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Stuart Benson

@lefthandstu.bsky.social

Reporter http://HillTimes.com; Canadian Press Pedant; He/Him; “wannabe Jake Gyllenhaal cosplayer” | Send me your tips: sbenson@hilltimes.com

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Charlie Angus’ farewell speech in Parliament getting more and more prescient.

28.02.2026 17:34 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Liberals ride wave in federal polls as widening gender, age gaps squeeze Conservatives' coalition As the Liberals post their largest lead since Prime Minister Mark Carney was chosen to lead the party, the Conservatives are feeling the pinch from multiple age brackets and a growing chasm among wome...

Liberals ride wave in federal polls as widening gender, age gaps squeeze Conservatives’ coalition, @lefthandstu.bsky.social reports www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

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25.02.2026 10:45 — 👍 17    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
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lefthandstu - Twitch OOTThursday: NDP Ldrshp Debate - Avi vs Evribody?/ The Suspect formerly known as Prince Andrew

OOTThursday: NDP Leadership Debate - Avi vs Evribody?/ The Suspect formerly known as Prince Andrew

On Twitch: twitch.tv/lefthandstu

& YouTube: youtube.com/live/VhComlV...

20.02.2026 01:01 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

You don’t get to dig your heels in when the guy you are accusing Lorenz of plagiarizing tells you explicitly that you’re wrong.

19.02.2026 22:15 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Last night a couple of high profile accounts posted false and misleading "scandalous" info claiming that someone had plagiarized me. It was false. The reporter in question clearly cited me and I was happy with the result. Now I keep getting tagged into more people piling on. Please stop it.

19.02.2026 18:16 — 👍 215    🔁 32    💬 4    📌 0
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I’m assembling a team…

19.02.2026 05:14 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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lefthandstu - Twitch Dual Monitor Situation Monitor: Jeneroux Defects, LPC +1/

Dual Monitor Situation Monitor: Jeneroux Defects, LPC +1/ Canada's Olympic Heel-Turn + Reactionius Returns

On Twitch: twitch.tv/lefthandstu

& YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/e7pJmMg...

19.02.2026 01:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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lefthandstu - Twitch Conservatives' Calgary Convention Live!* (*from Ottawa)/ Carney and his Hollander Fleece/ Chilling

TGIF Folks! Grab a bevy and get on in!
Conservatives' Calgary Convention Live!* (*from Ottawa)/ Carney and his Hollander Fleece/ Chilling On Twitch: www.twitch.tv/lefthandstu

& YouTube: youtube.com/live/AM5htaz...

31.01.2026 01:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#HeatedRivalry-mania hit Ottawa on Jan. 29 as Prime Minister Carney walked the #CMPAPrimeTime red carpet with his “new best friend” Hudson ‘Hollander’ Williams and creator Jacob Tierney to close out Week 1 of Parliamentary Parties.
📸 by Sam Garcia #PartyCentral
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

30.01.2026 23:10 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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“Stuart, where do you get all this energy to do Party Central in the evening after working all day?”

*Meanwhile, me in the Met cloakroom twenty minutes before every event*:

23.01.2026 00:14 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's also trans-inclusive if you think about it lol

22.01.2026 03:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

And, if all else fails, Flunkus Moritati

22.01.2026 03:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy" and The Man's Prayer are, no joke, the exact kind of positive masculinity we need right now.

22.01.2026 03:19 — 👍 20    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

Check your dm

22.01.2026 03:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A masked ICE officials with a 5 year old child

A masked ICE officials with a 5 year old child

This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars

22.01.2026 02:13 — 👍 25625    🔁 12106    💬 1420    📌 1212
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a man says " you gotta make a living " in front of another man ALT: a man says " you gotta make a living " in front of another man
22.01.2026 01:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Big-name staffers steal candidate spotlight as B.C. Conservative leadership race takes shape Pollster Shachi Kurl warns Ottawa against over-reading staffing tea leaves as 'outsider' Caroline Elliott's star-studded campaign team competed with her official B.C. Conservative leadership launch la...

Pollster Shachi Kurl warns Ottawa against over-reading staffing tea leaves as 'outsider' Caroline Elliott's star-studded campaign team competed with her official B.C. Conservative leadership launch last week.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

22.01.2026 01:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Leaked PMO travel advisory tests fragile trust with press gallery as 'universal respect' still found lacking, say journos Part of an embargoed advisory for Prime Minister Mark Carney's recent foreign travel was published online by Conservative MP Shuvaloy Majumdar two days after being distributed to the press gallery. Re...

Part of an embargoed advisory for Prime Minister Carney's recent foreign travel was published online by a Conservative MP two days after being distributed to the press gallery. Reporters say identifying the leaker is essential to protect the gallery’s credibility.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

22.01.2026 01:01 — 👍 13    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 1

I crashed out and got vulnerable with coworkers, join stream where I won’t do that!

22.01.2026 00:17 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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lefthandstu - Twitch LHS2026: Week 3: NDP Leadership Palestine Debate/ Plus: Carney upstages Trump @ Davos & JTrudeau/KPerry B-Plot;

Come join the fun! -- LHS2026: Week 3:
NDP Leadership Palestine Debate/ Plus: Carney upstages Trump @ Davos & JTrudeau/KPerry B-Plot;
On Twitch: www.twitch.tv/lefthandstu

& YouTube: youtube.com/live/i0MSrEX...

22.01.2026 00:05 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Carney at Davos vs Trump at Davis

21.01.2026 18:37 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Conservatives outspent Liberals by $1.2-million during the 2025 election Advertising made up two-thirds of the $96-million in combined campaign expenses by the Liberals, Conservatives, NDP, and Bloc Québécois, with television and digital drawing the biggest payouts.

The four main federal parties spent a combined $96.1-million during the 45th general election, including more than $61.5-million on advertising alone, according to the federal parties’ expense reports published by Elections Canada. via @hilltimes.com
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

15.01.2026 19:56 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
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‘Too weak, too vague, too slow’: PM Carney accused of ‘dragging his feet’ on foreign interference in pursuit of economic reset with China The Liberal government published the draft regulations for the long-awaited foreign agent registry nearly 18 months after royal assent, but opposition parties say they have yet to be consulted on a po...

‘Too weak, too vague, too slow’: PM Carney accused of ‘dragging his feet’ on foreign interference in pursuit of economic reset with China. via @hilltimes.com
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

15.01.2026 19:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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'Nothing revolutionary’: $3M government ad leans on campaign comms after loosening partisan prohibitions Trudeau-era limits for government ads were scrapped last year alongside the launch of a multimillion-dollar campaign drawing on the Grits' 2025 ‘Build Strong’ election slogans.

‘Nothing revolutionary’: $3M government ad leans on campaign comms after loosening partisan prohibitions.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0... via @hilltimes.com

15.01.2026 19:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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lefthandstu - Twitch LHS2026: Week 1: Freeland will resign/ Monitoring Minneapolis/ NDP Leadership Check-in + More floor crossing?

LHS2026: Week 1: Freeland will resign/ Monitoring Minneapolis/ NDP Leadership Check-in + More floor crossing?

On Twitch: www.twitch.tv/lefthandstu

& YouTube: youtube.com/live/f5HVgB3...

08.01.2026 00:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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lefthandstu - Twitch LeftHandPreNYE: Big Fat Quiz of 2025 / Reactonius Wrap-up Part 2

LeftHandNullDays -- PreNYE: Big Fat Quiz of 2025 / Reactonius Wrap-up Part 2

On Twitch www.twitch.tv/lefthandstu

& YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/gPtm6-Q...

31.12.2025 00:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a man with a beard is smiling and the word alright is above him ALT: a man with a beard is smiling and the word alright is above him

You can’t fully appreciate how important Pink Pony Club is to the Gays and Gals until you see someone perform it at Swizzles karaoke.

13.12.2025 04:08 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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lefthandstu - Twitch LeftHandHumpday! -- One Day More! - Hill Recap & Chill

LHSHumpday! -- One Day More?! - Hill Recap & Chill

On Twitch: twitch.tv/lefthandstu

& YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/a2Z7AIT...

11.12.2025 01:50 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I don’t care how the interview went, I wil’ never forgive Piers Morgan for injecting this much Nick Fuentes into the timeline.

If I have to scroll past that grinning basement gargoyle one more time I’m going to lose it.

10.12.2025 13:24 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Two 'Conservative leaders,' one bank vault, and zero leaks: Poilievre's gallery dinner surprise This Hour Has 22 Minutes’ Poilievre impersonator Chris Wilson shares how the Opposition Leader’s Office landed its double punchline.

Two ‘Conservative leaders,’ one bank vault, and zero leaks: Poilievre’s gallery dinner surprise, @lefthandstu.bsky.social reports www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

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10.12.2025 10:15 — 👍 2    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0