Patrick Stewart knew how to be an ally. He made a difference, through his acting and his advocacy. Thinking of Ian McKellen in particular, his great friend and colleague.

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Here’s today’s post for paying subscribers to The Kākā. New report updates IRD work, finding richest 311 families paid effective tax rate of 8.1% from 2021 to 2024, vs effective rate paid by median-wealth adult of 17.4%; Mortgage debt now over $400b #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/early-bird...

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Finally, populists never lose elections. They either win or have them stolen fraudulently from them. This will not end well…which is the point of the whole dishonest exercise.

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Midweek update out. How can the US best understand it has lost the war with Iran? It needs to see that the states in the region are diplomatically and politically moving on without it. Also, the Israeli elections support the case for a US ME withdrawal. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/midweek-up...

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Intended outcome of the admin's higher education policy

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