Hey, sorry for disappearing. I got extremely sick, to the point I had no energy for anything. So, I decided to focus on getting better than try to use my energy to work on this newsletter. I'm not 100% well, but I’m feeling well enough again to get this back rolling.

Featured News

CBC News: 'I saw nothing that ever gave me pause': Bill Clinton says he had no knowledge of Epstein's crimes

Common Sense: ‘Peace President’ Trump Floats ‘Friendly Takeover’ of Cuba While Preparing to Attack Iran

Global News: Conservative MP searches for ‘antifa’ in federal government, Canadian Armed Forces

rabble: Canada’s government gets a failing grade on child poverty

Truthout: Draft Order to Declare National Emergency on Elections Circulating Trump Allies

Canada & USA

Canadian news:

• AI minister wants more clarity on OpenAI’s changes after Tumbler Ridge

• China suspends some agricultural tariffs on Canada after Carney visit

• College of Family Physicians of Canada calls on Ottawa to increase support for family doctors

• Dozens of Montreal school staff already fired or resigned over expanded religious symbols ban

• Energy-hungry India tells Carney 'we are willing to buy whatever Canada is offering'

• N.L. Crown prosecutor under investigation for smuggling, weapons offences

• N.S. labour department concludes investigation into death of Walmart employee found inside oven

• U of T dentistry dean under investigation after complaints over antisemitic course materials

• Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim apologizes for saying fellow councillor handed out illegal drugs

USA news:

• 30 more charged for protesting at Twin Cities church where pastor is ICE official

• APA Rewrites Antisemitism Guidelines to Protect Speech on Palestine

• DHS Left a Blind Man and Refugee to Die in the Cold

• Florida suddenly cuts off 12,000 people from receiving their HIV meds

• Footage Contradicts DHS Claim That It Dropped Blind Rohingya Refugee at ‘Safe Location’ in Buffalo

• Indiana: ‘Public camping’ ban targeting homelessness heads to governor

• Palestinian Refugee Sues Far-Right Group Betar Over Year-Long Campaign of Racial Terror

• Pentagon moves to designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk

• The culture war is coming for your electricity

World News

• Details Emerge About the Attempted Attack on Cuba

• Family of UN Palestine Expert Francesca Albanese Sues Trump Over Sanctions

• Five Yanomami infants in Brazil die amid whooping cough outbreak

• Local communities in Croatia oppose mega-farm project

• Niger and Algeria rebuild ties following Sahel diplomatic strains

• Pakistan is in ‘open war’ with Afghanistan after latest strikes, defense minister says

• Senegal gas project draws international scrutiny

• Thousands of refinery workers in India strike against 12-hour workday

• Two dead, dozens injured as tram derails in Milan

• UK: Defence secretary orders search for evidence Epstein used Royal Air Force bases for sex trafficking

• UK: Greens Claim Historic By-Election Victory In Crushing Blow For Keir Starmer

What I’m Reading

• Israeli soldiers should not be talking to kids in Canadian schools

• Labour "safe seat" taken by Greens' Hannah Spencer in stunning result that brings back hope

• Modi and Netanyahu’s ‘bromance’ is more than optics — it’s a strategic axis in the making

• Portugal’s General Strike and the Struggle Over Labour Law

• The Nihilism of Trump’s War Games

• The struggle of Kurdish journalist Omer Cakir

Video:

(Posting this video as an illustration why the left needs to stop viewing Tucker Carlson as an ally. Thanks to JM Hatch for sharing this.)