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Trump declares US will ‘take over’ Gaza Strip, sparking widespread criticism – live US president says Palestinians should move to neighbouring countries and declines to rule out sending US troops during news conference alongside Israeli PM

'There's almost nothing left of Gaza...'. No kidding. That's what happens when bomb the shit out of it for months on end.

And now...the US will 'take over' and 'own' Gaza? WTF?!

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Oh, I’m sorry, tech bros – did DeepSeek copy your work? I can hardly imagine your distress | Marina Hyde If China has done to Sam Altman what his OpenAI has been accused of doing to creatives, it would take a heart of stone not to laugh, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Don't you just love the Guardian telling it like it is...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Was he grave, sombre, the consoler-in-chief? Are you kidding – this is Trump Hours after the Washington plane crash, the president’s desire to politicise tragedy was breathtaking in its audacity

Disgraceful, but not surprising

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

Brilliantly written piece:

‘I have no neighbours’: overtourism pushes residents in Spain and Portugal to the limit As visitor numbers hit record levels in southern Europe, some residents are now surrounded entirely by tourist flats

When tourism gets out of hand.....

www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde

Hero.

Yeah they would invite him to march in their parade for sure.

Hi, I’m God.

I had nothing to do with saving that guy’s life or making him president.

I love this so much!

At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.

This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.

Trump refugee ban ‘strands Afghans endangered by US withdrawal’ More than 1,600 people eligible to resettle in the United States are waiting to flee Afghanistan and Pakistan, say advocates

Time for Aotearoa/New Zealand to step up. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Aid increase in ceasefire deal ‘is admission Israel could have done more’, experts say Agreement to surge aid to Gaza shows Israel has been controlling access, lawyers and humanitarian groups say

The last sentence of this article sums it up. '...it is a clause that essentially says [Israel] agrees to abide by international law.'

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

The mainstream media may not discuss it, but here's the fact:

Three people —Musk, Bezos & Zuckerberg — now own more wealth than the bottom half of American society.

A handful of corporations control what is produced & the prices we pay.

Capitalism is broken.

This nails it

I can’t get over how cartoonishly evil this is

putting in your fucking “hate speech” policy that a particular kind of hate speech against a particular group of people is explicitly allowed - and therefore encouraged - is the kind of shit that should be done from a volcano lair with a shark moat

People actively participating in the democratic process in a representative democracy shouldn't be all it takes to cause the machinery of the democratic process to fail.🙄
#nzpol

Is anybody taking notice of the Regulatory Standards Bill? A draft Bill put out for consultation late last year has Noel O’Malley somewhat concerned. Such is the attention being paid to the Principles of...

For people (like me) needing impetus for and assistance with their submission about this appalling bill. Submissions are due by Jan 13.
#nzpol

In case you also need a list:

✍️ Treaty Principles Bill - 7 Jan
✍️ Oranga Tamariki Amendments Bill aka Military Bootcamps - 9 Jan
✍️ Regulatory Standards Bill - 12 Jan
✍️ Puberty Blockers Consultation - 20 Jan

When will Costello be sacked? Casey Costello’s decision to give Phillip Morris a $216 million tax cut was based on alternative advice that she has received but which she is not disclosing. And Christopher Luxon is comfort…

At the same time NZ Govt is saying Dunedin can’t have their promised hospital because of cost, they have allocated $216million for taxcuts for a multi national corporation peddling health damaging products-When will Costello be sacked? #SackCostello #nzpol
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Article tells it like it is...

www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...

The Long Awaited Kiwirail Interislander Announcement Is A Nothing Burger

Mountain Tui makes a good case for Minister Willis to resign or be sacked.
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They promise it'll be cheaper and it'll be running by 2029, without knowing what they're going to build or who's going to build it(!!!). All they got is who's going to be figuring out who's going to build it, and how much they *want* it to cost.

For New Zealanders - this from Peter Dunne is critical and I can not stress it enough- #ToituTeTiriti #nzpol

Nicola Willis referring to Labour as "the ex boyfriend who says he's changed" without a hint of irony after gaslighting the country for the last 12 months #NZPol

Labour will be bringing back:
* SmokeFree Aotearoa
* Fair Pay Agreements
* Fully funded health system
* Cannabis reform
* Rail enabled publicly owned ferry service
* investment in public transport, rail and funding for sensible roading projects
* investment in schools
* climate change solutions

Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter ‘the fall of the Broman Empire’ and I died laughing. 💀

One thing I find interesting about the echo chamber complaint is that an echo chamber just won a presidential election.

Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control