> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://goodoil.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Your Daily Ten@10 - 2026/135 - URL: https://goodoil.news/your-daily-ten-10-2026-135/ - Published: 2026-07-27T22:00:22.000Z - Updated: 2026-07-27T22:00:21.000Z - Description: 10 News Stories They Chose Not to Tell You - Author: Cam Slater - Tags: Ten@10, NZ Politics, World Politics, Media Bias **This is edition 2026/135 of the *Ten@10* newsletter.** Hi all, This is the Ten@10, where I collate and summarise ten news items you generally won't see in the mainstream media. Enjoy! --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/07/52a58b94-87e3-4fcb-be06-5dd06c2cc678_800x500.webp) ## 1\. Have the Greens Turned a Corner? *Bryce Edwards — The Democracy Project* - 🌱 Swarbrick at AGM/manifesto launch: stop talking only to people you already like — “no one… accepts new information if they feel they are losing.” - 📊 Talbot Mills Greens 9% (below 2023’s 11.6%); slogan “For All of Us”; Buy Kiwi Made revival; electricity, tax, water as material centre. - 🔄 Pitch: universalist cost-of-living / public ownership over identity subculture; “real New Zealand First” jab at Peters; nod to Polanski/Mamdani “eco-populism.” - ⚠️ Tension: Davidson still “pack of bastards” / “bastard government” — hard to end “bloodsport politics” while punching that way. - 🎯 Takeaway: they know the problem; whether the party changed is still the open test. (Further sections paywalled.) [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=1885783&post%5Fid=208614760&isFreemail=true&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjA4NjE0NzYwLCJpYXQiOjE3ODUxMjExNzAsImV4cCI6MTc4NzcxMzE3MCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTE4ODU3ODMiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.raIC7d1ylpzAx7PBldCfR22bVcDyKZ8GYErlv3O%5FPpM&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/07/7b14b8_317a574ad89049da937097c0166fcc27-mv2.jpg) ## 2\. National Are Not Promising You Anything Except Other People’s Money *Lindsay Mitchell — Brash & Mitchell* - 💸 Latest flip: historically opposed Paid Parental Leave, now promising to extend it — same pattern as Key on Working for Families (“communism by stealth”) then three terms of keep/increase. - 🔇 Best Start, naming fathers, child-support offsets: opposed under Labour, silent in government — “Labour lite” earned. - ⬅️ Dragging centre left forces left further out; radical becomes palatable; women vote left more, so Nat hunts “woman-friendly” entitlements. - 🧾 Campaign already floats CGT, asset, inheritance, land tax — National enables redistribution it claims to save us from. - 🎯 Takeaway: Churchill’s bucket — tax yourself into prosperity by the handle; only principled opposition (even ACT diluted) can reverse the ratchet. [Read More](https://www.brashandmitchell.com/post/lindsay-mitchell-national-are-not-promising-you-anything-except-other-people-s-money?utm%5Fcampaign=bae52d35-0dbd-4511-a0b6-6265e3cad6fa&utm%5Fsource=so&utm%5Fmedium=mail&utm%5Fcontent=09c50a0d-d467-4554-9de8-9b00829b3a48&configurationId=1e868109-7e9f-4852-82bf-5cd5dcb47468&actionId=923601ea-11e6-975b-c01e-42db2a0af372&cid=39daa79b-294e-4bc5-9457-02b1d5857d3c) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/07/text-message-left-and-stuart-nash-right-file-JR4C5OEN35D23F5B4LLHJRKNRI.jpg) ## 3\. The Private Text That Triggered the Outrage Machine *Rodney Hide — Brash & Mitchell* - 📱 Nash’s private text to Finlayson — Finlayson made it public; breaching confidence gets a free pass, but few will text him unguarded again. - 🧾 Claim: Nimon “laziest MP,” nine months full pay + more — not parental leave (capped far below MP salary); she kept full Parliamentary pay. - 🎭 Theatre: louder condemnation = more “caring about women”; electorate work sidelined; defence that she “turned up with baby” reinforced Nash’s presence point. - 🗳️ Heresy wasn’t laziness/absence — it was a new mum; honest PPL cost debate becomes “misogyny”; Nat now rides wave to extend leave. - 🎯 Takeaway: cool assassination — Nash wouldn’t win Napier but would peel enough votes to sink Nimon; Bishop’s “no knowledge” then harshest boot. [Read More](https://www.brashandmitchell.com/post/rodney-hide-the-private-text-that-triggered-the-outrage-machine?utm%5Fcampaign=bae52d35-0dbd-4511-a0b6-6265e3cad6fa&utm%5Fsource=so&utm%5Fmedium=mail&utm%5Fcontent=6f119a7f-b78e-4228-a213-f55d50b2f082&configurationId=1e868109-7e9f-4852-82bf-5cd5dcb47468&actionId=923601ea-11e6-975b-c01e-42db2a0af372&cid=39daa79b-294e-4bc5-9457-02b1d5857d3c) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/07/bf97e4f8-70c2-4262-83c0-d0dafcce39a5_1536x878.webp) ## 4\. National Discovers the Women’s Vote Courtesy of Stuart Nash *Bryce Edwards — The Democracy Project* - 📉 Govt strong with men, collapses with women 35–54 (Nat alone <20%, Labour mid-40s) — Nash handed a usable gift. - 📢 Instant co-ordinated pile-on: Luxon “manosphere,” Bishop “sexist dickhead,” camera-roll Nimon selfies; HDPA: National “orchestrated” demise. - ⏱️ Luxon 9.24pm “never a minister” before Peters 10.47pm acceptance — “pre-sacking” a coalition rival without blowing the deal. - 🧮 Why NZF folded vs Jones survival: women voters >> butter-chicken constituencies; Nash expendable candidate, off-message “family values,” Dot Jones internal push. - 🎯 Takeaway: genuine anger + ruthless politics; costless symbolism still isn’t health, pay, childcare. (Further sections paywalled.) [Read More](https://www.democracyproject.org.nz/p/democracy-briefing-national-discovers?publication%5Fid=1885783&post%5Fid=208518430&isFreemail=true&utm%5Fid=97757%5Fv0%5Fs00%5Fe0%5Ftv0&r=2psd49&triedRedirect=true&utm%5Fsource=substack&utm%5Fmedium=email) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/07/fe96cc37-3958-4a0a-838e-3e21270307e2_477x490.webp) ## 5\. Bayly’s Bonza Bill *John McLean* - 📜 Andrew Bayly member’s bill drawn: Crimes (Offence of Failing to Report Child Harm) — criminalise unexcused non-report of child assault (safety/already-reported excuses). - 👶 Baby Ru (Ruthless-Empire…) killed Oct 2023; mother/Morunga/Ross still uncharged years on; cleanup person known Feb 2024, still no charge — pattern of Kahui, Waru, Subecz et al. - 🚫 Labour blocked: Little claimed BoRA bar to ending silence (false — COVID laws breached BoRA constantly); Ardern invented Aussie “failure”; Davis+Little rejected Poutasi mandatory reporting. - ❓ Why won’t National adopt Bayly’s bill as party business? Pass before November or Labour won’t. - 🎯 Takeaway: post-sacking Bayly still out-legislates “Sir Luxalot” on the one duty that shouldn’t be partisan. [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=1709690&post%5Fid=208481890&isFreemail=true&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjA4NDgxODkwLCJpYXQiOjE3ODUwMDgzNjQsImV4cCI6MTc4NzYwMDM2NCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTE3MDk2OTAiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.xORAviiYiSZUXshobvS2sVPNpZnqoyeC%5FNevNrkGAmw&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/07/bc72c6b2-43de-4524-af92-01f64ec827ef_700x468.webp) ## 6\. Struggle Session *James Howard Kunstler — Clusterfuck Nation* - 🌪️ 2026 polycrisis frame: IRGC death-wish vs ordinary Iranians; Trump proffer = normal nation, no nukes, open Hormuz — night-13 bombing of launch/drone/missile sites. - 💱 Rial \~1.9m per USD; China rail bridge Aq Tekeh-Khan hit; Russia too busy with Ukraine drones to arm Tehran. - 🇺🇦 HR 2913 Ukraine cash languishes; Trump veto threat prefers talks; UK flounders under Burnham #7 PM / decade; Carney as globalist fixer annoying Trump (green flimflam, mass migration, CCP footsie). - 📉 Home front: financialisation + AI sucking capital; tiny ownership class; cure = middle class back into real production. - 🎯 Takeaway: far wars matter — markets and dispossession may matter more. (Sasha Stone: no saving the Left, only America from them.) [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=2076970&post%5Fid=208325758&isFreemail=true&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjA4MzI1NzU4LCJpYXQiOjE3ODQ4OTY5MDcsImV4cCI6MTc4NzQ4ODkwNywiaXNzIjoicHViLTIwNzY5NzAiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.VKEf1rzqnPi9B%5FMQW5Uso4fq43zFlq7auNmSzlgJnag&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/07/Coastal-wind-turbine-v2__FocusFillWyIwLjAwIiwiMC4wMCIsNjE0LDMwN10.jpg) ## 7\. The Climate Commission Wants More Government *Richard Prebble — Brash & Mitchell* - 📰 CCC: NZ “at risk of missing all climate targets,” especially 2030 methane; Luxon says we’ll meet them — both can’t be right. - 🔬 Report itself lists feed additives, vaccines, breeding, boluses, EcoPond — and notes UK/EU trade climate clauses + supermarket buyer pressure (\~70% exports to disclosure regimes). - 🛒 That’s a market incentive — yet CCC still wants stronger state intervention because farmers “won’t adopt alone.” - 🐄 Prebble: farmers adopt when it pays (herringbone lesson); don’t forecast zero tech success; Productivity Commission even missed ChatGPT. - 🎯 Takeaway: don’t retire productive land/herds before betting against NZ farming’s DNA on net zero 2050. [Read More](https://www.brashandmitchell.com/post/richard-prebble-the-climate-commission-wants-more-government?utm%5Fcampaign=bae52d35-0dbd-4511-a0b6-6265e3cad6fa&utm%5Fsource=so&utm%5Fmedium=mail&utm%5Fcontent=3527431c-e592-4d86-b62d-941df39ca955&configurationId=1e868109-7e9f-4852-82bf-5cd5dcb47468&actionId=923601ea-11e6-975b-c01e-42db2a0af372&cid=39daa79b-294e-4bc5-9457-02b1d5857d3c) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/07/The----Free-Palestine-float-at-the-Durham-Miners-Gala-was-straight-out-of-a-Monty-Python-sketch-httpswww.spiked-online.com20260716must-durhams-miners-be-forced-to-celebrate-palestine-1-1-1536x864.png) ## 8\. Mamdani’s Mad Plot to Arrest Benjamin Netanyahu *Luke Gittos — spiked* - 🗽 NYC Mayor forced to admit no “independent legal authority” to arrest Bibi on ICC warrant — after campaign theatre and “eyes and heart” Gaza video. - ⚖️ ICC warrants Nov 2024: Netanyahu/Gallant first Western-backed democratic leaders; Hamas trio dropped after deaths — grotesque moral equivalence. - 🍞 “Starvation as method of warfare” first for ICC, hard to prove; UN lately admits Hamas obstructing aid; Gaza health data malnutrition deaths nowhere near “weapon of famine” scale. - 📜 Allied WWI blockade killed hundreds of thousands — never The Hague; 7 Oct filmed atrocities undeniable, yet prosecutor chased both sides together. - 🎯 Takeaway: Mamdani’s stunt exposes ICC as political posture machine — reckoning overdue. [Read More](https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/07/23/mamdanis-mad-plot-to-arrest-benjamin-netanyahu/?ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/07/daywomensilenced-1024x577.png) ## 9\. The Day Women Were Silenced: A Father’s Perspective *McKay Turner — Plain Sight (Albert Park, 2023)* - 👨‍👧‍👦 Dad of three girls went to hear Posie Parker / Let Women Speak — not a fan, not a protester; got a baying mob instead. - 📣 Rotunda overrun; elderly woman screamed at as “Nazi”; phone snatched; mother on crutches + daughter hounded to car; police near-passive; Māori-ness of allies policed by the crowd. - 📰 MSM pre/post coverage one-sided; “peaceful protest” framing condoned intimidation; women’s spaces/sport questions unanswered under “hate is love” chants. - 🎯 Takeaway: violence is violence — if daughters can’t speak, the future is already spoken for. (Older piece, still the template.) [Read More](https://plainsight.nz/the-day-women-were-silenced-a-fathers-perspective/?ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/07/485c7f15-1684-4ead-8b77-9ee021ae7f4e_1365x768.webp) ## 10\. Simply the Best? Qualifying for Parliament *A Halfling’s View (David Harvey)* - 🎤 Paul Henry for ACT sparks the real question: what qualifies an MP? Burke to Bristol — judgment owed, not mandate-obedience. - 📚 Plato expertise → Aristotle phronēsis → Mill deliberators not drafters → Weber passion/responsibility/Augenmaß → “politics of presence.” - 🗳️ MMP closed lists: no Bristol moment; zombie MPs; waka-jumping inverts Burke — yet lists can recruit specialists FPP never would. - 🕳️ Three layers why we’re not getting “the best”: no agreed standard; elections test campaigning not judgment; supply problem (the capable won’t stand). - 🎯 Takeaway: Popper over Plato — remove the worst without bloodshed; party seriousness is where quality actually lives. [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=1581391&post%5Fid=207846293&isFreemail=true&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjA3ODQ2MjkzLCJpYXQiOjE3ODUwOTI2NDMsImV4cCI6MTc4NzY4NDY0MywiaXNzIjoicHViLTE1ODEzOTEiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.-spi86ZUZNGFP3Ut0gbYzHW%5FQTJpKr5UYfnew3fgMSk&ref=goodoil.news) --- ## What our members are saying about Ten@10 **Elizabeth** These articles are compulsory reading for me and the perfect addition to the usual list of Goodoil items! **Lynne** Absolutely brilliant to receive these current and thought provoking articles. **Jonathan** Just wanted to let you know that I’m loving this new 10@10\. Much appreciated from someone who chooses to read/watch almost NO mainstream media. **Murray** Cam, relish your output as the newspaper in Christchurch is so intent on non news. Thankyou **Fred** Thanks for Ten @ Ten, really enjoy reading it.Keep it up. 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