L - The official photo from the Kremlin of US Special Envoy @SteveWitkoff putting his hand over his heart as he greets his friend Vladimir Putin again this week. R - Putin’s latest missile attack killing at least 21 people, including 7 children, on Palm Sunday. Putin’s stooge.

CBC has put together great infographics for Canadians following the election polls. Thank CBC newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/po...

"Not only for Turkey but also soon for Europe and beyond, the central question of saving democracy from the rise of authoritarianism will be this: will the youthful energy of the masses be allowed into the wreckage to transform it into a living organism?" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Flagging for anyone interested! CBC Politics has a daily newsletter throughout the election with the latest stories, polling figures and analysis from the race. I’ll be writing it on the weekends, and many of my colleagues will be chipping in! subscriptions.cbc.ca/listmanageme...

Poker Face. I’m liking this series on CBC Gem. It is very well thought out. EG: While the lead character is taste testing bits of wood (yes) the music changes for the different species. Little details like that knit it all together.

aje.io/2w0xrq A little inspiration. Get the word out: there are antidotes to both the active destruction of and the ineffectiveness of our state institutions.

In case anyone is wondering why the deportation orders are happening. It’s just money. apple.news/APmaNvt6nRlC...

Just a reminder to my Ontario friends, Big Dougie is not the person to be in power right now. All of his “Canada Is Not For Sale” bluster is campaign rhetoric for the Feb. 27 election. If he gets another majority, he’ll bow to Melon Mussolini in 2 minutes. toronto.citynews.ca/video/2016/1...

A growing number of websites and FB groups list Canadian products and companies. Here're some that I know of: 8/n #BuyCanadian #MadeInCanada #Canada 13) Yukon : www.yukonbuilt.com and yukon.ca/en/yukon-grown This is not an exhaustive list. But it's a start

@martingilbraith.bsky.social can I join your list? I created an @ICA-associates.bsky.social too. Nothing there yet. I need to start paying attention to social again. I quit X last year when EM went bonkers on it. Need off FB too. Nothing there.

Pondering the tariffs question. I suspect the motives are less to do with threatening Mexico and Canada and more to do with bringing USA’s own corporate oligarchs to heel. For example, I suspect the auto industry execs are busy pledging allegiance and money to Trump. The rest of us chase our tails.