Emma Teitel: Doug Ford for federal Liberal leader. Seriously, hear me out

This month prime ministerial hopeful Mark Carney appeared on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, where for a few minutes it looked like the spirit of the Liberal party might rise from the dead.

After all, this was a man we were told was boring and irrelevant (a Trudeau facsimile in sensible socks, according to Pierre Poilievre). And yet there he was, up way past his bedtime, making cheeky jokes and landing them on late night TV.

Not so far fetched at all. And when I say that it’s with a straight face.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

US Border patrol agent killed during traffic stop near Canadian border

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed during a traffic stop Monday in Coventry, Vermont, near the U.S. border with Canada, the agency said in a statement.

The incident was the first time since the 2010 slaying of Agent Brian Terry in Arizona that a Border Patrol agent was slain by an assailant, according to a memorial list of fallen officers compiled by support groups.

One suspect, a German national, is dead, and a second suspect, a U.S. citizen who sustained injuries, is in custody, according to a Department of Homeland Security official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to provide preliminary details. There was no additional information available about the shooting nor the traffic stop.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Trump warns he’ll drop economic hammer on Canada next week

Donald Trump has loaded the trade gun. He’s pointed the gun. He hasn’t pulled the trigger one day into his latest presidential term.

But he insists it’s coming next week.

Sitting in the Oval Office for the first time in four years, Trump said he’s planning to imminently follow through with the massive tariffs he’s threatened against Canada and Mexico.

Canada’s drug dealers seem well connected politically with China, Khalistan and ME terrorist groups all having influence. I doubt much will be done at the border.


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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Trump’s First Day in Office: Signing Orders, Spinning Yarns, Settling Scores

After delivering a sober inaugural address that called for a new “golden age in America,” President Trump cannonballed into an overflow room at the U.S. Capitol, where he shed the teleprompter and told the assembled crowd what was really on his mind.

“I had a couple of things to say that were extremely controversial, but between JD and Melania, and everybody else, they said, ‘Please, sir. It’s such a beautiful unifying speech. Please, sir, don’t say these things,’” Trump said, referring to Vice President JD Vance and first lady Melania Trump.

Donald Trump is president. Here’s what he’s already changing.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inPresident Trump

Anthony Furey: TDSB fails to read the room by doubling down on DEI

TDSB Scholars

As public opinion throughout North America turns against controversial diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, the largest school board in Canada is poised to double down on this divisive agenda.

Last week, a Toronto District School Board (TDSB) committee voted in support of sending a request to the provincial government to make DEI certification mandatory for teachers.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"DEI - Code For Anti-White Racism", "DEI - Diversity Equity Inclusion", TDSB Scandals, TDSB Toronto District School Board

Trump Grants Sweeping Clemency to All Jan. 6 Rioters

President Donald J. Trump, in one of his first official acts, issued a sweeping grant of clemency on Monday to all of the nearly 1,600 people charged in connection with the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, issuing pardons to most of the defendants and commuting the sentences of 14 members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers militia, most of whom were convicted of seditious conspiracy.

Mr. Trump’s moves amounted to an extraordinary reversal for rioters accused of both low-level, nonviolent offenses and for those who had assaulted police officers.

And they effectively erased years of efforts by federal investigators to seek accountability for the mob assault on the peaceful transfer of presidential power after Mr. Trump’s loss in the 2020 election. As part of his pardon order, Mr. Trump also directed the Justice Department to dismiss “all pending indictments” that remained against people facing charges for Jan. 6.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inPresident Trump, USA

Freeland attempts to put some distance between herself and an unpopular PM Trudeau

OTTAWA – Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland is seeking to distance herself from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as she competes for his job.
In an interview today with CP24 Freeland says she found herself disagreeing with Trudeau more often in recent months and ultimately decided the government was on the wrong path.
Freeland quit cabinet in December after Trudeau told her he planned to replace her as finance minister with former central banker Mark Carney once she delivered the fall economic statement in the House of Commons.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government

‘How Is This Happening In America?!’ MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Rails Against Tech Moguls Sitting With Cabinet at Trump Inauguration

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow questioned why some of the country’s wealthiest tech billionaires were seated alongside President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees at Monday’s inauguration.

Upon seeing Apple CEO Tim Cook alongside Department of Homeland Security head nominee Kristi Noem, Maddow asked, “How is this happening in America?”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTrump Derangement Syndrome

Former Liberal MP urges govt. to follow Trump and torch EV mandates

The head of one of Canada’s largest energy advocacy groups is urging the federal government to follow US president Donald Trump’s lead and scrap EV mandates in this country.

Minutes after Trump announced the end of EV mandates south of the border, former Liberal MP and current president of Canadians for Affordable Energy (CAE), Dan McTeague, urged Liberal leadership candidates, including Mark Carney, to take decisive action by repealing the federal government’s mandate for all new vehicles sold in Canada to be electric by 2035.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

Released Israeli Hostages Given “Gift Bags” in Final Hamas Insult

For a few moments on Sunday, it looked like the Israel-Hamas ceasefire might not have gone forward, thanks to a nearly three-hour delay caused by the terrorist organisation. Then, when it did begin and three hostages made their way back to Israel, Hamas made sure that it got the last laugh over those held captive.

Emily Damari, 28, Romi Gonen, 24, and Doron Steinbrecher, 31, who were captured during the October 7th terror attacks, 471 days ago, were given what have been described as “gift bags” by Hamas.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

Personal information of TDSB students going back 4 decades may have been breached in cybersecurity incident

Toronto’s public school board says personal information of its students dating back to 1985 may have been breached during a recent cybersecurity incident that affected many districts across North America.

On Monday, the Toronto District School Board provided an update into last month’s data breach involving PowerSchool, an application used by many boards to store a range of student information.

That can’t be good.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTDSB Scandals, TDSB Toronto District School Board, WTF?