This can’t quite dismissed as a one-off As US Ambassador to the Netherlands, Pete Hoekstra caused a national controversy hosting a private event for the Dutch far-right party FvD (this is a party that is even more extreme than Geert Wilders’ PVV) www.politico.eu/article/pete...

The US Ambassador gave a keynote address to a right-wing group that was posting memes attacking public health rules in Alberta separatist FB groups during the pandemic: pressprogress.ca/group-funded...

Just one more reason to support Canadian businesses and buy Canadian products.

*rubs temples* So, Trump is ending trade negotiations because a conservative premier made an ad that is literally just Ronald Reagan’s voice extolling the virtues of free market capitalism?

This is the ad Donald Trump woke up furious about. Would be a shame if it went viral.

NEW: police depts across the US spread a false story that Venezuelan gang members were planning to kill officers. Records obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org and shared with @theguardian.com, reveal that the FBI quietly acknowledged a widely shared rumor about Tren de Aragua was false.

10th boat blown up in the Caribbean. 6 people dead this time. Not a single arrest made. Not an ounce recovered. Not a shred of evidence provided.

The abrupt announcement comes after Trump accused Canada of using a "fake" Ronald Reagan ad to sway U.S. courts, raising the stakes in an already tense trade dispute. n.pr/4qoCzRt

Cue the self-hating rump of Trump-apologist Canadians who are going to say his late-nite insanity is our own fault. If he cuts off trade talks cuz of this ad, we should put 25% export taxes on the energy, steel & aluminum he was trying to secure with the partial ‘deal’ he wanted.

Pam Bondi’s former lobbying firm raked in $25M last quarter as clients tried buying access to Trump. Trump fundraiser Jeff Miller’s firm came away with $14M — nearly 5x what it made last year. Trump’s cronies know everything is for sale in his White House. "Drain the swamp."

Pissedoffbartend3r (IG) served up a #CupOfJoe so full of facts that I had to drink it in a few times! Opulence and oppression often go hand in hand.

You can't have a "temporary" White House at Mar-a-Lago when a permanent one is still standing in DC.

Over a million workers in Ontario cities earn less than a living wage. By @carolinaaragao.bsky.social and Craig Pickthorn. #livingwage @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Not much traffic today he says. Duh! sarnianewstoday.ca/windsor/news...

Another shot that would save healthcare billions if it were free to older folks: www.cidrap.umn.edu/respiratory-...

Federal officials say Cryptomus failed to report thousands of transactions that may have involved sanctions evasion and money laundering linked to fraud, ransomware and child sex abuse material. Investigative Journalism Foundation’s Zak Vescera reports. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Just got my annual hi-dose flu shot. Pharmacist told me they had to stop taking walk-ins because the appointments were filling up all the time slots.

Canadian N.I.C.E. 😂😂😂 I can’t believe people just opened their phones for him. ROFLMAO!

Another disturbing example of how Trump silences dissent: "the chief content officer for our parent company... stated in a meeting that we should not run articles that could draw the attention of the Trump White House and have them try to shut us down." www.politico.com/news/magazin...

#Abpoli #Cdnpoli People must realise that the #UCP don't care about the 'health systems'. The difficulty navigating the vaccine portal is a feature of disaster capitalism, not a bug. Read the book "The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein. The #Alberta government is actively plotting against #Albertans.

A military with a near trillion $ budget can't stop a speedboat without a missile launch. Hmmmm #Venezuela

The surgeon at Walter Reed Military Hospital needs to go back in and remove the clot from Trump's brainstem that was missed.

China and it's rare earth minerals. youtu.be/urIuxBlUkSI?...

China's EV industry reducing dependence on oil. youtu.be/vucON8ZKTec?...

War with Venezuela. A closer look. youtu.be/IIpgOGWc7Ug?...

Energy prices in Ontario are going up by about 13% and rebates are going up by about 10%. Electricity is more expensive now than when Doug took office and his main promise was to lower electricity prices. Instead he's increasing the deficit to bribe us with our own taxes #ontario #onpoli #dougford

"Jeffrey Epstein had multiple appointments, phone calls and dinners with Matthew Menchel — the Miami U.S. Attorney’s office chief criminal prosecutor who spearheaded Epstein’s sweetheart deal in 2007, newly released documents show." #journalismmatters www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

Holy mendacious framing, Batman! He did not clear Danielle Smith or her government of wrongdoing. He very clearly made it explicit that they wouldn't provide evidence that might implicate them.

DeLOREY: [Poilievre] is everywhere– RICHER: Not in a good way. DeLOREY: He is trying to go everywhere and tell different types of messages to different groups, and he speaks in a different tone to them. That's going to catch up with him – this caught up with him.

thetyee.ca/News/2025/10... Federal govt needs to step in & stop these deals. This is a threat to Canada’s national security & environment.They can’t let the exploitation of critical minerals become a free for all, where companies go for profits above all else. This must be regulated 1/ #BoycottUSA

“Given that there is no armed conflict, there is no basis to hold these survivors as law of war detainees,” @bcfinucane.bsky.social, a former State Department lawyer who is a specialist in counterterrorism issues and the laws of war, told @theintercept.com

POWER TO THE FROGS #NoKingsDay #DumpTrumpDay POWER TO THE GOOD

Canadian charities complicit in helping fund Israeli settlement movement in West Bank www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Holy wow, +3.5 ppm CO₂ last year, up from +2.4 ppm average the past decade, and +0.6 ppm in the 1960s. It gets scarier the closer you look at it. All this is a stress test for the planet, and it's buckling. Two big reasons for the massive increase: wildfires, and the ocean sinks are shutting down.

A UCP Government Panel Backs a MAGA Agenda for Post-Secondary Schools via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

New analysis of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first 100 days after the federal election show oil and gas, mining and other industrial groups made up about 60 per cent of lobbying records. Environmental groups couldn’t get a word in. thenarwhal.ca/carney-natur...

The FDA approved Enovid (AKA “The Pill”) as a contraceptive on May 9, 1960. JFK became president months later. So, of course, pregnancy rates were much higher than now, as birth control pills became more easily available to women. RFK Jr. is an idiot.

“Not going to be great” is quite the understatement by Fox here.

Here's an idea for the American politicians trying to entice Canadians to spend our money in a land of gangster fascism: Offer free burner phones so we won't be thrown in detention for our social media posts. OR, We could say hell no, we ain't travelling to the USA. www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...

Government secrecy clouds $237 million in funding to groups that endorsed Doug Ford archive.ph/qHUxB