Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in. Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators. The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... Too late. Companies are already screwed. And inflation is going to go higher.

As expected, Orr's $400,000 pay off was deigned to silence Orr & prevent him from speaking up about Nicola Willis & Neil Quigley. A reminder Neil Quigley lied about Orr's departure for over 6 months until the Ombudsman forced RBNZ's hand. Willis covered it up #nzpol Scoop from Newsroom's Milne

1. It's an idiom, not a metaphor 2. We know it's an idiom 3. The issue is that YOU, a RW govt minister, directly linked an act of individual vandalism to a LW political party without any direct evidence. 4. When have the Greens ever advocated political violence? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Luxon failed to tell the young people of these jobs that are available to them, right now. Prime Minister Finance Minister Health minister What ever Bishop does Education minister What ever Shane Jones does when he is not having donor lunches #nzpol

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

#NZpol 'Well I think Kiwis are a bit sick of the unions' - the PM's take on possible mega strike. JFC piss off. The real reason there's waitlists, suffering continues, and a potential strike THIS BIG is YOUR POLICIES. "Let's be clear, we care deeply for employees" Utter and complete hypocrisy.

Another reason to regard monetary policy with great disdain: the 'long and variable lags'. Folks are begging for cuts to interest rates tomorrow, but changes take 12 - 18 months to flow through. The damage was done two years ago when the ghouls were advising 'higher for longer'.

Winston Peters strolled around and anti-vax picnic and spoke with people who had chanted and written threats of hanging on gallows of Jacinda Ardern, Dr Ashley Bloomfield and so on, but this was all OK as it was just harmless opportunistic politicking #NZPol

The most inciteful government NZ has ever seen #nzpol

Oh, you are SO full of shit. Where were you when Peters played a starring role in a co-ordinated campaign against Benjamin Doyle? Where were you when Seymour joked about blowing up government departments, or mounted another online attack at yet another critic? #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Calling people attack dogs is not at attempt to deescalate and maintain civility, it's a attempt to escalate to distract from a failing economy. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

PM tells jobless youth to leave to find a job. So they are going. To Australia. Here’s my daily Chorus email newsletter, video and podcast. The newsletter is open to all, while the full video and podcast are for paying subscribers. #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/pm-tells-j...

Why dont you go somewhere with jobs says Luxon Except nowhere has jobs because of Luxon

Look, Luxon and Willis - more layoffs. Maybe they just need to believe harder that Nz has turned a corner.

If the Nz economy has turned a corner, somebody had better tell all the companies who keep desperately emailing me with huge discount sales screaming ‘please buy from us as we are desperate’. And another day, another company that owes millions to the IRD in the news!

If Winston is going to claim the Greens are inciting violence, then I'm going to claim it was the local window repair man that broke his window. See Winston, anyone can pull baseless claims out of their assholes. Difference is, I'm not a damn co-deputy PM. #nzpol

pArTy oF BuSiNeSs mAnAgEmEnT #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

The Prime Minister lied. The whole policy to remove benefits from 18/19 year olds is based on a lie. The PM knows it but doubles down anyway showing his usual callous disregard and contempt for New Zealanders and the truth. “How many job hunters are there for each job ad?” #nzpol

Worth noting that we only see decent job growth for young kiwis when the economy is running hot - that's when employers give less experienced people a chance. RBNZ respond to hotness by hiking interest rates to slow the economy down. Youth unemployment is a feature of our economic model, not a bug.

The lie was so blatant that employers are speaking out. Makes no difference to Luxon who appears happy to lie to NZ at the same time as removing crucial support from young adults based on those lies. “Orchardists reject Luxon's claim sector is 'crying out' for workers” #nzpol

I think maybe Luxon has read an Enid Blyton book and young 18-19 year olds moving around for seasonal work can camp in a farmer's field, be supplied with scones, strawberry jam and cream from the nearby farmhouse, and also LASHINGS of ginger beer!

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files. But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

On the face of it, it seems reasonable - don't protest outside private people's homes blah blah blah... however, this includes private land & immediately would have meant legitimate protest like the important & significant Ihumātao protest of 2019 would have been quashed by this bill. Pls submit

Submissions close at 2pm today. I just made a short submission using Protect Protest Aotearoa's information. It only took a few minutes. #nzpol

I don’t understand these voters at all. How could you vote for Ardern then turn around and vote for Luxon? Do they just follow the polls and vote for the leading party so they get the satisfaction of backing a winner?

I just watched part 4 but am planning on going back and watching the other parts. This is a tough but extremely important watch for people. You can just watch part 4 and still follow it.

There is growing interest in possible links between SARS-CoV-2 and cancer. I strongly recommend this video series which discusses why it might be even worse. 🧵 Part 1: youtu.be/58OoTO2ZawA?...

Part 4: youtu.be/ttPolkAIXco?...

LOUD & CLEAR 📣 An unexpected visitor outside the Tesla diner last night. RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

$65000 a year is barely enough for one person, let alone enough to support another adult or two as well. #nzpol

"The world doesn't owe you a knighthood" - Foxy Lusty-Grover #NZPol

This is a policy with no basis in any analysis. It's designed to look tough. It actually makes them look thoughtless and out of touch. It's arbitrary, mean, and simply designed to disguise the fact that the government is failing young people. Is this what being back on track feels like?

This creates frankly bonkers outcomes. If one parent works an hour less a week, their child gets $13,942. In fact, one parent can work 11 hours less a week and the household is still better off. Secondary benefits (like Accommodation Supplement) are likely to stretch that gap even further

#nzpol The government has announced that 18/19 year olds, who live in a household where the parents earn $65,529 or more, can't claim jobseekers support. If both parents work 27 hours on the minimum wage - $634 a week - they will be expected to now financially support their adult offspring. A 🧵

Luxon is the kind of man who claims every entitlement he qualifies for whether he needs it or not. Luxon is the kind of man that takes benefit entitlements away from 18 and 19 year olds, saying that "the world doesn't owe them a living." Luxon has created an economy where they can't find jobs.

If you'd asked me which celebrity would posthumously unveil a list of people she wanted fired into the sun, I would not have guessed Jane Goodall

Oh this will go well. 😦 So these kids can’t get a job, can’t afford tertiary and can’t get jobseekers. Heartless. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

OECD comparison of changes in unemployment relative to 2019 average. Second image shows all oecd countries. I remain baffled by the media not asking the obvious questions here: 'How have we fked up so badly? Who is accountable?'

Willis’ incompetence is laid bare in her response. She knows full well that the inflation under the previous government was due to global and external factors. In fact, she’s leaned on that same explanation for the economy under her watch. #nzpol

I don't believe you can be a RW politician and a Christian; they are positional opposites

www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608... The media should keep doing this and so should experts. We could probably get experts in every single field because this government just gets EVERYTHING wrong.

Surely not!? 😜 Because didn’t Luxon say that Willis was the best person in the country for finance minister? You mean experts in economics think their policy is shit??? Feigns surprise. The only people who think the economy is on the right track are those who have no economics knowledge.

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After losing Angelina we built up Bob's confidence. Today he leaves us but he sent him on his way with all he needs for his new life. A very special boy indeed

And yet, here in Aotearoa NZ...

I am telling you that you should not watch the documentary called Prime Minister about Jacinda Ardern the former New Zealand prime minister - it’ll make you weep for what leadership looks like when it is based on kindness, compassion, empathy & social justice. How we long for this kind of leader.

So Collins wants New Zealand to become an international arms dealer. My kiwisaver fund explicitly excludes weapons because they're incompatible with ethical fund management, but here's Judith Collins gleefully announcing our entry into this appalling trade. WT actual F. #nzpol

According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...