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Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦

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Worrier & retired person (in that order). Boomer, grumpy old man (since forever). Travel. | Be nice. Especially to me. | repost≠endorse | Be all you can be. Wake me when you’re done. | Toronto 🇨🇦 Travel journal: https://journeys.klebanoff.com

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Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦 @joel.klebanoff.com · Nov 11

How does one get added to a starter pack of introverted, insecure neurotics?

Nah, never mind. I'm not worthy of being added to a starter pack. And I'm worried that people might start interacting with me if I do get added to one.

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 10h

Just watched a clip of Poilievre talking about Charlie Kirk, who killed him, and why. And it was not very different from what Trump says: blaming the authoritarian, violent left. It's an ideologically warped distortion field. Pierre may be worried about the leadership review. Or he might believe it.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 10h

Democrats need to put the same extended media consuming outrage into the Young Republican Nazi chats as Republicans mustered for Biden going for ice cream.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 10h

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 16h

I seem to recall that it was the biggest 1st Amendment attack in American history when the Biden admin alerted social media companies to some content and said "hey does this violate your policies?" Will Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and (lol) CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss call this out?

Tweet from Pam Bondi:

Today following outreach from
@thejusticedept
, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target
@ICEgov
agents in Chicago.

The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦 @joel.klebanoff.com · 10h

Don’t demean the credibility of farts.

Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦 @joel.klebanoff.com · 10h

They should also investigate Bolton’s use of for secure message and inviting a reporter in on a secure chat. Oh, wait. That was Hegseth. Never mind.

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 12h

If the U.S. has all these extra soybeans, might as well make cooking oil out of them. But that would compete with other vegetables oils, harming those U.S. farmers. Could always make more margarine and Crisco, but those compete with Big Dairy and Big Hog

In conclusion, stupid tariff wars are stupid

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 12h

US President Donald Trump said he might stop trade in cooking oil with China, injecting fresh tensions into the trade relationship between the world’s two largest economies

Trump Threatens China Cooking Oil Trade as Retaliation for Soybean Boycott

US President Donald Trump said he might stop trade in cooking oil with China, injecting fresh tensions into the trade relationship between the world’s two largest economies.

bloom.bg

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Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦 @joel.klebanoff.com · 11h

A thoroughly heart-warming memorial for Charlie Kirk. Wait. What?

Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦 @joel.klebanoff.com · 11h

Trump recently said he's probably not going to heaven, so he probably knows a lot about the devil's ideology.

Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦 @joel.klebanoff.com · 11h

I'm willing to bet that those "radical left lunatics" won't break down the doors and storm the Capitol building, ransacking chambers and offices. Trump's supporters, on the other hand? ... been there; done that.

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WIRED @wired.com · 12h

"This was surprising and new information for us. We have not approved the use of the IKEA logo in this context," IKEA spokesperson Arvid Stigland tells WIRED.

Tesla and Amazon did not respond to requests for comment.

A Plan to Rebuild Gaza Lists Nearly 30 Companies. Many Say They're Not Involved

A presentation that has been shared with the Trump administration references Tesla, Ikea, TSMC, and more in its plan to rebuild Gaza. Some of these companies say they had no idea they were mentioned.

www.wired.com

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Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦 @joel.klebanoff.com · 13h

<sarcasm>But don't you dare call them hyper-partisan.</sarcasm>

Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦 @joel.klebanoff.com · 13h

For Trump, "doing a bad job" = "people there didn't vote for me." "Unsafe conditions" = same.

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Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦 @joel.klebanoff.com · 13h

I ask myself every day how the hell did Americans elect that moron as their president?

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Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦 @joel.klebanoff.com · 13h

"I won't go to Argentina because I wouldn't look good on the beach," the President of the United States.

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Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦 @joel.klebanoff.com · 14h

Siri, of all of the things that never happened, what's the one thing that the most never happened?

Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦 @joel.klebanoff.com · 14h

TRUMP: I like the dollar. I grift and extort as many of dollars as I possibly can.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people

Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!

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Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦 @joel.klebanoff.com · 15h

Extrajudicial, extra-territorial executions. What could possible go wrong?

Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦 @joel.klebanoff.com · 15h

In two weeks. Believe me.

Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦 @joel.klebanoff.com · 15h

Christianity: God is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent.

Eric Trump: We're saving God.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 16h

Hamas carries out public executions within hours of ceasefire deal. So much freedom for Palestinians.

Hamas ‘carries out public executions’ of rivals

Hamas public executions: latest news after Gaza ceasefire

www.thetimes.com

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Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦 @joel.klebanoff.com · 17h

God: Nope.

Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦 @joel.klebanoff.com · 19h

An ICEy person.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h

They are terrified of the No Kings rallies and doing everything they can to discredit them.

If you're on the fence about going, just think of how much it'll piss off these assholes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Emmer: "We call it the 'Hate America' rally because you'll see the hate for America all over this thing when they show up. The rumor is that they can't end this shutdown because this small but very violent and vocal group is the only one that's happy about this."

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Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦 @joel.klebanoff.com · 19h

Probably not. We’ll see.