Manitoban kin make trek for Swiss speedskater’s Olympic debut MILAN — Mark McGregor was never one to stand still. Not when he captained the University of Manitoba Bisons hockey team in the early 1980s. Not during a lengthy coaching career in Europe. And certainl...

“It makes my heart sing.”

A Manitoba family has taken Milan by storm, here to cheer on their Swiss-born speed skater as she makes her Olympic debut.

I spent time with all of them following her latest race Monday.

My story: www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Olympic hockey a ‘dream come true’ for defender Tabin

It’s not every you day get a “good luck” greeting from Connor McDavid on the way to your hockey game.
 
Then again, these are not exactly ordinary days for Winnipegger Kati Tabin, who can now officially say she is an Olympian.

My story: www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/2026/...

Trump administration denies Illinois appeal for summer storms disaster relief In two letters sent to President Donald Trump last year, Gov. JB Pritzker said the intense rainfall overwhelmed Chicago’s sewer system on the Southwest Side as well as in Cicero and other suburbs, hur...

Playing politics with disaster relief funding is a new low, even for the Trump Administration.

Let’s call it for what it really is: a politically motivated decision that punishes thousands of Illinois families in a critical moment of need.

Irishman detained by Ice appeals to Taoiseach to raise case with Trump amid ‘torture’ Seamus Culleton from Kilkenny has been in Texas Ice facility for nearly five months despite holding valid work permit

An Irishman living in the U.S. for over 20 years who has been detained by ICE since last September describes the experience as “torture.”

“I don’t know how much more I can take,” Seamus Culleton said, calling for Prime Minister Micheál Martin to raise his case with Trump during his upcoming visit.

Trump and the Kennedy Center: Renaming, Rebuilding, Revolting For locals, this demolition project hits home.

The destruction Trump is doing is not just symbolic. These are real, meaningful, pieces of our civic life.

Trump Makes Bizarre Claim After Learning That Vance Got Booed During Olympics Opening Ceremony

Excuse me?

Dems Don't Have to Agree on Everything... ...Just these things.

It's going to take a lot of different kinds of Democrats to win in November. But there are a few core principles on which we all need to agree. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

Republican lawmakers prefer to remain soulless lackeys collecting money and power by supporting Trump. But they've got to see disaster ahead as he becomes ever more mentally unhinged. He's now predicting that if Canada cuts a trade deal with China, the Chinese will BAN HOCKEY IN CANADA.

Bannon knows too much about Trump and Epstein, so Blanche is taking very good care of him to keep him quiet just like with Maxwell. Blanche is the lynchpin- he has assumed full authority given to him by Trump to protect the worst of the worst.

Since the orange buffoon is saying that China will ban Hockey in Canada, I better enjoy while I can. Going for a skate tonight under doctors’s orders to test my new hip.

Lets Go. 😂🥅⛸️🏒🇨🇦

Had enough of this shit yet, Michigan?

Rothkopf's Dark Woke manifesto:

• We will fight for what we believe in
• Winning means ending the threat to our country, our values, our institutions
• Structural changes & big ideas must drive the agenda
• Going back to the “good old days” is not the answer
• Do not apologize for being Democrats

"It's not a hypothetical anymore. Trump is interfering with the 2026 election. He is using the full weight of the federal government to interfere, and I think if it was treated that way, we would be having a very different conversation."

Good Bunny. Bad Super Bowl. Defund ICE. Political lessons from the wide world of sports. And music.

On ICE, "it will be much harder for the Trump administration to spend money it doesn’t have than to evade restrictions it doesn’t like."

OK I've been on team "he's always ranted incoherently" (after all I posted the crazy Bananas dictator speech regularly during his first term) but this one seems a fair amount more so.

That is correct. Since Republicans pre-funded ICE with a massive slush fund, they have given Dems no other choice but to leverage the rest of the DHS budget to get badly needed changes that a big majority of Americans want and will never get unless they take a stand now.

Pete Buttigieg has consistently pushed for structural reforms since 2019. He ran on Democratic reform, was the only Democrat for expanding the Supreme Court, eliminating the filibuster and the electoral college, and partisan gerrymandering.

Now he’s pushing to start fresh after Trump is gone.

Winnipeg Jets’ Connor determined to prove value he can bring to Team USA MILAN — You don’t need to remind Winnipeg Jets forward Kyle Connor what happened the last time he was asked to wear the Stars and Stripes. It was last February in Boston — the highly anticipated gold-...

“Learned from it. Hopefully grew from it.”

You don’t need to remind #NHLJets Kyle Connor what happened the last time he was asked to wear the red, white and blue.
 
He’s determined to make a major difference here at #MilanoCortinaOlympic2026

My story: www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.

Warning Signs of Election Interference The Fulton County raid and other recent developments show how Trump and his allies are moving to discredit losses and control future elections.

The future of our democracy hasn’t been decided yet. It is being decided now, and it's up to us.

AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.

Jesus's name appears fewer times in the New Testament than Donald Trump's name appears in the Epstein files.

And most people think the New Testament is ALL about Jesus.

Erika Kirk and TPUSA really leaning into the family values thing with their endorsement of corrupt scumbag Ken Paxton.

I would say that Kid Rock was a privileged hire by TPUSA because he’s white trash minor royalty, especially given the fact that he had to pre-record a bad lip synch session, but I truly believe he was the most qualified person they could get. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

Emerging from his viewing of the UNRELEASED Epstein case files at Justice Dept, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) says:

"The Dept of Justice has been in a cover-up mode for months... trying to sweep the entire thing under the rug"

Howard Lutnick faces bipartisan calls to resign over latest Epstein revelations Recently disclosed records suggest a closer relationship than the Commerce secretary previously indicated.

Secretary Howard Lutnick lied to the country about his ties to Epstein.

Now we learned that they were in business together.

He has no business being our Commerce Secretary.

He should resign.
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Why isn’t every politician, leader, prosecutor, and news channels focused on this. The President is accused with significant proof of killing and raping minors.

The funny thing about that show? Not a word of it was in English, but it was one of the more patriotic halftime shows I’ve seen.

“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”

“Together, we are America”