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The US blacklisted the International Criminal Court on 9 October 2026, just hours after former ICC judge Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize. Meanwhile, Donald Trump, a convicted criminal, has spent years shamelessly coveting the peace prize.

US blacklists International Criminal Court hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize

The US blacklisted the International Criminal Court on 9 October 2026, hours after former ICC judge Navi Pillay was named a Nobel peace laureate.

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Pete Hegseth gave a speech in front of a backdrop that almost perfectly matches Nazi imagery. Meanwhile, Trump calls opponents “vermin” who he will “root out,” and says the blood of our country is being poisoned. We are far past left vs right. Our choice is democracy or fascism.

The National Post attack on NDP Leader Avi Lewis crosses the line into threat. They invoke the same religious code words used by extremists who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin. It is unacceptable to use religious intimidation to shut down debate on Gaza. charlieangus.substack.com/p/national-p...

NATIONAL POST CROSSES LINE ON THREAT AGAINST LEWIS

A recent editorial on NDP leader Avi Lewis crossed the line into an extremist hate threat. It needs to be called out.

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Liberal MP Sean Casey was demoted by Mark Carney last week after voting in favour of Jenny Kwan’s Bill C-233, the No More Loopholes Act. When will the Liberals stop punishing MPs for doing their job—and finally act to close this loophole?

BREAKING: Liberal MP Sean Casey was demoted for supporting NDP MP Jenny Kwan’s bill to close a loophole in Canada’s arms sales regime that allows weapons to be shipped via the US to Israel, a country that is still committing genocide against the Palestinian people. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Liberal MP says he was demoted for supporting NDP bill targeting arms export controls | CBC News

Charlottetown MP Sean Casey says he was removed from his position as parliamentary secretary to the minister of veterans affairs because he voted against the government and supported an NDP private me...

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The usual crowd hate Olivia Chow for having the courage to state the obvious: there is a genocide underway in Gaza. I am proud to call her my friend. We have been through many battles together through the years and she is always on the right side of the struggle. And she loves Toronto.

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The FCC will allow the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, & Abu Dhabi to own nearly 50% of a merged Paramount-Warner Bros — potentially giving them sway over our media. This of course comes after Trump received gifts or struck business deals with these countries. See the problem?

FCC Approves 49.5% Foreign Ownership of Paramount-Warner Bros.

The FCC has approved Paramount's petition to allow 49.5% ownership by Gulf state sovereign wealth funds as part of its W

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Trump’s and his real base of support — billionaires, Big Oil, Big Tech, defense contractors, & Wall Street — are looting the country at an unbelievable rate. They are pumping money into the Nov 3 midterms because this election may limit what they can get away with moving forward. Know the stakes.

Good old neoliberal transfer of wealth to the rich. "We already have one year of data from the prime minister’s latest round of corporate handouts. Investment has not budged. What has increased is corporate profits, which have once again reached record highs." canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

Trickle down hasn’t worked for the last 40 years. Why does Carney want to try it again?

Instead of ensuring our sovereignty, the Carney government is auctioning off more and more control over Canada’s economy to whichever foreign oligarch has the deepest pockets. If Canada wants to incre...

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The Paramount-Warner Bros. merger could cost Los Angeles County nearly 4,500 film and TV jobs over the next three years. It could also result in $2.78 BILLION in lost economic value. This merger is only good for the billionaire owners and their shareholders — not workers.

Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Will Cost 4,500 L.A. Production Jobs, Report Finds

A report commissioned by L.A. County finds that the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger will cost 4,500 production jobs over t

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"we should rename Mar-a-Lago something funny, make Google display that" My brother in Christ, the Ontario legislature can declare Google's workers in Ontario to be unionized and assign their collective labour rights to whichever union will be most militant, think bigger