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After demolishing the White House’s East Wing, President Donald Trump is now eying four federal buildings for the same treatment and is circumventing a key government agency with his plans, according to a historic preservationist raising the alarm.
Trump takes steps toward demolishing four federal buildings, preservationist alleges | CNN Politics
After demolishing the White House’s East Wing, President Donald Trump is now eying four federal buildings for the same treatment and is circumventing a key government agency with his plans, according ...
www.cnn.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
After demolishing the White House’s East Wing, President Donald Trump is now eying four federal buildings for the same treatment and is circumventing a key government agency with his plans, according to a historic preservationist raising the alarm.
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Bill 2 suspended.
Here’s hoping the damage that has been done can be undone.
www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/12/11/l...
Here’s hoping the damage that has been done can be undone.
www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/12/11/l...
La loi 2 suspendue : Québec s’entend avec les médecins de famille
Le gouvernement Legault a conclu une entente de principe avec les médecins de famille du Québec et suspendra l’application de la loi 2.
www.tvanouvelles.ca
December 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Bill 2 suspended.
Here’s hoping the damage that has been done can be undone.
www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/12/11/l...
Here’s hoping the damage that has been done can be undone.
www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/12/11/l...
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BREAKING: Parliamentary Budget Officer formally walk back his incendiary a way over the top comments about a budget he hadn’t even seen.
A good move. Long overdue.
But is also very weird to hear him describe himself as an “unrepentant neoliberal”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#cdnpoli
A good move. Long overdue.
But is also very weird to hear him describe himself as an “unrepentant neoliberal”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#cdnpoli
Budget Watchdog Regrets Calling Canada’s Fiscal Position ‘Stupefying’
Canada’s budget watchdog is walking back his most charged criticisms of Mark Carney‘s fiscal policy, but says the government’s decision to drop its debt-to-GDP guideline is a major shift that warrants...
www.bloomberg.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
BREAKING: Parliamentary Budget Officer formally walk back his incendiary a way over the top comments about a budget he hadn’t even seen.
A good move. Long overdue.
But is also very weird to hear him describe himself as an “unrepentant neoliberal”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#cdnpoli
A good move. Long overdue.
But is also very weird to hear him describe himself as an “unrepentant neoliberal”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#cdnpoli
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It is really quite amazing, in a cool zone type of way, how much of the US Constitution that Trump is really trying to test.
NEW: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) says Colorado will not release Tina Peters after President Trump announced he is pardoning her state-level convictions.
"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."
"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."
December 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
It is really quite amazing, in a cool zone type of way, how much of the US Constitution that Trump is really trying to test.
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U.S. Latinos are now more worried about being asked to prove their legal status during their daily activities (43% today vs. 31% in March), and roughly 1 in 5 have changed their daily routines because of it.
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
U.S. Latinos are now more worried about being asked to prove their legal status during their daily activities (43% today vs. 31% in March), and roughly 1 in 5 have changed their daily routines because of it.
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Violent attacks against health care workers can have long lasting consequences. When Winnipeg nurse Jennifer Noone was assaulted on the job, she was left with a concussion and PTSD that forced her onto leave and unable to return to work for two years. thewalrus.ca/manitoba-hospita...
December 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Violent attacks against health care workers can have long lasting consequences. When Winnipeg nurse Jennifer Noone was assaulted on the job, she was left with a concussion and PTSD that forced her onto leave and unable to return to work for two years. thewalrus.ca/manitoba-hospita...
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PP could have just sat back and let the internal divisions in the Liberals take hold on the Pipeline deal. Instead he helped reunite the LPC caucus and gifted them another MP on top.
December 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
PP could have just sat back and let the internal divisions in the Liberals take hold on the Pipeline deal. Instead he helped reunite the LPC caucus and gifted them another MP on top.
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it would be funny if Pierre's leadership ends up splitting the CPC into the Reform and PC wings again
December 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
it would be funny if Pierre's leadership ends up splitting the CPC into the Reform and PC wings again
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Canadian rail service and emphasis on highways over any other mode of transport at all is a national embarrassment and should be treated as such.
Via Rail’s quality of service is far, far below international standards – Canadians need to stop normalizing this:
“Via Rail passengers arrived in Ottawa more than 12 hours late on Thursday, after “serious mechanical issues” forced them to spend the night sitting on a train in Brockville, Ontario”
“Via Rail passengers arrived in Ottawa more than 12 hours late on Thursday, after “serious mechanical issues” forced them to spend the night sitting on a train in Brockville, Ontario”
Via Rail passengers spend night on train in Brockville, Ont. after ‘operational constraint’
Via Rail passengers arrived in Ottawa more than 12 hours late on Thursday, after “serious mechanical issues” forced them to spend the night sitting on a train in Brockville, Ont.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Canadian rail service and emphasis on highways over any other mode of transport at all is a national embarrassment and should be treated as such.
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Conservatives being shocked at the logical endpoint of their ideological commitments would be funny if it wasn't so costly to everyone who cares about democracy, equal rights, common decency, etc.
December 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Conservatives being shocked at the logical endpoint of their ideological commitments would be funny if it wasn't so costly to everyone who cares about democracy, equal rights, common decency, etc.
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yes, to which PSPP proposes "what if we turned ourselves into Milton Friedman's wet dream with anti-wokeness and managed to grow without the constraints of the Federal government?"
Didn't Le Devoir publish an entire piece in the last 18 months about Québec not having the financial capacity to run itself as a country?
December 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
yes, to which PSPP proposes "what if we turned ourselves into Milton Friedman's wet dream with anti-wokeness and managed to grow without the constraints of the Federal government?"
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The basic truth of all claims about immigrants is that immigrants are just, you know, people, and therefore what is true for any human in the UK working in one field is also true of an immigrant in that one: www.ft.com/content/10da...
December 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The basic truth of all claims about immigrants is that immigrants are just, you know, people, and therefore what is true for any human in the UK working in one field is also true of an immigrant in that one: www.ft.com/content/10da...
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The threat of PSPP is massively underdiscussed because Anglo-Canadian media has no idea how to discuss Quebec politics
October 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The threat of PSPP is massively underdiscussed because Anglo-Canadian media has no idea how to discuss Quebec politics
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They want to withhold federal money for a state’s infrastructure if the state has a law that protects its residents from the downsides of AI.
Text of the EO now live on the White House site: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
December 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
They want to withhold federal money for a state’s infrastructure if the state has a law that protects its residents from the downsides of AI.
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Pierre's lack of political acumen is almost stunning to witness. He's managed to alienate or exhaust his party officials and his core support is the fringe of the party. Nothing to build a movement on!
December 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Pierre's lack of political acumen is almost stunning to witness. He's managed to alienate or exhaust his party officials and his core support is the fringe of the party. Nothing to build a movement on!
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i think if pablo cares about confederation, he should resign, even if he's innocent of the charges. PLQ needs a refresh, and so long as the 'brownie' line can be used against the PLQ, they're not going to bring the PQ to a minority government
montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
A dozen former Liberal MNAs and ministers call on Pablo Rodriguez to resign
Eleven months before the general election is not the time for the party to mired in a leadership crisis, they argue.
montrealgazette.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
i think if pablo cares about confederation, he should resign, even if he's innocent of the charges. PLQ needs a refresh, and so long as the 'brownie' line can be used against the PLQ, they're not going to bring the PQ to a minority government
montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
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yeah, if you take a look at the seats that just came over, it's one of the Ontario 905 seats that will obviously go Liberal in a less polarized environment
Another of PP’s problems is that people don’t actually like him and he doesn’t inspire confidence, so if you’re in a soft CPC seat it might make sense to try your luck next election as a Liberal.
December 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
yeah, if you take a look at the seats that just came over, it's one of the Ontario 905 seats that will obviously go Liberal in a less polarized environment
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While prepping for a presentation in Toronto a few weeks ago, I picked up that one of our graphs hadn't been updated with 2025 numbers. We just made the change. Here's how historically affordable Québec is doing.
December 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
While prepping for a presentation in Toronto a few weeks ago, I picked up that one of our graphs hadn't been updated with 2025 numbers. We just made the change. Here's how historically affordable Québec is doing.
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Respectfully this is not a “legal experts say.” It’s just not arguable. It’s like saying “weather experts say the sun sets at night.”
December 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Respectfully this is not a “legal experts say.” It’s just not arguable. It’s like saying “weather experts say the sun sets at night.”
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"The Safe Third Country Agreement is not long for this world," @dougsaunders.bsky.social proclaims. After the government won twice on appeal, I'm not so sure it's a slam dunk. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: A better way to manage the border after the collapse of the Safe Third Country Agreement
A Biden-era initiative shows the way forward for managing migration - and Canada could lead such a program without the United States
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"The Safe Third Country Agreement is not long for this world," @dougsaunders.bsky.social proclaims. After the government won twice on appeal, I'm not so sure it's a slam dunk. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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On the right, freedom of speech mostly means propaganda, and everything makes more sense if you recognize that
Smith says she supports accreditation for Jordan Peterson's online school to correct what she says is a lack of freedom of speech in Alberta's universities.
Nenshi Grills Smith in Legislature over Jordan Peterson's School via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Nenshi Grills Smith in Legislature over Jordan Peterson's School via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Nenshi Grills Smith in Legislature over Jordan Peterson’s School | The Tyee
Alberta’s premier defended her quiet efforts to accredit the psychologist’s for-profit online ‘academy.’
thetyee.ca
December 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
On the right, freedom of speech mostly means propaganda, and everything makes more sense if you recognize that
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lol holy shit
Here's PIRG researcher RJ Cross getting the Alilo Smart AI bunny to tell @savanahsellers.bsky.social about S&M, the FoloToy Sunflower Warmie telling me it is actually both a cactus and a teddy bear (???) and the Miiloo spouting the CCP line on Taiwan.
December 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
lol holy shit
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the disney and openai partnership is a bleak look into a potential future where all of these creative arts companies and media industry of every type is entirely owned and operated by big tech
December 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
the disney and openai partnership is a bleak look into a potential future where all of these creative arts companies and media industry of every type is entirely owned and operated by big tech
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From the NDP's dissent (see link).
I drafted many such reports as a non-partisan federal parliamentary researcher. I've never heard of an MP/MPP being given sole control over the drafting of any report, let alone an 877-page behemoth.
This report's a red flag factory.
www.ola.org/sites/defaul...
I drafted many such reports as a non-partisan federal parliamentary researcher. I've never heard of an MP/MPP being given sole control over the drafting of any report, let alone an 877-page behemoth.
This report's a red flag factory.
www.ola.org/sites/defaul...
December 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
From the NDP's dissent (see link).
I drafted many such reports as a non-partisan federal parliamentary researcher. I've never heard of an MP/MPP being given sole control over the drafting of any report, let alone an 877-page behemoth.
This report's a red flag factory.
www.ola.org/sites/defaul...
I drafted many such reports as a non-partisan federal parliamentary researcher. I've never heard of an MP/MPP being given sole control over the drafting of any report, let alone an 877-page behemoth.
This report's a red flag factory.
www.ola.org/sites/defaul...
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Canada just updated its list of designated terrorist groups to include three ideologically motivated violent extremist groups — ones that are pretty darkly disturbing.
The newly listed groups include 764, Maniac Murder Cult and the Terrorgram Collective.
Here's what you need to know:
The newly listed groups include 764, Maniac Murder Cult and the Terrorgram Collective.
Here's what you need to know:
December 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Canada just updated its list of designated terrorist groups to include three ideologically motivated violent extremist groups — ones that are pretty darkly disturbing.
The newly listed groups include 764, Maniac Murder Cult and the Terrorgram Collective.
Here's what you need to know:
The newly listed groups include 764, Maniac Murder Cult and the Terrorgram Collective.
Here's what you need to know: