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Joe Biden's final speech as president included some surprising yet refreshing commentary about the danger that wealth poses to democracy. He said this: That’s why my farewell address tonight, I want to warn the country of some things that give me great concern ... and…
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This is a repost of Mountain Tui's Substack article This Friday afternoon, Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka announced an overhaul of the Waitangi Tribunal. The government has effectively cleared house - appointing 8 new members - and combined with October’s appointment of former ACT leader…
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That grinding noise you can hear from the Parliamentary precinct is the sound of National backbenchers sharpening their knives getting ready for a change of leadership. Because the latest Curia poll shows National has fallen behind Labour in the preferred party stakes. And that the…
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The final Atlas Network playbook puzzle piece is here, and it slipped in to Aotearoa New Zealand with little fan fare or attention. The implications are stark. Today the submission for the Crimes (Countering Foreign Interference) Amendment Bill closes: 11:59pm January 16, 2025. As usual,…
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I have spent some of the holidays reading various documents relating to the Cook Strait Ferries contract which was somewhat ignominiously brought to a shuddering halt in December 2023 just after National gained power. The documents provide interesting background. The project started well enough. A…
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In the past two decades, election results in western Europe, Australasia, and North America have been framed as a crisis of the left. It’s more a case of misidentified success that’s holding the left back, than a primrose path to a tragedian graveyard. The performance…
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