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The Worrisome Report into Nash’s Conflicts
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The Worrisome Report into Nash’s Conflicts

Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Maybe we’ve all got scandal fatigue. This is the best explanation for why there’s not

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The Issue with Small Parties Is Hopium

The Issue with Small Parties Is Hopium

I was asked by Paul Brennan to discuss the implosion within DemocracyNZ. Have a good listen, because these problems exist in almost all small parties. What I talk about is the over-reliance on what I call “hopium”, the rather addictive ability to suspend reality and cling to hope, because

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Face of the Day
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Face of the Day

Ginny Anderson is Face of the Day, after her train wreck interview with Heather du Plessis Allan. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable click here to browse our Membership options.

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A Look at China’s Lithium Mines and BRI

A Look at China’s Lithium Mines and BRI

Dave Patterson National Security Correspondent at LibertyNation.Com. Dave is a retired US Air Force Pilot with over 180 combat missions in Vietnam. He is the former Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller and has served in executive positions in the private sector aerospace and defense industry. In addition

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Solid Gold in a Broken World

Solid Gold in a Broken World

Matthew Piepenburg Matt began his finance career as a transactional attorney before launching his first hedge fund during the NASDAQ bubble of 1999-2001 goldswitzerland.com Below, we look at gold in a broke(n) world of hubris, debt, Realpolitik and a rising East. For well over a year, we’

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Czech President Wants West to ‘Monitor’ Russians

Tyler Durden ronpaulinstitute.org Czech President Petr Pavel just took anti-Russian xenophobia to a new level, saying this week that he’s in favor of Russians living in Western countries being “monitored” by authorities, akin to what happened with Japanese people living in the United States during World War

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Saudi Arabia Wants a ‘Nuclear Aramco’ – Why?

Saudi Arabia Wants a ‘Nuclear Aramco’ – Why?

Ran Porat Affiliate Research Associate, Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University lens.monash.edu US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Riyadh at the beginning of June to bargain with the Saudis over a package of concessions to be granted to the kingdom in exchange for normalisation of relations

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Patient(s) Zero of the Wuhan Virus

Patient(s) Zero of the Wuhan Virus

Gary Bauer Gary L Bauer is an Opinion Columnist at The Patriot Post, and is one of America’s most effective spokesmen for pro-life, pro-family, and pro-growth values. Bauer is a frequent guest on a wide variety of political talk shows and a much-in-demand speaker

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Has He Resigned or Not?
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Has He Resigned or Not?

On Friday the Associate Justice Minister, Deborah Russell, announced that the Race Relations Commissioner, Meng Foon, had resigned from his position and that if he hadn’t resigned he would be sacked because of his undeclared conflicts of interest. It is a complete mess, with the Associate Minister having to

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From the Board of DemocracyNZ
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From the Board of DemocracyNZ

On behalf of the Board of DemocracyNZ, we make the following statement. DemocracyNZ was formed in March 2022 on the fundamental principles of democracy, unity and equality. We stand for freedom, for family, and for farming. During the course of the past 10 months, we have announced a number of

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We’re all Maori Now, Aren’t We?

We’re all Maori Now, Aren’t We?

Yesterday we all woke to the news that the government has introduced medical apartheid for real into the New Zealand health system. No longer is need the primary concern for clinicians assessing who gets operations; now ethnicity needs to be taken into account, with the system rewarding people on the

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Face of the Day
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Face of the Day

Shane Reti is Face of the Day for his statement on Labour’s race-based lottery in the health system. National’s health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti has slammed the Government’s new policy which ranks ethnicities to determine who should get an operation first, calling it “offensive” and “wrong”

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It Is Presidential Plug-And-Play in the US

Tim Donner Senior Political Analyst at LibertyNation.com. Tim is a radio talk show host, former candidate for the US Senate, and longtime entrepreneur, Conservatarian policy advocate and broadcast journalist. He is founder and president of One Generation Away, LN’s parent organization. libertynation.com What happens if Joe Biden

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ABC Uses 11-Year-Old to Promote Access to Puberty Blockers

ABC Uses 11-Year-Old to Promote Access to Puberty Blockers

Alex Christy Alex Christy currently serves as news analyst for NewsBusters primarily focused on cable news and the late night comedy shows. His work has been cited in Fox News, the Washington Times, the Washington Examiner, Mediaite, Townhall, RedState, The Blaze, National Review, The Federalist, NewsNation, Newsweek and forced corrections

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What Now of the Ukrainian Counterattack?

Moon of Alabama ronpaulinstitute.org On June 4/5 the Ukrainian military launched its long announced counteroffensive in southeast Ukraine. Ten days later there is no significant progress. This is not the outcome the war propagandists expected: [General Petreus] spoke about the situation in Ukraine to BBC Radio 4’s

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