OTTAWA — Telling the president of the United States to “kiss his ass” has Ontario’s premier sitting pretty in the polls.

OTTAWA — Telling the president of the United States to “kiss his ass” has Ontario’s premier sitting pretty in the polls.

New numbers released Wednesday by Liaison Strategies have Progressive Conservative Premier Doug Ford retaking the lead from the leaderless Ontario Liberals, leading by four points among decided and leaning voters.

“This is a very different Ontario race than the one we saw in July,” Liaison’s David Valentin said.

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European Vacation: Canada’s Carney to attend EU’s State of the Union

European Vacation: Canada’s Carney to attend EU’s State of the Union

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will join European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for the most high-profile political moment in the EU’s calendar, amid a worsening rift between the U.S. and Ottawa.

A European Commission official close to von der Leyen confirmed to POLITICO that Carney had accepted an invitation to attend the State of the EU speech in Strasbourg on Sept. 16, where the president will set out her priorities for the bloc.


He should just move Parliament to Tuscany.

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Mark Zuckerberg‘s Meta Agrees to $18 Billion Settlement with 29 States to End Teen Social Media Addiction Lawsuit

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta agreed to pay roughly $18 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by 29 states over allegations that Facebook and Instagram harmed children through addictive design.

NBC News reports that the settlement, which still needs a judge’s approval, came one day after Instagram chief Adam Mosseri testified in a California courtroom. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg had also been expected to take the stand before the deal was reached.


h/t T Patti Jo

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Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada

Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada

Using the bathroom or having a cry is about to become more expensive for North Americans as the US and Canada enter a full-fledged trade war that threatens to flush away decades of peaceful trading between the two nations.

After trade negotiations broke down between the two countries last weekend, Mark Carney, the Canadian prime minister, vowed to match US tariffs “dollar for dollar” and unveiled a list of nearly 900 American goods that will face 25% to 50% tariffs starting on 8 September.

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Washington Post columnist who cheered Kirk assassination gets her job back

Washington Post columnist who cheered Kirk assassination gets her job back

There’s a section in almost every media contract called a morality clause. It’s basically a provision that says an employee, as a representative of the outlet, must follow specific ethical standards.

Regardless of whether this clause is written in a contract or not, the rule is universal in any organization that cares about its integrity and appearance.

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The Canadian Bad Cop on the Front Lines of the U.S. Trade War

The Canadian Bad Cop on the Front Lines of the U.S. Trade War

TORONTO—Doug Ford came out swinging.

After trade talks collapsed and the U.S. imposed new tariffs on Canada last weekend, the Ontario premier urged his country to take a hard line with the U.S. President Trump, he said, was a “dictator,” a “loser,” the “king of bankruptcies” and could “kiss my ass.”

How angry was he on a scale of one to 100? “110,” he told The Wall Street Journal.


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The worst-case scenario for the U.S.-Canada trade war

The worst-case scenario for the U.S.-Canada trade war

Despite the U.S. and Canada coming very, very close to a concord on trade, it fell apart at the 11th hour.

The result? 50 per cent tariffs on more than $28 billion worth of Canadian exports. And Canada pledging dollar-for-dollar retaliation.

Now, there is still reason to believe this might be temporary. Both sides get hurt in a trade war. Canada more so, obviously, just given our relative size as compared to the U.S. market.

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Britain is no longer safe for women and children

Britain is no longer safe for women and children

I’m sorry, but I have finally reached a point where I am so angry I can barely compose myself to write. Scarcely a day passes without learning of some unbearable new abomination. Please consider this column a prolonged and anguished scream in the style of Edvard Munch.

There is no longer any room for doubt that violent and sexual attacks on British women, girls and children by illegal migrants and other men from misogynist cultures are shrugged off as collateral damage by a Government that refuses, for reasons of political expediency and ideological preference, to protect them.

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Trump’s trade war with Canada will blow up in his face

Trump’s trade war with Canada will blow up in his face

“We’ve got the reserves, we’ve got the resilience, we’ve got the plan,” a defiant Mark Carney told journalists after the breakdown of trade talks with the White House over the weekend.

Few would make the case that Canada was “attacked” and therefore is “at war”, as its prime minister plainly put it, and the idea that the country is in a position to withstand a full-blown economic conflict with the US is pretty silly.

Nearly 75pc of Canadian exports head to the US market, and the US economy is roughly 10 times larger. Meanwhile, the new sweeping tariff slate covers another C$28bn (£15bn) worth of Canadian exports – equivalent to 5pc of products sent south of the border.

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Former Ukraine Deputy Office Head Iryna Mudra Detained Overnight in Corruption Probe

Former Ukraine Deputy Office Head Iryna Mudra Detained Overnight in Corruption Probe

Iryna Mudra, the former deputy head of the Presidential Office, has been detained and is currently undergoing investigative actions at the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU).

Mudra will remain in a temporary detention facility overnight, Member of Parliament Oleksiy Honcharenko said in a statement on Wednesday.


A story the media won’t cover

On Tuesday, Ukraine’s anti-corruption police arrested Irina Mudra, who was the deputy head of the Zelensky’s office until prosecutors moved in.

Pravda reported, “Ex-deputy head of Zelensky’s office remanded in custody with bail set at $447,000.”

AP reported nada. In fact, Grok said in the wee hours of this morning, “No major US news outlets appear to have reported on the arrest (or court-ordered pre-trial detention) of Irina Mudra as of August 26, 2026.”

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LILLEY: Ottawa’s latest tariffs mean higher prices and more questions

LILLEY: Ottawa’s latest tariffs mean higher prices and more questions

Thinking about buying a new fridge? Thanks to Ottawa’s latest tariffs, it may have just become more expensive, along with the meat, fish, and beer you keep inside.

On Tuesday, the Carney government announced a barrage of new tariffs on nearly $28 billion worth of American goods.

Canada has revealed its counter-tariffs, and we can likely expect further trade measures from the United States.


I don’t think it far fetched to suggest Carney did not want a deal with the US and may prefer to partner with China as many of his Eurotrash pals do.

He’ll get rich either way.

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