Murray Cooke
@murraycooke.bsky.social
he/him, father of 2 daughters, union guy, beer league hockey playing Habs fan in Tkaronto
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Michael Ma collected his own conservative secret santa gift before crossing the floor BUT DID NOT DELIVER ANYTHING TO THE NAME HE DREW
HE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN JAMIL JIVANI’S SECRET SANTA
LMFAO THIS DIVAAAAAA
HE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN JAMIL JIVANI’S SECRET SANTA
LMFAO THIS DIVAAAAAA
December 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Michael Ma collected his own conservative secret santa gift before crossing the floor BUT DID NOT DELIVER ANYTHING TO THE NAME HE DREW
HE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN JAMIL JIVANI’S SECRET SANTA
LMFAO THIS DIVAAAAAA
HE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN JAMIL JIVANI’S SECRET SANTA
LMFAO THIS DIVAAAAAA
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This is the logical policy outcome for a government that is captured by a single industry. Socialize the risk, privatize the profits. It is socialism for the rich while the public is left with all the environmental costs.
Albertans at risk of paying oil sands reclamation costs, Auditor-General says
Funds set aside as security for mine reclamation vastly lower than estimated cleanup costs, report finds
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is the logical policy outcome for a government that is captured by a single industry. Socialize the risk, privatize the profits. It is socialism for the rich while the public is left with all the environmental costs.
Doug Ford doesn't really like being held accountable. He prefers to make corrupt deals with his cronies in the shadows.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario's legislature taking a 14-week winter break less than 2 months after 19-week summer break | CBC News
Ontario's legislature is set to take a 14-week winter break, less than two months after resuming from a 19-week summer break.
www.cbc.ca
December 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Doug Ford doesn't really like being held accountable. He prefers to make corrupt deals with his cronies in the shadows.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Lol, Conservative MP Michael Ma went to the Conservative holiday party on Wednesday and then defected to the Libs and went to their holiday party Thursday.
So many questions.
So many questions.
December 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Lol, Conservative MP Michael Ma went to the Conservative holiday party on Wednesday and then defected to the Libs and went to their holiday party Thursday.
So many questions.
So many questions.
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Immigrants ‘plucked out of line’ at citizenship ceremony at Faneuil Hall “the cradle of liberty”.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
December 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Immigrants ‘plucked out of line’ at citizenship ceremony at Faneuil Hall “the cradle of liberty”.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
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Under the agreement announced Monday with New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, Starbucks will pay $3.4 million in civil penalties, in addition to the $35 million it is paying workers. The company also agreed to comply with the city’s Fair Workweek law going forward.
December 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Under the agreement announced Monday with New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, Starbucks will pay $3.4 million in civil penalties, in addition to the $35 million it is paying workers. The company also agreed to comply with the city’s Fair Workweek law going forward.
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So Brampton’s Mayor Patrick Brown would have us believe he had “nothing to do with” his wife’s purchase of a downtown property in the heart of the City slated for redevelopment.
The acquisition was made using a private company of which he is Vice President.
🤷🏼🤔🧐🤨🤷🏼
www.thestar.com/news/investi...
The acquisition was made using a private company of which he is Vice President.
🤷🏼🤔🧐🤨🤷🏼
www.thestar.com/news/investi...
Numbered company registered to Mayor Patrick Brown and his wife buys downtown Brampton properties for $1.45M
Mayor Patrick Brown said he has “consistently” checked with Brampton’s integrity commissioner “to ensure there is no conflict of interest.”
www.thestar.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
So Brampton’s Mayor Patrick Brown would have us believe he had “nothing to do with” his wife’s purchase of a downtown property in the heart of the City slated for redevelopment.
The acquisition was made using a private company of which he is Vice President.
🤷🏼🤔🧐🤨🤷🏼
www.thestar.com/news/investi...
The acquisition was made using a private company of which he is Vice President.
🤷🏼🤔🧐🤨🤷🏼
www.thestar.com/news/investi...
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Get your head around this: the Premier who quite literally passed the Saskatchewan First Act is claiming that the Premier of BC isn't acting as a team player because he opposes something that the Sask Premier agrees with.
Sask. Premier Scott Moe shares optimism on pipeline MOU, criticizes B.C.’s David Eby
“Every team I've played on, I want all of the players to score, not just myself,” Scott Moe said on the Evan Bray Show. “And Premier Eby isn't sharing that same approach to this project.”
www.ckom.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Get your head around this: the Premier who quite literally passed the Saskatchewan First Act is claiming that the Premier of BC isn't acting as a team player because he opposes something that the Sask Premier agrees with.
Mel Lastman told councillor David Miller that "you will never be mayor of this city."
Of course, the next mayor of the city of Toronto was David Miller.
Of course, the next mayor of the city of Toronto was David Miller.
When @maritstilesndp.bsky.social says "at least my lemonade stand was legal" is she referring to the Globe and Mail investigation claiming he was a drug dealer? Or something else? toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/1...
'You'll never be premier!': Ford and Stiles have heated exchange at Queen's Park
Premier Doug Ford and Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles had a heated exchange at Queen's Park during question period after the opposition brought up the skills-development fund controversary.
toronto.citynews.ca
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Mel Lastman told councillor David Miller that "you will never be mayor of this city."
Of course, the next mayor of the city of Toronto was David Miller.
Of course, the next mayor of the city of Toronto was David Miller.
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Doug Ford tells someone protesting his disastrous Bill 60 to find a job.
The gall of the laziest premier telling someone to get a job.
He’s a loathsome human and absolute shambles of a leader who has never had the best interests of anyone but himself in mind during his reign of destruction.
The gall of the laziest premier telling someone to get a job.
He’s a loathsome human and absolute shambles of a leader who has never had the best interests of anyone but himself in mind during his reign of destruction.
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Doug Ford tells someone protesting his disastrous Bill 60 to find a job.
The gall of the laziest premier telling someone to get a job.
He’s a loathsome human and absolute shambles of a leader who has never had the best interests of anyone but himself in mind during his reign of destruction.
The gall of the laziest premier telling someone to get a job.
He’s a loathsome human and absolute shambles of a leader who has never had the best interests of anyone but himself in mind during his reign of destruction.
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11 years of assault.
Suspended w pay at $357,000 per year.
Friday 5pm news release.
Suspended w pay at $357,000 per year.
Friday 5pm news release.
TPS Officer Arrest
www.tps.ca
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
11 years of assault.
Suspended w pay at $357,000 per year.
Friday 5pm news release.
Suspended w pay at $357,000 per year.
Friday 5pm news release.
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Once a fringe activity, cultural boycotts of Israel and have gone mainstream, especially in the Canadian arts.
"We are gaining momentum and it’s not the time to slow down,” one organizer tells @rdassaly.bsky.social.
"We are gaining momentum and it’s not the time to slow down,” one organizer tells @rdassaly.bsky.social.
How Canadian Artists Brought Cultural Boycotts of Israel to the Mainstream
Boycotts of Israel and institutions supportive of the occupation of Palestine were a fringe activity just a couple years ago. But artists across the country have made them impossible to ignore.
www.thegrindmag.ca
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Once a fringe activity, cultural boycotts of Israel and have gone mainstream, especially in the Canadian arts.
"We are gaining momentum and it’s not the time to slow down,” one organizer tells @rdassaly.bsky.social.
"We are gaining momentum and it’s not the time to slow down,” one organizer tells @rdassaly.bsky.social.
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If you're keeping score this week, Carney is:
* Negotiating backroom deals on pipelines with Alberta and without BC or Indigenous folks.
* Undermining anti-greenwashing laws.
* Making deals with the UAE despite their role in Sudan.
* Cutting funding for infectious disease work in Africa.
* Negotiating backroom deals on pipelines with Alberta and without BC or Indigenous folks.
* Undermining anti-greenwashing laws.
* Making deals with the UAE despite their role in Sudan.
* Cutting funding for infectious disease work in Africa.
November 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
If you're keeping score this week, Carney is:
* Negotiating backroom deals on pipelines with Alberta and without BC or Indigenous folks.
* Undermining anti-greenwashing laws.
* Making deals with the UAE despite their role in Sudan.
* Cutting funding for infectious disease work in Africa.
* Negotiating backroom deals on pipelines with Alberta and without BC or Indigenous folks.
* Undermining anti-greenwashing laws.
* Making deals with the UAE despite their role in Sudan.
* Cutting funding for infectious disease work in Africa.
This is so weird.
November 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is so weird.
I thought I invented this.
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I thought I invented this.
Friday evening, we were drinking beer on a patio. Today, it's snowy.
The snow is beautiful, though. I'm not complaining. I'll always be excited about the first snow of the year.
The snow is beautiful, though. I'm not complaining. I'll always be excited about the first snow of the year.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Friday evening, we were drinking beer on a patio. Today, it's snowy.
The snow is beautiful, though. I'm not complaining. I'll always be excited about the first snow of the year.
The snow is beautiful, though. I'm not complaining. I'll always be excited about the first snow of the year.
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What more is there to say at this point?
November 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
What more is there to say at this point?
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Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral race on Tuesday, marking a historic win for the left over a high-powered, moneyed coalition of establishment forces that came together in hopes of defeating him.
Zohran Mamdani Wins Decisive Victory in NYC, Triumphing Over Billionaire Onslaught
Mamdani is one of just a few democratic socialists to ever win the seat for the largest city in the U.S.
truthout.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral race on Tuesday, marking a historic win for the left over a high-powered, moneyed coalition of establishment forces that came together in hopes of defeating him.
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Zohran Mamdani spent last night with the late-night workers he said are often forgotten — can drivers at LGA and hospital workers on a 7-7 shift at Elmhurst Hospital, before walking to Kebab King and then having a midnight press conference in Jackson Heights
October 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Zohran Mamdani spent last night with the late-night workers he said are often forgotten — can drivers at LGA and hospital workers on a 7-7 shift at Elmhurst Hospital, before walking to Kebab King and then having a midnight press conference in Jackson Heights
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"When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will wonder, not their ferocity." - CLR James, "The Black Jacobins"
Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
October 30, 2025 at 11:27 PM
"When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will wonder, not their ferocity." - CLR James, "The Black Jacobins"
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Students across Alberta show support for teachers in walkout
Alberta students walk out of class in support of teachers
Hundreds of students across Alberta are protesting in support of teachers following the province’s use of the notwithstanding clause.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Students across Alberta show support for teachers in walkout
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Nurses and health-care professionals from the North York Family Health Team (NYFHT), who provide care and services to approximately 95,000 people, are on strike today following the failure of their employer to negotiate a first collective agreement.
More: https://ona.org/news/20251020-nyfht-strike/
More: https://ona.org/news/20251020-nyfht-strike/
October 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Nurses and health-care professionals from the North York Family Health Team (NYFHT), who provide care and services to approximately 95,000 people, are on strike today following the failure of their employer to negotiate a first collective agreement.
More: https://ona.org/news/20251020-nyfht-strike/
More: https://ona.org/news/20251020-nyfht-strike/
Critical support for bulldozing the (entire) White House.
October 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Critical support for bulldozing the (entire) White House.
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Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
www.gelliottmorris.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
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19-10-1996 CANADA: When General Motors tries to break a Canadian Autoworkers strike by removing equipment, union members occupy the Oshawa plants. www.rankandfile.ca/the-1996-gm-...
The 1996 GM Oshawa occupation
By Doug Nesbitt
In October 1996, Canadian autoworkers struck General Motors in a battle against outsourcing and other concessions. 25,000 workers walked off the job for three weeks and held back the ...
www.rankandfile.ca
October 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
19-10-1996 CANADA: When General Motors tries to break a Canadian Autoworkers strike by removing equipment, union members occupy the Oshawa plants. www.rankandfile.ca/the-1996-gm-...