Parker Donham
Father. Grandfather. Retired journalist & blogger. Cape Bretoner. Chronic FOIPOP litigator. Dual U.S.-Canadian citizen. First car: Model A. Second car: Model T. Current car: Kia Niro EV Wave. 🇺🇦 ⚾
- Reposted by Parker Donhamnot that congress cares, but it is still a federal crime to lie under oath like this
- Shame!
- Pretty incredible that Jeff Bezos' Amazon announced a "$5 billion-plus" partnership w/ a Saudi AI co launched by Mohammed Bin Salman and sent CEO Andy Jassy to meet with him less than 7 years after MBS murdered Jamal Khashoggi, a columnist for Bezos' Washington Post. techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/a...
- Read @pkrugman.bsky.social's frightening assessment of climate policy under Trump Republicans. Then consider that Krugman used to publish in the @NYTimes.com, until intrusive editing so dulled the arguments he tried to raise that he was forced to quit. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
- Nova Scotia's professional associations (read: trade unions) are fighting hard against the Houston government's plan to reduce inter-provincial trade barriers. Sadly, Houston is backing down. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/4c0b452...
- An official plan to erase the history of residential school abuse in Canada:
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- Pope Leo's brother confirms he is a @chgo-whitesox.bsky.social fan, dashing hopes of Cubs fans.
- Reposted by Parker DonhamSo let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
- Reposted by Parker DonhamWell, without an ankle monitor, what is to stop her from co-authoring another op-ed? 
- Reposted by Parker DonhamWeird. Rome has an American Pope and America has a Russian President.
- Even if it means burning up the planet.
- What’s at the heart of Alberta premier Danielle Smith’s separation rhetoric? Oil. Her position, @drewanderson.bsky.social writes, has been driven since the outset by the Free Alberta Strategy. It's a plan to back oil and gas — even if it means breaking up Canada. thenarwhal.ca/free-alberta...
- Yes, please!
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- This is the classic bucket defense: "I had nothing to do with it." "Maybe it was A.I." "It was funny." "You can't take a joke." "Catholics loved it." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...
- Reposted by Parker DonhamDanielle Smith is playing fast and loose with the future of the country. It seems like a long shot that Alberta would vote to leave, but who knows what happens once you start down this path. It’s a live-ammo outing now. Utter insanity.
- The Canadian Institute of Actuaries governs the actuarial profession throughout Canada. Someone should file a complaint of malpractice against LifeWorks Alberta for its bogus study purporting to justify Danielle Smith's plan to abscond with half of the Canada pension fund. youtu.be/n-BkINaFRUY?...
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- Reposted by Parker DonhamFor folks saying,"Ignore the Pope thing! He wants to offend you! Don't you get it!" I have this rule I follow. I say what I think. I don't get into second order head games in which I think I'm outwitting someone else by strategically not saying what I think. Perhaps Im simple. But that's how I roll.
- PP was grotesque in this clip, but in fairness, Donovan's questions would make a good j-school exercise in bad interview tecniques.
- I'm sure by now you've seen the viral clip of Pierre Poilievre dismissively answering questions from a journalist and eating an apple. In light of recent election results, I reached out to the journalist in that clip to get his thoughts. pressprogress.ca/journalist-i...
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- Now that Trump has openly admitted he could bring back Abrego Garcia whenever he wants, his lawyer tells me he will use discovery to determine which officials are advising Trump to defy the Supreme Court. New piece from me with lots of fresh reporting on this case: newrepublic.com/article/1948...
- Reposted by Parker DonhamThere is no “debate” about fluoride in toxicology, medicine or science. I don’t think anyone who is capable of basic critical thinking has any problem understanding. These freaks could just not buy toothpaste with fluoride but instead they very badly want to make toothpaste inaccessible to everybody
- It will also be news to family members and descendants of the 8.7 million Soviet soldiers and 19 million Russian civilians who died in The Great Patriotic War. (407,316 US soldiers died in WWII, approximately one for every 214 Russian servicemember.)
- Alberta is Canada's wealthiest province. Its citizens are overwhelmingly loyal to Canada, but a disgruntled fringe advocates separation. Premier Danielle Smith needs to stop playing footsie with these malcontents. She is playing a reprehensible—and dangerous—game.
- What a lying sack of shit. This is a falsehood.
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- One thing that happened in last night's election: @justinling.ca firmly established himself in the top ranks of Canadian political commentary. Here he talks on The Bulwark about the path ahead for our country. (Ignore the Bulwark's clickbait headline.) youtu.be/G1ZnSpybNhY?...
- This is the election when Canada finally learned the American method of counting votes — with all the speed of a glacier melting.
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- I can clear up @JustinLing.ca's confusion:Trump is endorsing Pierre Poilievre.
- @davidfrum.bsky.social is backing off his claim that the CPC will win today's Canadian election. But he still insists Poilievre is getting a bad rap for channelling Trumpism—something PP did relentlessly until Trump launched his deranged attacks on Canada, whereupon PP tried desperately to pivot.
- Reposted by Parker DonhamAndry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 43 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
- Anyone know why the 2nd game of the Blue Jays-Yankees double header is "unavailable in your region on Amazon Prime," my usual streaming method? First game worked just fine.
- It's hard to imagine Pierre Poilievre having a conversation like this with Prof G (Paul Galloway): youtu.be/V11qNDDElZw?...
- This is what happens when a "local" Canadian daily is owned by a New York hedge fund. What a disgrace—and deeply embarrassing to the few journalists they still employ.
- This is embarrassing. I'm sure it embarrasses the few remaining journalists employed by the hedge fund-owned dailies in Atlantic Canada.
- Reposted by Parker DonhamMacron shook one hand.
- Halifax West Conservative candidate Rob Batherson can't be trusted. Yes, he has run for the Conservatives several times. He was national president of the party. He was Communications Director for NS premier John Hamm. But reporters who try to interview him must be manhandled out of the way.
- This doesn't make sense.
- Reposted by Parker DonhamHear no evil, hear all evil, hear some evil.
- Remember this chart next time you see a poll purporting to show who's going to win a Canadian election 3 months before it happens. Campaigns matter. Most voters don't focus on their decision until an election is called.
- @Suzannerent.bsky.social of the @halifaxexaminer.ca attended a Poilievre rally in Pictou County. The most revealing moment? When she needed to use washroom, the Conservatives sent a minder to accompany her. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
