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It is customary for outgoing Presidents to leave for the incoming President a short letter of introduction. George HW Bush's letter to Bill Clinton is one especially famous example, especially for its grace and tone. The Standard has managed to obtain a early draft copy…
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At last. All of the main US media organisations have now called the election for for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris - including Fox News. Pennsylvania with its 20 electorate votes went past the 0.5% to Biden and the lead shows no signs of reducing.…
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I hope that I am not tempting fate by saying this but a Biden presidency seems almost inevitable. Biden is ahead narrowly in Pennsylvania and Georgia with the momentum of postal votes behind him. He is also ahead in Nevada and Arizona although by very…
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Cori Bush is the first Black woman from Missouri to be elected to Congress. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgWLt7BhR0c Lots of good stuff in here. Rousing speech, love of place and community, diverse class consciousness, affirming that she is gaining power because of the people and she will take…
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One of the other results from the final results on was the reeferendum. The loss was minuscule in the final results. Cannabis race tightened While the non-binding referendum on legalising recreational cannabis was still lost on the final count, the margin tightened markedly after counting…
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The Electoral Commission has released the final results of the 2020 election and if election night was a shocker for National the final result is even worse. They have lost the seats of Whangarei, which I thought was likely, and Maungakiekie and Northland which I…
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Some elements of the right as well as Comrade Chris Trotter have decided to attack Nanaia Mahuta's appointment as Foreign Affairs minister. I can understand the attacks from the right. They are motivated by distaste because not only is she not a man but she…
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CNN presidential results live page Arizona Nevada Pennsylvania Georgia North Carolina David Slack's You wonder what Joe Biden may be able to do about it But thank you Jesus no. Maybe it's the lateness of the hour, maybe the Covid he doesn't have is bearing…
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It's a waiting game as votes continue to be counted and Trump continues to cast doubt on the electoral process. The Guardian, Donald Trump falsely claimed victory in the race for the presidency in the early hours of Wednesday morning, even as the election remained…
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
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Last polls close 1am EST Weds 5 Nov, which is 7pm NZT Weds 5 Nov. Fivethirtyeight have the closing times for all states, There’s a good chance we won’t know who won the presidential election on election night. More people than ever are voting by…
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Want to see the most bizarre, idiotic and self centred analysis of the housing crisis in Aotearoa ever presented? Here it is. From Eva Corlett at Radio New Zealand: Property Investors Federation's executive officer Sharon Cullwick argued while property investors may not be helping the…
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One demotion that has not attracted huge attention so far has been that of Stuart Nash. He has lost the Police portfolio and also that of Fisheries although he has been given the important role of Economic and Regional Development. In Police I thought he…
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
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The cabinet has been announced and it is a reasonably remarkable shake up. Some highlights: Grant Robertson will be Deputy Prime Minister, Kelvin Davis having previously declared that he did not want the position. Andrew Little picks up Health. Phil Twyford is demoted to outside…
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