Jeff Gray
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Queen's Park reporter for @theglobeandmail.com. E-mail: jgray@globeandmail.com.
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Axios' framing makes it sound like it's odd that 60 Minutes didn't include the "over 300-word, on-the-record comment" from a DHS official.
But this isn't weird *at all.* Gov'ts often send verbose bullshit in response to tough questions. It's normal to ignore it unless it answers the questions posed
But this isn't weird *at all.* Gov'ts often send verbose bullshit in response to tough questions. It's normal to ignore it unless it answers the questions posed
Scoop: Bari Weiss plans overhaul of CBS News and "60 Minutes" standards and procedures
Bari Weiss plans overhaul of CBS News and "60 Minutes" standards and procedures
The changes follow a controversy that saw her pulling a story about Trump administration deportations of Venezuelan immigrants to an El Salvador prison.
www.axios.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Axios' framing makes it sound like it's odd that 60 Minutes didn't include the "over 300-word, on-the-record comment" from a DHS official.
But this isn't weird *at all.* Gov'ts often send verbose bullshit in response to tough questions. It's normal to ignore it unless it answers the questions posed
But this isn't weird *at all.* Gov'ts often send verbose bullshit in response to tough questions. It's normal to ignore it unless it answers the questions posed
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Can confirm: Pulled 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT” segment on the El Salvador mega prison housing hundreds of Venezuelan deportees sent by the U.S. is on Global TV’s free app
December 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Can confirm: Pulled 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT” segment on the El Salvador mega prison housing hundreds of Venezuelan deportees sent by the U.S. is on Global TV’s free app
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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December 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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It also robs students of learning *how* to research.
December 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It also robs students of learning *how* to research.
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I have often worked for elected officials and candidates and I don't have a problem with this. They've never had a problem with it either (not one). If they do, or their staff do, then they should be hounded out of The Business.
You cannot tell journalists what questions we are allowed to ask an elected politician in a free society. Period. Done. So stop it.
December 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I have often worked for elected officials and candidates and I don't have a problem with this. They've never had a problem with it either (not one). If they do, or their staff do, then they should be hounded out of The Business.
You cannot tell journalists what questions we are allowed to ask an elected politician in a free society. Period. Done. So stop it.
December 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
You cannot tell journalists what questions we are allowed to ask an elected politician in a free society. Period. Done. So stop it.
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My favorite part is that the President has said a threshold for being appointed Fed Chair is a willingness to cut rates, and now suddenly everyone he talks to says the Fed should cut rates. He interprets this as confirming the wisdom of his policy judgments.
December 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
My favorite part is that the President has said a threshold for being appointed Fed Chair is a willingness to cut rates, and now suddenly everyone he talks to says the Fed should cut rates. He interprets this as confirming the wisdom of his policy judgments.
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The leading scholars of democratic decline say the US "has descended into competitive authoritarianism" - we "ceased to be a full democracy in the way that Canada, Germany, or even Argentina are democracies" - but caution that it can be contested and reversed
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
December 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The leading scholars of democratic decline say the US "has descended into competitive authoritarianism" - we "ceased to be a full democracy in the way that Canada, Germany, or even Argentina are democracies" - but caution that it can be contested and reversed
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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Not only is this tantamount to reintroducing visas for these countries, it's actually stricter than any visa I've applied for (including Russia and China) in recent memory.
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Not only is this tantamount to reintroducing visas for these countries, it's actually stricter than any visa I've applied for (including Russia and China) in recent memory.
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If they’re willing to do this then I’d bet money they’re willing to encourage/support Alberta separatism.
Leaked files ‘show US wants to persuade four nations to leave EU’
The countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details of the US national security strategy www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
The countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details of the US national security strategy www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
Leaked files ‘show US wants to persuade four nations to leave EU’
The countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details of the US national security strategy
www.thetimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
If they’re willing to do this then I’d bet money they’re willing to encourage/support Alberta separatism.
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“The site of the collision was approximately 280 metres from a previously-stationed mobile Automated Speed Enforcement camera, which was removed following provincial legislation that came into effect in November 2025” www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti... #onpoli
Woman in her 70s dies after being struck by vehicle in Scarborough
A woman in her 70s has died after she was struck by a vehicle in Scarborough on Thursday morning, Toronto police say.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“The site of the collision was approximately 280 metres from a previously-stationed mobile Automated Speed Enforcement camera, which was removed following provincial legislation that came into effect in November 2025” www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti... #onpoli
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Trump: "I think any deal it should be guaranteed and certain that CNN is part of it, or sold separately. But I don't think the people that are running that company right now and running CNN, which is a very dishonest group of people, I don't that should be allowed to continue."
December 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Trump: "I think any deal it should be guaranteed and certain that CNN is part of it, or sold separately. But I don't think the people that are running that company right now and running CNN, which is a very dishonest group of people, I don't that should be allowed to continue."
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NEW: A battle between the TTC and Metrolinx over when to open the Eglinton Crosstown LRT reached a head on Dec. 5 at a tense meeting attended by Doug Ford and Olivia Chow.
Metrolinx wants to open in 2025, TTC says that's not responsible. #OnPoli #Topoli
globalnews.ca/news/1157065...
Metrolinx wants to open in 2025, TTC says that's not responsible. #OnPoli #Topoli
globalnews.ca/news/1157065...
TTC and Metrolinx battle over Eglinton Crosstown LRT date at tense private meeting | Globalnews.ca
Multiple sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that there was a plan by Metrolinx and the Ministry of Transportation to open the line in the last week of December.
globalnews.ca
December 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
NEW: A battle between the TTC and Metrolinx over when to open the Eglinton Crosstown LRT reached a head on Dec. 5 at a tense meeting attended by Doug Ford and Olivia Chow.
Metrolinx wants to open in 2025, TTC says that's not responsible. #OnPoli #Topoli
globalnews.ca/news/1157065...
Metrolinx wants to open in 2025, TTC says that's not responsible. #OnPoli #Topoli
globalnews.ca/news/1157065...
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Trump: "Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is. With her little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch ... we ought to get her the hell out ... she's here illegally."
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
December 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Trump: "Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is. With her little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch ... we ought to get her the hell out ... she's here illegally."
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
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The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
December 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
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"Want to come the World Cup? We're going to need you to tell us every one of your social media accounts, every family member's names, addresses, and phone number, and every email address you've used in the last decade. Welcome to the land of the free!"
December 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
"Want to come the World Cup? We're going to need you to tell us every one of your social media accounts, every family member's names, addresses, and phone number, and every email address you've used in the last decade. Welcome to the land of the free!"
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
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If someone says "buy my military equipment or else" then they're not your friend. They're a threat.
December 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
If someone says "buy my military equipment or else" then they're not your friend. They're a threat.
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I trust that all those writing op eds about Canadian productivity, GDP and growth, and urging Canadian policy-makers to emulate the American economic model, will be issuing apologies and changing their talking points.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Economy was on stronger footing heading into trade war, Statscan revisions show
GDP numbers from recent years partly reframe narrative around Canada’s weak productivity, declining living standards
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I trust that all those writing op eds about Canadian productivity, GDP and growth, and urging Canadian policy-makers to emulate the American economic model, will be issuing apologies and changing their talking points.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Buy the ticket, take the ride.
Danielle Smith gets booed at UCP convention after mentioning working with Canada
November 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Buy the ticket, take the ride.