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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, Trump voters.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

MOODY’S: Twenty-two states are either in a recession or on the precipice of a downturn. 👀

@axios.com 🇺🇸
www.axios.com/newsletters/...

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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 1d

“Mark Carney is one of the most respected voices on the economy worldwide and by far the most qualified to steer Canada through the second Trump presidency. Canada already has the best trade deal with the U.S., and Canadians trust the PM to build on that while creating new opportunities abroad.”

Observations from Montreal

An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.

cultmtl.com

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Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 1d

This has been the clear authoritarian project by the political right for years. The #GOP, billionaire backers, grievance entrepreneur grifters, demonstrated this in Trump’s first term. (Tweet from January 6 2017).
#AmericanAutocracy #RIPAmerica

@HeatherMoAndCo
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A partial list outlining #Republican agenda. #GOP
#StolenElection #Trump #TheResistance
#Obamacarerepeal

Republican Game-plan

*Rig Election via vote theft, voter suppression, gerrymandering, hacking, sabotage.

* Discredit media by muddying the waters with #FakeNews

*Attack critics, employ the anger and rage of "Deplorables". Stir them up to go after targets.

*Create scapegoats

*Install radical right wing kleptocrats to head all departments, with eye to dismantling or inverting the offices they'll be sworn to uphold

*Kill or rig oversight bodies

*Dismantle ACA

*Dismantle the Commons: open federal lands to fossil fuel industry interests

*Ignore rules & norms such as conflict of interest rules, releasing financial disclosure, taxes.

*Privatize Social Security, put it in the hands of Wall Street interests

*Privatize or phase out Medicare & Medicaid

*Kill funding to all groups who oppose agenda

*Stack courts with GOP cronies

*Dismantle and disrupt current intelligence services

*Remove regulations, especially from Wall Street & environmental protection

*Limit access of all media, except those favourable to Trump Administration

*Find loopholes to bypass Constitution

5:35 PM • Jan 6, 2017

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Hopefulcritic 🍁 @hopefulcritic.bsky.social · 1d

She’s seen the Epstein files.

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Prairiesunshine @scottishox2.bsky.social · 2d

Ms Parton helps kids in Manitoba too ❤️

#DollyForTNGovernor ?

globalnews.ca/news/1146789...

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Prairiesunshine @scottishox2.bsky.social · 2d

An apartment block was built with modular pre-fab apartment units in the downtown of Brandon, Manitoba.

I would drive through the area to
watch the crane lifting the units from a flatbed and the crew guiding them into position. It went up really fast and looks great.

www.cbc.ca/news/modular...

Canada is new to large-scale modular housing. But other countries have been here before | CBC News

Like Sweden, Japan and the U.S. before it, Canada will start experimenting with scaled-up factory-built housing next year — and it has plenty of lessons to learn from countries where the industry has ...

www.cbc.ca

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 2d

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d

Why?

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Matteo Di Muro @matteodimuro.bsky.social · 2d

AI can create realistic videos about digital dilemmas in seconds.
Yet Manitoba still has no digital literacy curriculum to guide students and teachers.
Isn’t it time we caught up?

sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_68e7438c...

#DigitalLiteracy #EdTech #AIinEducation #ManitobaEd

matteodimuro on Sora

A teen uses an AI app to write an essay. They smile — until the teacher asks, “Can you explain this part?” The student freezes, unable to answer. Text: “Smart tools need smart users.”

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Hawkeye8 @hawkeye8.bsky.social · 2d

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Hopefulcritic 🍁 @hopefulcritic.bsky.social · 2d

This makes me proud of being Canadian. Thank you @todmaffin.com for reminding us that the fabric of Canada is woven by so many wonderful people. Cheers my friend ❤️🇨🇦
youtu.be/9k7OUowPPMQ

I Am the Very Model of a Modern-Day Canadian

YouTube video by Tod Maffin

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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 2d

The final letter in the clue for revealing the Super Secret Video Project is P!
Now you have all the letters — unscramble them for the clue!

Then join me and Jocelyn at the video premiere LIVE TONIGHT at 6pm Pacific, 9pm Eastern!

⬇️ WATCH and SET A REMINDER HERE ⬇️
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Timo van Esch @fibonaccieu.bsky.social · 9d

Take it from a European: You can.
For a limited time. It will be horror, though.

Every time a protest erupts, the clampdown will be harsher.
Until the regime collapses.

Best time to topple a fascist regime?
Yesterday.
2nd best time?
Now.

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 3d

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

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Hopefulcritic 🍁 @hopefulcritic.bsky.social · 3d

Antifa in the library with a candle stick

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proudlycanadian.bsky.social @proudlycanadian.bsky.social · 3d

CBC
trump talking about Mark Carney:

"He's a great man. He's very strong, he's a world class leader. He's a tough negotiator. He's a nice man but he can be very nasty too."

Wonder how PP will spin this.

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Marie G 💜OT⁷ @mkg-sd.bsky.social · 3d

I’m guess he spent it already, then?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH — @whitehouse.senate.gov : “What became of the $50,000 in cash in that Cava bag? Did the FBI get it back from Homan?”

AG PAM BONDI: *LASHES OUT aggressively, avoids answering entirely* 🤷🏼‍♀️

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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 3d

If he has to say he's human, maybe he's not

Fucking weird

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Burning down the house: Milei plays rock star as Argentina economy crashes

Facing protests and scandal, Argentina’s ‘rock star president’ performs in Buenos Aires, saying: ‘I’m human’

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Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 4d

It’s also incredible how deeply connected these malignant actors are.
#Putin #Trump #Netanyahu

Netanyahu had giant multi story high banners picturing himself and Putin, placed on the sides of buildings prior to the 2019 elections in Israel.

Netanyahu also had giant multi story high banners picturing himself and Trump, placed on the sides of buildings, on cranes & billboards, prior to the 2019 elections in Israel.

Giant multi story high banners picturing Netanyahu and Trump.

Netanyahu and Putin smiling and shaking hands

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 4d

Clueless or lying?

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d

Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.

Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking

Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.

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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 4d

America builds prisons.
Canada (Nanaimo!) builds poetry.
www.nanaimobulletin....

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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 4d

Pssst… 😉

#nanaimo #VancouverIsland #canada
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REVEAL: The Super Secret Video!

YouTube video by Tod Maffin

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 5d

Don't be suckered in by Poilievre's campaign to launch a campaign over Canadian Christians suffering "persecution." He is running the same playbook as the AfD in Germany, Trump in the States and Farage in the UK.
My latest.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OesH...

POILIEVRE BRINGS THE MAGA HATE BOOK TO CANADA

YouTube video by Charlie Angus

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7d

"We've been forced into a 'free speech zone.' Its very existence implies that everywhere else is a non-free speech zone, that there are places where our First Amendment rights do not apply."

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