Today’s News: Going Nuclear
Ain’t we havin’ some fun now? So Garland threw down the gauntlet to Trump – put up or shut up. He told Trump he was applying to the court to…
Cathie from Canada
Today’s News: Taking the Fifth
Tuesday the Mar-A-Lago raid story was all the news. Today Trump refused to answer questions about his businesses, property evaluations and loans 400 times, taking the Fifth for every one…
Today’s News: Less than meets the eye?
I think Trump Mar-A-Lago “raid” was either: -a major national security scandal about a trove of top-secret documents that Trump was trying to sell to Putin or the Saudis; OR…
Today’s News: Girl!
Wouldn’t you just love to be a fly on Hillary Clinton’s wall tonight? pic.twitter.com/Vcq1VffIGn — mamabear (@lmoon79) August 9, 2022 Dark Brandon works pretty fast, doesn’t he? trump couldn't lock…
Today’s News: Cheering
Big Democratic win today in the US Senate. This “Dark Brandon” meme seems to have legs: Thanks, @POTUS. pic.twitter.com/2PxrbDOtJB — Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) August 8, 2022 #DarkBrandonRises pic.twitter.com/skjETVXU5Y — Molly…
Weekend funnies
Starting with some good cartoons: The GOP’s miscalculation: Handmaids vote. #MobilizeForMidterms pic.twitter.com/xeatccejZJ — Nick Knudsen ?? (@NickKnudsenUS) August 6, 2022 We thought everybody had already been divided into voters and…
Today’s News: Fighting the good fight
This is true for us lefty Canadians too: In fact, I’m so crazy I wrote an article about it!https://t.co/DQtpnHeMeq — Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) August 5, 2022 Being timid, defensive, and…
Today’s News: Cue the Rocky Music!
Not to jinx things, but I think maybe Biden is winning! …are finding a way to make it work. They have done it alone with the American Rescue Plan. They…
Today’s News: Here’s another fine mess
I seldom pay much attention to the latest right-wing anti-Liberal hate-fest — from SNC Lavelin to WE, they started out with the Trudeau government looking awful while the national media…
Today’s News: Incredible or incredibly stupid!
Incredible! Tonight has shown, beyond any shadow of doubt, that universal access to safe and affordable abortion care is incredibly popular. When Kansas votes 2:1 to support abortion care, I…
Today’s News: A problem with definitions
Some chatter these days about how conservatives and progressives aren’t talking to each other very much anymore. Another day of nightmare oppression in communist Canada ?? pic.twitter.com/msNUsft7Se — Dr. Ian…
A random collection of oddities
For Saturday night, here’s a collection of odd tweets and commentary from the last week or so: I think one thing they didn’t count on was that even Newsmax couldn’t…
Today’s News: From All Over
Reconciliation visit: The final stop for Pope Francis in Canada was a visit to Iqaluit. The Globe and Mail reports: On Friday, met with several school survivors In Iqaluit before…
Today’s News: "Rescind the Doctrine"
The Pope’s reconciliation events were in Quebec today – above is a photo of a delegation from the Innu community of Mashteuiatsh, where the last Quebec residential school closed in…
Today’s News: "A whisper in our minds"
In the end, the Pope’s apology is important, though it will not ease the pain. Pope Francis was able to give the long-awaited apology, speaking in his language, but most…
Today’s News: Updates
Papal reconciliation visit: An apology from Pope Francis. This was the best part after the apology that is.#PopeFrancus crowned with Indigenous headress, While crowd erupts with approval.??? #PapalVisit2022 pic.twitter.com/14cYlrTWfo —…
Today’s News: Pope Francis arrives in Canada
#PopeFrancis arrived in Edmonton on Sunday to an honour drum song ahead of what he describes as a “penitential” trip aimed at advancing reconciliation with Indigenous people over the lasting…
Music and poetry and funny stuff
But first: what a race! ??? Gold for ?? in the 4×100 at the Worlds!! Big tip of the cap to our dudes @KingsleySC and @De6rasse big backstretch from Jerome…
Today’s News: Ukraine update
Lots of news from Ukraine lately: First, a new deal was announced today to move Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea: New: A deal allowing the export of Ukrainian grain…
Today’s News: The elephant in the room
Tonight’s Jan 6 Committee hearing made lots of news tonight. But as Brian Stelter reported in his Reliable Sources newsletter tonight, perhaps the most important comment came from Michigan Republican…