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TrashPandaLogic @trashpandalogic.bsky.social · 17h

I know this is shocking (not) but DHS lied about the #Chicago shooting according to body cam footage. Don’t believe the lies that are out there instantly. Don’t believe mainstream media hot takes- wait for accurate reporting.

#DHSshooting
#Unprovoked
#Chicago
#DHS

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Politics Chat, October 7, 2025

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · 1h

Delays expected at airports as government shutdown drags on

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1h

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s claim about insurance costs checks out. Her characterization of GOP leadership also has the ring of truth.

You never know what will come out of a shutdown fight.

Democrats Are Winning the Shutdown Fight

Turns out Republicans still haven’t figured out the politics of health care.

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Frances @frances2023.bsky.social · 2h

Poster for event in City Hall forecourt in Hamilton, Ontario on October 9, 2025 from 3 p.m. - 5:30. Event is titled "Homeless No More Memorial" and is described as an afternoon honouring the people lost to housing deprivation and homelessness. There will be performances, food and beverages and harm reduction supplies.

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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 3h

pbs.org/video/octobe... Climate, action, and gender issues : a great interview.

Amanpour and Company | October 2, 2025 | Season 2025

Arseniy Yatsenyuk; Jane Fonda; Mela Chiponda; Ernest Moniz; Meghan O'Sullivan

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 2h

NEW: A MAGA X account often shared by Senator Mike Lee and House Republicans like Nancy Mace--that often alleges Democrats encourage voting fraud-- is run by a man who not only has never stepped foot in the US, he also illegally donated to an American campaign.

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The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America

Two influential MAGA social media accounts are run by Rumen Naumovski, a Macedonian who may have illegally donated to a U.S. election.

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elcanaco.bsky.social @elcanaco.bsky.social · 2h

When writing an article about road widening, you should ask why rapid transit wasn't chosen instead.

Why is the BC govt spending $5B to add one more lane when they could use that space to construct a commuter rail line?

@kierjunos.bsky.social

#cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli
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Stuck in traffic, Highway 1 motorists wonder whether widening work is worth it | CBC News

As more major construction on the Trans-Canada Highway is set to begin in the Fraser Valley next year, motorists crawling along Highway 1 are already wondering when the work is going to end.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 3h

Googles the groom. More stories. It's all there.

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Firms with ties to Brampton councillor, mayor got ‘unfair advantage’ on contracts, docs say - Toronto | Globalnews.ca

An external investigation, alongside almost 500 pages of communications, memos and notes, suggests two firms with links to Brampton council members may have received an advantage.

globalnews.ca

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 3h

Hot take: it‘s a failure of journalism to characterise the US president wanting to jail his opponents as Trump having “escalated his battle“ with them

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Frances @frances2023.bsky.social · 3h

Yours is the third post I've seen about this. :(

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 14h

Today in Politics Chat, I talked about how power sloshes around when a president is checked out, and noted that right now unelected officials like Stephen Miller are trying to grab it. But instead, We the People can take it back and create a better nation.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 11h

October 7, 2025

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today floated the idea that workers furloughed during a government shutdown are not guaranteed back pay when the shutdown is resolved.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 6h

Piccini, who has final say over who receives money through the $2.5-billion Skills Development Fund (SDF), was in Paris this weekend at the wedding of Michael Rudderham, a lobbyist & longtime friend of the minister, The Trillium can report based on well-placed sources & social media records. #OnPoli

Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 6h

NEW: David Piccini, the minister whose office picks Skills Development Fund recipients, was in Paris this weekend at the wedding of a lobbyist whose clients received millions from that fund.

From me and @charliepinkerton.bsky.social.

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Ontario labour minister attended lobbyist’s wedding after granting his clients millions in training funds

Two clients of lobbyist Michael Rudderham have received more than $8.5 million in Skills Development Fund grants, records show

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 15h

Destroy all of your environmental regulations, or else!

CANADA
Danielle Smith says she's giving Carney until Grey Cup to fix nine 'bad laws'

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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 19h

Premier Ford can't even get members of his own cabinet ministers to stop speeding - how does he think he's going to get an entire province to slow down?

Global News also revealed recently that vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers were caught by speed cameras more than 20 times. Over three years, those vehicles received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding and were recorded at stunt driving speeds 12 times.

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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 19h

He claims that money from the speed cameras are not going towards road safety, which is not accurate. All the while, refusing to share how his government will supposedly make all of these road improvements that will bring an end to speeding.

Another quarter is redirected to the province, including $11 million from victim surcharges, with the remaining 41 per cent going to fund the city’s Vision Zero initiatives, including: the Toronto police Road Safety Program, funding 18 uniform officers; the school crossing guard program; and the servicing of debts related to road safety infrastructure improvements.

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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 19h

Great, I'm all for safer infrastructure. Unfortunately, Ford refuses to speak to where the funding will come from, what the timeline will be, and he refuses to reimburse municipalities for cancelling speed camera contracts. Aside from safety concerns, his actions don't make fiscal sense either.

Text: Taking reporters’ questions at Queen’s Park on Tuesday, the premier pledged that his plan will bring the number of speeding drivers down to zero. “If we put infrastructure in, no one’s going to be speeding,” he said. “This is like a no-brainer … I guarantee you no one will be speeding.”

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 18h

A BIG slip.

You can see it on his face when he realizes it.

Blanche Devereaux @gingerkap23.bsky.social · 21h

Miller oopsie doodled and said the quiet part out loud, talking about DT aka himself having “plenary authority”:

A plenary power or plenary authority is a complete and absolute power to take action on a particular issue, with no limitations

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Kari Raymer Bishop 🇨🇦 @kariraymerbishop.bsky.social · 17h

New rule: your neighbourhood gets one NIMBY veto and then you are at the top of the list for whatever comes next. Use your NIMBY veto wisely because you wouldn't want to waste it on homeless seniors and get what's behind door number two! 🤣

🖇️3 Sides🟥🍁🟥🪶🐦‍⬛🧷 @3sides.bsky.social · 1d

NIMBY! What type of person would want to deny seniors from being sheltered?
A$$holes are everywhere.
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Community group sues City of Toronto over proposed homeless shelter for seniors

A community group is suing the City of Toronto and their local councillor for $1 million in damages over the plan to build a homeless shelter for seniors in a parking lot at 66 Third Street in Etobico...

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 17h

Pam Bondi is so transparent, you can see right through her

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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 22h

The BC Conservatives are imploding, but the real problem isn’t just leadership.

It’s First Past the Post, which forces everyone on the right into one unstable party.

Here are 10 reasons why Conservatives should support Proportional Representation 🧵 (1/12)

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 22h

What a beautiful planet we have, it’s really worth protecting.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 22h

An adult driver angry at a child they hit with their car.

Our car culture summed up in one video.

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 23h

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 21h

I get fed a lot of ads re Ontario place (Ontario taxpayer $). I hadn’t seen this rendering of the amphitheater before. Wild - a total rebuild? Note the spa doesn’t exist in background. Anyway, bookmark this image.

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Maureen Wilson 🇨🇦 Ward 1 Councillor, Hamilton @ward1wilson.bsky.social · 21h

Join us for an enlightening evening on October 14, as we explore Treaty history with the esteemed historian, Rick Hill.

Tickets are FREE. Everyone welcome—registration required.

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