Lisa Beaton

Former journalist, now strategic communications advisor and speechwriter.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Barack Obama at his last press briefing with reporters, 2017:

"I have enjoyed working with all of you. That does not, of course, mean that I've enjoyed every story that you have filed, but that's the point of this relationship. You're not supposed to be sycophants. You're supposed to be skeptics. You're supposed to ask me tough questions. You're not supposed to be complimentary, but you're supposed to cast a critical eye on folks who hold enormous power."

[CP24 @CP24]

Eric Ham: Canada’s pivot to Europe is leaving Washington without leverage https://t.co/kYxm76uusa

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

While you never got that $2,000 tariff refund check that Trump promised, here’s who did:

Walmart: $2.9 billion
Apple: $2.2 billion
Nike: $986 million
Amazon: $600 million
GM: $500 million
UPS: $500 million

The Trump Administration: Of, by, and for the billionaire class.

[Devin Duke @sirDukeDevin]

Normalize asking billionaires why they aren't as generous as Dolly Parton.

[Moe @Moe689364344269]

RIP.

[Trades Union Congress @The_TUC]

Reminder that Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 is a film about three women taking over an office and introducing free childcare, paid vacation, and flexible hours, resulting in a 20% increase in productivity.

[🇨🇦 Jean Paetkau 📕 @snufflewort]

If you want to support a fabulous company with gorgeous clothes then shop @simons . It was founded in Quebec in 1840! I order most of my clothing online from them!
#canada #shopcanadian
https://t.co/67vRhS1ZT8

[Keith Campion @keith_campion]

If Dolly Parton can gift 20million books a year to children, why can’t Amazon, Apple and Microsoft do something like this??

[Social Moi 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐻‍❄️🍔🤣 @Social_Moi]

Looking for new appliances?

Danby is Canadian.

Because 60% of Danby's total appliance sales are in the U.S. market, their cross-border sales have dropped by roughly 40.

Buy Danby. Support Canadian.

[Social Moi 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐻‍❄️🍔🤣 @Social_Moi]

Did you know?

Chapman's Ice Cream shifted its supply chain from the United States to European suppliers in countries like Italy and Spain to avoid passing tariff costs onto Canadian consumers.

BUY CHAPMAN'S! 🇨🇦🍨

[Governor Kathy Hochul @GovKathyHochul]

Needlessly picking fights with our allies and raising prices here at home.

That’s Trump’s economic policy in a nutshell.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Nvidia forms industry alliance for open AI security after Hugging Face hack https://t.co/spxDwE7ws3 https://t.co/spxDwE7ws3

[Timothy Gray @CanadaGray]

One of my favourite "we don't give a shit about people" letters: Toronto Port Authority telling the City that they should plan to seal the windows and sound proof all housing on the waterfront to get ready for jets: https://t.co/UIVq6Xbv3W #NoJetsTO #Cdnpol.

[Lisa Beaton @LisaBeatonIND]

@Slate Oh, probably

[CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil @CBSEveningNews]

Federal health officials say Taylor Farms is the likely source of the nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened people in at least 34 states. The California supplier provides lettuce to Taco Bell and major retailers including Walmart, Target and Whole Foods. https://t.co/HEaIzgdop6

[Mikel Jollett @Mikel_Jollett]

Hey not to be too out of touch with the times or whatever but the fucking President paid a $5.6 million settlement this week because he fucking raped someone and I think it should be a way bigger deal.

[Ron Wyden @RonWyden]

So yesterday, Jay Clayton:

-Attacked vote by mail
-Questioned U.S. elections integrity
-Refused to say Joe Biden won the 2020 election
-Refused to answer who asked him to subpoena NYT reporters

Clayton is unfit to serve as America’s top intelligence officer.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Ossoff: "Here's what's going to happen tonight: the world's most famous sore loser will deliver a prime-time presidential sour grapes address to pursue his 6-year-old grievances about the 2020 election, while his war in the Middle East spirals out of control and the cost of living continues to rise for Americans across the country. I expect the president to reheat debunked conspiracy theories about the repeatedly litigated and audited and confirmed 2020 presidential election in Georgia, an election that Donald Trump lost. And let me be very clear about this: if the President declares Georgia's election illegitimate, or if the President declares Georgia's sitting United States Senators illegitimate, he is declaring Georgia voters illegitimate. It's Donald Trump who tried to defraud Georgia voters in that election, Donald Trump who tried to commit election fraud when he called Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger -- and it was caught on tape, and you should play the tape to your viewers today -- and badgered and bullied Georgia's top election official to 'find him' the votes that he needed to win in a state where he had lost."

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

EX PARDON ATTORNEY CALLS BLANCHE A LIAR: “2 days after Mr. Blanche was confirmed as Deputy A.G., he fired me. I declined to rubber stamp a political favor for Trump's friend and it cost me my job. He sent 🇺🇸 Marshals to my home to prevent me from speaking with Congress.”

[Ron Wyden @RonWyden]

Good time to remind everyone that Trump and RFK Jr stopped monitoring cyclospora last year