How does #Willis and #Luxon think beneficiaries are going to be able to look for work if they cannot afford petrol? Are they planning to sanction every beneficiary who cannot comply to the rules because they cannot afford petrol?
I really feel like what NZers need during crisis and uncertainty is clear direction and unity.
Not politics.
Most people aren’t interested in us vs them right now. They want “this is what we doing to help all of us”.
NOW THAT I, GAVIN C. NEWSOM, AM OFFICIALLY PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (THANK YOU DONALD!), I HAVE MANY BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE! FIRST, EVERY TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER IS NULL AND VOID, STEPHEN MILLER AND EVERY TRUMP GOON IS FIRED, AND THE TRUMP CORRUPTION PROBE IS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED! HEALTH CARE IS NOW FREE FOR ALL AMERICANS (NO MEASLES!) AND ALL MOMS GET FREE CHILDCARE SO WE CAN HAVE MORE BABIES!!! ALSO CANNABIS IS NOW LEGAL AND ABORTION IS BACK FOR WOMEN WHO WANT IT. I WILL SOON BE BANNING ALL TICKETMASTER FEES AND THERE WILL BE NO MORE COMMERCIALS ALLOWED DURING NBA AND NFL GAMES, AS WELL AS ALL BRAVO “REAL HOUSEWIVES” SHOWS (LONGER EPISODES!). EVERY AMERICAN FAMILY NOW GETS A “TARIFF AND GAS SPIKE REFUND” TO BUY A CHEAP ELECTRIC CAR! THE COUNTRY IS NOW RUN BY SOMEONE WHO CAN ACTUALLY COMPLETE A SENTENCE. AMERICA IS NOW “HOT” BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DYSLEXIC PRESIDENT INSTEAD OF A BRAIN-DEAD ONE. BIG UPGRADE!!! — GOVERNOR GCN
@MusicalChairs14 Oh yeah I know, just throwing some possible explanations out there, I have no idea the actual reasons. I like hearing others' opinions is all.
@MusicalChairs14 Increasing use of internet bank transfer or Venmo not showing up in card data? Increasing use of buy now pay later esp Xmas? Also sometimes that ect data depends on the providers that share data w/ SNZ, its why there's a big jump in 2017.
Jon Ossoff on 2020: “Trump didn’t just lose Georgia. He lost Arizona. He lost Michigan. He lost Nevada. He lost Pennsylvania. He lost Wisconsin. And then tried to cling to power. He sent them to Fulton County to seize your ballots on a pack of lies. Now why Fulton? For the same reason this President posts videos that depict the Obamas as apes. See that the power of black voters ejected him from office may outrage him as much as defeat itself. So he tries to delegitimize your exercise of power. The power of the presidency is nothing compared to the power of the people”
Ossoff: This is the cruelest and most arrogant group of people who have ever ascended to high office—and their cruelty and arrogance are matched only by their incompetence.
🚨DAMN! Jon Ossoff is on fire at his rally:
“This is the cruelest and most arrogant group of people who have ever ascended to high office - and their cruelty and arrogance are matched only by their incompetence.”
@NickGoodall_CL@MusicalChairs14 Is this due a large part of the popn struggling with high living costs for several yrs, i.e. mid-low income deciles face proportionally higher "essential" prices (Stats NZ HLCPI). Its consistent with yrs of record fin. h/ship w/d's from KSaver OR was it to finance Xmas spend? Thx
Wow USA, this one must hurt!!!
“We do not want to be rich like Americans. Look how greedy they are, even trying to invade their friends. We would not sell ourselves. We know what happened to Indigenous people in Alaska and Native Americans. Their land was taken, and they were not treated well.”
— Greenlandic politician Tillie Martinussen
That is not a throwaway jab, it is a full moral indictment. It flips the usual American self image on its head: wealth is not automatically admired, and power is not automatically respected. When someone says they would rather stay themselves than become “rich like Americans,” they are basically saying the brand is broken, and the history is part of the reason.
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@Lalisalisa2025@ACTIdgit@smalls2672 And it seems they're approaching people indiscriminately without warrants, going door to door taking US citizens?! Its why there's the UN Intl Declaration of HR 1948 to prevent history repeating. Its the basis for the State Depts HR reports but they cut $ https://t.co/V2uDbp10rO
@MarkConcannonSU@DrNeilStone I feel bad for Americans rn. This is surreal. I loved living there for a while in the 90s. There are people in other countries who support you, we know there are Americans who are as appalled as the rest of the world at what's happened in just 1y & even the first 2 weeks of 2026.
@DrNeilStone Why is there an egomaniacal cult of personality among this administration's Cabinet? To be honest I have no idea who the last Sec of Health was. US health policy and politics in general needs to be bipartisan and well, boring. I'm sorry for Americans you deserve better.
@ACTIdgit@smalls2672 I don't understand how they're not being arrested for violating Americans' constitutional & just even basic human rights under US, international law?I see tweets from Dem congress members- where's the action? The courts? I've never seen anything like this. I feel 4 Americans rn.