“I’m confident that by the end of the month, we’ll be back up” Parler CEO John Matze Parler CEO John Matze believes that the “free speech” alternative social network will soon be fully operational again, telling Fox News on Sunday about several steps the website is taking to
Parliament, government, and extremism Chris Trotter (Interest): Trump’s surprisingly large army of New Zealand supporters Jason Walls (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won’t say if she’s backing Chris Liddell for OECD’s top job Dave Armstrong (Stuff): Familiar titles with a new twist Matteo Di Maio (Newsroom)
Brad Polumbo fee.org Brad Polumbo is a libertarian-conservative journalist and Opinion Editor at the Foundation for Economic Education. For three days and counting, protesters in Portland, Oregon have gathered at a local bookstore to demand that it stop selling a new book critical of Antifa. “Far-left activists
Housing Bernard Hickey (Stuff): The ‘brutal’ catch-22 politics of trying to move to affordable housing Bernard Hickey: Why work when you can just own houses? Miriam Bell (Stuff): Consents are up, but will that help with NZ’s stubborn housing shortage? Miriam Bell (Stuff): New house listings have surged
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com Monday 18 January 2021 News: Shelly Bay occupiers plan to stick it out for five years An occupation at Wellington’s Shelly Bay has spread to include a former guard house and gardens above as occupiers pledge to stay on for five years or more if needed.
As readers will know, social media companies like Facebook and Twitter have been on a purge of conservative content and users, using “community standards” as the excuse. But in doing so, these social media companies are acting not only discriminatingly, but also in violation of what gives them the ability
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Lisa Martin Public and Digital Diplomacy Embassy of Israel in New Zealand Coronavirus knows no borders, as has become all too clear, and countries the world over are all facing the same challenges to public health and their economies. From the outset of the pandemic, Israel emerged as a leading
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Tiwai Point Smelter deal Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Aluminium smelter deal – who caved? Hamish Rutherford (Herald): Power play: Meridian Energy reaches deal with Rio Tinto over Tiwai Point Smelter Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Tiwai Point negotiations continuing despite breakthrough on smelter RNZ: Locals ‘absolutely thrilled’ about Tiwai Point’s revival Evan
Why Join The BFD? As you probably know, it’s a very turbulent media market out there. Especially for Conservative media. If you enjoy The BFD and want to help us survive the storm, you can join our team as a volunteer. As a volunteer, you can help us keep
The strange case of the Fascist Pasta has all the elements necessary for high drama: vitriol, hyperbole, insult and abuse. Some hair-pulling has even been reported. It may seem totally appropriate originating, as this terrible scrap has, in the spiritual home of both pasta and opera and engaging in
January 11th 2021 A happy new year to all my readers (both still in the North Island). Well, what has happened since my last letter on Christmas Eve? Brexit came and went, and the UK has a trade agreement with the EU. The apocalypse promised by the remainers failed to
Covid Nick Wilson & Michael Baker (The Conversation): With COVID-19 mutating and surging, NZ urgently needs to tighten border controls Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Government’s latest Covid measures described as both too strong and too weak RNZ: Covid-19: Ban on UK flights should be considered – Professor Nick Wilson
