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Leslie-Anne 🇨🇦🇫🇷😷☮️**I AM CANADIAN!** @leslie-anne.bsky.social · 1d

@mark-carney.bsky.social I am pretty sure you are aware of this - and I hope you have people on it……..

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Greg Todd @1gregtodd.bsky.social · 20h

A female Trump DHS appointee showed up for a work trip, only to learn she didn’t have a hotel room. She was informed by Paul Ingrassia — a higher-ranking Trump appointee that she would be staying in his room. He had cancelled her room.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment

Paul Ingrassia has been investigated for allegedly harassing a lower-ranking colleague, according to administration officials. Fearing retaliation, the woman later withdrew a complaint, and Ingrassia ...

www.politico.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🔥 🚨🔥 Meet Randy Erwin. Randy is the president of the National Federation of Federal Employees — a union representing ~ 150k employees across the country. We need more RANDY ERWIN ENERGY in this country! Sound ⬆️ & Share. 1/2

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 12h

Forget optimism; here’s operational toughness. READ this before you go to sleep. Hard times are coming...read this before they arrive. Every paragraph is a weapon for your mindset. You'll thank me later. 👇

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 23h

This is a big deal.

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 23h

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors | TechCrunch

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

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Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 16h

It doesn't matter what label her party goes under, if she is dedicating her Nobel prize to trump she is Venezuelan MAGA.

www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...

Nobel winner dedicates peace prize to Donald Trump for ‘decisive support’

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation, winning recognition as a woman “...

www.ctvnews.ca

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vp2024 @vp2024.bsky.social · 12h

There was a post during the day where trump said she called & dedicated to him. Didnt believe it. Now, this reporting surprises me.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13h

Inventive People of Portland Dressing as Animals:

Please don't dress as dogs. Your life will not be safe with psychopath Kristi Noem on the rooftops.

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 23h

This is awesome.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h

Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.

(Published April)

“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors

Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

www.propublica.org

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CTV News Ottawa @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social · 12h

Final chapter for Ottawa book store

It’s the end of the book for The Book Market on Merivale Road, which is set to close after more than 40 years. CTV’s Dylan Dyson reports.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 12h

NEW: A panel of three federal judges will soon decide whether to block Texas from using its new congressional map in the 2026 election, after a contentious nine-day hearing concluded Friday.

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

‘We Could Not Have Clearer Facts’: Minority Advocates Say Racial Motive Is Evident As Texas Redistricting Hearing Wraps Up

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Summer Oakes- the Witch on the Hill 🇨🇦 @summeroakes.bsky.social · 1d

Irish Soda bread fresh out of the oven. An Irish friend gave me this recipe and it’s easy and delicious.

A loaf of Irish soda bread sits in a cast iron pan on a cooling rack. There are canisters behind it and you can see the words Sugar on one and Tea on the other. I’m going to enjoy a buttered slice of this with some of that stewed rhubarb I spend days making back in June!

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Summer Oakes- the Witch on the Hill 🇨🇦 @summeroakes.bsky.social · 1d

Here you go. sallysbakingaddiction.com/grandmas-iri...

Grandma's Irish Soda Bread - Sally's Baking

This Irish soda bread recipe is my grandmother's and has been cherished in my family for years. You only need 7 ingredients and just 10 minutes of prep!

sallysbakingaddiction.com

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 13h

“A leader of the Alberta separatist movement has been reprimanded by the Law Society of Alberta for a second time in four months, after he admitted to twice breaching professional standards.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Alberta separatist lawyer reprimanded for second time in four months

Jeffrey Rath represents the Alberta Prosperity Project and was reprimanded on Friday for his role in a near-decade old legal case.

edmontonjournal.com

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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 13h

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7 Countries Now Choosing Canada as a Trade Partner Over the U.S.! What’s Going On?

YouTube video by The Effect Reporter

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins, AP sources say.

Maine Gov. Mills will announce challenge to Sen. Collins in key 2026 Senate contest, AP sources say

Maine’s two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year.

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Medias 🇨🇦 @mediasca.skyfleet.blue · 13h

L’Australie arrache la victoire au Canada en match amical à Montréal

L’Australie arrache la victoire au Canada en match amical

ici.radio-canada.ca

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Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 13h

Who is running and updating the systems for the F35s?
What if they make/made a little mistake that allows hackers access?
Or someone with access gets compromised or brings a USB drive with porn that also carries a virus (that has already happened once to their drone program).
All the F35s
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Trish 🇨🇦 Sorry! 🍁 @trishly.bsky.social · 2d

Intentional or incompetent?
www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Anduril and Palantir battlefield communication system has deep flaws, Army memo says

The much-needed modernization of the U.S. Army's battlefield communications network being undertaken by Anduril, Palantir and others is rife with "fundamental security" problems and vulnerabilities, and should be treated as a "very high risk," according to a recent internal Army memo.

www.reuters.com

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🇨🇦🇨🇦 Proud Canadian 🇨🇦🇨🇦 @beppil007.bsky.social · 18h

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Jackie Merlos was giving her Canadian resident sister a hug at Peace Arch park, a traditionally neutral space in BC for cross border reunions. Border Patrol accused her of human smuggling & disappeared her & her American citizen kids. Horrific story #BoycottUSA.

Her Kids Are U.S. Citizens. Trump's Admin Disappeared Them Anyway

Donald Trump's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) disappeared an immigrant mom living in Portland and her four U.S. citizen children.

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Trish 🇨🇦 Sorry! 🍁 @trishly.bsky.social · 13h

2/3 of Canadisns believe the USA is on its way to a dictatorship.
21% of Canadians think the US is headed in the right direction..thats unbelievable!!
www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

Canadians’ clear view of what’s happening to American democracy | Kevin Newman

According to this poll, 2\3rds of Canadians think America is on its way to dictatorship. Man, is that sobering! So the next question is, then what? Are we thinking about what that means? Apparently we...

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vp2024 @vp2024.bsky.social · 13h

21% to be noted for sure. Suggestion to the 21% move to the U.S. & enjoy ur lives.

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vp2024 @vp2024.bsky.social · 13h

Same to you🦃🦃🦃

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iTunes Brian 🇨🇦 🇮🇪 🇷🇸 🇺🇦 @itunesbrian.bsky.social · 13h

Happy Thanksgiving weekend in Canada!

I feel badly when family has to cook, so I offered to bake a cake. Just finished decorating it. Black Forest. I used up the last of my Swiss Kirschwasser (bought in 1985 in Europe). Croatian cherries on the inside, Italian Amarena cherries on top.

Black Forest cake. Made with Croatian cherries.

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Peter Benn @thatproviso.bsky.social · 13h

'More cruel than they wanted': Joe Rogan breaking with Trump on ICE stuns ex-GOP analyst

www.rawstory.com/joe-rogan-26...

'More cruel than they wanted': Joe Rogan breaking with Trump on ICE stuns ex-GOP analyst

www.rawstory.com

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