600+ people still showed up for Legal Observers training in Minneapolis tonight. In addition to those currently on patrol. This minute. While the vigil is happening in South Mpls.

Watching the footage from Minneapolis is a gut‑punch reminder of the darkest chapters in our history. We don’t need 2,000 federal agents storming our cities—we need a federal government that actually respects the Constitution it swore to uphold.

10,000 people honoring Renee Nicole Good at the site of her murder

Sons of Anarchy. Walter Goggins. Oh my God. So good.

Oh man. Sons of Anarchy. Opie....

@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”

I'm no diplomat, but if the US is abandoning every UN program they are in, then abandoning the UN proper is their next move. This is not a drill.

I don't think some people realize what the President already making it plain he considers it a justified shooting is really going to mean.

“.. Costco .. EssilorLuxottica SA, Goodyear Tire .. are among the stampede of companies suing for refunds. .. Dole Fresh Fruit Co., e.l.f. Cosmetics Inc. and J. Crew Group LLC .. “They’re all leaping on the bandwagon ..” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

2026 Will Test Our Resolve #USpol open.substack.com/pub/statusku...

bsky.app/profile/ecmc... "BBC is reporting that the same ICE officer who murdered Renee Good was involved in another violent incident in June."

I had hoped to go to New Orleans one day. Visit Chicago to see the architecture. Go back to New York City. Revisit Honolulu that I used to go to regularly when I lived in Alberta. I will never set foot in the United States again.

Ex-NATO General Michel Yakovleff: "Europe needs to prepare for a divorce from the US in NATO, kick them out of Ramstein if necessary, relocate headquarters to Brussels or Paris."

New piece over at Macleans, on how the Toronto and Vancouver condo crash isn't isolated to Toronto and Vancouver, and isn't isolated to condos... and why it's likely to get worse before it gets better. Read here:

It's called a slush fund.

Bob Rae, former Canadian UN Ambassador, in interview with Global News: “We’re on the menu,” he said. “If you don’t think we’re on the menu just because he hasn’t mentioned the words ’51st state,’ I think that’s really missing the boat in terms of what this administration is about.”

I can't see the ethics commissioner saying this didn't amount to a conflict of interest. You can't serve two governments at the same time even if one position is unpaid.

Get ready for a federal by-election, University-Rosedale! Chrystia Freeland will be resigning as MP effective Friday. Meanwhile, I thank Chrystia for her service over the past decade. #cdnpoli #LPC #UniRose www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Indigenous foods are varied, delicious and plentiful. What will it take to get more of them into Canadian grocery stores? @sevawood.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/indigenous-f...

Shocked! Shocked, I say!

It was an honor to work with Brian Egan and Tess Bridgeman on this important piece. - The President did not have constitutional authority for the Venezuela operation. - It also violated the "supreme Law of the Land" - UN Charter, which the Senate passed 89-2.

Sadly too accurate

I am pleased to announce that I have commandeered my neighbor's home. This home will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, to ensure it is used to benefit my neighbor and me! Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Okay, this made me laugh out loud. I am a very bad person.

NATO with the United States as a member is no longer viable. Canada & Europe must immediately start planning for the establishment of a post-NATO collective security alliance.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Abortion remains legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court strikes down laws, including first US pill ban.

AI “ghost artists” are ushering in slopifcation—and threatening Canadian culture in the process. If we want it to survive, writes journalist and author Vass Bednar, we need to pay more attention to what humans are producing. thewalrus.ca/can-canadian-cul...

Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...

I wonder if those who crafted Article 5 ever imagined it might be invoked against a threat from within the organization?

i fail to see the error here

@kevincanuck.bsky.social -- DM'd you!

My friend @charlotteclymer.bsky.social has written about Mark Kelly’s distinguished military career. This is not to be missed. open.substack.com/pub/charlott...

Marcus Polowski and John McKay: The signal has been sent: any state with sufficient military capability may take what it wants, when it wants, with or without plausible legal justification. www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

Predicted this one.

Very sad 😢

Almost identical to what our PM said. From The Guardian:

Thirty-two Cubans killed during US attack on Venezuela www.bbc.com/news/article...

APNewsAlert: HAVANA (AP) — Cuba says 32 Cuban security officers were killed in U.S. attack on #Venezuela.

In case you missed it, I took a stab on Saturday via "One First" at writing up five of the questions raised by Friday's U.S. military/arrest operation in Venezuela, and the forthcoming criminal prosecution of Nicolás Maduro: www.stevevladeck.com/p/200-five-q...

Hours after Venezuela operation, U.S. sent warning to governments of Mexico, Cuba and Colombia that their countries could be next — Axios

"the opportunity for freedom."

This is an absolutely terrible idea.

Nicholas Kristof knows what he's talking about.

greetings from hell

It looks like Rebound Press will be doing a Christmas anthology this coming year! 12 short story mysteries, 12 authors, 12 days of Christmas!

When the LAPD arrests a dude at a gas station they don’t take over the gas station and use it to gas up all the cop cars tho

Venezuela was a test. The world failed.

Great piece explaining the how the Maduro arrest violates international law. @Just_Security. www.justsecurity.org/127981/inter...