Lynda Steele 🇨🇦
@steeletalks.bsky.social
Podcaster - "Change My Mind", media trainer & performance coach - former TV news anchor/consumer investigator/radio talk show host - life long Oilers fan https://linktr.ee/steeletalk youtube.com/@changemymindwithlyndasteele
How sad. He was a Canadian media icon. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
Former CTV News chief anchor Lloyd Robertson dies at 92
Canadian journalist Lloyd Robertson, who covered everything from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the 9/11 terrorist attacks during 35 years as chief anchor of CTV National News, has died. He was 92.
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Do you trust Donald Trump to keep his word...on anything? www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/843cd3b...
The waning weight of the word of the U.S. president
Donald Trump has demolished the trust built up by his predecessors
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Hate tariffs? Donald Trump is deeply in love with them & truly believes they’re working. Why aren’t more Americans feeling the pain? Trade expert Eric Miller says US businesses have found ways to mitigate the add on costs...for now. New pod drops Thursday. www.youtube.com/@changemymin...
A sobering read. "I do not think that world war is inevitable...but it's more possible now than it has been at any other time since the end of the Cold War & the American government is led by the worst rulers in the modern history of the United States." @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...
Opinion | The War That Could Swallow the World (Gift Article)
Whatever is happening in Iran, it isn’t working.
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I betcha Pirro becomes the next (another female) Trump appointee to get turfed so these idiots can save face.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 4d agoHoo boy. This is getting ugly. And somehow even more embarrassing. Trump Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is now publicly feuding with Trump’s own Justice Department to keep alive the lies that an innocent former Olympian vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
What a shame. Gen Z may not be drinking as much as older generations - but they’re starting to smoke cigarettes again. 🚬 t.co/sDf3HW3ruw?s...
Why ‘social smoking’ has become Gen Z’s new bad habit
I can admit, smoking is a stupid habit. So why are young people like me still lighting them up?
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This FCC head has already done enough damage to the media Trump doesn't like.
Politico@politico.com · 6d agoABC accuses FCC of ‘attempted censorship’
Vote on Blanche now postponed
Joyce White Vance@joycewhitevance.bsky.social · last wk.This analysis from last night holds up very well in light of new reporting this morning that Senator Cornyn is holding out for more from DOJ & Todd Blanche on the slush fund/audit forgiveness agreements joycevance.substack.com/p/is-todd-bl...
"Every single province has grievances!" If Alberta gets a new pipeline (or two), what's the argument to leave Canada? @steeletalks.bsky.social lays it out. Do you agree with her? 👀 FULL: rtrj.info/072826Lynda 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/072926 #abpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #RealTalkRJ
They're building an AI data centre right by @steeletalks.bsky.social's home in Vancouver. She's not sold on it. Would you want one going up near your neighbourhood? 👀 FULL: rtrj.info/072826Lynda 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/072926 #yvr #datacentres #RealTalkRJ
Todd Blanche has shown exactly who he is: Trump’s lawyer first New reporting shows the $1.8B slush fund for Trump allies is alive & well under another name & bureaucratic maneuver The DOJ must stand for justice, not enriching Trump’s cronies👇 -TN
With Blanche Nomination at Stake, Payouts to Trump Allies Continue (Gift Article)
A seven-figure settlement is announced two days before a scheduled Senate committee vote on Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general.
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And if you're hoping the Dems will win the midterms and ride to the rescue... that's likely not gonna happen. Talking tariffs in next week's episode of Change My Mind. youtube.com/@changemymin...
Change My Mind Podcast with Lynda Steele
We live in a time when everyone has an opinion — but few are willing to rethink it. Change My Mind with Lynda Steele is a podcast for people who still believe in curiosity over certainty. The title ...
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Lynda Steele 🇨🇦@steeletalks.bsky.social · last wk.When it comes to Trump's never ending tariff hissy fits, @cafreeland says, "Don't blame Canada" for the cross border chaos. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/o...
When it comes to Trump's never ending tariff hissy fits, @cafreeland says, "Don't blame Canada" for the cross border chaos. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/o...
Opinion | ‘You Aren’t Going to Like What Comes After America’ (Gift Article)
Remember when ‘blame Canada’ was a joke?
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Not gonna lie - I have the same reaction to seeing one of these vehicles drive by as I do when a stranger farts in a crowded elevator.
This is an alarming heads up about hot, extreme weather ahead - super charged by what's shaping up to be the largest El Nino on record. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This El Niño is set to be the largest on record by a ‘mind-blowing margin’
Forecasters predict that the monster climate pattern will combine with global warming to push global temperatures in 2027 to new heights.
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Conservatism in North America has lost its way. Their ‘family values’ mantra has been replaced by ‘me first and f**k you’. Anger is their guiding emotion and their stupidity unites them. Their idol worship of a convicted felon and pedophile weirdly defines them. As you said, unrecognizable.
ICYMI - Alberta's selling record amounts of oil & now has 1 maybe 2 more pipelines on the way - yet many are still pushing separation? I don't recognize the Conservative party I grew up with anymore & it had me searching for answers in my podcast this week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoUe...
Good gawd... Trump is poised to launch another global trade war... www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/b...
US to Impose New Global Tariffs of Around 10% After Trump’s Previous Duties Lapse (Gift Article)
The administration announced new duties tied to countries’ imports of goods made with forced labor, replacing a global 10 percent tariff set to expire at midnight.
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At this point - I'm okay with retaliation - since acquiesing gets us nowhere & the Trump admin thinks negotiating means they win everything and we lose. Nope. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Retaliation being considered if no deal reached by Trump's tariff deadline, Carney says | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government "will do whatever it takes" to defend Canada's interests as the clock ticks down to stave off U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff threat.
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What does it mean to be conservative in Canada today? Are Red Tories still welcome? From regional tensions to populism - political polarization & the growing influence of cultural issues. Brian Lee Crowley fr the Macdonald-Laurier Institute is on the pod today! www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoUe...
40 years in the news business? What a fun ride! Had so much ground to cover in this podcast with @mattcundill.com - thanks for having me Matt - thanks for being such a great interviewer! 🙏 www.soundoffpodcast.com/lynda-steele...
Lynda Steele: Change My Mind
We hear a lot these days about radio folks who've jumped ship in favor of careers in TV. Who can blame them? It usually means more prestige, a bigger audience, and probably better pay. What we don't h...
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Do Conservatives need to move more to the centre if they hope to form government? Brian Lee Crowley from the Macdonald-Laurier Institute says no - they just need to wait for the “arrogant” Liberals to defeat themselves. New Change My Mind pod drops Thursday. www.youtube.com/@changemymin...
Never been a better time to be a political cartoonist. (sadly)
Took long enough but here we go finally… www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Provinces to introduce direct-to-consumer sales for Canadian alcohol amid looming U.S. tariff threat | CBC News
Provinces across Canada will introduce direct-to-consumer alcohol sales — a step forward in breaking down interprovincial trade barriers that prevent the free movement of alcohol across Canada.
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With more punitive tariffs being threatened on Canada by Trump - a reminder from the @pewresearch.org that nearly 80% of people surveyed around the globe recently deeply disapprove of the tariff sledgehammer.
