E in the Capital
@einthecapital.bsky.social
Long suffering Senators and Browns fan in Ottawa. Redblacks season ticket holder. Forlorn Joe Clark Red Tory. Typos.🇨🇦
After engaging MAGA North 🇨🇦 over the last 24 hours, I am now certain that they think Renfield is the hero of Dracula.
January 25, 2026 at 7:00 PM
After engaging MAGA North 🇨🇦 over the last 24 hours, I am now certain that they think Renfield is the hero of Dracula.
The “if Carney just did X or Y…” crowd here in 🇨🇦 needs to understand: this isn’t about anything economic or security related. It’s about one malignant narcissist’s need to put on a dominance display. The tariffs (& ensuing the harm) ARE the end.
BREAKING: Donald Trump has just threatened Canada with 100% tariffs on "all Canadian goods and products" exported to the US. It comes after Canada agreed to ease tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles in return for lower import taxes on Canadian farm products
January 24, 2026 at 3:23 PM
The “if Carney just did X or Y…” crowd here in 🇨🇦 needs to understand: this isn’t about anything economic or security related. It’s about one malignant narcissist’s need to put on a dominance display. The tariffs (& ensuing the harm) ARE the end.
Shakedown is the entire Trump foreign policy.
🇺🇦= cut off defence aid during invasion, demand minerals.
🇻🇪= remove leader but keep regime, aim to take oil.
🇨🇦= can avoid economic ruin if it becomes 51st state.
🇬🇱= will take it & punish anyone who resists.
Now Peace Board with $1B slush fund payment.
🇺🇦= cut off defence aid during invasion, demand minerals.
🇻🇪= remove leader but keep regime, aim to take oil.
🇨🇦= can avoid economic ruin if it becomes 51st state.
🇬🇱= will take it & punish anyone who resists.
Now Peace Board with $1B slush fund payment.
Community Note Slaps White House’s $1B Shakedown Defense
Attempt to fact-check Bloomberg's 'Board of Peace' reporting falters
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Attempt to fact-check Bloomberg's 'Board of Peace' reporting falters
meidasnews.com/news/communi...
Community Note Slaps White House’s $1B Shakedown Defense
Attempt to fact-check Bloomberg's 'Board of Peace' reporting falters
meidasnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Shakedown is the entire Trump foreign policy.
🇺🇦= cut off defence aid during invasion, demand minerals.
🇻🇪= remove leader but keep regime, aim to take oil.
🇨🇦= can avoid economic ruin if it becomes 51st state.
🇬🇱= will take it & punish anyone who resists.
Now Peace Board with $1B slush fund payment.
🇺🇦= cut off defence aid during invasion, demand minerals.
🇻🇪= remove leader but keep regime, aim to take oil.
🇨🇦= can avoid economic ruin if it becomes 51st state.
🇬🇱= will take it & punish anyone who resists.
Now Peace Board with $1B slush fund payment.
His behaviour is unbecoming of a possessor of a secondhand Nobel Peace Prize.
Trump says he'll impose a 10% tariff (rising to 25% in June) on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, because they've sent people to Greenland, until the US can buy Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
His behaviour is unbecoming of a possessor of a secondhand Nobel Peace Prize.
May I suggest a solution that doesn’t involve walking right up to ICE officers holding out your phone, giving them the provocation they seek to arrest or get physical??
I am introducing the Quick Recognition (QR) Act, which requires ICE and CBP officers to wear uniforms featuring QR codes. When scanned, the code would generate a digital ID displaying the officer’s name, badge number, and law enforcement agency.
ICE should be unmasked both physically and digitally.
ICE should be unmasked both physically and digitally.
January 15, 2026 at 12:14 AM
May I suggest a solution that doesn’t involve walking right up to ICE officers holding out your phone, giving them the provocation they seek to arrest or get physical??
Trump is so enamoured with shiny possessions, per Apple, FIFA, Sweden… he’s incapable of registering the indignity of taking a Nobel Peace Prize from someone who’s endured what Machado has, or that having her medal doesn’t mean that he tricked the Committee or that it has to update the record.
Nobel Institute rejects María Corina Machado’s offer to share peace prize with Trump
Nobel Institute rejects María Corina Machado’s offer to share peace prize with Trump
Organisers clarify award ‘cannot be revoked, shared or transferred’ after Venezuelan opposition leader’s comments
The organisers of the Nobel peace prize have said it “cannot be revoked, shared or transferred” after Venezuela’s opposition leader, María Corina Machado, said she wanted to give her award to Donald Trump.
When Machado was named Nobel laureate in October, it was seen as a snub by the White House, despite Machado rushing to dedicate the prize to the US president and his “decisive support of our cause”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Trump is so enamoured with shiny possessions, per Apple, FIFA, Sweden… he’s incapable of registering the indignity of taking a Nobel Peace Prize from someone who’s endured what Machado has, or that having her medal doesn’t mean that he tricked the Committee or that it has to update the record.
So fun watching kiddo fill up his own bookshelves.
December 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
So fun watching kiddo fill up his own bookshelves.
Imagine if only Fred had disciplined this mook instead of neglecting him.
Trump on Rob Reiner: He was a deranged person… Trump derangement syndrome. I was not a fan. I thought he was very bad for our country.
December 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Imagine if only Fred had disciplined this mook instead of neglecting him.
Hey @marvelman76.bsky.social! If I may ask, are you familiar with these Hachette UK hardcovers? Hit the motherload at Dollarama here in Canada, for $5 CDN each.
December 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Hey @marvelman76.bsky.social! If I may ask, are you familiar with these Hachette UK hardcovers? Hit the motherload at Dollarama here in Canada, for $5 CDN each.
A diplomat with zero interest in diplomacy is just the Trump foreign policy of shitting on longtime allies.
But Hoekstra… a 70+ year old juvenile troll who ought to know better, esp. having been a longtime Congressman for a border state, pre-Trump. But I guess being a dickhead is now its own end.
But Hoekstra… a 70+ year old juvenile troll who ought to know better, esp. having been a longtime Congressman for a border state, pre-Trump. But I guess being a dickhead is now its own end.
Canadians ‘don’t understand’ seriousness of Ontario anti-Trump ad: Hoekstra
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is once again slamming the Ontario ad that ended trade negotiations with the U.S., accusing Canada of inserting itself into American politics and creating a “ne...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A diplomat with zero interest in diplomacy is just the Trump foreign policy of shitting on longtime allies.
But Hoekstra… a 70+ year old juvenile troll who ought to know better, esp. having been a longtime Congressman for a border state, pre-Trump. But I guess being a dickhead is now its own end.
But Hoekstra… a 70+ year old juvenile troll who ought to know better, esp. having been a longtime Congressman for a border state, pre-Trump. But I guess being a dickhead is now its own end.
Turns out that 12 years ago way too fast.
October 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Turns out that 12 years ago way too fast.
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If Ukraine is not a part of peace talks, they aren't peace talks.
They are, at most, imperial outsiders trying to figure out something they like and impose it on Ukraine. Which won't work, because Ukrainians are the ones fighting.
US and Russia don't need peace talks, because they're not at war.
They are, at most, imperial outsiders trying to figure out something they like and impose it on Ukraine. Which won't work, because Ukrainians are the ones fighting.
US and Russia don't need peace talks, because they're not at war.
Russian Strikes Kill 3 in Ukraine, Which May Be Left Out of Peace Talks
www.nytimes.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
If Ukraine is not a part of peace talks, they aren't peace talks.
They are, at most, imperial outsiders trying to figure out something they like and impose it on Ukraine. Which won't work, because Ukrainians are the ones fighting.
US and Russia don't need peace talks, because they're not at war.
They are, at most, imperial outsiders trying to figure out something they like and impose it on Ukraine. Which won't work, because Ukrainians are the ones fighting.
US and Russia don't need peace talks, because they're not at war.
Reprehensible and disgusting. Defacing a monument to millions killed by the Nazis and to holocaust survivors’ contributions to Canada is the act of a dark-hearted, immoral ignoramus who’s too lazy to put in the work to effect change.
Canada’s National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa defaced overnight
Crews are cleaning up Canada’s National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa on Monday, after it was defaced with red paint.
www.ctvnews.ca
June 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Reprehensible and disgusting. Defacing a monument to millions killed by the Nazis and to holocaust survivors’ contributions to Canada is the act of a dark-hearted, immoral ignoramus who’s too lazy to put in the work to effect change.
So true in the 80s! I recall my parents getting mad with “Hey, you’re in or you’re out! If you’re going outside, then stay outside!”
Gawd, we’d just disappear in the wooded area behind the neighborhood… then sneak into the construction site when it was cut down for a community centre.
Gawd, we’d just disappear in the wooded area behind the neighborhood… then sneak into the construction site when it was cut down for a community centre.
June 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
So true in the 80s! I recall my parents getting mad with “Hey, you’re in or you’re out! If you’re going outside, then stay outside!”
Gawd, we’d just disappear in the wooded area behind the neighborhood… then sneak into the construction site when it was cut down for a community centre.
Gawd, we’d just disappear in the wooded area behind the neighborhood… then sneak into the construction site when it was cut down for a community centre.
Reposted by E in the Capital
While it appears we are plummeting into the abyss this is a trick of perspective, in fact all the non-abyss parts of the universe are hurling away from us
BESSENT: OTHER COUNTRIES' CURRENCIES RISING, NOT DOLLAR FALLING
May 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
While it appears we are plummeting into the abyss this is a trick of perspective, in fact all the non-abyss parts of the universe are hurling away from us
In fairness, people had NO WAY of realizing that the guy who previously ran a shambolic administration, who tried to overturn election results, and who was screaming “they’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the pets!” on a televised debate might be a ruinous madman.
Americans seem to be waking up to the fact that they have elected a ruinous madman.
Think Trump’s Unpopular Now? Just Wait.
100 days into his second term, the president’s approval numbers are historically bad. There’s good reason to believe they’re only going to get worse from here.
newrepublic.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
In fairness, people had NO WAY of realizing that the guy who previously ran a shambolic administration, who tried to overturn election results, and who was screaming “they’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the pets!” on a televised debate might be a ruinous madman.
It’s the BS sanitizing of “He feels Canada would be better off as part of the Union.”
No. It’s been nothing but total contempt and threat. That Canada is nothing and that our choices are to be destitute or be serfs. But of course, Marco & his ilk actually know this.
No. It’s been nothing but total contempt and threat. That Canada is nothing and that our choices are to be destitute or be serfs. But of course, Marco & his ilk actually know this.
WELKER: Does the US still want to make Canada the 51st state?
MARCO RUBIO: I think the president has stated repeatedly he thinks Canada would be better off as a state
MARCO RUBIO: I think the president has stated repeatedly he thinks Canada would be better off as a state
April 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
It’s the BS sanitizing of “He feels Canada would be better off as part of the Union.”
No. It’s been nothing but total contempt and threat. That Canada is nothing and that our choices are to be destitute or be serfs. But of course, Marco & his ilk actually know this.
No. It’s been nothing but total contempt and threat. That Canada is nothing and that our choices are to be destitute or be serfs. But of course, Marco & his ilk actually know this.
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When you're missing something in your life, just living and being nice to your kids and petting the dog or cat isn't enough. You have to be a crusader uncovering conspiracies everywhere.
April 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
When you're missing something in your life, just living and being nice to your kids and petting the dog or cat isn't enough. You have to be a crusader uncovering conspiracies everywhere.
Gross, like the WH vid weeks ago fetishizing people in chains.
I get that prisoners covered tattoos are the least sympathetic folks, but creating an appetite for this is still so corrosive. You know MAGA is now dreaming of this for woke profs, LGBT+ people, so on.
I get that prisoners covered tattoos are the least sympathetic folks, but creating an appetite for this is still so corrosive. You know MAGA is now dreaming of this for woke profs, LGBT+ people, so on.
Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem making content in front of the imprisoned men of El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center mega-prison www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
March 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Gross, like the WH vid weeks ago fetishizing people in chains.
I get that prisoners covered tattoos are the least sympathetic folks, but creating an appetite for this is still so corrosive. You know MAGA is now dreaming of this for woke profs, LGBT+ people, so on.
I get that prisoners covered tattoos are the least sympathetic folks, but creating an appetite for this is still so corrosive. You know MAGA is now dreaming of this for woke profs, LGBT+ people, so on.
This pathetically misses the point. Accidentally adding Goldberg to the chat was just the icing on the (bad) cake!
High ranking gov officials discussing, sharing details of a pending military action on a commercial app is not a relatable boo-boo. It’s gross negligence & disregard of ntl security.
High ranking gov officials discussing, sharing details of a pending military action on a commercial app is not a relatable boo-boo. It’s gross negligence & disregard of ntl security.
The Trump administration's Signal group chat leak may be the world's most relatable fail. Who hasn't added a stranger to a text thread or group chat?
'We've all done this': Trump admin group chat scandal is its most relatable fail
The Trump administration's Signal group chat leak may be the world's most relatable fail. Who hasn't added a stranger to a text thread or group chat?
bit.ly
March 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This pathetically misses the point. Accidentally adding Goldberg to the chat was just the icing on the (bad) cake!
High ranking gov officials discussing, sharing details of a pending military action on a commercial app is not a relatable boo-boo. It’s gross negligence & disregard of ntl security.
High ranking gov officials discussing, sharing details of a pending military action on a commercial app is not a relatable boo-boo. It’s gross negligence & disregard of ntl security.
I’m in Ottawa and Mexican cartels have never fucked with me.
Geese along the river parkway have.
Geese along the river parkway have.
Peter Navarro: “Canada has been taken over by Mexican cartels”
Big if true
Big if true
March 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I’m in Ottawa and Mexican cartels have never fucked with me.
Geese along the river parkway have.
Geese along the river parkway have.
The US approach to avoiding conflict with villains is now to become a villain themselves.
All my life in 🇨🇦, used to feel safe, content with being in an insulated place. Now I think we’re in a very vulnerable place.
Bro in NY has talked of moving back with his American wife & kids. Now safer there.
All my life in 🇨🇦, used to feel safe, content with being in an insulated place. Now I think we’re in a very vulnerable place.
Bro in NY has talked of moving back with his American wife & kids. Now safer there.
Today was a grim, terrible day for the United States and the cause of democracy. Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
It Was an Ambush
Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.
www.theatlantic.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The US approach to avoiding conflict with villains is now to become a villain themselves.
All my life in 🇨🇦, used to feel safe, content with being in an insulated place. Now I think we’re in a very vulnerable place.
Bro in NY has talked of moving back with his American wife & kids. Now safer there.
All my life in 🇨🇦, used to feel safe, content with being in an insulated place. Now I think we’re in a very vulnerable place.
Bro in NY has talked of moving back with his American wife & kids. Now safer there.
Stopped watching all-star games as a kid, maybe early 90s, realizing that players simply weren’t trying. Nothing at stake, it didn’t matter.
This was passionate hockey and edge-of-your-seat programming. What a great success!
This was passionate hockey and edge-of-your-seat programming. What a great success!
It began with a boardroom discussion 18 months ago about ways the NHL could freshen up the stale old all-star game format. It ended Thursday night with the sports equivalent of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein — a massive, imposing product that produced monster ratings and interest.
4 Nations Face-Off excedes expectations
High standard for future best-on-best tourneys
www.winnipegfreepress.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Stopped watching all-star games as a kid, maybe early 90s, realizing that players simply weren’t trying. Nothing at stake, it didn’t matter.
This was passionate hockey and edge-of-your-seat programming. What a great success!
This was passionate hockey and edge-of-your-seat programming. What a great success!
Exhausted but perfectly happy today!🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
February 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Exhausted but perfectly happy today!🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦