No, Mr. Netanyahu. It is not antisemitic or pro-Hamas to point out that in a little over six months your extremist government has killed 34,000 Palestinians and wounded more than 77,000 – 70% of whom are women and children.

You will not distract us from this immoral war.

'The fast-track bill gives individual ministers virtually unrestrained powers, with inadequate checks and balances or controls over conflicts of interest.  The risks of corruption and ‘pork barrel’ politics are obvious.'
Dame Anne Salmond nails it
newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/20/ann…

In 2017 the EPA, under pressure from a Natl govt to approve the industry, gave a seabed miner a consent w 109 conditions it cld not have met. Three courts quashed it. Bishop tells Morning Report Ministers’d just remove some if “too onerous”?
Corruption
#stopthefasttrack

Please pick me for jury selection on the J6 case. Voir Dire will be so much fun!

“It says here that you tweeted, ahem, and I quote ‘fuck that treasonous orange shitgibbon and the dead ferret on his head’ - is that accurate?

“The tweet speaks for itself, your honor”

very proud of this submission

1/ I’m an Israeli academic. My community is still too silent about the war in Gaza. Following my viral tweet last month, this is the updated & expanded version of how I see things based on >1000 articles and 1000s of videos/images of the war. 🧵of summary conclusions:

old king coal at it again
#darkages #dinosaur #keepitintheground

Hearing 2mrw morning Shane Jones will announce a relaxation of rules for new #coal mines.

What future does the Minister of Regional Development want for Tairawhiti, hit repeatedly by storms? For farmers suffering crippling droughts?

#CavemanShane seems hell-bent on carnage.

“The idea that a multi-billion dollar tunnel underneath Wellington for the 30 percent of traffic going out to the east should be the top of your priority list is, frankly, astonishing.' rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

Ironic Luxon is talking food security in Singapore while at home he's going full tilt toward embracing policies that will increase emissions, degrade ecosystems and drive food prices up.

My tenants have two chihuahuas and a cat. No pet bond.
I think getting a bond for the two teenagers is a better idea: they're likely more destructive

rnz.co.nz/news/political…

very much worth a read: a good summary of just some of the projects that may get on the government fast-track approval list

greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story…

The Government won’t tell the public what companies have got the over 200 letters inviting them to apply to use the environmental override in the Fast Track Approvals Bill, but an alert citizen spotted the first six letters being delivered.

Cindy Baxter 🇵🇸#keepitintheground 🏳️‍⚧️ally It is astonishing that any company of any ethical commitment would want to use the Fast Track, given it is becoming the refuge of companies that already have been turned down by successive senior courts. Use of the Fast Track, route is like pouring odium on your project.& firm.