Wait'll you find out who was JFK's Attorney General. https://t.co/PVoeEZU8lR https://t.co/TAROlMVdsO
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) August 8, 2026
Art Of The Deal
“That scream you heard last night was a million Liberal boomers yelling at their TV screen...”
Trump Has Been on a RINO Hunt!
Let That Sink In
The Great Negotiator
Jamieson Greer “But we have a tariff which is, again, is a natural consequence of the Canadian retaliation, which has endured for a long time.” @jamiesongreer pic.twitter.com/fp60zxuXRH
— cbcwatcher (@cbcwatcher) July 21, 2026
“I expect that ask to be coming.” – Scott Moe is asked by David Cochrane “Does that comment you just made mean that the federal government has asked some premiers to remove their booze bans
Related: What’s most interesting are the things he has exempted: potash, energy, critical minerals.
The Great Negotiator
The U.S. said Monday it will be imposing an additional 50 per cent tariff on Canadian imports due to retaliatory and “discriminatory” measures Canada took in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Trump signed three executive orders, each one using a different justification for the new tariff: the provincial and territorial boycotts on American alcohol products, Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S.-made vehicles and auto parts, and quotas on American dairy imports under Canada’s supply management system.
The new tariff will take effect in 30 days and will apply to goods covered by the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on free trade (CUSMA), a senior administration official told reporters on background.
“Over the past year and a half, only two countries have chosen to retaliate against President Trump’s tariffs rather than negotiate a deal with the United States: the People’s Republic of China and Canada,” the White House said in a statement on the new tariff.
Canada exports approximately $1.4 billion worth of alcoholic beverages to U.S. annually. U.S. receives roughly 90% of Canada’s total alcohol exports, with spirits.
Canada exports about $360 million worth of dairy products to the U.S. annually.
Who is Nikki Floris and Why is She Not in Prison?
The Washington Examiner shares some details about the “shadow government” FBI agent. Robert Gouveia digs deeper.
When You Chant “Death To America”
America just might death you right back: “We are in an essential and existential war with America,” [Iran’s] Qalibaf said.
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🇺🇸 BREAKING: The largest fireworks show in the history of the WORLD has just kicked off in Washington, DC
850,000 MUNITIONS — last year's was 20,000
Trump PROMISED to make it happen, and he MADE IT HAPPEN! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/727Ms8gEiF
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 5, 2026
Mischief Is Important
It was an honour and a pleasure to attend the 4th of July American Independence Day celebrations at the Ambassador’s residence in Ottawa. I had the opportunity to speak with Ambassador Hoekstra and thank him, the President, and the American people for their heartfelt support… pic.twitter.com/YZYBs5Nb4Y
— Tamara Lich 🇨🇦 (@LichTamara) July 5, 2026
Groundhog Day
Someone wake me up when this thing finally ends. In the meantime, any ideas out there as to how this script will be wrapped up?
President Donald Trump on social media accused Iran of violating the ceasefire and warned of a point where the U.S. may no longer be reasonable “and will be forced to militarily complete the job.”
“If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist!” Trump wrote.
The exchanges of fire began when an Iranian drone struck a merchant vessel off Oman on Thursday and the U.S. military retaliated with strikes.
New Rules
Former national security adviser John Bolton pleaded guilty Friday to illegally retaining classified information from his tenure in President Donald Trump’s White House, exposing himself to potential prison time for putting top secret information into private emails and chat messages and sharing them with members of his family.
During a hearing before U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang, Bolton admitted to the allegations in an 18-count indictment brought against him last October, but under a plea deal with prosecutors he entered a guilty plea only to a single felony charge of willfully retaining classified information.
That charge is punishable by up to 10 years in prison, but under the terms of the deal, Bolton, 77, can withdraw his plea and go to trial if Chuang decides a sentence of more than five years is warranted. Bolton has also agreed to a fine of $2.25 million.
Prosecutor Tanner Kroeger declared that, during 17 months as Trump’s top national security aide in the first term, Bolton “abused his trust” by forwarding more than 1,000 pages of daily notes detailing his activities to his family members in apparent preparation for a book the hawkish foreign policy adviser later published.
New Rules
My money’s on “it does”: Swing and a miss! Major League Baseball encouraged players to wear “Black Lives Matter” on their uniforms but reportedly threatened Christians who write Bible verses on their hats. @USEEOC will investigate whether this amounts to religious discrimination.
Thank You For Your Attention To This Matter
“The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, offering “congratulations to all!” He followed that up by authorizing what he called the “toll-free opening of the Strait of Hormuz” alongside the simultaneous removal of the naval blockade. Then, in classic Trump fashion, he added, “Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!”
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif confirmed the deal in a statement of his own. He announced that “the Peace Deal between the United States of America and Islamic Republic of Iran has been REACHED” after what he described as “intensive talks.”
He continued, “We would like to thank the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran for their commitment to finding a diplomatic solution to the conflict. We would also like to extend our sincere appreciation to our brothers in this mediation effort, the great leadership of State of Qatar, for their support in reaching this agreement. I would also especially thank the visionary leadership of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Republic of Türkiye for their immense contributions in this regard.”
A formal signing ceremony is scheduled for June 19 in Switzerland, with mediators facilitating preliminary technical meetings this week to lay the groundwork.
Richard Fernandez provides context: Iran had to sign while they still had cards to hold.
Trump Whisperer
Juno News (Video): The Gordie Howe International Bridge opening has been delayed indefinitely.
It is the latest setback in Canada’s bumpy relationship with the United States. The Gordihow International Bridge opening has been delayed indefinitely as the two countries resolve some outstanding issues. Well, at the at the request of the United States, we agreed to uh uh to delay the opening and um take the necessary time uh to resolve outstanding issues. A few issues uh that have been raised and uh this is a collaborative approach. As I said yesterday, there’s there’s not great drama here. We’re going to work through uh some some issues that uh have come up. Um and you know for a bridge Um that is going to be in place and serve Canadians, Americans um others uh for uh decades uh question of a few weeks is time well spent.
Thank You For Your Attention To This Matter
Earlier this week, the @DeptofWar — in full collaboration with Venezuelan security forces — conducted a kinetic strike on a Tren de Aragua (TdA) compound in Venezuela. TdA founder & leader Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, aka “Niño Guerrero,” was confirmed killed during the…
— Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) June 13, 2026
Gain Of Function
🚨 BOOM — DNI TULSI GABBARD JUST INFURIATED THE DEEP STATE: She exposed 120+ TAX-FUNDED "biolabs" across 30 countries, SPECIFICALLY calls out Anthony Fauci and "gain of function research"
GABBARD: "It has been INTENTIONALLY covered up." 🤯
"Politicians and so-called health… pic.twitter.com/FduxenPOpv
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 12, 2026
From the documents about Ukrainian biolabs;
The new documents reveal two dozen biological labs in Ukraine. The map reveals that a lab in Odessa, a city with a population of more than one million people, has a lab with stored biological weapons from the defunct Soviet Union biological weapons program. Viruses in storage include anthrax, tularemia, tuberculosis, Swine Fever, New Castles Disease, MERS, SARS, Marburg, Ebola, Lassa, the Plague, and Rickettsia, the documents show. […]
[T]he newly declassified documents reveal that some of the labs conduct gain-of-function research, research that makes pathogens more infectious or deadly in the lab. Most biodefense experts consider gain-of-function research to be “dual use.” It has civilian applications, but could it could also be weaponized for more nefarious applications in the wrong hands. Many of the labs have permits for handing “especially dangerous pathogens.” One project involved highly pathogenic avian influenza, a virus with a 50% fatality rate.
Art Of The Fail
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has captured global attention by championing the idea of an alliance of mid-level economic powers that would operate beyond President Donald Trump’s increasingly protectionist United States.
Yet Carney’s push to lessen dependence on the U.S. is colliding with a stubborn reality: access to American markets remains a crucial part of Canada’s appeal to prospective trading partners, according to interviews with a dozen government officials and business leaders.
Since winning election in April 2025, Carney’s team has led four trade missions, including two to Asia, seeking foreign investment in mining, engineering and infrastructure projects. A fifth, the largest so far, is headed to Japan later this month.
But Canadian officials acknowledge that the main draw for many potential trading partners is the prospect of gaining tariff-free access to the world’s largest market through Canada’s participation in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.
Carney regularly touts Canada’s preferential access to the U.S. market, noting that more than 85% of bilateral trade remains tariff-free.
“That (USMCA deal) has been kind of a baseline of our investment attraction message,” said a top Canadian government official who requested anonymity to speak frankly.
ICYMI: “I’m not looking to renew it (USMCA).”
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
Get thee to a fainting couch: “I TRAVELED ALL THE WAY TO WISCONSIN.”
Unexpectedly
The US economy added 172,000 jobs in May, blowing past expectations, according to the government’s closely watched jobs report. The unemployment rate remained flat at 4.3%.
Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had anticipated payroll growth of 88,000 for the month.
April’s jobs report — which itself was a massive beat — was also revised to show an even better 179,000 jobs gained, compared to the 115,000 reported earlier. March’s payroll growth was similarly updated to show 214,000, bringing the first monthly gain above 200,000 since early 2024.