Friendly Skeptic
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Applied science degree/Health Care/Sociology minor. Trying to navigate the world. Opposing the right wing whackjob takeover. 🇨🇦
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Now we learn the billionaire owner of a bridge that will compete w/the new Canada-MI bridge met with Lutnick right before Trump issued his threat to shut down the new bridge. The Trump admin is a lawless mafia gangster extortion racket existing to enrich oligarchs at our expense.
February 10, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Now we learn the billionaire owner of a bridge that will compete w/the new Canada-MI bridge met with Lutnick right before Trump issued his threat to shut down the new bridge. The Trump admin is a lawless mafia gangster extortion racket existing to enrich oligarchs at our expense.
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Sometimes I remember Reagan removing Jimmy Carter’s solar panels and I think we’ve been enduring this shit for way too many years.
February 11, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Sometimes I remember Reagan removing Jimmy Carter’s solar panels and I think we’ve been enduring this shit for way too many years.
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Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
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JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”
January 31, 2026 at 4:54 AM
JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal
January 25, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
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KRUGMAN: “.. How did a great, sophisticated nation, one of the world’s longest-standing republics, end up so fragile that it can be undone by one man’s dementia?”
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January 20, 2026 at 12:11 PM
KRUGMAN: “.. How did a great, sophisticated nation, one of the world’s longest-standing republics, end up so fragile that it can be undone by one man’s dementia?”
@pkrugman.bsky.social
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January 17, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
December 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
Partisan conservatives hate it when you point out that virtually all Canadian Trumpers/51st staters vote conservative.
Instead of channelling their rage at those who point it out, why aren’t they the ones speaking out about it?
PSA: Shooting the messenger is very Trumpish.
Instead of channelling their rage at those who point it out, why aren’t they the ones speaking out about it?
PSA: Shooting the messenger is very Trumpish.
October 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Partisan conservatives hate it when you point out that virtually all Canadian Trumpers/51st staters vote conservative.
Instead of channelling their rage at those who point it out, why aren’t they the ones speaking out about it?
PSA: Shooting the messenger is very Trumpish.
Instead of channelling their rage at those who point it out, why aren’t they the ones speaking out about it?
PSA: Shooting the messenger is very Trumpish.
Tylenol just became my favourite go-to pain medication.
September 22, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Tylenol just became my favourite go-to pain medication.
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MEIDAS CANADA. COMING SOON. 🇨🇦
August 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
MEIDAS CANADA. COMING SOON. 🇨🇦
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Why won't any of the sports teams honoring Charlie Kirk play some clips of him? Please show us what you are celebrating. Don't be shy about it. Show us what made him so great. Play his greatest hits.
September 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Why won't any of the sports teams honoring Charlie Kirk play some clips of him? Please show us what you are celebrating. Don't be shy about it. Show us what made him so great. Play his greatest hits.
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The only thing Charlie Kirk had in common with Jesus is that Christians get mad when you quote him to them.
September 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The only thing Charlie Kirk had in common with Jesus is that Christians get mad when you quote him to them.
And just like that, the people who were called bleeding hearts, snowflakes, betas, and soyboys eating avocado toast have become a dangerous group of bloodthirsty murderous villains.
Who knew it would be this easy to make those Alpha Males shit their pants.
Who knew it would be this easy to make those Alpha Males shit their pants.
September 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
And just like that, the people who were called bleeding hearts, snowflakes, betas, and soyboys eating avocado toast have become a dangerous group of bloodthirsty murderous villains.
Who knew it would be this easy to make those Alpha Males shit their pants.
Who knew it would be this easy to make those Alpha Males shit their pants.
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This you? Just two hours later?
September 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This you? Just two hours later?
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When you write a piece noting that a guy promoted racism and violence, his followers immediately prove you right
September 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
When you write a piece noting that a guy promoted racism and violence, his followers immediately prove you right