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Vincenzo @vincenzodon.bsky.social · 1d

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Tilmon Edwards @tilmonedwards.com · May 5

I have 3 axioms that help me decide when to talk to people I disagree with:

1. To debate a subject is to concede that the subject is debatable.

2. To reason with a person is to concede that the person is reasonable.

3. To ask for evidence of a claim is to concede that the claim might be true.

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 18d

i would again like to remind everyone that NEGATING A FRAME REINFORCES IT

"he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality

"this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening

START WITH WHAT IT IS
not what it isn't

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Rockford 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦 @somethingimpish.bsky.social · 1d

My favorite is C for weather but F for cooking lol

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Jason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 4d

Really glad none of the people calling American cities “war zones” were with us in Afghanistan. Would’ve become tiresome constantly hosing them down after they soiled themselves.

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 4d

Hegseth’s dream soldier.

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 5d

Today the Premier called out racist comments by a former MAGA Conservative staffer, and Dallas Brodie just assumed he was referring to her. #cdnpoli

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mellowcanuck.bsky.social @mellowcanuck.bsky.social · 5d

Zero public dollars to private schools. Period.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 5d

Mars was the Roman god of war.
That’s why we say ‘martial arts,' ‘martial law,' and 'court martial.'

Marshall was the Roman god of designer fashion at discount prices.
That’s why we have Marshall’s.

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 8d

IL Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh: "I think Kristi Noem should have consequences. I think she should be tried at The Hague."

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 8d

I said what I said.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 8d

IL Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh: "I think Kristi Noem should have consequences. I think she should be tried at The Hague."

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BC Reality @bcreality.bsky.social · 8d

Remember Pierre Poilievre is using the SAME kind of rhetoric in Canada!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

MIKE JOHNSON: They want to give taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal aliens again

CRAIG MELVIN: I had a hankering feeling you were going to bring that up. I actually did look at it. That's a bit misleading

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Sue @music5150.bsky.social · 8d

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 8d

Today, #ForeverCanadian brought 230,000 petition signatures to Edmonton. Our volunteers will continue collecting signatures until October 28. We need your signature to reach our 300,000 requirement to keep Alberta in Canada.

#ableg #Yeg #Yyc #CdnPoli

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 9d

Please share this...

Danielle Smith shared the below picture with a completely fabricated story. The mother has since stepped forward & with CBC speaking to the harm Smith's fabricated story has done.

Smith's post has hurt her family and her business.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Rockford 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦 @somethingimpish.bsky.social · 9d

Just sayin, if there were tens of thousands of people with these, when certain politicians were projectile shitting out of their mouths all over microphones held by fellating members of the press, maybe we wouldn't have to hear their fucking nonsense. I bet the generals would have applauded en masse

Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 9d

Can’t decide whether these Statue of Liberty rubber chickens that say “squeeze me to hear me scream” are a little too on-the-nose for these times or if they’re perfect

A yellow cardboard carton on a CVS shelf with brightly colored letters that say “squeeze me to hear me scream” and “statue of liberty chicken.” Inside the carton are hot pink, teal, and royal blue rubber chickens with googly eyes rendered like the Statue of Liberty, with their faces distressed and frozen in a shriek. They have tags around their necks that say “squeeze me to hear me scream”

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 10d

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BC Reality @bcreality.bsky.social · 10d

So Danielle Smith is going to bankrupt Alberta by trying to fund another pipeline. LOL......you can do all you want, but you won't be stepping foot into BC until you get FN's permission. Thanks.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 11d

I so highly recommend Katherine Stewart's The Power Worshippers which traces a line directly from antebellum slavery advocates right through to Donald Trump's backers

Same group.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pow...

The Power Worshippers - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 11d

THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE

YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS

PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP

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Blackfoot Niitsítapi 🪶🇨🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙🌎🐝 @thoughtsnations.bsky.social · 11d

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'More work remains,' GG says as Canada marks 5th National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | CBC News

Canadians are gathering for ceremonies and reflecting on the tragic legacy of residential schools — and honouring the children who never came home — as the country marks the fifth annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 11d

'Reconciliation isn't just about the Indigenous people and the government and the churches. It's about every Canadian. We all have to work at this if we want it to work. We have to put an effort into it,' says Two-Spirit Elder Charlotte Nolin.

Watch more: www.aptnnews.ca/ourstories/r...

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Neel Kumar @neelkumar3050.bsky.social · 12d

Trump again said today that Canada should join the US as the 51st state.

Here is Canada's answer to Trump

"Go fuck yourself in the face".

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Canada will never bend the knee to a fascist authoritarian dictator.

Canada is "true North strong and free"🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

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Trump again floats Canada joining the U.S. as the 51st state | CBC News

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he again told some unnamed Canadian official that the country should consider joining the U.S. as the 51st state — returning to the annexationist rhetoric he u...

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Ghouly Hoye 🇨🇦 👻 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 12d

Why on earth would anyone want to go to a UCP panel if you are treated like scum? This isn’t democratic. It’s authoritarian through and through. Kudos to the crowd in attendance for reacting in real time.

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 12d

At tonight’s “consultation”…

When a high school kid tried to raise concerns about the teachers strike, Bruce McAllister cut the kids mic and then suggested his parents should have beaten him more.

Listen to the clip yourself…

It’s…

Telling.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 12d

At tonight’s “consultation”…

When a high school kid tried to raise concerns about the teachers strike, Bruce McAllister cut the kids mic and then suggested his parents should have beaten him more.

Listen to the clip yourself…

It’s…

Telling.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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