Frank

The only criminals are those in the White House and Republican Party.

Arrest them. Problem sorted.

Nation-wide imposition of martial law.Suspension of Courts,habeas corpus,and the Constitution.

Congress closed.

Mass detention centers expanded for opponants.

Media licenses revoked and closed down.

Trump announces postponement of all elections during the "emergency".

President-for-life.

Offer Putin something else... like Alaska.

Done and dusted.

One in five businesses reporting losses Economists say the situation may become worse before it improves.

So much for National being the Party of and for, business!

www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

I concur, Foxy. Labour olayed the "spinning wheel" of Leaders a decade back. It did not go well for them.

Just to put some things in perspective. The IOF has killed more Palestinian per month (more than 2,000 on average) since October 2023 than Hamas has killed in its entire existence (less than 2,000 total since 1987).

... Natanyahu and his current Coalition ministers SHOULD HAVE NO PART TO PLAY IN ANY FUTURE GOVT OF ISRAEL?!

I know what I'd say.

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Watch: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon holds post-Cabinet media briefing The Prime Minister talks recognising Palestine as a state as poll shows the government is struggling to make headway.

Luxon:

"...no role for Hamas in any future Palestinian state".

Also Luxon:

"... What Israel is doing we think is wrong. It certainly aggravates the humanitarian situation and their plans and proposals risk violating international law."

So does that mean...

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www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

"Hegseth reposted a CNN segment on X on Thursday that focuses on pastor Doug Wilson, a Christian nationalist who co-founded the Idaho-based Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC), In the segment, he raises the idea of women not voting."

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...America's war of independence in 1775? Imagine if George III had insisted that George Washington & other revolutionaries played no part in any future American govt?

Absurd,right?

The West has no right to dictate who people of newly independent nations will elect to represent them.

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Western govts demanding that Hamas have no future in any future Palestinian state?

Imagine if the West had demanded,as a precondition to ending apartheid in Sth Africa, that the ANC and Nelson Mandela play no part in the future govt of that country?

And what about...

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She was the last: Penguin starvation crisis sparks call for emergency fishing ban The fate of the hoiho - among the world’s rarest penguin species - rests with two ministers.

Pulled lifeless from a commercial fishing net off the Otago coast, the adult female yellow-eyed penguin had drowned in a silent, unseen death.

She was the last known breeding-age female Hoiho from the Sandfly Bay colony.

#NZOverFishing

No wonder so many of Trump's deals resulted in bankruptcies for him...

#ImpeachTrump

Horrific

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Its time that

* Israel was declared a rogue state

* Weapons sales to Israel were banned

* We expelled the Israeli Ambassador

Pete Hegseth reposts video that says women shouldn’t be allowed to vote Progressive evangelical group says ideas shared by pastors and amplified by defense secretary are ‘very disturbing’

Where is the revolution?

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

And there we have it.

First they came for
trans women.

Now cis women are next.

Really, what else were TERFs expecting?

#TransRightsReallyAreHumanRights

‘There’ll be some swapping of territories’: Trump on possible Ukraine peace deal ahead of Alaska talks with Putin Trump made the highly anticipated announcement on social media after he said that the parties, including Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, were close to a ceasefire deal that could resolve the th...

Trump suggests there will will be "territory swaps" to achieve peace in Ukraine.

Sure.

Swap Alaska for Eastern Ukraine.

Easy peasy!

www.financialexpress.com/world-news/t...

#nzpol
This stinking government must pay. At the next election we will make them pay. This extremist, far-right, Atlas Network-captured, corrupt and hateful band of people must be banished from our government forever. Never forget. Get them out, get them gone forever

BTW, it would be ironic if this RW govt changed the Parliamentary term from 3 to 4 years - just in time for a leftwing coalition to be elected!🤪

#OwnGoal

Israel has assassinated the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza, Netanyahu's government carried out the assassination after the team of journalists spent months reporting on Israeli war crimes, collecting daily evidence of ongoing atrocities.

Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect Journalists New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and M...

An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza.

Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.

#NotATarget

Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...

Leaving out critical and salient facts like that is not up to Newsroom's usual standards.

Partial info like Meyer's piece is best left to NZHerald or Stuff...

#SayNoToFour

...kept on a short leash.

4. Their unbridled power to gerrymander Special Votes without oversight from an Upper House,or Supreme Court,or popular referenda, means we have very little control of politicians.

For the love of gods,

#KeepItThree !

#SayNoToFour !

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1. We rarely "chop every 3 years". Someone is making up shit.

2. Even if this is a one term govt, thats on them. Theyve earned the displeasure of the people.

3. The willingness of this rotten govt to reduce Special Voting is a clear warning to keep the 3 year term. Our politicians should be...(1)

Greens look to be tail wagging the dog - should Labour be worried? Analysis: If Labour's manifesto remains light on detail for too long, the Greens could end up setting the agenda and the terms of debate by default.

Oh,so, its not a headline when twin-tails Act and NZ First wag the dog? Which is pretty much what's been happening.

Expect more of this kind of lazy, bullshit reporting from Journos interviewing their keyboards.

#LazyMedia

www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-...

... then that RW govt will be illigitimate.

This will be a constitutional crisis that'll make Rob Muldoon's refusal to follow the incoming labour govt's advice, pale by comparison.

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We may be witnessing the most egregious steal in our modern history...and the country seems deathly quiet about it.

Yet,the consequences cannot be underedtimated.

If the Nats proceed with their gerrymandering; and if the RW bloc wins by 1 or 2 seats - usually redistributed after Specials - ... (1)

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It may be the deciding factor, MT...

Thanks Ben, I'll keep an eye open for it...