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@andrewbarss.bsky.social

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Nova Scotian now living in Ontario. Database application developer; installer & voicer of digital church organs; organist; amateur radio enthusiast (VA3BHO; formerly VE1BHO) Profile: Head-shot of me DMs okay, except randoms may be blocked

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Andrew 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @andrewbarss.bsky.social · Dec 4

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Andrew 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @andrewbarss.bsky.social · 14m

It will shed a whole new perspective on ICE and immigrants.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 3h

Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection.

Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.

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What’s it going to take for him to be disbarred?

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Sue Gowans @sueinnovates.bsky.social · 2h

"Mr. Ford often justifies his policies with appeals to common sense. Here’s another take on common sense: At a time of cascading crises, leading a prov is not a part-time role. The premier should focus on the job voters have given him ... instead of trying to be mayor of ON."

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Doug Ford is not the mayor of Ontario

The premier’s continual interventions in municipal affairs diverts attention from pressing provincial issues

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 3d

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

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Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 11h

This is awesome.

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GenXer-71 @genxer-71.bsky.social · 6h

DON'T BE FOOLED.

www.mediaite.com/opinion/mehd...

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sassysnowflake.bsky.social @sassysnowflake.bsky.social · 21h

Here’s looking at #SpeakerMikeJohnson who seems to have blatantly lied to a military wife by assuring her(in his most sincere voice) that he was not lying when he said that paying for all the healthcare of undocumented immigrant’s is a tremendous cost.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Context matters

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Dave The Artist @coloradofaux.bsky.social · 1h

🧐… Checks out… 👇

Fun fact:
Every government shutdown in the last 30 years occurred when Republicans had control of the House of
Representatives.
—Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 14h

Nutlick The Loser Threatens Canada. Our Answer? Bring It On.
This isn’t a negotiation. It’s a threat from the sitting U.S. Secretary of Commerce, who thinks Canada will just roll over. He’s about to find out how wrong he is. #cdnpoli
theplanetdemocracy.substack.com/p/lutnick-th...

Lutnick The Loser Threatens Canada. Our Answer? Bring It On.

This isn’t a negotiation. It’s a threat from the sitting U.S. Secretary of Commerce, who thinks Canada will just roll over. He’s about to find out how wrong he is.

theplanetdemocracy.substack.com

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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 43m

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Right out of 1940s Nazi-occupied Europe.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2h

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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Ms. Jacque @jacquelyne.bsky.social · 10d

Doctors are doing everything they can to send the message that Donald Trump is mentally unstable and he's a danger to America.

youtu.be/xEKgSMEovc4?...

The psychiatrist who warned us that Donald Trump would unleash violence was absolutely right www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The psychiatrist who warned us that Donald Trump would unleash violence was absolutely right

The vindication of Bandy Lee.

www.motherjones.com

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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 7h

Judge Sara Ellis prohibited DHS agents from “dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical force" against anyone they know or reasonably should know is a journalist” unless there's “specific probable cause to believe” the person committed a crime

wapo.st/4h9851B

Judge orders halt to DHS agents’ targeting of journalists in Chicago

The restraining order comes amid clashes between protesters and federal agents in Chicago, where media members have been hit with pepper balls and tear gas.

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 3h

To all the Americans losing their jobs and farmers losing their farms, take comfort in the fact that the people in Argentina are doing great.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 16h

This morning there is one Nobel Peace Prize winner, 8.1 billion or so people who did not win the Nobel Peace Prize, and one Nobel Peace Prize loser.

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Red Lori Bright Eyes Pissed Off American @redloribrighteyes.bsky.social · 1d

If you are a WHITE mom or dad who is a US citizen it's time to check with your neighbors and see if you can pick up their kids at school when you get your kids.

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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 12h

“Multiplying protest frogs” 🤣

Troops to Portland still on hold, multiplying protest frogs, fact-check on Trump claims: Get caught up

It’s not clear when the 9th Circuit panel will issue its ruling, but it will likely come before an Oct. 17 hearing

www.oregonlive.com

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Rob Bon Vivant🌊 @77sunnyandclear.bsky.social · 11h

So let me get this straight. Qatar gives Trump a $700M jet “for his library,” then Trump pledges to protect and defend Qatar with military force, and now we’re building an airbase on American soil for them?!? Did I miss anything?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

And yes, they're trying to intimidate us but Pritzker's right -- everyone needs to be out in numbers at these events.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12h

By contrast, JB Pritzker told me that people should flood the No Kings protests precisely in order to let the American people know that something is deeply amiss.

More Dems should be doing this, to send the message widely that we are in real trouble right now.

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

The House Majority Whip is also insisting that a peaceful "No Kings" demonstration is in fact a "hate America rally" held for the "terrorist wing" of the Democratic Party.

Really feels like they're trying to manifest a violent reaction to it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22h

WAKE UP, AMERICA!

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14h

Trump only really wanted to win the Nobel Peace Prize for one reason — and you guessed it: it’s Obama.

Trump loses out to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado as his dream of surpassing Barack Obama’s achievements continues to elude him.

Trump only really wanted to win the Nobel Peace Prize for one reason: Obama

President loses out to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado as his dream of surpassing Barack Obama’s achievements continues to elude him

www.independent.co.uk

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