol They say that "numbers and data doesn't persuade people". I don't think that's wholly true bc FAR TOO MANY BELIEVE ABSOLUTELY BULLSHIT NUMBERS that the Govt puts out constantly about "how much X is going to save YOU". People are, in fact, persuaded. So Oppo? FLAMETHROW THE REAL F'N COSTS.

#NZpol "Finance Minister Nicole Willis said the delay was due to how long it took to appoint the right people to lead the review." George Costanza Wisdom... "Signals Jerry, signals" So we need to capitalise the R here, it's "Right people", because really, that part especially *is* pure politics.

#NZpol KEY DATES 2026 GE Midnight 6 AUG: Last day for Maori already enrolled to change rolls 4 OCT: ENROLLING AFTER THIS DATE? YOU CAST A SPECIAL VOTE 21 OCT: Overseas voting starts 25 OCT: LAST DAY TO ENROL TO VOTE 26 OCT: Advance Voting starts 7 NOV: ELECTION DAY - Voting places open 9am to 7pm

#NZpol Yep. Peters' sudden enthusiasm for a Ref on Māori seats, alongside Jones' snipe about TPM "bringing disgrace" to the House, is just culture war BS. And re prisons? Given Peters' Chief of Staff is the fmr head of the "Sensible" Sentencing Trust 🤮— don't ever look to NZF for sense *there*.

#NZpol The Left *have* to win or we're all fucked. Then (I know, this'll blow minds) ACTUALLY DO WHAT *NEEDS TO BE DONE* — and *don't* bother asking the Boardroom Bros for permission!! Some policy, repeal immediately. Others, make sure it's pre-sorted, put it in, it'll show effects in 12-18mo's.

#NZpol As always, most issues you read from the bottom up - policies, contracts, sticky details are usually always at the end. This has articles on the side bar (when it was all announced) from Sept 2025: "tepid response"... "Only a 3rd have taken it up". So... it wasn't even great then Nicola 🙄

#NZpol A grifter has his grift closed down - far too late, *should never have been funded to start with*. The answer to these issues was never going to lie with Sunny Kaushal and his patently absurd, rage-bait fuelled RW populism, he was only about satisfying salivating talkback radio simpletons.

#NZpol "Richard 'One of the OG Sellouts' Prebble: RW narrative management fails to blunt the reality of this Socioeconomic Death Cult I Love OPINION: Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck FUUUUUUUUUCK!!!" Every year the same, rancid old horseshit. People? Turn up to vote. Greens? Increase the Fucking Thing.

#NZpol "Sorry, what poli... oh! The one where we ignore it completely and carry on with business as usual? Sure! Do fuck all, keep calling those opposed to us woke wreckers, RW media partisans help distort the issues even further, the bottom feeders fight each other instead of us! We clear now?"

#NZpol The "HiGh VaLue LeAdeRs" w/ highly infexible, literal, surface level takes on Basically F'n Everything: "WoRds HaVe MeaNiNgs! I wEnT to an ELitE ScHoOL! FaCts Don'T CaRe AbOuT FeELiNGs! We'Re LiOns, nOt ScAvenGerS!" Oh wait. "It's a levy, not a tax" AND "It's neither of those things." 🙄🤡

All 6 Palestine Action activists in the Elbit Systems break-in have been found not guilty on all charges. This action was one of the main 'reasons' the govt. proscribed PA as a terrorist organisation. Nearly 3000 people have been arrested for showing support. There must be pardons and compensation.

#NZpol The predictable childishness of this. Growing population + more complex needs + correcting imbalances decide govt tax/spend decisions. What they're desperate for voters to avoid is asking WHO is taxed, HOW that's done, and WHERE any of it actually goes: services to HELP US ALl... or donors?

#NZpol SPEAKING OF THROWING $$$ ON BS, at the literal downstream expense of *checks notes* Absolutely Everything ELSE since '23 (hitting us directly back in the form of rates rises, higher cost of living, unemployment and ALL THE REST for "mOrE EfFiCiENcY, BeTTeR OuTcOMes!") this hasn't aged well:

Not baffled personally — it's been a prime directive from Day 1 (alongside eliminating journalists). And now? There's the quite insane "rebuild" plan ofc, w/ no real agency for Palestinians, just monsters babbling about how they're going to enjoy stuffing their pockets in "a real estate bonanza" 🤮😡

#NZpol Did we need Australia to say piss off to the Americans when it came to our nuclear free policy? NO. Does anyone here seriously want to be tied to a foul Tory like, say, Tony "the Mad Monk" Abbott? FUCK NO. Yes it's David Farrar, take him as seriously as his fucked up Jimmy Saville cosplay.

#NZpol He well knows what he's doing. I think they'll try to set some of this up this year if they think they'll be kicked out. And frankly, any Party that says they'll honour agreements struck by this Govt along these lines "to assure investors of stable hands"? They can get *absolutely FUCKED*.

AAAAAAAAARGH. Scene of *so many* late night post-gig grease fill-ups after completing all the load-outs — and a welcome oasis/waypoint after other kinds of nocturnal missions, especially when walking from the city before hitting Newtown proper. Def will be sad to see them go.

#NZpol "She'll be right" The approach to most things here ofc 🙄 Listened to a clip only a week or so ago, 90%+ of Nu Zillund "leadership" don't think *they* need skills improvement (having dealt with some of them, many *absolutely do*). Yet, same crowd thinks workers are def "THE problem". COUGH.

"The NZ environment and wildlife is so precious and unique it should be preserved for future generations" versus "The NZ environment and wildlife is so precious and unique we could make megabucks by selling it" This ought to be the 2026 election choice in a nutshell #nzpol

#NZpol Trouble is that while Jones may put them off, Nats will come up the middle and "walk the crazy back", carving out the "sensible talk" niche. This is precisely how they've "managed" ACT: present as sane by default bc their partners are legit craycray. Result: coalition still banks a "win" 🤮

#NZpol "We need serious, systems-level action and that 6b resilience fund like yesterday." This. All. Day. Gonna repeat that again: "serious, systems-level action" and despite the PM spewing up the "we've been very focused on" crap, it's been the opposite — and he KNOWS it. It's condescending AF.

#NZpol Ofc *we* could discuss it too. Oh wait, I believe there IS a certain Party that's been advocating along these lines (and for more than just AI-related reasons too), COUGH *NZGP*. Sadly, *most* are still pissing about with the "BuT WhAt wiLL aLreAdy RiCh pEopLe wHo HatE uS AnyWay tHiNk?" BS.