Rob in Eastern Ontario
robinlanark.bsky.social
Rob in Eastern Ontario
@robinlanark.bsky.social
Atheism/humanism/evolutionary biology/antifascist.

If I claim that 90% of bluesky posts are fake and don't provide a reference, would you believe me? Provide references, please, in order to not let fascists call bluesky gossip.
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.

She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Hmm. Ghislaine Maxwell is filing a habeas petition challenging her incarceration PRO SE (no lawyers). I guess even David Markus has his limits? Incidentally, she's worried that the release of the Epstein files would be devastating to her case.
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
If anyone has any doubts that 40% of Americans would be quite happy to give up their Constitutional freedoms in exchange for a new royal family, you're not paying attention.
SCOOP: Sources tell me Donald Trump's name was added to the exterior of the US Institute of Peace building ahead of Thursday's peace agreement signing between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will be held inside the building. Confirming if it's been officially renamed.
December 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Next will be 50' pictures.
He’s putting his name on buildings.
SCOOP: Sources tell me Donald Trump's name was added to the exterior of the US Institute of Peace building ahead of Thursday's peace agreement signing between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will be held inside the building. Confirming if it's been officially renamed.
December 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I'm sick is setting stuff like this and nothing on charges being laid. At least tell us why no one is challenging him in court.

Even is he gets a free pass it should go through the motions in public.
Trump bought Boeing bonds while rewarding the company billions in federal contracts.

He bought Intel bonds after directing the government to acquire a stake in the company.

He bought Meta bonds while pushing AI-friendly policy.

Trump isn’t governing — he’s cashing in.
November 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Worth revisiting for no particular reason
November 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Love to see it
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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“His lawyers think he has a strong case for release,” Father Brost told the Arlington Heights Village Board. “But it takes time for the judicial system to catch up with a rogue police force, which is what ICE is…”

www.journal-topics.com/articles/fol...
Following Emotional Testimony, Village Board Unanimously Pursues Anti-ICE Ordinance - Journal & Topics Media Group
Like many in Arlington Heights, Father Corey Brost, a member of the clergy at St. Viator, has had someone he knows taken into custody by federal immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) agents.
www.journal-topics.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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I also recommend following @carbonbrief.org's handy "negotiating text tracker" here. They always have such useful tools and explainers!
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis

Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.

We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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The warscape of the Terminator movies could easily be mistaken for Gaza under the IDF or the drone war in Ukraine.
AI warfare is becoming increasingly deadly.
AI scientists warning about the need for guardrails as technology moves faster and faster.
My latest.

substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Terminator Future Has Arrived
Have you ever heard of the Singularity?
substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Attorney General Catherine Hanaway (R) publicly announced she has referred the state’s grassroots referendum campaign to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), claiming without evidence that canvassers are “employing illegal aliens” to collect signatures to overturn the mid-decade redraw.
Missouri GOP Now Siccing ICE on Gerrymander Referendum Signature Gatherers
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Statement from Epstein survivors on what they’re bracing for —
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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NEW: Arizona’s AG asks the state Supreme Court to revive the criminal case she brought against Trump’s inner circle. It’s the third time in two weeks a court or prosecutor breathed life into a case stemming from Trump’s 2020 election gambit.

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Arizona attorney general asks state supreme court to revive case against Trump’s 2020 allies
It’s the third time in recent days that local courts or prosecutors breathed new life into criminal cases stemming from Trump’s 2020 election effort.
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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The Trump Admin repeatedly defies court orders & its officials are lying to judges.

My take on the latest examples of judges calling out the Trump Regime for overt noncompliance & defiance of orders, and why after criminal contempt, accountability hearings must happen.

youtu.be/ezoQkytgHpk?...
FED UP Judges SKEWER Trump DOJ After HUMILIATING STUNT
YouTube video by Katie Phang
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Trump just deflated weeks, no, *months* of incredibly hostile Fox News and MAGA media commentary about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Article 26 of the plan:
"All parties involved in the conflict will receive full amnesty for their actions during the war&will agree not to make any future claims or pursue any grievances."

So,according to this,Finland will have to set free Voislav Torden(Petrovsky)-
November 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Swalwell: Kristi Noem and Tom Homan, you should familiarize yourselves with this room. Get to know that witness chair — you’re going to be parked in it for a long time. Accountability is coming.
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Here's the key: MBS rules Saudi with an iron fist, suppressing dissent and hacking reporters to death whose questions he does not like. Trump, not to be outdone, wants to show an authoritarian ruler that he can compete too.
Calling the ABC reporter’s question “insubordinate” explains everything about how Trump sees press freedom.
Q: Why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now?

TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Non-stop threats.
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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The vote was 427 to 1

The 1 "NO" vote: Republican Clay Higgins of Louisiana
Rep. @raskin.house.gov has asked for a recorded vote on the Epstein Files bill.

That is occurring now.

Smart move by Raskin.
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Jared Kushner advised Saudi Crown Prince MBS on how to “weather the storm” after his hit squad slaughtered American journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Insubordinate!?!?! What cloud does Trump live on. What am asshole!
Calling the ABC reporter’s question “insubordinate” explains everything about how Trump sees press freedom.
Q: Why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now?

TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
November 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM