> ## 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 - 2026/148 - URL: https://goodoil.news/your-daily-ten-10-2026-148-3/ - Published: 2026-08-16T22:00:28.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-16T22:00:27.000Z - Description: 10 News Stories They Chose Not to Tell You - Author: Cam Slater - Tags: Ten@10, NZ Politics, World Politics, Media Bias, National Party **This is edition 2026/148 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/2026/08/guilty.jpeg) ## 1\. Anatomy of a Failed Coup *Bryce Edwards — The Democracy Project* - 🧩 Day after Luxon’s second confidence win: Penk canvassed Stanford–Penk ticket (Stanford leader, Penk deputy); Bishop also in the mix. Someone talked to the Herald Monday night → Luxon hauled MPs to Wellington before numbers settled. - 📉 Tuesday afternoon numbers firming for change; by \~8pm “defecting back.” Verbal assurances not written commitments; Stanford and Bishop competing, neither would go second. Hooton: five “villains” who’d rather stick with Luxon than not be PM. - ⚡ Luxon forced confidence before challenger emerged — agitators unexposed. Penk sacked and quitting Parliament; Stanford/Bishop too big to punish. Competing accounts of whether Penk formally challenged in the room. - 🎯 Takeaway: Luxon won the vote. Plotters lost the coup. National lost the week — wounded leader, disloyalty + incompetence stains on would-be successors. [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=1885783&post%5Fid=210973547&isFreemail=false&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjEwOTczNTQ3LCJpYXQiOjE3ODY1Nzg5ODEsImV4cCI6MTc4OTE3MDk4MSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTE4ODU3ODMiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.aYvgkzKJUEBqdeFZNF5Y28IeZVJpU5jlrLYU3ybErdo&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/7d6bc7be-63b9-442c-8fab-2b176e1cd679_2888x1870.webp) ## 2\. Why Isn’t Labour Doing Better? *Bryce Edwards — The Democracy Project* - 📊 National just ate another leadership crisis; 1News-Verian still Lab 30 (−2), Nat 29\. Luxon preferred PM 17–15 over Hipkins. Lab peaked Verian 37 mid-April → 32 June → still sliding. Why not +10? - 🎯 Small-target/“Ming vase” after 2023 collapse made Lab electable again — not compelling. Ipsos: Lab most trusted on all five top issues; still can’t capitalise. TOP 6–8% with one clear idea (LVT + UBI). Combined Nat+Lab under 60% first time in Curia series. - 💰 “Affordability” without banks/gentailers/duopoly fight. Coalition clarity ditch: three statements one afternoon on Opportunity/TPM. Starmer warning: win without mandate, then unravel. - 🎯 Takeaway: unpopular PM ≠ policy. Blank-cheque politics is one reason voters are despondent. Sleepwalk into government — then what? [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=1885783&post%5Fid=211137008&isFreemail=false&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjExMTM3MDA4LCJpYXQiOjE3ODY2ODg1ODMsImV4cCI6MTc4OTI4MDU4MywiaXNzIjoicHViLTE4ODU3ODMiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.FiIhOM03Cz6iE59-lgdlmRJNRp0jgoOExqfRlBLMlYk&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/f8b1f46f-8684-4d5a-abdb-16dd2bc1084c_640x481.jpg) ## 3\. How to Win the Election *Liam Hehir — The Blue Review* - 🏉 Nat clinging to Key like Uncle Rico to 1982\. Key at 45–47% with tame partners ≠ Luxon at \~30% dependent on Winston and Seymour. Market for “sensible people in charge” has shrunk. - 🇦🇺 Model: Keating 1993 — not Hawke cosplay. Own the hard decisions; make the election about the alternative. Fightback!/GST → Labour’s 28% CGT on residential investment + commercial from July 2027 as the sun the campaign orbits. - 🏠 Couple with rental; shopkeeper’s building; kids’ flat; bach — not bloodless “investors.” Every promise: how far must CGT expand? Defend delivery; end every speech like Cato on Carthage. - 🎯 Takeaway: twelve weeks left. Long enough only if CGT starts now — not one Q+A item then move on. [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=478996&post%5Fid=211146784&isFreemail=false&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjExMTQ2Nzg0LCJpYXQiOjE3ODY2OTUzNDEsImV4cCI6MTc4OTI4NzM0MSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTQ3ODk5NiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.zDqrPOHZ9wrC3viCpdpQjAnh50cKYLPSVmxTbllwE54&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/6956805f-e177-4f2b-97aa-a72679d0492a_1596x461.webp) ## 4\. I Took Bradbury to Court — and Still Want HDCA Reform *Ani O’Brien — Thought Crimes* - ⚖️ Civil HDCA application vs Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury — not criminal charge, not gagging political criticism. Interim orders: takedown + restrain personal harassment. He went full Shawshank/“prison for free speech” theatre. - 🗣️ Affidavit and Judge Davenport: about sustained personal campaign across platforms, not opinions on her work. Netsafe first after he told her to go there. FSU Council member; Franks publicly non-support; she recused, didn’t stand down; term ends AGM. - 📰 Anonymity → Streisand: Stuff filed as “FSU v Bradbury” with right file number, wrong applicant. She asked Court to name her. Fictional Ani (Doyle/Sherman myths) easier to hate than real one. - 🎯 Takeaway: still wants HDCA reformed (truth defence, revenge porn/deepfakes). Experience proved bad law and weak protection. Law’s outer boundary; culture does the rest. [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=3921014&post%5Fid=211120317&isFreemail=true&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjExMTIwMzE3LCJpYXQiOjE3ODY3MDE5NzEsImV4cCI6MTc4OTI5Mzk3MSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTM5MjEwMTQiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.wNDZ3aNN82okan60xl%5FxdTwOzG4c0EcVNUxzvbVAkd0&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/84d6549e-80f9-4701-91b2-658e74eda000_1672x941.webp) ## 5\. Harmed by Harm: How a Word Is Swallowing Freedom *Roger Partridge — Plain Thinking* - 📜 Ten ethnic/faith groups demand pre-election hate-speech laws after Tamaki “purge” posts (firearms licence already revoked). Greens yes RC; Lab “in due course”; ACT status quo; Nat Peace & Harmony Accord, no new statute. - 📖 Mill/Feinberg: harm = setback to interests; offence ≠ harm. Concept creep (Haslam): distress → unsafe → “normalising” attitudes. HDCA already criminalises “serious emotional distress.” 2021–23 incitement bills died after 19k submissions. - 🇫🇮 Finland: MP Räsänen convicted over 2004 church booklet — no violence, statements destroyed. Race/religion line: race isn’t a proposition; religion is. One NZ racial-incitement conviction since 1971 (1977). - 🎯 Takeaway: ask parties what they mean by harm. Violence → Crimes Act. “Feeling hated” → blank cheque on liberty. Don’t re-enact blasphemy. [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=4536805&post%5Fid=210158295&isFreemail=true&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjEwMTU4Mjk1LCJpYXQiOjE3ODY3MzA0NjgsImV4cCI6MTc4OTMyMjQ2OCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTQ1MzY4MDUiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.7vIRGGPZJL1zYJ6h5IQLLX8BUbaPWrtjDzZvY9VGHeI&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/5e5ddf3a-2046-46ff-a675-50258585978b_1280x851.webp) ## 6\. Form Guide: August *Liam Hehir — The Blue Review* - 📈 Curia Nat 31 / Lab \~28; then Talbot Mills Nat 29 / Lab 34 framed as sequence — survey windows overlap (1–4 Aug vs 1–11). Hipkins “overtaking” Luxon on preferred PM is apples-to-oranges; he’s led every TM poll for a year. - 📊 Within-series story: opposition peaked early year, Lab eroding; governing bloc held by strong ACT/NZF not Nat recovery; unambiguous TOP surge. - 🎲 <3 months out: knife-edge. TOP over 5% = kingmaker (Luxon ruled out — watch the bush-lawyering). TOP short → numbers lean coalition. TPM overhang = wildcard. - 🎯 Takeaway: in three and a half words — it’s anyone’s game. [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=478996&post%5Fid=211344532&isFreemail=false&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjExMzQ0NTMyLCJpYXQiOjE3ODY4MzE0NjEsImV4cCI6MTc4OTQyMzQ2MSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTQ3ODk5NiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.K-vYmbW-FNgKzfk4OMjj-9ulelpAvUN19bh7CLQidSM&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/ce1c2d1a-1151-4e31-8972-d6e73df9c27f_2748x1351.webp) ## 7\. EV or Not EV, That Is the Question *John Raine* - 🔋 Oil spike briefly boosted EVs; restabilise and rethink. Battery energy density <2% of petrol — EVs \~500kg heavier. Payload/EI: ships/rail win; electric aircraft never significant; long-haul freight still diesel/HFO. - 💸 TCO: crossover often needs home charge + subsidies; range fade, multi-k battery swaps, savage depreciation (Model 3 \~77% / 5yrs). Porsche killing Taycan focus. Hydrogen: costly, poor EROI unless subsidised. - 🗳 ACT/NZF market-led; Nat 10k chargers by 2030 closer to Lab/Green subsidy-and-ban impulse. Lab/Greens ignore grid pressure solar/wind can’t fix. Gradual transition while tech evolves. - 🎯 Takeaway: energy policy after Nov must be economics-first, not green ideology. [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=8118646&post%5Fid=211177843&isFreemail=true&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjExMTc3ODQzLCJpYXQiOjE3ODY3MTQwNTYsImV4cCI6MTc4OTMwNjA1NiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTgxMTg2NDYiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.6Q%5FuQ%5Fi1vUY42EE7qChyFVgYznUZWF4OfM9UkNZ8HgA&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/7fdf20f5-0c13-4e01-a28d-3814bcb7e965_1016x572.webp) ## 8\. Will the Culture Wars Kill the WNBA? *Joe Nocera — The Free Press* - 🏀 Clark = Bird/Magic for a 30-year also-ran: sellouts, TV deal $50m→$200m, private jets, doubled ratings. Six weeks left in regular season — nobody talking about the money she minted. - 📢 Subtitle flags Sophie Cunningham + trans sports as the distraction. (Full investigation paywalled.) - 🎯 Takeaway: league sitting on a once-in-a-generation boom and doing its best to squander it. [Read More](https://substack.com/redirect/44ded8ba-1607-46cc-8774-fb60a6947778?j=eyJ1IjoiZzduMGQifQ.hRs3Wbe%5FUGXeTATNIzBOwrYipdDMx5dwhcJ30RjmW6Q&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/5b173ee0-0d84-4bbe-9649-534d8a161d06_546x351.webp) ## 9\. Racism and the Left *Chris Trotter* - 🎤 Peters vs Green MP Lawrence Xu-Nan (29 Jul) → Left/media demand sack for “character,” not structural analysis. Absurd ask: Luxon fire the partner keeping him in office. - 📜 Old Left: contextualise prejudice (King’s forgiveness; CPUSA class division). BLM/Kendi era: only victims define antiracism; dispute = expulsion; two-minutes-hate without end. Kendi’s unelected Department of Antiracism. - 🗺 Missing from Lab/Green/TPM critique: Asian share nearing Māori; Indo-Pacific briefings on Beijing say/do gap. Antiracist action = pull warrant — may be exactly what NZF wants (“woke establishment”). - 🎯 Takeaway: punish-character politics may increase the racism they define. <3 months to the test. (First on The Good Oil.) [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=4057098&post%5Fid=211084596&isFreemail=false&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjExMDg0NTk2LCJpYXQiOjE3ODY2NTUzMDcsImV4cCI6MTc4OTI0NzMwNywiaXNzIjoicHViLTQwNTcwOTgiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.H2BSDwDkQ98w3ISFmpBw6wmhrOxet7YBj7CYZ1ev-4A&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/a18accb5-60cb-43e3-bfda-de83807be6ae_3000x2000.webp) ## 10\. FBI Laptop Censorship Was Part of a Larger Partisan Op *Michael Shellenberger — Public* - 📁 ODNI docs: Dec 2019 FITF-R “Round River” — gather all derogatory CHS reporting on Joe/Hunter/Burisma/Ukraine and red-flag as Russian disinfo. One month after FBI already held the laptop. - 📋 Spreadsheet of “conduits”: Giuliani #1; Grassley & Johnson #6–7; Jim Jordan #8\. “Defensive briefings” to the senators investigating Hunter — then leaked. Same ecosystem as Twitter Files laptop censorship via Jim Baker. - 🎯 Takeaway: not just one Post article — partisan framing of legitimate oversight as Russian ops while sitting on authentic evidence. [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=279400&post%5Fid=210976710&isFreemail=false&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjEwOTc2NzEwLCJpYXQiOjE3ODY1ODE2NDIsImV4cCI6MTc4OTE3MzY0MiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTI3OTQwMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.aZiE9LCEfS4FnXeUd5NlexhWwwBJDal8SJ91lY9ZUaI&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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