All this talk of major leaders stepping aside, but it’s the Mayor of Kamloops BC, Reid Hamer-Jackson, who has our attention.

Do we need to “dial down” our political rhetoric in Canada, following the attempted assassination of Trump?

Over the past two weeks, the media has suddenly become experts in diagnosing neurodegenerative disorders following Biden’s stumbles at the debate. Canadian Youtuber J.J. McCullough joins Justin Ling to dissect this presidential testing of our patience. 

It’s been a tough week for leadership in North America, with calls for resignation dominating the headlines on both sides of the border. 

What’s going on in Han Dong’s defamation case against Global News?

Can a newspaper commit treason? The NSICOP report singles out China as the biggest foreign influence on Canadian media (and it’s more than just advertorial inserts.)

Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch is leeching off Trump’s brand. An outbreak of news coverage on Canadian racism. The RCMP offers super–secret docs to journalists. New Yorker, Rolling Stone & Guardian contributor Omar Mouallem co-hosts. Listen to Kellie Leitch on Commons Listen to The United States of Anxiety on WNYC Duly Noted: Sylvia Stead’s Globe and Mail piece, “Public Editor: Reader was right to note lack of balance” (Nov 11th 2016) Paula Simons’s National Post piece, “Alberta politics must resist temptation of Trump’s toxic ‘brolash’” (Nov 9th 2016) Danielle Paradis’s Metro piece, “An open letter to Derek Fildebrandt from a thin-skinned woman” (Nov 15th 2016) Omar Mouallem’s Twitter: @Omar_AOK

Trump’s 34 felony convictions made history in the U.S., but will his efforts to undermine the Rule of Law have an effect on Canadian attitudes towards the legal system?