No wonder Jaime Watt of Navigator tried to spin the jet fiasco in his latest column for the Star. #OnPoli

"Premier Doug Ford’s jet fiasco is causing his Progressive Conservatives to lose altitude and giving a lift to the leaderless Liberals, a new poll suggests. The Abacus Data survey found the Tories at 37%, their lowest level of support in two years" #GiftLink 🎁 #OnPoli

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“At every turn this government seems determined to further entrench a for-profit health care market, irrespective of the cost or suffering it will have on Albertans waiting for surgeries" reddeeradvocate.com/2026/04/24/a...

The White House bunker has never been intended to be a place a president would actually run a crisis from long-term. Why is Trump evidently trying to change that now & build a super-bunker? There's no scenario I can think of where this makes sense—except one: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-troubl...

I wish they cared this much about shootings when it happens to children at school.

Another fascinating essay from Garrett Graff. This Trump "ballroom bunker" is absolutely bonkers. Give it a read!

BREAKING: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled a proposed congressional map that would hand the GOP four more seats in Congress. The proposal comes as the Florida legislature is expected to begin a special session on redistricting this week. Full story to come.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Iran: “At the moment, I cannot see what strategic exit the Americans are opting for. “The Iranians are negotiating very skilfully. Or rather, very skilfully not negotiating. “An entire nation (the US) is being humiliated.”

Steve Kerr spot on as usual

Looks like we're going to get a rinse-and-repeat of last September re: Kimmel. Will Brendan Carr issue another threat? Will Sinclair and Nexstar preempt Kimmel's broadcasts until he donates to one of Melania's causes and apologizes? Will Disney pull him off the air indefinitely?

Really the ultimate rebuke to the idea that EVs can’t handle cold weather. Norway is one of the richest countries on Earth as they produce a lot of oil but aren’t getting high on their own supply. The less oil they use, the more revenue they get from exports. They also have abundant hydropower.

This 'remote for me but not for thee' information was revealed with a Global News FOI. Media attention to these embarrassing (or worse) moves is why Ford abused his power to exempt himself, his cabinet and their staff from FOI requests, last Thursday.

Leader of a sometime US ally says Iran is humiliating Trump. The choice has been humiliation or escalation for a while. Will Trump escalate?

NEW: In the month after he ordered civil servants back to the office because he said people perform better at work, Doug Ford regularly worked from his Etobicoke home and via Microsoft Teams. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1181649...

solution to global warming? ballrooms. ending world hunger? ballrooms. cold fusion? you guessed it, ballrooms

"We should resist efforts by this administration and its MAGA minions to use Saturday night as an excuse to criminalize political dissent, silence legitimate criticism, and curtail our civil liberties. Such efforts got underway within hours of the shooting." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

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Assuming this does not include a toll booth, this would allow Trump to claim a major short-term win, as it's a return to a status quo not-quite-ante that prices in the huge damage done to Iran's infrastructure. In the long-term, it strengthens Iran's deterrent and therefore its negotiating position.

This is a good time to re-read the decision in Carroll v. Trump.

TWO DOZEN women took the risk of publicly telling their stories of Trump sexually assaulting them, knowing that doing so would probably ruin their lives. For every one who did that, there had to be, what - 20? 50? 100? - he did it to, but who made the very reasonable decision not to go public.

With friends like these…

America told Europe to spend more on defence for 30 years. Europe finally listened. Then built its own industry, cancelled the contracts, and stopped returning Washington's calls. Rheinmetall up 323%. Saab up 284%. €38 billion gone from American order books in a single year.

This is now the new MAGA loyalty test. You've got to agree that 2020 election was stolen (it wasn't) and that the White House needs a new ballroom (it doesn't).

Am curious to see how this will be funded.

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"As I heard seasoned journalists, many of them friends, discuss how frightening the shooting was, I couldn't help but reflect on how much worse it is for America's children. "How many still suffer trauma from the moment a shooter crashed into their classroom?" — @joycewhitevance.bsky.social

Another U.S. strike on alleged drug boat kills 3 in eastern Pacific, military says

Jaime Watt wrote a whole Star column about how Doug Ford listened to "the people" about his private jet but nothing about how he ignored "the people" over his FOI changes. Interesting, that.

Trump blames eight million people for last night’s attack.

I do not like to provide a #GiftLink 🎁 to a Navigator Jaime column but it could be a hate read. And it's important to see how Navigator is trying to spin Air Ford One's gravy plane. www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

My goodness, Navigator Jaime has outdone himself in The Star with an attempt at reputation management. He KNOWS how bad this is for Ford but, bless his heart, look how hard he's trying. (In fact, there is a strong chance he's offering crisis communications support to Ford right now.) #OnPoli

“It is unlikely that Iran will ever relinquish their ability to use their control over the strait. In the best case, they will turn it into a much needed cash cow, a toll booth on one of the world’s most vital commercial shipping routes. “ open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

Also, the "you're a disgrace" bit from Trump is classic ad hominem. He uses it to shift the topic of debate from "is Trump a rapist, pedofile" to "is the reporter a disgrace for asking the question?" Always be blame-shifting when you're a dangerous demagogue.

Chef's kiss. 12/10. No notes.

That's a good start but he needs to repeal the FOI rule changes.

They’ve always been shameless liars about everything, but Trump has brought out a new level of meanness from these sneering motherfuckers.

He "spent years quietly acquiring his arsenal," @bloomberg.com says about buying a pistol and a shotgun. If the media wants to say people with more than one gun (≈20% of US) have an "arsenal" and are inherently suspicious, fine, but they never talk about Republican gun policies that way.

So, for the "tone down the rhetoric" people, they should start with this guy.

Grassley warned last year in a floor speech - before the Iran war and the subsequent diesel and fertilizer price shock - that U.S. could see a wave of farmer suicides not seen since the 1980s.

NEW: Ukraine’s long-range strike campaign continues to exploit overstretched Russian air defenses to damage oil infrastructure and military assets in Russia and occupied Crimea. (1/4) Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar042626

A circuit court refused to block the implementation of Democrats’ new congressional map in Virginia, which voters approved in a special election last week. The judge was unwilling to overrule the will of Virginia voters, and said the RNC's claim against the state was unlikely to succeed.

Social democracy, where dignity is not a privilege.

Of course, in 2014 when an intruder scaled the White House perimeter fence, conservatives including Podhoretz and Erickson mocked & blamed Obama www.salon.com/2014/09/29/e...

The new WH ballroom is actually smaller than the Hilton’s. It would not accommodate the number of guests for WHCD.

Sweet Jesus. This wave coming at the same time the tech bros are looking for massive sites for data centers is not going to end well.