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#BHN I'll say no more

Youth MPs speak on breakfast

If the future of this country is in their hands, I have so much hope. The future is bright. These rangatahi are on point. #nzpol

Yet Netanyahu can use less direct references to call for the annihilation of an entire people and carry out his threats. The West's double standards are revolting.

Playful or harmful? David Seymour’s posts raise questions about what’s OK to say online NZ Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour says his Victim of the Day posts are ‘a bit playful’. Yet not so long ago, he was demanding apologies for similar ‘jokes’.

"We have to be alert to the potential political double standard: harmless jokes for me, but not for you. Dangerous threats from you, but not from me." #nzpol

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Spanish PM rejects Nato’s ‘unreasonable’ 5% GDP target for defence spending – as it happened Pedro Sánchez reportedly says move would be ‘counterproductive’ and harm Spanish economy

Is Spain's PM the only European leader who has NOT lost his marbles? Is it possible that the rest committed such a crime against their own governments' finances as to commit to a ludicrous military budget of 5% of GDP? Pure bonkers! www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Sen. Mark Kelly: "The President chose to escalate with Iran instead of exhausting all diplomatic options — and he sidestepped Congress while doing it. Our servicemembers in the Middle East and our country are at greater risk because of it."

Days after Trump bombed Iran, Republicans are still hell-bent on passing the largest cuts to Medicaid in history & kicking 16 million Americans off their health care just to give tax breaks to billionaires.

We can and must respond to both. No war with Iran. No cuts to Medicaid.

Trump has put the American people at risk with his reckless and unconstitutional military actions against Iran. This is not our war to fight.

My full statement:

We the people have spoken. Congress must do their job and represent the will of the nation. Say NO to “King” Donakd!

Israel kills at least 43 Palestinians in Gaza, including aid seekers Among the dozens killed are 20 aid seekers, as NGO warns Israel is also deliberately blocking energy access.

Ενώ σχεδόν οι πάντες έχουν πέσει θύματα του αντιπερισπασμού του Νετανιάχου, να εστιάσει την προσοχή μας στις αεροπορικές επιθέσεις Ιράν-ΗΠΑ-Ισραήλ, το Ισραήλ εντείνει τη γενοκτονία. Στο όνομα του Ανθρωπισμού, ΟΛΑ ΤΑ ΜΑΤΙΑ ΣΤΗ ΓΑΖΑ! www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...

Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.

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Israeli finance minister says Israel will 'totally' destroy Gaza 'within a few months’ Population will soon be ‘concentrated’ to narrow strip between border with Egypt, Morag Corridor, claims Bezalel Smotrich - Anadolu Ajansı

Any government that will let this 'gentleman' or his colleagues land in or fly over their jurisdiction, are collaborators in a long list of crimes against humanity.
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Grand Teton deploys papier-mâché birds The National Parks Service hopes the handcrafted birds can save real birds.

www.popsci.com/environment/... #art #birds

Tracks in the sand made by penguins

Wednesday, 7 May dawning, from Wainui Beach Aotearoa / New Zealand.
These tracks in the sand (footprints and wing swipes) were made by two kororā, or Little Blue Penguins.
They nest overnight in the rocks and then head out to sea before sunrise to spend the day fishing.

Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says Bezalel Smotrich says Palestinians will ‘leave in great numbers to third countries’, raising fears of ethnic cleansing

And there you have it: Israel has confessed, indeed heralded, its intent to complete the Gazan genocide. And the EU? Mrs von der Leyen? Our great and good leaders? They are consenting through a studied silence. 80 yrs after its defeat, Nazism in back. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Hostages' families slam new Gaza plan for 'prioritizing territory over hostages' ***

The Israeli hostages would now have been free, along with hundreds of innocent Palestinians languishing in Israeli prisons, had indicted war criminal Netanyahu not chosen to violate the ceasefire deal he had signed. Lest we forget...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

one of the many reasons this is dumb is that every single one of the top 10 movies last year was made by an American studio. Hollywood is maybe the single most dominant industry we have.

NZ Initiative 'absolutely delighted' Seymour wants to slash ministerial line-up Seymour has criticised the ministerial line-up as looking "bloated" and full of meaningless titles.

It would be nice if journalists like RNZ's Lillian Hanly pointed out that the so-called "NZ Initiative" was an arm of the global liberterian/rightwing Atlas Network.

NZ Initiative are not an impartial think-tank. Do better, @rnz.co.nz.web.brid.gy .

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

‘Cream skimming’ - how private hospitals will choose who they treat The Government says outsourcing medical procedures to private hospitals will reduce wait lists. Here’s what experts say.

NZ did not give Luxon’s coalition govt a mandate to privatise the public health system. #nzpol #VoteThemOut

This "WHO'S NEVER COMING BACK" document published by the White House should be "EXHIBIT A" in any forthcoming hearing where a judge/justice has asked the White House to prove how it is "facilitating" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

What happens in Gaza will not stay in Gaza. The brutality, cloaked in the complicity of the 'civilised' West, cannot be contained. Like a deadly virus, it will spread unless humanity acts to cure it. But humanity is ready to move on. Resistance must also fight against amnesia!

TVNZ should be throughly ashamed of the way they edited the news item tonight that enabled David Seymour’s words to narrate the images of the Hikoi and Hana’s protest #nzpol