“We should cut off U.S. military aid to Ukraine, until our European allies step up,” said U.S. Senator Josh Hawley in a February 2023 speech at the Heritage Foundation. “That won’t happen so long as we’re doing their job for them.”
Many, if not most, Americans would agree with the senator from Missouri, but is he right?
… A diagnosis of anxiety fits his own government, too. Mr Trudeau and his party have traversed an arc from heroic to hapless during nine years in office, and today are despised by many in Canada. … A letter has been circulating among Liberal MPs calling upon Mr Trudeau to resign.
h/t PA Cat
On Monday afternoon, Special Counsel Jack Smith’s filing to drop the January 6 case against President-Elect Trump drew broadcast network special reports with ABC, CBS, and NBC breaking into regularly scheduled programming with sad, solemn tones about this beloved case “dying with a whimper” and what one correspondent deemed proof Americans think certain people can and should be above the law.
Canada may be one step closer to decriminalizing hard drugs as the majority of MPs voted in favor of a proposal recommending the move.
According to information published November 25 by Blacklock’s Reporter, MPs voted 210 to 117 in favor of a proposal recommending the decriminalizing of the simple possession of heroin, cocaine and all other illegal drugs across Canada. While the proposal is non-binding, it could point to how MPs would vote on a future bill seeking to augment the law.
On the day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Anton says the nuclear weapons base he was serving at was put on full combat alert.
“Before that, we had only exercises. But on the day the war started, the weapons were fully in place,” says the former officer in the Russian nuclear forces. “We were ready to launch the forces into the sea and air and, in theory, carry out a nuclear strike.”
I met Anton in a secret location outside Russia. For his own protection, the BBC will not reveal where. We have also changed his name and are not showing his face.
President-elect Donald Trump is vowing to impose tariffs of 25 per cent on all goods coming from Canada and Mexico on his first day back in the White House, until the U.S.’s two neighbouring countries stop all migrants and fentanyl from entering the nation.
Mr. Trump made the announcement at 6.35 p.m. Monday on his Truth Social platform, firing an opening salvo in the global trade war that he has long promised in his second term as U.S. president.
President Biden announces that a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon will begin at 4 a.m. local time on Wednesday. He says this is "designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities" across the Israel-Lebanon border, and details a 60-day plan to draw down the… pic.twitter.com/cdDBpMYWzo
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 26, 2024
The presidential election of 2024 was three weeks ago, but as of Tuesday morning, New Jersey has still counted only 91% of the votes that were cast (or something) there. California and Oregon have only gotten around to counting 93%. And so, several times a day, the popular vote totals for Donald Trump and Kamala Harris continue to be adjusted. Trump still has a comfortable lead, but Harris has (surprise, surprise) been steadily narrowing that lead. On what is quaintly still referred to as Election Day, Trump’s popular vote lead was about 4.5 million; now it’s down to 2.4 million and decreasing, but should still hold. The real question is: What happened to the four million voters who turned out for Old Joe Biden in 2020 but were nowhere to be found in 2024.
OTTAWA — Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Monday that she hopes her government’s proposed GST holiday will help bridge the gap between Canada’s macroeconomic picture and historically stressed-out households by bringing good vibes to the latter.
“People have been talking about a ‘vibecession’… and the fact that Canadians just aren’t feeling that good,” Freeland told reporters at a press conference in Ottawa to promote the temporary sales-tax reprieve. “That’s shaping their economic behaviour in ways that are not great for the Canadian economy.”
LOL! @fancypants_s https://t.co/oa0XvyhYTh
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) November 26, 2024
A group of paid escorts is reportedly lining up to testify on Sean “Diddy” Combs’ behalf in his federal trial on sex trafficking charges set to begin next May.
Nothing says credibility like hookers.
Catherine Tait, CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), told the House of Commons Heritage Committee Monday that she is “entitled” to a performance bonus, despite overseeing a tenure marked by significant challenges at the taxpayer-funded broadcaster.
How many CBC employees make over a half-million per year?
That's how much Trudeau's CBC CEO makes.
Tait just testified that several CBC executives make this kind of money, because of taxpayer-funded bonuses. pic.twitter.com/ileaHTMVFk
— Jamil Jivani (@jamiljivani) November 25, 2024
The world’s biggest retailer will no longer sell chest binders and books about transgenderism that are marketed towards children
Walmart has announced it will no longer sell chest binders and books about transgenderism that are marketed towards children in a major overhaul of its diversity policies.
Walmart, which is valued at $665 billion, said in a statement it would phase out terms such as “diversity, equity and inclusion” (DEI) in company materials.
The world’s biggest retailer went on to announce it will prohibit third-party sellers from offering LGBTQ-themed items on its website that were being marketed to transgender children, such as chest binders and a number of books.
The big showdown finally starts Tuesday, with a fierce counterattack on the federal oil and gas emissions cap from Premier Danielle Smith.
The premier will announce details of a Sovereignty Act motion at a news conference.
Government sources say the motion will “make it virtually impossible for Ottawa to impose the cap in Alberta.”
A ceasefire in Lebanon will be announced at 10 p.m. by the United States and France, according to Lebanese channel Al Jadeed.
Presidents Biden and Macron will announce the deal during the night, with the alleged agreement set to take effect at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
This comes after several days of strained last-minute negotiation, in which Israel pushed for the removal of France as guarantor of the security situation in Lebanon, citing current diplomatic tensions between France and Israel.
The BBC has sparked controversy by naming a player who was banned from a tournament in 2022 for elevated testosterone levels as its BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year.
The Zambia striker Barbra Banda scored four goals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, including a hat-trick against Australia, and has also been a leading player for Orlando Pride.
The 24-year-old was withdrawn from the 2022 Women’s African Cup of Nations after breaching testosterone limits. She has been able to compete in the World Cup and Olympics because Fifa and the International Olympic Committee both allow more leeway.
