In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane.

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        If only. Every Canadian politician treats sucking up to Americans like it’s half their job. Canadian businessmen, like it’s the entire job.

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            Carney dodged a bullet when a much more popular Conservative party took a tumble in the face of US tariffs.

            Now he’s trying to placate a bunch of Trumpy Albertans on the on hand and tech sector landleeches on the other, which is roughly the place Biden found himself two years into his term.

            Canadian politics is fully in the grip of the oligarchs - many of whom straddle the border.