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25 SEP 2026 · Jon Liedtke discusses politicians bypassing local Canadian media to control their narratives through hand-picked global outlets. By granting exclusive national security interviews to publications like the New York Times, leaders evade unscripted domestic scrutiny and accountability. This strategy prioritizes polished international exposure over informing Canadian citizens, leaving local journalism frozen out and weakening democracy.
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22 SEP 2026 · Jon Liedtke criticizes NDP leader Avi Lewis for blaming Canadian Jews for overseas conflicts following a synagogue shooting in Belleville, Ontario. Highlighting a officer’s injury and another plot in Whitby, Liedtke argues Canada’s breakdown in law, political inaction, and rising antisemitism threaten national security and safety for all citizens.
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21 SEP 2026 · Jon Liedtke discusses a leaked report revealed a US military AI hallucinated that a Chinese cargo ship carried nuclear weapons to the Middle East, nearly triggering an armed conflict. Although double-checking prevented disaster, analysts warn that prioritizing speed over accuracy in military AI adoption risks disastrous escalations, directly threatening allied security, including Canada's.
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19 SEP 2026 · When US politicians proposed renaming Lake Erie to "Lake Pennsylvania" and "Gulf of Cleveland," radio host Gene Valaitis and commentator Jon Liedtke criticized the moves as political theater. Liedtke argued these cartographic stunts ignore Indigenous history and trade realities, humorously suggesting Canada counter-brand its border waters as "Lake Universal Healthcare."
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11 SEP 2026 · On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Jon Liedtke reflects on his personal memories of the day and its devastating, lasting economic impact on the Windsor-Detroit border. He highlights the tragic irony that the border seeing a necessary new, secure crossing with the Gordie Howe Bridge, built for post-9/11 resilience, cross-border trade now faces stiff US tariffs and political plays.
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10 SEP 2026 · Gene Valaitis and Jon Liedtke discuss AI’s threats, from fake journalist identities scraping local Canadian news to Anthropic’s predictive surveillance tools. Liedtke argues that tech companies use apocalyptic warnings as PR spin for regulatory capture, seeking to create high barriers to entry to secure monopolies rather than protect public safety.
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4 SEP 2026 · Jon Liedtke discusses a federal court ordering Ottawa to unseal secret files on post-WWII Nazi resettlement in Canada assisted by US intelligence. I critique Canada’s historic rejection of Jewish refugees while admitting war criminals, dismissing Ottawa’s secrecy excuses, and demanding full transparency to combat rising modern antisemitism.
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3 SEP 2026 · Jon Liedtke critiques Ontario’s $750 teacher supply allowance managed through Staples, arguing the program slashes purchasing power, redirects $300 from existing board budgets, and funnels $66 million to a US private equity firm while burdening teachers with extra administrative price-matching before school starts.
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2 SEP 2026 · Jon Liedtke discusses the Dominion Society of Canada, a far-right White Nationalist group using deceptive tactics to secure event space. He questions whether police warnings to venues constitute improper political policing, concluding that extremism thrives on genuine institutional failures and public anxiety surrounding infrastructure, healthcare, and immigration.
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28 AUG 2026 · Jon Liedtke criticizes the CBC's editorial stylebook guidelines that describe 9/11 attacks as "passenger jet crashes" rather than acts of terrorism, arguing this language sanitizes mass murder, ignores Canadian statutory law, demonstrates a virtue-signaling double standard, and disrespects taxpayers.
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| Author | Jon Liedtke |
| Organization | Jonathon Liedtke |
| Categories | News Commentary , Politics , News |
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| kvetch@jonliedtke.ca |
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