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Amir Attaran is a Canadian professor in both the Faculty of Law and the School of Epidemiology, Public Health and… more

Amir Attaran
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Economics 34%
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There’s a word for work without pay:
Slavery. Americans are now slaves.

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Slavery still exists in America. Because work without pay is slavery.
Furloughed workers not guaranteed back pay after shutdown, OMB claims
Federal workers may not be entitled to back pay after the government shutdown ends, the Trump administration’s budget office wrote in a new draft memo obtained by The Washington Post, ratcheting up te...
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Imagine if federal workers took this to open a wildcat strike. They should!
White House Signals It May Try to Deny Back Pay to Furloughed Federal Workers
www.nytimes.com
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History teaches EVERYONE has a genocidal core. Germans, Chinese, Canadians--no exceptions. But the Israelis let it out, vengefully and clothed in Amalek garbage, and they deserve to be judged accordingly.
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Two years ago everyone felt sorry for Israelis and their terrible loss.

Today it seems everyone hates them right to their bloodthirsty, genocidal core.

Top job Bibi. You rock.
Israelis mark two-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack as war in Gaza grinds on
People converged on southern Israel to mourn the dead, while Israel and Hamas pressed forward with indirect peace talks in Egypt
www.theglobeandmail.com
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by Amir Attaran

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Time for all federal workers to walk. They won’t be paid if they choose to work during the shutdown.
Furloughed workers not guaranteed back pay after shutdown, OMB claims
Federal workers may not be entitled to back pay after the government shutdown ends, the Trump administration’s budget office wrote in a new draft memo obtained by The Washington Post, ratcheting up te...
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After sentencing, Lich lawyer Greenspon says appeal is being considered of mischief conviction. Repeats several times Lich engaged in "peaceful assembly". Sorry, Lawrence, it was anything but peaceful! The lack of peace, in fact, was one of the chief harms!
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LIVE: Leaders of Kebaowek First Nation are in Ottawa ahead of a case in Federal Court over a nuclear disposal site on the Ottawa River.
Kebaowek First Nation holds news conference in Ottawa over Chalk River proposal | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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Israelis, with rare exception, are not good people and this shows it.
Gaza flotilla members allege beatings and insults in Israeli detention
Some of those held say guns were pointed at them, they were threatened with dogs and deprived of sleep
www.theguardian.com
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by Amir Attaran

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No way should synagogues get publicly-funded security. Canada is a secular country, not a religious one. Pass the plate and bloody pay for it yourselves.
Jewish organization calls on Ottawa to increase security at Canada’s synagogues
CIJA says rising antisemitism, violence on Jews forced communities across country to spend millions on private security
www.theglobeandmail.com
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What the fuck @aircanada.bsky.social! Why is there NOBODY at your transfer desk in Montreal?
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Terrific story about the revunenation of the NCC in the @ottawacitizen.com today as reported by @egpayne.bsky.social ottawacitizen.com/news/ncc-rep...
The NCC wants a new reputation, and a different Ottawa
Long seen as secretive and sluggish, the National Capital Commission is trying to change the narrative one swimming dock at a time
ottawacitizen.com
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NEW: Vehicles registered to Doug Ford's cabinet ministers have been caught by automated speed cameras more than 20 times.

In one case, they were driving 70 in a 40 zone. On average, they were 17 over the limit. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1146373...
Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca
Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.
globalnews.ca
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by Amir Attaran

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If Trump provokes a civil war, he’s the person the framers of the Second Amendment had in mind.
junlper.beer
onion person @junlper.beer · 2d
this will only continue to escalate, they want a civil war
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The last time her grifting face explained her dad’s health problems, he was addicted to benzos and doing detox in Russia.
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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 2d
lets all stay dignified and remember that jordan was doing (canadian) politics the right way
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this will only continue to escalate, they want a civil war
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There are ostriches.

And then there are chickenshits like Poilievre scared to talk about them.
Why everyone suddenly cares what Pierre Poilievre thinks about ostriches
Why the Conservative leader is weighing in on the fate of more than 300 birds after avian flu was discovered in the flock.
www.thestar.com
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lets all stay dignified and remember that jordan was doing (canadian) politics the right way
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I’m not sure either. Smart people can disagree. But even if I am wrong, I always feel like I need a hot shower after being on X, and that speaks to me loudly.
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I did, but I think your framing of “harm reduction” is simply mistaken. The current raison d’être of X is to cause harm. You cannot reduce harm by bringing eyeballs to it, as you do. The only ethical course is to walk away.
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That you still use X is disappointing.
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by Amir Attaran

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Superpower, but can’t feed its babies.
🇺🇸= 💩
Nutrition Program for Mothers and Infants May Run Out of Money Within Weeks
www.nytimes.com
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by Amir Attaran

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You know what else is special about the Trump $1 coin?
It's worth 50 cents.
US treasury considers special $1 Trump coin reading ‘fight, fight, fight’
US treasurer says officials looking at drafts for country’s 250th anniversary featuring president with raised fist
www.theguardian.com
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Beijing is laughing at Trump’s incompetence today. He fumbled renewing America’s trade deal with Africa.
Trump wanted to extend a key U.S.-Africa trade agreement. It expired anyway.
With Capitol Hill mired in the government shutdown or on recess, a 25-year-old trade legislation was allowed to lapse despite 11th-hour White House backing.
www.washingtonpost.com
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No, see point #1. Reading comprehension not your strong suit?

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Not that Ontario is much better. We fucked it up too.
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Sorry for the baby, but not sorry for Albertans. They voted for this in a landslide, despite just having seen a terrifying pandemic, and now it’s FAFO time.
Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta’s first death since start of outbreak
This is the second known death linked to the countrywide spread of the infectious disease
www.theglobeandmail.com
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by Amir Attaran

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I can’t imagine that wantonly killing British Jews does anything to stop Israel’s genocide, when nothing else to date has stopped the Israeli bloodlust for war crimes.
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We need to have a serious think about violent antisemitism.

First, it’s wrong. Very wrong.

Second, Israel’s genocide fuels that hatred.

Third, there’s a case Jews are made LESS safe by having a Jewish state.

Fourth, the more #3 is true, the less reason for Israel to exist.
Deadly Attack Outside U.K. Synagogue on Yom Kippur Is Declared Terrorism
www.nytimes.com
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