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The Populist Wave and Its Discontents

David Thunder David Thunder is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Navarra’s Institute for Culture and Society in Pamplona, Spain, and a recipient of the prestigious Ramón y Cajal research grant (2017–2021, extended through 2023), awarded by the Spanish government to support outstanding research activities. brownstone.

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Genter Shows Her True Colours

Genter Shows Her True Colours

These days it seems that you can’t go a week without having some Green MP go off the rails in one way or another. Case in point: Julie Anne Genter, Green MP and cycling advocate. A Wellington florist who claims to have been intimidated by Julie Anne Genter in

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Planned Parenthood Is Going Global

Planned Parenthood Is Going Global

Kurt Mahlburg Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young adult pastor.

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The Stats on Secret Flights

Kelli Ballard libertynation.com Editor’s note: Join Liberty Nation each week to stay up to date on the nationwide ramifications of an open borders America. Biden Administration’s Secret Airport List for Migrants Revealed It has taken nearly a year, but the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) finally released

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Calling It like It Is
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Calling It like It Is

I have long had a nausea-inducing contempt for weak, useless men; any male who isn’t masculine and doesn’t display traditional male attributes doesn’t cut the mustard with me. Examples of this include those feeble useless sops who let themselves get walked all over by wives and divorce

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Accepting This Pay Rise Shows How Out of Touch MPs Are

Bryce Edwards I am Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington, where I run the Democracy Project, and am a full-time researcher in the School of Government. democracyproject.substack.com How entitled are New Zealand’s politicians? Right now, MPs across the political spectrum look entirely out of

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Brian Tamaki to Speak in Christchurch

Brian Tamaki to Speak in Christchurch

Press Release Brian Tamaki As Christchurch and Tauranga city councils consider installing rainbow crossings, Brian Tamaki and his Destiny Church say, “No way: not one more rainbow crossing!” “Rainbow crossings are another form of rainbow-washing that targets future generations. We’ve had enough,” states Brian Tamaki ahead of speaking in

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They Want to Play God

They Want to Play God

Do not cast me aside in my old age; as my strength fails, do not forsake me. Psalm 71:9 The American actress Patricia Clarkson has been around since around 1987: she’s 64 years old. I’ve been an admirer of her and her work for many years, though

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New Media of the Day

New Media of the Day

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A Possible Blueprint for the Future of the Middle East

John Strawson Emeritus Professor of Law, University of East London In the diplomatic manoeuvrings surrounding the conflict in Gaza, things are beginning to gather pace. Israel’s Western allies are pressing the Israeli prime minister to accept the latest plan brokered by Egypt and Qatar, while the Gulf states, led

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Maybe We Should All Be ‘Xenophobes’

What is it with doddering old left-wing politicians savaging their countries’ closest allies? OK, granted, Bob Carr is retired from active politics, but his influence in Labor politics remains immense. So, when Carr attacks the New Zealand government over its possible joining of AUKUS, you can bet people in Labor

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Letter from the North

May 2nd, 2024 The chickens are coming home to roost. Massive dissent is sweeping through Ireland as discontent with its immigration policy is increasing. Riots are now occurring in Dublin, and country districts are seeing arson of buildings housing asylum seekers. ROSSLARE HARBOUR, Ireland, Dec 14 (Reuters) – On a poster

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Modern Insurance Law Will Protect Kiwi Households

Hon Andrew Bayly Minister for Commerce and Consumer Affairs The Government is modernising insurance law to better protect Kiwis and provide security in the event of a disaster, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly announced today. “These reforms are long overdue. New Zealand’s insurance law is complicated and

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It Is Not Words That Are ‘Unsafe’
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It Is Not Words That Are ‘Unsafe’

A lesson (for Ardern and Victoria University students): actions, not words, can be ‘dangerous’. The ‘inappropriate’ (quote unquote Gerry Brownlee) actions of Julie Anne Genter when she accosted mild-mannered National minister Matt Doocey in Parliament this week waving a booklet in his face, demonstrated it is actions not words that

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Country Update From Klaus

Country Update From Klaus

Owen Jennings Memo to:         Executive Council From:               Klaus Date:                May 2024 Subject:           Country Update – New Zealand Guten Morgen. Our operatives report that plans are in hand in New Zealand. Despite a seeming shift to the despised right, Prime Minister Luxon and his sidekick, Climate Change Minister Watts, are holding the

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Winston Calls Carr an ‘Irrelevant Ill-Informed Shill’

Winston Calls Carr an ‘Irrelevant Ill-Informed Shill’

The Media Party is all aquiver that Winston Peters seems to have more courage than them when it comes to calling things as they seem. He’s doubled down on Bob Carr, calling him an ‘irrelevant ill-informed shill’ which, given the ample information that abounds on the internet, seems entirely

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