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Vanessa 🇨🇦 @maximummeh.bsky.social · 6h

Damn cat just sneezed right in my bowl of chips.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7h

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 6h

all at once? won’t that make him autistic

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7h

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 2d

Why failing to reach a big, beautiful tariff-reduction deal is in fact a shrewd strategic move and so much better than having one — just ask the Europeans

(I write from Frankfurt-am-Main)

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: Carney’s better off without a big Trump trade deal. Just ask the Europeans

There has been plenty of buyer’s remorse in countries that signed hasty agreements with Washington. Canada would be wise to wait

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Nick Varga @karaoke-god.bsky.social · 12h

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

The president says there are very few stores left in Portland, Oregon, and the ones that are left are made of plywood.

I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 9h

The Republicans don’t want to pass their budget on their own. It’s full of ugly and unpopular stuff. They want Dem cover. We cannot give it to them.

Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 9h

The founders in fact did NOT create the filibuster, but they DID give the Senate and House each the power to set their own rules, which includes changing rules to allow passage of appropriations bills with simple majorities

ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 12h

“And that’s why we nuked it twice in the past month.”

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born miserable @bornmiserable.bsky.social · 1d

AMERICA: let’s give $20 billion to Argentina, what is money anyway

ALSO AMERICA: HeaLtHcaRe FoR aLL? wHo iS gOinG to PaY FoR It

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9h

Pete Hegseth announced an agreement today to build a Qatari Emiri Air Force facility at a U.S. Air Force Base in Idaho.

Reminder: Earlier this year, the Trump admin accepted a Boeing 747 jet as a gift from the Qatari royal family.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 11h

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9h

Odd, how Laura Loomer has to speculate about what Hell must be like, whereas anyone who has ever had to spend time with her does not.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 11h

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

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Shannon Proudfoot @sproudfoot.bsky.social · 9h

Pierre Poilievre sure had himself a time this week after the White House visit, blaming Mark Carney for everything under the sun - including sunburn.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...

Opinion: After Trump visit, Poilievre blames Carney for everything under the sun, including sunburn

The Conservative Leader isn’t stupid. He just thinks the people listening to him are

www.theglobeandmail.com

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 13h

"well what are the Democrats supposed to do" I don't know! They're supposed to know! I'm not the one who sought and obtained a political position that would require me to know what to do when the ruling party attempts to install the President as a dictator!

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Jennifer Robson 🇨🇦 @jrobson.bsky.social · 19h

Announcement from PM Carney moments ago and this is good news. I've been working on this issue with @saulschwartz.bsky.social and @agenestgregoire.bsky.social for years. We've documented how many Canadians don't file and miss out on or loose benefits, .. 1/3

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 10h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 13h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 10h

Trump has gone totally mad. It's 25th Amendment time all day, every day. He's living in a totally invented, fictional world. And he's old and in ill-health.

It's outrageous, reckless, choose your word that Republicans haven't done more to deal with this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "The restaurants were all closing, now you can't get into a restaurant. They're opening up new restaurants. It took 12 days for us. We sent in not politically correct military. We sent them in based on merit."

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 14h

So glad to know the First Lady is having lovely chats with a genocidal murderer to ask him to return the children he abducted.

Do we even have a State Department anymore?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 15h

The person who leaks the Epstein files will never have to buy a drink again in their life.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Keith Blomstrom @ecoranger.bsky.social · 12h

I have installed a few. I have toured a factory in Mitchel South Dakota that manufactures ground source heat pumps, i have intalled them.

Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 13h

Our good friends #Eavor Technologies in the news! #EnergyTransition leaders RIGHT HERE in Calgary Alberta! #Geothermal #ClosedLoopGeothermal #CleanEnergy #abpoli #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/03/o...

Geothermal energy is one of those rare win-win solutions

The idea of tapping into the heat trapped inside deeper reaches of the earth has been around for decades, and has been exploited in places like Iceland where it’s particularly close to the surface. Bu...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 11h

The President seems unwell. From his physical symptoms to his visible cognitive decline, the American people deserve clear answers about his ability to serve. I’ve formally called on the White House Physician to provide transparency and the truth about President Trump’s health.

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Vanessa 🇨🇦 @maximummeh.bsky.social · 11h

At some point you guys are going to have to deal with the fact your president is a psychopath with dementia who was never very smart to begin with.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 11h

President Trump said that he’s placing an additional 100% tax on Chinese imports starting on Nov. 1 or sooner, potentially escalating tariff rates close to levels that in April fanned fears of a steep recession and financial market chaos.

Trump threatens tech export limits, new 100% tariff on Chinese imports starting Nov. 1 or sooner

President Donald Trump says “there seems to be no reason” to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as part of an upcoming trip to South Korea after China restricted exports of rare earths needed for American industry.

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