Globe: ‘We’re not mincing words’: How the anti-Trump MeidasTouch Podcast became a hit in Canada
Last month, the left-leaning and unabashedly anti-Trump MeidasTouch Podcast pulled off a rare feat: It bounced Joe Rogan from the top of the charts. The triumph marked one of the few times in the past four years that The Joe Rogan Experience was not the most listened to podcast in the U.S. and Canada. (The top ranking accounts for all downloads and views across podcasts platforms and YouTube, according to analytics platform Podscribe.)
The political podcast is the work of the three Meiselas brothers: Ben, a civil-rights lawyer who represented NFL player Colin Kaepernick; Brett, a former editor on The Ellen DeGeneres Show; and Jordy, who worked in advertising. After the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol in 2021, it became clear to them that the media needed to interact and reach Americans in a different way than cable news.
CBC: Ontario slaps 25% levy on U.S.-bound electricity in latest trade war volley
The new levy took effect Monday and will add about $10 per megawatt-hour to the cost of power heading south, the province says. It will generate an estimated $300,000 to $400,000 per day, money that will be used to support workers and businesses hit by U.S. tariffs.
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Ontario provides electricity to roughly 1.5 million customers in the northern border states of New York, Michigan and Minnesota. Ford said the surcharge will cost the average household or business in these states an additional $100 per month on their power bills.
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He also reiterated his previous threat to stop flows of electricity from Ontario to the U.S. altogether if the trade war lingers on.
NYT: Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories
In a sweeping interview [with Fox], Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, outlined a strategy for containing the measles outbreak in West Texas that strayed far from mainstream science, relying heavily on fringe theories about prevention and treatments.
He issued a muffled call for vaccinations in the affected community, but said the choice was a personal one. He suggested that measles vaccine injuries were more common than known, contrary to extensive research.
He asserted that natural immunity to measles, gained through infection, somehow also protected against cancer and heart disease, a claim not supported by research.
He cheered on questionable treatments like cod liver oil, and said that local doctors had achieved “almost miraculous and instantaneous” recoveries with steroids or antibiotics.
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for every thousand people infected with measles in the United States, the virus kills one to three. One study estimated that without vaccination today there would be 400,000 hospitalizations and 1,800 deaths annually.
Death isn’t the only possible consequence. Measles can also cause permanent blindness, deafness and intellectual disability. Before the vaccine became available, about a thousand people every year had encephalitis because of the virus.
Last Updated: 10.Mar.2025 23:58 EDT
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