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Schreck
@strategicthoughts.bsky.social
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Retired, NDP MLA 1991-96 North Vancouver Lonsdale
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#cdnpoli #bcpoli #abpoli Premier Danielle Smith is far too silent in defending Canada. Like Poilievre who has a third of his base loving Trump, Smith lacks the courage to take on extremists in her party.
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Canada separatists accused of ‘treason’ after secret talks with US state department
Alberta activists’ covert meetings with US officials revealed, outlining group’s increasingly emboldened efforts
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January 29, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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#cdnpoli #abpoli #bcpoli Premier Smith must not sit idly by as treason occurs.
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Eby accuses Alberta separatists of ‘treason’ for meeting with U.S. officials
B.C. Premier says he plans to raise the issue when he meets with Carney and his provincial counterparts
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January 29, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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#cdnpoli #SCOUS is in recess until February 20, not rushing on tariff case.
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Where is the Supreme Court’s decision on Trump’s tariffs? | CNN Politics
When the Supreme Court agreed last September to hear a dispute over President Donald Trump’s billion-dollar tariffs on foreign goods, it heeded the administration’s plea that time was of the essence.
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January 28, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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#cdnpoli Both sides have irritants to discuss and negotiate.
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Canada in talks with Meta on return of news to Facebook as CUSMA review nears | CBC News
The federal government says its willingness to speak with Meta about the possibility of seeing online news return to Facebook is part of an ongoing conversation Canada is having with the United States...
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January 28, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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#cdnpoli “Carney rolled his eyes and rejected U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s contention to Fox News that he aggressively walked back his comments at the World Economic Forum during a phone call with Trump on Monday.”
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Carney rolls his eyes at US Treasury secretary, says he told Trump he meant what he said at Davos
In Davos at the World Economic Forum last week, Carney condemned economic coercion by great powers on smaller countries without mentioning Trump’s name.
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January 27, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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#cdnpoli #bcpoli The federal administration has no right to usurp California’s regulatory authority,” he said at a news conference. “We’re taking them to court to draw a line in the sand and to protect our coast, beaches & communities from potentially hazardous pipelines.”
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California sues the Trump administration over plans to restart oil pipelines along the coast
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing the Trump administration for approving an oil company's plans to restart two oil pipelines along the state's coast.
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January 26, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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#cdnpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social appropriately responded to #Trump
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Mark Carney Says Firmly That ‘Canada Doesn’t Live Because of the United States’
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January 23, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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Watch Veronika the brown cow pick up a rake to scratch herself — a scientific first - National Geographic
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Watch Veronika the brown cow pick up a rake to scratch herself—a scientific first — National Geographic
Veronika the cow has learned to scratch herself with deck brushes and other tools. Scientists took note.
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January 21, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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#cdnpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social speech at World Economic Forum in Davos is a don’t miss that should make Canadians proud. Spend 16 minutes and hear all of it.
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PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum in Davos – January 20, 2026
YouTube video by cpac
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January 20, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds - The Wall Street Journal #cdnpoli
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Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds — The Wall Street Journal
Research contradicts President Trump’s claim that foreigners are footing the bill, and could weaken his hand in the dispute over Greenland
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January 19, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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#Trump ties #Greenland takeover bid to Nobel Prize in text to Norway leader.
Trump is clearly very very sick.
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Trump ties Greenland takeover bid to Nobel Prize in text to Norway leader
Trump’s push to take over Greenland and unleash a trade war with European nations has sparked the greatest transatlantic crisis in generations.
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January 19, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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Wish I could stick around and see how the earth looks a million years from now. Lucky if I make it ten more.
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The fate of the planet’s coastlines depends on how fast Antarctica’s ice sheets melt. We don’t know what’s coming
Some regions of the continent have enough ice to push up sea levels by 15 metres if they all melt, but researchers don’t yet fully understand the consequences
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January 17, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home #nofreesoeechinus
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FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home
The search came as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials.
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January 14, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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US Justice isn’t just. #cdnpoli
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Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
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January 13, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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#Trump is a threat to world order. #cdnpoli
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Greenland says it cannot accept US takeover ‘under any circumstances’
Self-governing island stresses it is member of Nato, which is looking at improving Arctic defences, through Denmark
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January 12, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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Analysis: #Trump’s oil grab Is a big problem for the OPEC cartel - The Wall Street Journal
#bcpoli #abooli #cdnpoli Trump’s target price for oil would make Alberta Premier’s pipe dream uneconomic.
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Trump’s Oil Grab Is a Big Problem for the OPEC Cartel — The Wall Street Journal
Bringing Venezuela’s output under U.S. control has the potential to upend the power balance in the world market
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January 11, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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Oil companies reluctant to follow #Trump in to #Venzuela
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Oil CEOs are meeting with Trump today. These are their demands | CNN Business
President Donald Trump is set to meet with Big Oil executives Friday as part of a weeklong charm offensive to persuade America’s largest energy companies to return to Venezuela.
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January 9, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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Any new leader of the BC Conservatives will have to herd cats. It won’t be easy to deal with extremists in that caucus. #bcpoli
January 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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Minneapolis mayor refutes claim that ICE's fatal shooting of a woman was in self-defense and tells the agency to "get the f*** out" of the city. Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/4sw5yDK
January 7, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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Statements from Greenland's Premier and Denmark's PM a short time ago.
Statement from Denmark's Prime Minister to the US about threats made Statement from Greenland's Premier to the people of Greenland in response to threats from the US
January 4, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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The Premier Of Greenland Obliterates Trump
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The Premier Of Greenland Obliterates Trump
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January 4, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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#Trump Threatens #Venezuela’s New Leader With a Fate Worse Than Maduro’s - The Atlantic
He says Greenland could be next.
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Trump Threatens Venezuela’s New Leader With a Fate Worse Than Maduro’s — The Atlantic
The president told The Atlantic that Delcy Rodríguez needs to comply with U.S. wishes—or else.
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January 4, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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#Trump undermines science
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Canadian officials say US health institutions no longer dependable for accurate information
Misinformation from the Trump administration is cited as fuelling Canadians’ concerns over childhood vaccinations
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January 4, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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When did humanity take its first step? Scientists say they now know.
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When did humanity take its first step? Scientists say they now know.
A new analysis of fossils uncovered in Central Africa offers additional evidence that a human ancestor walked upright 7 million years ago.
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January 2, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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#bcpoli This is very bad. Lots of families need foreign care givers.
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Ottawa reverses course on immigration programs for caregivers
Government is pausing the Home Care Worker Immigration pilot projects, saying demand far exceeded spaces available
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January 1, 2026 at 7:42 PM