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Musical, poetical, computer geek 🤓 politically active, critical thinking, witty Canadian 🚒 🔥 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈...History and English degree. We really should learn from our history, so we don't repeat the same mistakes. NO crypto etc. https://m.soundcloud.com/elijah5155

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 18h

Fascist regime stuck on stupid.

GOP busted using South American riot pics to justify Oregon troops: 'We're bad memers'

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GOP busted using South American riot pics to justify Oregon troops: 'We're bad memers'

The Oregon Republican Party is facing backlash after it shared a social media post about a planned military deployment in Portland using a fabricated image composed of photographs from South America.T...

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 17h

Fun facts: Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, has won an Emmy, two Grammys, and his production company won an Oscar.

Trump has won 34 felony convictions as well as civil adjudications for rape and financial fraud. He is currently protecting rich and powerful pedophiles in the GOP.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 8h

Sending billions to Argentina while laying off Americans at home.

Letting Qatar build a base on US soil coz they bribed Trump with a plane and are investing billions in his personal business ventures.

Doesn’t seem like “America First”, does it?

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 1d

New Study Finds Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

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MeidasCanada @meidascanada.ca · 1d

Let's get over the niceties and start using the F word.

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DROPPING F BOMBS ON FASCISM

YouTube video by Charlie Angus

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve heard plenty of “journalists” ask democrats why they’re not voting to pass the CR and end the shutdown.

Why should democrats sign up to put ACA healthcare premiums beyond the reach of 20+ million Americans?

Btw, many of the folks impacted are MAGA.

Trump’s in charge. It’s his shutdown.

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 2d

“The Canadians said that if you threaten to annex them again, they are going to burn the Whitehouse down, again.”

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2d

Essential services are still supposed to get paid.

Trump and the GOP are using this shutdown, by design, to withhold pay, extend furloughs and create more hardship for federal workers.

Their goal is to outsource more services to Trump’s donors in the private sector…for profit.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

📌 Historic fascists with plenary authority:
• Hitler
• Mussolini
• Stalin

Plenary authority or plenary powers: Absolute and without limitations.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2d

ICE isn’t law enforcement.

They’re chaos agents. Trump’s personal goon squad, recruited specifically to stoke fear and unrest in our communities.

They are a catalyst for him to claim absolute power.

Likening them to the Gestapo is accurate…and warranted.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2d

Number of days since Donald Trump and the GOP shut down the government so they can protect the rich and powerful pedophiles within their ranks: 8

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2d

DEVELOPING: Convicted felon, adjudicated rapist and financial fraudster calls for the imprisonment of Chicago’s mayor and Illinois’ governor because they will not help him turn their home into a war zone.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2d

Canada vs. America

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Faron Gidge @farongidge.bsky.social · 3d

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I don't recall campaigning on *more cooperation with the U.S.*??

a man wearing a red canada elbows up shirt

ALT: a man wearing a red canada elbows up shirt

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elijah5155.bsky.social @elijah5155.bsky.social · 3d

Facepalm 😏

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 3d

The guy who literally incited an insurrection is now threatening to use the Insurrection Act to torment Americans who do not support him.

(…because he literally incited an insurrection)

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Stephen Miller—both Trump Administration capo and de facto head of DHS, ICE, and DOJ, has just declared that peaceful protesters are "street terrorists." Under an executive order signed by Trump just days ago, that means he is saying that all protesters in America can be arrested on sight.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.

I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you @ndp.ca

Liberal Party • Parti libéral @liberalca.bsky.social · 4d

The Canadian Dental Care Plan is making life more affordable for millions of Canadians.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 4d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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elijah5155.bsky.social @elijah5155.bsky.social · 4d

Every dang day....😏