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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 3h

If Donald Trump were any dumber, he'd be Eric Trump.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 13h

My loathing for Mark Carney cannot even be expressed in words anymore.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Carney raised Keystone XL pipeline revival in meeting with Trump | CBC News

Relief for Canada from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum may come thanks to renewed interest in a pipeline project first proposed more than 15 years ago.

www.cbc.ca

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 14h

Sure, but keep in mind that Donald Trump will soon have a coin with his likeness on it, so that balances things out, right?

Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 19h

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 14h

Brilliant.

Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 17h

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 14h

Any bets on whether Tamara Lich's travel restrictions will include preventing her from being a special guest at the upcoming Rebel News birthday bash in Toronto?

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 16h

Wherein Pierre Poilievre thinks happy thoughts about the people whose followers openly wanted to murder the Prime Minister.

MMorden 🇨🇦 @mmorden.bsky.social · 17h

Pierre Poilievre posted this garbage yesterday on X ending with: “I wish Chris and Tamara a peaceful and happy life.”

I tell you what, their occupation and insurrection attempt in Ottawa was anything but peaceful or happy!

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 18h

Anyone else noticed how "Pastor Art" Pawlowski isn't in the news that much anymore? I'm guessing they've milked that con man of pretty much all of his grift value.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 18h

"Siri, show me 'bad faith debating'."

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING! Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber sentenced to house confinement, with exceptions of shopping, going to and from work, doctors, dentists, barbers and hairdressers, movies, eating out, going to gym and yoga classes, media interviews, and generally hanging with friends.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 19h

I never imagined I could think even less of the Ontario judiciary than I do already ... I was *so* wrong.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1d

There is zero chance that either Lich or Barber will abide by the conditions of their sentences, and no one will do anything about it.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1d

I even predicted the community service.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1d

I predicted exactly this kind of pathetic, meaningless bullshit months ago. Conditional sentences. What rubbish. If Ontario judges were any stupider, they'd be Cheryl Gallant.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Freedom Convoy leaders Chris Barber, Tamara Lich given conditional sentences | CBC News

Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, two major figures of the 2022 "Freedom Convoy," have been handed conditional sentences and spared further jail time.

www.cbc.ca

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1d

All Carney is doing is giving Trump countless sound bites to use to his advantage. Carney is not playing 5-D chess; he is being a useful idiot.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 1d

Trump talks 'love' and 'conflict' with Carney during Canadian prime minister's visit nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/07/t...

Trump talks 'love' and 'conflict' with Carney during Canadian prime…

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

nationalnewswatch.com

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. President Donald Trump issues presidential pardons for both Barber and Lich in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...

Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1d

If people want to understand Rebel News' fundraising (and tax-deductible) collection arm "The Democracy Fund", I have written about TDF extensively at my blog over the years:

canadiancynic.blogspot.com/search?q=%22...

Canadian Cynic

Left-leaning, progressive snark from the general vicinity of Waterloo, Ontario. <br><br>Private e-mail: [email protected].

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1d

I don't have to imagine ... my shame is everlasting.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1d

And there it is ... Ontario's legal system bends over and spreads for the organizers of the Freedom Convoy, which terrorized downtown Ottawa for three weeks.

Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 1d

‘Freedom Convoy’ leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber given conditional sentences

The Crown asked for Lich to be sentenced to seven years in prison, and for Barber to be sentenced to eight years.

www.thestar.com

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1d

So how's my prediction of the judge pretty much giving Chris Barber a meaningless sentence and a hot oil massage looking?

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1d

As I literally just posted, while Rebel News is not a registered charity with the CRA, their money funneling associate, The Democracy Fund, *is* so registered, which is why all of these donations are "laundered" through the TDF -- to be able to issue charitable tax receipts.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1d

Who's live tweeting the Freedom Convoy sentencing, and doing it with proper threading?

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1d

Rebel News is *not* a registered charity with the CRA -- they funnel donations through The Democracy Fund, which *is* (for no discernible reason) a registered charity, despite doing absolutely nothing to accomplish their CRA-registered purpose.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1d

I would still like the Canada Revenue Agency to explain why donations to pay Tamara Lich's legal fees are tax deductible.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1d

Hilariously, these are the grifters and scam artists being defended by Rebel News.

Ghouly Hoye 🇨🇦 👻 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 1d

Debt, antibody extraction and fundraising: what a tangled web this is. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Creditors circle as cull controversy shines light on B.C. ostrich farmers' unpaid bills | CBC News

After years of chasing debts through the courts, creditors of a high-profile ostrich farm in southeastern B.C. have filed paperwork against the Canada Food Inspection Agency in the hopes of recouping ...

www.cbc.ca

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