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Reporters Hostile to Trump Not Happy With Push Back

Reporters Hostile to Trump Not Happy With Push Back

Tim Graham Tim Graham is Executive Editor of NewsBusters and host of the NewsBusters Podcast. His career at the MRC began in February 1989 as associate editor of MediaWatch, the monthly newsletter of the MRC before the Internet era. newsbusters.org Charlotte Klein at Vanity Fair was upset that the

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Some Genocides Are More Equal Than Others

Some Genocides Are More Equal Than Others

Steven Tucker Steven Tucker is a UK-based writer whose work has appeared in print and online worldwide. The author of over ten books, mostly about fringe beliefs and eccentrics, his latest title, “Hitler’s & Stalin’s Misuse of Science” (Pen & Sword/Frontline) is available now, and exposes how

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Three Ministers Will Have Absolute Power

Three Ministers Will Have Absolute Power

Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz The ability of the private sector to quickly establish major new projects making use of the urban and natural environment is to be supercharged by the

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NZ’s New Rules Won’t Help Low-Skilled Migrant Workers

NZ’s New Rules Won’t Help Low-Skilled Migrant Workers

Francis L Collins Professor of Sociology, University of Auckland The New Zealand government claims its recently announced changes to visa rules will address exploitation and unsustainable migration. In reality, the new rules are likely to have the opposite effect. The exploitation of migrant workers has become a growing problem in

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More About AUKUS

More About AUKUS

Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 bassettbrashandhide.com A few days ago, I posted a short article entitled “Why not AUKUS”.  Unsurprisingly, it prompted a range of reactions. There were some who agreed with my analysis

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Operation Good Oil Post-refinery Report 2024

Operation Good Oil Post-refinery Report 2024

Mark Freeman A new independent report into the closure of the Marsden Point Oil Refinery refutes the claims used by the refinery company’s board of directors that led to the closure of the refinery. The refinery used to supply 65%–70% of New Zealand’s refined fuel, but its

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The More Things Stay the Same
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The More Things Stay the Same

Graeme Edgeler Graeme Edgeler is a Wellington barrister, with a professional interest in constitutional and electoral law democracyproject.substack.com Sunday morning, the Wellington High Court heard a judicial review brought by Hon. Karen Chhour, the Minister for Children, against a decision of the Waitangi Tribunal. This is unusual, judicial

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At Last, It’s Coming Back to Bite Them in the Bum

At Last, It’s Coming Back to Bite Them in the Bum

* In March 2020, then Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told the country she had all the legislative means and enforcement powers to tell us what we could and couldn’t do. The doctors in New Zealand were told they must be positive about the Covid-19 vaccine. New Zealanders were told they

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Maori Push for Parallel Govt Structures
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Maori Push for Parallel Govt Structures

Michael Bassett Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments bassettbrashandhide.com If you think there is a move afoot by the radical Maori fringe of New Zealand society to create

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All At Sea For Labour
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All At Sea For Labour

Peter Dunne writes at Newsroom about the problems facing Labour. They are plentiful but can be summed up into two main categories: nastiness and incompetence. Dunne starts with Chris Hipkins; after all, the buck is supposed to stop at the top. Labour leader Chris Hipkins looks mostly at sea in

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Govt to Introduce Revised Three Strikes Law
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Govt to Introduce Revised Three Strikes Law

Hon Nicole McKee Associate Minister of Justice The Government is delivering on its commitment to bring back the Three Strikes legislation, Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee announced on Monday. “Our Government is committed to restoring law and order and enforcing appropriate consequences on criminals. We are making it clear that

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The Other Side of the Coin

The Other Side of the Coin

Miguel Alejandro Laborde Miguel Alejandro Laborde is a former NCO in the 160th SOAR (A), and a subject matter expert on defence aviation programs, capabilities, and platforms, with decades’ worth of experience in the aerospace industry supporting the joint force. realclearwire.com This opinion-editorial serves as a follow up – a

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O Canada – You’re Really Done For

O Canada – You’re Really Done For

You know you’ve really screwed up when your own side are saying, “Hold up…” And when Bill Maher says you’re a case study of extreme wokeness, then you better listen. No, he wasn’t talking to you, New Zealand, or even Cucktoria, here in Australia. Bill Maher took

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TikTok Fears Point to Larger Issue

TikTok Fears Point to Larger Issue

Nir Eisikovits Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center UMass Boston The US government moved closer to banning the video social media app TikTok after the House of Representatives attached the measure to an emergency spending bill on Apr 17, 2024. The House voted on each of the four

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The Phase-Out of ICE Cars Has Begun

The Phase-Out of ICE Cars Has Begun

Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org The Biden administration recently rolled out new emissions regulations that the New York Times said will “transform the American automobile market.” In what the paper called “one of the most

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Now What Do You Say, Chloe?

Now What Do You Say, Chloe?

Well, it’s official, Chloe Swarbrick: you’re bellowing an antisemitic, genocidal hate slogan. No less an authority than the US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly agreed. Before Chloe and her anti-Israel chums start blithering that it’s all just the wicked Republicans, the measure was co-sponsored by two Democrats.

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