Andrew Stevenson (He/Him/His)

Dedicated PW professional... my (re)tweets and comments are my own and, although humorous, may also be sarcastic!

[Bruce Anderson @bruceanderson]

What kind of person looks at the starvation and suffering in Cuba and decides we can't afford to send food, at all.

What sort of world would it be, if "spend only on our 'own people' was the rule and no country ever helped another facing a crisis.

[J Hunter🍁 @MrJoKeR604]

Pierre,

Keep blaming everyone else, blame PM Carney, blame the liberals, blame the growing list of conservative MPs abandoning you.

Take zero accountability, keep showing off your weak leadership like when you lost the election, lost your seat and stole the seat of another MP.

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

“There has never been a national unity crisis under a Conservative government..”

Unless you count Riel, Manitoba Schools, conscription, Meech/Charlottetown/the birth of the Bloc…

[Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan]

This!!! This is exactly what Canada should be doing, as well! We need to protect our citizens and our democracy from the billionaires and states who are actively using online platforms to manipulate and divided us.

[Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta]

News from Helsinki, Finland which recently became coal-free when the last two coal plants closed. The local government just released a statement that the coal exit led to very clear air quality improvements. Can you spot the coal exit in the graph of SO2 concentrations?

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

A reminder: There is no legal or moral basis for secession. There is also no practical possibility of it. The mere attempt would be ruinous for everyone involved. Why do we persist in indulging this fantasy — especially now, of all times? We have enough trouble on our hands as it is with the Trump administration. Why hand them the tools with which to divide and destroy us?

https://t.co/JCXt64RTAv

[RealHousewifeOfMichigan @RealHousewifeMi]

Texas has 2.1M undocumented immigrants and Florida has 1.2M.

Minnesota has 130,000.

Don't let anyone tell you this is about immigration.

It never was.

[Heidi 🏖 🐬💙🍹🌊 @Brodiesmom68]

It was murder, plain and simple. 😡
#IceOut

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

Today is the tipping point.

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

A statement from the family of Alex Pretti, obtained by CNN:

"We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman.

The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed.

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you."

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Drop Site obtained harrowing footage of the latest killing which appears to be from the perspective of the woman in pink filming from the sidewalk

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

BIG BREAKING: A federal judge in Minnesota has just ordered restrictions on ICE's tactics against protesters including stopping cars that aren't obstructing them.

Federal Agents are hereby halted from:

a. Retaliating against persons who are engaging in peaceful and unobstructive protest activity, including observing the activities of Operation Metro Surge.

b. Arresting or detaining persons who are engaging in peaceful and unobstructive protest activity, including observing the activities of Operation Metro Surge, in retaliation for their protected conduct and absent a showing of probable cause or reasonable suspicion that the person has committed a crime or is obstructing or interfering with the activities of Covered Federal Officers.

c. Using pepper-spray or similar nonlethal munitions and crowd dispersal tools against persons who are engaging in peaceful and unobstructive protest activity, including observing the activities of Operation Metro Surge, in retaliation for their protected conduct.

d. Stopping or detaining drivers and passengers in vehicles where there is no reasonable articulable suspicion that they are forcibly obstructing or interfering with Covered Federal Agents, or otherwise violating 18 U.S.C. § 111. The act of safely following Covered Federal Agents at an appropriate distance does not, by itself, create reasonable suspicion to justify a vehicle stop.

Thank you judiciary!

[Covie @covie_93]

BREAKING: The winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine will be in Washington DC on Monday to present their award to trump because he deserves it for naturally regrowing an ear.

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

People are giving Trump their awards for the same reason you give your keys to a toddler. To shut him up.

[milly @milly72810023]

@LeslynLewis Why are you leaving out the most important part? Judge Mosely also recommended the act reach the Supreme court in order to be changed, because he said the convoy was unlawful and dangerous to the Ottawa citizens. He was not in favor of the criminal acts of the convoy leaders.

[Andrew Stevenson (He/Him/His) @PW_Andrew_16]

@GlennWiens 💯‼️

[Heather McPherson @HMcPhersonNDP]

This is a dangerous response.
Cheering the illegal abduction of a foreign head of state and celebrating U.S. control over another country is wrong.
Canada cannot pick & choose when international law applies. If the rules only matter when it’s convenient, they don’t protect anyone

[Avi Lewis @avilewis]

The US has attacked a country, kidnapped its head of state, and is seizing its oil. Trump has invoked the Monroe Doctrine.

This is a moment for Canada to stand up: condemn this act of imperialism. Reject impunity and the politics of brute force. 

State clearly that we will not support a US invasion in any way whatsoever – and that includes our oil companies and weapons industry.

This is my position as a candidate for leader of the NDP. 

Canada’s response has shown why we need the NDP: Poilievre applauds Trump. Carney's government cannot muster a single world of criticism. 

Whatever you think about Maduro, Canada cannot be an accessory to this blatant violation of international law.