Today’s edition of quick hits.
* Election Day in Canada: “Canadians will decide Monday whether to extend the Liberal Party’s decade in power or instead hand control to the Conservatives. They’ll pick either Prime Minister Mark Carney or opposition leader Pierre Poilievre to lead the way forward, but the election is also a referendum of sorts on someone who isn’t even Canadian: Donald Trump.”
* On a related note: “A Financial Times analysis of more than 350,000 posts on X related to the election, gathered since the snap poll was announced in March, revealed a network of coordinated accounts pushing content to boost Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and tarnish his counterpart, the Liberal’s Mark Carney.”
* An effort we’ve been watching: “Leaders of some of the nation’s most prestigious universities have assembled a private collective to counter the Trump administration’s attacks on research funding and academic independence across higher education, according to people familiar with the effort.”
* Remember all of those concerns about the supply chain? They’re back: “Despite signs of a thaw earlier this week, Washington and Beijing are locked in a standoff on tariffs, and global supply chains are feeling the pressure. Disruption from tariffs is occurring at multiple points in commercial supply lines — from factory floors in East Asia, through the shipping and transportation industry, at U.S. ports of entry, and by U.S. retailers who are warning of empty shelves.”
* An unexpected concession: “North Korea confirmed for the first time Monday that its troops were fighting alongside Russia in its war against Ukraine, saying they helped Moscow take back control of its Ukraine-controlled Kursk region.”
* A notable event: “House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., hosted hundreds of supporters at the Capitol on Sunday, sitting on the steps in protest of Republicans’ upcoming push to pass a budget reconciliation bill they hope will cut $1.5 trillion in federal spending.”
* An interesting case: “A former career Justice Department prosecutor is challenging his firing by the White House, saying it was for ‘unprecedented partisan and political reasons’ and undermines a ‘bedrock principle’ of the justice system after he was dismissed following a post by right-wing activist Laura Loomer.” * What an odd priority: “President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive action Monday aimed at ensuring that truck drivers operating in the United States can communicate in English, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.” * Getting Paramount’s attention: “In an extraordinary on-air rebuke, one of the top journalists at ‘60 Minutes’ directly criticized the program’s parent company in the final moments of its Sunday night CBS telecast, its first episode since the program’s executive producer, Bill Owens, announced his intention to resign.” See you tomorrow.
Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past."
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