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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/19/mark-carney-unveils-plan-to-trump-proof-canada-00299654 OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney released his election platform on Saturday, touting an emphasis on new military spending and bolstering Canada against Donald Trump’s expansionist vision. “In...

His justification: "FUCK YOU - I do what I want...."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14627507/JD-Vance-icy-reception-Vatican-Pope-Francis.html JD Vance has been snubbed by Pope Francis during his visit to the Vatican this weekend - amid a remarkable papal rebuke of the Trump administration's crackdown on migrants. Vance, a Catholic...

Not sure if you can, but people are trying.... https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/19/this-unamerican-life-can-you-really-divest-yourself-of-everything-from-the-us

https://www.jezebel.com/far-right-group-that-helped-overturn-roe-is-officially-going-after-birth-control Stuffed in the 900-page Project 2025 playbook, among the strategies to ban abortion pills and gut federal agencies, are several proposals to limit access to birth control. One of the groups...

https://gizmodo.com/trumps-doj-sends-intimidating-letters-to-medical-journals-for-supposedly-being-partisan-2000591550 The U.S. Department of Justice has sent letters to medical journals for supposedly being “partisan,” heavily suggesting that they’re spreading misinformation and are influenced...

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/18/us/trump-news Supreme Court, for Now, Blocks Deportations Under Wartime Law Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. dissented. More than 50 Venezuelans had been scheduled to be flown out of the country, according to people familiar with the...

https://www.wired.com/story/ice-palantir-immigrationos/

https://www.wired.com/story/fema-isnt-ready-for-disaster-season-workers-say-hurricanes-fires-floods/

Ugh. that's awful.

Reminds me of this prion like disease where the researchers were shut down by a conservative government. (In this article the newly elected left-wing provincial premier is trying to restart the research. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/15/canada-new-brunswick-mystery-illness Health...

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/cybertruck-production-absolutely-not-according-to-plan-tesla-pulls-workers-off-the-line-250134.html As several sources confirmed, Tesla Cybertruck demand has fallen off a cliff in the first quarter of the year. A new report confirms that Tesla is scaling back...

https://globalnews.ca/news/11137844/nova-scotia-cancel-us-supplier-contracts/amp/ Nova Scotia says it has cancelled contracts with two American companies and has not renewed agreements with another nine U.S. suppliers in response to the trade war launched by President Donald Trump. The...

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/americans-reveal-brutal-impact-canadian-153000303.html Americans who live in communities that have long played host to an influx of Canadian snowbirds during the winter months are laying bare the devastating impact the visitors’ boycott of the U.S. is having on...

https://gizmodo.com/beijing-pulls-further-ahead-with-strict-new-ev-battery-safety-mandate-2000591408 China is introducing new regulatory standards for electric car batteries that will represent some of the strictest safety and testing requirements in the world. Set to take effect on July 1...