Then Mr. Epstein entered the room, and she recalled him saying to Mr. Trump: “No, no. She’s not here for you.” After the two men left the room, Ms. Farmer said, she could hear Mr. Trump commenting that he thought she was 16 years old www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...

The White House has been caught. The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims. In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.

Garcia: This is not a real release. This is continuing a coverup that's been going on now for months.

Breaking: Rep. Ro Khanna says the Trump DOJ's production "does not comply with" the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Khanna says he and Rep. Thomas Massie "are exploring all options" — including impeachment of DOJ officials, inherent contempt, or referring individuals for obstruction of justice.

BREAKING THE LAW?! DOJ says it will miss the Epstein Files deadline—releasing an “initial tranche” & dragging the rest out over weeks. The Epstein Files Transparency Act requires ALL files by today, with only narrow redactions. Congress passed a mandate, not a suggestion. #BlueSky #NewsSky #LawSky

Ask them about parachuting candidates into ridings. Apparently Ma was hand-picked by the National Party and parachuted into that riding over the objections of local candidates. Very democratic!

The naming (or re-naming) of any Federal building (and the Kennedy Center is a Federal Building) requires an act of Congress. Congressional rules also forbid naming buildings after living people except for EX-presidents. See: www.congress.gov/crs-product/...

There are 400 Canadians including toddlers who have been kidnapped by ICE. Amnesty International is now reporting on the use of torture at the detention facilities. This is the march of American fascism. charlieangus.substack.com/p/torture-st...

I was pleased to be one of the first guests to record forYouth Ottawa's new podcast series aiming to help youth get involved with their municipal government. Their space at the Nepean Creative Arts Centre is fantastic! Thanks, Khalil Elkarib for the great questions!

Thanks to all my Council colleagues for again being good sports for my annual holiday song video! Enjoy! Merci à tous mes collègues du Conseil d'avoir une fois de plus joué le jeu pour ma vidéo annuelle de chansons de Noël ! Profitez-en !

Trump is taking money out their housing allowances approved by Congress and giving it to them in a “bonus” so it looks like it came from him. It’s just a shell game with military pay from the ultimate con man

“We’re down 40 per cent year over year for travel into the U.S.,” said Anita Emilio, general manager of Flight Centre Canada. “More Canadians are now choosing to travel to Europe or down south.” www.cp24.com/news/canada/...

Ghislaine Maxwell—convicted for trafficking children for Jeffrey Epstein—is now asking the court to wipe it all away. No remorse. No accountability. Just legal gymnastics. The guilty will try anything when the walls are closing in. Justice shouldn’t blink. #BlueSky #LawSky #NewsSky shorturl.at/yC3o1

i wonder what this totally brave soul is doing right now

You'll remember that when Biden delivered an address in 2022, networks refused to air it because they said it was "political" www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0...

NEW: Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani will appeal a Queens judge's ruling ordering the city to rip out the new protected bike lane on 31st Street in Astoria. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/17/m...

More than 2,900 attorneys quit the Justice Department or were fired during the first 10 months of this year -- about triple the number who depart in a typical year. personnel records obtained by Reuters show.

This young guy, Cameron Redman, pleaded guilty in July to cybercrime related to stealing NFTs (remember NFTs?) that were supposedly worth US$974,000 at the time: www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr... What's interesting about him is that all his criming was done from Mississauga.

I know many of you who follow me don't work in climate science, but this is the biggest story in climate right now. Breaking up NCAR makes us all less safe and is another act of self-harm that will take decades to recover from.

Mark Sutcliffe failed to deliver on his simplest promise | Opinion ottawacitizen.com/opinion/mark...

It is worse than that because all over the city trees have been taken down. Hospital, airport, Tewin, LRT... have all been clearcut, and that is only places the city controls. Then there's the salt, excessive paving. Ottawa is naturally forest and wetland - we should lean into that, not destroy it.

Latest from me in the Ottawa Citizen: Mark Sutcliffe promised a million trees planted and he’s only about 900,000 short with less than a year to go… ottawacitizen.com/opinion/mark...

There are many unfulfilled promises (including the notion of “balance”) but this is one of the easiest that hasn’t been fulfilled. But hey, a promise to ram thru Lansdowne, sinking future generations with the cost of contractual overruns, extras, loss of Charge and CityFolk…that, that got done.

The is a declaration and act of war without congressional approval, and imperialistic jingoism.

Finishing up your holiday shopping? Why not check out some of these companies for locally (or at least Canadian!) made items? You'll find everything from soap and bedding to crêpe mix and hand-blown glass. #Ottawa #Outaouais ottawaroadtrips.com/2025/02/03/b...

Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.

I'm well aware that no one is listening when I say that we're in the middle of an active insurrection that is extremely violent in its rhetoric, extremely dangerous to our rights, extremely contemptuous of America and its institutions and 100% willing to J6 us again, but that doesn't make it untrue.

Measles is spreading like it hasn’t in years, because RFK Jr. is falsely leading people to believe that vaccines are not safe and effective. I got the measles vaccine two months ago to protect myself. Parents, please protect your children. www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...

This is what Trump is posting while an active shooter is on the loose

Explain to me how Putin erasing a Russian late night TV star because he criticized Russia's war on Ukraine any different than what Trump did to Jimmy Kimmel? Trump and Putin are the same. The only difference is American pushback. How long will it hold? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/w...

The horrific tragedy at Brown University is the 389th mass shooting this year and the 230th gun incident on school grounds so far this year. This is not normal and we don't have to live this way. bradyunited.org @bradyunited.org

While there are definitely some great things coming out of the 2026 City of Ottawa budget, I couldn't give it my vote of support. It was a pleasant surprise that CBC Radio used some of my speech to show a contrast between my position and the Mayor's. Give it a listen. 1/ www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

I addressed Council yesterday before the re-zoning vote on the Marchurst BESS proposal. You can see the video at the link below as well as my written statement. www.clarkekelly.ca/post/council...

Yesterday, Council discussed priorities, strategies, and funding during a roughly 10-hour long conversation about the 2026 budget, which has now been approved. You can read my full statement (and more) here: www.clarkekelly.ca/post/council...

This Fall, we talked to folks in Vanier about what makes their neighbourhood great – and how they’d improve it. Learn more about the opportunities to advance walkability across Ottawa: www.ecologyottawa.ca/15_minute_ne... youtu.be/Do-zBEhdNag

Educators are sharing demoralizing stories of kids staying home from school in fear, increased bullying and planning what to do if a student's parents are deported during the school day. One principal put it best: "This doesn't feel very American." www.latimes.com/california/s...

We did it- 18 and Under Youth Pass is coming to #Ottawa as of July 1st, 2026. It will bring free transit for youth on weekends, holidays, after 5pm on weekdays and all day every day in the summer (July and August)!

It’s past 8pm, and the 2026 draft budget has officially passed. But this year, I voted no. Throughout the last several months, I’ve spoken about the importance of building a budget that works for all of Ottawa.

@en.ottawa.ca council left me feeling disenfranchised tonight as a @octranspo.com Para Transpo bus-only customer.

Thank you for voting with your conscience @seandevine9.bsky.social, @arieltroster.com , @jleiper.bsky.social and Matt Luloff (which is a bit of a surprise, TBH)

Today I brought a voice of dissent to the city budget vote. The residents of Somerset Ward are my boss: not the mayor and not other members of council. I know you want a city that works and that leaves no one behind. This budget missed the mark, so I voted against it. I will keep fighting for you.

Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.

Hi Glen: Not sure if you heard while you were in the budget meeting, but all 3 train lines broke down today: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!

That FIFA Peace Prize is aging well.

For me it is the frequent cognitive exams and advanced imaging. This is done for treatment of Alzheimer’. You do cognitive testing to determine cognitive situation and advanced testing for amyloid plaques reduction. FYI Trump’s father had Alzheimer’.

Prime Minister Carney joined Inuit leaders for the uncrating of Inuit cultural belongings from the Vatican, along with other belongings of cultural significance to First Nations and Métis communities. Their return, after over a century, marks a vital step in reconciliation.

This is freedom of religion and freedom of speech. The government does not have the right to tell a religious organization how to decorate their nativity scene.

More than a million Americans died of Covid. There were bodies being stored in refrigerated trucks outside hospitals with filled morgues. Then came the vaccine and the thousands of deaths each day ended. Trump's administration is trying to cancel vaccines. www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/h...