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"What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind." -Attributed to Shakespeare (but there's no evidence he wrote it)

Trump is playing this exactly like any malignant narcissist would do. Classic DARVO - Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender. Ukraine needs to continue to stand up to him.

It seems that Hegseth still has the confidence of the President. From my perspective, it's far more important that he has the confidence of the 2.1M service members he is responsible for. Honour would say it's time for him to fall on his sword, but I expect him not to, which will say much about...

Yep. It looks like BC is the main source of their misfortune. Last election they took 15 seats, this time their leading in one, all of which appear to be going Liberal this time around.

It goes even further back than that with the 2008 "secret agenda" trope. What's irritating to me is that every time the Liberals lose an election where this is their campaign strategy, none of the bad things they warned us about actually happen. Notwithstanding, voters continue to believe them.

Again, I think much will depend on how much covert BQ and NDP support will flow back to those two parties.

We may need a robust, independent Inspector General type agency, but DOGE is not it.

The next step in this part of the saga is that they select a number totally irredeemable savages from some prison in Texas for example, and send them out. They will use their villainy as justification. This will then evolve into the "right" to "deport" US citizens, whom they have the power to...

If his cabinet is any measure, they're not going to have enough room to pass the scope.

Perhaps the strategy was to not damage the NDP or the Bloc too much. I think that the Torries are probably at their ceiling, and then need to direct some of the Liberal support back to the NDP and Bloc. In short, a resurgent 3rd and 4th place is good for team blue.

He can't pardon them until they've been tried and found guilty. That's going to be a really bad look.

I would agree with that assessment, but the Democrats have the opportunity to make a spectacle of their hearing in the House, and keep it in the public's consciousness. Then when it goes to the Senate, they can continue to argue that each arm of the government acts as check and balance on the...

I think that the real risk to Trump is that it opens the door to impeachment. It doesn't matter if he is immune from prosecution, or if he has the power to pardon in this instance. Any effort to twart the judiciary here would be a clear violation of the constitution.

I think a Conservative government could achieve the same end by making the criteria for dangerous offender more robust. They can require that multiple murders create a prima facie case that mandates continuous incarceration. These are the current criteria: The court may declare an offender a...

The next stage in the continuing saga of the deportations: https://apnews.com/article/trump-deportees-el-salvador-contempt-boasberg-da282511ac6f5c8dd19af620995ca440

As opposed to: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/homegrowns-trump-doubles-sending-convicted-us-citizens-foreign/story?id=120802863 And then there's the Press Secretary: I think we call this christening the ground in our business.

We are rapidly approaching the point where there's going to be a second shot heard round the world.

Will you look at that. Well, actually you can't because the page is down. The group is still up though. Wonder how that happens?

Well, I won't hold my breath. Iron rice bowls etc.

Unless DPA has direct purchase authority, they're still going to have to go to bat with PWGSC.