David McLaughlin

Welcome to the 2nd American Revolution!
My op-ed in @winnipegfreepress.com on Trump's new administration.
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Mr. Poilievre and the Governing Art of Slogans and Aphorisms
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David McLaughlin | Substack Former Clerk and Cabinet Secretary, chief of staff, deputy minister, campaign manager, and president and CEO. Writing on Politics, public policy, and governance.

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Snow has arrived for Miss Chloe.

Not one of these counties is in a battleground state. Tells a story of Kamala loss but does not tell the tale of where she lost that made a difference.

Opinion: Building fences to make good trading neighbours The two most important jobs of any prime minister are to maintain the unity of the country and the flow of trade with the United States.

Me on Trump, Trudeau, and Trade.
In today's @winnipegfreepress.com
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...

Doesn't matter whether you agree with Trump Tariff Threat or not - or even believe he would actually follow through on it or not - prudent that the federal government respond with tangible action steps to eliminate any need for him to act upon it.

Danielle Smith wants Alberta border patrol?
FACTS!
Along Montana border (with Alberta and Sask):
3 lb fentanyl last year, 1 lb meth.
Fewer than dozen individual (including migrants) "encounters" per month.
"urgent" provincial sheriff patrols, for this?
(US Customs/Border Protection stats)

Your daily Chloe.

Opinion | Meet Wolfgang Streeck, the Maverick German Thinker Explaining Our World Wolfgang Streeck has a convincing theory of what has gone wrong with globalization.

Fascinating dissection.

"The left must embrace populism, which is merely the name given to the struggle over an alternative to globalism. With globalism collapsing under its own contradictions, all serious politics is now populist in one way or another."
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/o...

Opinion | The Democrats Are in Trouble. This Man Can Save Them. The theories of the 20th-century philosopher John Rawls can inspire a new way for Democrats to find relevance.

"The aim is not to control outcomes but to create rules of the game that work for everyone."
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/o...

Opinion | Election Myths, Traps, Truths and Lessons We won’t have enough data to tell the full story of the election for some time. But there are a few things we can say for sure now.

Revealing about Trump's fake landslide - "the narrowest victory since razor-thin 2000"

"In very blue places, the much-hyped red shift reflected Harris losses rather than Trump gains"

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/o...

I think the tally has now just hit 30 senior appointees by Trump in his previous or current Administration who worked at Fox, which seems to be the most important qualification for the most senior positions in the US government under Trump.

It's official... Richard and I will be publishing our first book this fall. It's called "Democracy's Second Act" because while it can sometimes feel as though democracy has no future, we’re going to show you that it does — only it might look a bit different than you think.

Your daily Chloe.

David McLaughlin: A made-at-home climate plan for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives

Rx from me for a Made-at-Home Climate Plan:
First, take stock with a climate audit.
Second, adopt new domestic GHG goals based on cumulative emissions reductions.
Third, implement bilateral federal/provincial Climate Action Agreements to get results.
thehub.ca/2024/11/19/d...

Your nightly Chloe.

David McLaughlin: A made-at-home climate plan for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives

Here's what a 'Made-at-Home' Conservative climate plan can look like. My article today in The Hub.
thehub.ca/2024/11/19/d...

Your daily Chloe.

This alone explains why Pete Hegseth has been nominated by Trump to be his Secretary of Defense.

Given Russian escalation and indiscriminate drone attacks all over Ukraine these past few days, this is an essential response to allow Ukraine to equalize the power equation before Trump arrives.

Concur. The media needs a new way of understanding and explaining the Trump administration. Honestly, given the breathless coverage of Trump to date, how can anyone in the media or elsewhere truly be shocked by him doing what he said he would do?

Release the Gaetz report.

Pass it on.

Introducing Chloe to @bsky.app

Meanwhile, having replaced him as senator with one of his acolytes/cronies.

How durable the institutions of the US remain in face of this new Republican reality will determine how democratic American remains. 🇺🇸

Liking the friendly vibe already here on @bsky.app

First time here! Let's see how it goes.