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Trump becomes the first American president to lose a Canadian election

NEW: Per multiple sources, the National Cancer Institute’s Board of Scientific Advisors has been entirely disbanded.

Imagine sucking so much that countries where you’re not on the ballot vote against you

Can confirm: Just spoke to him, and Barber and two others were, in fact, arrested. Story coming.

lol holy fuck. He’s held that riding for more than two decades. No way he can cling to the leadership after this.

This UCLA psychiatrist's expert evaluation of ex-sheriff Alex Villanueva is ... really something. (The county hired Cohen to do this eval to determine whether Villanueva had really suffered emotional distress as a result of being put on a "Do Not Rehire" list, as he alleged in his lawsuit.)

One thing that I was thought was revealing about the divisions within Canada: When Carney acknowledged Poilievre's hard work on his campaign in his victory speed, the crowd of Liberals cheered. When Poilievre mentioned Carney in his concession speech, there was loud booing.

The House Education and Workforce section of the reconciliation bill would eliminate the Education Department's authority to cancel student debt for borrowers whose schools defraud them. So if you're a victim of fraud by your college, you'd still have to pay that loan that was fraudulently derived.

Hi, @motherjones.com disabled disability reporter here, I really want to hear about how tariffs are impacting disabled, chronically ill, and aging folks. Reposts appreciated and my email is [email protected].

Sometimes you just need the liberal party of a foreign government to win an election to feel something

*Marching through my house singing O Canada, wearing denim, chugging maple syrup*

Full story on the arrest of Rev. William Barber and two others as they prayed in the U.S. Capitol today: “Just as Jesus turned over the tables of the money changers, so we have to be willing to put our bodies on the line,” Barber told me after he was released. religionnews.com/2025/04/28/w...

As a Canadian, seeing these Americans giggle at the idea of taking our sovereignty is fucking harrowing and offensive.

1. In case it wasn’t clear: the odd thing here isn’t protest/arrest, but the overall police response. I’ve covered MANY protests on the Hill for roughly a decade. Never seen police completely clear a room AND floor, aggressively expel credentialed press, and close the door to arrest…3 protesters.

Me to @brucefanjoy.bsky.social right now:

The guy who claimed Indigenous bands “asked for” residential schools has a seat in Parliament. Ugh

For anyone wondering why CBC still hasn't called a minority/majority government for the Liberals, it's because the party is only four SEATS away from a majority -- and there are about 11 ridings yet to be called where the margins suggest a flip is possible. We'll see what happens!

Watching Canadian election results live for the first time in my life

For anyone wondering why CBC still hasn't called a minority/majority government for the Liberals, it's because the party is only four votes away from a majority -- and there are about 11 ridings yet to be called where the margins suggest a flip is possible. We'll see what happens!

"Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in for me!"

One more thing about this: If you're wondering why you're not seeing much coverage elsewhere, it's likely partly because I was one of only two credentialed press covering this — the other was a videographer, along with some non-credentialed press. Relatedly: hire more religion reporters.

I was live on twitch all night and didn’t Post so just FYI guys the Liberals won

Ah it would appear there is footage of police expelling everyone — including credentialed press — from the Rotunda and closing the doors while they arrested Rev. Barber and two others (I appear briefly in the end): vimeo.com/1079534787

Dems should be messaging as if this is already a failed presidency

🔥 THAT WAS SENSATIONAL!!!

I also want to say thanks to the more than 1600 of you who joined my stream last night 🥹 We hit just shy of 3000 when we co-streamed with @theserfstv.bsky.social, @mapletakes.bsky.social, @steveboots.bsky.social and One Topic. I feel honoured so many of you chose to spend election night with us ❤️

Covering repro, I spoke to people in the movement who for years warned that Roe would fall, that abortion & abortion support networks would be criminalized, that the right would come for birth control, etc. Some became unwell after years of screaming into the void. They were right about everything.

I am truly grateful for all the disabled and chronically ill people who share their experiences with me for stories. I know it's hard, but real life narratives can impact readers who may start to stand up for disabled and chronically ill people more.

It's like the New Deal but for rich people

Don't read Frank Luntz poll, don't quote Frank Luntz poll, don't form your idea of what your fellow citizens are like based on Frank Luntz poll. He is a worthless bullshitter who has done nothing but harm for many years

new yoga teacher is moving through the vinyasas a little too quickly, also may not know what a vinyasa is

Holy shit, Liberals just flipped Terrebonne when the final poll reported. Winning by a difference of 35 votes, the Liberals are now just three seats away from a majority.

The CFPB continues to survive, as a second attempt to fire approx. 90% of the workers has failed. But the details of the effort is broadly applicable to DOGE's tactics, showing their contempt for and ignorance of the law, along with what it actually takes to run a federal agency.

U.S. Congress, hi! Swell to see a few of you starting to talk about your impeaching. With incontrovertible evidence, already seen and understood by the whole world! You have the power to put an end to this mess, and those who do will have the love and gratitude of the whole world forever.

On a case-by-case basis many of these were accidents. In the aggregate they constitute an ethos: a determination to break things in a way that the next person won’t be able to put back together—to shatter a way of life so that in the future, no one will even try. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Leaving MAGA tales are stunning. No one comes around like you'd expect. "Now that I was sober, I started thinking rationally. I thought, 'Trump doesn’t know you, & the fact that you’re even thinking about his feelings proves you have an unhealthy obsession.'" open.substack.com/pub/virginia...

As @motherjones.com resident Canadian citizen, Canada rebuking Trump and Elon Musk news www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

By the way, the CEO of ICE, the private data supplier CFPB leadership wants to outsource this key regulatory tool to, is Jeffrey Sprecher. His wife is Kelly Loeffler. A cabinet member. The head of the Small Business Administration.

This is WILD: A former LASD detective admitted in a deposition that at one point LASD was spying on the inspector general tasked with overseeing the department, even following him around and waiting for him to take out trash to go through it:

Anyone who lived through 2006 should know that Brian is right here. You absolutely do NOT need to be more than an alternative when the incumbent president is very unpopular.

😍😍😍

IT'S BEEN A 100 DAYS OF TRUMP AND MY DICK HASN'T GROWN NOT ONE CENTIMETER

Man letting Stephen Miller have a prominent government role at all is failed state shit, like letting a personified Sarlacc pit but racist about who it eats into the White House

genuinely asking b/c IDK anything about Pritzker or IL state politics, is y'all's read on this dude that this is who he just *is* as a politician, or do y'all get the sense that he's being responsive to messaging/constituents? (or both)

I've become the grandpa in Rugrats

I'm also reminded of Trump promising voters, "I want to do away with executive orders for the most part," and the time he condemned executive orders as "the easy way out." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Nazi’s FAFO night out in New Orleans ends in losing his job www.nola.com/gambit/news/...

AAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOO!!!! THERE'S THE OPENER!!!

cool that a possible future prime minister is calling an entire party "jew-hating" and people who have another candidate's corflutes are being sent anonymous letters calling them the same thing. seems healthy

Trump Nazis really hate people who refuse to be Nazis with them.

Incredible that Axios didn't interrogate this, but...Trump would need Congress to bail out farmers. It's a unilateral program that Trump can use to send checks to farmers, but it needs to be filled with available funding from Congress. And there's only $4 billion in it. www.axios.com/2025/04/27/f...

'One of our most critical programs': National victims group rebukes DOJ grant funding cuts www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/...

In which @timothypmurphy.bsky.social likens the first 100 days of the Trump administration to the "soft opening of Jurassic Park" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I have now confirmed this further with several members of the advisory board

LAAAAARRRRRGGGIIEEEEEE WITH THE FOURTHHHH!!!!! YOU BEAUTYYYY!!!!

Today at the Supreme Court: When Toi Cliatt heard people breaking into his home one morning his instinct was to reach for his gun. Luckily he didn't. It was the FBI. And they were at the wrong house: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

TikTok and Instagram creators are being paid to promote Australian election betting on Polymarket, an illegal crypto 'prediction markets' platform. I was able to set up an account with a VPN, and it appears many other Australians have too, betting $10,000s at a time. www.crikey.com.au/20...

WWWWWIIIIIILLLLLLLLYYYYYYYY!!! GETTTTTT INNNNNN!!!!!

NEW: Researchers found vulnerabilities in AirPlay that allow an attacker to spread malware if they’re on the same wi-fi network. Apple patched, but potentially hundreds of millions of 3rd party devices remain vulnerable @lhn.bsky.social & @agreenberg.bsky.social report www.wired.com/story/airbor...

Canada after Trump won again

This is an incredible investigation into the ever-widening world of incredibly realistic deepfake scams.

In the days ahead, we expect to hear more calculated rhetoric from House Republicans on how they intend to carry out the sweeping $880 billion directive outlined in the budget blueprint.

I’d been led to believe that aircraft carriers do not do “hard turns”

I’m working on a story about our relationship to asmr! If you’re a fan, a creator, or both, I’d love to talk with you. (Email, sesmith at realsesmith dot com, is the best way to reach me.)

This is a terrifying argument from a lawyer before the Supreme court today. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

LAAAAAARRRRRGGGGIIIEEEEEEEE RAMAZZZAAAAANNNNNIIII!!! IT'S THREEEEEEEE!!!

🤩🇯🇵 TANAKA!!

these interviews are all such good encapsulations of the fact that American folk wisdom is just not sufficient to meet the complexity of the modern world. like what does this person think "American goods" are?

It's true that Pete Hegseth just condemned the "Women, Peace & Security" program that Trump has long championed. But let's not forget that the legislation — which Hegseth called a "Biden initiative" — was also written by Kristi Noem and Marco Rubio. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

As Sarah Silverman once said, "If you have terrible luck with roommates, you're the terrible roommate."

🔥 Leading at the break!

🥰 This guy!

DOJ's Civil Rights Division has for nearly seven decades been at the forefront of some of the department’s most historically significant work. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

RFK Jr's response to questions about the administration's medical research cuts was an embarrassing mess. Trump's response to similar questions — "Well maybe we didn’t think they were right" — was arguably worse. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Up until quite recently, Canada's Liberal Party and Prime Minister Mark Carney appeared to be facing electoral doom. Then Donald Trump happened. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

NEW: Mike Flynn has spent years helping to propagate conspiracy theories. Turns out, he can dish it out but he can't take it. www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-premi...

PM Carney is giving his acceptance speech, and of course none of the US news networks is carrying it. (It is on BBC News, and of course YouTube.) It’s so depressing, and dangerous, how insular American news networks have become. (Broadcast is even worse.)

🦁 CAPTAIN!

*John Oliver voice* Yes.

Barber's arrest, btw, came after he *also* spoke at the Capitol Steps sit-in hosted by Minority Leader Jeffries and Sen. Cory Booker, where Rev. Dr. Leslie Copeland-Tune of the NCC and Rev. Jimmie Ray Hawkins of the Presbyterian Church (USA)'s Office of Public Witness also addressed the crowd.

NIH director Bhattacharya signed the termination letter sent to Board of Scientific Advisors members at NCI. In it, he wrote that "success of the NIH has been due in large part to the willingness of people like you to participate on advisory committees." Which raises a few questions!

Read this story about the final months of the incredibly brave Viktoriia Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist who died, age 27, in Russian prison last year. Her body showed signs of torture; the Russians returned her remains with her "brain, eyes, and larynx" missing www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

If Pierre Poilievre ultimately loses his own seat, as he seems on track to do, it's an added humiliation for the Conservatives. There's no exact equivalent in U.S. terms, but it's very roughly akin to the defeats of sitting House Speaker Tom Foley in 1994 or Senate Dem leader Tom Daschle in 2004.

all Dems at the Booker level need to be a problem and STAY a problem and when I am mayor there will be consequences for this risible fuckery

Somebody just had a really, really bad day.

President Trump seeks to fire three of the five board members for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The CPB - led by a former head of the GOP - sues the White House, saying Trump doesn't have the authority to do so. My latest story for NPR www.npr.org/2025/04/29/n...

ANOTHER OMINOUS LABOR MARKET SIGN The % of consumers who see jobs as being not so plentiful hit its highest level since Covid. Sub to the newsletter here www.bloomberg.com/account/news...

everything is on fire but (also?) the fireflies are finally out and they are gorgeous

Police should not be responding to mental health emergencies. Failing to have meaningful options for people in crisis—and maintaining a system that cultivates mental health crises via lack of care and options—is a human rights violation.

Trump could deal with the failures that have made him so unpopular. But he apparently finds it easier to call for investigations into "criminal" pollsters — rhetoric that's become difficult to simply shrug off.

Trump is planning to send Congress a rescission package to try to give DOGE's cuts a fig leaf of legitimacy — the illusion they were approved by the legislature. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...

why is everything constantly so on the nose www.cnbc.com/2025/04/28/d...

Students are concerned a proposed K-12 DEI ban could silence supportive teachers, dismantle safe spaces, lead to overenforcement and prevent honest conversations about identity.

Warren says enough with the international institutional jockeying in the Senate.

What happens if the president has his identity stolen

Today, Trump announced his "bipartisan" FEMA Review Council that includes Evan Greenberg, CEO of Chubb Limited. The insurance company provided Trump a $91.6 million bond to cover the defamation verdict in favor of E. Jean Carroll, who said Trump sexually assaulted her.

Justice Gorsuch on wrong house raids: "Checking the street sign? Is that asking too much?" Updated story: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Again, bad idea and counter-productive. Mississippians who know real history have a lot to teach all y’all about how to face and interrogate your own postage stamps. Stop using us to deflect your state’s buried race history.

Speaking of law enforcement breaking and entering

Elections Canada says this viral video claiming to expose workers taking ballot boxes home is inaccurate. The boxes did not contain marked votes but were being used to transport signs, forms and other supplies needed to set up polling stations on election day. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....