President Chump has gotten his last minute instructions from Putin before today's Zelensky meeting

Absolutely heartbreaking #Gaza Ruthlessly displaced by the Israel Army. Crammed into areas by the sea, Palestinians are now being flooded by salt and rain water 💔 Where is humanity?

Don't forget that the Ford family political dynasty is a Stephen Harper production. www.corruptario.ca/idu-harpers-...

David Frum is a bottomless, warmongering son of a fucking bitch. We should put him on an ice floe while we still can. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Our former PM is profiting from technology that makes it possible for Israel to not only murder a journalist, but to murder their entire extended family as well. This is #IDUPlaybook seeking #NoNewsAtAll. www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...

Election rigging is #IDUPlaybook. Harper's deputy at IDU, Mike Roman, has been indicted in multiple states for election interference on Trump's behalf.

As the US election results unravel in the coming weeks, remember that the mob installed Ford in '18 via "Vaughan Working Families". After his installation, Ford used the notwithstanding clause to pass voter suppression legislation to stay in office. www.corruptario.ca/suppress-the...

Doug Ford must be stopped. We go on about the damage Trump is doing while Ford destroys Ontario and puts the entire country at risk The media allow him to paint himself as “Captain Canada”- What a joke!

Make Russia WANT peace. Crush Putin.

Just so sad. Danielle Smith and her inept Health Minister should be hounded over this tragedy!! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

China's clean power capacity additions picked up in November, with 13GW of wind and 21GW solar. China has already added almost as much wind&solar in Jan-Nov as in the full year 2024, ahead of the end-of-year and end-of-five-year-plan spike expected in December.

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Today is the meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy, yet there has been no interest from Russia to even consider peace - on the contrary, Putin has clearly rejected anything but Ukraine’s surrender as recent as yesterday. So let’s see through the noise and keep our heads on a swivel.

David Attenborough [whispering]: “Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”

The 10 bestselling Canadian books of 2025 #Canada The list is put together with data from independent booksellers www.cbc.ca/books/top-10...

Buyer beware as there is always someone trying to rip of the sick and or disabled and quack care is on the rise, especially in the US and Alberta #Cdnpoli #Bcpoli #Helathcare www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

No one could have foreseen this. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

But don't worry about cleaning up dead birds on your property. wht could possibly go wrong 🤷🙄

Another story you won't see on 60 Minutes...

If the world juniors were playing in Canada, they would be sold out, why is the US even hosting them? When they played here in Nova Scotia, people were begging for tickets, almost sold out in every game, no matter who was playing. #Canada #Latvia Credit to bardown 🏒 🥅

Why a tiny green crab could be a big problem in #Quebec The green crab feasts on about 150 different organisms, including everything from mussels and clams to baby lobster, posing a threat to the local marine ecosystem. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Grotesque and frightening attacks on transgender people in Alberta. I hope more people will refuse to comply as this prof has done.

Air Canada has launched nonstop flights from Montreal to Santiago, Chile

Greedy landlords caused the housing affordability crisis — now they want you to feel sorry for them. “Rents in Montreal are now so high that landlords are reportedly ‘struggling to find tenants’ — failing to acknowledge that their incessant price-gouging is the root cause.”

Canada has been named the most respected country in the world

For years I’ve dealt with some of the nasty comments & emails I receive by writing completely unfiltered replies, telling the sender exactly what I think of them and their comment—then deleting them. Never sending. Turns out this is an “amazing anger management technique.” I will keep it up!!! 😎

Nenshi's face should be on milk cartons. If there was ever an opportunity for the NDP to start contrasting themselves with the UCP, this is that time. DSmith has given the NDP many points of attack and they seem to be unaware of how to take advantage of the unpopularity of the UCP.

Interesting dilemma for Grenell: If the artist's contract specifies "Kennedy Center", he can argue the contract is now void. If they sue him for refusing to appear at the "Trump Kennedy Center", that entity arguably does not exist in law. The stuff of law school exams!

"One Word Describes Trump" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... I missed this on its first trip around, then saw it on the "most popular with readers" list for 2025. Recommended, despite the cheesy headline. Especially valuable if you have ever compared him to a mob boss. [Gift link]

With the recently released details of Steve Bannon's chummy relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, I'm re-upping this newsletter from last month about how major media give their version of a "pardon" when they fail to mention the criminal pasts of people like Bannon.

I hope Edwin Eisendrath is correct when he writes that "2025 was a turning point, the year when America’s fascist consolidation reached its high-water mark and began to crumble." His outlook isn't 100% rosy, though. He sees lots of MAGA mischief-making ahead.

"Take more territorial interest in Greenland" = steal land from an ally.

Two days after the U.S. launched airstrikes in a country where we’re not officially at war, we’ve learned hardly anything from the Trump regime about it. We’ve heard more from Nigeria‘s government and an AP interview with villagers. Trump obviously thinks it’s his military, not ours.

The Electric Future: Clean Energy Becomes Part of Everyday Culture Jigar Shah argues that clean energy is becoming such a common part of the US energy system that it now needs to become part of US culture. Music festival sponsorship, anyone? youtu.be/QR-5E4WqViE

Alberta Separatists are MAGA Power Mongers Davies, Rath, Parker - power-hungry hacks, all of them. They bow to Trump and MAGA culture on bended knee. They reject democratic restraint. They are traitors to the idea of Canada. #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli markhamhislop.substack.com/p/alberta-se...

"'We request that the government pause apprehension activities during the Christmas season. Such a pause would show a decent regard for the humanity of these families.' The White House did not mention the holiday season in its rejection of the Bishops' request..." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

⚠️ BREAKING: Major Winter Storm Expected for Ontario Beginning Sunday with Blizzard Conditions, Up to 50cm of Snow, 70-100km/h Winds, Flash Freezing, and 10-20mm of Freezing Rain 📅 Sun, Dec 28 - Mon, Dec 29, 2025 ⤵️ VIEW THE FULL FORECAST: instantweatherinc.com/article/2025... #onstorm #ontario

It is really scary that Doug Ford is in charge of Ontario. Don't let the name "Park" fool you, there is lots of logging going on in the Park. "Algonquin Park has one of the highest concentrations of old-growth forests in eastern North America" More about logging 👇 www.thestar.com/news/ontario...

NZ solar power generation up 31% in 2023, 52% in 2024, 61% in 2025. Long may it continue. Still only 1.9% of total power generation to there is plenty of remaining scope. The 4th quarter of 2025 is likely to come in at the lowest emissions and highest renewable proportion on record.

Democracy doesn’t fail because people vote. It fails when voters are misled, choices are distorted, and accountability disappears afterwards — then we’re told this is what democracy looks like.

Little to no additional snow accumulation is expected after some New York City areas were hit with the heaviest snowfall in years, forecasters said.

There is no “middle class” and hasn’t been for decades. There’s the wealthy, the working class and the impoverished. How about taxing the hell out of the 1% and raising corporation taxes to a minimum of 60%? This supposed “tax break” is a joke. You are not reading the nation! 🪶😡🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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2025 comes to an end. It’s been a strong year for deployment and innovation, but a worrying one for energy politics. Moves like the US pause on offshore wind show how quickly progress can be undermined by polarised debate. Here’s hoping 2026 brings calmer, more evidence-based energy policymaking.

Good morning and happy Sunday 😊