🇨🇦 - I’m not an electoral law expert. I’m just someone who still believes that democracy depends as much on perception as it does on procedures.
When a riding flips because of a single vote, following a judicial recount, and 840 ballots are rejected, I’m not questioning the legal result. But I can’t help asking a simple question:
Will people trust the process?
That matters, because a healthy democracy isn’t just about rules being followed — it’s about collective confidence in the legitimacy of outcomes.
Some will say these are rare edge cases. That everything was verified. I believe them. But I also think this kind of scenario raises a real optics issue: when margins are this tight, and several recounts all happen to swing in the same political direction — just a few seats short of a majority — it’s understandable if some citizens feel uneasy.
And that unease isn’t necessarily partisan. It stems from the sense that the process feels too opaque, too technical, too hard to follow from the outside, and therefore too vulnerable to public doubt.
This isn’t a hostile critique. It’s a call to do better. To make the process more transparent, more readable, more accessible.
Because democracy isn’t just about what’s legal. It’s about what people believe to be legitimate.
When a riding flips because of a single vote, following a judicial recount, and 840 ballots are rejected, I’m not questioning the legal result. But I can’t help asking a simple question:
Will people trust the process?
That matters, because a healthy democracy isn’t just about rules being followed — it’s about collective confidence in the legitimacy of outcomes.
Some will say these are rare edge cases. That everything was verified. I believe them. But I also think this kind of scenario raises a real optics issue: when margins are this tight, and several recounts all happen to swing in the same political direction — just a few seats short of a majority — it’s understandable if some citizens feel uneasy.
And that unease isn’t necessarily partisan. It stems from the sense that the process feels too opaque, too technical, too hard to follow from the outside, and therefore too vulnerable to public doubt.
This isn’t a hostile critique. It’s a call to do better. To make the process more transparent, more readable, more accessible.
Because democracy isn’t just about what’s legal. It’s about what people believe to be legitimate.
Global Intel Watch
🇺🇸 - Inb4 Trade deal imo
🇺🇸 — Turned out to be Trump announcing prescription drug price caps
🇺🇸💲🤝💲🇸🇾 — Trump announced the end of sanctions on Syria during his visit to Saudi Arabia
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🇺🇸 — Minnesotan Governor Tim Walz has reportedly met with the National Guard and state police ahead of a potential pardon of Derek Chauvin, former police officer and convicted killer of George Floyd
- KSTP/ABC5
- KSTP/ABC5
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>Sanctions in Syria are removed.
>Less than 13 hours later, a Cybertruck is seen in Damascus.
Capitalism.
>Less than 13 hours later, a Cybertruck is seen in Damascus.
Capitalism.
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🇺🇸🇵🇸 - US President Donald Trump says America should "take" Gaza and turn it into a "freedom zone".
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A Western European government (guess which 🥖 ) approached Telegram, asking us to silence conservative voices in Romania ahead of today’s presidential elections. I flatly refused. Telegram will not restrict the freedoms of Romanian users or block their political channels.
You can’t “defend democracy” by destroying democracy. You can’t “fight election interference” by interfering with elections. You either have freedom of speech and fair elections — or you don’t. And the Romanian people deserve both.🇷🇴
You can’t “defend democracy” by destroying democracy. You can’t “fight election interference” by interfering with elections. You either have freedom of speech and fair elections — or you don’t. And the Romanian people deserve both.
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How about we just respect Romanian democracy and let them vote for RW candidates?
I think its important we have some leniency on Romania.
They are a poorer country, they went through the horrors of communism and fascism, they had the election cancelled last year, they have undeniable institutionnal problems but at the same time they are trying to get better and even if let's say the pluralism thing don't seem to be the strongest point of their democracy, I do think they are a great country with strong potential growth long term thanks to Euro-Atlantic governance. I think economic-wise Romania could be the next Poland.
They are a poorer country, they went through the horrors of communism and fascism, they had the election cancelled last year, they have undeniable institutionnal problems but at the same time they are trying to get better and even if let's say the pluralism thing don't seem to be the strongest point of their democracy, I do think they are a great country with strong potential growth long term thanks to Euro-Atlantic governance. I think economic-wise Romania could be the next Poland.
Simion surprised me with his pro-Russian turn during the campaign to be honest. At first I thought it was media noise, but with the time I understood he was serious. I was shocked because I understood he was a part of an "institutionnal hard-right" but it didn't appear to be the case when it mattered... he ended up losing :/.
🇫🇷🇨🇦 - French military presence in Quebec city amid exercices.
🇫🇷 - I think that Macron is brilliant. He's managing to fill the vacuum left by the US without any resistance, and to create a French empire going from Montreal to Kiev without any resistance.
🇫🇷 - France took a firm position in Romania and won its bet. France now has military presence in Quebec City. Support from Germany for nuclear power in the EU. Support from Canada and Britain against Netanyahu.