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Trump Deserves to Win... Again
Trump’s presidency was historic for many reasons but it became clear that he truly would do great things for his country and have the 24/7 media machine telling the world how terrible those same things were.
NZ Politics Daily: 21 October 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ANDREW BAYLY Andrea Vance (Post): Harmless bants, or the National party telling us exactly who it is? (paywalled) Adam Pearse, Claire Trevett, Julia Gabel (Herald): Small Business and Manufacturing Minister Andrew Bayly apologises for interaction during company visit RNZ: National Minister Andrew Bayly apologises
Why Does She Still Have a Job?
In a classic case of a tone-deaf civil servant who thinks she knows best, Solicitor-General Una Jagose issued and then retracted a sentencing guidance document that gave Māori a literal get-out-of-jail-free card based entirely on ethnicity.
Go Back to the Mat
Winston is on fire as he raises the ire of Te Pāti Māori by highlighting their appalling behaviour.
Kill Free Speech to Regain Trust
Tedros has discussed trust and how to get it back – by killing free speech, of course.
NZ Politics Daily: 18 October 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FAST TRACK Farah Hancock (RNZ): Most fast-track panellists picked by ministers, political parties Kayla Kingdon-Bebb (Post): As fast-tracking proceeds, the outcry will only grow (paywalled) Fox Meyer (Newsroom): National MP renews vow to ‘lie on tracks’ to stop rail project, now
Reading Between the Lines, WCC Is Cooked
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see where the debacle called Wellington City Council is headed: they are being lined up for a Commissioner.
NZ Politics Daily: 17 October 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Government intervention in Wellington more likely than not - source Krystal Gibbons and Mary Argue (RNZ): Wellington council intervention: Mayor to meet with minister Peter Dunne (Post): Wellington council jolted into action, now the Govt has to follow through
1News Poll Steady as She Goes, but Average News for Luxon
1News released their Verian Poll over Monday and Tuesday this week, and it echoes what I have been saying for quite sometime.
There Are Signs of Untruthfulness
Sometimes the speaker connives for his adversaries to be censored. It is like when a business gets the government to shut down competing businesses. It is a form of protectionism or what economists call ‘rent-seeking.’
NZ Politics Daily: 16 October 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards LOCAL GOVERNMENT RNZ: Can the govt step in to take control over Wellington City Council?: What you need to know Andrea Vance (Post): Attention Wellington City Council ‒ this is not a drill (paywalled) Georgina Campbell (Herald): Tory Whanau’s Wellington City Council: Why there’