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Pierre D’Amour

@oldmandam71.bsky.social

(Un) retired Canadian journalist and PR Exec. Français et anglais. Parliamentary correspondent, econ-business La Presse, Radio-Canada-CBC, Discovery, ex-PBS Board member. There are bridges to rebuild. Il y a des ponts à rebâtir.

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Ohio. Powerful song. How about reviving it. It sure as hell fits the moment America.

11.06.2025 01:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Trump has named his own defense lawyer to the Appeals Court without vetting from the American Bar Association. He is aiming to remove the ultimate check on his powers.
This is be THE wake-up call America. Rise up and actively resist through peaceful civil disobedience while you still can.

31.05.2025 16:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Every time a higher court overturns a lower court ruling in favour of Trump, remember Mitch McConnell, the architect of the MAGA judiciary.
It was Mitch who spent the first Trump term naming judges favourable to Agent Orange.

29.05.2025 22:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

After tanking markets, weakening the US dollar and crashing trust for America globally, Trump blinked and slashed his tarifs on China by 115%. The Mountain spat out a mouse. Oh, and Americans will still pay more for chinese imports. Great deal Don, great deal.

13.05.2025 12:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yeah, pretty much.

12.05.2025 15:34 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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IF YOU HAVEN’T READ IT
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!

12.05.2025 12:04 — 👍 21495    🔁 5182    💬 642    📌 255

Master storyteller gets it right.

12.05.2025 15:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bingo!

12.05.2025 15:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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ART OF THE FOLD........

12.05.2025 13:15 — 👍 23704    🔁 4436    💬 401    📌 155

100 days of firehose chaos from MAGA Republicans.
What is the response from the Democrats? Lots of disparate shadow boxing. Who leads this bunch? Where is the leadership? Look to the field, not DC.

30.04.2025 13:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

They have come for the immigrants.
They have come for the students
They are coming for the judges.
You are not far down the list.

26.04.2025 11:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I wish there ws a laugh emoji here.

01.04.2025 12:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

« Access to cheap goods is not the essence of the American dream, » says Treasury Secretary and Wall Street millionnaire Scott Bessent.

Way to be in touch with the common folk Scott!

31.03.2025 18:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

True North is with you. This too shall pass.

29.03.2025 13:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Dickensian dystopia.

28.03.2025 00:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

As of 18:30 this evening, a call was expected from the WH sometime between now and Saturday.
If WH is initiating, fine. My feeling stands. Let Trump show his hand first.

27.03.2025 23:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Why should Carney talk to Trump?
There is not much upside. If he initiates the request, Trump has the pleasure of ignoring and belittling him. He can say he doesn’t speak to lame ducks. Or he accepts and insults him. Either way, it’s a hit to the PM image Carney has well crafted so far. Ignore him.

27.03.2025 21:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Ça ne devrait pas être normal - La Presse+ Parti LibéralLe programme du chef libéral, Mark Carney, n’était pas connu en soirée, mercredi.Parti ConservateurPierre Poilievre, qui sera en Colombie-Britannique pour la journée, donnera une conféren...

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Excellente analyse de l’affaire Brookfield dans La Presse. Journet voit juste, les réponses de Carney ont une certaine arrogance qu’il ferait mieux de corriger.

27.03.2025 11:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bombing and killing more than 400 men, women and children in their sleep is not a glorious military action. It’s a cowardly and monstrous massacre.

20.03.2025 16:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Tha Vandals get a bad rap. Their own story is sad.

15.03.2025 17:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Trump travel ban to include Bhutan.
Read that again. Slowly.

A pure WTF moment don’t you think?

15.03.2025 16:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

« I’m as pire as the driven slush ».

15.03.2025 13:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I am loath to ask: what’s your point?

15.03.2025 13:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Rubio accuses South African Ambassador pf « race-baiting ». Wow. The MAGA republican party’s store of kettles is impressive…

15.03.2025 13:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yale, Vance’s alma mater, has barred a Palestinian scholar on the basis of one -one- article partially powered by AI. The article accuses her of being part being a member of a pro Palestinian group deemed a terror group by the current administration. Yale is caving to MAGA more than ever. Shame!

12.03.2025 20:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Never thought I’d say this but, thank you Premier Ford.

12.03.2025 00:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Another good one. «I’m a self-made man, who else would help? »

11.03.2025 12:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

« I’m a self-made man, who else would help? »

11.03.2025 12:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Is this a good time to remember that the economic wunderkind in the White House bankrupted 6 casinos?…

11.03.2025 11:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We know. Resist. We have you back. 🫶🫶🫶

10.03.2025 17:18 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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