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I'm going out for a celebratory dinner with two smart, successful, talented women. I do not intend to fire, demote or humiliate them.

I'd never fit in at Trudeau's PMO.

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Sixteen per cent turnout in the Langley by-election is one of the worst in *Canadian history*. Which doesn't really suggest enthusiasm for any of the options, does it?

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Singh drives a Maserati. He doesn't need a fucking pension.

Why can't anyone accept he's propping up Trudeau because he *wants* to?

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Trudeau is a politician who likes to say that his critics underestimate him.

What he doesn't understand is that his critics have *estimated* him. And they're right to consider him lacking.

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Predictions: MAGA Trump is going to get eviscerated in the midterms in two years. And Vance is going to make a 25th Amendment move somewhere in there, and many people will support it.

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The old adage that a week is a lifetime in politics? Monday saw Trudeau hit with a major governing crisis, massively lose a held seat in a by-election, and end the day reading the Toronto Star call for his resignation...

And, now, it's Wednesday. And he's still Prime Minister.

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Been walking around outside with the dogs wearing just a T-shirt. And I like being reminded of Calgary Chinooks. But in Ontario? My farmer neighbours are going to be facing a very dry Summer 2025, I suspect.

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I'm a bit bored, so to stir things up, I would like to remind everybody that Jesus was Jewish, almost certainly dark-skinned, spent several years living with a group of single men, and would have voted for a social democratic party if given the choice.

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You don't cancel all your year end interviews for nothing. I'm pretty sure no Prime Minister has ever done that.

He's going. He's lost the fight.

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Here's when a PM should cancel year-end interviews:

Never.

There's only one reason why he would.

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The campaign that Patrick Sackville and Ivana Yelich and Travis Kann are running – putting Doug Ford on American TV to argue for Ontario and Canada – is absolutely brilliant. It is the best way to reach Trump and his circle.

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"The world is a vampire," still ranks in my top three of really stupid lyrics.