BREAKING: The New York Times headlines its website, 'U.S Enters War With Iran'.

Geoffrey Miller telling it like it is and wondering why NZ cannot bring itself to condemn the blatantly illegal Israeli and US bombings of Iran.

he is truly one of the best speakers the left has ever had

The gap between the Democratic political class and the party's voters on these issues is colossal.

Congratulations to Zohran Mamdani and his thousands of grassroots supporters for their extraordinary campaign. You took on the political, economic and media Establishment- and you beat them. Now it’s on to victory in the general election.

You don’t get a Zohran Kwame Mamdani victory without the extraordinary grassroots movement that rallied around him. And you don’t get that movement without an economic agenda that speaks to the needs of working people. My op-ed on Zohran's victory:

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Chances of winning 🇺🇸 New York City mayoral election. Zohran Mamdani: 68% Eric Adams: 19% Andrew Cuomo: 10% (Via Polymarket)

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Who Benefits: The power of the farm lobby, part one This first story in Newsroom’s Who Benefits series is a deep dive into proposed changes to freshwater policy. Agricultural lobby groups pushed for further changes, and then ministers intervened. newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/24/who…

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While David Seymour is busy banning free ice-creams at voting booths to save our democracy, Ben Thomas & Neale Jones have recruited an Act Party staffer to their corporate lobbying firm Capital Government Relations.

Revolutionary times

HOW THE FISHING INDUSTRY CAPTURED SHANE JONES Fisheries Minister Shane Jones has pushed through sweeping reforms which significantly favour commercial fishing interests over environmental protection and public transparency. By Bryce Edwards nzagainstthecurrent.blogspot.com/2025/08/fishy-…

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So, an #NZ minister whose party receives significant #fishing industry electoral donations loosens regulation of the industry in a way which endangers the marine #environment & makes its operations more opaque. Is there anyone in the government who sees anything wrong with this?

Tighten your belts, they say. Except when it comes to $2.7 billion toys. Austerity for the people, extravagance for the military. Bell’s cartoon today in The Post about the new “investment” in “subhunters”: