RFK Jr. Didn’t Kill Himself
He’s on the Michigan ballot.
The news was confirmed by the Michigan Secretary of State’s office. The Natural Law Party has filed its documents with the Bureau of Elections. Kennedy will appear on the ballot in November.
Same As The Old Boss?
My understanding is that the federal Tories were going to axe the carbon tax. When did that change to “remove a few victims from the scope of the tax”?
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NDP MPs Carol Hughes and Rachel Blaney have joined Charlie Angus in deciding that they won’t run again in the next federal election.
The federal New Democrats delivered the news in a joint announcement, saying all three want more family time after years of dedicated public service.
Coming soon…
…show trial, the musical.
Telegraph- JK Rowling’s ‘come and get me’ retort to Hate Crime Act is direct challenge to Yousaf
Faced with the possibility of prosecution under an Act that carries a maximum seven-year jail sentence, the best-selling author didn’t act cautiously. Instead, she sailed straight into a calculated attack against Humza Yousaf’s determination to bring in a raft of new offences which threaten to end freedom of expression over the “trans” issue but which fail to protect women
“you didn’t pay attention to what’s happening to men. “
Matt Gurney: What I got wrong about Poilievre
As a aside, I must ask Gurney if he has a driver’s license. You’d be shocked at how many journalists don’t.
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On This International Womens Day
Let us look back at Canada’s first female Prime Minister, whose greatest political achievement was to persuade a million Canadian women to vote for Preston Manning.
Super Tuesday Livestreamed Results
NYT tracker here. Edge of your seat stuff, folks.
Postscript Durham
Durham By-Election Results
CBC: Polls close in Durham after voters cast ballots for new MP in federal byelection
Update: It’s a blowout, with a significantly higher margin than Erin O’Toole’s 2021 result. And a big drop for the NDP.
Brian Mulroney, RIP
Love Is In The Air
So… no election till 2025?
True North- Singh says NDP, Liberals have secured “historic” pharmacare bill
With the March 1 deadline looming, the pressure was on the Liberal government to fulfill its promise on pharmacare. Failure to meet this deadline would jeopardize the stability of the confidence-and-supply agreement, potentially leading to significant consequences for the government.
Is Mike Pence Synonymous With “Conservative Values” ?
Former U.S. VP Mike Pence recently announced a $20 Million initiative to defend “conservative values”. Some have questions about this.
Spending Political Capital
Before you’re even in office.
A Good Start
Misunderstanding Tucker Carlson
Here is an interesting discussion between two gentlemen who I generally respect and watch often. They’re talking about Tucker Carlson’s recent missives from Russia. While they make a few good points, I believe they mostly have misunderstood why Carlson is publishing the videos he has. Here are a few comments on this video that much more resonate with me:
The left/right divide is simply not the crux of the struggle in the West. It’s elitism vs populism.
Pointing out the cleanliness and safety of Moscow’s underground works even better for Western Europe. Until quite recently we had that. Most people who live today in Paris, Berlin, Rome etc. can remember a time when public spaces where clean and safe. Then politics moved dramatically to the left and we have a world in which the lives of ordinary people has become highly susceptible to crime, financially precarious and public spaces look like shit. There is a disconnect between the upper echelons of politics and ordinary people. If it goes on for too long, the consequences could be grave indeed. The majority of people are utterly disappointed with politicians, if that doesn’t change over the next couple of years through democratic change at the top, people will indeed question the entire political system.
It’s not complicated. Our cities are crumbling while our leaders take care of other countries. We grew up being told Moscow was a shit hole. He’s using it for an example of how we’ve been lied to. Also, it shows by comparison how bad cities are. He’s not saying overall Russia is great. He’s simply highlighting how far we’ve slipped. Not complicated.
What do you think?
Update: Related:
This is the most extraordinary thing I have ever seen.
I’m not exaggerating. This is like a mushroom trip without the mushrooms.
Clear your schedule tonight and listen together.
In a week, everyone who has not listened to this will look like an idiot to everyone who has.… https://t.co/P4AcWsRIyK
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) February 17, 2024
h/t ‘richfisher’
Nevada Primary Day
This week is a very political one in Nevada, with primaries for both the Republicans and Democrats today and then a Republican Caucus on Thursday.
Here’s an explanation from a “journalist”, Gabe Stern, in Nevada about why the Republicans in the state are using both processes this year. Astute SDA regulars will note Stern’s editorializing in what is allegedly a “news” report. A quick glimpse of the young fellow’s Twitter feed reveals all you need to know about his antipathy for Trump. Too bad there isn’t a pill available to cure TDS.
Here’s a video about the history and politics of Nevada. Here are some webcams from around the state.
Since the Republican primaries don’t count towards delegates, the results are not critically important.
Burning Issue of The Day
LANDSLIDE: Nayib Bukele Re-elected In El Salvador
The Guardian reports, wiping away tears;
His New Ideas party is expected to win almost all of the 60 seats in the legislative body, tightening its grip on the country and bestowing Bukele, the most powerful leader in El Salvador’s modern history, with even more sway.
“All together the opposition was pulverised,” Bukele, standing with his wife on the balcony of the National Palace, told his supporters. “El Salvador went from being the most unsafe [country] to the safest. Now in these next five years, wait to see what we are going to do.”
New Ideas’ electoral success means Bukele will wield unprecedented power and be able to overhaul El Salvador’s constitution, which his opponents fear will result in scrapping of term limits.
Wildly popular, Bukele has campaigned on the success of his security strategy under which authorities suspended civil liberties to arrest more than 75,000 Salvadorans without charges. The detentions led to a sharp decline in nationwide murder rates and fundamentally altered a country of 6.3 million people that was once among the world’s most dangerous.
Again – when they tell you who they are, believe them.
Bukele faced challenges with this election, as El Salvador initially didn’t allow a president to hold successive terms, which created turmoil within the country as leadership would change every five years regardless of the people’s will. With the aid of the Supreme Court, Bukele changed the rules to allow himself to run again. When he made the rule change, El Salvadorans took to the streets to celebrate, as Bukele boasts over a 90% approval rating in the country.
In the United States, however, the mainstream media took to calling Bukele a “dictator.” Much like we’ve seen with how they treat President Trump, news outlets began calling Bukele running for re-election a “threat to democracy.”
This message was amplified this week by Rep. Ilhan Omar, who put in a resolution for the U.S. to intervene in El Salvador’s elections. She posted to X, “I led Members of Congress in sending a letter to @SecBlinken urging action on threats to democracy in El Salvador. The State Dept must review its relationship with El Salvador and defend democratic values. The Salvadoran people deserve free and fair elections without fear of repression.”