đ¨đŚđşđ¸ CrossâBorder Insider
40+ years in international journalism
Decoding Canada + U.S. politics, media, and power
Editor: Canadian Pulse & American Pulse
Back after six months â and ready to cut through the noise again. Canada and the U.S. are shifting fast, and the stories that matter arenât always the ones making headlines. Time to unpack whatâs really going on.
đ¨đŚ SPECIAL EDITION â CANADIAN PULSEâ¨THE EARTHQUAKE NEXT DOOR
A historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting Donald Trumpâs tariff powers could reshape Canadaâs economy â from exporters to supply chains to billions in potential refund claims.
https://t.co/QWQRcqLCqs
Stephen Miller: The Most Reviled Power Broker in Trumpâs Inner Circle.â¨A behindâtheâscenes strategist whose hardâline ideology reshaped U.S. immigration, civilârights policy, and the antiâDEI movement.â¨Iâm profiling Miller - he demands scrutiny.
https://t.co/zaySpWLzat
Canadian Pulse Special Editionâ¨Danielle Smith lit up the headlines. The noise is huge.â¨I cut straight through it.â¨Whatâs real.â¨Whatâs noise.â¨Whatâs actually at stake for Canada.â¨Read the breakdown â and why it matters.
https://t.co/bhX7nLiyhl
SPECIAL EDITIONâ¨Jamil Jivani didnât spark a controversy â he forced a reckoning inside Canadian conservatism.
Canadians called him a traitor.â¨Poilievre had to publicly distance himself.â¨The party was shaken to its foundations.
https://t.co/5vhBwanVDa
đşđ¸ NEW: Stick to Your Knitting
As Trump tries to play global kingmaker, a growing chorus â from voters to analysts to his own allies â is saying the same thing:
Fix America first.
My latest for American Pulse
https://t.co/UQudMLVIse
đ¨đŚ PART II â Quebec: The Original Unity Crisisâ¨The fracture line in the image is real.â¨Quebec spent 50 years reshaping Canadaâs political culture â and now Alberta is pulling on the other side.â¨Ottawa is back in the middle.â¨New piece out now.
https://t.co/sr4OtUY7b0
Every Mafio Don has them - enforcers doing the Don's bidding.
So welcome Donald Trump's enforcers - cold, calculating, all consuming in their efforts to please the boss - the Orange One.
Gaza hasnât âcalmed down.ââ¨Itâs just fallen out of the headlines.
Humanitarian groups report ongoing strikes, rising casualties, and worsening conditions â happening with almost no global scrutiny.
https://t.co/xl6ZjybEuj
New: The Invisible Thread Holding Us Together.â¨Three small acts of kindness.â¨Three reminders that humanity isnât broken.â¨Read it. Share it. Letâs amplify the good for a change.
https://t.co/3MHl0UqRfr
The $3.4B Trump Presidency.â¨Foreign governments, tech giants, crypto platforms â billions flowing into Trumpâfamily ventures while heâs in the Oval Office.â¨Every number documented.â¨Inside the Trump cash machine â
https://t.co/4opdsQE2YG
A year ago, Pete McMartin wrote a farewell to America that felt cathartic.â¨Today, it feels like foresight.
His essay captured a mood Canadians were only beginning to sense: growing distance from a neighbour defined by volatility and democratic..
https://t.co/I7H45H5Hp9
The real future of journalism isnât in shrinking legacy newsrooms â itâs in the small, readerâfunded outlets that still show up.
New edition of Fourth Estate Convulsions now live.
https://t.co/ANgq5cMKKH
Credit card rewards are being quietly redesigned for big spenders â and everyday consumers are getting pushed aside.
In Business Beat: Money Demystified, I break down whatâs driving the shift, the smart strategies you can use to claw back value.
https://t.co/p2Hs9Jo0f3
John Marston is redefining Coast Salish carving â disciplined form, immaculate surfaces, and a living tradition carried forward with precision.
Full feature now live.
https://t.co/a2Q7XQyyzY
đ¨đŚ THE NEW UNITY CRISISâ¨Washington lit the fuse. Alberta is reacting.
Last weekâs profile of Wab Kinew (Manitobaâs premier) made one thing clear: Canadians want clarity.
Alberta â Quebec â U.S. travel boycott.â¨The unity question is back.
https://t.co/yvnRwZNBAb
Trump allies are shaping the 2026 narrative now:â¨If they donât control the system, the election is âillegitimate.ââ¨That includes federalâtakeover rhetoric and even talk of ICE at polling places.â¨This isnât noise. Itâs a strategy.
https://t.co/nWYko3hvoc
Trumpâs Imminent Forever Presidencyâ¨A boundless ego. A nationâs infrastructure as personal stationery. A legacy project that never sleeps.â¨In American Pulse, I examine how the President is transforming federal power into a national branding machine
https://t.co/ES8WE8ljC4
Weeknight cooking that tastes like the Italian countryside.â¨Butter. Lemon. ParmigianoâReggiano. Roasted squash. Pappardelle.â¨Simple ingredients, deep comfort.â¨New recipe live now.
https://t.co/xhKTeKeS6P
An 88âyearâold woman with dementia fell while bringing up her trashcan.â¨A sanitation worker helped her â and then made a promise: sheâd never struggle with it again.
Every Tuesday, he brings it up her driveway. Quiet kindness still exists.
https://t.co/Te5fz5LN3x