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  1. 3 HRS AGO

    Accusations Fly in Newly Surfaced Legal Fight Involving Sam Mraiche

    The controversial Alberta businessman denies allegations he strong-armed a firm building publicly funded treatment centres. … Article written by Charles Rusnell. Sam Mraiche is the Edmonton multimillionaire businessman at the centre of one of the biggest ongoing political scandals in recent Alberta history. Now, Mraiche finds himself involved in a rancorous legal dispute in which it has been alleged that he was the "controlling mind" behind a "conspiracy" that allegedly extracted millions of dollars in payments from a contractor. The contractor, Melewka Homes, has built two apartment complexes and a recovery treatment centre for the Métis Nation of Alberta and two other treatment centres for the Enoch Cree and Tsuut'ina First Nations. The three recovery centres were built with more than $100 million in provincial funding. Mraiche, the owner of MHCare Medical, is alleged to have used his close relationship with the United Conservative Party government, and specifically with Jitendra Prasad, the now-former Alberta Health Services chief of procurement, to "threaten" and "intimidate" the contractor. It is alleged that Mraiche demanded at least $3.5 million in payments. But there is no evidence in the court documents either that the demands were made or that he received any of that money. This and many other allegations are detailed in 22 separate civil court pleadings in an ongoing civil case filed in Edmonton's Court of King's Bench beginning in July 2025. The legal dispute is between two companies, Melewka Homes, owned by Lewis Semashkewich and his son John, and Melewka Construction, which is owned by Mraiche's brother-in-law Mike Eldassouki, who has also been a senior executive at two of Mraiche's companies. Eldassouki, who sued first, is seeking about $30 million, while the Semashkewiches, by amended counterclaim, are seeking about $25 million. None of the many contradictory allegations from any of the plaintiffs or defendants have been proven in court. In his statement of defence, Mraiche denies all the allegations and contends he has been dragged into the case in an attempt to leverage his notoriety to force a discontinuance of the legal action. The case adds another layer to a scandal that is, in part, under investigation by Alberta's auditor general and the RCMP. The controversy has roiled the provincial legislature since the Globe and Mail published a story in July 2024 that first connected Mraiche to Premier Danielle Smith and several of her ministers and senior staff, including Marshall Smith (no relation), her now-former chief of staff. Mraiche has made headlines for various business dealings involving public funds, ranging from more than $600 million in sole-source contracts, mostly for personal protective equipment during the COVID era, to his involvement in the $80-million so-called Turkish Tylenol fiasco to his association with controversial chartered surgical facilities to his purchase of buildings connected to the UCP government. Key allegations Among the many unproven allegations contained in the civil action are that: Lewis Semashkewich alleges he was told that someone named "Fred," with connections to the UCP government, could potentially direct $200 million worth of contracts to his construction company. It's alleged "Fred" was later revealed to be Mraiche. Semashkewich alleges Mraiche was the controlling mind behind a conspiracy in which Eldassouki set up Melewka Construction as a front company for Mraiche and others to control access to contracts and extract improper payments. Construction completion payments to Melewka Homes allegedly were withheld until demands for payment totalling millions of dollars were provided to various individuals, including Mraiche and Eldassouki. During one heated argument over withheld payments, it is alleged Mraiche called Semashkewich a "retard and dumb f***ing Ukrainian" and allegedly said he had the connections in the Alberta government "to pull all the projects from Mel...

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  2. 3 HRS AGO

    Water Safety Experts Criticize Vancouver's Plan to Cut Lifeguards

    The city's 'zero means zero' budget will make beaches more dangerous, guards and swimmers say. … Article written by Katie Hyslop. Warnings from Vancouver Park Board commissioners last fall that the city's "zero means zero" 2026 budget would result in service cuts seem to be coming true as staff plan to halve the number of beaches and lakes with lifeguards from 10 down to five this summer. If the plan goes ahead, Third Beach, Trout Lake, Sunset Beach and Spanish Banks East and West will not be covered by lifeguards. Critics say this increases the risk of preventable injuries and deaths from drowning, as well as from alcohol overconsumption and collisions on the city's seawall. "Less than one per cent of drownings in British Columbia happen in lifeguard-supervised areas," Lenea Grace, executive director of the Lifesaving Society's B.C. and Yukon branch, told The Tyee. "People of all ages and abilities like to go to the beach, and we know that people often overestimate their abilities. They sometimes are unaware of ocean currents and tides, and other conditions that could affect them." The Tyee requested an interview with park board staff, but they were not made available. In an emailed statement sent to The Tyee, board communications staff said they are prioritizing lifeguarding the beaches with the highest traffic and incident response levels between the May and September long weekends: Jericho Beach, Locarno Beach, Kitsilano Beach, English Bay Beach and Second Beach. "This approach supports a balanced, sustainable delivery of lifeguard services while continuing to prioritize public safety and reliable access for residents," the statement reads. The statement added that Trout Lake and Sunset Beach are often closed due to high levels of E. coli in the water. "Beaches that will no longer be lifeguarded see lower swimmer volumes and fewer incidents, with several locations recording zero rescues," the emailed statement reads. Vancouver is an outlier in the Salish Sea in terms of having lifeguarded beaches, park board chair Tom Digby told The Tyee. "Few of the other beaches really have full-time, paid lifeguards." Digby said the decision about lifeguarding cuts was made by park board staff without input from the board's commissioners. "Any substantial change really does need to come to the commissioners for review. So we are going to be raising questions with staff to find out the basis for this decision and other layoffs," Digby said. Lifeguarding: More than drowning prevention Craig Amundsen has been a park board lifeguard since 1989 and head lifeguard at Third Beach in Stanley Park since 2024. Amundsen is also a shop steward with the Canadian Union of Public Employees or CUPE Local 1004, the union representing the city's lifeguards. If the board had consulted lifeguards before making this decision, he would have told them the position is about more than preventing drownings. Each beach has its own culture, Amundsen told The Tyee. For example, Third Beach lifeguards oversee a weekly drum circle, a lot of public drinking and a stretch of the city's seawall between Siwash Rock and Second Beach, where collisions, falls and even fights occur. "Sometimes the larger crowds bring larger problems: too much drug use, too much alcohol. Enjoying the dancing and then quickly going into the water when you're not a strong swimmer," said Amundsen. Unlike Spanish Banks, Third Beach is not a designated drinking beach, but it does see a lot of public alcohol use, Amundsen said. Lifeguards regularly respond to people who drink too much, while also keeping an eye out for unsupervised kids in the water and distressed swimmers. "There will be no one there to help," he said. There are many long-distance, open-water swimmers who swim between Second and Third Beach, Amundsen added, and because of the landscape reducing visibility between the two beaches, even with lifeguards there are tragedies. "Last year there were unfortunately some instances where ...

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  3. 3 HRS AGO

    BC's Watchdog on Why He Supports Widely Criticized Freedom of Information Changes

    Critics have claimed government has launched a 'stealth attack' on FOI with new bill. … Article written by Andrew MacLeod. British Columbia's freedom of information or FOI system faces threats but, despite concerns raised by critics, they don't include changes in an NDP government bill being debated in the province's legislature. That's the assessment of Michael Harvey, who has been the province's independent information and privacy commissioner since he was appointed on the recommendation of an all-party committee almost two years ago. "Our law here in British Columbia is one of the best FOI laws in the country and I think it will remain so after these amendments," said Harvey, who previously served five years in a similar position in Newfoundland and Labrador. "At this point I'm actually less concerned about the statute itself than about its operationalization," he said, adding that his office handles about 1,500 complaints and reviews each year under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. "Those numbers are sharply increasing." While Harvey said there's been a worryingly sharp decrease in the overall number of FOI requests — a decline he says is likely related to the introduction of an application fee in 2021 — many of the remaining requests have become overly broad and complex. "They will seek 'any and all' records, no matter how many records they are, they won't narrow their requests, and many of them, a small number, but some of them are becoming very combative with public bodies, even with our own offices," Harvey said. "This has led public bodies to feel like they're under siege," he continued. "This is what I'm really concerned about, and this is, I think, context that people need to understand. There's significant operational issues with our FOI system that have been recognized by the government, that have been recognized by other public bodies and that we recognize ourselves." For that reason he supports the changes that Citizens' Services Minister Diana Gibson introduced with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026, in late February. Gibson said the legislation makes minor changes that will make the system work better. But MLAs with both the Conservative Party of BC and the BC Greens say the bill is part of a long-term erosion of access rights and will make it even harder for people trying to get information from the government. The Freedom of Information and Privacy Association, an advocacy group, has also said parts of the bill will weaken access rights and reduce transparency. "It shifts the balance of power further away from the requester and towards the government, the head of the public body, in a couple of ways that are really problematic," the association's president, Mike Larsen, told The Tyee. In expressing their concerns, MLAs and advocates have noted what they consider Harvey's weak response to the bill. In a statement his office released within minutes of Gibson introducing the bill, he stressed he was pleased to have been consulted and expressed approval for the changes. Larsen said the response was disappointing. "For an organization that has a mandate to support freedom of information and transparency, at minimum there are some serious questions that have to be posed about a couple of the clauses in the bill." Speaking in the legislature, BC Green MLA Rob Botterell strongly opposed the bill and described Harvey's support for it as part of the "steady degradation of our democracy" in the province. "No other commissioner in Canada would ever countenance some of the amendments that are proposed in this legislation," he said. Botterell, who represents Saanich North and the Islands, is a lawyer who led the team that drafted the province's original freedom of information law that passed in 1992. Asked about the criticisms, Harvey stressed the independence of his role and his office. "I don't work for the government, so it's not my job to curry favour ...

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  4. 15 HRS AGO

    On the Brink of World War Trump

    Attacking Iran without securing the Strait of Hormuz is bringing grim consequences around the globe. … Article written by Crawford Kilian. As retired U.S. Army general Mark Hertling recently observed, Donald Trump's attack on Iran, with Israeli support, seems to have been designed as a marketing project, not a carefully planned and resourced military campaign. As a predictable result, the U.S. and Israel find themselves unable to suppress all Iranian missiles and drones. Those that get through are doing damage not only to Israel but to the oil-rich Gulf states that provide bases and support for the U.S. Far worse than that, Iran has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz. According to military analyst Phillips O'Brien, only three per cent of normal tanker traffic exited the strait by the end of the first week of March, and those have been Iranian or Chinese vessels. The U.S. Navy has declined to escort shipping through the strait. Trump has had the gall to invite NATO governments to provide a service his own navy can't handle. A much longer war now looms. It really began, of course, as soon as Trump took office in 2025 when he declared an emergency that permitted him to impose tariffs on America's trading partners — which include almost every country on the planet. He went on to threaten Greenland with annexation, Canada with statehood and Panama with repossession of the Canal Zone. Trump has since made it clear that the U.S. has no allies; it has client states and real or potential adversaries. By attacking Iran but losing control of the Strait of Hormuz, Trump has inadvertently turned a regional conflict into a global war — with the U.S. and Israel on one side and everyone else on the other. That's because so many nations depend, directly or indirectly, on exports from the Persian Gulf. Those exports include more than crude oil. Qatar, for example, is the largest producer of helium outside the U.S., supplying about 36 per cent of the world market in 2024. Those exports go through the Strait of Hormuz. Helium's not just for birthday party balloons. It's necessary for magnetic resonance imaging scanners, semiconductors, aerospace systems and many kinds of scientific equipment. The business website GoldInvest, citing Germany's Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, says a third of Qatar's helium goes to the European Union, with 31 per cent going to Southeast Asia and 29 per cent to China. With Qatari helium shut down indefinitely, prices are rising. Reuters recently reported that a 60-to-90-day halt in supply could see the price rise beyond $2,000 per thousand cubic feet, with other reports warning of a 40 per cent to 6o per cent increase. Existing supplies, stored in special containers, have a "shelf life" of 45 days before the contents evaporate. Reduced fertilizer supplies pose a food-security threat for India, Southeast Asia and West and North Africa. According to Deutsche Welle: Gulf nations account for 20 per cent of global traded volumes of key fertilizers such as ammonia, phosphates and sulfur, data from the maritime intelligence company Signal Group show. Nearly half the world's traded urea — the most widely used nitrogen fertilizer — comes from the Gulf region, with Qatar accounting for one-tenth of the global supply, according to Bloomberg Intelligence. When QatarEnergy last week halted production after Iranian strikes on Ras Laffan, the world's biggest LNG and fertilizer hub, hundreds of thousands of tons of key fertilizer nutrients and precursors were sidelined. The DW report went on to say that a "30-day closure of the strait could be enough to trigger shortages and yield risks for nitrogen-dependent crops like corn, wheat and rice." With the planting season about to start, Kenya is just one African nation worried about this year's crops and prices. Meanwhile, oil production and shipment have fallen sharply. MoneyControl.com recently reported that "Gulf countries' output of oil and oil produc...

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  5. 15 HRS AGO

    Someone Choking? This Is Better than the Heimlich Maneuver

    New evidence says back blows are more effective for adults, children and infants. … Article written by Cody Dunne, Andrew McRae and Khara Sauro. Eating is a social event. Whether it's a night out with friends or an evening at home enjoying family dinner, conversation goes well with food. But what if, in the middle of laughter and big bites, someone suddenly began to choke? Would you know what to do? Choking is a life-threatening emergency that requires immediate recognition and action to prevent rapid loss of consciousness, respiratory arrest and death. The actions of bystanders are often a major factor in the outcome of a choking incident. If the airway obstruction is not cleared before paramedics arrive, the risk of death is 42 per cent higher than if bystanders successfully remove it. While choking can happen to anyone at any time, certain people are at higher risk, including people with neurological conditions that affect swallowing or chewing (such as dementia, stroke and Parkinson's disease), people intoxicated by alcohol, drugs or medications or young children with small objects. Despite choking being an emergency, until recently there has been limited high-quality evidence to guide bystanders on the most effective way to help. Techniques like abdominal thrusts (formerly known as the Heimlich maneuver), back blows and chest compressions or thrusts have existed since the mid-1900s but, until recently, recommendations were largely based on case reports rather than rigorous scientific data. This evidence gap is dangerous. Bystander response is the primary driver of a choking person's outcome, so ensuring people know the safest and most effective way to care for a choking person can save lives. Back blows outperform abdominal thrusts and chest thrusts Our research team — a collaboration of Canadian researchers, physicians and paramedics — investigated a large cohort of choking patients in the province of Alberta and looked at the effectiveness and safety of different choking techniques. We found that back blows cleared the obstruction in 72 per cent of cases, superior to both abdominal thrusts (59 per cent) and chest thrusts (27 per cent). Survival to hospital discharge was also highest among those who initially received back blows (97.8 per cent) even after accounting for other important factors such as the patient's age, sex and the type of obstruction. Further, back blows caused no injuries, unlike abdominal thrusts and chest thrusts, which resulted in injury to the lungs, heart, liver, and ribs. New American Heart Association guidelines For the first time since 2010, the American Heart Association updated its guidelines on how people should care for someone who is choking. Due to the American Heart Association closely collaborating with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, these changes will impact first aid training across North America. In the updated guidelines, our Canadian study was cited to inform this critical change, and was the only study directly comparing different choking techniques. Previously, abdominal thrusts were recommended largely because they were reported more often in case descriptions, despite a known risk of serious injury. The updated guidelines now reflect the best available evidence. So, how should you respond when you see a choking person? If an adult or child can still cough, cry or speak clearly, then they are still able to clear the obstruction themselves. Get them to lean forward while encouraging them to cough forcefully. If the person goes quiet, cannot speak or cry, or can only weakly cough, you want to start with five strong back blows first. With the person bent forward at their hips, deliver firm glancing blows between their shoulder blades using the heel of your hand up to five times. If the obstruction does not clear, switch to abdominal thrusts. Continue alternating five back blows and five abdominal thrusts until the obstruction is cleared or the person becomes unconsci...

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  6. 1D AGO

    BC's Auditor General Offers Reasons for the Lack of Rebuilding in Lytton

    Five years after a catastrophic fire, a long-awaited report cites administrative hurdles and financial reporting gaps. … Article written by Tyler Olsen. A report by B.C.'s auditor general has again highlighted the fitful progress of rebuilding the fire-struck village of Lytton. The report, which was released Tuesday, revealed that the province had provided $51 million to the Village of Lytton as of last March. Construction, however, had started on only a few dozen buildings. At a press conference Tuesday, auditor general Bridget Parrish said that although some of Lytton's financial reporting had been deficient, its administrative and rebuilding challenges were mostly the result of a tangle of factors, including the tiny municipality's inability to lead its own recovery after a fire that wiped out its records and scattered its small staff to distant communities. Parrish called on the province to develop policies to assess the ability of local governments with limited capacity to lead their own disaster recovery. It also suggested the province could do more to facilitate co-operation between Indigenous governing bodies and local governments following disasters. The report largely described rebuilding challenges that have already been widely reported since the 2021 Lytton Creek fire destroyed 90 per cent of the village's structures. Lytton Mayor Denise O'Connor told The Tyee she wasn't surprised by the report's findings. "It was pretty reflective of our challenges," she said. O'Connor said she had initially hoped the report would provide more details, but that she now accepts it is focused on the role of the province and its rules and policies in responding to events like the Lytton fire. The Lytton Creek fire broke out near rail tracks just south of town at the height of the 2021 heat dome and with temperatures approaching 50 C — the village had set a new Canadian record the previous day with a reading of 49.6 C. The fire destroyed dozens of structures and killed two people as flames swept through the tiny village, the adjacent Lytton First Nation reserve and across a broad rural area. The cause of the fire has never been conclusively established. Forestry officials initially linked a passing train to the blaze but later backtracked. An RCMP investigation did not conclusively determine what caused the first sparks. The case remains the subject of a class-action suit, with Lytton residents suing Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railways. In December, a judge ruled the case could proceed to trial after new evidence was disclosed about high brake temperatures on a train passing through the community. Although Lytton had fewer than 300 residents when it burned down, the village served as a commercial and public service hub for a sprawling rural region. Immediately after the fire, then-premier John Horgan pledged Lytton would be rebuilt as a "community of the future." But rebuilding has been painfully slow. After the fire, months passed before debris was removed. It took years to fully remove contaminated soil and prepare properties for rebuilding, and construction didn't start on the first new village home until December 2023. Today, nearly five years after the fire, new homes are spread across the village's townsite, but most properties remain vacant and its once vibrant main street remains largely devoid of structures. No new commercial buildings have been constructed in town since the fire, and regional and provincial authorities have yet to rebuild public service buildings that once drew rural residents to the village. Many services have returned to the area, but most are now located on a Lytton First Nation reserve two miles north of the townsite. O'Connor is optimistic that the community will continue rebuilding, even if it will take longer than previously hoped. But at a council meeting last week, councillors discussed the building of a new two-storey town hall that would include commercial units on the ground floor....

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  7. 1D AGO

    Critics Fear Alberta's Involuntary Treatment Plan Will Cut Hospital Access

    The UCP is spending $7.5 million to convert 100 acute care beds despite a shortage. … Article written by Brett McKay. The Alberta government is allocating $7.5 million to create about 100 secure beds in hospitals throughout the province to accommodate people detained under the province's controversial involuntary treatment program. The Compassionate Intervention Act, which became law in May 2025, allows a family member or guardian, health-care professional or police officer to apply for an order to have a person who uses drugs apprehended and involuntarily committed to treatment if it's determined they are likely to cause harm to themselves or others because of their substance use or addiction. Alberta's 2026 budget allocates $318.6 million over three years in capital funding to build involuntary treatment facilities. Most of this money, $291 million, is dedicated to the construction of two 150-bed centres in Edmonton and Calgary, which are scheduled to open in 2030. The remaining $27.7 million in infrastructure funding wasn't itemized in the ministry business plans for either the Infrastructure or the Mental Health and Addictions Ministry. Nathaniel Dueck, press secretary to Mental Health and Addiction Minister Rick Wilson, told the Investigative Journalism Foundation that $20.2 million will be used to complete the Northern Alberta Youth Recovery Centre. And $7.5 million "is for needed upgrades within existing facilities and hospital units to establish about 100 secure beds for adults to support the implementation of compassionate intervention programming" prior to the dedicated centres opening." The upgrades required to convert the existing hospital units into secure beds for use with compassionate intervention legislation include "new doors, paint, safety and security enhancements, mechanical and electrical improvements and furniture," Dueck said. The province has identified five existing facilities where it plans to establish the 100 secure beds: Alberta Hospital Edmonton, the Centennial Centre in Ponoka, the Claresholm Mental Health Centre, the Peter Lougheed Centre in Calgary and the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital. The Northern Alberta Youth Recovery Centre in Edmonton will also be approved for involuntary treatment protocols when it opens in 2027. Dr. Kate Colizza, a general internal medicine and addiction medicine physician who practises in Alberta, said that at a time when hospitals in the province are regularly sitting at over 100 per cent capacity, introducing any new service into an already strained health-care environment is a cause for concern. "I think the idea of taking hospital beds away from hospital patients and using them to launch this program is going to have some potential negative implications for patients who are just waiting for a regular hospital space," Colizza said. The types of secure beds that will be used with compassionate intervention orders are specialized spaces that are in quite short supply, she said. "We regularly have people with significant mental health concerns spending extended periods of time in the emergency department, because these secure beds are so limited," Colizza said. Elaine Hyshka, an associate professor at the University of Alberta's school of public health, said the plans to integrate involuntary treatment spaces into health-care facilities raises a bigger question: Will allocating resources to compassionate intervention in general drain resources from public and voluntary treatment settings? "It's not just a matter of having space in beds. It's also a matter of having staff. And the trained staff that have expertise in addiction and substance use, as far as I'm aware, there is a shortage of those types of professionals in the province," Hyshka said. "And it's very challenging to hire into those roles." Colizza said the types of patients that will be created through the forced detox system would also require considerable time and attention of staff in these faciliti...

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  8. 1D AGO

    Please Advise! Who's to Blame for Soaring Gas Prices?

    Come on, says Dr. Steve. It's Trump's pointless ego-driven war and his general blend of incompetence, malice and delusions. … Article written by Steve Burgess. Dear Dr. Steve, I am mad. Gas prices are soaring. Who should I blame? Signed, Moto Cross Dear MC, Normally, gas prices are the bane of political analysts. They serve as the ultimate demonstration of electoral illogic — a random factor that reliably drives approval ratings down in every political sphere, despite the fact that the politicians in power almost never have anything to do with fuel costs, nor can they do much more than express sympathy and shake their fists at big, bad oil companies. But once again Donald Trump proves he is one of a kind. There's never been anyone like him. If you don't believe it, just ask Trump. He's incredible, unbelievable, like no one has ever seen before. With chaos reigning in the Strait of Hormuz, Trump is proving once again he is sui generis. Once you explain to him that's not some kind of sugar-free Swiss granola, the U.S. president would surely agree. As usual when gas prices spike, people are looking for someone to blame. And there he stands. It's so rare that a single person can take on the full responsibility for siphoning your RRSP into your gas tank. Joe Biden couldn't. Barack Obama couldn't. Only Donald Trump can truly say, "See that? See the pump meters spinning as though powered by coked-up gerbils? I did that. Me. Donald J. Trump." Ordinarily, blaming one man for high gas prices is a dirty trick. Not this time. Trump and pump are like cat and litter box. Your fuel budget might as well be the Epstein files for all the grimy Trump fingerprints on it. Motorists watching those pump dials roll like Satan's slot machine know very well that the president's attack on Iran is responsible. Planned with all the careful consideration of a stoner's Snickers purchase, the Iran attack is perhaps Trump's signature initiative. It has given him a glorious opportunity to display his unique perspective to the fullest. He combines the attention span of a caffeinated goldfish, the clueless egotism of a newly promoted nepo baby and the intellect of a damaged Commodore 64, all stuffed into a skin bag that appears to be leaching fermented soybeans. If one can mine grim laughter from such a serious situation, it was amusing to see Trump belatedly call upon European allies for support with his impulse war. After tariffs, insults and invasion threats, Trump turned on the batshit signal and demanded NATO assistance. Thus we see Trump's Art of the International Deal: "Screw you, screw you, screw you, HELP!" The boy who cried tariffs is now crying the blues. Maybe the Strait of Hormuz could issue a special permit for a big freighter full of tissues. But Trump knew this would happen. At a Monday appearance he said: "I knew the strait would be a weapon. I predicted it a long time ago. I predicted all of this stuff." He's admitting it? Trump aimed the pistol at his own foot, knew his toes would scatter like spilled macaroni and still fired? George W. Bush had "Mission Accomplished." Donald Trump has "I meant to do that." At times like these we discover how far we have to go with decarbonization. Inflation is certain to climb along with transportation costs, proving there's still a disturbing amount of oil in our food. Perhaps we owe the U.S. president a big thank you for highlighting our dangerous reliance on oil, thus helping drive the transition to a sustainable future. Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, environmental heroes. After all, they say every major air crash leads to improved safety features. In that sense, Trump and Putin are a couple of Hindenburgs on a collision course. In the end, though, it's all rather depressing. The pointless war, yes. But also the reminder of just what it takes to move the political needle these days. To review: Donald Trump attempted to violently overturn an election. A civil jury found him liable for...

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