Brandee
@bcontroversial.bsky.social
Working towards a better world, one kindness at a time. Probably going to get political. Definitely going to post pics of my dog.
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“Old stock white Canadians, and that’s us, and we don’t have to apologize for this room being filled with white people,” said Sylvestre. “This used to be what Alberta was. We’re not apologizing for being ourselves.”
Out loud now.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Out loud now.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Anti-racism watchdog fields complaint arising from immigration comments made at separatist town hall
he complainant said Alberta Prosperity Project CEO Mitch Sylvestre made several inflammatory comments about immigrants during the town hall.
edmontonjournal.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:16 AM
“Old stock white Canadians, and that’s us, and we don’t have to apologize for this room being filled with white people,” said Sylvestre. “This used to be what Alberta was. We’re not apologizing for being ourselves.”
Out loud now.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Out loud now.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
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Its really essential that people read the full statement and reflect on it
And think honestly & bravely on what our emergency is
each of us and all of us are involved in this, we are all the public
Its oue emergency
There’s no Them
Just us
~
we are responsible to each other
Please read this
And think honestly & bravely on what our emergency is
each of us and all of us are involved in this, we are all the public
Its oue emergency
There’s no Them
Just us
~
we are responsible to each other
Please read this
January 16, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Its really essential that people read the full statement and reflect on it
And think honestly & bravely on what our emergency is
each of us and all of us are involved in this, we are all the public
Its oue emergency
There’s no Them
Just us
~
we are responsible to each other
Please read this
And think honestly & bravely on what our emergency is
each of us and all of us are involved in this, we are all the public
Its oue emergency
There’s no Them
Just us
~
we are responsible to each other
Please read this
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DARVO can be powerful until people understand that they're being manipulated by this technique.
"It stands for Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender. It’s a strategy used by perpetrators of abuse to project innocence and redirect blame toward their victims. And it works."
"It stands for Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender. It’s a strategy used by perpetrators of abuse to project innocence and redirect blame toward their victims. And it works."
I spoke to @jjfreyd.bsky.social, who developed the concept of DARVO, about the way the Trump admin is using it to smear Renee Good, other ICE victims, and Twin Cities residents at large. I also traced how viral DARVO campaigns against abuse victims led us here.
spitfirenews.com/p/darvo-rene...
spitfirenews.com/p/darvo-rene...
The smearing of Minnesotans is DARVO
Renee Good and her neighbors aren't perpetrators. They're victims.
spitfirenews.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM
DARVO can be powerful until people understand that they're being manipulated by this technique.
"It stands for Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender. It’s a strategy used by perpetrators of abuse to project innocence and redirect blame toward their victims. And it works."
"It stands for Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender. It’s a strategy used by perpetrators of abuse to project innocence and redirect blame toward their victims. And it works."
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Minneapolis is headed towards something resembling a general strike, if you were wondering how the campaign to cow working people into quiescence is going
Last night, The Minneapolis Federation of Educators Local 59 signed on to the call for a Jan 23 shutdown. That brings total labor support to: the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1005, SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, CWA Local 7250, St. Paul Federation of Educators Local 28, and the MFE 59
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
January 15, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Minneapolis is headed towards something resembling a general strike, if you were wondering how the campaign to cow working people into quiescence is going
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Millions of years ago during the Silurian period, the Sahara Desert was a shallow sea full of aquatic animals like crinoids. Don’t be fooled! Crinoids are commonly called "sea lilies" but they aren't plants! They are echinoderms, like starfish and sea urchins, and many species are still alive today!
January 12, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Millions of years ago during the Silurian period, the Sahara Desert was a shallow sea full of aquatic animals like crinoids. Don’t be fooled! Crinoids are commonly called "sea lilies" but they aren't plants! They are echinoderms, like starfish and sea urchins, and many species are still alive today!
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He was put in prison and forced to listen to over 300 hangings, before which the prison would sing to soothe the victims. "I learned from them very early that what one does with Nazis is kill them,” he said at a 2023 conference on antinuclear activism in Johannesburg. “I am not a pacifist.”
He used his doctoral thesis to expose Apartheid South Africa's secret nuclear program and then included detailed instructions in his forced confession, which a judge read aloud in court, on how to sabotage all of the critical facilities.
Holy hell, what an obituary
January 15, 2026 at 6:15 PM
He was put in prison and forced to listen to over 300 hangings, before which the prison would sing to soothe the victims. "I learned from them very early that what one does with Nazis is kill them,” he said at a 2023 conference on antinuclear activism in Johannesburg. “I am not a pacifist.”
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“As a reasonable centrist, I think the paramilitary death squads need better training.”
January 15, 2026 at 4:04 PM
“As a reasonable centrist, I think the paramilitary death squads need better training.”
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My daughter's school in Richfield, MN (adjacent to Minneapolis) is closing tomorrow due of out-of-control federal agents. Fourth graders spent the week building walls of snow at recess to protect their classmates from ICE. This isn't about immigration enforcement, it's about terror.
January 15, 2026 at 12:54 PM
My daughter's school in Richfield, MN (adjacent to Minneapolis) is closing tomorrow due of out-of-control federal agents. Fourth graders spent the week building walls of snow at recess to protect their classmates from ICE. This isn't about immigration enforcement, it's about terror.
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Notice something about this list? Politicians, CEOs, media elites and rich hollywood simpletons like Billy Bob Thornton / Taylor Sheridan
If you are wondering why the mass public views aren't included - it's because everyone still cares about this issue, even if these people don't
If you are wondering why the mass public views aren't included - it's because everyone still cares about this issue, even if these people don't
January 14, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Notice something about this list? Politicians, CEOs, media elites and rich hollywood simpletons like Billy Bob Thornton / Taylor Sheridan
If you are wondering why the mass public views aren't included - it's because everyone still cares about this issue, even if these people don't
If you are wondering why the mass public views aren't included - it's because everyone still cares about this issue, even if these people don't
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“Some members of the public are asking a simple question: knowing that Grok is a gender-based violence generator, why are institutional experts, organizations, and government officials still using X?”
My latest:
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
My latest:
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
Artificial action: feds offering tepid response to AI abuse
Knowing that Grok is a gender-based violence generator, why are institutional experts, organizations, and government officials still using X?
www.hilltimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:20 PM
“Some members of the public are asking a simple question: knowing that Grok is a gender-based violence generator, why are institutional experts, organizations, and government officials still using X?”
My latest:
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
My latest:
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
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When I explain this to students I say "You know why you can't put minority rights on the ballot? Because they are inherently MINORITY rights. If you let White people vote as to whether slavery would end, there'd be slavery today".
A thing I learned yesterday is that people are so programmed to believe in the sanctity of the democratic process that they believe it's okay for whether or not democracy exists at all to be on the ballot
Many people simply can't imagine not letting an insurrectionist run even 'unfairly'
Even now
Many people simply can't imagine not letting an insurrectionist run even 'unfairly'
Even now
January 14, 2026 at 8:08 PM
When I explain this to students I say "You know why you can't put minority rights on the ballot? Because they are inherently MINORITY rights. If you let White people vote as to whether slavery would end, there'd be slavery today".
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I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness.
You could be next.
You could be next.
January 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness.
You could be next.
You could be next.
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Men don’t call a woman a fucking bitch when they’re afraid for their lives—they say it when they hate us. They say it when they’re punishing us.
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From One Fucking Bitch to Another
These two words made Renee Nicole Good’s murder undeniable
jessica.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Men don’t call a woman a fucking bitch when they’re afraid for their lives—they say it when they hate us. They say it when they’re punishing us.
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Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
January 14, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
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And that includes conversion therapists wanting to prey on trans and queer youth for immense profit. Blocking access to gender affirming care is part of that.
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:18 PM
And that includes conversion therapists wanting to prey on trans and queer youth for immense profit. Blocking access to gender affirming care is part of that.
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This is bigger than stopping ICE/ CBP or passing a law. It's about how both parties have allowed law enforcement to run the country, determine every policy, spend profligately, and lobby endlessly all on the taxpayer's dime.
January 14, 2026 at 12:42 PM
This is bigger than stopping ICE/ CBP or passing a law. It's about how both parties have allowed law enforcement to run the country, determine every policy, spend profligately, and lobby endlessly all on the taxpayer's dime.
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Homelessness is getting worse across Ontario with an estimated 85,000 people who were without a home in 2025 and nearly 2,000 encampments across the province, a new report from Ontario’s municipalities shows. #Onpoli
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globalnews.ca/news/1161124...
Nearly 85K people homeless in Ontario, up 8% in 1 year: report | Globalnews.ca
Homelessness is getting worse across Ontario with an estimated 85,000 people who were without a home in 2025, a new report from Ontario's municipalities shows.
globalnews.ca
January 13, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Homelessness is getting worse across Ontario with an estimated 85,000 people who were without a home in 2025 and nearly 2,000 encampments across the province, a new report from Ontario’s municipalities shows. #Onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1161124...
globalnews.ca/news/1161124...
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We have an economic problem masquerading as a political problem. The only way out of fascism is to make a democracy that delivers to working people the wealth our work creates.
If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all the money.
If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all the money.
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California vowed to block a tax on billionaires, saying that a ballot proposal has already scared off tech leaders.
Gavin Newsom Vows to Stop Proposed Billionaire Tax in California
Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was working behind the scenes to block a proposed tax on billionaires’ wealth and was committed to defeating the measure if it reached the ballot.
nyti.ms
January 13, 2026 at 9:26 PM
We have an economic problem masquerading as a political problem. The only way out of fascism is to make a democracy that delivers to working people the wealth our work creates.
If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all the money.
If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all the money.
Musk's Grok Is Abusing Women and Children. Our Government Needs to Act via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Musk’s Grok Is Abusing Women and Children. Our Government Needs to Act | The Tyee
Where are Canadian lawmakers? Oh, they’re on X.
thetyee.ca
January 13, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Musk's Grok Is Abusing Women and Children. Our Government Needs to Act via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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Our politicians were able to get off TikTok -- so why not from Twitter?
The platform is letting its users create non-consensual sexual deepfakes of women and kids. That can't be the price of public participation in our digital down square.
Our government MUST act.
For @thetyee.ca, here’s how:
The platform is letting its users create non-consensual sexual deepfakes of women and kids. That can't be the price of public participation in our digital down square.
Our government MUST act.
For @thetyee.ca, here’s how:
January 13, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Our politicians were able to get off TikTok -- so why not from Twitter?
The platform is letting its users create non-consensual sexual deepfakes of women and kids. That can't be the price of public participation in our digital down square.
Our government MUST act.
For @thetyee.ca, here’s how:
The platform is letting its users create non-consensual sexual deepfakes of women and kids. That can't be the price of public participation in our digital down square.
Our government MUST act.
For @thetyee.ca, here’s how:
I love this artist's work.
January 13, 2026 at 9:24 PM
I love this artist's work.
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Want to do something *good* today?
Send a note of support to Becky Pepper-Jackson from WV, who's standing up to anti-trans bigotry in school sports at SCOTUS today.
All messages are approved by my friend Mollie of WV ACLU, so only positive messages will get through!
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Send a note of support to Becky Pepper-Jackson from WV, who's standing up to anti-trans bigotry in school sports at SCOTUS today.
All messages are approved by my friend Mollie of WV ACLU, so only positive messages will get through!
padlet.com/mkennedy243/...
January 13, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Want to do something *good* today?
Send a note of support to Becky Pepper-Jackson from WV, who's standing up to anti-trans bigotry in school sports at SCOTUS today.
All messages are approved by my friend Mollie of WV ACLU, so only positive messages will get through!
padlet.com/mkennedy243/...
Send a note of support to Becky Pepper-Jackson from WV, who's standing up to anti-trans bigotry in school sports at SCOTUS today.
All messages are approved by my friend Mollie of WV ACLU, so only positive messages will get through!
padlet.com/mkennedy243/...
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The problem is that the child porn website is owned by the richest man in the world, who no one wants to pick a fight with, and even less so now that he's aligned with the president of the U.S., himself a maniacal sex criminal. Nothing gets fixed without breaking the political power of big money
I am once again reminding you all that the UK government introduced an Online Safety Act that is effectively a porn ban on most adult porn websites, but is dithering over banning a website that is actually creating child porn.
January 13, 2026 at 2:21 PM
The problem is that the child porn website is owned by the richest man in the world, who no one wants to pick a fight with, and even less so now that he's aligned with the president of the U.S., himself a maniacal sex criminal. Nothing gets fixed without breaking the political power of big money
Hope he remembers that consultation is separate from consent.
January 12, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Hope he remembers that consultation is separate from consent.