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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 12h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 7h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 8h

In bed with the enemy. The Minerals Council have purchased our major parties, now they’re just putting them to work. #AusPol

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 8h

The President of the United States is living in an alternate reality and it's long past time for media outlets to start talking about it.

We're beyond "Trump said without evidence." Trump is governing a world that only exists in his warped mind.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5h

This is exactly why ICE needs to be unmasked and ID’d — like cops.

📌 Cases of ICE impersonators this year alone outnumber the last four presidential terms combined.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

I’m pretty sure if we designed an assisted living facility to look like the WH and put lots of gold all over it and a ballroom with his late 70s playlist on a loop we could coax him in there and he wouldn’t know the difference. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Murray Lumley @satyagraha25.bsky.social · 4h

Some in NDP don’t want grassroots to question capitalism yvesengler.com/2025/10/07/s...

Some in NDP don’t want grassroots to question capitalism - Yves Engler

Some in the NDP are once again up to their undemocratic shenanigans. A committee of three-party insiders is angling to suppress a campaign with a thousand volunteers proposing an eco-socialist alterna...

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Murray Lumley @satyagraha25.bsky.social · 4h

The War on Ideas
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The War on Ideas

In mid-September, I was invited to speak at the University of Regina about the threat posed by MAGA gangsters to higher education.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 5h

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 5h

Marjorie Taylor Greene just said the Republican Party is “getting destroyed” during this government shutdown as they refuse to protect health care.

“Everyone’s just getting destroyed... Republicans, you have no solutions... It is hurting so many people.”

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Murray Lumley @satyagraha25.bsky.social · 4h

🇨🇦’s Cybersecurity bill is back! Bill C-8 is Bill C-26’s twin. 👯‍♀️ Huge encryption risks, same secret orders. 🚨 Don’t let #BillC8 fast track through Parliament. Speak up and tell your MP to #FixBillC8 now! 📣 openmedia.org/FixBillC8-bsky
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Fix Bill C-8: Stop the Fast-Track of a Flawed Cybersecurity Bill

Huge encryption risks, same secret orders. 🚨 Don’t let it fast track through Parliament. Speak up and tell your MP to #FixBillC8 now! 📣 https://openmedia.org/FixBillC8

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Glen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · 17h

There is a lot of talk about a peak in Chinese fossil CO2 emissions.

Carbon Monitor already has estimated a decline in Chinese CO2 in 2024 (last year) of -0.44%.
carbonmonitor.org/variation

The Global Carbon Budget has a 0.7% increase in 2024.

Across two datasets, we don't know if up or down!

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 5h

@warnock.senate.gov: "You know that it's a critical moment any time Raphael Warnock and Marjorie Taylor Greene are essentially saying the same thing. That doesn't happen often... She saw that the premiums of her own adult children will go up so much in 2026 that their healthcare is unaffordable."

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Murray Lumley @satyagraha25.bsky.social · 4h

I just completed the "Email the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Demand the Immediate Release of Six Canadians on Gaza Flotilla" campaign with #WordsOfJustice! Join me in making a difference. wordsofjustice.org/campaigns/Pr...

#WordsOfJustice - Email the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Demand the Immediate Release of Six Canadians on Gaza Flotilla

Help tell the story of Palestinians silenced for generations

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 5h

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 6h

if every democrat doesn’t use the “we took freedom of speech away” on every messaging apparatus they have every single day for the next 4 years assume they want to lose

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Murray Lumley @satyagraha25.bsky.social · 4h

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Call for the Resignation of NDP Leadership Election CEO

The NDP leadership race must be fair, transparent, and democratic. Unfortunately, recent actions by the CEO of the leadership contest have raised serious concerns about bias and obstruction. From dela...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

Good lord.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5h

What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.

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Murray Lumley @satyagraha25.bsky.social · 4h

Stop Premier Ford from cutting speed safety cameras in Ontario - Sign the Petition! chng.it/dgqPFsPsL2 via @CdnChange

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 8h

No one signs up for the National Guard thinking, “One day, I’ll invade Oregon.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

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Murray Lumley @satyagraha25.bsky.social · 4h

From street eats to soulful stories: Toronto’s Suresh Doss uncovers hidden restaurant gems across Canada in new series - @nowtoronto nowtoronto.com/featured/tor...

From street eats to soulful stories: Toronto’s Suresh Doss uncovers hidden restaurant gems across Canada in new series - NOW Toronto

Faces, culture, neighbourhood, and food — in that order. That is how Suresh Doss, host of Locals Welcome, describes the new CBC Gem series.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 13h

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Murray Lumley @satyagraha25.bsky.social · 5h

FREE TAREK BAZROUK NOW! NO MORE JAIL TIME! SIGN HIS MITIGATION LETTER! - Sign the Petition! chng.it/7HdjTgS954 via @CdnChange

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