Washington demanding 'entry fee' from Ottawa before trade talks: sources | CBC News The Trump administration is demanding what amounts to an "entry fee" from Canada to engage in trade talks toward a revised Canada-United States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (CUSMA), four sources told R...

How can you negotiate with this?
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Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):

NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2

Amazing

Extremely normal and fine for a company to put this in a public statement

Canadian astronaut’s bon mots help heal wounds from French language row Jeremy Hansen praised for speaking French in space after Air Canada chief’s linguistic snub exposed tensions and drew rebuke from PM

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A reminder, as Obama and Mamdani come together for the first time in person, that Mamdani is everything the GOP said Obama was... but wasn't: an African-born socialist Muslim.
#justsayin

US launches fifth strike on alleged Pacific drug boat in a week, killing three Wednesday’s strike brings the total of those killed in US military strikes on alleged drug boats to at least 177

The US as a serial killer: these murders seem lost in the stream of awful news. But they shouldn’t be.

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What if we taxed suburban sprawl properly?

I'm the daughter of an Army paratrooper who refused orders during our illegal invasion of Vietnam back in the day. He went to LBJ military jail.

Dad taught his girls this: "Just following orders" is NEVER any excuse for anyone who's complicit in war crimes. You MUST refuse heinous orders.

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own

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Hidden treasures: Spanish archaeologists discover trove of ancient shipwrecks in Bay of Gibraltar Researchers identify wrecks at the bottom of the sea from as far back as fifth century BC, from Europe and beyond

Hidden treasures: Spanish archaeologists discover trove of ancient shipwrecks in Bay of Gibraltar

My first thought on seeing this - oh yes, Orban tried to ban Pride, didn't he? As part of the LGBTQ+ crackdown in Hungary, and 200,000 people of every orientation and gender marched to defy him.

Two Bald Eagles with locked talons

A pair of Bald Eagles lock talons in a battle over Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada.
📸Josh Palmer

Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) Live shot of US strategy on the Strait of Hormuz

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Terry Fox stands on a rocky shoreline beside a body of water, wearing a light blue athletic shirt with darker sleeves, short running shorts, white socks, and running shoes. His right leg is a prosthetic. Doug Alward stands next to him in a tan jacket and dark pants, hands in his pockets. A rope or cable runs along the edge of the shore in front of them. The water extends into the background with a distant shoreline and buildings visible across it.

On April 12, 1980, Terry Fox, accompanied by his friend Doug Alward, dipped his right leg into the Atlantic Ocean at St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
It began the Marathon of Hope and turned Fox into a Canadian hero and icon.
This is the story.

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Meet the Canada Reads 2026 contenders | CBC Books The debates take place April 13 to 16 live at 10 a.m. ET.

Hey, everyone! Canada Reads 2026 is just days away. Here are the contenders - both books and their champions. #books #reading
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Could have happened to anyone.

A WHOLE CIVILIZATION WILL DIE TONIGHT My son needs lunch, and I have to put his backpack together, but a whole civilization will die tonight, so I'm wondering if they've closed their schools. Like, a snow day, maybe, except instead of snow it's "keep your children home so if you die, you die together" — instead of "well open back up once the plows have cleared" it's "we don't know if we'll be here tomorrow, hold your babies tight." It's just "talk" I'm told, which I've been told before. "It's how the president makes his deals." But I've never heard anyone talk about other human beings this way, and I'm not certain I can look my son in the eyes if we all agree to stomach it one more time. A civilization will die tonight, but as I zip up his backpack and kiss him off to school I think: if this is what we call leadership then I'm not entirely sure ours isn't already dead. @michaelfdubois Mukad A QuBoy @michacifdubois

Brutal.

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

Carney praises Hansen, calls hearing French from space a point of pride nationalnewswatch.com/2026/04/09/c...

Just a reminder to Congress:

Any time you send soldiers to another country to start bombing shit and shooting at shit and killing the people of that country, THAT IS A WAR.

If your President is DOING WAR without Congressional Approval, THAT IS A CRIME AND HE NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE.

Canada and Mexico must work together to help Cuba survive its dire humanitarian crisis Collaborating on providing aid to Cuba in its time of need could serve as a strong foundation for improving Canadian-Mexican relations.

Agreed.
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Spring Morning
Maxine Noel ~ Ioyan Mani ~ Sioux
n.d.

The man who watches Trump all day, every day Aaron Rupar spends up to 80 hours a week following the US president, from meandering speeches to impromptu press conferences. He says it’s ‘pretty bleak’

“It’s difficult to cover him in a way that conveys how unhinged he is. Journalists are trained to be like, ‘OK, what did he say that was newsworthy?’ So you convey that to your audience. But in reality, when you actually watch, you see he's full of hatred, lying constantly, and very incoherent.”

Fifth Quarter ebook by Tanya Huff - Rakuten Kobo Read "Fifth Quarter" by Tanya Huff available from Rakuten Kobo. Trained to kill from childhood, siblings Bannon and Vree have only known life as assassins in the Imperial Army. The arm...

Kobo has FIFTH QUARTER on sale for $4.99 until Tuesday, April 7th. Emotionally constipated assassins make the best Easter reading!

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Hegseth just fired the Army Chief Gen Randy George. Immediately. Gen George the most competent and experienced combat leaders I have ever encountered. Courage. Integrity. Takes care of soldiers. A government of gangsters.

An Outpouring of Love and Esteem for Stephen Lewis | The Tyee Days from death, he heard heartfelt words from another old warrior, his friend David Suzuki.

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Please take a moment to read this entire thread. What a beautiful tribute…. 💗