The end of the Late Show is either peak Trump fascism or just the beginning
Stephen Colbert made America feel sane under Trump. Now The Late Show is gone, and the silence feels less like cancellation than warning.

Stephen Colbert made America feel sane under Trump. Now The Late Show is gone, and the silence feels less like cancellation than warning.

Do hate speech laws protect the vulnerable, or hand the state a weapon against free speech? This Keith Locke Memorial Debate will be worth watching.
Shane Jones wants $50,000 fines for publishing fishing boat footage while climate collapse accelerates and environmental protections are gutted. TDB says: see you in court.

If the Broadcasting Standards Authority disappears, what replaces it? In an era of misinformation and rage-fuelled algorithms, that question matters more than ever.

A taxpayer-funded antisemitism report has ignited a bitter argument over free speech, Zionism and whether criticism of Israel is being deliberately conflated with racism.

ACT loves free speech, right up until it doesn’t. Now their attack on the Greens is raising awkward questions.

ACT will scream free speech when it suits them. But when Israel kills journalists exposing its violence, suddenly the silence is deafening.

Sean Plunket has said far worse than this, which is why the BSA complaint feels less like principle and more like bureaucratic theatre with a funding problem underneath.

500 arrested in Britain for protest. Now NZ is quietly rewriting terror laws. This isn’t about safety — it’s about shutting you up.

Kill the watchdog — and what exactly replaces it? That’s the question no one serious is answering.