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The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · 2d

Destruction of the White House East Wing began today. Here it is in better times with better residents.

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Dawn @time2move.bsky.social · 2d

I can’t believe we’re not trying to stop this desecration

Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 2d

WHAT THE FUCK

One side of the White House has just been ripped out

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 2d

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/13/m...

The thousands in Mass. who receive federal health insurance subsidies fear for their financial security if they get cut - The Boston Globe

Federal subsidies that make affordable insurance policies possible for 337,000 people in Massachusetts are at the heart of the government shutdown.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 2d

Democrats are fighting to help American families hang onto their health insurance because no one should go bankrupt because they got sick and needed to see a doctor.

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🇨🇦 NanaGale @nanagale.bsky.social · 2d

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

Frogs in slowly heating water is a popular allegory for being unaware that you are being destroyed in an incrementally worsening situation.

But I'm drawing hope from the past week that we frogs may be a bit more aware of our situation than those allegorical frogs. #Hop

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3d

BREAKING: The MeidasTouch Network has officially been named the #1 publisher in the country and The MeidasTouch Podcast the #1 podcast overall according to new industry data released by Podscribe, the leading independent audio and video analytics firm.

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 3d

Los Angeles-based activist and #1 NYT bestselling author and illustrator, Nikkolas Smith, draws 'AntifAmerica' featuring the Portland Frog and Portland Chicken, in response to No Kings Day yesterday.

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 3d

Aired without irony as the ceasefire collapses

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 3d

When President Trump asked his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, what the chances were that Kushner would succeed in brokering a ceasefire and hostage deal, he says that he replied, “100%.” cbsn.ws/43mUkXd

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Montreal Mike🇨🇦 @mikemontreal.bsky.social · 4d

Can you even imagine Poilievre comfortably doing….like ANY of this????

Poilievre likely would have missed the spigot and hit the guy in the head.

#cdnpoli

Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 4d

Stopped by the Schwaben Club in Breslau, Ontario for Oktoberfest — a celebration of community, culture, and great beer.

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CHRONIC CANADIAN 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🦋❤️🐶🇺🇦 @grampafan.bsky.social · 4d

Keep up the good work! Let’s change conservative minds one person at a time.

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🇨🇦Malamute68🇨🇦 @malamute68.bsky.social · 4d

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 4d

Stopped by the Schwaben Club in Breslau, Ontario for Oktoberfest — a celebration of community, culture, and great beer.

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Mkeall 🇨🇦 @mkeall.bsky.social · 3d

Indeed 🤔

Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 3d

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Leta Lestrange @joybella.blacksky.app · 4d

Wtf is a TEST of a ceasefire?!?!??!?

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4d

BREAKING: Israel strikes southern Gaza in test of ceasefire.

Israel strikes Gaza in first major test of ceasefire

Israel said it struck Hamas militants in Gaza on Sunday after they shot at Israeli soldiers who were inside the area that is still under Israeli control, according to the conditions of the Oct. 10 ceasefire.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7d

The "ceasefire" does not seem to be going great

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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 5d

For Tolkien fans, a timely passage for No Kings Eve, from WH Auden’s review of Lord of the Rings.

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Mary Ellen Wuori @megloops.bsky.social · 3d

This is why #Canada needs to keep #ElbowsUp 💪🇨🇦💪

@charlieangus104.bsky.social please feature on #MediasCanada

moe-rosie.bsky.social @moe-rosie.bsky.social · 4d

substack.com/@bradlafortu...
Something for all Albertans to think about !!!

What if Danielle Smith Takes Away Our Right to Strike?

What do we do?

substack.com

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Mary Ellen Wuori @megloops.bsky.social · 3d

#Kelowna #Kamloops @castanet.net , @castanetkamloops.net , @cfjctoday.bsky.social , @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social
"Finance Ministry would not provide these figures.".. Wonder why?

BCgov 1-833-283-8200 or [email protected] and submit to:
foirequestform.gov.bc.ca

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Setting the bar: What the BCGEU strike means for other public sector unions - Victoria News

The government is renegotiating agreements with everybody from nurses to teachers

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Mary Ellen Wuori @megloops.bsky.social · 3d

🤔 Do you need your Permits issued🤔
💪 Stand UP for yourself, your Business and help @bcgeu.bsky.social Workers get back to work.
😢 We are NOT asking for the same $60,000/yr
@[email protected] gave your MLAs!
This form helped me find mine @harwindersandhu.bsky.social :
publicworkers.bcgeu.ca

Support B.C.’s Public Sector Workers

From housing to wildfires, B.C. depends on frontline workers. But many are living paycheque to paycheque and considering leaving. A fair deal for workers is how we strengthen public services — send a ...

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Mary Ellen Wuori @megloops.bsky.social · 3d

🤔 @davidebybc.bsky.social
😢"This government is already shaping up to be a tale of have-not taxpayers & have-yacht politicians in government.”
😢"Ministers take home an additional $60,000/year, on top of their $120,000 salary."
💪Write your MLA publicworkers.bcgeu.ca

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NEWS RELEASE: Ballooning B.C. cabinet costs taxpayers hundreds-of-thousands extra

Premier David Eby’s decision to appoint 23 ministers, four ministers of state and 14 parliamentary secretaries means that cabinet will have ballooned by 46 per cent since the NDP’s first cabinet in 20...

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Mary Ellen Wuori @megloops.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks so much #MAGA @davidebybc.bsky.social

🤸‍♀️ Hope all children know you caused this.
🧎‍♀️ Everytime you look at begging on streets, some part of you has a heart 💔
@bcgeu.bsky.social
💪 #ElbowsUp

Single mother caught in the middle of the ongoing BCGEU strike vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/10/17/b...

Single mother caught in the middle of the ongoing BCGEU strike

A single mother who relies on the Affordable Child Care Benefit has been caught in the middle of escalating job action with the BCGEU.

vancouver.citynews.ca

Mary Ellen Wuori @megloops.bsky.social · 12d

#VernonBC MLA @harwindersandhu.bsky.social
PLEASE get Premier @davidebybc.bsky.social to pass legislation THIS session to #FineLikeFinland
I saw absolutely NO speeders, ambulances, police on #Finland freeways.
semi crash on HWY 97 Monday | Vernon Matters share.google/008rMtnUT55G...

UPDATE: No injuries in semi crash on Highway 97 Monday

UPDATE 12 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7No injuries were reported following a crash on the highway near Spallumcheen Mon...

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Andreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 @andreasor.bsky.social · 23d

Lisa 🇨🇦: #ABpoli #teacherstrike #ucp #daniellesmith Alberta has the lowest funding per student in Canada. Even the Fraser Institute agrees.

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Mary Ellen Wuori @megloops.bsky.social · 23d

💪 Please use link to your MLA (postal code will "find" correct MLA).
💪 Bloody outrageous today when 9am BCGEU meeting was NOT attended by @davidebybc.bsky.social NDP until close to 3 hrs.
💪 #BC Clerks (mostly Women) need 2 or 3 jobs to survive 😢
In Solidarity 💪 Mary Ellen
www.frontlinesfirst.ca

frontlinesfirst.ca

From housing to wildfires, B.C. depends on frontline workers. But many are living paycheque to paycheque and considering leaving. A fair deal for workers is how we strengthen public services — send a ...

www.frontlinesfirst.ca

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