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Industry is transitioning to #RenewableEnergy in Australia. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋

Screenshot of an X post by Aaron Rupar quoting a segment from MS NOW discussing missing 2019 FBI interviews from the Epstein files and referencing a woman identified in a 2025 FBI presentation as having accused Donald Trump of sexual assault when she was between 13 and 15 years old. The embedded image shows two women speaking on a news set with an on-screen banner reading “Breaking News” and “MS NOW.”

There are some fifty critical pages missing. It's a crime to cover up a crime.

Is it just me or is the US Trade representative basically saying “roll over” as the US position? We can open with “no”.

This has all been quite useful in finding more and more Canadian options for good prices and removing US goods from our shopping lists.

Sigh. With no Canadian dates, only online unfortunately.

Simple.

Kevin O’Leary credits acting chops to years of convincing people he wasn’t driving the boat LOS ANGELES, CA - Responding to widespread praise for his performance in the new film Marty Supreme, businessman and television personality Kevin O’Leary revealed that what critics are calling “surpri...

Kevin O’Leary credits acting chops to years of convincing people he wasn’t driving the boat

Alberta Premier defends fall referendum plans Danielle Smith stumbles when asked about costs of providing health care and education to newcomers; NDP says referendum proposals designed to inflame

Premier Danielle Smith said she doesn't know how much newcomers cost Alberta’s health care and education systems, despite scheduling a referendum to ask whether social services to those residents shd be limited b/c of cost

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Calgary teen missing from community of Cornerstone Calgary police are looking to the public for help locating a 15-year-old missing from Cornerstone.

Calgary police are looking to the public for help locating a 15-year-old missing from Cornerstone.

The Government of Canada said no such thing. As usual, Trump is full of shit.

It’s a mixed bag according to the data. Some passed on, some absorbed. Some absorbed by the importers.

Prices didn’t _fall_ though. That’s the general sentiment being reported on. The promise was affordability. Now that’s a Democratic myth right? Awkward.

Has there been any solid analysis based on the new maps of how much they cut the margins in red districts assuming voter intention stayed the same? Of course it seems possible it has not stayed the same.

I agree with that. The judiciary is supposed to be one of those, although this is about an argument to make it more democratic. My point is it is a creation of the democracy itself to put checks on actions. Does that not mean it is foundationally democratic? A constitutional amendment removes it.

I think at some point this has become too reductionist of an argument to be useful to discuss the merits of an American institution in the real world.

From there it extends. It does not follow that the American structure is the only plausible or capable evolution. We have others. But now it seems we are going back to just a structured expression of popular desire. What comes of that? When are the results of that evolution anti-democratic?

Fair and good comment. A direct democracy has no check on it by default. No structures to temper the “mood of the mob” as it were. No protections for anything or anyone until they decide laws. The laws require enforcement which gives rise to an institution acting as representative of the people.

He does have the option he always had, which is to do it legally through Congress. If his GOP crews stay loyal when their own districts get hurt and they are then accountable. The president doing it made it more abstract.

I think you are perhaps deliberately conflating democracy and direct democracy. We can chose to have a representative democracy as long as the representation is bound by law and accountable to the people. It is those institutions being compromised that puts the actual democracy at risk.

He could start by doing something productive in the economy instead of being yet another talking head.

They need to be prosecuted for violating the US Constitution and knowingly instructing others in their teams to do so as well.

A drawing of Alex Pretti carrying an old person wrapped in an American flag. He is saying - ‘Don’t worry. I’ve got you.’

If this doesn’t tug at your heart, make you well up with sadness, you are not human.

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”

That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

It’s amazing how “consent of the governed” gets proven again and again and again. It is how the most advanced, stable, and prosperous societies thrive.

Non-masked MN National Guard are out handing out hot chocolate, coffee and donuts to protesters. One simple act has de-escalated the situation and helped gain the trust of people. See the difference between professional soldiers and the pretend tough guys in CBP and ICE?

Ironic isn’t it? Had an ICE thug been hurt at the very same location 5 minutes earlier, Alex would have dropped everything to save his life.

But 5 minutes later….

FBI director tells Americans not to bring guns to protests, schools still okay WASHINGTON – Following the killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti in Minneapolis, FBI director Kash Patel has advised American citizens participating in anti-ICE demonstrations to leave their firearms at home...

FBI director tells Americans not to bring guns to protests, schools still okay

Adoption of electric vehicles tied to real-world reductions in air pollution When California neighborhoods increased their number of zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV) between 2019 and 2023, they also experienced a reduction in air pollution. For every 200 vehicles added, nitrogen ...

It's showing a positive effect.

Yes! Really hoping that can achieve sustained operation.

I have no use for those who want to separate from Canada, regardless of which province they reside in. We must remain united in the face of Donald Trump’s imperialist ambitions. Canada will never be the 51st state.

ICE attacked an observer after they tailed a group of clergy on a spiritual pilgrimage.

Our digital producer @sam.vp just so happened to be with the clergy on their journey. He spoke with the observer who was attacked and others who witnessed the assault.

F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns

Breaking NYT:

The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.