Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire.

1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.

It was never the rules-based international order that wouldn't allow us to kidnap leaders, invade other countries, or bomb the everloving god out of poor countries

It was that we agreed not to, because it led to very bad outcomes. And we created the rules to reflect this

The rules are not your mum

Every accusation made by the right wing has been a confession.

We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's world The most disturbing revelation so far

We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's world now. That's what we can't face. It's our world. Where sexual desire for children is protected, victims receive no justice & the President of what used to be called the free world is Jeff's friend. This is Jeff's World now.
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So you had a dual stitch up — the Russian/American oligarchs around Farage and Johnson, and the Russian/American oligarchs around Mandelson. Leave or remain, they didn’t want their contacts investigated. So Brexit went ahead.

So my friend runs an estate sale company, and is finalizing the Harvey Glatt estate. Harvey was a Canadian music giant for 50 years. He first brought Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen to Ottawa in the 1960s. He worked with Jonny Cash’s manager

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face” – Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

Israeli soldiers guarding Thunberg told her they learned “little whore” & “whore Greta” in Swedish so they could taunt her - while kicking her - in custody. This was for trying to bring food & medicine to Gaza. 🇵🇸❤️✊🏼 www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

‘Agatha’s Almanac’ Is a Masterclass on How to Live | The Tyee Don’t miss Amalie Atkins’ remarkable documentary portrait at VIFF.

“Agatha’s Almanac” is so resolutely charming that there is no point in resisting its power, writes Dorothy Woodend.🍓📽️

'WHAT WILL JESUS SAY?' TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE ISRAEL CONNECTION As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel – including bill...

REVEALED: Donald Trump has picked Tony Blair for central role in Gaza ‘peace plan’…

…but in our inaugural investigation for @thenerve_news, we reveal extensive previously unreported links to Israeli defence, media & tech. 🧵
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Trans People Have Every Right to be Scared | The Tyee Early media reports jumped to link trans people with Charlie Kirk’s murder, leading to an outpouring of hate online.

“Any connection that bad actors can draw between trans people and this act of violence will be used to harm and threaten us.”

Reprinted from @xtramagazine.com. #uspoli #canpoli

These pictures will be remembered for centuries.

Future generations will ask:

"Who did what, and when?

Who made this abomination possible?

Who spoke out - and who remained silent?"

Make sure you have good answers.

Thoughts on Canada's Unprecedented Election "Trump is the first American president to lose a Canadian election."

"Jack believed in data and online activism, but knew movement was truly built at kitchen table meetings and in community halls....What is our offer to bring people who feel alienated into a political realm where it is possible to believe in a better future" charlieangus.substack.com/p/thoughts-o...

The moment the penny drops for former Tory minister Simon Clarke...

From now until the election, all of our content is accessible for free — no paywall. News, opinion, fact-checks and investigations, all open to read and share. It's our contribution to an information-driven election. Happy voting!

FIRST PERSON | I promised my American wife Canada was safe for queer couples. I'll vote to keep it that way | CBC News Kiva-Marie Belt and their wife have made their home in Canada, but have seen anti-transgender sentiment on the rise in the U.S. spilling over to this country. That’s why acceptance and inclusion of tr...

This article sums up what the stakes are in this election for queer and trans folks.

It is hard to maintain a cordial relationship with anyone who would support a party that denies trans people’s existence and previously voted to try to annul marriages like mine.

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Menopause and Brain Health: Misleading Advice from Oprah And compounded estriol is NOT recommended for protecting your brain in menopause

The Oprah special has incorrect information about brain health and menopause that could scare a lot of women. Surprise, the expert who was interviewed invented a compounded estrogen to treat those problems. vajenda.substack.com/p/menopause-...

Populist Simplicity In A Hyper-Complex World: Will Trump Overplay His Hand? Hardeep Matharu dissects what the now infamous Oval Office meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky revealed about the American President’s approach – and speaks to political scientist Brian Klaas about why hi...

"Simple solutions assume nothing will go wrong at the moment, when the most likely thing that will happen is things will go really wrong in unprecedented ways"

If Trump can create alternative realities, can 'reality' catch up with him?

My essay, with insights from political scientist Brian Klaas 👇

'Elbows Up, Britain': Canada's Boycott of American Goods Spreads to the UK

How British voters could hold the cards when it comes to resisting President Trump's global trade war

There is also a mountain of evidence suggesting Russia was behind the Ottawa occupation.

Russian state media covered the Convoy first, and more than, any other English news outlet.

This isn't hyperbole, it's verifiable.

Here's a research paper on the subject:
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Sergei Cristo versus the Security Service Podcast Episode · Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring · EP9 · 30m

A slight pause before Episode Nine as we took onboard Trump’s alliance with Putin. Here in Sergei and the Westminster Spy Ring we tell what happened after the suppressed Russia Report

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Silicon Valley Whistleblowers Warn Elon Musk ‘Hijacking’ Republicans to Control Entire US Government Former followers of the ‘Dark Enlightenment’ say a planned 'neo-reactionary' hollowing out of government is happening in real time

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Child dying from measles just glad he isn't autistic - The Beaverton TORONTO – Quarantined in his hospital room after contracting a fatal case of measles, little Timothy Bartlet told reporters how glad he was that his parents opted not to vaccinate for fear of giving h...

Child dying from measles just glad he isn't autistic