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🇨🇦 Ex-twitterer, ex-navy, whiskey, craft beer, wine country, commentary and very random
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Nuclear capabilities destroyed ❌ Ceasefire successfully negotiated ❌ At least we got our first Presidential F Bomb

So much for 2 weeks

chrisives.substack.com/p/how-jacind... Her downfall wasn't due to policy failure; it was a victim of the right-wing playbook: exploit hardship, amplify division, weaponize disinformation, and attack competence as elitism. Carney, the ultimate global technocrat, is a prime target.

Bizarre. Is not the right word. Alarming is underwhelming. Unframeable. For one from the west to see people living and loving life while rockets fly overhead.

open.substack.com/pub/chrisive... It’s getting real .. can Canada survive partisanship?

The 30% of Albertans who support separation is about the same % it’s always been. I’d bet 30 / 100 people in Nova Scotia or Quebec or Ontario would vote that way as well. The only difference is that Smith is the PM and fanning the flames.

After decades of rust & procurement disasters, Carney promises to hit NATO’s 2%, dump 75% US defence spending, and buy EU jets. Canada’s gamble for sovereignty. Game-changer or grave risk? open.substack.com/pub/chrisive...

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open.substack.com/pub/chrisive... Is the Ring Of Fire worth it?

Conservative pundits on day one of Parliament; Poilievre had a good day, evolving… Carney needs to hurry up… Attack … They have literally learned nothing.

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open.substack.com/pub/chrisive... History may judge this as Carney’s miracle or Poilievre’s miscalculation. But Canada remains a country where elections aren’t won in rallies, but in quiet spaces. The Liberals of 2025 proved democracy holds its breath, then exhales one vote at a time.

#DarkestTimes #CultOfTrump

Can’t seem to find the rage posts about election fraud after the official calls for Terra and Windsor. Hmmm

🔥 Canada Post is bleeding and its own union might finish the job. Can CUPE save the postal service, or will it cling to demands that destroy it? #cdnpoli #canadapost open.substack.com/pub/chrisive...

The Unfinished Business of Canadian Prime Ministers open.substack.com/pub/chrisive...

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open.substack.com/pub/chrisive... lie after lie to flood the zone, feeding a brainwashed base. The media, meanwhile, plays its usual role as mercenary enablers, cashing in on falsehoods for clicks and eyeballs, while an army of grifting tweeters and billionaire bros profit behind the scenes.

This is MAGA. So proud of his tweet he pinned it.

Scheffler down one for the day, Rahm charging, needed that birdie (5:15pm)

Btw the key to winning money betting on sports is just to bet on the maple leafs doing the exact opposite of what their biggest, craziest fans expect them to do.

open.substack.com/pub/chrisive... "Trump and now, sadly, Poilievre has brought the camera out of the backroom, saying the bad things out loud, courting the fringe and fighting for nations by winning half of one." hope isn’t dead it just needs the rest of us to speak up.

Musk tags along with Trump to join the grift ..

At Yalta, a dying FDR and fading Churchill handed Stalin the Cold War. Now, weak leadership risks repeating history. Power abhors a vacuum—and the world is watching. open.substack.com/pub/chrisive... #HistoryRepeats #Geopolitics"

Every comms revolution empowers the fringe first. Luther's pamphlets shattered Church control. Radio let Hitler bypass gatekeepers. Trump and social media have merged conspiracy theories with state power - influencers whisper in the White House open.substack.com/pub/chrisive...

Hot take; democratic social media personalities are just as bad as MAGA versions.. they just use different rhetoric. Neither version of grifting helps ..

Carney’s White House visit went as expected—calm, measured, no fireworks. The real surprise? Scheer’s not so surprising comeback as Conservative House Leader. Poilievre’s loss keeps giving. #cdnpoli open.substack.com/pub/chrisive...

As Canada’s PM meets Trump to talk trade and who knows what else gets "negotiated" read why this isn’t America’s first rodeo with power-hungry presidents. #Democracy #TradeWar #ConstitutionalCrisis open.substack.com/pub/chrisive...

Imagine trying to build a factory when policy changes like the weather—and your workers are too busy calling storms ‘genius.’ New post on why Trump’s chaos isn’t 5D chess open.substack.com/pub/chrisive...

With Poilievre wounded, the NDP crushed, and voters exhausted, what's next for Canada? open.substack.com/pub/chrisive...

What to the non-professional pundits say … here’s my take on Carney’s momentum and missed chances, Poilievre’s rebuke and the NDP collapse chrisives.substack.com/p/after-the-...

Fanjoy graphic has got liberal fans giddy lol

Pierre Poilievre's Personal Assistant Reads His Concession Speech youtu.be/X-OU8eW2Dl0

Early hot take; NDP vote in Atlantic split Bloc broke for the Liberals to seal the deal. Majority within reach but too close to call. BC will get their wish and will have the final say. Coyne; “[Carney] was enough change for enough people”

NDP vote splitting Bloc broke for the Liberals 🇨🇦 just hasn’t seen a two party election since I don’t know when

Stunning vote share numbers and the NDP cratering has got to mean the end for Singh .. unless perhaps BC comes though big 🇨🇦

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... When Trump says "America First," what he really means is "America First, and F*** everyone else." In yet another heartless display of cruelty, his administration’s ICE has deported a child battling cancer—prioritizing callous policy over basic humanity

In 1942, Hitler told judges: ‘The nation is not here for you—you are here for the nation.’ Within months, ‘disloyal’ judges were purged. Courts became execution factories. The People’s Court boasted a 99% conviction rate. It started with rhetoric. This isn’t just history. It’s a warning.

They called it 'cleaning up corruption' in 1933 too. First, Hitler purged 'disloyal' judges. Then, he turned courts into killing machines. A chilling thread on how judicial independence dies—and why today’s rhetoric matters. open.substack.com/pub/chrisive...

Think 'tough-on-crime' bail reforms will fix anything? Spoiler: They won't. Canada's bail system is broken for reasons neither party wants to address. New post explains why. open.substack.com/pub/chrisive...

What page in the handbook is “arrest the judges”? Asking for a friend.

Two countries. One continent. Why does Canada have less corruption, more stability, and fewer meltdowns than the US? (Hint: It’s not just politeness.) open.substack.com/pub/chrisive...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had the consumer messaging app Signal set up on a computer in his office at the Pentagon so that he could send and receive instant messages in a space where personal cellphones are not permitted, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

Rent-Free: Trump’s Bizarre Canada Obsession Amid Global Chaos open.substack.com/pub/chrisive...