Donald Trump is ordering the Navy to stop using an electromagnetic catapult system to launch fighter jets from its aircraft carriers and return to the age of steam.

Trump Orders Navy to Tear Up Ships to Fulfill His Crazy Steam Fantasy

The president’s weird obsession is going to cost the U.S. Navy billions.

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"FisCaL rEsPonSiBiLiTY" That's *just* the flights. Parliament isn't next to the airport, and I doubt they used public transport. #nzpol Not sure why it couldn't have been held in Auckland?...I mean..

Flights for National’s failed coup likely cost taxpayers $35k+

Based on back-of-an-envelope calculations, Air NZ searches, assumptions, & a bit of wriggle room, Stuff has estimated the cost of flights for National’s failed coup.

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@rnzrss.bsky.social 'Both curriculums dropped all mention of climate change, despite it being in the earlier drafts, meaning students would not study the topic in any depth until the senior secondary school.' #nzpol #nzed #ClimateCrisis #2026Elections www.rnz.co.nz/news/educati...

No mention of climate change in new curriculum until Year 11

Children will learn about money management and the origins of Moriori but not about climate change in their first 10 years at school thanks to newly-published curriculums.

rnz.co.nz

Clacton By-Election The Sequel. Can’t wait! I think there’s going to be a lot of businesses folding in Clacton judging by the rush on social media to say they will never go there or spend any money.

Of course Farage won’t attend the Clacton declaration. IT’S IN CLACTON.

I'm at the finance industry conference I'm at the snap poll humiliating National I'm at the combination snap poll humiliating National finance industry conference

The Press@thepress.co.nz · 21h ago

Labour beats National in shocking snap poll at finance industry conference

Friday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

#nzpol bsky is doing Should I Vote For The Opportunity Party discourse again so I'll just leave this here www.emilywrites.co.nz/should-you-v... (if you reply and it's clear you haven't read this I am going to block you and I'm not sorry)

Should you vote for the Opportunity Party?

⁉️For a while now, folks have been asking me that exact question. I've been surprised to hear from Green voters who are considering voting TOP. I have publicly said I don't like TOP. I view them as ce...

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Please if you are leaving NZ for a holiday in November please remember to place a special vote before you leave❤️ Your vote counts #nzpol

I don't know how accurate or even if it's true but I think if we all squeeze our eyes shut REALLLLLLLY TIGHTLY we can make it happen.

Anybody thinking the NZ economy is going to improve, isn’t watching the fuel crisis. 🤣 It’s going to really hit in time for the GE. #nzpol

There’s a reason why The Opportunities Party was renamed to “Opportunity Party” Some wealthy donors really don’t want Opportunities For All Of Us #nzpol

Idiot/Savant@norightturnnz.bsky.social · 2d ago

There's their structure: deliberately undemocratic, with an unelected board dictating everything. Including, presumably their coalition and policy choices if elected. Everything is top-down, rather than bottom up from their members...

My job is researching military history with an eye for catastrophic fuck ups and I've never come across something like this before. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

USS Abraham Lincoln sailors tried to jump overboard amid extended deployment – reports

Aircraft carrier’s crew in ninth month at sea and has spent record 250 days consecutively without making land

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Add to this similar shortages on the USS Tripoli and the many many morale issues on the USS Gerald Ford and it sure seems this empire is doing just fine

Joe Kassabian@jkass99.bsky.social · 2d ago

My job is researching military history with an eye for catastrophic fuck ups and I've never come across something like this before. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Interested in the language use here. As what do you call a recession that technically isn't a recession as we do have stagnation or minuscule growth, but IS killing retail and hospitality nonetheless? Seems we've landed on 'cost of living crisis'. www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Cost-of-living crisis hits casino operator SkyCity, hundreds of jobs at risk

Casino operator SkyCity is proposing a restructure which could affect 200 roles, citing economic challenges.

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Gotta be honest, Marama Davidson and Chloe Swarbrick are pretty much the only two people even on my radar for PM right now. Every. Other. Option. is basically a slightly different flavour of shite. #nzpol #twoticksgreen

National’s campaign messaging 1. THOSE BAD OTHER PARTIES WILL TAX YOU! 2. PLEASE JUST GIVE THE PROSPERITY A BIT MORE TIME TO TRICKLE DOWN! 3. ALL OUR MPs ARE VERY UNITED. SEE? WE ARE SMILING!

I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the world's press: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEsa...

Count Binface meets the world's press

YouTube video by Count Binface

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PerthGore Uncle, who is, as I have previously indicated, rather politically...undeveloped...declared to me yesterday that he really likes Chloe Swarbrick and thinks she is very clever. He therefore thinks she should move to another party so he can vote for her I'm like bro. Bro you're almost there

Okay Clacton. Let’s go.

#Seymour’sSlop outclasses itself today by actually looking and feeling like utter slop. (See alt text) #nzpol

#NZpol Nice concise take of the whole mess in this Malaysian newspaper article – lays into Luxon in a frank way we rarely see in NZ newspapers ⬇️ Master negotiator indeed… www.nst.com.my/world/world/... H/T @bmhayward.bsky.social

New Zealand PM Luxon survives leadership challenge months from election | New Straits Times

WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said he had the "full support" of his ruling National Party on Wednesday after surviving a leadership challenge called with less than three mon...

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Huh, so Luxon does have the capacity to remove Ministerial portfolios, after all. I guess it's just a question of what he sees as a sackable offence and what he doesn't. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Chris Penk loses ministerial portfolios after Luxon leadership challenge

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has removed Chris Penk's ministerial portfolios.

rnz.co.nz

If they think this is bad, they should remember who major parties were openly talking to a year or two ago. And which think-tanks get mainstream news coverage. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

Spy boss warns foreign states are targeting Kiwi politicians ahead of election

SIS chief says election candidates face heightened risk of interference as foreign actors try to build long-term influence

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Hot take but given this is the second confidence vote from National in a just a few months and the amount of internal drama National has had in the past 2.5 years... I really don't think they can talk smack about TPM anymore. If we're judging based on drama. Nationals outdone TPM by heaps.

I’m starting to think we need a ‘Led by Donkeys’ type campaign here in Aotearoa. #nzpol

Great to see leadership questions have been put to bed. "A former National MP said of Luxon’s victory: “Is limping out of the room with multiple stab wounds really survival?”" from Stuff blog.

Does Luxon realise they’ve had three years to ‘fix the basics’ and ‘get back on track’? 🤣🤣🤣 They took a good position (according to Moody’s) and destroyed it. #nzpol

Luxon’s verbal diarrhoea is painfully laughable. How can anyone take him seriously? -we also know he broke his election promises last time! All the times Christopher Luxon said 'fix the basics and build the future' in one 76-second press conference, ranked thespinoff.co.nz/politics/12-...

All the times Christopher Luxon said ‘fix the basics and build the future’ in one 76-second press conference, ranked

The phrase made up nearly 10% of all the words spoken.

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It feels like Luxon is on life support and any one of his colleagues will be unplugging it soon.