Trump admits deportation policy was ‘too tough’ despite promotion of Stephen Miller

Trump admits deportation policy was ‘too tough’ despite promotion of Stephen Miller

Donald Trump has admitted that his deportation policy was “too tough” and has offered to strike an immigration deal with Democrats in a concession following the Republicans’ disastrous defeat in the midterm elections.

In an interview on the CBS network’s 60 Minutes broadcast on Sunday, the president acknowledged that the aggressive crackdown had hurt him politically and said he was open to an arrangement to allow some undocumented immigrants to remain in the US.


The full interview.

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Republicans took big hits in the U.S. midterms. Does that mean Trump’s political era is over?

Republicans took big hits in the U.S. midterms. Does that mean Trump’s political era is over?

As the dust settles on a stunning midterm election that saw Republicans take heavy losses in the U.S. Congress, former Canadian and American officials are unsure if the drubbing signals the end of U.S. President Donald Trump’s political era and MAGA movement.

“It all remains to be seen as to how the next two years go,” former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson said in an interview on Rosemary Barton Live. “I would expect the chaos to continue, and so that’s not good for the Trump legacy.”

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Trump set to lurch further right, claiming US took ‘giant step back’ in elections

Trump set to lurch further right, claiming US took ‘giant step back’ in elections

Donald Trump set the stage for his administration to lurch further to the right this weekend, claiming the US had taken a “giant step back” by widely rejecting his party.

The US president’s hardline aide, Stephen Miller, will begin as White House chief of staff on Monday. He will also meet with Dana White, CEO and president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, after offering him the job of press secretary.

“America took a giant step back in History with the results of the last Election,” Trump claimed in a post on his Truth Social platform on Sunday morning, citing the sharp sell-off in global markets, fueled a rout of US tech stocks. “But have no fear, we will be back, BIGGER AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!”

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America’s Rebuke of Trump Won’t Swiftly Restore Canada-U.S. Harmony

America’s Rebuke of Trump Won’t Swiftly Restore Canada-U.S. Harmony

Canada was, unusually, drawn into the U.S. midterm campaigns this year, including on the issues of election interference and the trade war.

But how much the tariffs on Canadian goods influenced the result is open to discussion. More important, Canadians should not expect a swift end to the trade war with the United States when the next Congress gets underway in January, with Democrats controlling both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

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One in six young Britons considers using OnlyFans

One in six young Britons considers using OnlyFans

More than one in six young Britons have considered uploading content to OnlyFans or a similar adult site in the past year, according to research.

Some 18.1 per cent of Britons aged 18 to 34, equivalent to 2.7 million people, said they would consider uploading content to the sites, according to the survey of 2,100 young adults for the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ).

The finding is part of an investigation by the think tank, set up by Sir Iain Duncan Smith, a former leader of the Conservative Party, into what it has termed a “relationship recession” among young people.


I hate to imagine Canada’s response.

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York University warns of personal data theft in cybersecurity incident

York University warns of personal data theft in cybersecurity incident

York University says it discovered last month it was subject to a cybersecurity incident that resulted in the theft of personal information, including personal contact details and student identification numbers.

“An unauthorized actor” gained access to online forms used by the university’s departments ranging from 2007 to October this year, the Toronto institution said in a news release on its website. The forms were used in a “wide variety of university business,” including residence applications and general surveys, it said.


Nothing is ever safe on-line.

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Krakow shooting suspect has died in hospital, police say

Krakow shooting suspect has died in hospital, police say

A gunman suspected of killing six people in Krakow has died in hospital, Polish police say.

The 24-year-old, who ministers said was apparently inspired by “far-right ideologies”, was injured after opening fire in central Krakow, the second largest city in Poland, on Saturday.

Armed officers raced to the scene and engaged in a gunfight with the suspect, who was shot within three minutes of the attack beginning, preventing a further massacre, officials said.

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More Than a Dozen Chinese ‘Liaison’ Points in Canada Tied to Police and Other CCP Functions: Report

More Than a Dozen Chinese ‘Liaison’ Points in Canada Tied to Police and Other CCP Functions: Report

China is operating more than a dozen policing and judicial offices through liaison points in Canada, according to a report by the human rights organization Safeguard Defenders.

The report, entitled “A Formula for Repression: China’s Global Grid for Community Control,” details 1,247 liaison points worldwide where the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) monitors the Chinese diaspora, gathers intelligence, suppresses dissent, and aids Chinese judicial authorities and law enforcement.

“Far from closing, the evidence shows expansion,” the report says of overseas liaison and policing facilities that were first widely exposed in 2022.

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Justice Centre warns Bill C-22 threatens Canadians’ online privacy and could force internet backdoors

Justice Centre warns Bill C-22 threatens Canadians’ online privacy and could force internet backdoors

Ottawa’s proposed new surveillance powers could undermine Canadians’ online privacy, weaken encrypted communications and allow government officials to access sensitive digital information without sufficient judicial oversight, a constitutional lawyer is warning Parliament.

Daniel Santoro, a lawyer funded by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), has filed a submission with a Senate committee urging significant changes to Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act, 2026.

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The British State Now Behaves Like an Imperial Regime Ruling Over Competing Peoples

The British State Now Behaves Like an Imperial Regime Ruling Over Competing Peoples

Despite spending much of the past half-century apologising for the Empire, the British establishment is rediscovering its favourite method of rule. The old colonial district officer, accustomed to keeping the peace between rival communities, cultivating local notables and reporting troublesome political sentiments to his superiors, would find much to recognise in contemporary Britain. He might struggle with the current terminology, but once someone explained what a Cohesion Support and Interventions Function actually did, he would probably feel quite at home.

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The world after Trump

The world after Trump

For future historians, Donald Trump’s awkward curtsey when greeting Xi Jinping’s wife, Peng Liyuan, when they arrived at the White House for tea in September of this year may serve as a turning point. In a genuflection not accorded to his allies, the President saluted the epoch he has brought into being. Impelled by a degenerate capitalism in which everything is for sale, and a singularly manipulable demagogue, America is aligning itself with the adversaries of what used to be called the Western world. As in the Yalta conference in February 1945, when a triumvirate of the US, Britain and the Soviet Union carved up Europe into spheres of influence, a new global order is taking shape. Unlike the Yalta settlement, which ended with the Soviet collapse, the international system projected by America, China and Russia today implies a precipitous retreat of Western power.


A bit overwrought. I remain convinced history will treat Trump much more favourably than today’s assessments.

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