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  1. "The interesting thing is, individual MPs - you pointed out Hana[-Rawhiti Maipi-Clark], Tamatha Paul - have some really good stuff on their individual media, the parties are not really picking things up or popularising them."

    1of200.nz/podcast/1200-s2e194-

    Maybe political parties are dead weight in the digital age? Maybe choosing MMP as our proportional representation system was a mistake, because it gives Parliament's supreme power to parties?

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    #PartyPolitics #MMP #ProportionalRepresentation

  2. The Democrats’ Disastrous Shutdown Strategy: A Shameful Weaponization of Human Suffering

    The government shutdown of 2025 has been one of the most shameful episodes in modern American politics, not just because of the dysfunction it exposed, but because of how both parties — especially the Democrats — turned human suffering into a political strategy. For over 40 days, the federal government was paralyzed, workers went without pay, vital services were halted, and millions of Americans were left hanging in uncertainty. All for what? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. When the dust […]

    theinterfaithintrepidart.com/2

  3. A quotation from Addison

    A man must be excessively stupid, as well as uncharitable, who believes that there is no virtue but on his own side, and that there are not men as honest as himself who may differ from him in political principles.

    Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
    Essay (1711-12-08), The Spectator, No. 243

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/addison-joseph/1442/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #antagonism #belief #binary #honesty #opinion #oversimplification #partisan #partypolitics #politics #principles #takesides #virtue