kind of funny there are prob 1,000 major US musicians and every time conservatives need to put up a music artist to counter a mainstream narrative, they put up kid rock. "ok here's kid rock again" for the next 30 years, an octogenarian man in jean shorts rapping something from the 1990s

Vancouver staff told council that if it rezoned land so a developer could build a big tower, the developer would spend $6 million on making the surrounding area nice. The city’s auditor general found that didn’t happen, and that staff basically shrugged their shoulders about it.

At Super Bowl Weekend, Green Day calls out ICE and Trump. This is going to be the greatest Super Bowl ever!

Yes, but even bigger than that. The evidence positions the Epstein operation as the product of a gradual confluence of *several* foreign intelligence services—and moreover establishes that there was an adjacent and at times interconnected Trump operation as well. This scandal will only get larger.

Sunset Beach, #Vancouver

currently being built through the new zoning #VanPoli #Housing vancouversun.com/news/local-n...

The most interesting thing about Pierre Poilievre surviving the Conservative Party of Canada leadership review, after losing a staggering poll lead and his own seat and having to be gifted one of the safest seats in Canada, is that he STILL REFUSES to submit to the completely normal security check.

every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds

I call this one “Heated Rivalry”

Catherine O’Hara, who died today at age 71, played a host of flamboyant, theatrically extreme characters. But the comedian’s true brilliance “came from her ability to unearth the oddball in anybody,” writes Shirley Li: theatln.tc/B8I6GB1m

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder. https://to.pbs.org/3ZA2HfU

Naming someone is not doxxing. They aren’t undercover. They aren’t intelligence agents overseas. This is outrageous - we are supposed to be a free Republic and these people want an authoritarian police state. Lawsuits should be filed & ranking Dems in Congress should act.

Czech crowdfunding "Gift for Putin" raised $6.16M in 5 days for Ukraine generators Already ordered: 2 truck-mounted diesel units for hospitals. "About 30 people working on this, we need to spend the money as quickly as possible," organizer Martin Ondracek euromaidanpress.com/2026/01/26/g...

“Video shows several agents wrestling the man to the ground and shooting him multiple times.” #Minnesota #ICE #USFascism www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

www.yahoo.com/news/article... #FUSA #Tariffs #CanPoli

*honey company makes bottle bear shaped* Bees: WHAT THE HELL MAN

Eliminating programs that expedite permanent residence for foreign home care workers is just plain stupid. We already have a labour shortage in this sector and it puts Canadian seniors at risk. #SeniorCare #Immigration www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Opinion: With today’s economic narratives beginning to closely echo those of the late 1980s, it’s hard not to start counting the years Russia’s economy has left, Tatyana Rybakova writes.

Christmas lights, West End, #Vancouver

Canadians need to rethink our spproaches to human settlement to rptect ourselves from wildfires. But will we do it? #ClimateProtection #UrbanDesign www.bbc.com/future/artic...

This year's environmental backdrop is familiar: emissions are rising and nature is continuing to decline. But there have nevertheless been bright spots in 2025. #ClimateAction www.bbc.com/future/artic...

“It’s a sight that wouldn’t be out of place in most neighbourhoods — a dozen or so reflective delineators, cordoning off a pedestrian path next to a busy road. But on B.C.'s Gabriola Island, it’s a sign of vigilante traffic justice.” #TrafficSafety www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"Private-equity might not be causing the housing crisis, but corporate owners could end up making it a lot worse—for everyone," @annielowrey.bsky.social argues:

If we can't even identify our enemies then how can we fight them? Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

“B.C. political party OneBC says it has removed its co-founder MLA Dallas Brodie as its leader — but she says she still considers herself its head.” #BCPoli #OneBC www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

It’s interesting that Larry Beasley, the Vancouver city planner that takes credit for Yaletown thinks the Senakw development is an abomination. #Vancouver #VanPoli

This case needs a coroner’s inquest. And it needs as much attention as Myles Gray. #vanpoli #policing

Is Red State #MAGA world getting restless? www.semafor.com/article/12/1...

Say what?! #Hawley #AWOL The Missouri Republican ticked off several areas where he thought Republicans should work with Democrats to enact policy, including raising the minimum wage, strengthening labor laws, and capping prescription drug prices. www.semafor.com/article/12/1...

Update on this staff proposal, which have been for 2026 only but suggested under the auspices of saving some money: it’s been pulled from this week’s agenda — and given the optics, I can’t see it coming back

Corb Lunds petition for the government to outright ban coal mining in the eastern slopes has been approved! Now the CFO is selected and then signature collection can begin! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Interesting restoration + infill project at Nelson and Bidwell, West End. #Vancouver #Housing

…we need new stories, “stories that drive us to take appropriate climate action. Right now, in our time, imagining those stories before it is too late may be our most urgent collective action.” #ClimateAction thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

An Alberta judge says a proposed referendum question on Alberta separating from Canada is unconstitutional, in a decision given less than 24 hours after the provincial government introduced legislation that would have ended the court proceeding. #Alberta #Referendum www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Shameless pandering. #Trump #FIFA www.si.com/soccer/fifa-...

#Trump had nothing to do with this. #PipeBomb #January6 www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

In November, 21% of U.S. adults described current economic conditions as excellent or good. By contrast, 40% now rate current conditions as poor. #USisBroken #CanPoli news.gallup.com/poll/699311/...

Our new Substack article is live! And it asks a very serious question... Should media be intimidated by people using the tools of lawfare to suppress opinions they disagree with? Because it looks like that might be what happened in Alberta! #abpoli open.substack.com/pub/thebreak...

#Mamdani #Socialism fortune.com/2025/12/04/m...

#Equity www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...

The night of the long knives is over. #BCPoli #Rustad www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I don’t see how anyone can characterize this coup as “carefully” planned. The anti-Rustad forces have clearly been working on it for a while (and maybe that was the plan from the beginning, like Gordon Wilson). But the plan was hardly elegant and turned on brute force in the end. #BCPoli #Rustad

john rustad right now

Rustad strikes back! #VanPoli #Rustad

EU aims to improve defences against economic threats, such as China export curbs reut.rs/48h9Zuh