Everyone's rightly sharing the Padilla handcuffing footage, but can we pause for a second and read this quote from Noem's presser?

Govt requires earthquakes, tsunamis, slips, and volcanic eruptions to occur 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. "...cuts would mean the centre could no longer operate around the clock and are part of a government-mandated savings directive." rnz.co.nz/news/political…

If the Secretary of Homeland Security shows up in your state to say she’s “liberating” a city from the elected government, you’re goddamn right the state’s US Senator should barge in to ask some questions.

TVNZ censored the comments of Maritime union officials when reporting on Aratere latest failure. In the actual uncensored interview frequent references were made to the irresponsible silly decision to cancel the IREX order by Willis.

I'm reminded that historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi Party, not because they hated Jews, but because of nationalism, exceptionalism, economic anxiety, religiosity, dislike of their life or standing, political opportunism, ignorance, or greed. That word - is

Quiet Part Out Loud? Sounds a lot like she’s saying they’re there to liberate the city from its elected government.

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Sound familiar?

Two year old signed agreement by Luxon. Breach of contract?

It is up to us how this ends.

Please correct your propaganda, 1News. It’s 1,500 new social housing PLACES (paid for by New Zealand Labour) nationwide over four years, not 1500 new state houses. National has cancelled 1019, demolished 700 and sold 800. Another 672 are under review. #nzpol 1news.co.nz/2025/06/15/nea…

Greenland is not to be sold.

What I'd just say to you is, no one should be surprised that Winston makes foreign policy decisions without consulting anyone in our Coalition. He & David are running the show, after all. #LyinLuxon #PuppetPM #CoalitionOfNarcissists #NZpol

🔥 You may have already heard, Dame Jacinda Ardern wrote a book. It’s a #1 bestseller in Aotearoa, #1 on Amazon AU, #3 in the UK, and is also a NYT bestseller. Here’s hubby Clark Gayford with a brief update on the books success, because the haters deserve nothing less than to

This scene gets more true and more ironic every time I see it.

Every accusation is a projection.

Still the best ever and most relevant Meme.

🇺🇸 Enjoy your big day! Honestly...

Lemme help you make sense of this talk that the President may appoint a "shadow" Fed Chair, and work through what it'll mean for your economic life.

It's not often that I am given to bouts of optimism, such is the curse of being an Economist. But a look back at New Zealand's history is giving me pause for thought. My latest substack on what 1931 can tell us about today is available at: craigrenney.substack.com/p/its-not-1931…