Lise Lareau

McMaster labour studies graduate student; occasional York U prof on media/labour issues, ex-CBC news producer, ex-president of Canadian Media Guild.

[Lise Lareau @lisemlareau]

This is crazy even by the craziest of standards. Good someone has the time to read it and document it so the rest of us don’t have to.

[Harry Sisson @harryjsisson]

Trump had one of his worst mental health episodes yet last night, posting over 55 times in 3 hours. Here is the list:

10:15 PM - Accuses Obama of attempting a coup in 2016
10:15 PM - Says Obama worked with CIA to overthrow Trump
10:15 PM - Reposts tweet saying Obama is a “traitor” and that he should be arrested
10:22 PM - Attacks dominion voting systems for 2020 election saying they switched votes
10:22 PM - Says Fulton County, GA had their 2020 fraud exposed (there was none)
10:23 PM - Accuses Obama of personally making $120 million from Obamacare (wtf?)
10:23 PM - Cites quack lawyer Sidney Powell on the 2020 election
10:24 PM - Posts fake JFK Jr account that says Obama wiretapped Trump Tower
10:27 PM - Demands Senator Mark Kelly resign
10:29 PM - Claims neither Biden nor Harris were in charge of the Biden admin
10:29 PM - Attacks Fulton County, GA again
10:29 PM - Posts Fox News clip of Rep Ro Khanna
10:30 PM - Demands Jack Smith be arrested
10:30 PM - Accuses Obama, Clinton, and Comey of treason
10:39 PM - Reposts a tweet from a MAGA account saying they have secret intel proving Clinton and Obama committed crimes
10:39 PM - Reposts a MAGA tweet saying Hillary Clinton should be sent to Haiti
10:40 PM - Says the DOJ is “working hard” to arrest his enemies for treason
10:40 PM - Reposts a tweet attacking his own DOJ and Todd Blanche for no arrests of political enemies
10:40 PM - Posts a TikTok video of people stealing from a convenience store
10:41 PM - Posts a TikTok of someone taking a Door Dash order
10:41 PM - accuses Obama, John Brennan, and Clinton of sedition and treason again
10:42 PM - Posts a video of a man on CCTV footage knocking over food a waiter was carrying
10:47 PM - Calls Obama the “most DEMONIC FORCE” in American politics
10:47 PM - Posts a tweet from Mike Flynn saying 2020 election wasn’t fair
10:49 PM - Attacks Dominion again claiming they stole the 2020 election (it wasn’t)
10:51 PM - Reposts a fake Charlie Kirk account that claimed Obama blocked Hillary Clinton from being prosecuted
10:53 PM - Claims Obama was part of Hillary Clinton’s emails in some way
11:28 PM - Claims a senior Democrat just testified under oath that Senator Adam Schiff leaked classified information
1:13 AM - Attacks the New York Times for reporting on the reflecting pool

This man is clearly not well.

[Bev 🇨🇦 @Garnet_2203]

RIP Antoine Forest 🙏🇨🇦

[Lise Lareau @lisemlareau]

Best post of the past 24 hours.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

The most important Oscar speech tonight wasn’t about film.

The director of “Mr. Nobody Against Putin” just said this from the stage:

“You lose your country through countless small acts of complicity. When we act complicit when a government murders people on the streets. When oligarchs take over the media and control how we produce and consume it. We all face a moral choice. But even a nobody is more powerful than you think.”

He was talking about Russia.

The audience knew he was talking about America too.
Elon Musk owns the platform you’re reading this on.

David Ellison is buying CNN — Pete Hegseth said it will be “far better” when he does.

The DOGE deposition videos were removed from YouTube.

The Epstein files are sealed.
The Pentagon won’t release a casualty count.
Countless small acts of complicity.

That’s how you lose it.
A nobody is more powerful than you think.

Never stop connecting the dots.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

The most important Oscar speech tonight wasn’t about film.

The director of “Mr. Nobody Against Putin” just said this from the stage:

“You lose your country through countless small acts of complicity. When we act complicit when a government murders people on the streets. When oligarchs take over the media and control how we produce and consume it. We all face a moral choice. But even a nobody is more powerful than you think.”

He was talking about Russia.

The audience knew he was talking about America too.
Elon Musk owns the platform you’re reading this on.

David Ellison is buying CNN — Pete Hegseth said it will be “far better” when he does.

The DOGE deposition videos were removed from YouTube.

The Epstein files are sealed.
The Pentagon won’t release a casualty count.
Countless small acts of complicity.

That’s how you lose it.
A nobody is more powerful than you think.

Never stop connecting the dots.

[Lise Lareau @lisemlareau]

Wow. Good news and bad news here. A different kind of consolidation.

[Lulu NYT @LuluGNavarro]

The size of the @nytimes newsroom: Publisher AG Sulzberger says it’s now 2300 journalists, doubled from 10 years ago.

[Lise Lareau @lisemlareau]

Wow. Anderson Cooper.

[The Daily Beast @thedailybeast]

CBS News’ '60 Minutes' is about to lose another high-profile star under the chaotic reign of the network’s new editor in chief.

https://t.co/vD5OAYePb9

[Matina Stevis-Gridneff @MatinaStevis]

“I will talk today about the breaking of the world order, the end of a pleasant fiction & the beginning of a brutal reality where the geopolitics of the great powers is not subject to any constraint”
Standing ovation for Carney eulogy of the world order
https://t.co/7NxtShQUUR

[Lise Lareau @lisemlareau]

What a shock.

[Dylan Byers @DylanByers]

Scoop: CBS Evening News anchor @tonydokoupil has landed interview with President Donald Trump.

Interview will air tonight.

[Lise Lareau @lisemlareau]

A truly disgusting admission.

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

President Trump received a standing ovation in the Knesset when he acknowledged giving weapons to the Israeli military.

“…Bibi would call me so many times—“Can you get me this weapon? That weapon? That weapon?” Some of them I never even heard of. But we’d get them there, wouldn’t we? And they are the best. They are the best…and you obviously used them very well.”

[Lise Lareau @lisemlareau]

Elvis in *IMAX* of course.

[Lise Lareau @lisemlareau]

Still reeling from the world premiere of @bazluhrmann ‘s Elvis Presley in Concert (EPIC) documentary at @TIFF50. It was an up-close-and-personal view of Elvis in his prime (1970 and 1972) with recently unearthed live and rehearsal footage. Amazing. Elvis in INAX!! So was Luhrmann in conversations with the audience!

[Lise Lareau @lisemlareau]

Really well said.

[George Stroumboulopoulos 🐺 @strombo]

He was a Canadian renaissance man. Great goalie, great writer, politician, business figure…. Whatever he did, he made the task his own and infused it with a rare combo of intelligence, humility and skill.
If he had only been a goalie, he’d be a legend. Because he was so much more - he’s become part of our national story.
RIP Ken Dryden

[Lise Lareau @lisemlareau]

For all the scholarly and sports-related expressions of grief today I have another perspective. Back in the early 1970s Ken Dryden was also a heartthrob - he was a tall handsome goalie who could speak in complete sentences. I was in love. RIP Ken Dryden

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

Deeply saddened to learn of the passing of the Hon. Ken Dryden, a Canadian hockey legend and hall of famer, public servant and inspiration. He was a 6-time Stanley Cup Champion, 5-time Vezina trophy winner, Minister of Social Development, and dedicated Parliamentarian.

Ken Dryden was the reason I became a goalie, although I never mastered his ability to lean on his stick let alone keep the puck out of the net.

His return to university at the height of his playing career taught the importance of balance in life. His post-hockey career demonstrated the value of public service.

Few Canadians have given more, or stood taller, for our country.

Ken Dryden was Big Canada. And he was Best Canada. Rest in peace.

[Lise Lareau @lisemlareau]

Very well said. This is a big big loss.

[Alexander Panetta @Alex_Panetta]

7 full seasons. 6 Stanley Cups. The one year he returned to school, the Habs lost; after he retired, they started losing again. Lawyer. Federal cabinet member. Author of some damned fine writing. And a nice guy -- the kind who, after he was voted out of office, stood on a sidewalk the morning after the election to thank constituents. RIP.

[Samira Mohyeddin سمیرا @SMohyeddin]

I interviewed Nasser Abu Baker late last night. The president of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate & executive member of @IFJGlobal. In Canada to receive @UniforTheUnion Nelson Mandela Award, he told me not a single legacy media outlet reached out to him for an interview.

[Lise Lareau @lisemlareau]

This is one of those labour actions that will be studied for years to come. Strength and solid communications on the part of @cupenat #aircanadastrike

[Stephanie Ross @stephross_mac]

Happy to be waking up to this news — flight attendants’ incredible courage and resolve produced this result. Well done @cupenat

#canlab #aircanadastrike #aircanadaflightattendants

[Lise Lareau @lisemlareau]

This is big news!

[Unifor @UniforTheUnion]

It's a #PrimeDay indeed! Big win as the B.C. Labour Board certifies Unifor at Amazon’s Delta facility after ruling the company interfered in the union drive. “Workers slayed the giant,” said @Lanampayne. Time to bargain a first contract. #canlab
https://t.co/IcMwRuBpk6

[Lise Lareau @lisemlareau]

Worth a read. How the Attacks on Iran Are Part of a Much Bigger Global Struggle https://t.co/uAiJOtD5yE via @NYTOpinion

[Lise Lareau @lisemlareau]

I fear that this very dull and unimaginative response is a deliberate attempt to appease Trump in the midst of trade talks. It’s really tone deaf. What about the Iranian people, for example? If @MarkJCarney hopes to be a global leader of progressive nations - he has to do better.

[Antonia Zerbisias @AntoniaZ]

Who wrote the talking points script?

#USpoli #CDNpoli #UKpoli #Iran #Israel