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Scott in Montreal🇨🇦

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GenX dad and loving partner of @mmmanon.bsky.social. Rule by law, democracy, Habs, peace studies. Writer/editor/singer/guitarist/mandolinist. #TMKF (Also: rantings on randboro.blogspot.com and music on @Randboro on YT)

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Scott in Montreal🇨🇦 @scottinmontreal.ca · 20d

"Antifa" is merely a term for anti-fascist, shortened. It's not an organized group. It's what any of our WWII "greatest generation" would proudly have called themselves as they fought Hitler and other strongmen in the name of democracy and freedom. So it couldn't be any clearer where Trump stands.

Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 20d

"Antifa is not a structured group, but rather, a more nebulous social movement. And while it is illegal to provide 'material support' to groups designated by the government as foreign terrorist organizations, there is not an analogous law for domestic groups.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/p...

Trump says he’s designating Antifa as a terrorist organization | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump said he is designating the far-left anti-fascism movement Antifa as a terrorist organization, announcing the move on his Truth Social platform in the early hours of Thursday mor...

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Scott in Montreal🇨🇦 @scottinmontreal.ca · 7h

I don't understand why the press pool doesn't interject and call him out on his lies, especially the ones using them as props in his propaganda.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 7h

More Democrats need to follow JB Pritzker's lead and directly confront MAGA's ongoing campaign to crush our democracy. It's not a time for any Democratic politician to hide in their office making fundraising calls. Get your ass out there. Denounce the fascists. Be loud.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Scott in Montreal🇨🇦 @scottinmontreal.ca · 8h

How It's Done Dept.
#ResistTyranny #TMKF

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

#WarRavagedPortland

Scott in Montreal🇨🇦 @scottinmontreal.ca · 8h

<snip>“We call it the ‘Deport and Replace’ strategy,” De Loera-Brust said, “which is defined above all to make it easier for corporate agribusiness to exploit its workers, whether terrified undocumented residents or an unlimited pool of cheap foreign guest workers.</snip>

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 8h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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Scott in Montreal🇨🇦 @scottinmontreal.ca · 10h

A "mostly harmless blusterfizzle" is how planet Earth was described in the 3rd abridged Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, was it not?

Scott in Montreal🇨🇦 @scottinmontreal.ca · 10h

Blusterfizzle

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Scott in Montreal🇨🇦 @scottinmontreal.ca · 10h

I'm just glad both The Brood and The Changeling were noted.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1d

I would still like the Canada Revenue Agency to explain why donations to pay Tamara Lich's legal fees are tax deductible.

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Scott in Montreal🇨🇦 @scottinmontreal.ca · 12h

Si triste. We've gotta do better for one another.

La Presse @lapresse.ca · 12h

Manque de ressources en santé mentale | « Mon fils voulait vivre »

Un étudiant a mis fin à ses jours l’an dernier après avoir cogné à une multitude de portes pour tenter, sans succès, d’obtenir de l’aide psychologique. Plusieurs jeunes Québécois qui se sont suicidés depuis quelques années ont vécu la même histoire, perdus dans un dédale de ressources, envoyés de l’une à l’autre sans suivi adéquat, a constaté La Presse.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 19h

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 21h

Here’s video of the incident

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Scott in Montreal🇨🇦 @scottinmontreal.ca · 20h

That's Entertainment Dept.

Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 22h

Scott in Montreal🇨🇦 @scottinmontreal.ca · 20h

That's such a bad, self-serving, small-minded take by Smith. The 9 judges are not making law, but interpreting the constitutionality of a law. The Charter is our national bedrock. And its weight is far heavier than any provincial legislature.

Scott in Montreal🇨🇦 @scottinmontreal.ca · 20h

Historic Canadian Speech Dept.

Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social · 1d

David Eby fires back at Danielle Smith's 'un-Canadian' comments: "We all deserve the same opportunity for the same federal funding for our projects as she does for hers. That's not un-Canadian. That is fair. And there is nothing more Canadian than fairness. That is a core national value."

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Scott in Montreal🇨🇦 @scottinmontreal.ca · 1d

I've been watching the Netflix series Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War, which is overall pretty good, but puffs up Reagan much more than he deserves.

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Scott in Montreal🇨🇦 @scottinmontreal.ca · 1d

Whoa... youtu.be/675d_6WGPbo?...

Tristan Harris – The Dangers of Unregulated AI on Humanity & the Workforce | The Daily Show

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Scott in Montreal🇨🇦 @scottinmontreal.ca · 1d

Whoa... youtu.be/675d_6WGPbo?...

Tristan Harris – The Dangers of Unregulated AI on Humanity & the Workforce | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 1d

Dennis and I did a joint radio interview with Robert Bourassa. The former premier, who was off-the-charts smart, danced around my questions without breaking a sweat.
Dennis knew how to handle him. He went right at him with that dulcet baritone. It was a lesson in interviewing I'll never forget.

Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette.bsky.social · 1d

Obituary: Former CBC Montreal newscaster Dennis Trudeau was 'a wonderful storyteller'

“He was someone who always strove for accuracy and fairness ... a wonderful storyteller who continued to tell stories after he retired from the CBC."

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Scott in Montreal🇨🇦 @scottinmontreal.ca · 1d

Few could practice the art of interviewing public figures as adroitly as Dennis Trudeau. Mike Finnerty at times. Rest in peace, DT.

Scott in Montreal🇨🇦 @scottinmontreal.ca · 1d

Closeup of Belly the British bulldog, verily unimpressed.

Scott in Montreal🇨🇦 @scottinmontreal.ca · 1d

This here gal wants a word with Bibi

Belly, a British bulldog puppy, snarling.

Scott in Montreal🇨🇦 @scottinmontreal.ca · 2d

Too Good For This World Dept.

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 2d

Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...

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Scott in Montreal🇨🇦 @scottinmontreal.ca · 2d

#IstandwithGretaThunberg

Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 2d

Israel has freed Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and is expelling her from the country. She was among hundreds of activists detained by Israeli forces at sea while attempting to deliver aid to Gaza.

Freed activists have alleged abuse while in detention, with Thunberg singled out for humiliation.

Scott in Montreal🇨🇦 @scottinmontreal.ca · 2d

Important details spelled out here by Charlie Angus. Canadian news media should all read this carefully.

Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 2d

Last week Alberta quislings were in Washington to further the break up of our nation. Meanwhile Danielle Smith is setting up a fight over a pipeline that no-one is trying to build.
It is about stoking the base and driving rage against Canada.
My latest.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-maga-p...

The MAGA Pipeline to Breakup Canada

MAGA Alberta’s latest attempt to sow division came in the form of a two-pronged assault.

charlieangus.substack.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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