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BC’s Right-Wing Populists Have a New Queen. How Will Findlay Rule?
She became leader of the BC Conservatives by inflaming party divisions she now must unify.
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The Dispatch
Populists Surge in Colombia Amid Violence
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Plus: A judge blocks Trump’s $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, and a sexting scandal engulfs Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner.
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Wall Street Journal editors call out GOP for being asleep at the wheel amid Dem storm
The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board called out the Republican Party in a new editorial on Sunday for appearing to be asleep at the wheel as Democrats telegraph how they will wield their power if they win back the House of Representatives in November. The editors argued that Democrats seem intent on expanding the Supreme Court to 13 justices, a move that they warned could reshape the institution into "a second progressive legislature" that would rule in their favor when certain laws can't pass through Congress. However, the Republicans seem to have little interest in stopping them, according to the editorial. "Democrats are telling the public they are plotting one of American history’s most destabilizing power grabs, by degrading the third branch of government. Why aren’t Republicans calling this out and defending the Court?" the editors wrote. The editors noted that the Democrats' push to reform the Supreme Court is happening at a time when the court has ruled against President Donald Trump in multiple high-profile ways. For instance, the court struck down Trump's tariff regime and has pushed back against his efforts to overturn birthright citizenship. "American courts are still independent, and the Justices are following the law and the Constitution as they see it," the editorial noted. "Democrats are free to dislike the Court’s decisions, yet they aren’t helpless," it added. "If Democrats abhor gerrymandering, they can argue for a bill to limit how, or how often, states draw House maps. But what really angers Democrats is that the Supreme Court is no longer a second progressive legislature that can impose policies they can’t get through Congress."
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Bloomberg Politics
Australia Populist Party Surges to Poll Lead as Budget Struggles
Australia’s populist One Nation party surged past the ruling Labor party to lead a nationwide opinion poll for the first time, highlighting voter disappointment with last month’s budget and reinforcing signs of a fracturing of the conservative side of politics.
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Bloomberg Politics
Colombian Bonds Surge as Right-Wing Outsider Moves Into Runoff
Colombia’s dollar bonds rallied Monday after right-wing outsider Abelardo de La Espriella unexpectedly won the first-round of voting for president and went into the runoff as clear favorite against leftist Ivan Cepeda.
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Colombia’s Presidential Election Could Reshape Relations With Trump Administration
Conservative candidates champion a Trump-aligned “Plan Colombia 2.0” despite deadly US boat strikes.
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The Last Refuge
Mike Steger Recaps Current State of “Fortress America” – President Trump’s American Manufacturing Surge
Mike Steger takes less than 20-minutes to walk through a year of President Trump’s multifaceted U.S. manufacturing policy initiatives that have positioned the U.S. economy for a massive surge in growth. Steger recaps several consequential moves by President Trump and his cabinet to fundamentally change economics in the Western Hemisphere. Each point is well delivered […] The post Mike Steger Recaps Current State of “Fortress America” – President Trump’s American Manufacturing Surge appeared first on The Last Refuge.
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The Gateway Pundit
Girl Power? Dem Reps. Say Employers Who Won’t Pay Women to Stay Home from Work During Menstruation Are Committing ‘Economic Violence’ (Video)
For the crowd that doesn't seem to be able to define what a woman is, Democrat Reps. The post Girl Power? Dem Reps. Say Employers Who Won’t Pay Women to Stay Home from Work During Menstruation Are Committing ‘Economic Violence’ (Video) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
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Trump 'dementia' claims fly amid 'completely insane' posting spree: 'Nonstop nuttery'
Donald Trump lit up Truth Social on Saturday afternoon with a stream of posts that left onlookers across the political spectrum questioning his state of mind, ranging from a drone port rendering on top of the White House to an AI image of himself appearing to blow his nose on an American flag.The spree drew immediate reaction from all corners of social media sites. "Trump's Truth Social posting over the last hour or so is completely bats--- insane," independent journalist Aaron Rupar wrote on X. "Get a load of this nonstop nuttery."In a later post, Rupar declared, "Trump’s behavior on social media today is so unhinged even by his standards that I can’t help but wonder what the doctors really told him the other day. This is a deeply unwell person."Among the posts, Trump shared attacks on judges, criticisms of musical performers who bailed on his event, and a rendering of what he called a "DronePort" on the roof of his proposed White House ballroom. Regarding the latter, Bill Kristol, the veteran Republican commentator, noted the structure would also include a bunker underneath. "It's not just a childish extravagance," Kristol wrote. "It will be a kind of military encampment. All the more reason, obviously, for Congress to stop it."Trump also posted a meme depicting Rep. Lauren Boebert and several other Republican lawmakers in a vehicle captioned "GET IN LOSER, WE'RE GOING LOSING" — this despite the fact that Boebert had recently pushed for the release of the Epstein files, a cause popular with the MAGA base.Separately, Trump posted an AI-generated watercolor image of himself clutching the American flag to his face in a pose that critics immediately compared to using it as a tissue.He also reshared an old post of himself declaring, "I just want to stop the world from killing itself," which prompted the PatriotTakes account to reply: "Says the guy who bombed a girls elementary school."Political analyst Molly Jong-Fast offered a dry summary: "He's probably fine, right?"Former Ambassador Dan Shapiro kept it simple: "It's a beautiful day in Washington. Wish he would go outside and touch grass."Spanish-language commentator Dr. Mario Muñoz offered a blunt diagnosis of the afternoon's activity. "The gentleman with dementia who lives in the White House is bored," he wrote on X, according to a translation.Melanie D'Arrigo, a progressive activist and former congressional candidate, similarly connected the dots between the posting spree and broader questions about Trump's fitness for office. "When a President is posting insane stuff like this, it really doesn't matter how many dementia tests he passes to tell that he's not mentally fit for office," she wrote.
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