i think it's really important we don't get the narrative muddled in our minds (all my reporting from minneapolis is found here: www.webworm.co)

“Over the past ten years New Zealand has averaged 55.9 days annually under a State of Emergency each year, and 66.6 days over the last five. In the 10 years prior to this, New Zealand averaged only 13.4 days per year.”

Quick Q - how does recovery work with a rates cap in place and no govt. support🤔

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

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

#NZPol

Except it is relevant, even down in New Zealand. The far right have been pushing hard, and other parties continue to move right to keep the middle voters. When people like Mamdani win a major election like this, it shows the Dem/Labour/etc parties that you can win without pandering to fascists.

Okay now nz labour stop looking at uk labour and look at Mamdani instead of

On June 26th President Michael D Higgins welcomed Zohran Mamdani’s win in the primary. One of the first Heads of State - if not the first - to do so. @president.ie

Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

I’m utterly sickened by what happened and stunned at the horrific reporting

V was a person. A whole person who starved himself to death because of untreated anorexia

He died of the neglect of every person who shared responsibility for his welfare

This is some of the most frustrating yet incredible parliament tv I've ever watched tbh. Such firm opposition

Fuckin hype to go have a bop to Minuit for the very high price of THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS, what a steal www.newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/g...

As once again the forces of shittery fix their eye of Sauron on trans people, I have to remind everyone that all the problems they claim that trans people have caused in Aotearoa New Zealand SIMPLY DO NOT EXIST AND NEVER HAVE.

In which Israel's most read daily newspaper obliquely describes stealing hundreds of millions of dollars designated for starving refugees.

To be clear, the Israeli govt used billions of shekels in food and medical funds for Gaza to pay themselves.

https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/01/12/1026727/

Poet and journalist Greg Jackson writes with warmth, humour and insight on the work of legendary cartoonist, Sharon Murdoch, in the latest issue of takahē 🖤

www.takahe.org.nz/the-solace-o...

“Some politicians may tell you that 10,000 people is not very many. I would say otherwise. In 30 years of covering politics, I have never attended a New Zealand party-political rally that attracted anywhere near that many. Or even half that number.”