"Is Poilievre done? Long knives coming out because he has nothing left to promise and he doesn't have a seat in Parliament because he got his ass kicked by Bruce Fanjoy!" OShow Scandal Panel analysis on the full fallout of epic federal election #Cndpoli 🇨🇦 #CanadaSky 🔗 youtu.be/Qi7qbM41zuw?si…

Good god. Meta is using their AI licensing deals with John Cena, Disney, and others to peddle sex chat bots to kids. Burn this company to the fucking ground. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...

Rolling Stone discovers that Canada's Conservatives are generally verboten from speaking to the press (and ravages them for it.) www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Just for context: Carney cancelled his rallies for today (as did NDP Jagmeet Singh), opting instead for smaller meetings with supporters — where he's opened by talking about the tragedy in Vancouver. Here in the city, he opted not to speak at all: Just to lay flowers and show support.

One of the mourners led the crowd in an impromptu rendition of Amazing Grace. Which brought many of those here to tears.

Liberal leader is laying flowers at the site of where 11 people lost their lives in Vancouver last night. There's at least a hundred people here, laying flowers and paying their respects.

"The Americans understand three things," Carney says. "Money, lawyers, and Fox News." Money? Canada is hitting the U.S. with regulatory tariffs. "We're one of the only countries to do so." Lawyers? "We're suing them all over the place." "And we've got Doug Ford all over Fox News."

Ahead of this evening's critical — and chaotic — Canadian election leaders' debate, the debate commission has given right-wing conspiracy news outlet Rebel News *five times* as many spots for its (fake) journalists as actual news outlets. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

U.S. born #Massachusetts attorney Nicole Macheroni received an emailed letter from the Department of Homeland Security, telling her to self-deport within 7 days. @wcvb5.bsky.social youtu.be/p0XIGQo3EFg?...

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products.

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Gov. Shapiro says he and his family "woke up to bangs on the door from the Pennsylvania State Police" early Sunday morning. The fire caused significant damage, but fortunately, no one was injured.

Chasten and I are relieved that Governor Shapiro and his family are safe. While we wait to learn more, this much is clear: the targeting of a public official and his family - especially a prominent Jewish official on a major Jewish holiday - is unconscionable and has no place in our country.

The stupid... it b-u-r-n-s...!!! 🔥 🔥 🔥

Don’t overthink this. He’s asking for bribes.

That’s because there weren’t any.

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 The EU is funding return trips for emigrated talent! 🇪🇺✈️ As Trump doubles down on anti-immigrant policies, Europe is calling its talent back home to strengthen the Union. Below images of the billboard campaign spread out across the U.S. to raise awareness.

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always makes me chuckle.

He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.

“There is no reason why they’re being held,” the judge said. “If this was a criminal case. … I’d throw you out of my chambers.” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...