Today's News: Big Daddy Carney, Elbows Up, and Hands Off

Big Daddy Carney
Isn't this hilarious?

As I reported yesterday at a rally in Scarborough a woman shouted from the crowd "Big Daddy, lead us!" and everyone laughed. Now its a meme - this photo was posted at EhBuddyHoser on Reddit.

A recent CPC attack on Carney accused his father, who was principle of an indigenous school, of denying the damage caused by residential schools. Here is Carney's reply:

#MarkCarneyLiberalMajority

- #CanadiansAgainstPoilievre

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Some of the attacks on Carney are getting sorta extreme:

I heard Mark Carney once cut through Sears Canada to go to the mall without buying anything. https://t.co/oRd6tCYs5Z

— Sears Canada Parody (@SearsStores) March 29, 2025

Mark Carney messed up, big time.
Sources say they have proof of the Prime Minister swimming less than an hour after eating a large meal.

Everyone know you're supposed to wait a full hour!

The Liberal Party is bracing themselves for the impact of this newest bombshell.

— Canadian Albertan (@furmsies) March 29, 2025

Poilievre is still letting his tightassed media access procedures derail his campaign:

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More Elbows Up!

So wait. Canada initiated a sell off of US debt that we owned in T-bills just 2 weeks before Donald Trump tanked the stock market?

Lol. 🤣 Elbows up.

— Roddy 🇨🇦 (@RodKahx) April 4, 2025

"In hockey, there are also punches thrown from time to time, so you put your elbows up, take off the gloves and get ready for a fight. It’s a defensive posture. You protect your territory. That’s what it really means on the ice."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) April 4, 2025 at 9:55 AM

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And this was seen at a Hands Off march:

Hands Off marches 

America is feeling intense buyers remorse, and its only been three months. 

The "Hands Off" protests were all over America today. These seem even bigger than the George Floyd marches in 2020.

Trump always said that he could create the biggest crowds. This time he wasn’t lying #HandsOff

— Taryn T, Duchess of the Blue Sea (@tarynt.bsky.social) April 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM

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What we're seeing at #handsoff protests nationwide today and what we saw at the ballot box on Tuesday are not unrelated. The public is furious. It will not be silenced. And those who side with Trump and Musk—or refuse to fight back—will be swept out of office.

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— Ben Wikler (@benwikler.bsky.social) April 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM

Some great interviews here with people at the protests: 

Ken Klippenstein

I Went to the Anti-Trump Protest
VIDEO: People I interviewed were united on one thing I wasn't expecting
...People are pissed at management writ large, with those who run the country. Not just Trump or Elon, not just Republicans or Democrats, not just the appistocracy or corporate America, but all of them.
“This is like an everything, catchall protest,” as one attendee told me, chuckling at the absurdity of the idea that this was just about Trump.
Given the magnitude of the protests today, from large cities to State Capitols to small towns, the message is clear. People have nowhere to look but in the mirror to find someone who they think will save America...

Great signs:

Just to give you a sense of the political breadth of today’s #HandsOff event in DC today, I would like to note that there were people carrying the flag of Greenland there today.

— George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) April 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM

#HANDSOFF

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— Kathie gypsy18 (@gypsyeighteen.bsky.social) April 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM

My favorite sign of the day #HandsOff @indivistwincities.bsky.social

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— Andrew O'Neill (@andrew-oneill.bsky.social) April 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM

John Lewis sent us in Atlanta. #HandsOff #GoodTrouble @indivisibleatl.bsky.social @MeidasTouch

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— evelynmaryw.bsky.social (@evelynmaryw.bsky.social) April 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM

These folks didn’t want to go to the Utah Capitol with the crowds so they are holding their own #handsoff protest in front of their SLC retirement community.

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— Democracy Skies in Blueness - Resist (@democracyblue.bsky.social) April 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM

Funniest comment about the tariffs:

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