Jim Marr
Writer, intrigued by politics, sport and horse racing and, of course, the characters who populate these endeavours
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- Reposted by Jim MarrAction Alert ‼️ Luxon is doing secret deals with Trump to give US access to critical minerals in Aotearoa. Think out-of-control mining of the seabed, conservation land, mountains and beaches. Would anywhere be safe? Sign the petition and pass it on👇 action.greenpeace.org.nz/petition/no-...
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- Everybody knows the system is rigged. To build a movement and save our future, we have to know how it is rigged and who rigged it - take the stock buyback rort, for example ... doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
- Reposted by Jim MarrVeolia seem to have managed to keep their name out of the Wellington Water info this time around. How and why? www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
- Reposted by Jim MarrWaitangi 2026. A government of Atlas Network slogans confronts a complex nation unwilling to be neoliberal roadkill. Toitū te Tiriti Toitū te Taiao
- Reposted by Jim MarrGlobal credit rating agencies warn against National Party (and Taxpayer Union) rates cap law - the modelling is fascinating and will hit Council expenses hard #nzpol #kiwi newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/04/g...
- Mandelson and the growing pressure on Britain to cut ties with Palantir bylinetimes.com/2026/02/04/j...
- My Russian ambassador friend died - life is short, start with dessert Epstein to friend and business partner, Peter Thiel bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
- A Time for Truth - 140,000 New Zealanders left the county permanently in the first two years of the Seymour-Luxon govt #nzpol
- Reposted by Jim MarrPop singer Lorde will donate the $204,000 she made on merchandise sales from her sold-out Minneapolis shows last fall to two Minnesota immigrant rights groups.
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- Reposted by Jim MarrTesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025. Meanwhile, thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined. See the problem here?
- Reposted by Jim MarrI cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable. Biden himself said they were fabricated! www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
- Changes to electoral law will disenfranchise thousands, as intended
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- Think about the difference between this and New Zealand's Brook Van Velden and David Seymour going in to bat for Uber in its bid to wrestle back court-ordered payments from underpaid delivery drivers #nzpol futurism.com/future-socie...
- Australian Super is outstanding for those in regular work. It was a joint Labour Govt-trade union bargain and the key to its success was 'uncontestable', no-fee, industry funds managed jointly by union and employer reps. That is unlikely to happen here thespinoff.co.nz/politics/02-...
- Winston Peters entered Parliament over 50 years ago as a brash, outspoken Piggy Muldoon loyalist. He might be a rank opportunist in everything he says, and most of what he does, but that brand of National Party DNA is in his blood #nzpol thespinoff.co.nz/politics/02-...
- Reposted by Jim MarrBy cancelling the Climate Emergency Response Fund, the government was telling us there was nothing to see here. The past week has shown they could not have been more wrong. We need a government that takes climate change seriously because it's only going to get worse. #nzpol
- We had funding for these types of actions. It was the Climate Emergency Response Fund but the government closed that in 2024 so now there is no dedicated funding to prepare for future floods, slips, fires and other climate disasters www.treasury.govt.nz/information-...
- Actually, it's commercial exotic plantations (forestry blocks) that make slash inevitable and forestry owners appear unable to distinguish between carts and horses, which is a worry newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/27/s...
- Winston Peters revels in his role as Trump Administration repeater station in the south Pacific, ignoring the health implications for New Zealand's neighbours #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/26/n...
- Reposted by Jim MarrA climate emergency fund would be useful right about now. Oh, that's right, Luxon canned it so he could funnel more money to landlords.
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- After the thugs have gone ... economist, Adam Tooze, on the Davos experience adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
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- Reposted by Jim MarrThe tragic loss of lives in NZ flooding events this week are climate change deaths. Media and govt are avoiding the topic. Leaders and commentators must acknowledge the emerging reality of ordinary summer rainstorms carrying volumes of water akin to tropical cyclones of previous decades.
- Predictably, perhaps even deceitfully, lacking in substance. It's the economy stupid, and also, who are your 'populists'? newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/20/t...
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- Reposted by Jim MarrDanish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask: "If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
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- Luxon and Peters could think about this #nzpol
- Reposted by Jim MarrIn earlier years, the United States did more than any country to eliminate the use of offshore bank accounts as shelters -- numbered Swiss accounts ceased to be a thing thanks to Washington's reporting and filing regulations. Now we're watching the president use one.
- The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar. “There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
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- Bullies - Trump and Vance - standing over the smallest nation they could find www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
- There are costs to the Seymour-Luxon-Peters Government's resolute commitment to a low-wage economy #nzpol thespinoff.co.nz/society/14-0...
- The extraordinary secrecy the Seymour-Luxon-Peters Govt engaged in to blindside Kiwis and pull the rug out from under women pursuing legal action in good faith #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/04/h...
- Very good question #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
- Climate policies fail when they are disconnected from economics - New Zealand planners should be studying Uruguay's success #nzpol www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...
- Oil companies funding climate change denial across South America in a campaign coordinated by David Seymour-linked Atlas Network www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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- Can we just piss this govt and its endless array of user charges off and go back to funding essential infrastructure ourselves?
- Reposted by Jim Marr"We are very well aware of the fact that X for Grok is now offering a spicy mode showing explicit sexual content. This is not spicy. This is illegal. This is appalling. This is disgusting. I can confirm we are very seriously looking into this matter." — Spokesperson @thomasregnier.ec.europa.eu
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- Thousands more cows as Seymour-Luxon Govt bows to farming lobby, again #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/29/t...
- UN should revoke US veto rights and move its location. There is no sense in pandering people, or nations, that insist on behaving like a cross between a big bully and a small, entitled child #UN www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
- Reposted by Jim MarrThe Verge has made this point too bsky.app/profile/zomb...
- You may have seen reports swimming around claiming that X finally restricted the Grok deepfake/undressing features behind a paid subscription. That simply isn't true. Not even close. www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
- Let it burn, let it flood, let it blow - Seymour-Luxon Govt's radical spin on disaster support #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
- Reposted by Jim MarrAmerican Samoans, unique among *everyone* born in US states or territories, are denied US citizenship. That means they are banned from voting. That's made some a target of vicious GOP prosecution for fraud; even if they were told incorrect info from public officials. A. New. Must. Read.
- Reposted by Jim MarrEmily Heller, an eyewitness, is speaking out to set the record straight. Officers were screaming at Renee Nicole Good, “Move, move, move.” So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?
- Over Metlink in Wellington and their commitment to slow public transport. Caught an Express bus this morning and it spent literally four and five mins parked at different bus stops
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- Reposted by Jim MarrWe can’t go on like this. In just two days, the average FTSE 100 CEO has made a median workers full time annual salary. The right calls this “wealth creation”. It’s wealth extraction. Time to tax the rich. @highpaycentre.bsky.social highpaycentre.org/fat-cat-day-...
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- Trump is on a roll and New Zealand and Australia should be winding back their alliances with US www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
- Rubio doubles down on standover tactics and extortion #Lawless www.tvnz.co.nz/news/news-cl...
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- Reposted by Jim MarrDon't copy paste an Imperial response like other world "leaders" who are abandoning their independent foreign policy to cuddle up to Trump. Have some moral courage Luxon!
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- US now broadcasting live television coverage of its kidnapping of Venezuelan president. One man forced off plane by dozens, if not hundreds, of heavily-armed military and law-enforcement officers graphically reinforcing Trump's reputation as a bully Will the show trial be broadcast, too?
- Reposted by Jim MarrIt’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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- Reposted by Jim MarrThat one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
- No doubt Trump will be stealing Venezuelan oil to honour a long-standing and bi-partisan US foreign policy tradition #Venezuela
