The US has agreed to release frozen Iranian assets, Reuters reports.

Holy crap.

Dylan Cease has struck out seven straight A’s and 11 total through five innings!

Cease is going to love playing in front of this defense.

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FT Exclusive: Traders made bets worth half a billion dollars in the oil market about 15 minutes before Donald Trump’s post touting 'productive' talks with Iran sent the price of crude tumbling ft.trib.al/SVLeLoM

Will anyone stand up to Ford? My airport column makes a rare appearance on the front page of the Toronto Star today. Local democracy steamrolled. Backroom decisions. Liberals acquiescing. Feckless & weak establishment carrying his water. Fait accompli? Read here: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Calling it now. Mexico wins 4 to 2 on an inside the park grand slam by Kirk.

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NEW: The New York Times confirms my reporting that the DOJ is withholding several FBI interviews with a woman who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her as a child www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

"We are dealing now with an allegation that the president of the US raped and sexually assaulted a child and is now using his DOJ to try to cover that up." If you want to understand latest Epstein revelations, @leahlitman.bsky.social explains them clearly on our pod: newrepublic.com/article/2070...

An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU

Neal Katyal has noted today that Trump's own lawyers argued that section 122 (the section he is purporting to invoke now) did not apply (s. 122 had to do with balance of payments deficit emergency). so, this latest act--is also illegal. but media are not pointing this out.

BRONZE FOR CANADA 🇨🇦 TEAM HOMAN IS LEAVING THE OLYMPICS WITH A MEDAL. And after starting 1-3 this seemed unlikely. They didn’t quit. Won six of their last seven games. Beat the USA to claim women’s curling bronze. Resilient. Triumphant.

THE GOAL IS GOOOOOOOOOOD CANADA LEADS 3-2 35 SECONDS AWAY FROM GOING FOR GOLD

This is interesting— The 15 Best Public Transit Cities in North America? Based on rides per-capita, there will always be debate on the data & methodology used, but @nerd4cities.bsky.social nicely fuels an interesting conversation. SPOILER: 5. Calgary 4. Montreal 3. Vancouver 2. Toronto 1. New York

Olympics Dog was chasing the motorized camera they have to capture the competitors at the finish line, then decided to chase some competitors instead

Three weeks after the storm and the northbound Yonge Street bike lane from north of the CPR Line to Rosehill in @joshmatlow.bsky.social's ward is STILL blocked! The southbound bike lane is fine while both sides south of the CPR Line in @diannesaxe.bsky.social's ward are cleared. #BikeTO #TOpoli

My menchies show a lotta distrust about the official jobs numbers right now. Lemme be clear: I don't believe there's *any* political meddling in these numbers. While the President has tried to mess with the BLS, he failed. I explain in a lot more detail, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kncV...

Apparently the FBI's Epstein redaction machine was set to redact "don't" (Don T) for some reason. That would appear to run afoul of The Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405)

This was apparent to pretty much everyone except Doug Ford. Hey Doug, #boycottuscars support the Japanese manufacturers that have filled in the gap, amd welcome the possibility of Chinese EV's being built in Ontario. Stop pandering to the "Big 3". youtu.be/AgQZvVjcsXg?...

ummmmm .... I don't mean to alarm anyone but .... 🚨 ANOTHER HUGE SOLAR FLARE IS HAPPENING 🚨 X8.0 ooooooooooft! 📸 BoM Space Weather Service 🔭

Something is rotten in the state of the U.S. financial system The latest from the Globe's business commentary, by Chris Gay: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Score one for the red and white. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Ontario has the lowest per-capita hospital spending in the country. Expanding private care will worsen access. By @alonghurst.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #onpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

1/27/2026 - Minneapolis ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone They did not have a warrant

Doug Ford said it had to close because the roof was unstable. Massive snow dump, roof just fine. Doug Ford lies.

Officially the snowiest day on record. Beat the old record at Pearson by 6 centimetres, and is roughly 50% above what is seen on average for the entire month of January. Downtown is reported to have punched above the half-metre mark.

Meanwhile in Toronto, the new Finch West LRT (Line 6) is shut down AGAIN! What a fucking embarrassment for this city, Metrolinx, and the consortium that built that line! #TTC #TOpoli

Holy shit.

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Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process. This is one that stands out: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Yes.

Well, well, well….

Ford govt's transition from municipal recycling to a privately funded and run system continues to be problem-filled. Some T.O. condos & apts have received no pickup this month, creating mountains of waste and forcing residents to store some in their units www.thestar.com/news/gta/it-...

Burns: On 9/11, when I was U.S. Ambassador to NATO, the very first country that came to our defense was Canada. Canadian forces then fought with us in Afghanistan. Lesson for Americans: Treasure our allies. Respect them. They’re on our side.

oh...just like he stayed a little back when he had bone spurs!🤥 He can right fuck off! 🖕 #canada answered the call when NATO responsibilities were invoked. "A total of 159 Canadian Forces personnel and 7 civilians have died in the conflict", as per Wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadia...

Look the families of 158 lost Canadians in the face and say this, you coward. Say it in person to the Canadian veterans - broken bodies and minds, all in aid of the USA - you weak-minded carbuncle. Betrayal is the only word. 🇨🇦 The Trews ‘Highway of Heroes’ m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrkg...

36 Italian troops (of which one “Friendly fire” killed by Americans) in Iraq and 56 killed in Afghanistan. *ucking arsehole that he is 🍊🤡. I honestly cannot wait for the morning I wake up and the main news is that he is 💀

11 Spanish soldiers killed in Iraq, 102 Spanish soldiers killed in Afghanistan after responding to the US call for help

Yes, Danes had 3,500 troops there, much of the time serving alongside UK forces in violent Helmand Province. F*ck this miserable Orange Shitstain.

NATO's Article 5, its collective defence clause, has been invoked only once, by the US. NATO allies supported a war the US started in October 2001. This, from a draft dodger, is insulting on an olympic level but not unexpected when he joyfully has insulted US veterans w full MAGA support. Shameful

How embarrassing USA, your President understands nothing of history & insults your allies. Australia was in Afghanistan for 20 years, our longest involvement in any war. Over 40,000 Australians served. We lost 47 young lives, 263 were wounded & many more were scarred forever. Trump has no clue.

✈️ Probably Nothing 🤷‍♂️ 👉 An Omni 767 (tail N225AX) frequently used for U.S. military and ICE charters departs Baltimore en route to Anchorage, home of the Army's "Arctic Angels" 11th Airborne Division 👀

Narcotraffickers are the new WMD.

JUST IN: DOJ says it has finished reviewing *less than 1%* of the Epstein Files for potential release. Only 12,285 documents have been released while more than 2 million remain under review. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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The albums that topped my year. #SpotifyWrapped. www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...

The songs I listened to most this year. #SpotifyWrapped www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...