Its good to be King (my last name)
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Father of 4, husband, business owner, entrepreneur, Canadian 🇨🇦 Poli Sci/History grad, believe in facts, science, education, love, kindness and forgiveness…and if none of that works I always have martial arts to fall back on
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My first post on Bluesky. Left twitter long ago, and was hoping threads was going to be the sane, friendly alternative - but this is feeling like a more likely candidate.
Promise thoughtful content and friendly discussion…here to think/learn, not prove I’m right.
I hope you give me a follow!
Promise thoughtful content and friendly discussion…here to think/learn, not prove I’m right.
I hope you give me a follow!
How about fact checking the lies on all the important stuff first….like tariffs, immigration, ICE, FEMA, etc etc
The man is a lying machine - fact check and post all of it, every day all day
The man is a lying machine - fact check and post all of it, every day all day
CNN's Daniel Dale fact-checked President Donald Trump over an imaginary tale he told about his uncle and the infamous Unabomber.
CNN busts Trump for a new 'colorful story' that 'couldn't possibly be true'
CNN's Daniel Dale fact-checked President Donald Trump over an imaginary tale he told about his uncle and the infamous Unabomber.The president frequently boasts about his late uncle John Trump, who taught electrical engineering for decades at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT...
bit.ly
July 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
How about fact checking the lies on all the important stuff first….like tariffs, immigration, ICE, FEMA, etc etc
The man is a lying machine - fact check and post all of it, every day all day
The man is a lying machine - fact check and post all of it, every day all day
I don’t want vaccines mandatory only because of the ridiculous backlash to the Covid vaccine - but I certainly want govt money spent trying to educate the public and do regular voluntary vaccinations in schools.
#canada
#canada
Canada is in the middle of the largest measles outbreak it has seen in generations.
Despite the spread, B.C. is not considering making measles immunization mandatory for attending school, as it is in Ontario and New Brunswick, the Health Ministry told The Tyee. @michellegamage.bsky.social reports.
Despite the spread, B.C. is not considering making measles immunization mandatory for attending school, as it is in Ontario and New Brunswick, the Health Ministry told The Tyee. @michellegamage.bsky.social reports.
BC Won’t Require Measles Vaccination for Schools | The Tyee
As outbreaks grow, that's the wrong strategy against the most infectious disease, one retired doctor says.
thetyee.ca
May 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I don’t want vaccines mandatory only because of the ridiculous backlash to the Covid vaccine - but I certainly want govt money spent trying to educate the public and do regular voluntary vaccinations in schools.
#canada
#canada
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The administration’s lack of transparency about tariff exemptions has experts concerned that some firms might be winning narrow carve-outs behind closed doors.
“It could be corruption, but it could just as easily be incompetence,” one lobbyist said.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“It could be corruption, but it could just as easily be incompetence,” one lobbyist said.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Politically Connected Firms Benefit From Trump Tariff Exemptions Amid Secrecy, Confusion
The administration’s lack of transparency about tariff exemptions has experts concerned that some firms might be winning narrow carve-outs behind closed doors. “It could be corruption, but it could ju...
www.propublica.org
April 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The administration’s lack of transparency about tariff exemptions has experts concerned that some firms might be winning narrow carve-outs behind closed doors.
“It could be corruption, but it could just as easily be incompetence,” one lobbyist said.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“It could be corruption, but it could just as easily be incompetence,” one lobbyist said.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
I think #Trump and the Republicans are counting on the American public not to understand crypto and how this coin can be used for corruption and bribery
Trump’s meme coin soars after he asks top 220 holders to dinner
Trump’s meme coin soars after he asks top 220 holders to dinner
Invitations to private reception with US president fuel $TRUMP’s 50% price rise and add to conflict of interest fears
The value of Donald Trump’s meme coin jumped by more than 50% on Wednesday after its official website said the coin’s top 220 holders would be invited to a private gala dinner with the president on 22 May.
The top 25 holders of the coin would also get “an ultra-exclusive VIP reception with the president”, as well as a special tour, the website said. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I think #Trump and the Republicans are counting on the American public not to understand crypto and how this coin can be used for corruption and bribery
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Newsmax agreed to pay Smartmatic $40 million as part of a settlement last year following the voting technology company’s election defamation lawsuit against the right-wing news outlet, according to a new regulatory filing.
Newsmax reveals it agreed to pay Smartmatic $40M in settlement with the voting machine company
Smartmatic settled a related defamation lawsuit in April against One America News for an undisclosed sum.
nbcnews.to
March 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Newsmax agreed to pay Smartmatic $40 million as part of a settlement last year following the voting technology company’s election defamation lawsuit against the right-wing news outlet, according to a new regulatory filing.
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“No Lives Matter” has emerged in recent months as a particularly violent splinter group within the extremist crime network known as Com and 764, and experts are at a loss for how to stop its spread.
The Violent Rise of ‘No Lives Matter’
“No Lives Matter” has emerged in recent months as a particularly violent splinter group within the extremist crime network known as Com and 764, and experts are at a loss for how to stop its spread.
wrd.cm
March 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“No Lives Matter” has emerged in recent months as a particularly violent splinter group within the extremist crime network known as Com and 764, and experts are at a loss for how to stop its spread.
I was not familiar with Jonah Goldberg prior to this interview with #SamHarris but I thought his analysis of the Trump administration, and Trump's motives, was some of the best I've heard:
#Trump #JonahGoldberg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQfr...
#Trump #JonahGoldberg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQfr...
Trump 2.0, DOGE, and America's Global Decline with Sam Harris and Jonah Goldberg
YouTube video by Sam Harris
www.youtube.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I was not familiar with Jonah Goldberg prior to this interview with #SamHarris but I thought his analysis of the Trump administration, and Trump's motives, was some of the best I've heard:
#Trump #JonahGoldberg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQfr...
#Trump #JonahGoldberg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQfr...
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With or without America, the UK is going to have to shoulder with our friends the burden of preventing an unconscionable outcome in Ukraine, writes Dominic Grieve.
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
For now, the transatlantic alliance is over
Trump seems more interested in a deal with Putin than in Ukraine. Europe must rise to this challenge to avoid wider war on our continent
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
March 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
With or without America, the UK is going to have to shoulder with our friends the burden of preventing an unconscionable outcome in Ukraine, writes Dominic Grieve.
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
For all those #freespeech champions, can I please remind you that the 1st amendment is actually about freedom of speech from the GOVERNMENT specifically.
Your right to protest, your right to criticize the government without fear of retaliation
#Trump #protest
Your right to protest, your right to criticize the government without fear of retaliation
#Trump #protest
Trump: American students will be ‘permanently expelled’ or arrested for campus protests
Trump: American students will be ‘permanently expelled’ or arrested for campus protests
Trump's social media post comes after a federal task force on antisemitism last week announced it would visit 10 college campuses that had antisemitic incidents.
www.politico.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
For all those #freespeech champions, can I please remind you that the 1st amendment is actually about freedom of speech from the GOVERNMENT specifically.
Your right to protest, your right to criticize the government without fear of retaliation
#Trump #protest
Your right to protest, your right to criticize the government without fear of retaliation
#Trump #protest
Well if the Zelensky meeting didn’t solidify the US switching role in the world, pulling out of NATO/UN certainly will…
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-us...
#Trump #Musk #Nato
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-us...
#Trump #Musk #Nato
Elon Musk supports US withdrawal from NATO, UN
In a post on Saturday night, Musk endorsed a suggestion from an X user, who wrote, It's time to leave NATO and the UN." .
www.newsweek.com
March 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Well if the Zelensky meeting didn’t solidify the US switching role in the world, pulling out of NATO/UN certainly will…
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-us...
#Trump #Musk #Nato
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-us...
#Trump #Musk #Nato
I guess its not a conflict of interest when you're advocating that a company be fired and the company you own should replace it.
#ElonMusk #Trump #Doge
www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/b...
#ElonMusk #Trump #Doge
www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/b...
Elon Musk says upgrade of FAA’s air traffic control system is failing and SpaceX needs to take over Verizon’s contract | CNN Business
Elon Musk said Thursday that Verizon’s efforts to provide a critically needed upgrade to the FAA’s air traffic control system is failing. And he said that it is important that Starlink, a unit of his ...
www.cnn.com
February 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I guess its not a conflict of interest when you're advocating that a company be fired and the company you own should replace it.
#ElonMusk #Trump #Doge
www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/b...
#ElonMusk #Trump #Doge
www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/b...
What could possibly go wrong giving blanket pardons to militant Jan 6th individuals with a slew of other charges against them for other crimes they committed?
#Trump #Jan6 #pardon
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
#Trump #Jan6 #pardon
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
DOJ has abruptly broadened its view of Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons. A judge wants answers.
A Trump-appointed judge grilled a Justice Department prosecutor on the department's change in position.
www.politico.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
What could possibly go wrong giving blanket pardons to militant Jan 6th individuals with a slew of other charges against them for other crimes they committed?
#Trump #Jan6 #pardon
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
#Trump #Jan6 #pardon
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Unfortunately all of this is falling under the radar.
#MAGA believes because #Trump is rich he doesn’t need more money - all while he amasses a fortune by wielding the levers of govt and removing any obstacles in his way
#MAGA believes because #Trump is rich he doesn’t need more money - all while he amasses a fortune by wielding the levers of govt and removing any obstacles in his way
Trump and Musk are getting even richer from their White House gigs — and ushering in a new age of bribery, graft, and corruption to American politics.
This Is the Biggest Trump-Musk Scandal That No One’s Talking About
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are ushering in a new age of bribery, graft, and corruption to American politics.
newrepublic.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Watch for the coming privatization of a ton of government services
They will claim it's all for efficiency, when really it's just a transfer of public service money to private companies, and just like with healthcare, it will all cost you more money than the public option
#Trump #DOGE #ElonMusk
They will claim it's all for efficiency, when really it's just a transfer of public service money to private companies, and just like with healthcare, it will all cost you more money than the public option
#Trump #DOGE #ElonMusk
February 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
One of the biggest problems with #Doge is mistaking speed with accuracy - if you’re cutting the “fat” of govt but don’t take the time necessary to analyze what you’re cutting then it’s just indiscriminate cutting - that is performative rather that efficient - and serves no one
February 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
One of the biggest problems with #Doge is mistaking speed with accuracy - if you’re cutting the “fat” of govt but don’t take the time necessary to analyze what you’re cutting then it’s just indiscriminate cutting - that is performative rather that efficient - and serves no one
U.S. foreign policy is now being dictated by the business interests of one man.
Throwing away collective security if Elon's earnings are negatively impacted. It's unbelievable.
#Nato #ElonMusk
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Throwing away collective security if Elon's earnings are negatively impacted. It's unbelievable.
#Nato #ElonMusk
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
JD Vance says US could veto NATO if Europe tries to regulate Elon Musk’s platforms
Republican vice presidential nominee says ‘Germans and other nations’ – not Russia – would ‘have to fund Ukraine’s reconstruction’
www.independent.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
U.S. foreign policy is now being dictated by the business interests of one man.
Throwing away collective security if Elon's earnings are negatively impacted. It's unbelievable.
#Nato #ElonMusk
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Throwing away collective security if Elon's earnings are negatively impacted. It's unbelievable.
#Nato #ElonMusk
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
“We contribute a lot of money to Jordan, and to Egypt by the way – a lot to both. But I don’t have to threaten that. I think we’re above that,” Trump said.
No, no you’re not - you’ve threatened Canada every week since taking office
#Trump #Gaza #Canada
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
No, no you’re not - you’ve threatened Canada every week since taking office
#Trump #Gaza #Canada
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
King Abdullah rebuffs Trump’s push for Jordan to take in displaced Palestinians
Egypt also rejects idea, saying it planned to present vision of reconstruction in Gaza for Palestinians to remain on land
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“We contribute a lot of money to Jordan, and to Egypt by the way – a lot to both. But I don’t have to threaten that. I think we’re above that,” Trump said.
No, no you’re not - you’ve threatened Canada every week since taking office
#Trump #Gaza #Canada
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
No, no you’re not - you’ve threatened Canada every week since taking office
#Trump #Gaza #Canada
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
While I hope I'm wrong, my prediction for the U.S. in Gaza is a repeat of Beirut in 1982, but worse.
For Gaza, unlike Beirut, the U.S. will be acting unilaterally, with no humanitarian justification, and attempting to forceable remove the inhabitants.
It won't end well
#Gaza #Trump
For Gaza, unlike Beirut, the U.S. will be acting unilaterally, with no humanitarian justification, and attempting to forceable remove the inhabitants.
It won't end well
#Gaza #Trump
February 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
So now #Trump isn't even planning on trying to buy residents out - he envisions the U.S. marching in, declaring the whole area "owned by the U.S." and moving the inhabitants to where ever the U.S. decides.
Even Native Americans are going "that's cold!"
#Gaza
www.instagram.com/reel/DF8XOWI...
Even Native Americans are going "that's cold!"
#Gaza
www.instagram.com/reel/DF8XOWI...
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February 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
So now #Trump isn't even planning on trying to buy residents out - he envisions the U.S. marching in, declaring the whole area "owned by the U.S." and moving the inhabitants to where ever the U.S. decides.
Even Native Americans are going "that's cold!"
#Gaza
www.instagram.com/reel/DF8XOWI...
Even Native Americans are going "that's cold!"
#Gaza
www.instagram.com/reel/DF8XOWI...
Reminder to all men out there: you can be masculine without being a dick. You can have money without ostentatious displays of wealth. You can be strong and be a feminist.
Don’t use these twits as your role models.
Don’t use these twits as your role models.
A spate of tech-titan glow-ups has won plaudits from fashion pundits and trend-watchers, but everyone missed that they were dressing for the job they really wanted.
Silicon Valley’s Macho Makeover Was a Warning, Not a Trend
A spate of tech-titan glow-ups has won plaudits from fashion pundits and trend-watchers, but everyone missed that they were dressing for the job they really wanted—supervillain.
www.wired.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Reminder to all men out there: you can be masculine without being a dick. You can have money without ostentatious displays of wealth. You can be strong and be a feminist.
Don’t use these twits as your role models.
Don’t use these twits as your role models.
Another week of “what the hell is he going to do this week” and we’re not a month into his Presidency
Whenever Democrats are in power Republicans rail against how chaos and unknowns are bad for the market….utter silence now
#Trump
Whenever Democrats are in power Republicans rail against how chaos and unknowns are bad for the market….utter silence now
#Trump
President Donald Trump announced that he would implement tariffs of 25 percent on all steel and aluminum imports to the United States.
Stock market today: Major US indexes fall as Trump imposes new tariffs
www.newsweek.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Another week of “what the hell is he going to do this week” and we’re not a month into his Presidency
Whenever Democrats are in power Republicans rail against how chaos and unknowns are bad for the market….utter silence now
#Trump
Whenever Democrats are in power Republicans rail against how chaos and unknowns are bad for the market….utter silence now
#Trump
I’m curious as to who he expects to buy Gaza from, as I have a sneaking suspicion he doesn’t plan to pay the Palestinians for it - nor do I remember them offering it “for sale”
#Trump #Gaza
#Trump #Gaza
Trump: ‘US will buy and control Gaza after war’
Trump: ‘US will buy and control Gaza after war’
The president proposes outsourcing reconstruction to other Middle Eastern countries. Meanwhile, he announces new tariffs on steel and aluminium The US intends to ‘buy and control’ Gaza once the conflict between Israel and Hamas is over. This was stated by…
www.liberoreporter.it
February 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia successfully disconnected from Russia’s power grid and joined the E.U.’s system this weekend.
Baltic countries successfully switch from Russia power grid to E.U. system — Meduza
Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia joined the E.U.’s energy system on Sunday, one day after disconnecting from Russia’s power grid.
buff.ly
February 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia successfully disconnected from Russia’s power grid and joined the E.U.’s system this weekend.
It’s utterly insane that in under 3 weeks of #Trump being President, U.S. Nato allies have to protect Greenland from U.S. aggression
This won’t end well
This won’t end well
NATO ready to deploy troops in Greenland against Trump’s threats
NATO ready to deploy troops in Greenland against Trump’s threats
Discussions on Collective Defence and International Reactions According to reports in the Telegraph, NATO countries have discussed the possibility of sending troops to Greenland in response to US President Donald Trump’s threat to use the military to take…
www.liberoreporter.it
February 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It’s utterly insane that in under 3 weeks of #Trump being President, U.S. Nato allies have to protect Greenland from U.S. aggression
This won’t end well
This won’t end well