Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks during a news conference in Calgary on May 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Danielle Smith’s dangerous referendum rhetoric threatens Canada’s Constitution and Indigenous treaty rights

The explosive political climate Danielle Smith is stoking in Alberta could lead to Constitutional unravelling, further harm to treaty rights and violence against those she suggests a threat to her agenda.
Le président Trump dans la salle de presse de la Maison-Blanche, à Washington, le 25 avril 2026, après la tentative d’assassinat présumée lors du dîner annuel des correspondants. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Nouvelle tentative d’assassinat présumée contre Trump : il est peu probable que cela freine sa baisse de popularité

La dernière tentative d’assassinat présumée de Trump n’aurait pas pu survenir à un meilleur moment en raison de sa baisse de popularité. Mais il est peu probable que cela lui profitera.
President Donald Trump speaks at the White House briefing room after an alleged assassination attempt at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington on April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Another alleged attempt on Trump’s life: A political lifeline or a damaging display of weakness?

While those around Donald Trump are trying to spin the latest alleged attempt on his life as more evidence of his super humanity, the U.S. president is looking more mortal by the day.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump look at the flag-draped casket of former president Jimmy Carter as he lies in state in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump’s second presidency: How our deepest fears can shape political outcomes

Donald Trump’s own fears of physical and social vulnerability have helped compel his dangerous projections of power.
President Joe Biden and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participate in a presidential debate on June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. Biden’s been faced with growing calls to exit the race ever since. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Joe Biden’s refusal to step aside illustrates the political dangers of ‘death denial’

Joe Biden’s refusal to grapple with his looming mortality brings the world dangerously close to another Republican presidency rife with Donald Trump’s many denials and resentments.

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