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The Pearson Project @projectpearson.bsky.social · 4d

This video we did a while back of Pierre mimicking Trump, and also saying he'll decide what rights you have hits even harder now that Trump is rolling out the military against his own citizens

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The Pearson Project @projectpearson.bsky.social · 4d

This video we did a while back of Pierre mimicking Trump, and also saying he'll decide what rights you have hits even harder now that Trump is rolling out the military against his own citizens

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12d

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

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The Pearson Project @projectpearson.bsky.social · 14d

Your reminder that this is who Pierre Poilievre is

Unfiltered

While we believe politicians can grow, adapt, and change their views, we do not see any evidence of change in Pierre

This is who we believe he still is

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 15d

“Prasad, a former procurement official with Alberta Health Services, represented Alberta Surgical Group in negotiations with the health authority in the summer of 2022, while he was paid by AHS to advise it about contracting with such private providers”

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

Alberta private clinics adviser worked for firm vying for contract, confidential report says

Potential conflicts of interest outlined in document at centre of health procurement controversy

www.theglobeandmail.com

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The Pearson Project @projectpearson.bsky.social · 14d

Your reminder that this is who Pierre Poilievre is

Unfiltered

While we believe politicians can grow, adapt, and change their views, we do not see any evidence of change in Pierre

This is who we believe he still is

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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastword.msnbc.com · 22d

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com: Trump wants us to talk about Jimmy Kimmel. So we'll talk about Trump & Jeffrey Epstein. youtu.be/nAHLpcIEjyw?...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 30

"The American Slavery 2.0 project is a brilliant conceit precisely because it dovetails so many MAGA governing principles into a single, big and beautiful policy." — @schaller67.bsky.social

Making Slavery Great Again

It's less outlandish than it sounds.

www.publicnotice.co

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The Pearson Project @projectpearson.bsky.social · Aug 29

How can we help?

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · Jan 25

Charlie Angus - The Resistance is my new substack forum where I will take a deeper dive into the issues of resistance in this new dark age.

substack.com/profile/2620...?

Charlie Angus / The Resistance | Substack

Author, musician, political veteran. Author of 9 published books. Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, House of Anansi Press. Grievous Angels Last Call for Cinderella, spring 2024.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Aug 17

More than 40 percent of U.S. citizens are in some form of medical debt.

These Americans explain why they left for Italy, South Korea and France, after crippling debt or a lack of coverage left them afraid to seek medical help at home.

Fed up with U.S. health care costs, these Americans moved abroad

Three Americans explain why they left for Italy, South Korea and France, after crippling medical debt or a lack of coverage left them afraid to seek medical help at home.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 17

Crow: "Look at what happened. US military personnel in uniform literally were on hands & knees rolling out a red carpet for the most murderous dictator of the 21st century...we keep on acting like Putin deserves to be brought out in open like any of head of state. This is a historic embarrassment."

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Aug 16

Greystar was using rent-setting algorithms from software company RealPage, the subject of a 2022 ProPublica investigation that showed the firm was helping landlords decide prices in a way that legal experts said could result in cartel-like behavior.

By @heathervogell.bsky.social

America’s Largest Landlord Makes Deal With DOJ to Settle Price-Fixing Claims in RealPage Case

Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a...

www.propublica.org

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The Pearson Project @projectpearson.bsky.social · Jul 25

"jail not bail"
"hard time for hard crime"
"I will decide"

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · Aug 11

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The Pearson Project @projectpearson.bsky.social · Aug 3

The Honourable Arnold Viersen, Member of Parliament for Peace River - Westlock, here presenting a petition proposing legislation to "protect the pre born".

This is a tactic by the anti abortion lobby to make abortion illegal by declaring the fetus alive at heartbeat detection

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The Pearson Project @projectpearson.bsky.social · Aug 3

The Honourable Arnold Viersen, Member of Parliament for Peace River - Westlock, here presenting a petition proposing legislation to "protect the pre born".

This is a tactic by the anti abortion lobby to make abortion illegal by declaring the fetus alive at heartbeat detection