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Liberal Mark Carney wins in campaign to be Canada's prime minister in election dominated by one topic: President Trump. Source: WIONews, screengrab from YouTube.

What We’re Reading: Canada’s Carney Conquers, Europe’s Green Blackout, All That Glitters Is ‘Golden Dome’ . . . And More

News, issues and events that caught our eye.

Canada’s Election: Not The 51st State Yet

TDS on Steroids: Canada Elects a Prime Minister to Spite Trump  — PJ Media

Carney’s dire record at the Bank of England is a warning to Canada — The Telegraph, via Yahoo

Canada will deal with Trump ‘on our terms’, Carney tells BBC — BBC, via Yahoo

‘American Betrayal!’ New Canadian PM Mark Carney Torches Trump in Victory Speech After Election Win — Mediaite

Charlie Kirk Analyzes Canadian Election — The Charlie Kirk Show, X

Europe Blackout: Result Of Its War On Fossil Fuels?

Spain’s big blackout came less than week after it went full green on electricity — American Thinker

Spanish Grid Operator Won’t Say Why Blackout Happened — Visegrad 24, X

Spain experienced a nationwide power outage one week after reaching 100% “green” energy — NotTheBee

Europe Asking ‘Who Turned the Lights Out?!’ — Hot Air

‘Net Zero Madness’: Spain’s Reliance on Solar Energy Blamed For Massive Nations-Wide Power Cut — Breitbart

German energy failure — Powerline

UK Electrical Grid Rescued by Gas — Hot Air

Europe’s Bureaucrats Whistle Along As They Barrel Towards China’s Green Energy Trap — Daily Caller

Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’: A Massive Spur To Manufacturing?

The Biggest Shot of Adrenaline Into U.S. Manufacturing Since WWII — Stephen Green, PJ Media

What’s In Golden Dome Defense Proposal? Plenty — Aaron Slodov, New American Industrial Alliance, on X

If manufacturing booms, will we have enough job-ready workers? — Joanne Jacobs, Thinking and Linking

Dems Say $430 Bil Cut By Trump — Is That A Bad Thing?

Oops! Democrat ‘Funding Tracker’ Shows $430 Bil Cut By Trump — Democrat Press Release, via Citizen Free Press

Congressional GOP Seeks List Of Spending Cuts From White House Budget Plan — Politico

Republicans Plan Would Overhaul Federal Student Loan Program — CNBC

Deportation Of Illegal Immigrants Wins Broad Approval

CBS Poll: Trump Deportation Policy Gets 56 Percent Support — Breitbart

Tom Homan: Biden First President To Intentionally Leave Border Unsecured — Daily Wire

Mexico has received nearly 39,000 deportees from US since Trump took office — Reuters, via AOL

Still More Winning: Trump Sends Back 4,000 Foreign Criminals Who Were Here on Student Visas — PJ Media

Democrat Rep. Cuellar: Democrats Made Wrong Choice In Case Of Deported MS-13 Suspect — Daily Caller

California’s Self-Inflicted Disasters Keep Piling Up

After Battering Oil/Gas Industry, Gavin Newsom Wants California Oil Refineries to Stay Open — California Globe

Report: Oil & Gas Contribute $338 Bil To California Economy — Western States Petroleum Association

ICYMI: Newsom Hits The Gas — Issues & Insights

What’s Next? Golden State lawmaker wants to ‘decriminalize’ welfare fraud — American Thinker

New law would exclude felony charges for those who buy 16 and 17 year olds for sex — Ashley Zavala, X

Media Remorse Over Lying About Biden’s Mental Issues? Nil

At White House Correspondents’ Dinner, fake remorse over Biden ‘mistakes’ — Glenn Reynolds, New York Post

The media must admit to covering up Biden’s decline — The Spectator, via Archive.today

Chuck Todd Has a Meltdown Defending Media’s Cover-Up of Biden’s Cognitive Decline — PJ Media

Dismantling Biased NPR And PBS: Still Some Work To Do

Action: Trump Sacks Three On PBS, NPR Board — Scott MacFarlane, X

Reaction: Corporation for Public Broadcasting Sues Trump Over Firings — Bloomberg Law, via Citizen Free Press

Edupocalypse: Ivy League Struggles With Its Own Racism

Trump Administration Probes of Harvard Law Review’s Racial Preferences — Washington Free Beacon

Why Is The Ivy League Such A Cesspit Of Racism, Bigotry And Hate? — David Bernstein, X, via Instapundit

Princeton Head Eisgruber Catches Serious Flak — Christopher F. Rufo, X, via Instapundit

‘Sounds like the Chinese cultural revolution’ — Harmeet K. Dhillon, X, via Instapundit

Will Democrats Self-Destruct By Calling For Violence?

Illinois Gov. Pritzker Seeks ‘Mass Protests,’ ‘Disruption’ In Call For Violence — WJZY, via Yahoo

BLM Riots, 2.0? — Liz Wheeler, X

Things Keep Getting Worse for the Democrats — PJ Media

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