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Let's start with the best thing I saw all week: a 3D-printed, spring-loaded, clockwork chess pawn that uses a magnet to sense when it has reached the end of the board and SPROING! turns into a queen.

The Flag That Unites Us. Happy #FlagDay! 🇨🇦

Our flag - a powerful reminder of Canada’s shared values, our tough resilience and our unique national identity. Proud to fly it internationally and beyond. (first unfurled 60 years ago today)

11 February 1934 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Sonja Kater, was born in Amsterdam. In May 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection.

President Trump seems to think he can suspend the laws of the United States, of international trade, and of economics. The American Congress and US courts will decide for themselves how they will address these violations of Presidential powers. President Trump’s actions will hurt millions of Americans workers and all American consumers. And after promising to reduce inflation, his actions will send it and interest rates up. In Canada, we understand the laws of economics. That’s why we will be masters of our own house in building the strongest economy in the G7.

Trump, Elon, and their allies are calling all spending they don't like "fraud." Spending on things like consumer protection, Social Security, and medicine for sick kids. But just calling something "fraud" doesn't make it so. Here are the actual facts 🧵⤵️

Now is the time to choose products made right here in Canada. Check the labels. Let’s do our part. Wherever we can, choose Canada.

30 January 1931 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, Béla Lörincz, was born in Szamoskrassó (Cărășeu). In 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, 2/

#BREAKING: Ontario Premier Doug Ford's fast-tracked alcohol expansion could cost taxpayers over $500 million: FAO report. toronto.citynews.ca/2025/01/27/ont…

23 January 1943 | Colonel Jan Karcz (no. 23569) approached the camp manager of Auschwitz I Hans Aumeier. He asked to be released to the camp after a six-month sentence at the Penal Company. On the same day, he was imprisoned in a bunker in Block 11 & two days later he was shot. Jan Karcz was one of the leaders of the resistance in Auschwitz. In 1942, at the request of capt. Witold Pilecki, he took the lead of the Military Organization Union at the Birkenau camp. Learn about the resistance activities in the camp: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_16_ruch_opo…

21 January 1899 | A German Jewish woman, Olga Fürst, was born in Saarburg. During the war she lived in Paris. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 25 June 1943 in a transport of 1,018 Jews deported from Drancy. She was most probably murdered in the gas chamber.

Kamala Harris just arrived back in LA and the first thing she did was stop to help at a World Central Kitchen that is serving food to families who have been impacted by the wildfires. She’s a real leader. This is what we could’ve had, America.

18 December 1894 | Jewish woman, Clara Benadon, was born in Thessaloniki. She emigrated to France. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 13 April 1944. Shs did not survive.

On the afternoon of November 26, 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter and a team of Egyptian laborers dug themselves into history. bit.ly/3CHayjM

Trump has fallen below 50% in the popular vote. His margin of victory (pop vote + electoral college) is the third smallest since 1888. (Only JFK in '60 and Nixon in '68 were smaller.) If 238k votes in the blue wall states had been different, he would have lost. Not a mandate.

If true, this is worse than criminal

The media used dishonest tactics to force an incumbent President out of the race with 100 days left, while giving a free pass to a recently convicted felon who was actually senile, because it wanted the ratings. If you’re not blaming the media, I don’t know what to tell you.

Russia is pumping disinformation into American political discourse to stoke division and undermine public trust in elections, and Trump is their useful idiot. I’ll join @ChrisJansing at 2:35 pm to discuss the hazards of disinformation in politics. @MSNBC.

#ScamAlert - The London Police Service is warning the community about a recent scam targeting the elderly. ⚠️ As part of this bank scam, the suspect pretends to be a bank employee and falsely claims that their bank cards have been compromised. After gaining the victims' trust, the scammer instructs them to place their bank cards in an envelope with their PIN written on the back, promising a courier will collect them. Once the cards are obtained, they are used to commit fraud at banks and businesses. Remember: ❌ NEVER give personal information to strangers 📞 Banks and governments will NOT ask for your info over the phone or email 💳 Bank employees will NOT come to your home to collect your cards Stay alert and protect yourselves! If you or someone you know has been targeted, please contact us. Let's keep our community safe! #LdnOnt #CPWeek2024