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FEMA Is Not Prepared Citizens could be on their own this hurricane season.

As hurricane season begins, FEMA is in disarray, @dgraham.bsky.social writes. Who manages the disaster if the disaster managers are the disaster?

Conservative MPs used parliamentary privilege to seek details on DEI initiatives ahead of election Poilievre has promised to ‘put an end to the imposition of woke ideology in the federal public service’

Conservative MPs used their parliamentary privilege to seek details on the scope of the federal government’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in areas Pierre Poilievre is now pledging to cut.

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All down to E-Day: Liberal voters dominate early voting but election day support splits evenly between CPC, LPC

America’s reputation drops across the world The proportion saying the United States will have a positive influence on world affairs has fallen in 26 out of 29 countries over the last six months. America’s reputation has fallen most markedly in ...

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Don’t let Poilievre import Trump’s war on science The Conservative leader’s promise to cut “woke” funding to universities and research echoes the disaster unfolding in the U.S.

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AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.

The Associated Press wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists, citing the 1st Amendment.

Trump’s Least Favorite Judge Has Friends in High Places To President Trump, Judge James E. Boasberg is “a troublemaker” and a “Radical Left Lunatic.” But his record and biography, including a friendship with Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, say otherwise.

Judge Boasberg said he would rule on if there was probable cause to hold the Trump Administration in contempt for ignoring his order barring Venezuelan deportees from being flown to El Salvador. His record shows that President Trump has chosen an especially hard target to paint as “a troublemaker.”

Vance Cites ‘Traffic Violations’ To Help Justify Sending Migrant Dad To El Salvador Prison This man has no conscience.

Vance has no conscience.

Stocks Are Set to Extend Sharp Fall Futures on the S&P 500, which allow investors to trade the index before the official start of trading on Monday, added to last week’s sell-off.

Stock markets pointed to a further fall this week as futures trading got underway Sunday evening, with investors and economists grappling with rising odds of a severe economic downturn caused by President Trump’s significant new tariffs on imports.

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Defence Ministry Update: Border surveillance has not detected any abnormal activity. We stand rock-hop-ready to rock, set to defend ourselves against all threats both foreign and domestic (elephant seals mainly)

The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.

Entire Staff Is Fired at LIHEAP The move threatens to paralyze the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps to offset high utility bills for roughly 6.2 million people nationwide.

The Trump administration abruptly laid off the entire staff running a $4.1 billion program to help low-income households across the U.S. pay their heating and cooling bills.

The standout madness in the general madness are the enormous tariffs on South East Asia which, if these stick, is going to magnify China's sphere of influence. Geopolitical lunacy.

Trump and DOGE Defund Program That Boosted American Manufacturing for Decades President Donald Trump says taxing imports will strengthen domestic manufacturing. Hours before announcing new tariffs, his administration cut support for centers that help US firms do just that.

President Donald Trump says taxing imports will strengthen domestic manufacturing. Hours before announcing new tariffs, his administration cut support for centers that help US firms do just that.

Pierre Poilievre’s gender gap As a general rule, men shouldn't talk about women's biological clocks. That's especially true if they have a track record like Pierre Poilievre.

Pierre Poilievre is trailing in the polls, but he's getting absolutely lapped by Mark Carney among women voters.

His recent comments about biological clocks are just the latest example of why. #cdnpoli

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Trump’s Tariff Plan Is Going to Hurt The surprisingly expansive levies on imports will open up a future of high prices.

President Donald Trump announced a perplexing, and expansive, set of tariffs today. They will open up a future of high prices for American consumers, @isabelfattal.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily.

The U.S. Has Changed Its Mind About Europe After following America’s lead for 80 years, the continent’s democracies do not recognize the danger now before them.

After following America’s lead for 80 years, Europe's democracies do not recognize the danger now before them, Phillips Payson O’Brien writes.

Airlines Cut Seats to the U.S. as Canadians Stay Away Several airlines have reduced the number of seats on U.S.-bound flights in April, while industry data shows that bookings have declined significantly.

Canadian airlines are eliminating tens of thousands of seats to the U.S. this April, while industry data shows that bookings have declined significantly.

When people say 'politics is too divisive now,' what they really mean is 'I was more comfortable when certain groups suffered quietly.'

Very good question.

Geography lesson for Americans.
#elbowsup

Three prominent Yale professors depart for Canadian university, citing Trump fears History department power couple Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore and philosophy professor Jason Stanley will begin teaching at the University of Toronto’s renowned Munk School in fall 2025.

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Neuroprotective mechanisms of exercise and the importance of fitness for healthy brain ageing Ageing is a scientifically fascinating and complex biological occurrence characterised by morphological and functional changes due to accumulated molecular and cellular damage impairing tissue and org...

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Judge releases detained Venezuelan couple with temporary protected status The judge said the detention of the couple was baseless and unlawful.

“There is no reason why they’re being held,” the judge said.

“If this was a criminal case. … I’d throw you out of my chambers.”

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Last week ICE detained parents of three young children under 13-years-old, in Washington, D.C.

The family fled political persecution in Venezuela two years ago and applied for asylum. Despite having Temporary Protected Status and pending asylum applications, they were charged with illegal entry.

Judge Moves to Prevent Hegseth, Waltz and Others From Deleting Houthi Texts Judge James E. Boasberg said top officials, including the defense secretary, the national security adviser and the secretary of state, must preserve the messages they exchanged.

Breaking News: A federal judge ordered top Trump administration officials to preserve their Signal chat messages discussing plans for an attack in Yemen.

Canadians aren't being asked to meet the moment As Donald Trump triples down on his economic war against Canada, one of the things that inspires the most hope is the vociferous and passionate response of Canadians.

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Deflecting to “but the mission was a success” reminds me of a drunk driver arguing to the cop that he should be allowed to go home because he didn’t crash into anyone.

I don’t know who needs to hear this but fascism often begins with the slow erosion of civil liberties and the rise of authoritarianism under the guise of ‘security measures’.