Today's News: Shooting themselves in the foot - Poilievre, the NDP, Danielle Smith, Chuck Schumer, Trump, and a robot

Today I saw several stories about people - mostly politicians - shooting themselves in the foot by doing something stupid and then wondering why they were limping. Enjoy!

Poilievre

He is incapable of self-reflection. He prides himself on being the exact same person he was at age 17.

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— Dale Smith (@journodale.bsky.social) November 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM

The NDP

NDP about to commit political suicide. I say: “DO IT” ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA🇨🇦🍁❤️

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— 🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 (@teamcanadaforever.bsky.social) November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM

Danielle Smith

Danielle Smith thinks hubris is the upper arm bone. The obvious circumstantial conclusion is that the UCP intended to use the Recall Act for political purposes against the NDP. If they imagined it would never be turned back against them, that is the very definition of hubris and they deserve whatever happens next. When the Smith Government passed its Election Statutes Amendment Act last May, boasting that included changes to the Recall Act would “make it easier to recall an MLA,” it had the chance to fix the problems Dr. Nicolaides is now whining about. It didn’t. We all understand why. The party even boasted on social media that “Alberta’s United Conservatives will give voters the power to fire their MLAs if they break promises.” So the spirit of the legislation was obviously never to hold MLAs accountable only for “something significantly egregious,” as the education minister redundantly put it.

- Nathan Sager

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Chuck Schumer

It shows Schumer no longer has the caucus.

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— Molly Jong-Fast (@mollyjongfast.bsky.social) November 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM

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Trump - with multiple entries

Having an inarticulate man who has never been in a grocery store give an inaccurate speech to people who are in grocery stores all the time that is full of easily disproven lies about how grocery prices are going down isn't a winning "affordability" strategy.

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— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) November 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM

Epic fail

— Canadian Loyalist 🇨🇦 (@shakespearesgal.bsky.social) November 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM

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And this:

A 50-year mortgage to solve the fact that no one can buy a home seems like the kind of idea a man who bankrupted a bunch of casinos would come up with.

— Karly Kingsley (@karlykingsley.bsky.social) November 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM

And this - I think we can conclude that Trump's attempt to sue the BBC will end up being a classic "shot in the foot" moment:

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The BBC detailed coverage is here.

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A good Aaron Parnas article about the Epstein emails is here.

And this:

It was bad. No actually, it was terrible. Trump gave an interview to Fox’s Laura Ingraham, and with his guard down and no one to blame but himself, he really put his foot in it. And MAGA is pissed AF.

- Jay Kuo

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And lets finish with a stumbling robot:

when you wear a size 9.5 shoe but the 8.5 was on sale

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— derek guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) November 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM