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Rupert Murdoch owns the New York Post, Fox News and the Wall Street Journal. In Britain, he owns The Sun. In Australia, he owns 90% of newspapers and Sky News Australia.

He uses his media empire to push his own political views. He encouraged Tony Blair to invade Irak. His newspaper The Sun encouraged British people to leave the European Union by claiming the Queen supported Brexit:

Rupert Murdoch has been publically accused by several world leaders of attempting to blackmail them.

John Major, former British Prime Minister:

https://www.channel4.com/news/major-denies-sun-editor-abused-him-after-black-wednesday

Gordon Brown, former British Prime Minister:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/apr/26/gordon-brown-criminal-complaint-rupert-murdoch-news-group-newspapers

Malcom Turnbull, former Australia Prime Minister:

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/melbourne-mornings/malcolm-turnbull-on-rupert-murdoch/102888774

Kevin Rudd, former Australia Prime Minister:

https://startsat60.com/media/news/politics/kevin-rudd-slams-rupert-murdoch-speech-labor-national-conference

Rupert Murdoch is a real bastard. He was regularly invited by Ronald Reagan to the White House. He came with his lawyer, Roy Cohn.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/President_Reagan_shakes_hands_with_Roy_Cohn_in_the_Oval_Office_Jan_18%2C_1983.jpg

He is so powerful because there are millions of people who swallow the crap from his media.

Donald Trump praises him.

“Rupert Murdoch is in a class by himself, he’s an amazing guy” President Trump said of the conservative media magnate, who sat smiling in the Oval Office this week

https://thehill.com/media/5133600-trump-murdoch-relation/

As a non-Brit, I watch what's happening like it's a slow motion car wreck.

France has 2 round parliamentary elections.

• First round: You vote for someone to represent your constituency. Only 2 candidates remain.
• Second round: Two weeks later, it's the second round. You vote for one of the 2 candidates that won the first round. The winner becomes an MP.

Throughout France, Marine Lepen candidates won 35% to 40% of the votes in the first round. They qualified for the second round. Luckily, in the second round, citizens rallied against Lepen candidates, voting for whoever was their opponent.

What will happen if Nigel Farage gets 35% or 40% 😲? You don't have a second round...

If France used the FPTP voting system, Marine Lepen would be ruling the country with a huge majority in Parliament.

You got me.

I should have read the rules more carefully next time. I will delete it!!

Since when Iran has any terrorists in the united state and canada?

Are you serious...?

Canadian Intelligence foiled an Iranian attempt to assassinate a former minister:

According to a source, the RCMP on Oct. 26 informed Mr. Cotler, a former Liberal justice minister, that he faced imminent threat of assassination within 48 hours from Iranian agents.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) told him that he was a high-profile target of Iran. The close protection provided to Mr. Cotler includes bulletproof vehicles, heavily armed officers and other security measures.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-iran-allegedly-planned-to-assassinate-human-rights-crusader-irwin/

Iranians agents tried to kidnap a woman in New York City:

https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20210714-four-charged-with-plot-to-kidnapped-new-york-based-iranian-journalist

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/13/nyregion/iran-masih-alinejad-kidnapping.html

Iranians agents tried to blow up the Saudi Ambassador to the United States:

https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/newyork/press-releases/2012/man-pleads-guilty-in-new-york-to-conspiring-with-iranian-military-officials-to-assassinate-saudi-arabian-ambassador-to-the-united-states

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/01/04/iran-agents-once-plotted-kill-saudi-ambassador-dc-case-reads-like-spy-thriller/

https://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/30/justice/new-york-saudi-assassination-plot

As part of her climate change plan, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is pedestrianizing streets, building bike lanes, and planting trees. The goal is to reduce carbon emissions, reduce traffic noise and make the city more able to resist heat.

She has been very aggressive and upset some car drivers. But the results are starting to pay off.

https://english.elpais.com/lifestyle/2024-04-24/the-cycling-revolution-in-paris-continues-bicycle-use-now-exceeds-car-use.html

Controversial opinion: This is actually a very good thing.

Of course Donald Trump hates Juneteenth.

In 2021, Joe Biden signed the bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday:

US President Joe Biden signed The Juneteenth National Independence Day Act in the White House on Thursday 17 June to formally recognise Juneteenth as a national holiday.

Mr Biden said: "Great nations don't ignore their most painful moments. We come to terms with the mistakes we made. And remembering those moments, we begin to heal and grow stronger."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/57525173

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/17/1007602290/biden-and-harris-will-speak-at-the-bill-signing-making-juneteenth-a-federal-holi

I'm not British, so I should not get involved in British Politics. But privatizing water was a mistake of epic proportions. Keir Starmer needs to have some guts and nationalize it. Enough is enough.

The trash media (The Sun, Daily Hate Mail) talks about poor people stealing welfare, while corporate financiers stole BILLIONS OF POUNDS from you and your families:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/01/england-privatised-water-firms-dividends-shareholders

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw4478wnjdpo

Who privatized water? Margaret Thatcher.

After her time in office, she became a lobbyist for tobacco companies:

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-19-mn-4763-story.html

They even paid her birthday party:

Philip Morris's chief executive, Geoffrey Bible, will chair the dinner. A spokesman for the company said: "Philip Morris is writing the Thatcher Foundation a cheque to cover the cost of the party. That leaves all the money made, like ticket sales, as profit to the foundation."

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tobacco-giant-pays-for-1m-thatcher-bash-1576517.html

It says it all, doesn't it?

Please take your water back!!!!! Write to your MPs.

I love Australia. I love Australian people 🇦🇺 ❤️.

But this company and it's criminal owner (Rupert Murdoch) have inflicted more damage than anyone else to english speaking democracies.

Shame.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/united-states/article/2023/02/18/fox-news-lies-about-joe-biden-s-election-exposed_6016337_133.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-68615789

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/rupert-murdochs-american-scandals-243127/

One reason why I give money to The Guardian Australia is because I hate the facts so many people get their news from Newcorp :/

This story is maddening. Bessemer city officials are signing NDAs about a proposed hyperscale data center that will require destroying 100 acres of forest, use 90x as much energy as all homes of the city, & threaten a newly discovered species with extinction.

It's a tram/light rail project meant to connect a large island in Eastern Helsinki with downtown. The most significant part are 3 new bridges that only carry trams, cyclists and pedestrians.

The tram will start operation in 2027, but the bridges are opened for pedestrian traffic as they are completed. The next one should be finished later this summer.

Here's a short video of the project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTW2VIf5k0I

But the tax is set to be fully repealed on July 1. Its abolition was one of the first acts of Premier John Hogan, who took office in May. He said it was contributing to affordability issues in the province.

Very short-sighted decision.

Obesity costs the Canadian Healthcare system billions of dollars every year:

https://nbhc.ca/health-in-the-news/one-third-canadian-adults-will-be-obese-2025-costing-country-337b-annually

https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-025-21905-2

Currently, most Canadian politicians are treating people like little children.

It's time to tell people the brutal truth:

"We can end traffic jams in our city. But we are going to increase parking fees. We are going to build a bike lane network. Many drivers will be unhappy and will have to change their habits. Do you think it's worth it?"

"We can reduce the number of car crashes. Less people will die. Less people will be injured. But the number of speed cameras will increase. A lot of speeding citizens are going to receive fines and will be furious. Getting a driver license will also become much harder for older people. Do you think it's worth it?"

"We can make our healthcare system more financially sustainable. We can do that by increasing your income tax. Or we can increase the sales tax. Or we can tax all business owners. Or we can increase the alcohol tax and sugar tax. Which tax do you prefer? What do you think?"

"We can reduce gun trafficking. We will do it by tripling the number of inspections of trucks and cars coming from the United States. But this means longer waiting times at border crossings. The number of american tourists will be reduced. The price of some imported things may also increase. Should we do it?"

"We can significantly reduce homelessness. But we are going to build very tall buildings like in Eastern Europe blocks. We will ban cities from opposing housing projects that meet legal norms. In many neighborhoods, individual homeowners will be outraged. What do you think? Should we do it?

No pain, no gain. It's true at the gym. But it's also true in politics.

There are some decisions that are easy wins : cracking down on tax evasion, using open source software, stronger ethics laws.

Unfortunately, most decision aren't easy wins. They actually require some pain if you want gains.

Time to start treating people like adults. Tell them the brutal truth.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. I'm not Australian, but I think you still have some very good Australian news organizations:

• The Sydney Morning Herald
• The Guardian
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC
• Crikey

I believe the real issue is that people are actually attracted to clickbait nonsense.

I'm not a Canadian citizen. I studied in Quebec before moving back to my country. I love Canada and I follow Canadian politics very closely.

Justin Trudeau has done some disappointing things. Bill C-59 is not one of them.

In fact, I believe Bill C-59 is perhaps the single greatest bill adopted under Justin Trudeau.

This bill gives enormous new powers to the Competition Bureau:

https://competition-bureau.canada.ca/en/how-we-foster-competition/education-and-outreach/guide-june-2024-amendments-competition-act

https://theconversation.com/canadas-competition-laws-just-changed-heres-what-you-need-to-know-220020

This bill also allows the Competition Bureau to punish companies that knowingly lie about their environmental record:

https://ccli.ubc.ca/bill-c-59-anti-greenwashing/

https://www.torys.com/our-latest-thinking/publications/2024/06/competition-act-amendments-require-companies-to-back-up-environmental-claims

Here is a funny thing that happened. A few hours before Bill C-59 was set to pass, some oil companies started deleting content from their websites:

Pathways Alliance, a coalition of Canadian tar sands producers aiming to build a massive carbon capture project in Alberta, scrubbed their website of its content June 19.

In its place is a notice indicating the organization “removed content from our website, social media and other public communications” and that they had done so in response to anticipated changes coming with Bill C-59.

https://www.desmog.com/2024/06/20/pathways-alliance-website-scrubbed-ahead-of-new-greenwashing-law/

It's just outrageous to see Danielle Smith and these CEOs whine like that about Bill-C59.

If you don't break the law by knowingly lying, you have nothing to fear.

You know the worst thing about this story ?

This was published recently 👇👇👇

Alberta paid more than 6 times usual price for pain medications in $70-million import deal

Alberta purchased children’s pain medication from Turkey at a price more than six times greater than what the provincial health authority normally pays for the same volume of product, according to documents obtained by The Globe and Mail.

The Alberta government explained in 2022 that the manufacturer required a minimum order of five million bottles - or $70-million worth of drugs - to get the deal done. But a briefing note, obtained by The Globe, indicates the health authority could have reduced its total bill by ordering less medicine, albeit at a higher price per bottle.

5 million bottles equated to roughly eight bottles for every child in the province.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-alberta-turkish-pain-medication-deal-prices/

The United States and Canada have the most expensive elevators in the world. Prices charged in North America are at least three times those charged by the same manufacturers in comparable mid-rise buildings in high-income countries in Western Europe.

As a result, the U.S. and Canada have fewer elevators per capita than any other high-income country for which data could be found

Unique North American elevator standards have led to no discernible improvement in safety outcomes compared to those in Europe.

https://admin.centerforbuilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Elevatorsexecutivesummary.pdf