Ed Tubb
Editor at the Toronto Star, with a focus on courts, justice and occasional greyhound content.
Journalism is a discipline of verification.
he/him | etubb at thestar dot ca
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- This is 100% fire the chief and bring in an outsider territory. www.thestar.com/news/gta/cop...
- A large group of Toronto police officers is accused of selling your personal information to hit men, for personal gain. That's the nut. Institutionally, you cannot overreact to that.
- Apropos of nothing, it's wild how *exhausting* it is to use Slack whenever you have to manage several active channels simultaneously. If you can focus on one or two channels at a time, it's great, I admit. But if you have to keep on top of more than that, it's far, far more draining than email.
- Reposted by Ed TubbI think what both the second Trump administration and the Epstein files have taught us is that there’s very little need of covertness or secrecy if everyone with power pretends you aren’t doing what you’re doing when you openly tell them what you’re doing
- Reposted by Ed Tubbthe practical effect of arresting lemon et al is to spark widespread condemnation, especially since these arrests will certainly be thrown out. this doesn't mean the action isn't a dangerous escalation, it does mean the white house doesn't know what to do but spam its only attack
- Among other things, the racism of arresting specifically Don Lemon really does take your breath away.
- Reposted by Ed TubbDon Lemon is not the only reporter who was arrested by federal agents overnight — local independent journalist Georgia Fort just went live on FB to say federal agents were also at her door to take her into custody over her protest coverage in Minneapolis.
- "Each act, each occasion, is worse than the last, but only a little worse. You wait for the next and the next. You wait for one great shocking occasion, thinking that others, when such a shock comes, will join with you in resisting somehow." press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago...
- It’s not like the next big red line is going to be harder for them to cross, folks. That’s not how these things work. Every next step is a little bit worse, but only a little bit.
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- “Trump always chickens out” is up there with “take him seriously but not literally” among the most damaging received ideas to come out of the whole era.
- Reposted by Ed TubbFar from retreating, the Trump administration's dangerous crackdown on migrants is likely to get worse — more intense, more violent — not better. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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- Reposted by Ed Tubbi think this attitude — that all opposition is illegitimate and nothing we do can be questioned— is probably pervasive in the white house and helps explain why they keep making terrible political choices
- Reposted by Ed TubbKare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."
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- Reposted by Ed TubbWalz: "I'm rejecting the rust to judgment within 15 minutes of this, which they did last time. That's why you need to have a fair investigation ... they already slandered this individual ... they're telling you not to trust your eyes and ears ... there will be justice ... we can't live like this."
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- Reposted by Ed TubbI recommend not watching the videos, which are chaotic and gut-wrenching, and instead going through Bellingcat's analysis. This man appeared to be zero threat, while the officers were overly-aggressive, agitated, and clearly primed to used lethal force.
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- Reposted by Ed TubbMinneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
- Reposted by Ed Tubb“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
- If the will of one man is all it takes to invalidate the U.S. constitution in one year, there can be no trust placed in the U.S. for generations after that man is gone.
- A true joy of my work is when I get the chance to work with a driven reporter on a major story for an extended period. Calvi Leon’s coverage of the Ryan Wedding case has been an absolute masterclass in crime reporting and storytelling. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
- One of the principal goals of geopolitics in 2026 is to never be the focus of Donald Trump’s attention. We are once again the focus of Donald Trump’s attention.
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- Reposted by Ed TubbI cannot tell you how absolutely infuriatingly this stuff comes across to Europeans. When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
- Reposted by Ed TubbCOLLINS: Does it include the US having ownership of Greenland? TRUMP: It's a long term deal. It's the ultimate long term deal COLLINS: How long is it? TRUMP: Infinite. There is no time limit. It's a deal that's forever.
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- A reasonable takeaway from today would be that the use of military force in Greenland appears more likely, not less likely, than before Trump’s comments in Davos. Given his track record, I’m not sure why you’d takeaway the opposite.
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- Reposted by Ed TubbThe disconnect between management and employee on AI usage is big. At the same time, CEOs are reporting they aren't seeing any revenue growth from AI. 🤷 www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...
- Reposted by Ed TubbAttn news commentators: Trump saying he could use force to obtain Greenland but won’t is not Trump saying he won’t use force to obtain Greenland. It is Trump using force as a threat to obtain Greenland. That is why he mentions it.
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- This is another one where you need 5 front pages to cover all the news he's making.
- Reposted by Ed TubbIf you're only reading headlines and see "Trump Says He Won't Use Force" it will give you a misimpression of both how bellicose this speech is and how dug in he is on Greenland.
- Reposted by Ed TubbWonder why Carney decided the US wasn’t reliable
- Reposted by Ed TubbTrump: "There are windmills all over Europe. There are windmills all over the place. And they are losers. One thing I've noticed is that the more windmills a country has, the more money that country loses, and the worse that country is doing. I haven't been able to find any wind farms in China."
- Back in 2017, I wrote a sidebar to Daniel Dale’s A1 after the first of Trump’s *very big* rambling pressers as president, titled: “The 5 other front page stories the Star could run after Trump’s wild presser.” I think of that format a lot. Today especially. Because the racism 100% should be A1.
- So far, I am only seeing TPM, Mediaite, and Daily Beast focusing on this. We live in a world where the president calling an ethnic group "very low IQ" and "bad for our country" while insisting they "ought to get the hell out of here" barely makes headlines. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...
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In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt: - The vibe may change, but the vibe of 2026 so far is one of rapid acceleration toward bad things.
- Reposted by Ed TubbCarney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
- I will be interesting to see what happens when Trump doesn’t even get a fig leaf of a concession from Europe this time around.
- Reposted by Ed TubbThis is one hell of a quote. European leaders really are running out of patience.
- There is zero reason to think invasion is off the table over the next three years. It has very clearly become an idée fixe in the brain of a man who cannot drop his idées fixes.
- All that in one year.
- Niche pro-tip: If you are DIY installing vinyl plank flooring, make sure you pay extra to get a jigsaw blade with carbide tips. Last time, I went through *dozens* of blades. This time: One.
- Reposted by Ed TubbThe Nobel Peace Prize becoming so prestigious that wars are fought over a head of state coveting it is some real monkey paw stuff for Alfred Nobel.
- For me, one of the most disconcerting things is the near-total void in political engagement from vast swaths of U.S. society that have been deeply political at other times in my memory, not that long ago. The arts. Music. Movies. TV. Pop culture. It’s by far the least political moment in my memory.
- Reposted by Ed TubbAverage Sunday show interview: OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats HOST: how will you pay for it? OFFICIAL: tariffs HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed HOST: thank u for ur time
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- Take Trump at his literal word and it becomes abundantly clear that the next three years promise almost bottomless downside risk for the U.S., us and the West writ large. I can hardly think of a possibility that should be off the table for those whose job it is to plan ahead for bad outcomes.
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- I repeat: It’s astounding how much better off we’d all be if we just took Donald Trump at his word.
- Reposted by Ed TubbIt is hard to explain institutional collapse to voters; videos where state actors are clearly acting in abusive ways explain themselves.
- Collin Murray-Boyles is going to win a whole lot of basketball games in his career, man.
- Don’t have much of a problem with this stance. (And yeah, that’s about the level of quality I see from Gen AI.)
- You take Trump seriously because he means it literally.
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- Reposted by Ed Tubb/8 A huge part of what makes it very hard to convict Jonathan Ross for murder was baked into America generations before Trump was President. That’s the primary factor that lets law enforcement kill with impunity, not Trump. Dick Wolf has killed more black men than Leopold II.
- Reposted by Ed TubbHere’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already: If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder. It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO. /1
- It’s truly astounding how much better off we’d all be if we just took Donald Trump at his word.
- It’s almost impossible that things appear to be accelerating markedly in 2026 v. 2025, but that’s the unshakable feel of it.
- If the U.S. was actively trying to reenact the late 1930s, would the last year look any different?
- Reposted by Ed TubbOne of my core beliefs is that, in the era of AI reporting will become more and more important than it's ever been. Hopefully, the market, institutions, consumers all recognize that.
- I reached out to the author of this viral Reddit post thinking there might be a story in it. He sent me an employee badge that Gemini flagged as being AI-generated and supporting documents that I suspect were also generated by AI. Be careful out there folks! www.reddit.com/r/confession...
- So. The didn’t achieve regime change, they’re not in control and they don’t get the oil. Kk
- Reposted by Ed TubbNYT: At least 40 people were killed in the US attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians.
- I think a lot of people are way out ahead of the current state of reality in assuming they will, in fact, get to take the oil.
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