Highlights of the Week with Don Surber

Don Surber escorts us through another week of the media’s treatment what it considers news. We need this reporting on the media or we’d never know what was actually going on. 

ITEM 1: The New York Times reported, “Harry and Meghan Will Move Back to Britain After 6 Years in U.S.”

Two more self-deportations for Trump (4 counting the kids).

Some New Life in the Uranium One Scandal: Could there POSSIBLY be an Iranian connection?

The Uranium One scandal was a 2010 controversy in which the Obama administration approved the takeover of Uranium One—a Canadian company with significant uranium mining assets in the United States—by Russia’s state-owned Rosatom corporation. Critics alleged a pay-to-play scheme, pointing to large donations (roughly $145 million) to the Clinton Foundation from individuals connected to Uranium One and its investors, as well as a $500,000 speaking fee paid to Bill Clinton by a Russian bank involved in the deal.

Let’s annex Canada, but leave out Ontario and Quebec!

I have said it before: when we annex Canada, we need to leave Ontario and Quebec out of it! “Responds by Hitting a Deep Three”: WNBA World Reacts As Sophie Cunningham Gets Booed in Toronto Chaitanya Sharma | Wednesday, August 19, 2026 | 2:05 AM EDT The Toronto Tempo hosted the Indiana Fever on Tuesday. …

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Trump Delays 50% Tariffs on Canadian Products

The Trump administration delayed 50% tariffs on billions of dollars of Canadian products for three days, saying the two sides had reached a tentative agreement to resolve a broader trade dispute that had plunged relations to a fresh low. President Donald Trump announced the decision less than two hours before the tariffs were set to take effect. Bloomberg’s Derek Wallbank reports.

Trade whores Can Canada survive a 19% drop in its GDP?

As you read or view media reports on Trump’s Trade Wars, bear in mind these facts. Mexico’s GDP is $1.8 trillion a year. Its exports to the United States are $506 billon a year. Exports to the USA make up 28% of its economy. Exports to Mexico make up less than 2% of our $27.7 …

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Trudeau Says Canadians Will ‘Stand Against Authoritarianism’ in Announcement of Russian Sanctions

During his announcement of sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters that Canada will “stand against authoritarianism.” Yes, the leader who invoked the Emergencies Act to quell a peaceful protest last week actually said that – with a straight face. “Canada and our allies will defend democracy. We are taking …

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Trudeau’s Deputy Likes Emergencies Act Powers So Much, She Plans to Make Them Permanent

  It didn’t take long for Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland, to decide that the tools provided by the Emergencies Act are so effective, the government will take steps to make them permanent. Speaking to reporters in Ottawa last week, Freeland said: In terms of the financial instruments which our government …

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