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Investigative journalist | Editor,
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Honoured to be recognized for my journalism covering right-wing politics and far-right extremism by being named the recipient of CJFEâs 2024 Arnold Amber Award for Investigative Journalism Appreciated everyoneâs kind words and support
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The Weather Network is forecasting that every single day will be getting sunnier and sunnier and even sunnier for the foreseeable future
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Winter solstice longer days, colder weather ahead in Canada - The Weather Network
The shortest day of the year marks a turning point in daylight, but winter's coldest days are yet to come.
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weather/forecasts/winter-solstice-arrives-bringing-longer-days-but-colder-weeks-ahead
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JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
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Jenny Kwan
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I am calling on the Minister to summon the Israeli Ambassador and demand a formal written explanation. Anything less risks normalizing the mistreatment of Canadian parliamentarians and citizens abroad.
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Worth noting National Post Editor-in-Chief Rob Roberts did not put out a similar statement defending National Post columnist Adam Zivo when I asked Roberts about Zivoâs public statements alleging he worked for a foreign spy agency while he was writing for the National Post Didnât deny it either
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Statement from Postmedia standing behind David Pugliese in response to this
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story: âThe documents tied to these allegations have been independently discredited by multiple major media organizationsâ
@davidpugliese.bsky.social
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DOJâs Epstein Files include a âmanagerâs reportâ from the Broward Center for the Performing Arts for a 2005 David Copperfield performance Audience complained the magic show was âsophomoricâ and âamateurâ One woman complained because she couldnât find her husband after the âfinal disappearing actâ
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Mark MacKinnon
3 days ago
The story of how a Canadian intelligence operator ended up charged with spying for Ukraine has its roots in another saga - that of a Canadian journalist accused of being a Russian asset (something the journalist vociferously denies). Reporting by me,
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CAF espionage case linked to allegation that Postmedia journalist has ties to Russia
MWO Robar, charged with leaking government secrets, was assigned to assess concerns in 2023 that reporter David Pugliese was allegedly serving Russian interests
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-caf-espionage-case-linked-to-allegation-that-postmedia-journalist-has/
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I don't doubt Russia would (and does) threaten people for all kinds of reasons, but I don't get why they'd break into houses or level death threats at people who received 40-year-old KGB documents about David Pugliese that are riddled with factual errors?
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Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ)
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We're thrilled to be joining forces with University of the Kingâs College and the Canadian Media Lawyers Association to launch Lawyers for Reporters Canada! HT
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Parliament hasnât resumed a study into Indian interference: âFor that study to essentially now just evaporate as though it never happened is a problem ⊠Sikh activists who [testified] for that committee were doing so after putting themselves at great risk and publicly speaking about these issuesâ
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PressProgress
4 days ago
Sikh Federation Canada Calls Out Carney Government For Failing to Hold India Accountable for Foreign Interference Sikh community calls for âaccountability and transparencyâ as federal government looks to restart relationship with India
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Sikh Federation Canada Calls Out Carney Government For Failing to Hold India Accountable for Foreign Interference
Sikh community calls for âaccountability and transparencyâ as federal government looks to restart relationship with India
https://pressprogress.ca/sikh-federation-canada-calls-out-carney-government-for-failing-to-hold-india-accountable-for-foreign-interference/
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Sveitalubbi
4 days ago
Gaur að leita að Ăsfirðingi, einhver ykkar að hlusta ĂĄ hann?
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If anyone has any contacts in Iceland, please let them know that Eric needs their help to do some investigative journalism:
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4 days ago
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ProPublica Guild
5 days ago
1/ At bargaining yesterday,
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management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
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PressProgress
5 days ago
Canada Needs More Non-Market Housing to Address Housing Insecurity, Experts Say The Federal Housing Advocateâs new report reaffirms what housing advocates have been pushing for years
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Canada Needs More Non-Market Housing to Address Housing Insecurity, Experts Say
The Federal Housing Advocateâs new report reaffirms what housing advocates have been pushing for years
https://pressprogress.ca/canada-needs-more-non-market-housing-to-address-housing-insecurity-experts-say/
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National Newswatch
5 days ago
Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez to resign amid ongoing crisis
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/17/c...
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Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez to resign amid ongoing crisis
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
https://nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/17/cp-newsalert-quebec-liberal-leader-pablo-rodriguez-to-resign-amid-ongoing-crisis
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David Reevely
5 days ago
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has a searchable database of "criminal aliens" it has arrested, which it calls the "Worst of the Worst." You can filter by country and learn that a number of them are Canadians:
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Arrested: Worst of the Worst | Homeland Security
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is highlighting the worst of worst criminal aliens arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
https://www.dhs.gov/wow?combine=&field_country_of_origin_target_id=12432&field_state_value=All
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Will Sommer
11 days ago
Insane story about Jack Posobiec threatening a reporter over a Pentagon official's cuckolding books on Goodreads.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/eric-geressy-goodreads-pentagon-dod-pete-hegseth-jack-posobiec-threat/
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Filled out the World Press Freedom survey this morning Reminder that "freedom of the press" goes beyond a right to publish whatever you want It also means laws to protect journalists from abusive lawsuits, protect sources and editorial independence, access to public info, unionized newsrooms, etc.
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Quoting
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on Power & Politics tonight: âIt was a year-end interview pitched by Mr. Jivani. The OLO, to my knowledge, didnât know about it. Didnât necessarily sanction it. I got a lot of texts and calls from Conservative MPs today saying âwhatâs going on here?ââ
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Israeli soldiers accused of physically assaulting a female Canadian member of parliament: âAn Israeli officer came up to me and he was yelling at my face and said, âGo away,â and he pushed me ⊠I said âDonât touch me, please.â And he said, âIâll touch you as much as I want,â and he pushed me againâ
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Liberal MP says she was shoved by Israeli officials at West Bank border crossing
OTTAWA â A Liberal MP says she was shoved several times by Israeli border officials as her delegation was denied entry to the West Bank Tuesday. Ontario MP Iqra Khalid said she was pushed after trying...
https://cfjctoday.com/2025/12/16/israel-blocks-canadian-delegation-including-mps-from-entering-the-west-bank/
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Mark Carney needs one more Conservative MP to defect to the Liberals so he can secure a majority Jamil Jivani is disappointed he's not in the governing party and is publicly begging Carney to put him to work Liberals â think we found your path to a majority government:
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âA delegation of 30 Canadians, including six Members of Parliament, was denied entry [by the Israeli government] into the West Bank early on Tuesday. âŠeach delegate was asked to sign a form declaring they acknowledge they are a threat to public safety, which they declined to doâ
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Canadian delegation of MPs denied entry into West Bank | CBC News
A delegation of 30 Canadians, including six MPs, has been denied entry into the West Bank early Tuesday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-canada-9.7017424
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Something to be said about how a wide swath of right-wing alternative media basically revolves around managing ideological narratives in the wake of mass-killing events
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Why is Jamil Jivani suddenly doing a media tour building his personal profile and centering himself like this?
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Why is Jamil Jivani suddenly doing a media tour building his personal profile and centering himself like this?
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The hour of the night when the most sober, responsible and well-considered tweets are typically sent
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Member of German far-right AfD party charged with making Nazi salute at Reichstag: "The suspect allegedly 'greeted a party colleague ⊠at the east entrance to the Reichstag building with a heel click and a Hitler salute' in June 2023, the prosecutors said in a statement issued on Monday"
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Member of far-right AfD party charged with making Nazi salute at Reichstag
MP allegedly greeted a party colleague at German parliament building âwith a heel click and a Hitler saluteâ
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/15/member-far-right-afd-party-charged-nazi-salute-reichstag-germany
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Acyn
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Trump on Rob Reiner: He was a deranged person⊠Trump derangement syndrome. I was not a fan. I thought he was very bad for our country.
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So Trump is asserting Reinerâs son murdered his father because he was angry about his fatherâs views on Trump? And⊠He doesnât actually condemn his supporters murdering their parents..?
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âFamily friends told The Times that Rob and Nick got into an argument on Saturday evening at a party at Conan OâBrienâs home and that many people noticed Nick acting strangely at the party.â
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Religious extremists always want to polarize society into in-groups and out-groups They want to trigger backlashes against others who look like them because they think it drives more people to their side People like Ahmed al Ahmed complicate narratives that seek to perpetuate cycles of violence
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Hero who wrestled gun from terrorist says heâd do it again despite being âriddled with bulletsâ
Despite Ahmed al Ahmed being in a lot of pain, according to his migration lawyer, he felt as if disarming the gunman at Bondi was an act for the community.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/hero-bystander-tackles-gunman-in-incredible-footage-20251214-p5nnlb.html
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The hour of the night when the most sober, responsible and well-considered tweets are typically sent
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Jesse is on the record confirming heâs aware of Carymaâs behaviour and the LSOâs findings that Caryma engaged in âanti-Jewish harassmentâ He characterized it as âallegedly harassing behaviourâ and said she was âmerely criticizedâ by the LSO (The LSO is the body that regulates lawyers in Ontario)
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The holiday spirit must have filled the heart of Tamara Lichâs probation officer given her attendance at what appears to be a Rebel Media staff Christmas party despite her 12-month house arrest sentence:
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9 days ago
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Huh, Canadalandâs special source for its latest podcast series was also apparently present at a Rebel Media âteam trainingâ session this week:
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âAnd we should support parties, movements, and intellectual and cultural figures who seek sovereignty and preservation/restoration of traditional European ways of lifeâŠwhile remaining pro-American,â the document saysâ
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
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10 days ago
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Catherine Rampell
10 days ago
Leaked files âshow US wants to persuade four nations to leave EUâ The countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details of the US national security strategy
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Leaked files âshow US wants to persuade four nations to leave EUâ
The countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details of the US national security strategy
https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/us-mega-eu-trump-pqhz8gplr
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Jess Davis
10 days ago
It seems like every year (winter) we get a story of people stranded overnight on a Via train. If that doesn't erode confidence in this method of travel, I don't know what does.
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Other than the obvious privacy / civil liberties issues, Iâm curious how the US imagines this working logistically? How does one provide the US govât âfive years of social mediaâ for screening? What if your account is set to private? Do they want to see DMs too? Should I export each post as a PDF?
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Jeet Heer
10 days ago
It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.
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Brian Platt
10 days ago
Whoa, we have a floor crossing! Conservative MP Michael Ma is joining the Liberals. Heâs in the Markham-Unionville seat, in the Toronto suburbs
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David Reevely
10 days ago
I'd certainly have been thinking about stomping off and hiring a taxi or something. In decent weatherânot last night, admittedly, which was snowy and blowyâI'd have been, like, "I could even WALK it if I have to."
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Erin Durant
10 days ago
This was my reaction. I grew up in Brockville and itâs a real easy drive to Ottawa. Keeping the passengers on the train overnight is awful.
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Not sure those unfamiliar with the geography of Eastern Ontario appreciate how absurd it is Via forced passengers to sleep overnight at the station in Brockville Brockville is only an hour and a half drive from Ottawa. Via couldnât get buses to shuttle them back? How is there no contingency plan?
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Richard Warnica
10 days ago
The most embarrassing thing about Via is that Via never thinks it should be embarrassed.
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Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde
11 days ago
someone at VIA thought that this is an acceptable outcome. This country needs massive investment in its passenger rail capacity.
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Shawn Micallef
11 days ago
After the 2023 comms debacle I called on the Liberals to take VIA fixes seriously. The Liberals are still in power and VIA is still the same and I have a very hard time convincing my mom to take the train up from Windsor to see her grand kid.
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Via Railâs quality of service is far, far below international standards â Canadians need to stop normalizing this: âVia Rail passengers arrived in Ottawa more than 12 hours late on Thursday, after âserious mechanical issuesâ forced them to spend the night sitting on a train in Brockville, Ontarioâ
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Via Rail passengers spend night on train in Brockville, Ont. after âoperational constraintâ
Via Rail passengers arrived in Ottawa more than 12 hours late on Thursday, after âserious mechanical issuesâ forced them to spend the night sitting on a train in Brockville, Ont.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/via-rail-passengers-spend-night-on-train-in-brockville-ont-after-operational-constraint/
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Ian Capstick
11 days ago
He should keep the word queer out of his transphobic mouth.
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