Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩
@acoyne
Explorer, founder of Lachine, seigneur of Cataracoui, discoverer of the mouths of the Mississippi.
I've written a book. Somewhat timely, as it happens. It's called The Crisis of Canadian Democracy and it's coming out in May. You can pre-order it from Sutherland House Books at sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/the-cr…. Or, if you prefer, from Amazon: amazon.ca/Crisis-Canadia… Indigo:…
Zelensky taking Ukraine down a path that won’t end well. Still time to reverse course.
In a sign prez office is doubling down on indefensible, a social media channel widely understood to be one of their agents is now dropping threats they could open politically motivated investigations into the family of one of the MPs brave enough to stand up to them
This story is not about Russia - It's about Patel strapping people to polygraphs to see if they're laughing at him. It's about Gabbard trying to harvest emails to see if anyone's not MAGA enough. theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
Senator Ron Wyden says investigators found Trump’s administration held records of 4,725 Epstein-linked wire transfers totaling ~$1.1B through one bank, plus millions via others. He claims Trump officials ignored this evidence, including Russian bank ties, refusing to act.
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Hannity 2019: I have zero doubt that Russia meddled in the 2016 election…I’m certain they did. Devin Nunes was warning Obama in 2014 Hannity 2025: They all lied. I’m proud that this show got it right. The rest of the media went along with the lie.
Needs to be emphasized just how dangerous the moment is: a president facing a major internal political crisis of his own making just as the Ukrainian military finds itself in its most precarious position since 2022.
End of an historic day here in Kyiv. Zelensky's status as an uncontested wartime leader is no more, whatever happens in the coming days. Huge uncertainty ahead.
Why is Trump breaking so many rules to put his defense attorneys in charge in NJ? What crime did he commit that he's trying to cover up?
Thank goodness this guy isn't negotiating the percentages we pay in tariffs.
Trump: This is somebody nobody else can do. I can get the drug prices down… 1000% 600% 500% 1500%. Numbers that are not even thought to be achievable.
The reason why Ukrainians are free to protest peacefully in Kyiv (in this case about a law just passed by parliament) is because they haven’t “ended the war” by surrendering to Putin and abolishing their democracy.
Huge protests erupt in Kyiv against Ukrainian President Zelensky as he is a dictator and refuses to make a peace deal and end the war. Good for the Ukrainian people! Throw him out of office! And America must STOP funding and sending weapons!!!
It doesn’t make me feel better at all to know that however bad the Epstein files are for Trump, whatever Putin has on him is even worse.
If anyone still doubted that Gabbard is a bad actor, installed in her present job with the purpose of corrupting U.S. intelligence and turning it into a tool of Trump’s personal agendas and vendettas, her Russiagate report should put those doubts to rest. thebulwark.com/p/gabbard-garb…
This is the biggest own-goal unforced error in US economic policy since Smoot-Hawley. A period of slower growth translates into trillions of lost economic value. Americans will be poorer, businesses will be slower to hire, and our country is set back. A blow to the United States.
The U.S. economy is headed into a period of noticeably slower growth thanks to the tariff impact on inflation and consumer spending, according to Goldman Sachs. nbcnews.com/business/econo…
NEWS --> Sen Ron Wyden writes to Pam Bondi, urging DOJ to probe $1.5 billion in Epstein financial transactions that banks flagged for Treasury Dept. He lays out roadmap for DOJ to examine money flow related to sex trafficking. Calls Bondi's bluff. Read: newrepublic.com/article/198247…
Spoiler for an upcoming piece, on the increase cost of newly built townhomes in the City of Toronto. Have to triple-check the math on this, but it gives a good idea of how reliant governments have become on never-ending home price growth.
I have to do the math, but I’m pretty sure we’re at the point where GM is financially better off just buying Toyota’s directly from Tokyo, changing the logo, and reselling them for 5% higher. Rather than paying 50% steel tariffs, 50% aluminum tariffs, 50% copper tariffs, 25%…
Toyota is up +8% on the news of a 15% tariff. Why? It's simple. Ford, GM, Tesla, and all the other American manufacturers are going to be paying 50% more for their steel, 50% more for their copper, 25% more for their Canadian production, 25% more for their Mexican production,…
On The Line: Load up your cart with your next summer read readtheline.ca/p/on-the-line-…
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change “The E.P.A. intends to argue that imposing climate regulations on automakers poses the real harm to human health because it would lead to higher prices and reduced consumer choice…”…
Trump’s anti-EU pressure is uniting Europe. Public trust in the EU is near a 20-year high. Countries like Denmark now show 74% support (up from 63% in 2019). The bloc is signing new trade deals, increasing military spending, and standing firm, reports NYT. 1/