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The Bubble Has Burst

The Bubble Has Burst

Memo to Jacinda. Wakey wakey dearie. The bubble has burst. The country has moved on. Virtually nobody is observing your silly rules. You are welcome to kid yourself that all and sundry are bowing down to your every directive but evidence shows otherwise. Perhaps you need to get out and

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Daily News Roundup – 27 May 2020

Daily News Roundup – 27 May 2020

Welfare Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Former Green Party leader Metiria Turei puts Government on blast over new payment scheme Stuff Editorial: Question marks over new relief package Thomas Manch (Stuff): Government defends unemployment payments, says it’s considering ‘social insurance’ RNZ: Welfare advocates not happy with Covid-19 umemployment benefit Sarah

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Daily News Roundup – 26 May 2020

Daily News Roundup – 26 May 2020

Redundancy scheme Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Opinion: Unemployment payment scheme shows Govt knows benefits insufficient Rachel Sadler (Newshu): Auckland Action Against Poverty says Government’s Income Relief Payments create ‘two tiers of unemployed’ people Steven Cowan: Two-tier welfare David Farrar: Two tiers of unemployment benefit Craig McCullough (RNZ): Green Party

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The BFD Video: That Dude Is Gonna Be Running for President!

The BFD Video: That Dude Is Gonna Be Running for President!

Fox News co-host Greg Gutfeld lauded Ron DeSantis as a potential presidential candidate after the Florida governor unleashed on the media for criticizing his state’s coronavirus response. Speaking to the media Wednesday while standing beside Vice President Mike Pence, DeSantis explained how “a lot of people” in that

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Speech: Todd Muller New National Leader

Speech: Todd Muller New National Leader

Todd Muller National Party Leader The past few months, our country has made many sacrifices. You have made many sacrifices. You have put a lot on the line to get us through this crisis. Now, we must begin taking another step forward together, with confidence. The confidence to rebuild our

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Daily News Roundup – 25 May 2020

Daily News Roundup – 25 May 2020

National Party leadership change – commentary, analysis Richard Harman (Politik): Adams’ return signals what really lay behind Muller’s campaign John Armstrong (1News): Todd Muller is capable and qualified despite uninspiring opening as National leader Claire Trevett (Herald): Anatomy of a coup: How Todd Muller felled Simon Bridges and who helped

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A Timeline—Pandemic & Erosion of Freedoms Have Been Decades in the Making

A Timeline—Pandemic & Erosion of Freedoms Have Been Decades in the Making

Children’s Health Defense Team childrenshealthdefense.org From the moment of “COVID-19’s” naming—and particularly since the imposition of unprecedented restrictions on “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”—some people have smelled a rat. And with each passing week, the smell becomes worse. A growing chorus of

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Life in a Time of Pandemic

Life in a Time of Pandemic

In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, alien visitor to Earth Ford Prefect is puzzled by humans’ habit of constantly stating and repeating the obvious. If they don’t keep on exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working. Ford might have noted an analogous habit amongst journalists:

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Forget the Polls — the Party’s the Problem

Forget the Polls — the Party’s the Problem

Two polls within days of each other and both tell a similar story. First, let’s take the simplistic view. Had National been in Government they probably would have got a similar bounce had the same numbers from the COVID-19 event occurred. Scott Morrison in Australia is currently at

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