Dave Trafford
@davetrafford.bsky.social
Recovering News Director. Host/producer of On the Ledge - your Ontario politics podcast, NOW and NEXT and Chief Executive Producer at Story Studio Network. davetrafford.com
This week on NOW and NEXT - From Davos to Deepfakes: How Trust, Leadership, and Political Communication Are Being Redefined. Always great to get insights from @bobreidtoronto.bsky.social, Anne Marie Aikins and @lcbroadhead.bsky.social . LISTEN. SHARE.
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From Davos to Deepfakes: How Trust, Leadership, and Political Communication Are Being Redefined - NOW and NEXT
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February 3, 2026 at 7:53 PM
This week on NOW and NEXT - From Davos to Deepfakes: How Trust, Leadership, and Political Communication Are Being Redefined. Always great to get insights from @bobreidtoronto.bsky.social, Anne Marie Aikins and @lcbroadhead.bsky.social . LISTEN. SHARE.
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People ask me: "Are you still on the radio" and the answer is "Heck Ya". I joined Jerry Agar on NEWSTALK1010
for Party-for-Two today!
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for Party-for-Two today!
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Doug Ford wants a fourth majority and Olivia Chow unveils her election year budget - NOW and NEXT
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February 2, 2026 at 8:16 PM
People ask me: "Are you still on the radio" and the answer is "Heck Ya". I joined Jerry Agar on NEWSTALK1010
for Party-for-Two today!
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for Party-for-Two today!
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Donald Trump and his MAGA Carta brown shirts are turning out to be the cliched lonesome losers in a bluegrass hurtin’ song.
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February 2, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Donald Trump and his MAGA Carta brown shirts are turning out to be the cliched lonesome losers in a bluegrass hurtin’ song.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Is "a framework of a future deal on the future deal with respect to Greenland" another TACO? or, as I like to call it Trump Urgently Reverses Direction (T.U.R.D.) Major media outlets reporting as if the sovereignty of Greenland is settled.
#notsofast
#notsofast
January 21, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Is "a framework of a future deal on the future deal with respect to Greenland" another TACO? or, as I like to call it Trump Urgently Reverses Direction (T.U.R.D.) Major media outlets reporting as if the sovereignty of Greenland is settled.
#notsofast
#notsofast
Trumps says the US “probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be, frankly, unstoppable...But I won't do that..I don't have to use force. I don't want to use force. I won't use force.”
He won't use force because he doesn't think he has to use it.
He won't use force because he doesn't think he has to use it.
January 21, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Trumps says the US “probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be, frankly, unstoppable...But I won't do that..I don't have to use force. I don't want to use force. I won't use force.”
He won't use force because he doesn't think he has to use it.
He won't use force because he doesn't think he has to use it.
Polling done by the Economist just before Christmas suggests only around one in five Americans and less than half of Republicans support overthrowing Maduro or a military invasion of Venezuela.
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There is scant American support for military action against Venezuela | YouGov
Majorities of Americans oppose the U.S. using military force to invade Venezuela and overthrow Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro
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January 4, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Polling done by the Economist just before Christmas suggests only around one in five Americans and less than half of Republicans support overthrowing Maduro or a military invasion of Venezuela.
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Where’s the plan behind #FordNation’s promise to open four private knee and hip clinics in Ontario? #onpoli
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Where's the plan behind Ford's promise to open private knee and hip clinics?
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December 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Where’s the plan behind #FordNation’s promise to open four private knee and hip clinics in Ontario? #onpoli
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Eglinton LRT: LONGEST RUNNING TORMENT
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December 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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RADIO DAYS SPECIAL: Luxury Home Tax Hikes inToronto and Out of Control Healthcare Billings - NOW and NEXT
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December 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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In this week’s edition of On the Ledge - your #onpoli podcast: As more beer stores close across Ontario and grocers are slow to take your beer, wine and spirits bottles, shouldn’t the LCBO be forced to take your empties?(The LCBO happily take your deposit at the point of sale!)
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
In this week’s edition of On the Ledge - your #onpoli podcast: As more beer stores close across Ontario and grocers are slow to take your beer, wine and spirits bottles, shouldn’t the LCBO be forced to take your empties?(The LCBO happily take your deposit at the point of sale!)
Bracing for a wild week in politics. Team Carney doesn’t have the votes to pass its budget on Monday. And it looks like Trump Urgently Reversed Direction (T. U. R. D.) on the Epstein file vote.
November 17, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Bracing for a wild week in politics. Team Carney doesn’t have the votes to pass its budget on Monday. And it looks like Trump Urgently Reversed Direction (T. U. R. D.) on the Epstein file vote.
This week’s edition of On the Ledge: The OPP reviews the books at a firm that got cash from #Ontario’s Skills Development Fund. @keithleslie.bsky.social #onpoli
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Audit of Skills Development Fund Recipient leads to an OPP inquiry
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November 15, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This week’s edition of On the Ledge: The OPP reviews the books at a firm that got cash from #Ontario’s Skills Development Fund. @keithleslie.bsky.social #onpoli
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Wow! The @phillies.com got #Buckner’d
October 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Wow! The @phillies.com got #Buckner’d
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Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow gets scorched in a political heatwave.
Her comms strategy is underwater after public pools were closed in the middle of record breaking heat this week.
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Her comms strategy is underwater after public pools were closed in the middle of record breaking heat this week.
@bobreidtoronto.bsky.social @femwriter.bsky.social @lcbroadhead.bsky.social
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NOW and NEXT
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June 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow gets scorched in a political heatwave.
Her comms strategy is underwater after public pools were closed in the middle of record breaking heat this week.
@bobreidtoronto.bsky.social @femwriter.bsky.social @lcbroadhead.bsky.social
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Her comms strategy is underwater after public pools were closed in the middle of record breaking heat this week.
@bobreidtoronto.bsky.social @femwriter.bsky.social @lcbroadhead.bsky.social
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Now & Next is up with @davetrafford.bsky.social @lcbroadhead.bsky.social @bobreidtoronto.bsky.social
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From Common Sense to Chaos: The Evolution of Political Protest
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June 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Now & Next is up with @davetrafford.bsky.social @lcbroadhead.bsky.social @bobreidtoronto.bsky.social
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Uh oh. It don’t look good for our @EdmontonOilers. They need three in 20 just to get to OT and extend it to game 7. Conor McDavid’s odds of being the GOAT to never win a #StanleyCup just peaked.
June 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Uh oh. It don’t look good for our @EdmontonOilers. They need three in 20 just to get to OT and extend it to game 7. Conor McDavid’s odds of being the GOAT to never win a #StanleyCup just peaked.
When asked to comment, Premier Smith had two words “Sovereignty Association”.
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Alberta Justice Minister has personal relationship with man whose businesses are tied to AHS investigation
Mickey Amery told The Globe and Mail that he is a long-time friend of Sam Mraiche and ‘loosely related’ to him through marriage
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May 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
When asked to comment, Premier Smith had two words “Sovereignty Association”.
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Questions: How long can the NEW Democrat Party claim to be NEW? And who’s betting all three major parties will have different leaders on Jan 01/26 than they did Jan 01/25?
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Election Fallout Carney’s Challenges, Poilievre’s Future, and the NDP Collapse
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April 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Questions: How long can the NEW Democrat Party claim to be NEW? And who’s betting all three major parties will have different leaders on Jan 01/26 than they did Jan 01/25?
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Anyone else getting a lot of random robo calls from Beijing? Can’t understand the voicemail but they sound like pleasant enough folks.
April 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Anyone else getting a lot of random robo calls from Beijing? Can’t understand the voicemail but they sound like pleasant enough folks.
Is #PierrePoilievre running THE BEST losing federal campaign in Canadian history?
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NDP collapse killed Poilievre's PM hopes
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April 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Is #PierrePoilievre running THE BEST losing federal campaign in Canadian history?
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April 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM