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Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 11h

Chair of Nobel Peace Proze Committee said the Trump administration lacks integrity.

Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 21h

Netanyahu was able structure a deal including his favorite escape hatch-
Full IDF withdrawal is contingent on, a deliberately ambiguous trigger that Netanyahu says preserves Israel’s freedom to resume fighting, while Hamas officials claim they have US assurances that the war will not resume.

Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 21h

Trump’s peace deal is far from the “total victory” he pledged for two years. Hamas is still armed and operational, the first phase doesn’t guarantee disarmament or leadership exile, and Gaza’s post-war governance is undefined.

Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 1d

Trump & Epstein had a 15 year Bromance & fell out over money & real estate.
youtu.be/iuayO3QpSAg?...

Epstein Sent This Ominous Note Just Before He Died: Wolff | The Daily Beast Podcast

YouTube video by The Daily Beast

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Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 1d

A very clear indication of why Donald Trump did not, & could not, win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Nobel Peace Prize Committee Chairman’s Message To Trump After He Fails To Win | Maria Corina Machado

YouTube video by Hook Global

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Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 1d

YES! And with all the firings of government workers all unions should unite & organize a GENERAL STRIKE AGAINST DICTATORSHIP!

Llyr Kellow 🇨🇦✍️👨🏻‍🦳🦋🌈📚🇨🇦 @llyrkellow.bsky.social · 1d

The National Guard should either go home, cease operations and wait in place, or cease operations and sue.
#FuckTrump

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Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 1d

Every thinking person knows the real reason for the govt. shutdown is avoiding her swearing in & resulting release of the Epstein files. How long can this go on?

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s business pattern of not paying workers continues in his presidency. National Guard troops are not being paid.

www.yahoo.com/news/trump-s...

Trump Is Stiffing the National Guard Soldiers He Sent to L.A.

As usual, Trump is refusing to foot the bill.

www.yahoo.com

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Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 1d

I daresay the Nobel committee could not in all conscience consider Trump for a peace prize when he is disturbing the peace & democracy of USA by sending military into Democratic cities.

Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 1d

On Friday, the Nobel Committee announced the 2025 accolade would go to Machado for promoting democratic rights in Venezuela and “for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”

This sure looks like a rebuke of Trump for his authoritarianism!

Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 1d

I am so sick of Trump & Trump news!

Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 1d

"This is a perfect recipe for civil war: weapons, frustration, chaos…
Will Hamas accept handing over control or seek to obstruct the plan's implementation?
Gazans fear potential internal fighting. Can the peace plan hold?

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Gaza: Hamas mobilises fighters as fears of internal violence mount

Clashes have already taken place between the group and an armed clan in Gaza City.

www.bbc.com

Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 1d

Israel's GAZA bombardment produced debris volume 14 times greater than the combined total from all conflicts over the past 16 years, 41,946,018 metric tonnes,
according to a July 2024 assessment by the UN. Evidence of GENOCIDE.

www.cbc.ca/news/world/g...

2 years into the war, these figures illustrate the scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza | CBC News

For two years, Palestinians across the Gaza Strip have faced unrelenting bombardment, mass hunger and recurring displacement as Israeli fighting continues in the desolate territory.

www.cbc.ca

Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 1d

UN experts have said the IDF's "targeted destruction" of Gaza's health-care system amounts to "medicide." The UN has accused Israel of deliberately attacking and starving health-care workers, paramedics and hospitals in order to wipe out medical care in the besieged enclave. This is GENOCIDE

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Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 1d

Is the world going to hold Israel responsible for rebuilding the Gaza it destroyed?

www.cbc.ca/news/world/g...

2 years into the war, these figures illustrate the scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza | CBC News

For two years, Palestinians across the Gaza Strip have faced unrelenting bombardment, mass hunger and recurring displacement as Israeli fighting continues in the desolate territory.

www.cbc.ca

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Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 1d

“… if anyone has a plan for balancing the budget while bringing defence spending to five per cent of GDP, they are welcome to table it.”
Aaron Wherry

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

ANALYSIS | The political fight over the deficit is still a phoney war | CBC News

The debate about the federal deficit — or, more specifically, the health and wisdom of federal fiscal policy — remains something of a phoney war, with little substantive engagement. But perhaps, with ...

www.cbc.ca

Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 1d

"We have the strongest credit rating in the world, a AAA from S&P and Moody's; the lowest deficit in the G7; the lowest debt level in the G7; the lowest net debt-to-GDP in the G7," Carney said in the House this month.

Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 1d

Former parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page calls out interim PBO Jason Jacques for his warnings about a 'not sustainable' fiscal picture. Page says Jacques is 'just wrong,’- Canada’s finances are sustainable and that Jacques needs to walk back the comments for the good of the office.

Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 2d

Is it possible that the DOJ has destroyed the Epstein files? Do they still exist, without redactions?

Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 2d

Is the US House shutdown because Trump does not want the swearing in of the newly elected democrat to be the 218th vote to release the Epstein files?

Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 2d

how could Trump ever even be nominated for a peace prize when he is illegally bombing boats in the Caribbean, declaring some US citizens (i.e. Democrats) “the enemy within,” & sending the military into US cities?

Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 2d

after the White House boasted that Trump “is a strong supporter of free speech,” the president declared — out loud, on the record and in public — that he and his team “took the freedom of speech away,” referring to developments that did not and cannot happen.

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

‘We took the freedom of speech away’: On First Amendment, Trump says quiet part out loud

A week after the White House boasted that Trump “is a strong supporter of free speech,” the president’s legal gibberish pointed in the opposite direction.

www.msnbc.com

Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 2d

Trump’s military is bombing alleged “drug smuggling” boats in the Caribbean instead of stopping & arresting them. Key question for Canada now is:
“Were they illegal?..Should Canada continue to contribute to Operation Caribbe if in fact it seems to be going down the path towards illegal operations?”

Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 2d

As always, the devil is in the details. The original Trump plan suggests that Palestinian statehood must wait until Gaza’s redevelopment has advanced & the Palestinian Authority has been reformed.

Creolemac @creolemac.bsky.social · 2d

Carney has not forgotten climate change, he, & we, just have to survive the economic threats from Trump’s disruption of the global economy before we can tackle climate change. These are exceptional times, thanks to Trump.

theconversation.com/mark-carneys...

Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat

Climate action no longer seems to be a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite his previous activism. This is bad news for Canadians and the climate.

theconversation.com

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