Irrelephant
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Aggressively, zealously centrist. Authoritarianism and disinformation, in all its forms, can get stuffed. #ElbowsUp and #SlavaUkraini 🇨🇦 🇺🇦
The move away from US tech dependency is the kind of thing that may be a blip on balance sheets initially, but the start of a global structural shift that ultimately diminishes US relevance.
Get us off Microsoft! Lawmakers press EU Parliament to change in-house IT.
“We cannot afford this level of dependence on foreign tech,” lawmakers say in letter obtained by POLITICO.
www.politico.eu
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The move away from US tech dependency is the kind of thing that may be a blip on balance sheets initially, but the start of a global structural shift that ultimately diminishes US relevance.
This article is wild. Really paints a picture of how drastic the change in relations with the US has been.
📈📉 One year ago this week, Trump threatened Canada with 25% tariffs. Since then, the country has changed dramatically.
Here, in text and charts, we look at 29 ways that Canada has changed in this very turbulent year.
Here, in text and charts, we look at 29 ways that Canada has changed in this very turbulent year.
Twenty-nine ways that Trump has changed Canada
A year ago, the U.S. President first unleashed his threats of tariffs and territorial expansion. Now, our country is different politically, culturally and economically
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 AM
This article is wild. Really paints a picture of how drastic the change in relations with the US has been.
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📈📉 One year ago this week, Trump threatened Canada with 25% tariffs. Since then, the country has changed dramatically.
Here, in text and charts, we look at 29 ways that Canada has changed in this very turbulent year.
Here, in text and charts, we look at 29 ways that Canada has changed in this very turbulent year.
Twenty-nine ways that Trump has changed Canada
A year ago, the U.S. President first unleashed his threats of tariffs and territorial expansion. Now, our country is different politically, culturally and economically
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Republican senator now publicly defending Mark Kelly
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Republican senator now publicly defending Mark Kelly
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It’s absolutely absurd that American doctors haven’t completely turned on the AMA and this administration.
But not so absurd when you realize German doctors did the exact same thing in 1933. Bad, horrible things incoming.
But not so absurd when you realize German doctors did the exact same thing in 1933. Bad, horrible things incoming.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
It’s absolutely absurd that American doctors haven’t completely turned on the AMA and this administration.
But not so absurd when you realize German doctors did the exact same thing in 1933. Bad, horrible things incoming.
But not so absurd when you realize German doctors did the exact same thing in 1933. Bad, horrible things incoming.
This is the only correct response. Don't read it, don't link it, just tell them to fuck off. It is just journalistic slop and deserves to be discarded with the rest.
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This is the only correct response. Don't read it, don't link it, just tell them to fuck off. It is just journalistic slop and deserves to be discarded with the rest.
"Our goal is to position CBC News as [...] a place where you are guaranteed to find fact-based journalism that is always produced, verified and overseen by humans."
EXCELLENT. More of that, please.
www.cbc.ca/news/editors...
EXCELLENT. More of that, please.
www.cbc.ca/news/editors...
How CBC News will use AI responsibly to benefit our journalism — and keep your trust | CBC News
CBC is launching a new campaign aimed at reminding Canadians how our journalism can provide a safe harbour from the fake news and AI-generated content roiling through our feeds. As the campaign begins...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"Our goal is to position CBC News as [...] a place where you are guaranteed to find fact-based journalism that is always produced, verified and overseen by humans."
EXCELLENT. More of that, please.
www.cbc.ca/news/editors...
EXCELLENT. More of that, please.
www.cbc.ca/news/editors...
Whoopsy, 3,200 jobs lost in one of the most MAGA-nuts areas in the country.
Notice that "Beef Magazine" doesn't dare even mention Trump's name or the word "tariff". I look forward to hearing about how this is actually Biden's fault.
Notice that "Beef Magazine" doesn't dare even mention Trump's name or the word "tariff". I look forward to hearing about how this is actually Biden's fault.
Tyson Lexington plant set to close
Questions and allegations abound as Tyson announces plans to shutter a major beef packing plant.
www.beefmagazine.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Whoopsy, 3,200 jobs lost in one of the most MAGA-nuts areas in the country.
Notice that "Beef Magazine" doesn't dare even mention Trump's name or the word "tariff". I look forward to hearing about how this is actually Biden's fault.
Notice that "Beef Magazine" doesn't dare even mention Trump's name or the word "tariff". I look forward to hearing about how this is actually Biden's fault.
YES, Albertans! This is the way. Send the message that Canadians do not want MAGA here.
5 more UCP legislature members facing recall, bringing total to 14 | CBC News
Elections Alberta says it has approved recall petitions against five more members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus, bringing the total to 14.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
YES, Albertans! This is the way. Send the message that Canadians do not want MAGA here.
Never forget or forgive that MAGA did this.
The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Never forget or forgive that MAGA did this.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Vance knows this, of course, and he knows exactly what he's doing by framing it this way.
Tin pot dictator riding Trump's coattails straight into his fascists' wet dream.
Tin pot dictator riding Trump's coattails straight into his fascists' wet dream.
This claim is inaccurate and misleading. The members of Congress categorically did not tell the military to "defy the president" as implied here. What they said was this: "you can refuse illegal orders." That statement is accurate and consistent with American law—though it does require context.
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Vance knows this, of course, and he knows exactly what he's doing by framing it this way.
Tin pot dictator riding Trump's coattails straight into his fascists' wet dream.
Tin pot dictator riding Trump's coattails straight into his fascists' wet dream.
I believe this is what Ukrainians think of the bullshit US-RUS "peace plan" 💥
It looks like that a Russian A-60 laser aircraft was struck in Taganrog, Russia. Only two prototype pieces of that type have been built.
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I believe this is what Ukrainians think of the bullshit US-RUS "peace plan" 💥
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Comey: "I'm grateful the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence & incompetence... I was inspired by the career people who refused to be part of this travesty. It cost some of them their jobs, but it preserved their integrity, which is beyond price"
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Comey: "I'm grateful the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence & incompetence... I was inspired by the career people who refused to be part of this travesty. It cost some of them their jobs, but it preserved their integrity, which is beyond price"
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This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Yet another tin pot dictator move by the very brittle MAGA regime.
Update: The Pentagon says it's opening an investigation into Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly in the wake of a video of Democratic lawmakers urging servicemembers not to comply with "illegal orders."
Pentagon investigates Democratic senator for telling troops to refuse 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says it's opening an investigation into Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly in the wake of a video of Democratic lawmakers urging servicemembers not to comply with "illegal orders."
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Yet another tin pot dictator move by the very brittle MAGA regime.
LMAO excellent. Weird how this kind of thing happens when Trump/MAGA appoint senior lawyers based on THEIR LOOKS ALONE.
To say nothing of the (very) shaky legal basis or forged documents used to bypass the grand jury.
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To say nothing of the (very) shaky legal basis or forged documents used to bypass the grand jury.
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BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
LMAO excellent. Weird how this kind of thing happens when Trump/MAGA appoint senior lawyers based on THEIR LOOKS ALONE.
To say nothing of the (very) shaky legal basis or forged documents used to bypass the grand jury.
🤷♂️
To say nothing of the (very) shaky legal basis or forged documents used to bypass the grand jury.
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Teach your kids/teens to identify and *discard* rage bait.
A functioning society depends on it.
A functioning society depends on it.
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors
A stunning development over the past 24 hours.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Teach your kids/teens to identify and *discard* rage bait.
A functioning society depends on it.
A functioning society depends on it.
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OTD in 2015 Turkey shot down a Russian jet in their airspace after we kept violating their border.
Our response was to sanction Turkish tomatoes. So in fact they also shot down our red lines.
Our response was to sanction Turkish tomatoes. So in fact they also shot down our red lines.
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
OTD in 2015 Turkey shot down a Russian jet in their airspace after we kept violating their border.
Our response was to sanction Turkish tomatoes. So in fact they also shot down our red lines.
Our response was to sanction Turkish tomatoes. So in fact they also shot down our red lines.
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Revelations about RW social media accounts being run from Russia correspond perfectly to data already revealed by the Panama, Paradise & Pandora Papers: Russian money streamed thru offshore accounts funds virtually all right-wing "populist" parties in EU & NAmerica. Same goal: undermine democracy.
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Revelations about RW social media accounts being run from Russia correspond perfectly to data already revealed by the Panama, Paradise & Pandora Papers: Russian money streamed thru offshore accounts funds virtually all right-wing "populist" parties in EU & NAmerica. Same goal: undermine democracy.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
US senator:"But the deeper problem is the cultural break; the idea that Canadians don't think of Americans as their friends and neighbours, but as adversaries."
YA THINK!? Trump, leader of the world's most powerful army, muses about annexing us, and 40% of the country think that's completely fine.
YA THINK!? Trump, leader of the world's most powerful army, muses about annexing us, and 40% of the country think that's completely fine.
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
US senator:"But the deeper problem is the cultural break; the idea that Canadians don't think of Americans as their friends and neighbours, but as adversaries."
YA THINK!? Trump, leader of the world's most powerful army, muses about annexing us, and 40% of the country think that's completely fine.
YA THINK!? Trump, leader of the world's most powerful army, muses about annexing us, and 40% of the country think that's completely fine.
This is the work that needs to get done at breakneck pace, with every non-US nation we can.
Carney, Modi agree to launch negotiations on new Canada-India trade deal | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have agreed to launch negotiations toward a new trade deal called a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.
www.cbc.ca
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This is the work that needs to get done at breakneck pace, with every non-US nation we can.
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Ru's goal is the annihilation of the Ukrainian nation.
😡 Russia is taking children from the Donetsk region to Sakhalin for assimilation and "integration", - CNS
Children are being shown "Sakhalin mentality", integration classes are being held in local educational institutions and introduced to life on the islands.
Children are being shown "Sakhalin mentality", integration classes are being held in local educational institutions and introduced to life on the islands.
November 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Ru's goal is the annihilation of the Ukrainian nation.
Its hard to spot one turd flowing down through a river of shit, to be fair.
Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Its hard to spot one turd flowing down through a river of shit, to be fair.