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Day Two in a nutshell

The leaders in Beijing must be shaking their heads. Donald Trump has ensure that this century belongs to them. He is alienating his allies and threatening our borders. The world now sees China as the more trustworthy ally. geopoliticaleconomy.com/2026/06/07/s...

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It’s not about standards — it’s about who the standards apply to.

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

Happy Pride! 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈

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President Obama says he has "a room" in Trump's head. "A suite in his head." "Look, first of all, when I was president, the last thing I had time to do was worry about what somebody said, or what my predecessor did. They're gone. I've got work to do."

Doug Ford showed up for 29 days of work in the legislature and has given himself a 21 week summer break. If you are done with the Ford gravy train for insiders join the protests today across Ontario.

A Michigan Democratic senate candidate has seized on the delayed opening of the Gordie Howe International bridge, turning the controversy into a political liability for U.S. President Donald Trump in a closely watched senate race.

“Temperatures are running high, and the last thing we need are hotheaded Democrats spewing hateful, inflammatory statements sourced directly from the president’s speeches,” said Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA)

Receipts:

This is modern conservatism in a nutshell -- it's OK if Americans have to pay a lot for this stupid war of choice, because the people that Americans hate will have to pay even more. No amount of suffering is bad as long as we know someone else is suffering worse.

Is it any wonder why so many think the system is broken? https://www.commondreams.org/news/elon-musk-first-trillionaire

My interview with Cuban Ambassador Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz on Trump's threat to Cuba and what Canadians can do to help the Cuban people. @meidascanada.ca @meidastouch.com youtu.be/LokBahrppOk?...

Alexis Goldstein is a whistleblower who worked at the CFPB and is currently running for Congress. She wants to ban AI Data Centers. She explains how AI is a big, fraudulent bubble that is about to pop, and we will have to bail out these techno fascist sociopaths. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLOR...

Today, we raise the Pride flag as a celebration, an act of vigilance, and a beacon to those who are not yet free.

There's a petition to get the Ambassador to GTFO. I normally don't care for signing things, but a few seconds of my life for an important cause, I can handle. It's now over 22k. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Let the feds know what you think of the ill-conceived proposal to bring jets and runway expansion to toronto‘s island airport Nobody voted for this, @mark-carney.bsky.social @juliedabrusin.bsky.social tc.canada.ca/en/corporate...

A serious one... because it's Monday. Recent reporting has found foreign accounts pushing Alberta separatism in Canada. People pretending to be local, stealing content, scamming Canadians, and warping political dialogue. That should bother everyone. It for sure bothers us. 👇

Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star

Any politician who simplifies global macroeconomics to a sound bite is not a serious person.

I recently made a Bluesky feed of just the non-US people I’m following, and was surprised at how much more peaceful it was. It wasn’t just the smaller quantity of posts, but also less about all the madness — both real and manufactured — of their society. disconnect.blog/information-...

Romanian President says Russians should improve their targeting of Ukrainians, so they don’t injure Romanians. Read that again.

NEW — My first true foray into AI haterdom is about how those of us not convinced by AI’s inevitability are a real constituency worthy of a voice. Give it a read:

Economists call this diminishing marginal utility. The first dollars change your life. The billionth doesn't. So the argument stops being about consumption and starts being about power.

In France, you can get your groceries in returnable packaging. Here's why the Canadian pilot failed Loop founder says regulation a key reason company is expanding in Europe www.cbc.ca/radio/whaton...

Real post

More on our recent study...👇 Popular AI chatbots are confidently dispensing medical misinformation, analysis shows medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04... Much of the chatbots info "is inaccurate and incomplete, with half (50%) of the responses problematic..."

What’s going on in Cuba now? 🪞

Update: Toronto police have released a new photo of Esther as the search for the missing 14-year-old continues.

Bluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/b... "While Russians have long flooded social media platforms with fake accounts and content, hacking into real accounts appeared to be a novel strategy."

Is Trump’s $1.8B slush fund as nonpartisan as the administration claims? Probably not. But I intend to find out.

“It’s just frustrating to see them come into our community and run all over us like the citizens don’t matter, and then they’re above the law when they do break it,” resident, James Clifton said. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

Charlie Angus on impact of Canadian boycott of US travel: "Many tourist locations are talking about drops of 50% ... There's areas where the losses have been as high as 80%. We're not bragging as Canadians. We're doing something to defend our sovereignty and put the pressure on MAGA."

AOC on Trump’s reported plan to use $1.7 billion in IRS funds to compensate January 6 insurrectionists and pardoned fraudsters: “He’s using the entire government as a slush fund… one of the most unpatriotic and un-American acts I’ve seen in my entire life.”

The Trump administration says it is going to go after fraud. It should redirect its attention to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Everything is a scam to get richer. He’s made $3 billion since coming back into office!

Artemis II Crew in Ottawa #Canada The Maple Cookies 🍁

Hakeem Jeffries: Well, the American people absolutely should be deeply concerned. We need a wellness check on this guy. He continues to exhibit signs of decay. Something is really wrong with this guy, which is why I’ve publicly called for a wellness check, an intervention.

Sure he was, dude. What a pathetic loser.

“Developers talk not just about how the AI output is often flawed, but that using AI to get the job done is often a more time consuming, harder, and more frustrating experience … More concerning, developers who use AI at work report that they feel like they are de-skilling themselves.”

LET THIS SINK IN—the U.S. now has no confirmed CDC director, no FDA commissioner, no Surgeon General, an NIH director with no medical license, and the last Acting CDC Director was a George Bush speechwriter. In fact—the only doctor/scientist we have in the White House is… Dr Oz.

Since the so-called #ceasefire, Israel has killed more than 800 people and injured more than 2,000. This incident striking close to a medical facility shows that nowhere is safe in Gaza. MSF call for Israel to respect the ceasefire and to ensure the protection of civilians.

Cartoon by John Deering.

🤣🤣🔥🍁😏 Liberal MP rhymes a speech towards the LOO Poilievre and it is fire! #Canada

Ford never sued them for libel.

Awkward

Doug Ford's big FOI cover-up.