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Max Fawcett

@maxfawcett.bsky.social

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Lead columnist for Canada's National Observer, winner of both a National Newspaper Award (2023) and National Magazine Award (2021) for column writing. Other: Mariners fan, crypto skeptic and descendant of Canada's worst prime minister (no, not him)

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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 9h

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 6h

The most effective Democratic messenger of my lifetime is the guy who broke every single rule Democrats are currently trying to follow: Barack Hussein Obama, the guy with the weird name who talked like a professor, made sweeping appeals to higher principles, and never once appeared salt-of-the-earth

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 11h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 11h

Which policies, specifically, do you find most objectionable?

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 15h

Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 16h

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Bondi claims that the ICEBlock app was "criminal in that people were posting where ICE officers lived"

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 11h

Receipts?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

"Dear Sweet Blessed Little Baby Jesus, please watch over our armed thugs as they turn away the stranger, persecute the foreigner and harm the least of our brothers and sisters."

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 13h

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is in Portland meeting with ICE, Border Patrol and DHS officials; Nick Sortor posted video of Noem saying a prayer for the safety of their officers at the start of the meeting.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 18h

Zohran making a statement that he had to know would enrage the more deranged of his supporters is more evidence of him juice-having I think.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 15h

I'm going to gently suggest that Scandinavia is *slightly* different than Canada, and that our politics will probably reflect that.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 15h

Plenty of folks on the climate left are, in fact, suggesting that.

But which policy, specifically, are you most upset about Carney eliminating?

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 15h

It's a fact that climate change/climate policy dropped precipitously in salience once Trump was re-elected. The Liberals campaigned accordingly.

If, say, the NDP wants to make it their big issue? Let's see how Canadians feel about it.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 15h

My argument is that you should focus on the climate policies that matter and appreciate elected officials who spend their political capital accordingly.

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The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 1d

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 15h

Ahhhh sorry.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 15h

And if Canada immediately shut-in its production of fossil fuels, what would that do for climate change?

Sad to say: nothing. Because the global oil market is dominated by a cartel that holds spare production at the ready to manage prices.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 15h

Poilievre would have immediately repealed the industrial carbon tax, the EV mandate, and a host of other policies.

The EV mandate is paused, not repealed, and the industrial carbon price (which delivers the bulk of the emissions reductions) remains the government's top priority.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 15h

The alternative is the sort of halting back-and-forth, advance and retreat, that has gotten us exactly nowhere on climate policy.

Look at America right now.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 15h

The Norwegian government is disproportionately funded by fossil fuels. If your thesis had any merit then you'd be able to point to the fascism funded by Norway's fossil fuels.

You can't.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 15h

Sure. Democracy is messy and complicated and we're often forced to choose between imperfect outcomes and lesser evils.

But perfect remains the enemy of good.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 15h

The biggest driver of Canada's emissions reductions, by far, will be the industrial carbon price. That's what Carney has clearly decided to defend.

You're welcome to regret supporting that, I suppose.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 15h

David Eby will win this fight seven days a week and twice on Sundays.

He's not the one opening the door to separatist referendums and forever blaming Canada for everything that goes wrong in his province.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 17h

Danielle Smith meets with PM Mark Carney, calls B.C. premier ‘un-Canadian’ www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

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Danielle Smith meets with PM Mark Carney, calls B.C. premier ‘un-Canadian’

Prime Minister Mark Carney has committed to reaching an agreement regarding Alberta’s pitch for a proposed bitumen pipeline to the West Coast by next month, according to Premier Danielle Smith.

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 15h

I know I've been glazing Denmark like crazy lately — and honestly I'm not sure how they're going to enforce this — but nevertheless I am 100% behind governments banning social media for children under the age of 15. ❤️🇩🇰

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Denmark plans social media ban for under-15s as PM warns phones ‘stealing childhood’

Mette Frederiksen links social media use to anxiety, depression and lack of concentration

www.theguardian.com

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 15h

Let's imagine, just for the sake of argument, that he didn't eliminate the carbon tax.

Who's the prime minister today, and what are his climate policies?

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