Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre recently circulated a post on several social media platforms claiming that Canada’s manufacturing industry has atrophied under excessive regulation and high energy prices to an extent “unmatched across the industrialized world.” It purported to show that Canada’s manufacturing sector is now smaller than Ireland’s—a country with one-eighth of Canada’s population. This, he argued, is due to [...]
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The other day I stumbled across a Reddit post titled “I blew $417 on Claude code to build a word game”. The author chronicled their journey building a game called LetterLinks using Claude, racking up $417 in usage fees. What stood out wasn’t just the game (though it looked cool); it was the way they […]
I feel like I’ve now know Jim Groom long enough to proudly say we go way back—back to when blog streets felt like home and the open web was everyone’s sandbox. So when he invited me—er…I kind of forced my way on and he graciously obliged—on On Writing, his new podcast series, I jumped at […]
A poll sent to Omar’s district tested the waters on a Democratic candidate backed by “a right-wing, pro-Israel group that is funded by Trump-supporting billionaires.”
The post Is AIPAC Coming After Ilhan Omar? appeared first on The Intercept.
The City of Sandy Springs rescinded a controversial law drafted by the ADL that criminalized public protest without consent.
The post Atlanta Suburb Repeals Law Forcing Protestors to Obtain Consent of Anyone Within 8 Feet appeared first on The Intercept.
The recent federal election in Australia saw the conservative opposition coalition lose further seats in parliament building on their disastrous 2022 result. The coalition is made up of conservative urban types (the so-called Liberal Party) and the National party, which represents the rural lobby. The Nationals are essentially climate-change denialists and because the Liberals require…
After an inquiry from The Intercept, the New York Times removed the address from an image on the article.
The post The New York Times Briefly Published Elon Musk’s Home Address appeared first on The Intercept.
Just in time for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s meeting with Donald Trump in Washington, the U.S. Census Bureau has released year-end 2024 data on America’s bilateral trade flows in goods and services. This data reconfirms that the U.S trade deficit is neither new, nor an “emergency” (as Trump has claimed in order to invoke special emergency powers to set tariffs). [...]
