So gross to watch US news media glaze the CIA and the military after pointing out how the entire operation was illegal. You’re supposed to refuse illegal orders. You can’t have it both ways. If Trump is a criminal, so is every service member and agent involved. This is basic Nuremberg trial stuff.

Am I the only person who can't stand Stranger Things? It's just five seasons of shrill pre-teens screaming at each other. I imagine this is what a Trump cabinet meeting sounds like.

Buried in the basement of your newsfeed is a current case in the Swedish courts about Lundin Oil's war crimes in the Sudan. I wrote about a similar case presented to the Hague in 2013. If we want to stop war, we need to prosecute those who profit from it. magazine.columbia.edu/article/pill...

If people do not regularly go to the theater, they forget how to do it and before long they are like “theator: is toilet?” and then when they see a theater they use it as a toilet due to that confusion and I would like to hear more discussion about this because of my high intelligence levels

Fixed it for you @nytimes.com

Yo Los Angeles! LA Taco is not only the best reporting on where the most amazing food in town is hiding, they have been way out in front of everyone with their reporting on ICE and CBP thugs. This is the kind of independent, local, media we all need to support. I'm proud to be a member.

The 60 Minutes segment on CECOT that Bari Weiss pulled briefly showed in Canada. You can watch it here. cannonwriter.substack.com/p/watch-the-...

"Should the country again turn its covetous eyes on Mexico, Greenland, and Canada, the acts we are allowing against Venezuela now will serve as stepping stones to invading our own allies." cannonwriter.substack.com/p/illegal-or...

The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story. Holy. Shit. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

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My 12-year-old: "I have a great idea for a tv channel -- no shows, just commercials. They would make so much money." Me: "But who would watch that?" Locks eyes, sincere: "Idiots."

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Remember, it's not a war crime if it's not from a war region. It's just sparkling murder.

Canadian headlines, lol

With Trump publicly calling for the death of public officials -- all military veterans -- I'm resharing my post from the Charlie Kirk era. Remember that guy? Pepperidge Farm remembers. Because Pepperidge Farm reads my Substack. substack.com/@cannonwrite...

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My 30th feature in 15 years for UBC Magazine! We can’t stop the clock, but our life experiences influence how fast it ticks—and how long we stay healthy. magazine.alumni.ubc.ca/2025/fall-20...

Facts are Satan's way of hiding the truth.

How terrible a person must you be if even Dick Cheney doesn't want you there?

The CIA has confirmed that the man on the left ordered the murder and dismemberment of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The man on the right is telling a group of journalists "Things happen."

It is the first rule of combat: Know your enemy. It is a study beyond knowledge, it is one of hearts and minds, one of true understanding. Why does your enemy think the way they do? Why are they fighting? Why do they hate you? Why do you hate them? cannonwriter.substack.com/p/how-the-ma...

The fake news media loves subjectivity when it comes to race and gender -- why not age? Were Epstein's victims really "children," or just "non-adult aligned"? Is Trump really a pedophile, or just "tween curious"? Think, people!

Gift link to NYTimes article on how Trump is euthanizing the Kennedy Center. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

America in a headline.

I'm researching a story through the US Justice Department website, and this banner pops up. Despite controlling zero branches of government, Democrats managed to rig the 2020 election and create the 3 longest shutdowns in US history. Unless the government is lying to me. Why would they lie to me?

If you're taking medical advice from this guy, you probably deserve what's coming to you.

you know what, I love their commitment to the bit

Karoline Leavitt Field Guide to American Fauna: Frogs are Hamas, unicorns are Antifa, chickens are delicious.

How will FOX viewers be hallucinating the No Kings protest? Welcome to Antifa Headquarters. open.substack.com/pub/cannonwr...

BREAKING: Scientists discover a cure for Billionaires! youtu.be/LyDD1BhxWAY?...

Photo from 1992, Los Angeles -- not 2025, Portland. Our media is failing us.

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

I’m grateful to Aaron and the writers at Public Notice for tirelessly, pitilessly shining a light on the current administration’s malicious acts. Proud to be a subscriber!

Let’s give these motherfuckers bribing and kidnapping children as much attention as possible

Our Great President is almost finished with his time machine to go back five years to the George Floyd protests and stop the rampant lawlessness in Oregon. #MakeAmericaPastAgainAgain

Seriously. Fuck these fascists. Join a No Kings protest on October 18 and stand up for our rights and our democracy.

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Incredible -- Trump actually released Amelia Earhart's last words.

"If you're an American who has dropped a piece of toast recently, and it landed butter-side down, you've surely wondered, 'Why are there so many illegal aliens in our country?"

I'll be live with comedian / trouble architect / all around human @stevehofstetter.bsky.social at 1pm PDT today. Join us as we discuss comedy, politics, and censorship — and if there’s time a push-up contest maybe why not. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

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Jimmy Kimmel's suspension is the "New Coke" of late night television. Well played, Disney.

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I spend a lot of time bashing spineless headlines, but props to the @nytimes.com -- this is how you lede a story.

There's a wrong way and a right way to report this

I interviewed Clay Risen, author of Charlie Kirk's obituary in the @nytimes.com, about what it's like to sum up the life of a divisive figure. substack.com/home/post/p-...

The Montreal Star, February 4, 1939

"Kirk earned his name / fortune / place in hell by stalking the gullible and the unprepared, sinking his teeth into the most co-optable corners of society (the young, the angry, and the very religious). He’d be pleased to see his legacy abused in the very manner he championed." Read my substack. 👇