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We understand that you’re sorry for what your government is doing to former friends and allies.
Unfortunately that’s sounds to us a lot like “thoughts and prayers” after a mass shooting.
We would much rather you do something than be sorry.
Unfortunately that’s sounds to us a lot like “thoughts and prayers” after a mass shooting.
We would much rather you do something than be sorry.
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So going for Trump 1.0 policies? What the fuck is wrong with this country? Fuck off and die
Lebanon, Palestine & Philippines among prohibited countries under draft coalition plan. Lebanese Australians have played a significant role in post WW2 rebuild. Philippines is 5th on migration ladder currently and is a crucial feature of health workforce. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Migrants from Gaza and Somalia among those to be banned from Australia under unreleased Liberal plan
The hardline immigration policy was designed before Sussan Ley was ousted as party leader on Friday
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:44 AM
So going for Trump 1.0 policies? What the fuck is wrong with this country? Fuck off and die
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When Bereleh and Faygel Krugman emigrated from Belarus to New York, which was mostly Catholic and Jewish in 1920, I don't think they did for the Scots (with one t) Irish culture
February 15, 2026 at 7:33 PM
When Bereleh and Faygel Krugman emigrated from Belarus to New York, which was mostly Catholic and Jewish in 1920, I don't think they did for the Scots (with one t) Irish culture
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Lowell Green was a racist demagogue who used his CFRA radio show as a soapbox to rant about immigrants and target racialized communities in Ottawa
Contrary to Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe's eulogy here, Lowell wasn't proud of Canada – he wrote an entire book about how it wasn't white enough for him
Contrary to Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe's eulogy here, Lowell wasn't proud of Canada – he wrote an entire book about how it wasn't white enough for him
February 16, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Lowell Green was a racist demagogue who used his CFRA radio show as a soapbox to rant about immigrants and target racialized communities in Ottawa
Contrary to Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe's eulogy here, Lowell wasn't proud of Canada – he wrote an entire book about how it wasn't white enough for him
Contrary to Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe's eulogy here, Lowell wasn't proud of Canada – he wrote an entire book about how it wasn't white enough for him
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It's great to live in a country (Canada, Japan, UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, etc.) where citizens don't worry about if the next election will be canceled, if they will be allowed to register to vote, if they will have to stand in line for hours to vote, or if their vote will be counted.
February 15, 2026 at 2:26 PM
It's great to live in a country (Canada, Japan, UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, etc.) where citizens don't worry about if the next election will be canceled, if they will be allowed to register to vote, if they will have to stand in line for hours to vote, or if their vote will be counted.
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I’m proud of our common inheritance of ordered liberty and our heritage of killing Nazis when necessary.
If you think there’s NOTHING in our heritage (or in any nation’s) to be unapologetic about, you’re a fool. A dangerous fool.
February 16, 2026 at 2:18 AM
I’m proud of our common inheritance of ordered liberty and our heritage of killing Nazis when necessary.
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The other thing about defence exports is if you want to make money and keep the industries at peak level, who are you selling to? Probably many thoroughly awful regimes who use Canadian weapons against civilians.
Super glad there isn't an extensive body of evidence showing that outside of R&D investments, increased military spending is at best neutral and at worse actively harms economic growth
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February 16, 2026 at 12:57 AM
The other thing about defence exports is if you want to make money and keep the industries at peak level, who are you selling to? Probably many thoroughly awful regimes who use Canadian weapons against civilians.
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Of course it’s not a threat at all, under any interpretation, LET ALONE a true threat outside First Amendment protection, but I guess some of these people have a lot on their conscience about supporting a pedophile and tend to blurt it out.
February 16, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Of course it’s not a threat at all, under any interpretation, LET ALONE a true threat outside First Amendment protection, but I guess some of these people have a lot on their conscience about supporting a pedophile and tend to blurt it out.
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Donald Trump calls Democrats "corrupt and deranged." He calls Democrats "demented and evil." A master of projection, Trump has defined himself again.
February 15, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Donald Trump calls Democrats "corrupt and deranged." He calls Democrats "demented and evil." A master of projection, Trump has defined himself again.
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straight out of those Civil War histories where some ill informed white Union soldier got a view of slavery up close and became hyper abolitionist in an instant
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 9:28 PM
straight out of those Civil War histories where some ill informed white Union soldier got a view of slavery up close and became hyper abolitionist in an instant
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“the super-secret part of the Constitution visible only on microfilm in a Florida library”
February 14, 2026 at 6:19 PM
“the super-secret part of the Constitution visible only on microfilm in a Florida library”
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no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU
February 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
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Concentration camps. Say it. Concentration camps.
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Concentration camps. Say it. Concentration camps.
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it’s not too hard to understand the distinction between “that’s not who we are (aspirational)” and “that’s not who we are (historical)” especially when the latter is often worst-case historical; see also Langston Hughes on America
notice that in the video quoted here the person who said he is engaging in protest for the first time in his life says, with emotion, “that’s not who we are,” in reference to ICE terrorizing grade schoolers.
think about this person every time you see someone scolding someone else for saying that
think about this person every time you see someone scolding someone else for saying that
In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
February 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
it’s not too hard to understand the distinction between “that’s not who we are (aspirational)” and “that’s not who we are (historical)” especially when the latter is often worst-case historical; see also Langston Hughes on America
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We came to Tumbler Ridge so that this community, who has been through the unthinkable, may know that Canadians are with you.
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
We came to Tumbler Ridge so that this community, who has been through the unthinkable, may know that Canadians are with you.
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MLI could not find two less credible people to talk about geopolitical issues.
What a fucking clown show.
What a fucking clown show.
February 14, 2026 at 6:35 PM
MLI could not find two less credible people to talk about geopolitical issues.
What a fucking clown show.
What a fucking clown show.
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Zelenskyy in Munich: “The Ukrainian Army is the strongest army in Europe, thanks to our heroes.
“And I think it is simply not smart to keep this army outside NATO.”
“And I think it is simply not smart to keep this army outside NATO.”
February 14, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Zelenskyy in Munich: “The Ukrainian Army is the strongest army in Europe, thanks to our heroes.
“And I think it is simply not smart to keep this army outside NATO.”
“And I think it is simply not smart to keep this army outside NATO.”
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OK everyone who is making fun of Kristi Noem over the blanket thing has OBVIOUSLY never had a toddler who was elevated to a Cabinet position
February 13, 2026 at 3:14 PM
OK everyone who is making fun of Kristi Noem over the blanket thing has OBVIOUSLY never had a toddler who was elevated to a Cabinet position
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I would love to have a discussion with Jake Tapper about the history of the term "concentration camp" and its usage. It would do so much good if he would actually address this head on.
God the gall of @jaketapper.bsky.social lecturing that Minneapolis small business owner about the meaning of the word "concentration camp" while people are being crammed into poorly resourced buildings by the thousands and shuttled off never to be heard from again
February 13, 2026 at 12:50 AM
I would love to have a discussion with Jake Tapper about the history of the term "concentration camp" and its usage. It would do so much good if he would actually address this head on.
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would those Legal Arguments be very serious, thoughtful, arguments that have never been made in such detail or with such care
Trump: “The Democrats refuse to vote for Voter I.D., or Citizenship. The reason is very simple — They want to continue to cheat in Elections. This was not what our Founders desired … There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!“
February 13, 2026 at 10:17 PM
would those Legal Arguments be very serious, thoughtful, arguments that have never been made in such detail or with such care
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Distgusting display of servitude to russia, especially when the the IOC allows likes of Savelii Korostelev, whom russia's Central Army Sports Club website listed as a "Private," to compete in cross-country skiing.
February 13, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Distgusting display of servitude to russia, especially when the the IOC allows likes of Savelii Korostelev, whom russia's Central Army Sports Club website listed as a "Private," to compete in cross-country skiing.
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And last one for today: Vladyslav Heraskevych was banned from competing by the IOC because he wanted to wear a helmet honouring athletes who were victims of Russia's war. He could have won a medal. He won something else instead. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
Bruce Arthur: IOC makes a compromise on Ukrainian athlete’s tribute to his dead countrymen — with yet another concession to Russia
Vladyslav Heraskevych’s helmet bears the faces of Ukrainian athletes killed in Russia’s four-year war of aggression.
www.thestar.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:28 AM
And last one for today: Vladyslav Heraskevych was banned from competing by the IOC because he wanted to wear a helmet honouring athletes who were victims of Russia's war. He could have won a medal. He won something else instead. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
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Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
February 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
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This seems to be where most of the reporting is at now: DoD loaned a cutting-edge laser weapon to CBP which apparently mis-used it to shoot down something harmless, and WH is clamping down on official info about it.
My Q: why is the Pentagon ‘loaning’ cutting edge weapons to Border Patrol?
My Q: why is the Pentagon ‘loaning’ cutting edge weapons to Border Patrol?
February 12, 2026 at 12:38 AM
This seems to be where most of the reporting is at now: DoD loaned a cutting-edge laser weapon to CBP which apparently mis-used it to shoot down something harmless, and WH is clamping down on official info about it.
My Q: why is the Pentagon ‘loaning’ cutting edge weapons to Border Patrol?
My Q: why is the Pentagon ‘loaning’ cutting edge weapons to Border Patrol?