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And I quote: "President Trump made the opening possible..." #cdnpoli #gordiehowe ca.usembassy.gov/statement-by...
Statement by U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra on the Opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridgeca.usembassy.govSo the USA hits Canada and others with "forced labor" tariffs, ignoring this inconvenient fact - in the US there are "nearly 800,000 prison laborers who are forced to work exhausting and often dangerous jobs against their will." #cdnpoli #uspoli theharvardpoliticalreview.com/prison-labor...
Behind Bars and Beyond Justice: The Price of Prison Labor - Harvard Political ReviewMass incarceration drives economic gain at the expense of society’s most vulnerable.theharvardpoliticalreview.comThe head of the Smithsonian Museums is now testifying about what history is and Republicans explaining why they find it inconvenient. www.youtube.com/live/961Mclo...
Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian's Efforts to Reshape the PastYouTube video by GOP Oversightwww.youtube.comI'll say it again... bsky.app/profile/step...
Stephen LautensCanada: Walk away from negotiations. Don't retaliate. Diversify. Find new markets. Buy European military equipment. Reinstate the digital services tax. Let Americans pay more for the things they want from us. Keep up the public boycott. Welcome American refugee talent. Be Canadian. #cdnpoli #USpoli
Honestly, no one can beat the Aussies for shade and hilarious insight. "The Shakedown That Wasn't: How Mark Carney Sold Trump Half of Fuck-All" #cdnpoli #GordieHoweBridge open.substack.com/pub/ifloz/p/...
The Shakedown That Wasn't: How Mark Carney Sold Trump Half of Fuck-AllA masterclass in feeding a bully a hollow chocolate Easter bunny and letting him brag about the wrapper.open.substack.comBeshear should buy a flower arrangement and show up at the hospital to deliver them to Mitch McConnell personally.
Dr. Jack BrownGov. Andy Beshear must immediately go on the effin' offense, call a special election, and force a *public* proof of life of Mitch McConnell.
Surely someone in the White House can explain wind to Trump.
NPRWildfire smoke and unhealthy air persist and shift direction, as Trump demands explanation from Canada.
I’ll believe he is alive when a Democrat is allowed to visit him.
Christopher WebbThis is ridiculous. We don’t trust these Republican yahoos saying they’ve been talking to Mitch. Gov. Beshear shouldn’t have to beg for proof of life. If McConnell is well enough for photo ops looking years younger, he’s well enough to spend five minutes live on live TV.
Canadian Supreme Court Justices (and all of our other judges) have been banned from accepting any gifts since forever. Because that would be crazy in a functioning democracy.
Ricky DavilaCongresswoman AOC has introduced a bill that would ban Supreme Court Justices from accepting lavish gifts from the ultra wealthy. Love that, but what I find insane is that this isn’t already illegal.
Just a small reminder about the American Right's track record of "proving" voter fraud: Fox News settled the lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million for claiming the company's voting machines "rigged" the 2020 presidential election against Trump. www.nbcnews.com/media/fox-ne...
Fox News and Dominion reach $787.5 million settlement in defamation lawsuitA trial was moments away from the opening statements.www.nbcnews.comI just don't get American politics. Where else does a non-political relative get to take her dead brother's elected seat to the highest law-making body in the nation? Very medieval.
CNNDarline Graham, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s younger sister, was sworn into the Senate to serve out the remainder of her brother’s term after his sudden death over the weekend. https://cnn.it/4bCsuKH
Judge freezes $8.5M of Alberta separatist lawyer’s assets amid First Nation trust fight | #ableg #cdnpoli Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1196454... #cdnpoli #able
Global News | Breaking, Latest News and Video for CanadaGlobalnews.ca – Watch and read Canada’s Breaking news plus Business, Health, Politics and World Newsglobalnews.caNo sirens. No apparent urgency or hurry by EMS crew. They only do that when there is no point and no one to save.
Mueller, She WroteNew video emerges of Mitch McConnell being loaded into an ambulance last month. No sirens as they drove away. www.cnn.com/2026/07/10/p...