Ezra Klein
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That's what Canada is like. We have a state broadcaster here that has a larger staff than all private media combined. Imagine how that distorts the debate. And whatever private media that there is now gets about a $30,000 per journalist yearly subsidy from the government. So they're all pulling for Team Mark Carney. There's really only a handful of independent journalists left. So they...
That's what Canada is like. We have a state broadcaster here that has a larger staff than all private media combined. Imagine how that distorts the debate. And whatever private media that there is now gets about a $30,000 per journalist yearly subsidy from the government. So they're all pulling for Team Mark Carney. There's really only a handful of independent journalists left. So they...
I think in Canada soon there'll only be government-funded journalists or government-banned journalists. It is not a healthy state of affairs. Elon Musk, frankly, is the most consequential man in politics because he has strengthened our freedom of speech. And thank God Donald Trump won because he's fixing the censorship problem in social media, which benefits us up here in Canada.
I think in Canada soon there'll only be government-funded journalists or government-banned journalists. It is not a healthy state of affairs. Elon Musk, frankly, is the most consequential man in politics because he has strengthened our freedom of speech. And thank God Donald Trump won because he's fixing the censorship problem in social media, which benefits us up here in Canada.
If Trump did not win... Rebel News would be out of business because Twitter and the free speech that's now seeping back into social media would be gone.
If Trump did not win... Rebel News would be out of business because Twitter and the free speech that's now seeping back into social media would be gone.
No, I love this is my home. I mean, for generations, my family being here, this is my country. I'm not going to give it up without a fight. We fought during the COVID lockdowns, which were extreme up here. Remember the Canadian truckers? Of course I did. They came and they broke the fever and they set an example for the world. And remember, no politician supported them.
No, I love this is my home. I mean, for generations, my family being here, this is my country. I'm not going to give it up without a fight. We fought during the COVID lockdowns, which were extreme up here. Remember the Canadian truckers? Of course I did. They came and they broke the fever and they set an example for the world. And remember, no politician supported them.
They didn't have a big super PAC behind them. It was grassroots people saying enough is enough. That inspires me, those truckers. So we're going to keep fighting. And again, I'm a glass half full guy. The conservative leader of Canada got the highest vote that his party has received in a generation. I think that he'll break through next time. He's got a...
They didn't have a big super PAC behind them. It was grassroots people saying enough is enough. That inspires me, those truckers. So we're going to keep fighting. And again, I'm a glass half full guy. The conservative leader of Canada got the highest vote that his party has received in a generation. I think that he'll break through next time. He's got a...
conservative working class coalition, including young people. It's pretty unique around the world. I think it can win. And I would just say to our American friends, don't give up on us. Don't annex us. You don't need to. You already have a free trade agreement that'll give you all the oil and gas and minerals you can buy. So you don't need to annex us. That spooked Canadians.
conservative working class coalition, including young people. It's pretty unique around the world. I think it can win. And I would just say to our American friends, don't give up on us. Don't annex us. You don't need to. You already have a free trade agreement that'll give you all the oil and gas and minerals you can buy. So you don't need to annex us. That spooked Canadians.
That's frankly a reason why the But let's get back to being best friends. You can be Batman and we'll be Robin. We're the junior partner in the friendship. But let's be best friends again is what I have to say.
That's frankly a reason why the But let's get back to being best friends. You can be Batman and we'll be Robin. We're the junior partner in the friendship. But let's be best friends again is what I have to say.
It is a wild thing to release a book into the world. Abundance, the book I co-wrote with Derek Thompson, has been out for a month and a half. It hit number one on the New York Times bestseller list this week, which thank you to all of you out there who have read it or listened to it. No way that would have happened without you.
It is a wild thing to release a book into the world. Abundance, the book I co-wrote with Derek Thompson, has been out for a month and a half. It hit number one on the New York Times bestseller list this week, which thank you to all of you out there who have read it or listened to it. No way that would have happened without you.
And it's doing things out there that I never really expected it to do, creating arguments that I didn't see coming, which is amazing. And so I wanted to have on today two people from the left, which is where much more of the pushback than I necessarily saw coming has come from.
And it's doing things out there that I never really expected it to do, creating arguments that I didn't see coming, which is amazing. And so I wanted to have on today two people from the left, which is where much more of the pushback than I necessarily saw coming has come from.