The Daily Blog Open Mic – 4th July 2022
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day. Moderation rules are…
Most Recent Blogs
-
-
MEDIAWATCH: Carmel Sepiloni’s Q&A interview on gagging Children’s Commissioner’s Oranga Tamariki Oversight isn’t good enough
“Do you have the humility to admit the changes (to the Children’s Commissioner oversight of Oranga Tamariki) could make things…
-
Why we urgently need more from the Left economically than the low hanging fruit of middle class identity politics
Comrades. I fear that we are not ready for this jelly… $13 trillion wiped off markets in worst six months…
-
Under the Radar: 5 year zero covid policy fallout, Cassidy Hutchinson saves America, Supreme Court loves coal + Stuff’s 5th Column
We here at TDB like to be first at pointing shit out, but in this never ending 24-7 news clusterfuck…
-
Political Roundup: Tinkering with donation laws leaves money buying politics
There’s huge public concern about the potential for the wealthy to translate their economic power into political power. In particular,…
-
It takes a High Court judge to tell Corrections not to gas torture prisoners
I’m no fan of Guyon Espiner but his journalism on the abuse of prisoners is some of the best of…
-
Jacinda goes all in against China at NATO
Ummmmmm – that escalated quickly… Jacinda Ardern makes nuclear plea to Nato, issues warning about China’s assertiveness Prime Minister Jacinda…
-
Ukraine & Zero Covid: Putin & Xi are both on tigers they can’t climb off
Putin & Xi are both on tigers they can’t climb off. For Putin, it is the war in Ukraine which…
-
MEDIAWATCH: The Stuff/Spin-off merger
Buried where no one would read it was this odd announcement… ‘Gutsy values-led’ journalism sees Stuff and The Spinoff form…
-
Yay the middle classes can get stoned! Labour’s solution is a $75 joint???
After fucking up the medicinal cannabis industry so that it’s exactly like the Supermarket duopoly, Labour have put the hard…