Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell

This is how every contract is award in Ontario - donate to Ford, and you'll be promised a contract, years before the project even enters the RFP process. globalnews.ca/news/1152044...

Lessons from Mamdani's win for progressives: - Be truly & proudly progressive - Be clear & authentic - Focus on affordability - Make young people voters - Seek & build new coalitions - Engage non-traditional media - Punch back against disinfo #nycmayor

The Ontario Liberal Leadership Dilemma #queenspark #ontarioliberal #OLPAGM #the905 #onpoli #cdnpoli #podcast buff.ly/Efy5KWH

Newsom, like Starmer, believes in nothing, and turning on the trans community for an edge *when it's not even clear it will give you one* really answers any questions you might have about the accuracy of that statement

Some advice from me for the incoming members of the Ontario Liberal Party's Executive Council: theresa-lubowitz.medium.com/some-advice-...

illinois gov. JB pritzker responds to ken paxton's threat to arrest TX democrats who fled the state: "they're here in illinois. we're going to do everything we can to protect every single one of them."

Total estimated Canada #wildfire emissions to end July already marking 2025 as 3rd most extreme year in #CopernicusAtmosphere GFAS dataset. Most extreme year for Saskatchewan & Manitoba with no sign of the number of fires reducing across the country. Read our @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social summary ⬇️

Okay, mea culpa, I finally got around to listening to @theresalubowitz.bsky.social chat with @bonniecrombie.bsky.social on her #podcast. It’s a great listen and insight into what went wrong for the Ontario Liberals last time around #onpoli #cdnpoli podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...

"A person hit by a vehicle travelling at 30 kilometres an hour has a 90-per-cent chance of surviving... A person hit at 50 kilometres an hour has only a 20-per-cent chance of living." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...

For those interested, you can now watch my full, nearly 70-minute long conversation with OLP Leader Bonnie Crombie on the campaign and the leadership review -> www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdU3... #onpoli #olpldr #cdnpoli

Our 70 minute episode with Bonnie Crombie on the election and the leadership review will premiere in video format on YouTube today at noon. Click the notify button to be notified when we go live: youtu.be/zdU3Htj1TXI?si…

This isn’t the female gaze. This is the male gaze. It’s men who are obsessed with the physicality of other men. Women, in the main, would much rather see a man who looks like he’d make himself a stack of buttered toast and let you steal a slice

A lot of interesting data out from @pollara.bsky.social in their annual Trust in Media Report. But I suspect this one is the headline-maker politically: Despite a multi-year campaign against the CBC by Conservatives, the public broadcaster remains the most trusted news desk by Canadians.

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fantastic policy change. techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/y...

It's Sunday, so I want to highlight the most important thing I've read this week. It's by Timothy Snyder and it's on a topic not enough people are paying attention to: how Trump now has his Dachau. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

#toronto response to #heatwave is to do the least possible. Starting at noon on Saturday, July 5, 2025 and while the Heat Warning is in effect, Metro Hall will operate as a 24/7 cool space. (One site for all of Toronto. Not advertised or promoted.). Web site not even updated. Shabby.

These people are… evil. In a self-conscious, gloating way that we don’t like to imagine exists outside comic books or history’s darkest chapters.

Damn, it looks just like the photos of the disappeared that were put up by relatives in the South American dictatorships

The feds do not MERELY hand money over. the Canada Health Act is responsible for ensuring coverage meets certain criteria If the Liberals fail to do this, they are breaking the Canada Health Act So long as the CHA exists, healthcare is both federal and provincial in practice.

Report: UFC confirms plans for event at White House in 2026 reut.rs/44rN4ZX

This is sooooo dumb but it made me laugh…

This week we sit down with former Deputy Premier of Alberta Thomas Lukaszuk to discuss the anti-separation referendum petition he has submitted to Elections Alberta. The episode will be available tomorrow wherever you get your podcasts! #Separatism #Alberta #cdnpoli #abpoli

Meanwhile, also happening in Florida…

Cruelty is their goal, they enjoy the cruelty inflicted on vulnerable people.

In today's episode, we tackle the upcoming OLP leadership review to determine whether Bonnie Crombie will remain as leader. Available wherever you get your podcasts! #onpoli open.spotify.com/episode/7HfZ...

We're releasing a Wrap-Up: Ontario episode on the upcoming Ontario Liberal Party leadership review vote tomorrow morning! Here's a clip from the episode. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! #ProgressCanada #olpldr #onpoli

Listen in tomorrow morning when the pod drops for more hot takes, unsolicited advice, and a little silliness from Darrell, Theresa and I about Bonnie Crombie's September leadership review vote. Subscribe on Spotify here: open.spotify.com/show/6Etut7t... #onpoli #progresscanada #cdnpoli #olp

city councillors when nobody but septuagenarian homevoters show up: this is the finest tradition of local democracy at work city councillors when literally anyone else shows up: well that's not REAL public consultation

Mentorship isn’t always glamorous. But it’s essential to political movements. It’s how values survive, lessons are learned, and teams are rebuilt after defeat. Here's my take on this unsung legacy of the Peterson era. thepetersonyears.ca/how-a-40-yea... #ThePetersonYears

he's right and he's right to say it

Venetians plan to march in the streets, swim in the canals to disrupt Jeff Bezos's wedding While some Venetians welcome the lavish party, others see it as a symbol of inequality and over-tourism www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

JUST IN: "Tonight was not our night," Cuomo says before adding that he has called Mamdani to congratulate him.

The NYC mayor's race can be boiled down to old-guard moderates running against younger, energetic candidates with ambitious — often expensive — ideas. It's the same dynamic that will likely play out across the country over the next few years.

Pandemics, eugenics and fascism go hand in hand. The moment people accepted the narrative that “only the vulnerable” had to worry about covid, they ceded considerable ground to fascists. They effectively “othered” an entire class of people. It may start with the disabled, it won’t end with us

Nato allies are expected to agree to raise defence spending target to five percent of GDP at the Hague summit. But previous broken promises and Spain’s reluctance highlight growing tensions between military demands and protecting domestic social welfare budgets.

London woman off insulin for Type 1 diabetes after a single dose of experimental manufactured stem cells #Diabetes #Canada In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers report that of the 12 patients who received a /1 www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi today announced he will travel to Moscow in the coming hours for urgent talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, shortly after the United States launched airstrikes against three Iranian nuclear sites.

We're kicking off the commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of the Peterson Government. Follow us on BlueSky, X, Facebook, and LinkedIn as we highlight the key moments and players of a government that helped create modern Ontario as we know it. #ThePetersonYears

I’ll finish with this. The last time people outside New York City thought they understood the City’s Mayoral candidates better, it was when you all dubbed Rudy Giuliani “America’s Mayor.” Some of us tried to tell you….

Watch this. youtube.com/watch?v=IXR9...

🚨🚨 "Russia could be ready to use military force against NATO within 5 years. Let’s not kid ourselves, we’re all on the eastern flank now". NATO SG Mark Rutte with some hard truths on the current geopolitical situation and the #Russian threat. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/nato...

The Anti-ICE protests are spreading. There are now large protests sprouting up in New York City. This isn’t just happening in Los Angeles anymore. #cdnpoli

Feels like they took some inspiration from the Korean protests. (Not that the Angelenos wouldn't anyways) Make protests a joyful congregation, you get the families and grannies out. Much harder to torque the messaging.

Some stellar advice for political parties from Darrell on our first episode of #TheWrapUpOntario. #onpoli #cdnpoli #canadianpolitics #ProgressCanada