David McLaughlin
@dwmcl.bsky.social
Governance, politics, public policy, and democracy.
Former deputy minister, Clerk of Executive Council and Cabinet Secretary, chief of staff, agency and not-for-profit CEO. Also, Chloe wrangler.
https://substack.com/@davidmclaughlin2025
Former deputy minister, Clerk of Executive Council and Cabinet Secretary, chief of staff, agency and not-for-profit CEO. Also, Chloe wrangler.
https://substack.com/@davidmclaughlin2025
Welcome to the 2nd American Revolution!
My op-ed in @winnipegfreepress.com on Trump's new administration.
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My op-ed in @winnipegfreepress.com on Trump's new administration.
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February 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Welcome to the 2nd American Revolution!
My op-ed in @winnipegfreepress.com on Trump's new administration.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
My op-ed in @winnipegfreepress.com on Trump's new administration.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Mr. Poilievre and the Governing Art of Slogans and Aphorisms
From me here: substack.com/home/post/p-...
From me here: substack.com/home/post/p-...
February 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Mr. Poilievre and the Governing Art of Slogans and Aphorisms
From me here: substack.com/home/post/p-...
From me here: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Haven't been on for a while. Been doing some writing. Follow me on my Substack: substack.com/@davidmclaug...
David McLaughlin | Substack
Former Clerk and Cabinet Secretary, chief of staff, deputy minister, campaign manager, and president and CEO. Writing on Politics, public policy, and governance.
substack.com
February 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Haven't been on for a while. Been doing some writing. Follow me on my Substack: substack.com/@davidmclaug...
Snow has arrived for Miss Chloe.
December 4, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Snow has arrived for Miss Chloe.
Not one of these counties is in a battleground state. Tells a story of Kamala loss but does not tell the tale of where she lost that made a difference.
The 20 counties where Kamala Harris lost the most votes to Donald Trump https://bit.ly/49fiR28
November 29, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Not one of these counties is in a battleground state. Tells a story of Kamala loss but does not tell the tale of where she lost that made a difference.
Me on Trump, Trudeau, and Trade.
In today's @winnipegfreepress.com
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
In today's @winnipegfreepress.com
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
Opinion: Building fences to make good trading neighbours
The two most important jobs of any prime minister are to maintain the unity of the country and the flow of trade with the United States.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 29, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Me on Trump, Trudeau, and Trade.
In today's @winnipegfreepress.com
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
In today's @winnipegfreepress.com
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
Doesn't matter whether you agree with Trump Tariff Threat or not - or even believe he would actually follow through on it or not - prudent that the federal government respond with tangible action steps to eliminate any need for him to act upon it.
Ottawa to announce boost to border-security measures after Trump’s tariff pledge: Border measures would likely be announced in a fall economic statement unless government determined that parliamentary gridlock prevented it, source says
Ottawa to announce boost to border-security measures after Trump’s tariff pledge
Border measures would likely be announced in a fall economic statement unless government determined that parliamentary gridlock prevented it, source says
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 29, 2024 at 2:49 AM
Doesn't matter whether you agree with Trump Tariff Threat or not - or even believe he would actually follow through on it or not - prudent that the federal government respond with tangible action steps to eliminate any need for him to act upon it.
Reposted by David McLaughlin
Danielle Smith wants Alberta border patrol?
FACTS!
Along Montana border (with Alberta and Sask):
3 lb fentanyl last year, 1 lb meth.
Fewer than dozen individual (including migrants) "encounters" per month.
"urgent" provincial sheriff patrols, for this?
(US Customs/Border Protection stats)
FACTS!
Along Montana border (with Alberta and Sask):
3 lb fentanyl last year, 1 lb meth.
Fewer than dozen individual (including migrants) "encounters" per month.
"urgent" provincial sheriff patrols, for this?
(US Customs/Border Protection stats)
November 28, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Danielle Smith wants Alberta border patrol?
FACTS!
Along Montana border (with Alberta and Sask):
3 lb fentanyl last year, 1 lb meth.
Fewer than dozen individual (including migrants) "encounters" per month.
"urgent" provincial sheriff patrols, for this?
(US Customs/Border Protection stats)
FACTS!
Along Montana border (with Alberta and Sask):
3 lb fentanyl last year, 1 lb meth.
Fewer than dozen individual (including migrants) "encounters" per month.
"urgent" provincial sheriff patrols, for this?
(US Customs/Border Protection stats)
Your daily Chloe.
November 29, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Your daily Chloe.
Fascinating dissection.
"The left must embrace populism, which is merely the name given to the struggle over an alternative to globalism. With globalism collapsing under its own contradictions, all serious politics is now populist in one way or another."
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/o...
"The left must embrace populism, which is merely the name given to the struggle over an alternative to globalism. With globalism collapsing under its own contradictions, all serious politics is now populist in one way or another."
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/o...
Opinion | Meet Wolfgang Streeck, the Maverick German Thinker Explaining Our World
Wolfgang Streeck has a convincing theory of what has gone wrong with globalization.
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2024 at 2:36 AM
Fascinating dissection.
"The left must embrace populism, which is merely the name given to the struggle over an alternative to globalism. With globalism collapsing under its own contradictions, all serious politics is now populist in one way or another."
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/o...
"The left must embrace populism, which is merely the name given to the struggle over an alternative to globalism. With globalism collapsing under its own contradictions, all serious politics is now populist in one way or another."
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/o...
"The aim is not to control outcomes but to create rules of the game that work for everyone."
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/o...
Opinion | The Democrats Are in Trouble. This Man Can Save Them.
The theories of the 20th-century philosopher John Rawls can inspire a new way for Democrats to find relevance.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2024 at 6:43 PM
"The aim is not to control outcomes but to create rules of the game that work for everyone."
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/o...
Revealing about Trump's fake landslide - "the narrowest victory since razor-thin 2000"
"In very blue places, the much-hyped red shift reflected Harris losses rather than Trump gains"
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/o...
"In very blue places, the much-hyped red shift reflected Harris losses rather than Trump gains"
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/o...
Opinion | Election Myths, Traps, Truths and Lessons
We won’t have enough data to tell the full story of the election for some time. But there are a few things we can say for sure now.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2024 at 4:26 AM
Revealing about Trump's fake landslide - "the narrowest victory since razor-thin 2000"
"In very blue places, the much-hyped red shift reflected Harris losses rather than Trump gains"
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/o...
"In very blue places, the much-hyped red shift reflected Harris losses rather than Trump gains"
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/o...
Reposted by David McLaughlin
I think the tally has now just hit 30 senior appointees by Trump in his previous or current Administration who worked at Fox, which seems to be the most important qualification for the most senior positions in the US government under Trump.
November 23, 2024 at 3:40 AM
I think the tally has now just hit 30 senior appointees by Trump in his previous or current Administration who worked at Fox, which seems to be the most important qualification for the most senior positions in the US government under Trump.
Reposted by David McLaughlin
It's official... Richard and I will be publishing our first book this fall. It's called "Democracy's Second Act" because while it can sometimes feel as though democracy has no future, we’re going to show you that it does — only it might look a bit different than you think.
November 21, 2024 at 5:30 PM
It's official... Richard and I will be publishing our first book this fall. It's called "Democracy's Second Act" because while it can sometimes feel as though democracy has no future, we’re going to show you that it does — only it might look a bit different than you think.
Your daily Chloe.
November 21, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Your daily Chloe.
Rx from me for a Made-at-Home Climate Plan:
First, take stock with a climate audit.
Second, adopt new domestic GHG goals based on cumulative emissions reductions.
Third, implement bilateral federal/provincial Climate Action Agreements to get results.
thehub.ca/2024/11/19/d...
First, take stock with a climate audit.
Second, adopt new domestic GHG goals based on cumulative emissions reductions.
Third, implement bilateral federal/provincial Climate Action Agreements to get results.
thehub.ca/2024/11/19/d...
David McLaughlin: A made-at-home climate plan for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
thehub.ca
November 20, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Rx from me for a Made-at-Home Climate Plan:
First, take stock with a climate audit.
Second, adopt new domestic GHG goals based on cumulative emissions reductions.
Third, implement bilateral federal/provincial Climate Action Agreements to get results.
thehub.ca/2024/11/19/d...
First, take stock with a climate audit.
Second, adopt new domestic GHG goals based on cumulative emissions reductions.
Third, implement bilateral federal/provincial Climate Action Agreements to get results.
thehub.ca/2024/11/19/d...
Your nightly Chloe.
November 20, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Your nightly Chloe.
Here's what a 'Made-at-Home' Conservative climate plan can look like. My article today in The Hub.
thehub.ca/2024/11/19/d...
thehub.ca/2024/11/19/d...
David McLaughlin: A made-at-home climate plan for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
thehub.ca
November 19, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Here's what a 'Made-at-Home' Conservative climate plan can look like. My article today in The Hub.
thehub.ca/2024/11/19/d...
thehub.ca/2024/11/19/d...
Your daily Chloe.
November 18, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Your daily Chloe.
This alone explains why Pete Hegseth has been nominated by Trump to be his Secretary of Defense.
This should terrify every American. It doesn’t matter where you stand on immigration. Using our military as a domestic law enforcement tool at mass scale will destroy its core purpose, turn the American people against them, and damage the institution for decades.
November 18, 2024 at 8:02 PM
This alone explains why Pete Hegseth has been nominated by Trump to be his Secretary of Defense.
Given Russian escalation and indiscriminate drone attacks all over Ukraine these past few days, this is an essential response to allow Ukraine to equalize the power equation before Trump arrives.
For the first time, the Biden administration has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied ballistic missiles for attacks inside Russia, American officials say, marking a major policy shift. Here's what to know.
What Are ATACMS, the U.S. Missiles That May Be Used Against Russia?
In a major policy shift, the Biden administration has authorized Ukraine to use the ballistic missiles within Russia.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:37 AM
Given Russian escalation and indiscriminate drone attacks all over Ukraine these past few days, this is an essential response to allow Ukraine to equalize the power equation before Trump arrives.
Concur. The media needs a new way of understanding and explaining the Trump administration. Honestly, given the breathless coverage of Trump to date, how can anyone in the media or elsewhere truly be shocked by him doing what he said he would do?
I feel like—ten years into the Trump era—journalists should have better language for what is happening that goes beyond verbs like shocking, upending, overturning, frustrating...
Every educated person understands Donald Trump is at war with the United States itself.
He's doing violence to America.
Every educated person understands Donald Trump is at war with the United States itself.
He's doing violence to America.
Trump Signals a ‘Seismic Shift,’ Shocking the Washington Establishment
The president-elect’s early transition moves amount to a generational test of a system as he seeks to rewrite the balance of power and install lieutenants to blow up key parts of government.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:34 AM
Concur. The media needs a new way of understanding and explaining the Trump administration. Honestly, given the breathless coverage of Trump to date, how can anyone in the media or elsewhere truly be shocked by him doing what he said he would do?
Reposted by David McLaughlin
Release the Gaetz report.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
November 17, 2024 at 2:11 AM
Release the Gaetz report.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
How durable the institutions of the US remain in face of this new Republican reality will determine how democratic American remains. 🇺🇸
Announcement that the filibuster dies in 3,2,1
November 12, 2024 at 1:43 AM
How durable the institutions of the US remain in face of this new Republican reality will determine how democratic American remains. 🇺🇸