Ryan Harper 🇨🇦
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Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
April 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
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You've been asking yourself "where is the Canadian guy"? But you knew he would show up just when we needed him.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ozb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ozb...
We Are Canadian
YouTube video by Jeff Douglas
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March 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
You've been asking yourself "where is the Canadian guy"? But you knew he would show up just when we needed him.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ozb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ozb...
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Ontario's election by the numbers:
45.4% of registered voters bothered to vote
42.9% of those voters voted for Doug Ford's team
They won 80 of 124 seats.
📣19.5% of Ontario's eligible voters gave Doug Ford 65% of the voice of Ontario's people.📣
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
45.4% of registered voters bothered to vote
42.9% of those voters voted for Doug Ford's team
They won 80 of 124 seats.
📣19.5% of Ontario's eligible voters gave Doug Ford 65% of the voice of Ontario's people.📣
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Doug Ford wins third majority after gambling on winter election
Doug Ford defied the odds in the Ontario election to become the first premier to win three consecutive majority governments since Leslie Frost in 1959.
www.thestar.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Ontario's election by the numbers:
45.4% of registered voters bothered to vote
42.9% of those voters voted for Doug Ford's team
They won 80 of 124 seats.
📣19.5% of Ontario's eligible voters gave Doug Ford 65% of the voice of Ontario's people.📣
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
45.4% of registered voters bothered to vote
42.9% of those voters voted for Doug Ford's team
They won 80 of 124 seats.
📣19.5% of Ontario's eligible voters gave Doug Ford 65% of the voice of Ontario's people.📣
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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DOUG FORD’S DIRTY DOZEN: How Ford spent Ontarians’ money and what he could have paid for instead, by Rebecca Gao, from the latest issue of West End Phoenix.
A $15.98 BILLION MEGA THREAD 🧵
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A $15.98 BILLION MEGA THREAD 🧵
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February 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
DOUG FORD’S DIRTY DOZEN: How Ford spent Ontarians’ money and what he could have paid for instead, by Rebecca Gao, from the latest issue of West End Phoenix.
A $15.98 BILLION MEGA THREAD 🧵
www.westendphoenix.com/subscription...
A $15.98 BILLION MEGA THREAD 🧵
www.westendphoenix.com/subscription...
Today’s the last day for advance polls in the Ontario election, and it took me 5 minutes to cast my ballot. No voter card or advance registration is needed. You just need to show up with your ID.
#OnPoli
#OnPoli
February 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Today’s the last day for advance polls in the Ontario election, and it took me 5 minutes to cast my ballot. No voter card or advance registration is needed. You just need to show up with your ID.
#OnPoli
#OnPoli
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Please: Anyone but Doug Ford.
Ford is uniquely unqualified and unsuited to be a leader for this moment. His years in office have been defined by shortages — a lack of homes, doctors, teachers, jobs, skilled workers, subways, buses, and bike lanes. #Opinion
Ford is uniquely unqualified and unsuited to be a leader for this moment. His years in office have been defined by shortages — a lack of homes, doctors, teachers, jobs, skilled workers, subways, buses, and bike lanes. #Opinion
Justin Ling: Please: Anyone but Doug Ford
His stunning failure to address the crises in housing, health care, education and more mean he is unfit to lead, writes Justin Ling.
www.thestar.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Please: Anyone but Doug Ford.
Ford is uniquely unqualified and unsuited to be a leader for this moment. His years in office have been defined by shortages — a lack of homes, doctors, teachers, jobs, skilled workers, subways, buses, and bike lanes. #Opinion
Ford is uniquely unqualified and unsuited to be a leader for this moment. His years in office have been defined by shortages — a lack of homes, doctors, teachers, jobs, skilled workers, subways, buses, and bike lanes. #Opinion
Between this and the hot mic that caught him praising Trump, the people of Ontario should be very concerned about what Doug Ford says when reporters aren’t around. I can only imagine what he supports in private conversations with his family, friends, and his PC caucus. #OnPoli
Ford wants to bring back the death penalty — “send ‘em right to sparky”
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Recording reveals Doug Ford calling for return of death penalty in campaign speech: ‘Send ‘em right to sparky’
Ontario Progressive Conservative leader called for changes in the federal Criminal Code that would empower judges to "send 'em right to sparky."
www.thestar.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Between this and the hot mic that caught him praising Trump, the people of Ontario should be very concerned about what Doug Ford says when reporters aren’t around. I can only imagine what he supports in private conversations with his family, friends, and his PC caucus. #OnPoli
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This piece is excellent. Take a few minutes and give it a read.
Annexing Canada would initiate am insurgency that would destroy the US, argues UofT professor Aisha Ahmad.
theconversation.com/why-annexing...
Annexing Canada would initiate am insurgency that would destroy the US, argues UofT professor Aisha Ahmad.
theconversation.com/why-annexing...
Why annexing Canada would destroy the United States
Americans have already been defeated by insurgents all over the world. Invading Canada would be no exception.
theconversation.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This piece is excellent. Take a few minutes and give it a read.
Annexing Canada would initiate am insurgency that would destroy the US, argues UofT professor Aisha Ahmad.
theconversation.com/why-annexing...
Annexing Canada would initiate am insurgency that would destroy the US, argues UofT professor Aisha Ahmad.
theconversation.com/why-annexing...
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A historic graphic of corruption.
The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies.
(📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)
The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies.
(📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)
February 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A historic graphic of corruption.
The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies.
(📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)
The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies.
(📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)
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I genuinely can't believe he got caught saying this on a hot mic during an election campaign that's supposed to be about standing up for Ontario against this exact guy.
February 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I genuinely can't believe he got caught saying this on a hot mic during an election campaign that's supposed to be about standing up for Ontario against this exact guy.
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New poll finds majority of Ontarians reject Doug Ford’s reason for calling an early election
Over six-in-ten Ontarians say Doug Ford’s Ontario PCs failed to accomplish goals from last election and “do not deserve to be re-elected”
Over six-in-ten Ontarians say Doug Ford’s Ontario PCs failed to accomplish goals from last election and “do not deserve to be re-elected”
New Poll Finds Majority of Ontarians Reject Doug Ford’s Reason For Calling an Early Election
Over six-in-ten Ontarians say Doug Ford’s Ontario PCs failed to accomplish goals from last election and “do not deserve to be re-elected”
pressprogress.ca
January 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
New poll finds majority of Ontarians reject Doug Ford’s reason for calling an early election
Over six-in-ten Ontarians say Doug Ford’s Ontario PCs failed to accomplish goals from last election and “do not deserve to be re-elected”
Over six-in-ten Ontarians say Doug Ford’s Ontario PCs failed to accomplish goals from last election and “do not deserve to be re-elected”
This is a great thread that goes into detail with facts about the absolute corruption surrounding Doug Ford’s shady deals to sell off #OntarioPlace and the #ScienceCentre for next to nothing.
December 4, 2024 at 1:31 PM
This is a great thread that goes into detail with facts about the absolute corruption surrounding Doug Ford’s shady deals to sell off #OntarioPlace and the #ScienceCentre for next to nothing.
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A bunch of yahoos making big-idea mistakes that can’t be fixed, and making Ontario worse in the process
BREAKING: High-ranking political staff were intimately involved in the initial process to re-develop Ontario Place, the province's auditor general has found, leading to a process that was ultimately "not fair, transparent or accountable."
globalnews.ca/news/1089883...
#onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1089883...
#onpoli
Bombshell AG report says Ontario Place redevelopment ‘not fair, transparent or accountable’ | Globalnews.ca
Ontario's auditor general is set to release her annual report, with sections on Ontario Place and on the province's opioid strategy likely to garner a lot of attention.
globalnews.ca
December 3, 2024 at 3:51 PM
A bunch of yahoos making big-idea mistakes that can’t be fixed, and making Ontario worse in the process
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People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change
November 27, 2024 at 6:22 AM
People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change
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The number of Canadians who are pretending the tariffs are based in objective reality, much less logic, might be having some trouble with reality themselves.
On Trump's 25% tariffs on Canadian goods until Canada stops exporting fentanyl to the US:
Since Oct 1 2021, 43 lbs. of fentanyl has been seized by CBP at the Canadian border, compared to over 8,070 lbs. from Mexico.
So Canada has to stop an issue that largely doesn't exist, or face economic ruin
Since Oct 1 2021, 43 lbs. of fentanyl has been seized by CBP at the Canadian border, compared to over 8,070 lbs. from Mexico.
So Canada has to stop an issue that largely doesn't exist, or face economic ruin
November 26, 2024 at 3:24 PM
The number of Canadians who are pretending the tariffs are based in objective reality, much less logic, might be having some trouble with reality themselves.
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This is proof they know what they're doing will kill or injure people. This is a malevolent gov't. Treating it as rational is a pantomime of some fantasy benign and good faith politics of yesterlore that doesn't exist. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Ford government to ban lawsuits against province if cyclists are hurt or killed on streets where bike lanes were removed
Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria tells cyclists: for your own safety, stay off Bloor, Yonge and University when bike lanes are removed.
www.thestar.com
November 22, 2024 at 3:40 AM
This is proof they know what they're doing will kill or injure people. This is a malevolent gov't. Treating it as rational is a pantomime of some fantasy benign and good faith politics of yesterlore that doesn't exist. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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‘Government by the worst’: why people are calling Trump’s new sidekicks a ‘kakistocracy’
‘Government by the worst’: why people are calling Trump’s new sidekicks a ‘kakistocracy’
The word is trending as Trump makes cabinet picks – but it’s not the first time it’s been used to describe lousy leadership
Matt Gaetz running the justice department. Fox hosts in charge of the Pentagon and transportation. Elon Musk as head of layoffs.…
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November 21, 2024 at 3:13 PM
‘Government by the worst’: why people are calling Trump’s new sidekicks a ‘kakistocracy’
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Swimming in a poisoned pool of bad information. I’ve had long talks with people who think like this. It’s trust issues, trauma, political affiliation sometimes, lots of stuff. Really sad.
The COVID vaccine probably saved around 15 million lives but nearly a third of American voters think it's the "deadliest vaccine ever made" pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
November 20, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Swimming in a poisoned pool of bad information. I’ve had long talks with people who think like this. It’s trust issues, trauma, political affiliation sometimes, lots of stuff. Really sad.
I just devoured an excellent Italian deli sandwich made on a housemade sesame baguette from Circles and Squares in East York, and this is what I miss tweeting about. Sorry, no photos. This isn't instagram either.
November 15, 2024 at 5:52 PM
I just devoured an excellent Italian deli sandwich made on a housemade sesame baguette from Circles and Squares in East York, and this is what I miss tweeting about. Sorry, no photos. This isn't instagram either.