John Hatchard
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Jon and Fareed Zakaria discuss what circumstances left the country open to the kind of internal divisiveness that Trump has exploited.
January 15, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Jon and Fareed Zakaria discuss what circumstances left the country open to the kind of internal divisiveness that Trump has exploited.
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Trump Flips the Bird & Minnesota Tells ICE to F**k Off with Pickle Rick and Bologna
youtu.be/701cQ4-K0Tc
youtu.be/701cQ4-K0Tc
Trump Flips the Bird & Minnesota Tells ICE to F**k Off with Pickle Rick and Bologna | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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January 15, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Trump Flips the Bird & Minnesota Tells ICE to F**k Off with Pickle Rick and Bologna
youtu.be/701cQ4-K0Tc
youtu.be/701cQ4-K0Tc
Bigly if true.
“The American people deserve to know that the central bank is led by a total slut,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said of the photo, promising that more sexually explicit images of Powell were on the way.
DOJ Releases Jerome Powell Deepfake Nudes
WASHINGTON—Asserting that the images were “100% authentic,” the Justice Department released Monday what appeared to be deepfake nudes of Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell. “The American people deser...
theonion.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Bigly if true.
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In the darkest days of the Second World War, Winston Churchill looked to Canada. It's time for us to step up again.
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Canada is the Linchpin of Democracy
In 1939, the odds against the democratic world were massive.
substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:51 PM
In the darkest days of the Second World War, Winston Churchill looked to Canada. It's time for us to step up again.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Canadians are holding the line on sweeping ban on U.S. booze
Canadians are holding the line on sweeping ban on U.S. booze
Canadians are holding the line on sweeping ban on U.S. booze
www.independent.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Canadians are holding the line on sweeping ban on U.S. booze
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Canadians took 28% fewer trips to the US last year as President Donald Trump’s trade war and repeated calls for Canada to become the 51st state angered many in the northern nation.
Canadian Trips to US Plunged 28% in 2025 Amid Trump’s Tariffs, 51st State Jabs
Canadians took 28% fewer trips to the US last year as President Donald Trump’s trade war and repeated calls for Canada to become the 51st state angered many in the northern nation.
bloom.bg
January 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Canadians took 28% fewer trips to the US last year as President Donald Trump’s trade war and repeated calls for Canada to become the 51st state angered many in the northern nation.
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I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
January 11, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
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This is an astonishing power in the hands of an agency that has proven, again and again, that it is willing to abuse its broad authorities and vast budget. This simply shouldn't be possible without a warrant and stringent guardrails. www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 9, 2026 at 9:41 PM
This is an astonishing power in the hands of an agency that has proven, again and again, that it is willing to abuse its broad authorities and vast budget. This simply shouldn't be possible without a warrant and stringent guardrails. www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
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Fascism is always a war on the left. It's not all it is, but it's always that.
January 9, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Fascism is always a war on the left. It's not all it is, but it's always that.
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Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
January 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
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Much of what President Trump has done fits classic signs of authoritarianism.
Journalists hesitate to use the word, but a communications scholar argues the U.S. is “well past that point.”
Journalists hesitate to use the word, but a communications scholar argues the U.S. is “well past that point.”
Why journalists are reluctant to call Trump an authoritarian – and why that matters for democracy
Media framing shapes people’s understanding of the world. A political communication scholar says that journalistic outlets’ failure to call Donald Trump an authoritarian is a problem for democracy.
buff.ly
October 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Much of what President Trump has done fits classic signs of authoritarianism.
Journalists hesitate to use the word, but a communications scholar argues the U.S. is “well past that point.”
Journalists hesitate to use the word, but a communications scholar argues the U.S. is “well past that point.”
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Vast majority of Canadians no longer consider the United States an ally
Vast majority of Canadians no longer consider the United States an ally
The vast majority of Canadians no longer consider the United States to be an ally.
cultmtl.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Vast majority of Canadians no longer consider the United States an ally
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Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"
September 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"
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“We are marching toward an uninsurable future in this country and across the globe, marching into the abyss.”
How a warming planet has made home Insurance increasingly unaffordable
Years of underestimating climate risk has left the industry in turmoil.
www.motherjones.com
September 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“We are marching toward an uninsurable future in this country and across the globe, marching into the abyss.”
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You’re Comparing Trump to the Wrong Fascist Dictator slate.trib.al/gSav5lD
You’re Comparing Trump to the Wrong Fascist Dictator
The “Is Trump Hitler?” debate misses his sinister parallels to another 20th-century European tyrant.
slate.trib.al
September 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
You’re Comparing Trump to the Wrong Fascist Dictator slate.trib.al/gSav5lD
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White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller spoke at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service in Arizona on Sunday, stating that the conservative activist's assassination has "awakened" an army that is determined "to save the West."
September 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller spoke at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service in Arizona on Sunday, stating that the conservative activist's assassination has "awakened" an army that is determined "to save the West."
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STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”
Nailed it.
Nailed it.
September 19, 2025 at 1:51 AM
STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”
Nailed it.
Nailed it.
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Hey DOJ, today would be a great day to honor Charlie Kirk by releasing the Epstein Files.
KIRK: "The DOJ should immediately move to unseal all the Epstein documents in the SDNY. I think every file should be released to the public."
KIRK: "The DOJ should immediately move to unseal all the Epstein documents in the SDNY. I think every file should be released to the public."
September 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hey DOJ, today would be a great day to honor Charlie Kirk by releasing the Epstein Files.
KIRK: "The DOJ should immediately move to unseal all the Epstein documents in the SDNY. I think every file should be released to the public."
KIRK: "The DOJ should immediately move to unseal all the Epstein documents in the SDNY. I think every file should be released to the public."
"Trump has long thrived on chaos and disorder. Where real crises do not exist, he fabricates them – including imagined crime pandemics in Los Angeles, Washington DC and Chicago. Fake chaos fuels his power grab. Now he has been handed chaos on a silver platter."
We must not let the shooting of Charlie Kirk become Trump’s Reichstag fire | David Van Reybrouck
Take heed from European history: this could be the pretext for the repression of the US president’s political opponents, says Belgian author and philosopher David Van Reybrouck
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:21 AM
"Trump has long thrived on chaos and disorder. Where real crises do not exist, he fabricates them – including imagined crime pandemics in Los Angeles, Washington DC and Chicago. Fake chaos fuels his power grab. Now he has been handed chaos on a silver platter."
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I hadn’t seen this. Kirk, the moderate free speech guy who did politics the right way per some liberals (!), called for Biden to be executed.
Meanwhile Joe Biden put out a very strong statement condemning Kirk’s killing.
Both sides!
Meanwhile Joe Biden put out a very strong statement condemning Kirk’s killing.
Both sides!
Charlie Kirk: Joe Biden should be "put in prison and/or given the death penalty for crimes against America"
www.mediamatters.org
September 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I hadn’t seen this. Kirk, the moderate free speech guy who did politics the right way per some liberals (!), called for Biden to be executed.
Meanwhile Joe Biden put out a very strong statement condemning Kirk’s killing.
Both sides!
Meanwhile Joe Biden put out a very strong statement condemning Kirk’s killing.
Both sides!
"The Groyper Army consists of "alt-right, white nationalist, and Christian nationalist activists" who hold virulently antisemitic, racist, and homophobic views, often cloaked in rhetoric about traditional values and family."
What is a 'groyper? What to know about Nick Fuentes' alt-right movement
Fuentes' band of extremist followers take their name from the underbelly of internet meme culture.
www.newsweek.com
September 13, 2025 at 3:59 AM
"The Groyper Army consists of "alt-right, white nationalist, and Christian nationalist activists" who hold virulently antisemitic, racist, and homophobic views, often cloaked in rhetoric about traditional values and family."