U.S. Politics
The Tarp, the Tantrum and the Wrecking Ball
Donald Trump’s Kennedy Center tarp is more than petty theatre. It is the clearest symbol yet of his campaign to brand and remake American institutions.
The Nasty Canadian
Fuck off, Lame Duck
Trade War
There Is No Tariff Rate At Which We Forget We're Canadian
Trump's plan to annex Canada requires taxing American car parts, threatening American fertilizer, and destabilizing American oil until 42 million Canadians fall in love with him. It's the dumbest strategy ever attempted by a man who declared total victory in a war that's still killing Americans.
Trump Has Found Canada's Breaking Point: Lake Ontario
Donald Trump has finally defeated Canada. It wasn't the tariffs. It wasn't the threats against our auto, steel and aluminum industries. It wasn't the demand that Canadians "fall in line," as though a sovereign nation were just another frightened Republican senator sweating
Politics
Just a Friendly Neighbour Living Above a Meth Lab
Trump threatens 50 percent tariffs and says Canada won't be "treated like a State" anymore. Good. We never asked to be one, and we're done pretending.
News
Mail-In Voting Is Corrupt Unless Trump Is Doing It
Trump votes by mail again while trying to ban it for everyone else. A roast of the most prolific mail voter in America, by his own definition.
Politics
Tariffs, Tabarnaks, and the Fake-Beard Front
Canada walks away from the table, Trump tariffs false beards and antique chairs, and Washington learns why you never touch the cereal boxes.
Politics
A Press Release With a Trapdoor
Washington announced a deal, rewrote it in the final hours, then taxed Canada fifty per cent for refusing to sign. Only one side won't release the text.