Cathy Farrow

Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale has become ‘more and more plausible’ — Guardian US Canadian author discusses US under Donald Trump and says setting of dystopian novel has ‘become much closer’

2025
Margaret Atwood has said the plot of her book The Handmaid’s Tale, which tells a story of an authoritarian regime under which women are forced to reproduce, has become “more and more plausible” in recent years

Local news is retreating, hurting NYC democracy New York may call itself the media capital of the world, but when it comes to local elections — the campaigns that shape our daily life — important contests come and go with hardly a single story w…

Sharing my op-ed on the importance of local journalism. If we want competitive elections, accountable institutions, and communities that feel seen and heard, we must rebuild the local press that makes democracy real. Welcome your thoughts, and please repost. www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/07/l...

Black women face up to 70 per cent higher breast cancer mortality, study finds A new study found that Black women face up to 70 per cent higher death rates from breast cancer compared to white women, prompting medical experts and advocates to urge for increased risk-based screen...

Black women face up to 70 per cent higher breast cancer mortality, study finds www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

Benin’s interior minister says a coup announced earlier has been foiled | CBC News There has been no official news about President Patrice Talon since gunshots were heard around the presidential residence. However, the signal to the state television and public radio which was cut of...

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Researcher 'shocked' Winnipeg considering scrapping bird-friendly window bylaw after less than a year | CBC News Conservation groups are raising concerns as the City of Winnipeg considers changing a development bylaw designed to help save birds from fatal window strikes.

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Capacity limits at Stollery in Edmonton lead to chemotherapy delays for children | CBC News Samantha Dornbusch has been bringing her son Jaxson to the hospital for the past six years to treat the aggressive blood cancer he’s battling. Over the last two years, on multiple occasions they say t...

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How Crypto Could Trigger the Next Financial Crisis The danger of stablecoins lies in the ways they are meant to be safe.

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Death toll passes 900 after devastating Indonesia floods More than 100,000 homes were destroyed when powerful rains lashed the South East Asian country last week.

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Candidate Trump vowed to make America affordable again. President Trump says it’s a ‘scam’ | CNN Business President Donald Trump has repeatedly argued the affordability issue is an epic “scam” conjured up by Democrats.

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Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers | CNN Politics The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east ...

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Obviously does matter because he felt the need to criticize.

Interesting.

Canada's crypto tax crackdown reaps millions. So why no criminal charges? - Business News A team of Canada Revenue Agency "cryptoasset auditors" has been mining a rich seam of unpaid taxes, working on more than 200 files and reaping more $100 million in the last three years.

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Did you know that before Nixon and Reagan, health insurance companies in America were non-profit? Yep, they screamed about "socialized medicine" and gradually shifted the focus of our entire healthcare system from public welfare to... making bucks off illness.

The Premier speaks very confidently, even when offering up gobbledygook… Her word simply cannot be trusted on this file. DEMAND SHE SHOW THE EVIDENCE.

"saving $10,000 surgery" for "high acuity cases"... that's laughably and demonstably untrue.
5/5

Spoken like a true politician.

How does the US constitution have jurisdiction over international waters?

Freudian slip from Tom Cotton: "I think President Bush has every power under the Constitution to strike boats in international waters"

National Guard shooting leaves fear and sorrow in Bellingham, Washington A small community of Afghan immigrants have made Bellingham, Wash., their home. After one of their own allegedly shot two National Guard soldiers, the community grapples with fear and sorrow.

A small community of Afghan immigrants have made Bellingham, Wash., their home. After one of their own allegedly shot two National Guard soldiers, the community grapples with fear and sorrow. n.pr/3Kfwrec

How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions

When the House and Senate marked up stablecoin legislation, we raised all of these concerns - their anonymity, their nearly perfect design for money laundering. All the barn doors were left wide open. It’s used for crime because that is its purpose. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...

Teaching when to trust As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge

Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it

Let’s hope it does !

WELKER: The US doesn't shoot people at the border who are bringing drugs in. Why should it be different at sea? Are you saying we should start shooting people at the border?

COTTON: No I'm not, Kristen

Why would a lawmaker agree to an interview on an issues show just to disparage its viewers?

All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election

The pay-to-play and shakedown systems in place are obvious:
1. In Apr, Trump announces 46% tariff on Vietnam
2. In May, Eric Trump attends groundbreaking for new $1.5 bn Trump golf resort in Vietnam
3. In July, Vietnam becomes only the second country to reach a tariff deal, cutting its rate to 20%

Trump’s human trafficking adjacent adult son, Trump jr, is spreading Russian disinformation now. (🎥
@nextatvofficial.bsky.social )

This president is for sale. You don’t have to know him or even to have voted for him. You just have make a big ‘donation’ (aka bribe) to his campaign or ballroom or a peace prize - and he’ll get you out of prison or whatever you want

All the other dory sailing smugglers who have aerial surveillance planes…

I'll say again: we are oddly selective about the government services about which we will say, they operate at a loss.

We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money