Scott Piatkowski
@scottpiatkowski.bsky.social
WRDSB Trustee (2018-2026). Board Chair (2021-2022). Affordable housing champion. Opinions are my own. He/Him.
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I’m a School Trustee, and Doug Ford Wants to Eliminate My Job | The Walrus
What parents will lose: no one to answer their emails, fight for safe crosswalks, hold the system to account
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Watch what happens in TX this weekend. @runforsomething.net candidate Taylor Rehmet came within 3 points of winning outright in the first round - in a district that Trump won by 17 points, he’s making the GOP fight for their life in the runoff. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
A Tight Statehouse Race in Texas Offers Republicans a Warning
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January 29, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Watch what happens in TX this weekend. @runforsomething.net candidate Taylor Rehmet came within 3 points of winning outright in the first round - in a district that Trump won by 17 points, he’s making the GOP fight for their life in the runoff. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
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i love the idea that there supposed a was a global effort to remove trump from office involving parts of his own government, China, Italy, Obama, satellites, tech companies, etc and all these parties are just supposed to have not cared in 2024 and just allowed him to win
Is this real? Because if so I think I called it with twelve minutes to spare
January 29, 2026 at 6:33 AM
i love the idea that there supposed a was a global effort to remove trump from office involving parts of his own government, China, Italy, Obama, satellites, tech companies, etc and all these parties are just supposed to have not cared in 2024 and just allowed him to win
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To paraphrase Dave Barry, someone who is nice to you, but cruel to most of America, is not a nice person.
Narcissists tend to like superficially charming but awful people because the superficial charm satisfies their need for admiration.
Narcissists tend to like superficially charming but awful people because the superficial charm satisfies their need for admiration.
Clarence Thomas is apparently one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet, and famously knows the name of every single employee at the Supreme Court, down to the night janitors. His character is still bad! Not sure what “Alito is a kind in interpersonal situations” has to do with this.
January 29, 2026 at 3:21 PM
To paraphrase Dave Barry, someone who is nice to you, but cruel to most of America, is not a nice person.
Narcissists tend to like superficially charming but awful people because the superficial charm satisfies their need for admiration.
Narcissists tend to like superficially charming but awful people because the superficial charm satisfies their need for admiration.
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ICYMI: ICE has been using an AI-powered Palantir system to summarize tips sent to its tip line since last spring, according to a newly released Homeland Security document. www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
ICE Is Using Palantir’s AI Tools to Sort Through Tips
ICE has been using an AI-powered Palantir system to summarize tips sent to its tip line since last spring, according to a newly released Homeland Security document.
www.wired.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:27 PM
ICYMI: ICE has been using an AI-powered Palantir system to summarize tips sent to its tip line since last spring, according to a newly released Homeland Security document. www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
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“[Liam] keeps asking about that hat and that backpack that are in the picture,” the congressman said. “I think they took that from him.”
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Rep. Joaquin Castro meets with the 5-year-old boy held with his father at a Texas detention facility | CNN
US Rep. Joaquin Castro met Wednesday with Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old Minnesota boy taken from his family’s suburban Minneapolis driveway last week after federal agents apprehended his father, t...
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January 29, 2026 at 5:52 AM
“[Liam] keeps asking about that hat and that backpack that are in the picture,” the congressman said. “I think they took that from him.”
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"Let Poilievre stay on, he could never win" is incompatible with "We all had to vote for Carney or else Poilievre would have won" and with what very nearly happened until Trump came along. Carney is driving away progressives and normalizing (and in many cases implementing) Poilievre's policies.
January 29, 2026 at 12:15 PM
"Let Poilievre stay on, he could never win" is incompatible with "We all had to vote for Carney or else Poilievre would have won" and with what very nearly happened until Trump came along. Carney is driving away progressives and normalizing (and in many cases implementing) Poilievre's policies.
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The tone-deafness in the statement is so on brand.
Melania Trump: "He would like to have a country where all of the people can walk down the street and not be harassed or murdered or women raped"
January 29, 2026 at 3:18 PM
The tone-deafness in the statement is so on brand.
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When the president was calling all Somali immigrants "garbage" who "come from hell" and "contribute nothing" to America and therefore needed to go "back where they came from" did you ask him to "stop the rhetoric," Tom?
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 2:07 PM
When the president was calling all Somali immigrants "garbage" who "come from hell" and "contribute nothing" to America and therefore needed to go "back where they came from" did you ask him to "stop the rhetoric," Tom?
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Trump launches a program to promote independence seekers in Alberta, which he intends to annex to the United States. www.ft.com/content/11dc...
Trump officials met group pushing Alberta independence from Canada
Separatists from oil-rich province try to capitalise on friction between White House and Mark Carney
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January 29, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Trump launches a program to promote independence seekers in Alberta, which he intends to annex to the United States. www.ft.com/content/11dc...
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It's quite funny that it was thought "Everyone needs to know Melania's story" and Everyone is responding "Oh no we don't."
January 29, 2026 at 3:08 PM
It's quite funny that it was thought "Everyone needs to know Melania's story" and Everyone is responding "Oh no we don't."
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I think Minnesota could do a lot worse for a tourism slogan than "Minnesota: we treat Nazis like Nazis"
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 3:08 PM
I think Minnesota could do a lot worse for a tourism slogan than "Minnesota: we treat Nazis like Nazis"
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Perhaps it’s because that was all wishful thinking by a media that simply can’t help itself
January 29, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Perhaps it’s because that was all wishful thinking by a media that simply can’t help itself
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Both sidesing has brought us to the point where constitutionally-protected speech and actions are being used by the federal government as justification for summarily executing people in the streets.
January 29, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Both sidesing has brought us to the point where constitutionally-protected speech and actions are being used by the federal government as justification for summarily executing people in the streets.
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One prong of Trump’s 2020 coup attempt was telling DOJ to lie about investigation and evidence: “Just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressmen.”
Thwarted by top DOJ officials threatening to resign en masse and go public.
Thwarted by top DOJ officials threatening to resign en masse and go public.
FBI searching Fulton County elections office, per Reuters
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FBI executing search warrant at Georgia election office related to 2020 vote, law enforcement official says
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is executing a search warrant at a Fulton County election office in Georgia related to the 2020 election, a law enforcement official familiar with the matter said o...
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January 29, 2026 at 1:43 PM
One prong of Trump’s 2020 coup attempt was telling DOJ to lie about investigation and evidence: “Just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressmen.”
Thwarted by top DOJ officials threatening to resign en masse and go public.
Thwarted by top DOJ officials threatening to resign en masse and go public.
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Right question, which should be asked in Congress above other places. The answer seems to be that the regime needs a war target every week, and as last week was Greenland, and the week before was Venezuela, this week must be Iran.
Remind me again, why are we gearing up for a potentially devastating war with Iran?
January 29, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Right question, which should be asked in Congress above other places. The answer seems to be that the regime needs a war target every week, and as last week was Greenland, and the week before was Venezuela, this week must be Iran.
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Protected bike lanes = One Weird Trick to Massively Increase Cycling
How a Small Canadian City Tripled Cycling Rates in Just 11 Years
Video: Victoria, Britiish Columbia has rapidly become "the strongest cycling city in North America that isn't widely known for it."
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January 29, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Protected bike lanes = One Weird Trick to Massively Increase Cycling
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Seems like a good video for his trial
January 29, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Seems like a good video for his trial
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NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official
The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.
www.huffpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:59 PM
NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
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Governor Tim Walz said that President Donald Trump compared his administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota to the military operation that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
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Walz Says Trump Compared Minnesota Crackdown to Venezuela: ‘He Told Me It Was Successful’
Governor Tim Walz (D) said that President Donald Trump compared his administration's immigration crackdown in Minnesota to the military operation that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
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January 29, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Governor Tim Walz said that President Donald Trump compared his administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota to the military operation that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
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“First Nations have been on these lands long before the border line was drawn,” said National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak who called on Canada to “take steps to ensure rights to be upheld in the face of imperialistic bullying from the Trump administration.”
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Indigenous Canadians Warned about Travel to the US | The Tyee
The AFN says it ‘strongly condemns’ reports of First Nations people being questioned and detained by ICE.
thetyee.ca
January 27, 2026 at 5:55 AM
“First Nations have been on these lands long before the border line was drawn,” said National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak who called on Canada to “take steps to ensure rights to be upheld in the face of imperialistic bullying from the Trump administration.”
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From @joshtpm.bsky.social
"Trump’s ICE-fluffing MAGA army ... will get their footing. But they don’t have it yet. So it’s just critical for opposition elected officials and really everyone who cares about America’s future to be applying maximum pressure right now."
good read. gift link.
"Trump’s ICE-fluffing MAGA army ... will get their footing. But they don’t have it yet. So it’s just critical for opposition elected officials and really everyone who cares about America’s future to be applying maximum pressure right now."
good read. gift link.
Can Dems Push MAGA and Its ICE Army Into a Disorganized Retreat?
Big public and political fights often have the dynamics of military confrontations....
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January 29, 2026 at 1:15 AM
From @joshtpm.bsky.social
"Trump’s ICE-fluffing MAGA army ... will get their footing. But they don’t have it yet. So it’s just critical for opposition elected officials and really everyone who cares about America’s future to be applying maximum pressure right now."
good read. gift link.
"Trump’s ICE-fluffing MAGA army ... will get their footing. But they don’t have it yet. So it’s just critical for opposition elected officials and really everyone who cares about America’s future to be applying maximum pressure right now."
good read. gift link.
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Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
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This giant ICE Army they are building this year is also likely to be at polling places during the midterms in heavily Democratic precincts with the excuse being that they are looking for “illegals trying to vote.”
January 29, 2026 at 1:54 AM
This giant ICE Army they are building this year is also likely to be at polling places during the midterms in heavily Democratic precincts with the excuse being that they are looking for “illegals trying to vote.”
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Stephen Miller blaming Bovino. Noem blaming Miller. Some Republican senators blaming Noem.
January 28, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Stephen Miller blaming Bovino. Noem blaming Miller. Some Republican senators blaming Noem.
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We’re just not a free country.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
January 29, 2026 at 5:49 AM
We’re just not a free country.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.