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Andrew MacDougall

@AGMacDougall

Partner @trafalgarstrat. Columns @ottawacitizen, @the_lineca, @torontostar and elsewhere. Former Head of Communications to PM Stephen Harper. Opinions mine.

London, UK Katılım Ağustos 2011
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Andrew MacDougall@AGMacDougall·
@TheAthleticFC All 'Chelsea' backline, saving Bellingham as supersub when opposing side are dead on their feet
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The Athletic | Football
The Athletic | Football@TheAthleticFC·
Thomas Tuchel picks his World Cup squad tomorrow, but what if you, dear reader, could choose England's starting XI for their game with Croatia on June? Well, now you can: introducing The Athletic's interactive team selector, where you can pick from hundreds of England-affiliated players to create a team you think can do the business this summer. FREE TO ACCESS 🔗 nyti.ms/3Pd7xyk
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Mike Levin
Mike Levin@MikeLevin·
This New York Times piece is worth your time. Here’s what is happening, as simply as I can put it. Back in January, Trump sued the IRS, an agency he controls, demanding $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns a number of years ago. IRS lawyers did their jobs. They wrote a memo laying out the defenses that could beat the suit, including the fact that Trump filed too late. His own lawyer was in court when the leaker pleaded guilty in October 2023, more than two years before Trump sued. The Justice Department never showed up to court. Never argued back. Never used the defenses sitting on their desk. The judge got suspicious and ordered both sides to explain whether they were actually opposing each other or just colluding. The day before that brief was due, Trump dropped the suit. Same day, his Justice Department announced a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded “anti-weaponization fund.”  Trump gets a formal apology. The IRS agrees to drop any audits of him and his family, even though a 2024 Times report found a loss in an ongoing audit could cost him over $100 million. The acting Attorney General, Trump’s former criminal defense attorney, picks the five commissioners who decide who gets paid. Trump can fire any of them. Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are not ruled out. This is the most corrupt thing I’ve ever seen from an American president. Where in the hell are my Republican colleagues? nytimes.com/2026/05/19/adm…
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Steven Swinford
Steven Swinford@Steven_Swinford·
Breaking: Net migration nearly HALVED in the year to December 2025, falling to 171,000
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Howard Anglin
Howard Anglin@howardanglin·
Democracy also requires that all Canadians have a say when a fraction of the electorate in one part of the country tries to break Confederation. And democracy requires that in the event of an actual attempted separation, the parts of the province that don’t want to leave Canada, such as, oh, say, the cities of Calgary and Edmonton, remain part of Canada. If Canada is divisible, then Alberta is divisible. But none of this is about democracy. Democracy is not a free floating concept. It operates within existing institutions and social constructs. Separatists aren’t engaged in a democratic project, they are proposing a revolutionary act of constituent power. Democracy is the wrong lens through which to view attempts to break up a country in the absence of genuinely inhumane conditions or systemic oppression. And as much as I agree enthusiastically with many separatists’ grievances with Ottawa (and other provincial governments), this is not that.
Jen Gerson@jengerson

Democracy is not an enemy. Our democracy requires our elected officials tell us what they actually believe and what they plan to do in office before putting those beliefs into action. Our democracy demands separatists generate real democratic legitimacy to hold a secession referendum. Democracy demands a separatist party declare itself as such before it is elected to power. Democracy demands that an explicitly separatist party defend itself in debate during a writ period; to be honest with the voters about the benefits and risks of holding a secession referendum. Democracy demands that a separatist party win power in the legislature in a free and fair election prior to holding a referendum. Albertans deserve this. Anything short of it isn't "democracy." It's an abuse of democracy by process. It's a betrayal of the trust of the voters of the highest order.

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Jonah Goldberg
Jonah Goldberg@JonahDispatch·
The Trump slush fund is a clear cut impeachable offense. #nt=0000016a-0e43-dffa-a76b-3f6bfa3f0002-showMedia-liI0promoMedium-contentFooter" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">latimes.com/opinion/story/…
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Kemi Badenoch
Kemi Badenoch@KemiBadenoch·
After 18 months of “standing up to Putin” the Labour govt quietly issued a licence allowing imports of Russian oil refined in third countries. Yesterday Labour MPs voted AGAINST UK oil and gas licences. We are now importing from Russia instead of drilling in the North Sea. Insane.
Javier Blas@JavierBlas

BREAKING: UK waives some Russian oil sanctions, allowing imports of diesel and jet fuel processed in third countries from Russian crude (most likely supply chain: imports of Indian refined products produced by processing Russian crude). gov.uk/government/pub…

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Simon Kuestenmacher
Simon Kuestenmacher@simongerman600·
One of my favorite data journalists is @jburnmurdoch and he is cooking once again with this piece: “In country after country the birth rate plunged after the introduction of smartphones, no matter what the previous trend was…the modern digital media environment has had profound effects on society that have led to a decline in romantic coupling”. Read here: ft.com/content/fba35e…
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60 Minutes
60 Minutes@60Minutes·
On March 23, more than $800 million was staked on the chance of oil prices dropping. Fifteen minutes later, an announcement from the president sent the price of oil plummeting by more than 10%. It has not been determined if the trade was made with inside information or if the trader was in the U.S. cbsn.ws/3PIBGFM
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Fraser Nelson
Fraser Nelson@FraserNelson·
Elon Musk has today updated the formula that decides if you see this tweet. Each tweet is scored. S=Σ (probability of reaction × value of reaction) A like = 0.5 points. A reply = 13.5. A full argument? 75+ That’s why outrage travels faster than facts. thetimes.com/comment/column…
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Daniel Goldman
Daniel Goldman@danielsgoldman·
Real story: Judge was about to throw out the case bc Trump controls both parties. Before it’s dismissed, Trump tells both parties to reach a “settlement.” Settlement shields Trump from any future audit and creates a secret slush fund that can dole out money to anyone with no transparency. Mind-boggling corruption. @SpeakerJohnson - you may not know it, but your job is to conduct oversight of the admin. You can’t run away from this one.
Katherine Faulders@KFaulders

NEWS -- President Trump is expected to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion fund to compensate allies who claim they were wrongfully targeted by the Biden administration, sources tell me @PCCharalambous @alex_mallin abcnews.com/US/trump-poise…

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