FBI Director Kash Patel files $250m lawsuit against The Atlantic magazine Patel alleges that the magazine published false and harmful claims about his conduct, including accusations of excessive drinking and unexplained absences from duty.

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In other words, America’s top cop thinks free speech is for him and court-mandated muzzling is for everyone else.

The Trump School of Free Speech.

U.S. commerce secretary takes a swipe at Canada's trade strategy ahead of CUSMA review | CBC News U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Friday criticized the current iteration of North America's free trade agreement as a bad deal, taking a swipe at Canada's trade strategy ahead of upcoming neg...

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Yet more single-syllable analysis from this clown. If he threw in an f-bomb, maybe took a swipe at the Vatican’s trade policy, he’d resemble his master more effectively.

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Ontario capping number of school trustees per board, creating new oversight roles | CBC News Education Minister Paul Calandra is planning sweeping changes to the province's English school systems, including capping the number of elected trustees for boards and creating oversight roles centred...

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The Minister has the subtlety and public demeanour of a garlic-soaked fart in an elevator.

He wants control, pure and simple. No folksy phoney populism here, just an emphasis on rules and obedience.

And every board gets a CEO! Gee, where did that idea come from?

I think the money is 1/10 to the Admiral 1/20 to Captain and officers,1/30 crew and the rest to Mar a Lago.

Seems fair.

US blockade of Iran's ports set to start in hours - follow live The blockade is due to begin at 10:00 ET (14:00 GMT / 15:00 BST), with PM Keir Starmer saying the UK is

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And in other news, The USA, only recently made great again, has also returned to 19th century gunboat foreign policy tactics.

“What could possibly go wrong?”thirty percent of Americans ask as they drift off to sleep.

Pope says he has 'no fear' of Trump after scathing criticism The US president accuses Leo of being "weak on crime and terrible for foreign policy".

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A war-mongering narcissist, infused with hatred toward anything or anyone he cannot control, has come in for a bit of criticism from the Papacy?

Only one person in the world is surprised.

Orbán era swept away by Péter Magyar's Hungary election landslide Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule is over, defeated by a 45-year-old ex-party insider who convinced a majority of Hungarians to oust him.

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And this was despite the personal endorsement of JD Vance.

Is there anything that man cannot NOT do?

Swollen RFK Jr. Warns Americans Not Eating Enough Bees WASHINGTON--After manually prying his eyelids open to read from a report he had prepared on the matter, a badly swollen Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave a speech Tuesday in which he warned that Americans were not eating enough bees. “In our survey of American...

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Are ancient grains better for you? The surprising truth about quinoa and spelt Is the hype around the health benefits of ancient grains justified? Scientists say its not as clear-cut as you might think.

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This is the Corn Dog Principle.

It doesn’t matter what sort of gluten-free heritage whole grain organic local anything you eat every day if the rest of your diet includes regular corn dogs.

If your diet is already balanced, adding trendy new stuff is not life changing.

Iran war: US failed to gain Iran's trust in talks, Tehran delegation leader says - follow live Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf says Iran raised

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That peace and stability rely on the absurdly over-stretched under-qualified mouthpiece of a MAGA VP gives no one cause for optimism.

Except Iran.

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I think a triumph is supposed to preceed the erection of a triumphal arch.

Is is the triumph of willful ignorance?

The triumph of orange face paint and hair spray?

Of war crimes and show-me-your-papers?

And can I say “erection” on Bluesky?

Iran ceasefire deal gives Trump a way out of war - but at a high cost The path to the two-week ceasefire with Iran may have fundamentally altered the way the rest of the world views the US.

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So, Iran gets a million dollars per ship going through the Strait that they didn’t get before and the US gets … ?

Very few wars (to use their term) have been undertaken with so little strategic foresight, such shit-eating propaganda, and so few realized gains.

Trump says a 'whole civilization will die tonight' as deadline for Iran to reopen Strait of Hormuz looms | CBC

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Does he understand that he’s threatening genocide, crimes against humanity?

Wait … I should have stopped after the first three words.

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

JD Vance arrives in Hungary to back Orbán's re-election bid The US vice-president's visit is the latest show of White House support for the Hungarian leader.

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Foreign elections interference and preparations for war crimes.

Tuesday in America.

Unhinged.
Unreal.

Our only consolation this morning is that he and his flying monkeys have to look at a Canadian flag if he watches any of the Artemis crew interviews.

'Absolutely spectacular': Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon Astronauts on the Artemis II mission are on the third day of their journey around the far side of the Moon.

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I keep expecting astronauts to sound like, “chchchcht Houston vvrsmlar schorptimon chchchcht spectacular xzsartqiggg chchchchchttt…”

I guess things have changed somewhat since 1972.

Two despots agree ... the more the merrier!

Holy shit ....

And later reflect with each other - the term "war stories" comes to mean a lot of things to people who never had the misfortune to go to war but nonetheless understand some of the bonding that goes on in other forms of common experience.

It's, to use a a well-worn term, the United States of Amnesia.

a man with curly hair is hanging on a cross with the words `` always look on the bright side of life '' . ALT: a man with curly hair is hanging on a cross with the words `` always look on the bright side of life '' .

Happy Life of Brian day everyone

The nameless reader for whom I am writing, that entity out there I am trying to satisfy because I cannot write for everyone, wants to know what happens next. They want to be shown, but they also want to participate, perhaps to see things that characters do not.

New post!

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Karoline Leavitt Explains Trump’s Extremely Good Speech About Iran YouTube video by Clare Blackwood

Karoline Leavitt Explains Trump’s Extremely Good Speech About Iran

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Not that one but similar treatments. History makes the best fiction.

Two guys shouting at each other, each accusing the other of being a stone for different reasons. One want the other the feel something, and the second wants to first to do something.

When I read, I want to be curious, I want to be surprised, I want to be engaged in looking ahead at the consequences of conflicts and decisions. This sort of novel has a narrative dominated by events and a journey of dynamic awareness.

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Trump says he will attend birthright citizenship arguments at Supreme Court As part of his immigration crackdown, Trump signed an order ending the right of children of undocumented people to get automatic citizenship.

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A transparent attempt to intimidate the court.

Brownshirts in Congress is the next step.

Russian oil tanker reaches Cuba as US blockade seemingly loosened The tanker has reached Cuban waters just hours after Donald Trump said he had "no problem" with it arriving.

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A world in which Russia appears to be a humanitarian force in the face of unprovoked American aggression towards its neighbours is a world that really should remain in the realm of speculative fiction.

But now it’s just called Monday.