1️⃣ Elections: If this is really about voter fraud, will a licence with a citizenship marker become the only ID at the polls? Other IDs exist, and licences take a decade to turn over. You still couldn’t reliably tell citizens from non-citizens until ~2036.

"look the whole thing, honestly, is just a laughable cluster. It's ridiculous."

(Do you really need more context to know which set of policies by which government in which country I'm referring to?)

“I think it’s because it doesn’t work particularly well, if you want the truth"

Danielle Smith defends policy requiring Albertans to pay out of pocket for COVID vaccines after some shots go unused at taxpayer expense

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

Step 1. Announce arbitrary tariffs for each country
Step 2. When markets crash, pause those tariffs and say they're just leverage for deals
Step 3. Promise deals
Step 4. Fail to make deals
Step 5. Announce arbitrary tariffs for each country

...and yes, I find it hard to keep my cool, sometimes.

There's a whole lot less to these announcements of new factory openings than meets the eye, but to see why, you've got to understand the dynamics of firm creation and destruction, our new political economy, and the incentives facing CEOs.

As promised here’s Pink Pony Club but it’s about encryption

Trump's tariffs made it hard for American manufacturing firms to import critical minerals, so China responded by making it harder.

Canada is facing a challenging moment. Now's the time for strong, serious leaders like @mark-carney.bsky.social - that's why I'm running.

Volunteer with the @liberalca.bsky.social, spread the word, and be sure to get out and vote this election. Let's be #CanadaStrong

At a press conference on Wednesday, Winnipeg police confirmed the identity of Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe to be Ashlee Shingoose.

Ashlee’s father Albert Shingoose had one request for Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew: sing a song.

Wild.

Um, what fres hell is this now?

An excellent piece from Daniel Dale, demolishing Trump’s lie that Canada has some of the highest tariffs in the world. It demonstrates just how absurd Trump’s latest pretext for his trade war is. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith co-headlining a $1,500-a-seat fundraiser for a US education org that sells conservative materials into US schools.
As part of her trade war diplomacy mission, we’re told.

Reducing copyright length, eliminating patents, cancelling contracts with Musk, making US-owned companies ineligible for public sector procurements - even U.S. origin labelling rules.

In responding, we have many non-tariff options, because this isn't really a trade war - it's a shakedown.

A Brief History of Let’s Get Back to Teaching the Basics

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The White House seized control of the press pool today, announcing that the administration — not an independent group of journalists — will decide which reporters cover events with the president.

Of all the terrible things DT is up to, the most indicative to me is taking over the Kennedy Centre, because that is a play to control art and culture. a deeply authoritarian move that can only be intended to stifle free expression.

Re-upping this. It’s not about fentanyl, at least not for Canada.

This is about bullying a smaller neighbour into being the “51st state”.

It’s the end of a longstanding friendship across countries and peoples. There will be no return to how things were after this act of aggression.

The moment of immediate crisis has been put off (Canada isn't being hit with 25% tariffs today).

But our underlying vulnerability remains. This should be a wakeup call. Canada needs to focus on three things, all of which will take time to build or rebuild:

- Economy
- Culture
- Military

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