Justin Trudeau at Coachella is a Rorschach test

Justin Trudeau at Coachella is a Rorschach test

Buckle up, buttercups, here is what I have learned about Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau’s presence at Coachella this weekend:

1) Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau went to Coachella this weekend.
2) This was the cutest development in their already-confirmed Instagram relationship, a life-giving affirmation of true love, let us rejoice and be glad in it, and
3) Alternatively, these people should go to hell.

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The Next Great Stupid Conspiracy: Is Donald Trump the Antichrist?

The Next Great Stupid Conspiracy: Is Donald Trump the Antichrist?

In hindsight, it was inevitable: To maintain shock-value, these accusations always escalate. So, after a full decade of being “literally Hitler,” there was nowhere to go but… down.

WAY down.

You can’t go from “literally Hitler” to “literally Ivan the Terrible.” Too anticlimactic. And if you wanna out-evil Hitler, you need the guy with the pitchfork.

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Doug Ford says Mark Carney’s majority means ‘a stronger hand’ against Trump

Doug Ford says Mark Carney’s majority means ‘a stronger hand’ against Trump

Premier Doug Ford says a majority federal government means Prime Minister Mark Carney “has a stronger hand to deal with President (Donald) Trump and the tariffs that we’re facing.”

Speaking to reporters at Queen’s Park, the Progressive Conservative premier said the three Liberal byelection victories on Monday would help Carney in the upcoming review of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) and in the ongoing trade war with the U.S.

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Germany’s Authoritarian Liberals Have Gone Berserk

Germany’s Authoritarian Liberals Have Gone Berserk

Remember when you, a conservative-leaning, patriotic European, were ridiculed and laughed at for fearing that the game was being rigged, that the Left was coming after you, and that the days in which political institutions at least tried to simulate ideological neutrality were gone? Remember being portrayed by the press as a tin foil hat-wearing simpleton for fearing that Chat Control wasn’t actually—or, at least, not primarily—about destroying the horror of child sexual abuse, but, rather, about social, ideological, and therefore political control? Do you recall being painted as a silly conspiracy theorist for doubting that Marine Le Pen’s judicial prohibition from running for the presidency was really just the impartial courts doing their work? Well, the crumbling German government is tired of keeping up appearances: if it has its way, as in all likelihood it will, right-wing critics of the establishment will soon find it difficult to buy a house or any other form of real estate, for that matter. This will be done, they say, in the name of liberty and democracy.

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Poilievre condemns Liberal majority as backroom deal, demands full gas tax relief

Poilievre condemns Liberal majority as backroom deal, demands full gas tax relief

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre took aim at Carney’s newly formed majority Liberal government Tuesday and pushed for more relief over fuel prices, bringing forward an opposition motion calling for longer term relief at the pumps.

“We should eliminate the gas tax for the rest of the year, reducing cost by 25 cents a litre, 20 dollars on a tank of gas, 1,200 dollars for the whole year,” Poilievre said.

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The Liberals have their majority. Here’s how Carney can use it

The Liberals have their majority. Here’s how Carney can use it

OTTAWA — Nearly one year after the spring election that led to the election of his minority government, Prime Minister Mark Carney now has his majority.

Now what?

Monday evening’s byelection results — with the Liberals retaining two Toronto-area seats — coupled with the stunning floor-crossing of Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu to Carney’s ranks last week, pushed the Liberals solidly into majority government territory. Another byelection on Monday, in Quebec’s Terrebonne riding, could add to the Liberal margin if the party can fend of a fierce challenge from the Bloc Québécois.


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‘It’s time to get serious,’ Carney says after byelection sweep delivers him a majority government

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he will use his newly won majority to push through legislation that the opposition parties have stymied in recent years, saying his immediate focus will be quickly passing affordability measures and a bill designed to turbocharge home construction.

The Liberal candidates in two Toronto ridings trounced their opponents in Monday’s byelections, improving on the party’s already strong showing in both seats at the last general election. The party also won a closely fought contest in Terrebonne, a Montreal-area riding that has long been a Bloc Québécois stronghold.

Carney framed those victories, particularly the one in Quebec, as a strong endorsement of the government’s agenda.

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The Persian Missile Crisis

The Persian Missile Crisis

Historical analogies are never exact, and some can be misleading. With the announcement by President Trump of a naval blockade or quarantine of the Strait of Hormuz, the specter of another Cuban Missile Crisis comes to mind. In October 1962, President John F. Kennedy ordered the U.S. Navy to institute a blockade of Cuba to prevent more offensive weapons from being supplied to the Castro regime in Cuba by the Soviet Union. Kennedy used a blockade instead of air strikes on missile installations in Cuba to give maximum flexibility for diplomacy to end the crisis. Kennedy’s blockade worked, a deal was struck, but it was, to quote the Duke of Wellington about Waterloo, a “close run thing.”

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With a record-low 1.25 children per Canadian woman, stop dismissing falling fertility rates as a choice

With a record-low 1.25 children per Canadian woman, stop dismissing falling fertility rates as a choice

Whenever we speak on our podcast about the falling fertility rate, inevitably we hear from viewers saying that the cause is simple: people are choosing to have fewer kids. They point out that countries all over the world are dealing with this collapse, and there is no solution. It’s a nice, tidy explanation that takes away the need for action. If people are choosing fewer kids, that must be their preference, and we can’t do anything about it.

We don’t think it’s that simple.

As Eric Lombardi recently argued, young Canadians are living through what he called a “milestone recession,” as traditional markers of adulthood, such as stable careers, homeownership, and family formation, are delayed—if ever reached at all.


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Rooting for Iran

Rooting for Iran

NYT officially hates America and promotes terrorism

I am not in the mood to mince words this morning.

The New York Times not only is a communist proselytizer and apologist, but it now openly supports and defends Iran and its government-funded terrorist groups. The Marxist-Muslim partnership now openly parades itself as the latest rendition of the inevitable world conquest.

Sanadfinukum—سندفنكم.—we will bury you.

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