Best NZ Left, Independent and Progressive Political opinion daily reading list

Because so much of the mainstream media is polluted by right wing free market ideologues pushing corporate interests:

TDB daily collates the best NZ Left Wing, Independent and Progressive Political Opinion and includes the best international voices.

Unlike Victoria University’s The Democracy Project, TDB will never be behind a Paywall because we don’t believe in citizens with two classes of information.

DOMESTIC:

RNZ – Auditor-General rejects heated tobacco inquiry as out of scope

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey – What Donald Trump’s second Presidency means for us financially

Waatea – Waititi calls for Māori economic shift

Newsroom – Treaty Principles Bill: Seymour’s first step in normalising idea

No Right Turn – Climate Change: Raising the bar

Gavin Ellis – What hazards lie ahead for America’s media?

Against the Current – Centrism Fails Again. Will Liberals Ever Learn?

Gordon Campbell on abortion’s role in the US election

The Daily Blog – GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – From thriving to surviving: ‘Poster Child’ general practice struggle symbolises primary care crisis

The Daily Blog – GUEST BLOG: Mick Hall – THE DANGER OF TELLING THE TRUTH

The Daily Blog – Government using physical force against military boot camp children should shame us all

The Daily Blog – MEDIAWATCH: Spinoff scoop another broken Rainbow

The Daily Blog – So the advice to justify $200m tax break for Big Tobacco was a sick joke?

The Daily Blog – Roadside drug testing will simply criminalise legal cannabis smokers

The Daily Blog – Labour call for inquiry into heavy handed Police tactics in Opotiki

 

INTERNATIONAL:

The Guardian – Putin congratulates Trump on election win and says Russia ready for dialogue

Haaretz – Trump Will Work to End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Erasing Palestinian Aspirations

Caitlin Johnstone  – Donald Trump Is Not Your Friend

The Washington Post – Trump makes first key appointment, taps Susie Wiles for White House chief of staff

Jacobin – Staring Into the Trumpian Abyss

Crikey – In Philadelphia, Trump swayed people dissatisfied with the status quo

The Intercept – CRYPTO SWEEP PUTS CONGRESS ON NOTICE: VOTE WITH US OR WE’LL COME AFTER YOU WITH MILLIONS

Consortium News – Localizing the Conflict