J.P.
@jpturcotte.bsky.social
Healthcare worker // B.A. in International Studies // Film Studies dropout (Japanese animation history) // Also, international news and Canada-Québec politics. Je publie en français et en anglais, surtout sur Mastodon : https://mastodon.social/@jpturcotte
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It's difficult to imagine now -- much like it was difficult for me to imagine during Bush II in the wake of the disastrous Iraq war, the disastrous Katrina response, the disastrous economy -- but the second these monsters are out of power, the soothing cries of "look forward, not back" will begin.
November 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It's difficult to imagine now -- much like it was difficult for me to imagine during Bush II in the wake of the disastrous Iraq war, the disastrous Katrina response, the disastrous economy -- but the second these monsters are out of power, the soothing cries of "look forward, not back" will begin.
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👀 Russia will spend at least $166 billion on the war against Ukraine in 2026: Putin signed the budget law.
This is a third of Russia's entire annual budget and, probably, the largest military spending since the USSR. Russia has cut social spending.
This is a third of Russia's entire annual budget and, probably, the largest military spending since the USSR. Russia has cut social spending.
November 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
👀 Russia will spend at least $166 billion on the war against Ukraine in 2026: Putin signed the budget law.
This is a third of Russia's entire annual budget and, probably, the largest military spending since the USSR. Russia has cut social spending.
This is a third of Russia's entire annual budget and, probably, the largest military spending since the USSR. Russia has cut social spending.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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A report reveals the DOJ—after frantically realizing the files would be released—has been paying FBI agents nearly $1M in overtime to work on the “Epstein Transparency Project."
Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy, the project could also prevent exposing Trump. trib.al/dDWwm2W
Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy, the project could also prevent exposing Trump. trib.al/dDWwm2W
November 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A report reveals the DOJ—after frantically realizing the files would be released—has been paying FBI agents nearly $1M in overtime to work on the “Epstein Transparency Project."
Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy, the project could also prevent exposing Trump. trib.al/dDWwm2W
Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy, the project could also prevent exposing Trump. trib.al/dDWwm2W
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Like there are Freudians who seem like very nice people and who do clever scholarship but it will always be a red flag for me. Especially in psychology 🤫, but literary studies also gets 🙄.
November 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Like there are Freudians who seem like very nice people and who do clever scholarship but it will always be a red flag for me. Especially in psychology 🤫, but literary studies also gets 🙄.
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🇵🇸🇮🇹 Italy will hold a nationwide general strike on Nov. 28, led by unions opposing Giorgia Meloni’s 2026 budget & demanding a dignified minimum wage & retirement at 62. Organizers say the strike also targets Italy’s support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The slogan “Let’s shut everything down,”...
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🇵🇸🇮🇹 Italy will hold a nationwide general strike on Nov. 28, led by unions opposing Giorgia Meloni’s 2026 budget & demanding a dignified minimum wage & retirement at 62. Organizers say the strike also targets Italy’s support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The slogan “Let’s shut everything down,”...
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Trump posts an image of him holding a sign that reads, “Trump 2028, yes!”
November 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Trump posts an image of him holding a sign that reads, “Trump 2028, yes!”
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It's amazing how so fucking many institutions complied with fascism when pretty much every time someone goes "fuck you, make me" the government goes "oh no we made an oopsie, we didn't mean to say that, birthday boy did a lil poopsie oopsie"
April 20, 2025 at 7:16 AM
It's amazing how so fucking many institutions complied with fascism when pretty much every time someone goes "fuck you, make me" the government goes "oh no we made an oopsie, we didn't mean to say that, birthday boy did a lil poopsie oopsie"
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Pete Hegseth appears to have made a policy directive encompassing a war crime, but he isn’t in the US Navy chain-of-command
Hegseth deserves what’s coming to him, but the man I want to hear from right now is JSOC Command head Admiral Mitch Bradley
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth deserves what’s coming to him, but the man I want to hear from right now is JSOC Command head Admiral Mitch Bradley
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 29, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Pete Hegseth appears to have made a policy directive encompassing a war crime, but he isn’t in the US Navy chain-of-command
Hegseth deserves what’s coming to him, but the man I want to hear from right now is JSOC Command head Admiral Mitch Bradley
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth deserves what’s coming to him, but the man I want to hear from right now is JSOC Command head Admiral Mitch Bradley
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Good news! NYC Comptroller Brad Lander ”is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing to tackle global warming.” 1/x
Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Good news! NYC Comptroller Brad Lander ”is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing to tackle global warming.” 1/x
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Some analysts think this was another disastrous attempt to fly the "feared" Sarmat missile.
The last time exploded in its launch pad, this time the launch spot was moved to a new military site and it gave us an aerial display.
bsky.app/profile/twmc...
The last time exploded in its launch pad, this time the launch spot was moved to a new military site and it gave us an aerial display.
bsky.app/profile/twmc...
It's been a great 24 hours for watchers of Russia's state of the art aeronautics.
Yesterday the space programme was indefinitely stopped, and today it looks like a test launch from the Yasny site near Orenburg, has gone horribly wrong... or right, depending on your viewpoint!
#EATP
Yesterday the space programme was indefinitely stopped, and today it looks like a test launch from the Yasny site near Orenburg, has gone horribly wrong... or right, depending on your viewpoint!
#EATP
November 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Some analysts think this was another disastrous attempt to fly the "feared" Sarmat missile.
The last time exploded in its launch pad, this time the launch spot was moved to a new military site and it gave us an aerial display.
bsky.app/profile/twmc...
The last time exploded in its launch pad, this time the launch spot was moved to a new military site and it gave us an aerial display.
bsky.app/profile/twmc...
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BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
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This is one of those why!? moments. The Trump administration abruptly halted an FDA effort that was designed to keep asbestos out of talc-based cosmetics.
November 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is one of those why!? moments. The Trump administration abruptly halted an FDA effort that was designed to keep asbestos out of talc-based cosmetics.
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Van Hollen is being personally credited as the chief pressure point that made Israel release a Palestinian teenager with American citizenship from their dungeons, where he was held for 9 months without even a criminal charge.
⭕️ Sen. Chris Van Hollen (@vanhollen.senate.gov) credited for key role in release of US teen from Israeli detention
Palestinian-American child Mohammed Ibrahim, 16, was freed today after 9 months of Israeli imprisonment w/o charge. Journalist Jasper Nathaniel, who has been a major advocate for...
Palestinian-American child Mohammed Ibrahim, 16, was freed today after 9 months of Israeli imprisonment w/o charge. Journalist Jasper Nathaniel, who has been a major advocate for...
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Van Hollen is being personally credited as the chief pressure point that made Israel release a Palestinian teenager with American citizenship from their dungeons, where he was held for 9 months without even a criminal charge.
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“Canada is seen as the No. 1 world influencer for the 10th year in a row.”
Canada scored 80%.
USA - 48%
Iran (25%) and Israel (25%) were considered to be the least likely countries to have a positive influence on world affairs.
Canada scored 80%.
USA - 48%
Iran (25%) and Israel (25%) were considered to be the least likely countries to have a positive influence on world affairs.
Canada named most positive leader on world stage
Canada named most positive leader on world stage
According to a study by Ipsos, Canada remains the top country expected to have a positive influence on world affairs.
cultmtl.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
“Canada is seen as the No. 1 world influencer for the 10th year in a row.”
Canada scored 80%.
USA - 48%
Iran (25%) and Israel (25%) were considered to be the least likely countries to have a positive influence on world affairs.
Canada scored 80%.
USA - 48%
Iran (25%) and Israel (25%) were considered to be the least likely countries to have a positive influence on world affairs.
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The Trump administration paused asylum applications filed by migrants inside the U.S., the latest change to come out of the government’s review of the immigration system after the authorities said an Afghan man opened fire on two National Guard members.
Trump Pauses Domestic Applications for Asylum
It was the latest restrictive change to the immigration system after this week’s shooting of two National Guard members.
nyti.ms
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The Trump administration paused asylum applications filed by migrants inside the U.S., the latest change to come out of the government’s review of the immigration system after the authorities said an Afghan man opened fire on two National Guard members.
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It’s not a great deal if you don’t need it. And especially this year, others really need support. So for all of us who have enough, let’s refuse to get sucked into the holiday shopping frenzy and share instead of shop. We don’t need more stuff, we need communities where all our neighbors are safe.
November 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It’s not a great deal if you don’t need it. And especially this year, others really need support. So for all of us who have enough, let’s refuse to get sucked into the holiday shopping frenzy and share instead of shop. We don’t need more stuff, we need communities where all our neighbors are safe.
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The president and the speaker are scrambling to promote a candidate in a gerrymandered Tennessee district Trump won by 22 points last year.
That’s the smell of panic in the air.
That’s the smell of panic in the air.
Trump and Mike Johnson plan to hold a Monday evening tele-rally to boost Matt Van Epps in the #TN07 special election. www.axios.com/2025/11/28/t...
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The president and the speaker are scrambling to promote a candidate in a gerrymandered Tennessee district Trump won by 22 points last year.
That’s the smell of panic in the air.
That’s the smell of panic in the air.
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Trump to hand Putin Ukraine’s occupied territories
US president sends envoys to Moscow with peace plan that recognises Russia’s war gains www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
US president sends envoys to Moscow with peace plan that recognises Russia’s war gains www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
Trump to hand Putin Ukraine’s occupied territories
US president sends envoys to Moscow with peace plan that recognises Russia’s war gains
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Trump to hand Putin Ukraine’s occupied territories
US president sends envoys to Moscow with peace plan that recognises Russia’s war gains www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
US president sends envoys to Moscow with peace plan that recognises Russia’s war gains www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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I thought he hated drug dealers.
www.rawstory.com/trump-pardon...
www.rawstory.com/trump-pardon...
Trump vows full pardon for drug-trafficking ex-foreign president
President Donald Trump used his Truth Social account on Friday to announce that he intends to grant a “Full and Complete Pardon” to former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez – a convicted drug ...
www.rawstory.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I thought he hated drug dealers.
www.rawstory.com/trump-pardon...
www.rawstory.com/trump-pardon...
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Oh nothing. Just a major conservative activist, former staffer for Chuck Grassley and a former clerk for Justice Neil Gorsuch calling me a "retarded pussy." Fun stuff on X, the everything site.
November 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Oh nothing. Just a major conservative activist, former staffer for Chuck Grassley and a former clerk for Justice Neil Gorsuch calling me a "retarded pussy." Fun stuff on X, the everything site.
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"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war" wasn't "havoc" in just the modern sense of chaos, it was a particular order that was understood as heinous even in Shakespeare's day, authorization after battle was over to slaughter and pillage, both debilitated enemies and noncombatants, without restraint.
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war" wasn't "havoc" in just the modern sense of chaos, it was a particular order that was understood as heinous even in Shakespeare's day, authorization after battle was over to slaughter and pillage, both debilitated enemies and noncombatants, without restraint.
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Ordering no quarter, as Hegseth effectively did, isn't a newfangled modern war crime. It was understood as a crime as far back as the Revolutionary War. Washington threatened to do reprisals over it. The bad guy in 'The Patriot' is (very loosely) based off a British officer who was notorious for it.
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Ordering no quarter, as Hegseth effectively did, isn't a newfangled modern war crime. It was understood as a crime as far back as the Revolutionary War. Washington threatened to do reprisals over it. The bad guy in 'The Patriot' is (very loosely) based off a British officer who was notorious for it.