These 10 companies stand to rake in $1 billion by 2027 by helping ICE track down and round up immigrants. Cashing in on cruelty.

People from other countries where their cops don't carry guns telling us to fight our cops with guns. People in countries with healthcare and a livable minimum wage telling us to risk it all. So many Amerucans are two paychecks from homelessness.

Citizens should not tolerate another moment of a draft-dodging, child-molesting traitor. This country should not tolerate another innocent person being dragged across pavement, killed or abducted by people who have no business wielding a badge and a gun. It’s about time to be done with them.

Half of Americans think the United States has lost global influence over the past five years.

Ooh, looks like there has been a bit of a miscalculation on the Epstine files, at the ole DOJ. Their contempt of Congress, will follow them. It won't let up, with Congress ending. Excellent news. Bondi should flee, while she still can. vt.tiktok.com/ZS5btQCuh/

JUST NOW: Huge mass of agents in a standoff, weapons drawn as Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison attempt to conduct congressional oversight at the Whipple Building, which has been HQ for thousands of ICE agents. @zeteo.com

ICE Out for Good vigils and rallies are being tracked online by Indivisible, the group behind the No Kings protests

DOJ is still violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

1/ How many Americans even know what the real "storm troopers," the Sturmabteilung, as opposed to the other jackbooted scum, were anymore? Because that's who these fucks are: party troops, radicalized thugs and opportunistic bullies. Not "law enforcement." Their very purpose is to act unlawfully.

Still, I know supermarket owners aren’t happy with the state of the economy. I can tell because I was at a supermarket owners place just the other weekend, helping him drop a new engine into his third-favorite Lamborghini, and he didn’t smile once 🤷🏻

Of course not, pure market power.

I’m pretty sure that low wages aren’t the reason Foodstuffs South Island is the most profitable supermarket chain in the entire OECD

Liam finishes by banging on about improving productivity. Easily said, but real change will rely on Govt & businesses actually investing in things that drive those improvements. Little sign of that - we're pouring billions into roads so that boomers can drive more quickly to baches. [Ends]

Here's the data for the wage share of the GDP pie by country. If NZ workers had the same share of the economic pie as they do in Australia, workers could have a 6% pay rise (UK would be 8%). So, tell me again we're too poor for wage increases. [7/n]

Now, we can calculate GDP by adding business profits to all wages - and then adjusting a bit for taxation and subsidies. What this means is that GDP could remain the same but the *balance* between wages and profits could shift. The 'pie' would stay the same but workers could get a bigger slice [6/n]

What Liam is referring to is our slumpy GDP, a super-combo measure of income, expenditure, consumption, production, trade balance etc. Our GDP *is* slipping behind other countries because RBNZ and Govt decided to stall the economy in response to a global inflationary pulse (the fking idiots). [5/n]

Another verbal sleight of hand here. NZ is absolutely not getting poorer - household net financial worth increased by ~44% between March 2021 and March 2025, while inflation went up 22%. This is *financial* worth - not including the value of land and housing. [4/n]

I've covered 'NZ Govt crazy cvid spending' myth lots before (NZ middle of the road by any sensible measure). I can't let the 'increased money supply causes inflation' assumption go though. Total disproven bullshit. Inflation went up everywhere regardless of $ growth (loan growth ➡️ $ growth). [3/n]

Wording on this section is gold. Liam clearly knows that the NZ inflation spike was low compared to usual comparators (cos we weren't exposed to imported gas prices)... so he uses a couple of 'ifs' to bridge to the point all the ghouls ram home given the chance... 'too much stimulus' [2/n]

A classic 'look over here at this other thing' article. I mean we KNOW conclusively that the profit margins of our supermarkets are near world-leading, but let's run throw out some distraction reckons. A quick look... [🧵1/n]

This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV. The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence. This is not protection. This is occupation.

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".

In Minneapolis this afternoon— Hundreds are streaming across the snow and ice into Powderhorn Park for a rally and march demanding ICE leave Minnesota. It is bitterly cold. There are hardcore Midwesterners out here making their way in with trekking poles.

The evidence shows that cities with protected bike lanes are safer for ALL road users. Not just people on bike, ALL road users. And that’s just one of many benefits. Quieter, more efficient, cleaner, more pleasant - for everyone. Build more bike lanes.

Rep. Angie Craig: "We were told because this facility is being funding by the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' not the congressional appropriations act, that we would not be allowed to enter the facility. That's complete nonsense ... I informed them they were violating the law. They said they didn't care."

Clever traffic sign in Petone...

The murder of Renee Good by ICE has shocked the nation. The President is deploying his own personal armed thugs into the streets of America. In all my years, I've never seen anything like it. (ft. W. Kamau Bell)

Venezuela, Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine” and three dilemmas facing Europe ecfr.eu/article/vene...

This is HUGE news. China has completed the ratification process for the Global Ocean Treaty, confirming it will be bound by the landmark ocean protection agreement when it officially enters into force on January 17, 2026. #ProtectTheOceans Read more👇

Why is there always enough money for war but NEVER enough to provide affordable electricity, education and food?

GOOD NEWS: Renewable energy reached a RECORD HIGH in the UK last year, with wind power alone producing nearly 30% of our electricity. MORE OF THIS for 2026 please! 🌍

If you want a safer, more peaceful world, you don’t invite big oil companies. Not then. Not now. Not ever.

Trump push to politicize US military ‘reminiscent of Stalin’, top general warns www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Let’s go solar! Sign here and pass it on👇 action.greenpeace.org.nz/petition/cle...

One good thing about solar power is that you know Donald Trump won’t take over your country to get control of it.

As we edge towards an irreversible point, the climate becomes less of a challenge to manage and adapt to and more a hostile environment in which many will struggle just to live. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

If you think the environmental impact of AI is bad, wait until you hear about the dairy industry. #TooManyCows

We need governments to transition to renewables and rein in Big Oil companies, NOT provoke wars on their behalf. #OilFuelsWar

🚨 BREAKING: Household energy bills will INCREASE this week, while temperatures could reach -12° in parts of the UK. Why on earth is the government allowing giant gas companies to RIP OFF the British public in the middle of winter? 🧵

Big Oil doesn’t share Trump’s dream of making Venezuelan oil great again www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

Donald Trump’s illegal, oil-driven invasion of Venezuela is an attack on international law, and a shocking reminder of what can happen in a world still addicted to fossil fuels.⁣ ⁣ We need a renewable energy revolution, now. ⁣

What Saabira Chaudhuri's book 'Consumed' reveals about Unilever and why it must break its sachet habit. Unilever helped turn the single-use sachet into a dominant packaging format, and that decision continues to fuel plastic pollution on a global scale, via @greenpeace.org #GlobalPlasticsTreaty

The scary thing about AI is that it gives billionaires like Elon Musk FAR too much influence over our lives.

With a fair tax on the super-rich, we can start to address the climate crisis, protect nature and provide affordable energy, food and shelter for all. Sign the petition: www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he was perfectly fine with California’s proposed tax on billionaires, and he's not going anywhere.

They say we can't use a wealth tax to get billionaires to pay their fair share because they'll just leave. But one billionaire just showed it's just a myth that greedy billionaires created to stop us taxing their wealth.

📣 reshare if you think that world leaders are not doing enough to drive climate actions at every front 📣

The #UNFCCC treaty for global cooperation on climate change serves the survival interests of everyone on this planet. Every country in the world has agreed to it. Trump withdrawing the US because it “no longer serves American interests” is not just ‘embarrassing’, it’s dangerous.

In today’s NZ Herald

Trump Retreat from Global Obligations Weakens U.S www.greenpeace.org/usa/trump-re...