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David Bustin

@avgnsdave.bsky.social
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Proud Nova Scotian. Seeker of knowledge, truth/facts. A return to sanity/common sense would be nice. Interests include: news; sports; military/security/defence; politics. Reposts are not endorsements; my opinions expressed here are my own. #NSstrong

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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Jess Piper Fan Page 💙 📚 @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social · 14h
F Trump @piperformissouri.bsky.social @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social @unauthorizedbeast.bsky.social @jbminatra.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social @fireeyebooks.bsky.social @mlipsitt.bsky.social @tonyhq1985.bsky.social @sheilaharris.bsky.social @j1j2.bsky.social @docsociology.bsky.social
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Dr Samuel McLean - This Meeting Could Have Been A Fistfight @canadianerrant.bsky.social · 13h
Yesterday's allotment harvest
CourgettesBrussel sprouts?Kale
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 11h
I took my son for a walk this morning. Beautiful, peaceful, safe. In Ukraine, parents have to worry about Russian drones targeting their children The only difference between us is where we were born. We should be helping Ukraine defeat Putin. Instead, Trump is giving Russia another lifeline.
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David Bustin @avgnsdave.bsky.social · 9h
Ignoble (October 9, 2026) richardhaass.substack.com/p/ignoble-oc...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 08/10/2026
Each day it seems this White House finds time for corruption. With Kimberly Guilfoyle, we have another case of someone close to the Trump family appointed to a post and using their influence to leverage personal financial gain. I break down all of the texts in today's show (link in comments)
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Many, many more people associated with Trump have been doing this for quite some time. It’s an industry. And it should be investigated.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Senate Judiciary Democrats are asking Chair Chuck Grassley to apologize to Jack Smith on the behalf of his GOP committee members — especially for Republican Eric Schmitt. The letter also demands Grassley turn over the underlying records Schmitt used during the hearing.
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Democrats call on Chuck Grassley to apologize to Jack Smith for basketball gaffe
The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Republicans violated Senate rules.
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David Bustin @avgnsdave.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
@mitchmelnick.bsky.social A well done video by Jeff Pearlman on Gary Carter. Carter was my favourite Expos player when I first started following baseball in the early 1980s: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUA5...
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Gary Carter And The Trade That Gave Birth To A Mets World Series
YouTube video by Press Box Chronicles with Jeff Pearlman
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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The man who blamed victims of domestic violence for provoking their assaulters now has thoughts on mental health to share with the world www.cbsnews.com/news/espn-su...
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ESPN suspends Stephen A. Smith over domestic abuse comments
On-air discussion of Raven's RB Ray Rice's suspension for assault charges involving his now-wife turns against popular sports show host
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Jess Piper Fan Page 💙 📚 @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
No King @ruralfreedomnet.bsky.social @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social @unauthorizedbeast.bsky.social @jbminatra.bsky.social @papillonjaune77.bsky.social @mlipsitt.bsky.social @lyndapole.bsky.social @naelairone.bsky.social @itistherealjas.bsky.social @docsociology.bsky.social @sheilaharris.bsky.social
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
BREAKING: Trump just caved — claiming online that his super PAC will now pay for those propaganda ads taxpayers had previously been funding.
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David Bustin @avgnsdave.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Jen Gerson: Oh, so you want to send Ottawa a message, eh? open.substack.com/pub/theline/...
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Jen Gerson: Oh, so you want to send Ottawa a message, eh?
Vote to stay and send Washington the right message. Namely, don’t fuck with us.
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David Bustin @avgnsdave.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Andrew Leach: Could Alberta separation launch a new National Energy Program? open.substack.com/pub/theline/...
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Andrew Leach: Could Alberta separation launch a new National Energy Program?
It would be foolish to assume that the United States would want Alberta for any reason other than to drain its resources for its own ends.
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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Canada’s domestic spy service is trying to modernize how it does recruitment. With some comments from me: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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CSIS shakes up hiring process to 'meet operational needs': documents | CBC News
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service is shaking up its hiring process to meet operational needs, internal emails show — a signal the service continues to face recruitment issues.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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David Bustin @avgnsdave.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The ugly Putin stain on Alex Ovechkin’s legacy www.nytimes.com/athletic/762...
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The ugly Putin stain on Alex Ovechkin's legacy
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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Israel’s Likud party has been whipping up an election frenzy against Mamdani since the summer, when it plastered his photo on a campaign billboard in central Tel Aviv. The poster features Mamdani alongside the leaders of Iran, Turkey and Hezbollah” — my latest for @theguardian.com
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Netanyahu is using Mamdani as a foil in his re-election campaign | Mohamad Bazzi
The Israeli prime minister’s remarks at the UN weren’t just motivated by personal animosity
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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Breaking: The Atlanta Hawks offer to send Jack Smith a DVD of their thrilling February 3, 2024 overtime win over the Warriors because apparently he missed it.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 30/09/2026
Sen. Eric Schmitt was so overzealous to try and get Jack Smith, a good and honest man who has done great work, that Schmitt embarrassed himself by accusing Smith of going to the wrong basketball game. You can't make this stuff up. And right wing media will pretend it never happened.
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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
yeesh. I did not know that Sen. Pete Ricketts (R), part-owner of the Cubs, voted to pardon a man who raped and assaulted his estranged wife and kidnapped their kids. The victim wasn't even notified. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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A Tough Ad Reminds Nebraska Voters About a Brutal Crime and a Pardon
A group supporting Dan Osborn, the independent Senate candidate in Nebraska, is airing an ad attacking Senator Pete Ricketts, a Republican, for pardoning a man convicted of sexual assault.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith defends his team of prosecutors: "I'm extremely proud to have worked with them, and the fact that they have been targeted illegally, lost their jobs illegally, and had their lives turned upside down by this Department of Justice is an outrage."
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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David Bustin @avgnsdave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Matt Gurney: We are probably not heading into a major war. But ... open.substack.com/pub/theline/...
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 28/09/2026
Today's Kinzinger Report is out and we cover: - MAGA is abandoning Trump right before the midterms - Trump offered to sell American weapons to China - JD Vance caught faking fraud numbers - Trump rejects Iran's offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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BREAKING: MAGA Is Abandoning Trump, JD Vance Caught Faking Numbers, Republicans Blast Trump's Taxpayer-Funded Ad, and more...
Top Stories for September 28, 2026.
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David Bustin @avgnsdave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dispatch from the Front Lines: The stupidest criticism of Carney yet open.substack.com/pub/theline/...
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Dispatch from the Front Lines: The stupidest criticism of Carney yet
Wait, wait. The other guys’ criticism, we mean. Our criticisms are brilliant, fair and thoughtful.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BREAKING on MS NOW: Former Missouri AG Andrew Bailey, who joined the FBI as 'co-deputy director' work alongside then-Deputy Director Dan Bongino, is stepping aside. Bailey was overseeing election-related matters at the FBI.
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David Bustin @avgnsdave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jared Wesley and Ken Boessenkool: Direct democracy was better in theory than practice open.substack.com/pub/theline/...
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Jared Wesley and Ken Boessenkool: Direct democracy was better in theory than practice
Alberta’s misadventures show that governments are there for a reason.
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Nicole Auerbach @nauerbach.com · 27/09/2026
NEWS: USC has suspended Desman Stephens for one game. He will not play vs. Washington.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Exactly. As he becomes more deranged and politically weaker, he will become more desperate and more dangerous.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/09/2026
George W. Bush had plenty of opportunities to speak up. January 6th. The January 6th Committee. Trump’s return to power. Mostly silence. But now he’s stepping back into politics to help Republican senators get reelected? Yeah. I have some thoughts.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BREAKING on MS NOW: MS NOW and CNN journalists have just been denied access to covering Xi Jinping's arrival back at the White House for tonight's state dinner.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 24/09/2026
While absolutely embarrassing America in front of China, one thing became crystal clear: Trump has false teeth.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 23/09/2026
I don't say this lightly, but Pete Hegseth deserves to be impeached. I understand just how serious a vote to impeach is from experience, and I still believe impeaching him is the right thing to do. The Iran war. The purge of senior ranks. The boat strikes. The case is overwhelming. (Link below)
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
BREAKING: NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for a 2006 sex crime in New York.
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David Bustin @avgnsdave.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Dispatch From the Front Line: Canada spent decades demolishing itself with neglect open.substack.com/pub/theline/...
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Dispatch From the Front Line: Canada spent decades demolishing itself with neglect
On the end of the Snowbirds, the KLF era in B.C., our concerns with Europe, and why no one misses “Woke 1.”
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It’s not just weird; it’s delusional. HE. IS. PSYCHOTIC. If your grandpa said things like this, you’d take him in for a full neuropsychiatric workup. And it’s time the media starts interviewing psychiatrists and psychologists to talk about it. DO. YOUR. JOBS.
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David Bustin @avgnsdave.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Stephanie Shapiro: Canada must not rebuild its military without supporting the families behind it open.substack.com/pub/theline/...
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Stephanie Shapiro: Canada must not rebuild its military without supporting the families behind it
Changes are needed so that military life does not come with unnecessary burdens.
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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Pretty sure I caught one of the last flights of the Canadian Snowbords as we were heading out of Ottawa.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Heads up: The Russian government has been targeting Americans with covert online disinformation operations seeking to undermine public confidence the midterms — using a familiar playbook in an attempt to inject chaos into the voting season, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
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Russia Aims to Inject Chaos Into Elections, U.S. Intelligence Finds
The Kremlin is once again seeking to undermine confidence in American democracy with online influence campaigns, U.S. officials said.
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Steve Saidemonster 🧌🧛🦇⚰️👻👹 @smsaideman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Wait, he is not just a conspiracy theorist but also corrupt? Shocking.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
BREAKING: Politico now says it has ALSO been denied White House access.
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David Bustin @avgnsdave.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
By @matgurney.bsky.social RP Matt Gurney: Harper has the right vision for Canada. But we worry about the same thing open.substack.com/pub/theline/...
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Matt Gurney: Harper has the right vision for Canada. But we worry about the same thing
Pivoting from the United States and seeking new alliances will require pain and sacrifice ... and it’s not clear Canadians are willing to stick with it.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 16/09/2026
Today's Kinzinger Report is out and we cover: - GOP turns on Trump over Iran - What DOGE actually did with your money - Trump lashes out at his own judges - Kash Patel's brutal day in the Senate open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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BREAKING: Republicans Turn On Trump Over Iran, DOGE Scam Exposed, Senators Grill Kash Patel, and more...
Top Stories for September 16, 2026.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The family of a 37-year-old woman who died while pregnant filed a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and others, alleging state law prevented her from getting a potentially life-saving abortion.
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Family of Texas woman who died after being denied an abortion sues Paxton, medical providers
“The basic principle here is you cannot take away someone’s life, as a state, and not be held liable for doing so,” a lawyer for the family said.
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Ken Rosenthal @ken-rosenthal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
MLB’s managerial merry-go-round is about to spin. These 6 jobs could be most volatile. Analysis, unlocked and free to read. www.nytimes.com/athletic/760...
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MLB’s managerial merry-go-round is about to spin. These 6 jobs could be most volatile (Gift Article)
So much in baseball right now is uncertain, which will make the next cycle of managerial hirings and firings that much more intriguing.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
GENEVA (AP) — UN-backed human rights experts find 'reasonable grounds' to believe US committed war crimes in 2 deadly strikes on Iran.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal Reserve hikes key interest rate for 1st time in 3 years, defying Trump's demand for cut.
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David Bustin @avgnsdave.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Alex Ovechkin appears in Russian campaign ad, renewing scrutiny of Putin ties www.nytimes.com/athletic/759...
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With campaign ad appearance, Ovechkin again shows public support for Putin
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