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Peter Schamerhorn
@randchange.bsky.social
· Apr 17
Deep Throat (not that one, the other one from All the President’s Men) gets the prize for most evergreen most multipurpose quote. I literally think it every day these days.
“The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand”
“The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand”
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A single line from Mark Carney’s Beijing press conference stopped me in my tracks, so I wrote my column around it. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...
Opinion: It’s clear Carney is now dealing with the world ‘as it is’
There are no good guys among the superpowers seeking to carve up the globe like so many pieces of pie
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:29 PM
A single line from Mark Carney’s Beijing press conference stopped me in my tracks, so I wrote my column around it. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...
This right here 👇
If the law prevents the federal government from acting to stop an obvious emergency, especially when the governments of Ottawa and Ontario had essentially abandoned the city of Ottawa to those hooligans, then the law is the problem, not Trudeau’s actions.
For the late/west coast crowd, my latest for @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social, and the reactions to the Federal Court of Appeal ruling on the use of the Emergencies Act #cdnlaw #cdnpoli
January 17, 2026 at 2:53 PM
This right here 👇
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This is actually an indictment of the Ottawa Police.
They should have broken up the protest and cleared them out the very first day. Once the chuds knew the cops were letting them stay, it attracted morons from all around to join them and it became harder to evict them.
They should have broken up the protest and cleared them out the very first day. Once the chuds knew the cops were letting them stay, it attracted morons from all around to join them and it became harder to evict them.
Court says use of Emergencies Act during Freedom Convoy protests was unreasonable
Court says use of Emergencies Act during Freedom Convoy protests was unreasonable
The Federal Court of Appeal says the government’s use of the Emergencies Act four years ago was unreasonable. CTV’s Kimberley Fowler reports.
bit.ly
January 17, 2026 at 1:52 PM
This is actually an indictment of the Ottawa Police.
They should have broken up the protest and cleared them out the very first day. Once the chuds knew the cops were letting them stay, it attracted morons from all around to join them and it became harder to evict them.
They should have broken up the protest and cleared them out the very first day. Once the chuds knew the cops were letting them stay, it attracted morons from all around to join them and it became harder to evict them.
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Taken with Trump’s muted reaction (which now makes a lot more sense) to the news, this revelation suggests that Canada has yet to face an actual test of whether it remains an independent country: doing something that the United States doesn’t sign off on.
Canada gave Trump administration advance notice of plan to slash tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles: source
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Canada to give foreign automakers who build vehicles here preferential access to domestic market: senior official
Ottawa gave advance notice of its decision to part with Washington and slash tariffs on Chinese-made EVs, official says
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Taken with Trump’s muted reaction (which now makes a lot more sense) to the news, this revelation suggests that Canada has yet to face an actual test of whether it remains an independent country: doing something that the United States doesn’t sign off on.
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Lancet study finds “no evidence” that Tylenol use in pregnancy increases the risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability, despite claims by Trump and backers, by Jennifer Yang www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
Lancet study refutes claim of a link between Tylenol and autism
Trump’s contentious remarks stoked fears and may delay critical research in the field, experts say
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Lancet study finds “no evidence” that Tylenol use in pregnancy increases the risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability, despite claims by Trump and backers, by Jennifer Yang www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
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#BREAKING: Carney to accept Trump’s offer for role on Gaza plan’s ‘Board of Peace’
Carney news: PM asked by Trump to join Gaza 'Board of Peace'
U.S. President Donald Trump has asked Prime Minister Mark Carney to join the Board of Peace for Gaza.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 17, 2026 at 2:43 AM
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Conservatives would rather roll over than fight for our nation. Voters with the separatist Bloc Quebecois will stand with Canada.
I saw this on my parliamentary trips to Europe and NATO. None of Poilievre's MPs bothered to show up. Bloc MPs came and worked with us to advance a strong Canada agenda.
I saw this on my parliamentary trips to Europe and NATO. None of Poilievre's MPs bothered to show up. Bloc MPs came and worked with us to advance a strong Canada agenda.
January 16, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Conservatives would rather roll over than fight for our nation. Voters with the separatist Bloc Quebecois will stand with Canada.
I saw this on my parliamentary trips to Europe and NATO. None of Poilievre's MPs bothered to show up. Bloc MPs came and worked with us to advance a strong Canada agenda.
I saw this on my parliamentary trips to Europe and NATO. None of Poilievre's MPs bothered to show up. Bloc MPs came and worked with us to advance a strong Canada agenda.
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As someone who lives downtown Ottawa and who was living dead centre of the "Red Zone" where I had to literally show ID at a police checkpoint in order to get to my apartment, a huge middle finger to this and what it's about to enable.
Federal government loses Emergencies Act appeal | CBC News
The Liberal government unreasonably invoked the Emergencies Act to clear the convoy protests that gridlocked the capital city and border points nearly four years ago, the Federal Court of Appeal said.
www.cbc.ca
January 16, 2026 at 4:59 PM
As someone who lives downtown Ottawa and who was living dead centre of the "Red Zone" where I had to literally show ID at a police checkpoint in order to get to my apartment, a huge middle finger to this and what it's about to enable.
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pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
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Today’s news is making me think of a conversation I had with a prominent Canadian official, fuming that the U.S. was negotiating trade liberalization with China while Canada was frozen out, having poisoned its relationship with the fastest-growing economy on Earth to please DC to little gain
Carney opens Canada to Chinese EVs, China cuts canola tariffs
Carney opens Canada to Chinese EVs, China cuts canola tariffs
Xi Jinping and Mark Carney mark a new “strategic partnership.”
dlvr.it
January 16, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Today’s news is making me think of a conversation I had with a prominent Canadian official, fuming that the U.S. was negotiating trade liberalization with China while Canada was frozen out, having poisoned its relationship with the fastest-growing economy on Earth to please DC to little gain
Great thread by Marx here 👇
Canada’s going to start getting some Chinese EVs!
I just hope this quota deal is the first step to getting BYD to set up a factory in exchange for broader access.
I just hope this quota deal is the first step to getting BYD to set up a factory in exchange for broader access.
Canada reaches tariff-quota deal with China on EVs, canola | CBC News
The Liberal government has reached a deal with Beijing to allow tens of thousands of Chinese electric vehicles into the domestic market in exchange for dropping duties on canola products, Prime Minist...
www.cbc.ca
January 16, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Great thread by Marx here 👇
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i’ll say it again, jennings is a contemptible liar and it is a disgrace that CNN puts him on television every night to spread bullshit
The thing is, some people can make mistakes, get things wrong, be careless, etc. But that’s not what Jennings did here. Jennings knowingly, purposefully and intentionally lied to utterly distort what was said, which CNN pays him to do every day. CNN is the enabler of this.
January 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM
i’ll say it again, jennings is a contemptible liar and it is a disgrace that CNN puts him on television every night to spread bullshit
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A depressing spectacle that's honestly just deserts to the Novel committee for giving it to Machado as an attempt to split the baby with right wingers who begged for it to go to Trump
I mean I *knew* that the whole plan was for Machado to go to the White House and physically give Trump her Nobel Prize and yet I still feel like I’m disassociating that it happened.
January 16, 2026 at 4:26 AM
A depressing spectacle that's honestly just deserts to the Novel committee for giving it to Machado as an attempt to split the baby with right wingers who begged for it to go to Trump
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What literal horseshit is this and what editor let this get published financialpost.com/opinion/shut...
Matthew Lau: Shut down the tax-financed Canada Pension Plan
Contribution rates (i.e., payroll taxes) have only gone up while the CPP's bloated investment arm repeatedly misses its benchmarks. Read on.
financialpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:21 AM
What literal horseshit is this and what editor let this get published financialpost.com/opinion/shut...
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Trump accepting Machado's Nobel Peace Prize is a great insult to the FIFA Peace Prize committee
January 16, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Trump accepting Machado's Nobel Peace Prize is a great insult to the FIFA Peace Prize committee
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Yesterday, Coinbase withdrew its support for the crypto market structure bill. Hours later, the Senate Banking Committee canceled the markup hearing. They’re not even trying to pretend anymore that this bill isn’t written by the industry, for the industry.
January 15, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Yesterday, Coinbase withdrew its support for the crypto market structure bill. Hours later, the Senate Banking Committee canceled the markup hearing. They’re not even trying to pretend anymore that this bill isn’t written by the industry, for the industry.
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if you try to focus on Trump’s authoritarianism, Schumer will deflect and say people want us to focus on affordability. but when Zohran Mamdani made affordability the heart of his campaign Schumer refused to endorse him because they disagree about Israel. it’s all mealy mouthed bullshit.
January 15, 2026 at 6:50 PM
if you try to focus on Trump’s authoritarianism, Schumer will deflect and say people want us to focus on affordability. but when Zohran Mamdani made affordability the heart of his campaign Schumer refused to endorse him because they disagree about Israel. it’s all mealy mouthed bullshit.
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I would like to live in a country where statements like "people are vermin" & "we should attack our NATO allies" & "we shouldn't have elections" immediately ended presidencies.
January 15, 2026 at 4:59 PM
I would like to live in a country where statements like "people are vermin" & "we should attack our NATO allies" & "we shouldn't have elections" immediately ended presidencies.
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ICE keeps saying the people protesting it are being paid without any evidence, but we have receipts showing that the people *defending* ICE are absolutely being paid.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
relevant to the debate over whether we should keep funding DHS without reforms and accountability for how out of control their spending is
January 15, 2026 at 4:28 PM
ICE keeps saying the people protesting it are being paid without any evidence, but we have receipts showing that the people *defending* ICE are absolutely being paid.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
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"Deliver mission-critical software to the Canadian public sector" eh?
www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
January 15, 2026 at 4:19 PM
"Deliver mission-critical software to the Canadian public sector" eh?
www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
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Several Canadian news orgs have already left X, but I believe @pressprogress.ca may be the first to adopt a policy setting standards around use of digital platforms
We think it's time news orgs stop prioritizing clicks and start requiring higher standards from these platforms
We think it's time news orgs stop prioritizing clicks and start requiring higher standards from these platforms
We’ve adopted a new policy clarifying how we’ll be using digital platforms to share our journalism
Going forward, we will expect any platforms we use to demonstrate basic commitments to user safety, information integrity and democratic values
Learn more: pressprogress.ca/journalistic...
Going forward, we will expect any platforms we use to demonstrate basic commitments to user safety, information integrity and democratic values
Learn more: pressprogress.ca/journalistic...
January 14, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Several Canadian news orgs have already left X, but I believe @pressprogress.ca may be the first to adopt a policy setting standards around use of digital platforms
We think it's time news orgs stop prioritizing clicks and start requiring higher standards from these platforms
We think it's time news orgs stop prioritizing clicks and start requiring higher standards from these platforms
If they can micro-target migrants, they can micro-target any group. It’s like Cambridge Analytica 2: Electric Boogaloo.
New: meet ELITE, the Palantir app ICE is using to find neighborhoods to raid. Map interface; officers search for immigrants; click person to bring up individual dossier. This is clearest link between what Palantir is building and ICE's activities on the ground yet www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 4:44 PM
If they can micro-target migrants, they can micro-target any group. It’s like Cambridge Analytica 2: Electric Boogaloo.
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Weird how there seem to be no more "narco boats" to bomb now that the U.S. has Venezuela's oil.
January 15, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Weird how there seem to be no more "narco boats" to bomb now that the U.S. has Venezuela's oil.
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I think the disconnect between Atlantic elites is that Americans think Donald Trump is a kid getting to drive a monster truck for Make A Wish and Europeans and Canadians think Donald Trump is the president of the United States.
January 14, 2026 at 11:59 PM
I think the disconnect between Atlantic elites is that Americans think Donald Trump is a kid getting to drive a monster truck for Make A Wish and Europeans and Canadians think Donald Trump is the president of the United States.
Wait what?
Of course. A cosmetics billionaire who looks like Mr Smithers got Trump thinking about Greenland. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory
US president’s friend Ronald Lauder – who first proposed Arctic expansion – is now making deals in the island
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Wait what?