"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."

–Justice Louis Brandeis

A US amphibious assault vessel carrying thousands of expeditionary forces has arrived in the Middle East, US Central Command said Saturday, Anadolu reports.

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Does the NDP have a future? Avi Lewis thinks so An interview with politician, journalist and activist Avi Lewis, who's running for the leadership of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP).

“Canadians don't want a two-party system. There are structural reasons why the NDP exists, not just to ride on the great healthcare victory of the 1960s. I’m fighting to maintain a multi-party democracy.”

Does the NDP have a future? Avi Lewis thinks so

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Study finds that 80% of Canadians with the strongest belief in disinformation vote Conservative An EKOS study on disinformation in Canada has found that Conservative Party voters are the most likely to believe disinformation.

Study finds strong belief in disinformation linked to support for the Conservative Party

“80% of the most disinformed Canadians vote Conservative.”

On the left: an illustration of President Donald Trump with his finger on a red button and flames in the background. On the right: text that reads “Trump’s foreign policy is all fury, no strategy. Even the most powerful predator should know there are limits to how far its military can stretch.”

What if the greatest global threat isn’t conflict itself but the refusal to prevent it?

Writer Michael Ignatieff asks whether or not superpowers can still define limits before “the nemesis of power” consumes them all: thewalrus.ca/trumps-foreign-policy-is...

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What do you do when adulthood arrives before you’re ready?

In author Julie Mannell’s short story “Tiffany,” a group of teenagers in Welland, Ontario, confront the future recklessly—but together and on their own terms. https://thewalrus.ca/tiffany/

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Nor am I.🙄

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I agree

On a scale of preventibility that terminates at one end (a) in "total fluke like a meteor strike" and at the other (b) in "you daft numpty you did this to yourself on purpose," people getting sick from unpasteurized milk is much, much closer to (b) than it is (a).

Indeed, that's a relevant question. If I were an investor that's not where I would invest.

Agreed. I say no to exotic animal keeping except in zoos, and I'm not keen on them either.

No Caesar!

I'm with you.

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Don't get me started on Ford.

I hear you and agree 100%

He sure is and it makes me sick.

This 250 th anniversary celebration is really going to be a massive Trump adulation birthday celebration. He is engineering it all for self glorification!

Ottawa should make heritage protection its response to Iran - The Hill Times Canada has a real lane of action in Iran: defend cultural sites, support emergency documentation, and insist that civilian protection includes the protection of history.

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Canada has a real lane of action in Iran: defend cultural sites, support emergency documentation, and insist that civilian protection includes the protection of history.

Why the next "No Kings" could be the biggest one yet "My goal here is a unified, strong opposition party to the regime," Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, said ahead of the March 28 protests.

“My goal here is a unified, strong opposition party to the regime,” Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, said ahead of the March 28 protests.

Important to remember that many people got used to the National Guard posted up in DC very quickly, and folks outside of DC largely forgot it’s even happening. It doesn’t take long at all for it to be seen as normal.

Police detain fourth suspect after arson attack on Czech defence factory Czech police have detained a fourth suspect following an arson attack on an optics and drones factory this month and ​a court has ordered the person be held in custody, ‌police said on X on Saturday.

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I appreciate Timothy Caulfield bringing some reality to the peptide conversation that’s been dominated by the manosphere and wellness influencers.

No Kings, no exceptions: How Trump’s Iran war exposes the death of American democracy

#Opinion by Greg Pence

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Over 230 children have been killed in the ongoing US‑Israeli offensive on Iran which began a month ago, Iran said on Saturday, Anadolu reports.

About 1,800 other children have been wounded, the Iranian Health Ministry said.

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The possibility of Iran's withdrawal from the Nuclear Non‑Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is under discussion in Tehran, Iranian media reported on Saturday, Anadolu reports.

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