Time’s up for Joe Biden

In the months leading up to last week’s watershed presidential debate, the White House angrily pushed back against any suggestion that Joe Biden’s declining cognitive fitness was interfering with his ability to perform the toughest and most important job in the world.

In March, when the special counsel investigating Mr. Biden’s handling of classified documents after he stepped down as vice-president described him as “an elderly man with a poor memory,” Democrats circled the wagons and attacked the messenger. The special counsel, they countered, was a registered Republican.

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Greece is bringing in a 6-day work week. Could Canada follow?

Workers in Greece are going to have to work a little bit longer starting this week, with the country introducing a six-day work week for some.

As part of new labour laws passed last year, some Greek workers began a 48-hour work week starting Monday, a move that union representatives from across industries have termed “barbaric.”

The pro-business government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the changes are “growth-oriented” and are necessary given the country’s shrinking population and lack of skilled labour — a crisis Mitsotakis has described as a “ticking time bomb.”

Repeal of the child labour laws will be next.

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GOLDSTEIN: Trudeau does the same things while expecting different results

The reason Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is refusing to say whether he’ll meet with his own caucus of MPs to discuss Liberal political fortunes is that he doesn’t have anything new to say to them.

He’s repeatedly said, at least publicly, that he intends to lead the Liberals into the next election.

That means he’s preemptively rejected a change of leadership — his leadership — as a way for the Liberals to become more competitive with Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives.

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‘Something needs to happen’ – Democratic voters on replacing Biden

In the days since President Joe Biden’s widely-criticised debate performance against former president Donald Trump, Democrats across the country have begun questioning whether Mr Biden is the best candidate for the party.

Most voters think Democrats have a better chance of keeping the White House if Biden isn’t the nominee, a CNN poll found this week.

The BBC spoke to Democratic voters who reflected that concern but who also worried about the logistics of switching candidates this far into the campaign.

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Is It National Day Of Anomalies Remembrance Already?

Northern Manitoba First Nation reports 187 anomalies found at or near site of former residential school

A First Nation community in northern Manitoba says ground-penetrating radar has found 150 anomalies at the site of a former residential school, including what are believed to be 59 unmarked graves at a nearby cemetery.

The chief of Pimicikamak Cree Nation also says 37 anomalies have been found off-site, more than a kilometre away from St. Joseph’s Residential School.

The anomalies — places where the ground has been disturbed — were found at depths of between one and two metres, Chief David Monias said Wednesday.

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Trump gives brutally candid assessment of Biden, Harris after debate disaster

Former President Donald Trump referred to President Biden as a “broken-down pile of crap” in a leaked video where the Republican White House hopeful suggests his 2024 opponent will soon drop out of the race.

The video clip, obtained by the Daily Beast, shows the 78-year-old presumptive GOP presidential nominee sitting in a golf cart — with his son Barron Trump riding shotgun — as he critiques the 81-year-old president and offers his analysis on the state of the race.

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As Trudeau insists he’s staying on, one MP says some incumbents could sit out the next election

As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues to say he means to stay on as Liberal leader after last week’s surprise Conservative win in the Toronto-St. Paul’s byelection, one Liberal MP is telling CBC News some caucus members are thinking about calling it quits if he stays.

The Liberal MP — who spoke to CBC News on the condition of anonymity in order to speak frankly about caucus dynamics — said a number of Liberal MPs are considering not running again if Trudeau remains leader.

The MP said some caucus colleagues believe Trudeau is too unpopular with Canadians and his continued leadership would result in a major loss for the party in the next federal election, expected in 2025.

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Hamas faces growing public dissent as Gaza war erodes support

Gaza – Open concept living room

The man in the video is beside himself, a mask of anguish radiating through his bloodied face.

“I am an academic doctor,” he says, “I had a good life, but we have a filthy [Hamas] leadership. They got used to our bloodshed, may God curse them! They are scum!”

The video – unthinkable before the Gaza war – was filmed outside a hospital, inundated with hundreds of Palestinian casualties after an Israeli operation to free hostages from central Gaza last month.

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Most Canadians think Trudeau will stay on to the next election despite 66% job disapproval: poll

OTTAWA – A majority of Canadians think Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will stay on to lead his party in the next election even as his approval ratings are still extremely low, a new poll suggests.

Questions about Trudeau’s future have swirled for more than a year as his Liberal party trails the Conservatives by a substantial margin. Those questions intensified in the last week after the Liberals lost a stronghold to the Conservatives in a byelection in Toronto on June 24.

… The poll suggests widespread dissatisfaction with Trudeau, with only one in four people surveyed approving of the job Trudeau is doing as prime minister, compared to nearly two in three who said they disapprove of his performance.

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Trudeau is getting hammered in the comments. Every day more and more people see him for the despicable race-baiting punk he is.

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