Derek Raymaker

Hearty endorsement 👇 12/10

#Toronto mayoral hot take: Olivia Chow was beatable with the right opponent. Brad Bradford was the worst possible opponent, created in a lab to be a harping pandering tool. How bad? He got creamed in the ward where he was a 2-term councillor

I'm not a betting man but I'd take this long shot. polymarket.com/event/will-u...

BC nobly sacrifices good governance to teach one man about hubris

From Lula’s victory speech. Hard to argue. 🇧🇷 “We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. We cannot have monstrously large corporations earning millions and billions, paying no taxes to this country and trying to steer our election results.”

The Norm Macdonald doc on Netflix is outstanding. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll laugh harder. The lesson: the best ones never compromise.

Happy retirement to #legend Brent Bambury, the person who brought Skinny Puppy and the Butthole Surfers to CBC radio.

Broadcasting legend @brentbambury.bsky.social was my radio BFF for 40 years. Brave New Waves introduced me to The Cramps & for that alone I'm forever grateful. But he did so much more. Enjoy your golden years. #CBC broadcastdialogue.com/brent-bambur...

It would be deeply ironic if the election of a BC Conservative government, and the ensuing war with First Nations in that province, scuttled the oil pipeline so many Conservatives in BC claim to support.

Albertans effectively vetoed Danielle Smith's healthcare privatization scheme by rejecting Q8 on referendum (opt out of fed programs but keep the $). BY A LOT! Will she comply with the will of the people? #abpoli

If Canadian public & private sector orgs aren't disentangling from Starlink contracts & hardware as fast as they can, they are beyond negligent & effectively complicit #cdnpoli

Not The Onion

You don't have to do this, @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social. It's a choice. They want to defund you. They think you're a propaganda arm of an evil government. You will never win them over by showing them grace when they show absolutely none towards you.

They should rename the 25th Amendment the Trump Clause

The future of U.S. democracy will be decided in the next 30 days. It's a coin toss.

TL;dr She wants Alberta to secede because she had to wear a mask to see her grandfather in hospital & intends to home school her future kids. Truly epic hate read if you dare macleans.ca/politics/im-... #abpoli

This woke Marxist cancel culture is getting out of control.

This guy thinks we're a nation of 6-year-olds.

I will go to my grave saying Chrystia Freeland saved Canada from Pierre Poilievre & the darkness he embodies.

Great excerpt from @readtheorchard.org book on Danielle Smith. Separatists are pretty open the endgame is U.S. annexation of Alberta. There's a word for that #abpoli thewalrus.ca/danielle-smi... Looking forward to the book! #cdnpoli

Public speaking coaches & media trainers will use this as a case study of what *not* to do for decades.

Did they put Eric Schmitt in charge of ad buys?

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American ISIS. www.commondreams.org/news/death-p...

Ah yes, the ol' reverse endorsement.

Not exaggerating to say this is among the most important pieces of Canadian journalism in 2026 👇 The Alberta separatist movement is actually the annexationist movement. #abpoli #cdnpoli

Feels like skipping past the Civil War and World War II are sorta big tells here? I wonder why he doesn't want to talk about the times the US military waged war against white supremacists. Probably a totally innocent explanation, right? Right?

"why don't men wear more color." i only dress for the approval of dogs, who mostly see blue, white, gray, black, and brown in the way that we do, so i don't wear other colors.

This is true. And it was always the strategy. The referendum is just Phase 1 of the long game to create the "winning conditions" as they say in Quebec.

Outstanding primer on the US-Canada Trade War & why it is really a 'war' by @max-fisher.bsky.social Well worth every second of the 32 mins run time. #cdnpoli youtu.be/F7bIuD1ASNE?...

You heard it here first: Eby's going to lose, and badly. #bcpoli

Canadaland has gone full wackjob.

Bari Weiss is she is the best cure for Imposter Syndrome to come along in a while.

Oxycontin makers basically self-regulated. What could go wrong?

Caps' name should be changed to the Kremlin Kid Killers

Company that sells chips wants AI dorks to buy more chips no matter the dangers. What a shocker! 😲

Gordie Howe remains the NHL's all-time goal-scoring leader who is not a Russian stooge.

Boy, this woke socialist cancel culture is getting out of control.

TikTok & X were filled with posts from 'real' Cdns declaring they will not participate in the Census to own the Libs. This would indicate the bulk of that was foreign-funded bots & propaganda intended to destabilize Canada.

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

I've been thinking about this a lot. If you're under age 40, you have never known relative stability. Just greed, disinformation, climate crisis, war, pandemic, economic hardship, wealth inequality, democratic decline, rise of authoritarianism & AI. No wonder they want to burn the place down.

Who needs drones? Another hybrid war victory for 🇷🇺 You can't report on the rise of far-right 🇩🇪AfD, 🇬🇧Reform, 🇫🇷National Front, Alberta separatists etc. without being honest that they are all propped up by #Kremlin 💰 & propaganda. #abpoli