“I always knew that this would backfire.” Martin Short on
Jimmy Kimmel being pulled from air and why he and Steve Martin “deliberately” do not do a political show.

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Why does Martin Short wear his Order of Canada pin every time he is on American television?

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Everyone was in love with her. Martin Short shares a hilarious story about his friend Diane Keaton while on set during the O.J. trial.

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#DianeKeaton

Steve asks Governor Gretchen Whitmer if she will be seeking the Democratic nomination for president in 2028. Her answer doesn't exactly slam the door shut on that possibility.

Full interview coming soon.

#Democrats

“There will be a point where Donald Trump and Mark Carney are going to come to conflict," says Justin Ling. But, for now, Trump seems to like Carney personally.

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#cdnpoli

“God rest your soul, Ken Dryden.”

Steve reflects on the last time he interviewed his friend.

“The passion he had for this country. I mean, talk about Mr. Canada.”

Steve and Martha Hall Findlay remember Ken Dryden.

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#kendryden

In our latest episode, Steve rolls through a number of things we have seen transpire in America over the last month or so – which raises the question: Is it authoritarianism yet?

@munkschool’s Janice Stein unambiguously says yes.

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#Democracy

“Things veered off a ledge when the NDP seem to focus on identity politics, not class politics.”

Tony Clement on our latest episode of Everything Political with interim NDP leader @DonDavies.

#cdnpoli

Interim NDP leader Don Davies has been doing a thought exercise: imagining if the NDP didn’t exist in Canada.

From our latest episode of Everything Political.

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#cdnpoli

“When we’re talking about drag reading in libraries or trans women in sports … I don’t think we’re talking about the real issues that most working people are struggling with.” - Interim NDP leader Don Davies.

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#cdnpoli

Why Putin’s view of a “multipolar” view is seen as a clear and present danger by Europeans. Those close to Russia see themselves as “next on the menu,” says Janice Stein in our last World on Edge.

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“It’s imperative that the United States fix its relationship with Russia.”

Zach Paikin on our latest episode of World on Edge with Janice Stein.

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“He's an Ottawa guy. He's been in Ottawa and an Ottawa politician for almost forever.”

Martha Hall Findlay on Pierre Poilievre’s decision to run in Alberta in the upcoming byelection.

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“It’s so evident when you look at American life that they … are quite comfortable seeing their democracy erode to nothing.”

Stephen Marche on the failure of any of the institutions in the United States to stand up to Trump.

#Trump #AmericanDemocracy #Texas