Willa from Down Under
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"The powerful have their power. But we have something too — the capacity to stop pretending, to name reality, to build our strength at home, and to act together. That is Canada’s path. We choose it openly and confidently."
Read the whole speech here. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
Read the whole speech here. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:37 PM
"The powerful have their power. But we have something too — the capacity to stop pretending, to name reality, to build our strength at home, and to act together. That is Canada’s path. We choose it openly and confidently."
Read the whole speech here. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
Read the whole speech here. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
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Everyone with authority must speak out now against Trump's depravity and lawlessness.
Every Democratic leader.
Every university, professional association, charity, and foundation head.
Every CEO.
Every religious leader.
If they don't, history will condemn their cowardice and complicity.
Every Democratic leader.
Every university, professional association, charity, and foundation head.
Every CEO.
Every religious leader.
If they don't, history will condemn their cowardice and complicity.
January 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Everyone with authority must speak out now against Trump's depravity and lawlessness.
Every Democratic leader.
Every university, professional association, charity, and foundation head.
Every CEO.
Every religious leader.
If they don't, history will condemn their cowardice and complicity.
Every Democratic leader.
Every university, professional association, charity, and foundation head.
Every CEO.
Every religious leader.
If they don't, history will condemn their cowardice and complicity.
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If we break our alliances, we are smaller and weaker. If we break them for pride and power and greed, then we don’t just break an alliance, we break our own character. We diminish ourselves in every way that matters, and no amount of newly sovereign frozen ground can obscure our national shame.
Opinion | Something Is Rotten in the State of America
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:08 AM
If we break our alliances, we are smaller and weaker. If we break them for pride and power and greed, then we don’t just break an alliance, we break our own character. We diminish ourselves in every way that matters, and no amount of newly sovereign frozen ground can obscure our national shame.
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Nobel Committee Makes It Clear the Peace Prize Cannot Be Transferred Or Shared As Machado Visits White House
politizoom.com
Nobel Committee Makes It Clear the Peace Prize Cannot Be Transferred Or Shared As Machado Visits White House
twp.ai
January 12, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Nobel Committee Makes It Clear the Peace Prize Cannot Be Transferred Or Shared As Machado Visits White House
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The Grand Design, the first episode of Yes Prime Minister, was broadcast on this day in 1986.
January 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The Grand Design, the first episode of Yes Prime Minister, was broadcast on this day in 1986.
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Also this is just crossing off this list - the full list of names thus far can be found
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
January 9, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Also this is just crossing off this list - the full list of names thus far can be found
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
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If you are a foreign president who commits crimes overseas, America will come get you, arrest you, and lock you up.
But if you are a US president who commits crimes here in the United States, America will give you immunity from prosecution, reelect you, and bribe you with billions of dollars.
But if you are a US president who commits crimes here in the United States, America will give you immunity from prosecution, reelect you, and bribe you with billions of dollars.
January 4, 2026 at 12:26 AM
If you are a foreign president who commits crimes overseas, America will come get you, arrest you, and lock you up.
But if you are a US president who commits crimes here in the United States, America will give you immunity from prosecution, reelect you, and bribe you with billions of dollars.
But if you are a US president who commits crimes here in the United States, America will give you immunity from prosecution, reelect you, and bribe you with billions of dollars.
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People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
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We live in an era where the world learns that the United States has kidnapped the leader of another country in a social media post that’s sandwiched between advertisements for pillows.
January 3, 2026 at 9:47 AM
We live in an era where the world learns that the United States has kidnapped the leader of another country in a social media post that’s sandwiched between advertisements for pillows.
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EN DIRECT, Venezuela : Donald Trump annonce que Nicolas Maduro a été capturé et confirme les frappes américaines
EN DIRECT, Venezuela : Donald Trump annonce que Nicolas Maduro a été capturé et confirme les frappes américaines
Selon un communiqué du gouvernement de Nicolas Maduro, des « zones civiles et militaires » ont été touchées dans la nuit. Les Etats-Unis n’ont pas réagi à ce stade.
www.lemonde.fr
January 3, 2026 at 9:44 AM
EN DIRECT, Venezuela : Donald Trump annonce que Nicolas Maduro a été capturé et confirme les frappes américaines
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🔴 URGENT - En direct : Donald Trump affirme que Nicolas Maduro a été "capturé et exfiltré" du Venezuela
En direct : le Venezuela "dénonce la très grave agression militaire" des États-Unis
De multiples explosions ont secoué samedi matin la ville de Caracas où des colonnes de fumée noire et des avions étaient visibles. Le Venezuela a dénoncé samedi une "très grave agression militaire"…
f24.my
January 3, 2026 at 9:28 AM
🔴 URGENT - En direct : Donald Trump affirme que Nicolas Maduro a été "capturé et exfiltré" du Venezuela
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The bombing of Venezuela is an act of aggression: unprovoked, unjustified and unjustifiable.
January 3, 2026 at 9:25 AM
The bombing of Venezuela is an act of aggression: unprovoked, unjustified and unjustifiable.
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this may be a new record in 'Nobel Peace Prize winner to helping instigate a war,' right?
January 3, 2026 at 9:21 AM
this may be a new record in 'Nobel Peace Prize winner to helping instigate a war,' right?
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Every American should be ashamed of who we are and what we have become as a nation today. We have a long history of military misadventures and even crimes but the attacks we have been conducting on Venezuela are among the most wanton, egregious and least defensible acts we’ve ever conducted.
January 3, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Every American should be ashamed of who we are and what we have become as a nation today. We have a long history of military misadventures and even crimes but the attacks we have been conducting on Venezuela are among the most wanton, egregious and least defensible acts we’ve ever conducted.
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Of 128 journalists killed globally last year, 56 were Palestinian, the International Federation of Journalists said.
Palestine was the deadliest place to be a journalist in 2025: Media union
Of 128 journalists killed globally last year, 56 were Palestinian, the International Federation of Journalists said.
www.aljazeera.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Of 128 journalists killed globally last year, 56 were Palestinian, the International Federation of Journalists said.
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The LNP is enthusiastically aligning itself with the Zionist lobby in Australia to attack Labor.
Our government should not be dictated to by people with an ideology that wants to eliminate Palestinians and silence any criticism of it.
#noroyalcommission
Our government should not be dictated to by people with an ideology that wants to eliminate Palestinians and silence any criticism of it.
#noroyalcommission
December 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The LNP is enthusiastically aligning itself with the Zionist lobby in Australia to attack Labor.
Our government should not be dictated to by people with an ideology that wants to eliminate Palestinians and silence any criticism of it.
#noroyalcommission
Our government should not be dictated to by people with an ideology that wants to eliminate Palestinians and silence any criticism of it.
#noroyalcommission
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Fact check…
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Fact check…
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Do correct me if I'm just forgetful, but I don't remember anyone suggesting we arm groups of Muslim Australians to protect Australians of Muslim faith when an Australian man murdered 51 Muslims just across the ditch in NZ?
Do you, @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social? Do you remember that? #auspol #nswpol
Do you, @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social? Do you remember that? #auspol #nswpol
December 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Do correct me if I'm just forgetful, but I don't remember anyone suggesting we arm groups of Muslim Australians to protect Australians of Muslim faith when an Australian man murdered 51 Muslims just across the ditch in NZ?
Do you, @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social? Do you remember that? #auspol #nswpol
Do you, @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social? Do you remember that? #auspol #nswpol
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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… picturing Trump and Hegseth trying to find Nigeria on a desktop globe
December 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
… picturing Trump and Hegseth trying to find Nigeria on a desktop globe
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Trump has now conducted 28 boat strikes, killing over 100 people.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
December 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Trump has now conducted 28 boat strikes, killing over 100 people.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
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This by the excellent @jburnmurdoch.ft.com confirms my view that political trends are being driven by the halting of the upward economic conveyor belt - striking charts: www.ft.com/content/30a4... Welcome to the age of zero-sum politics
Welcome to the age of zero-sum politics
A stalled economic conveyor belt is behind the rise of anti-system, anti-growth parties on both the right and left
www.ft.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:31 AM
This by the excellent @jburnmurdoch.ft.com confirms my view that political trends are being driven by the halting of the upward economic conveyor belt - striking charts: www.ft.com/content/30a4... Welcome to the age of zero-sum politics
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