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RobertPlausible retweeted
I haven’t heard Republicans this nervous since 2006.
It’s bad everywhere, and now there is legitimate concern about Iowa, Texas, Georgia, and South Carolina.
It all comes back to affordability, the Iran war, and President Trump.
RobertPlausible retweeted
Happy Election Day from 30 Rock!
Our NBC News plan tonight:
> 5pm: Live coverage begins on NBC (some affiliates will stay in local programming for first 90 minutes)
> 5:30: My livestream starts (link is pinned here). Results, results, results all night long into tomorrow AM. (And I’ll be joining the NBC broadcast throughout the night too - those segments will all be simulcast on the livestream)
> 6:00: First polls closings in IN and KY
> 6:30: NBC broadcast anchored by @SavannahGuthrie and @LlamasNBC goes live coast to coast.
> 6am Wednesday: The NBC special and the livestream wrap. Probably.
youtube.com/live/b043z24ErQk
youtube.com/live/b043z24ErQk
RobertPlausible retweeted
I finished my former boss Stephen Harper’s memoirs tonight on the eve of their release.
Acknowledging my own bias, I was struck by how gracious and introspective the book is. He expressed admiration for (some) political opponents and reckoned with his personal shortcomings as well as took stock of his real accomplishments.
It will always be one of the weirder conventional wisdoms among his critics that Harper was an angry reactionary rather than a principled and thoughtful normie conservative.
RobertPlausible retweeted
What? Win World War 2 & keep naval presence across the Pacific? Thank Heaven we did & do. The nations there feel the same.
RobertPlausible retweeted
America having military bases overseas is apparently reason enough for us to surrender our sovereignty to the PRC. Might as well tell our fishermen to stop fishing and let their families go hungry, since PRC harassment of them is now magically justified bc of this map
RobertPlausible retweeted
Just finished the first chapter of PM Harper’s new book “here for Canada” and it was incredible.
RobertPlausible retweeted
5:30pm tomorrow: Our 12.5-hour just-the-results Election Night/overnight/next morning livestream begins!
Bookmark the link, tell everyone you know and come join the fun!
Here it is: the link for the election night livestream. It’ll go live at 5:30pm Tuesday and we’ll go nonstop through the night. Truly hope you’ll come along for the ride - and please help spread the word and share with others!
youtube.com/live/b043z24ErQk
youtube.com/live/b043z24ErQk
RobertPlausible retweeted
These arent even US bases, these are FILIPINO bases where the US is given access which is also similarly afforded to other Visiting Forces Agreement partners like Japan (with an RAA in 2024), Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and France.
RobertPlausible retweeted
Scoop - Japan and Taiwan are working on a broad trade pact, according to sources with direct knowledge of the talks, that could provide a strategic anchor between the Asian tech powers and break a logjam in Taiwanese trade diplomacy. @NikkeiAsia 1/4 asia.nikkei.com/economy/trad…
RobertPlausible retweeted
Madame Le Pen, as a friend and ally of France, Poland does not interfere in your politics.
Please respect us by not interfering in ours.
RobertPlausible retweeted
It need not be this way
Canada’s trucking industry racked by non-compliance, training and safety concerns
cp24.com/news/canada/2026/11…
RobertPlausible retweeted
Happy Halloween, everyone! 🎃 It’s a beautiful day to trick-or-treat or just enjoy the Fall weather. Have fun, be safe, and look out for each other!
RobertPlausible retweeted
However, he will not offer reparations
“I do not think that British people today can be held liable for historical wrongs, however heinous”
Story: theguardian.com/world/2026/o…
RobertPlausible retweeted
The events at the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw last night were not elegant but the alternative was to concede an unconstitutional transformation of Poland into a presidential republic.
Poland continues to be ruled by a coalition government elected by parliament.
The stand off around Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal is about restoring rule of law to an institution which had been politicised by the populist government which lost power in the election of 2023. Its president repeatedly broke the law by steering politically sensitive cases to hand-picked judges. It failed to pass its own budget,
