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Stephen Tustin @stustin.bsky.social · 14h

You hate to see it. #nobelpeaceprize #TrumpEpstein #OldFatSatan #MAGAmerica www.thestar.com/news/world/u...

Nobel Peace Prize is the one piece of gold Trump’s money can’t buy

Though U.S. President Donald Trump sees himself as worthy, there are many factors that take the president’s name out of the running.

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Cheri Armstrong @cheriarmstrong.bsky.social · 1d

Satire from Andy Borowitz

“Deciding who will win the Nobel Peace Prize is an exhausting and stressful process,” the committee stated. “Donald Trump’s entry gave us many hours of welcome laughter.”

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Trump Explodes with Rage after Gavin Newsom Wins Nobel Peace Prize

The committee recognized Trump with a "certificate of participation."

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Stephen Tustin @stustin.bsky.social · 1d

"The system is working exactly how the system was designed to work, it just wasn't designed for affordability. The good news is, that very same system can generate greater affordability in terms of our housing supply" - Leslie Woo, Civic Action CEO #Toronto #GTA urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/10...

State of Housing: CivicAction Report Unpacks the Math Behind GTHA's Housing Crisis | UrbanToronto

The housing headlines of 2025 paint a picture of a declining real estate market, where prices are finally dropping across most of the GTHA, and available listings are skyrocketing. Yet, housing affordability still remains far out of reach for a large portion of the population. CivicAction is leading an initiative that delves into the issues and impacts of the crisis, particularly on middle-income workers

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Stephen Tustin @stustin.bsky.social · 2d

And everyone, ditch your anger. It's killing you, and us. 😉

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 2d

The fact that a vast majority of Americans agree on a wide array of issues and yet our political leaders advance none of them illustrates just how broken our system is. Power has shifted from the majority to a monied-few. How do we win it back? I have some thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

A Word About the Most Important Voting Bloc in America

Meet the self-interested majority (who know "a man is not a piece of fruit")

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Stephen Tustin @stustin.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent point (and reminder).👍

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 2d

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

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Christopher Armitage @carmitage.bsky.social · 2d

Mother Jones mentioned my work, so I guess I have that going for me 🌲🌲🌲

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It’s time for soft secession

How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.

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Stephen Tustin @stustin.bsky.social · 2d

In the two years since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Israel has unleashed tremendous military might in Gaza, causing destruction that has few parallels in modern warfare. The result is a dismembered and disordered society. #Canada #warisfailure #genocide www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/w...

Ravaged by War: Trying to Survive Gaza’s Present, Hoping for a Future

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Stephen Tustin @stustin.bsky.social · 2d

Huh? Is it the ivermectin? They're all insanely stupid. #AIHypeRotsYourBrain #Oz

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Dr Oz: "We have an advantage with AI. You know why? We don't think the way fraudsters think. That's just not what our minds do. The bank managers don't think about bank fraud. They want to do loans and help businesses. Fraudsters think about fraud. So the AI can think the way a fraudster thinks."

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

"In 1964, while reporting from the Republican National Convention just south of San Francisco, Ms. Davis and a Black male reporter were hounded from the hall by fans of the nominee, Barry Goldwater. The crowd snarled racial epithets and tossed garbage at them..."

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Belva Davis, West Coast Trailblazer in TV News, Dies at 92

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 2d

David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press

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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 2d

Last week Jesse Watters spoke to man named Eric who claimed he was formerly a member of antifa. Two years ago Watters interviewed Ramon "Mundo" Mendoza, a former Mexican Mafia member. Some folks thought the men looked similar. This is a side by side comparison. 🤷‍♀️

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Stephen Tustin @stustin.bsky.social · 2d

I call it "The Oasis Effect." Next up: The Smiths. 😀

Stephen Tustin @stustin.bsky.social · 2d

And pro-greed, all the way!

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 2d

These people are fundamentally anti human

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Dr Oz touts AI doctors and "our effort to try to do in healthcare what we already have in banking and Uber Eats and digital streaming."

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Stephen Tustin @stustin.bsky.social · 2d

If you're an Anglican minister...

Stephen Tustin @stustin.bsky.social · 2d

My main takeaway (okay, laugh) from this piece is that Bari Weiss is a billionaire bunny, but I don't know her, or much of her work. Her journalistic bona fides seem lacking, but as Katie Couric says, "We'll see." #journalism #newsmedia #cdnmedia www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

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Stephen Tustin @stustin.bsky.social · 2d

While #MarkCarney and the Liberals soften us up for their "austerity" budget, they do well to (re)read @dougsaunders.bsky.social book on population growth and Canada's future. #growth #immigration #newcomers #internationalstudents www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-a...

Review: Doug Saunders’s Maximum Canada argues the more the merrier

This important book provides a highly professional explanation of how we came to our present ‘crisis of underpopulation’

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

Harmeet Dhillon (DOJ) publicly targeted this judge on Twitter a couple weeks ago.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Stephen Tustin @stustin.bsky.social · 2d

Always keep it "Godfather." It resonates. 👍

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 2d

David Ellison, the head of Paramount/CBS, is a Nepo Baby son of billionaire psycho Larry Ellison, who just bought TikTok and wants to buy Warner Bros/Discovery (CNN, HBO).

He's the biggest private donor to Israel, hard core right wing Zionist and Trump supporter.

Bari Weiss is their Luca Brasi.

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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 2d

Not to be a pedant but Bari Weiss was a junior editor who occasionally wrote opinion pieces in the opinion section, not a columnist.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

He could’ve fought, but he faked bone spurs. So someone else had to go in his place - most likely a working class kid whose daddy couldn’t afford to bribe a doctor. Now he’s talking shit about how it should’ve been fought.

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Stephen Tustin @stustin.bsky.social · 2d

That's quite a bag of words from Mr. Ellison. Ms. Weiss has shown that she likes to BE the story, so we'll see how this is reflected in news coverage. 😀

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