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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/01/2026

Breaking News: Three Minnesota federal prosecutors resigned over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the wife of Renee Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent. The Justice Department sought to examine her supposed ties to activist groups.

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3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow

Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, quit after the Justice Department sought to examine the woman’s supposed ties to activist groups.

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Imagine Canada @imaginecanada.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Apply to join Imagine Canada's #Standards Council! If you want to contribute your voice to shaping standards that impact thousands of charities & nonprofits nationwide, then this is the place for you! Apply by December 18: buff.ly/JafHDYP

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Call for Nominations/Expressions of Interest: Standards Council - November 2025 | Imagine Canada

Overview Imagine Canada works to strengthen charities and nonprofits so they can better serve individuals and communities across Canada and beyond. Through collective advocacy and action, we aim to…

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 04/06/2025

As hurricane season begins, FEMA is in disarray, @dgraham.bsky.social writes. Who manages the disaster if the disaster managers are the disaster?

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FEMA Is Not Prepared

Citizens could be on their own this hurricane season.

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Cathy Barr @cathybarr.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Conservative MPs used their parliamentary privilege to seek details on the scope of the federal government’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in areas Pierre Poilievre is now pledging to cut. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

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Conservative MPs used parliamentary privilege to seek details on DEI initiatives ahead of election

Poilievre has promised to ‘put an end to the imposition of woke ideology in the federal public service’

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Cathy Barr @cathybarr.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

All down to E-Day: Liberal voters dominate early voting but election day support splits evenly between CPC, LPC

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/04/2025

Judge Boasberg said he would rule on if there was probable cause to hold the Trump Administration in contempt for ignoring his order barring Venezuelan deportees from being flown to El Salvador. His record shows that President Trump has chosen an especially hard target to paint as “a troublemaker.”

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Trump’s Least Favorite Judge Has Friends in High Places

To President Trump, Judge James E. Boasberg is “a troublemaker” and a “Radical Left Lunatic.” But his record and biography, including a friendship with Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, say otherwise.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/04/2025

Stock markets pointed to a further fall this week as futures trading got underway Sunday evening, with investors and economists grappling with rising odds of a severe economic downturn caused by President Trump’s significant new tariffs on imports.

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Stocks Are Set to Extend Sharp Fall

Futures on the S&P 500, which allow investors to trade the index before the official start of trading on Monday, added to last week’s sell-off.

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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Defence Ministry Update: Border surveillance has not detected any abnormal activity. We stand rock-hop-ready to rock, set to defend ourselves against all threats both foreign and domestic (elephant seals mainly)

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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/04/2025

The Trump administration abruptly laid off the entire staff running a $4.1 billion program to help low-income households across the U.S. pay their heating and cooling bills.

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Entire Staff Is Fired at LIHEAP

The move threatens to paralyze the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps to offset high utility bills for roughly 6.2 million people nationwide.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

The standout madness in the general madness are the enormous tariffs on South East Asia which, if these stick, is going to magnify China's sphere of influence. Geopolitical lunacy.

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WIRED @wired.com · 03/04/2025

President Donald Trump says taxing imports will strengthen domestic manufacturing. Hours before announcing new tariffs, his administration cut support for centers that help US firms do just that.

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Trump and DOGE Defund Program That Boosted American Manufacturing for Decades

President Donald Trump says taxing imports will strengthen domestic manufacturing. Hours before announcing new tariffs, his administration cut support for centers that help US firms do just that.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Pierre Poilievre is trailing in the polls, but he's getting absolutely lapped by Mark Carney among women voters. His recent comments about biological clocks are just the latest example of why. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/02/o...

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Pierre Poilievre’s gender gap

As a general rule, men shouldn't talk about women's biological clocks. That's especially true if they have a track record like Pierre Poilievre.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 03/04/2025

President Donald Trump announced a perplexing, and expansive, set of tariffs today. They will open up a future of high prices for American consumers, @isabelfattal.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily.

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Trump’s Tariff Plan Is Going to Hurt

The surprisingly expansive levies on imports will open up a future of high prices.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 29/03/2025

After following America’s lead for 80 years, Europe's democracies do not recognize the danger now before them, Phillips Payson O’Brien writes.

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The U.S. Has Changed Its Mind About Europe

After following America’s lead for 80 years, the continent’s democracies do not recognize the danger now before them.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/03/2025

Canadian airlines are eliminating tens of thousands of seats to the U.S. this April, while industry data shows that bookings have declined significantly.

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Airlines Cut Seats to the U.S. as Canadians Stay Away

Several airlines have reduced the number of seats on U.S.-bound flights in April, while industry data shows that bookings have declined significantly.

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JA Westenberg @joanwestenberg.com · 29/03/2025

When people say 'politics is too divisive now,' what they really mean is 'I was more comfortable when certain groups suffered quietly.'

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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Geography lesson for Americans. #elbowsup

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

“There is no reason why they’re being held,” the judge said. “If this was a criminal case. … I’d throw you out of my chambers.” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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Judge releases detained Venezuelan couple with temporary protected status

The judge said the detention of the couple was baseless and unlawful.

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Last week ICE detained parents of three young children under 13-years-old, in Washington, D.C. The family fled political persecution in Venezuela two years ago and applied for asylum. Despite having Temporary Protected Status and pending asylum applications, they were charged with illegal entry.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Deflecting to “but the mission was a success” reminds me of a drunk driver arguing to the cop that he should be allowed to go home because he didn’t crash into anyone.

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Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @karimwafa.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I don’t know who needs to hear this but fascism often begins with the slow erosion of civil liberties and the rise of authoritarianism under the guise of ‘security measures’.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/03/2025

Current and former U.S. military pilots expressed bewilderment after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to acknowledge that he should not have disclosed sensitive information in an unsecured group chat. “If you can’t admit when you’re wrong, you’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.

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Signal Chat Leak Angers U.S. Military Pilots

Men and women who have taken to the air on behalf of the United States expressed bewilderment after the leak of attack plans. “You’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.

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David Woodruff @dmwoodruff.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time: Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves. Q: Why are you running away? Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels. Q: But you’re foxes! Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/03/2025

The most obvious lesson to draw from the leaked Signal chat is that these people really are morons. It's not a public act, it's not a schtick, there's not some secret back room where they drop the facade. They are genuinely stupid, incompetent people.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

After the Atlantic published the texts this morning, Tulsi Gabbard is confronted today on why she lied in her testimony to the Senate yesterday. She says she misremembered.

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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 25/03/2025

This seems like a good time to remind folks of what Hannah Arendt once wrote:

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/03/2025

good line of questioning here from Heinrich underlining how despite Trump's rhetoric, Canada isn't mentioned a single time in the intelligence community's threats assessment

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I'd like to live in a country where the National Security Adviser doesn't sum up a discussion of war plans with the FIST FLAG FIRE emojis like he's talking about Fortnite.

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Do not listen to bullies. U.S. military planes arrived in Greenland at a U.S. military base — bc the PM REFUSED to meet them. Delegation includes Congressman Mike Waltz, who plan to make the islanders “an offer they can’t refuse.” HOW is this not an act of war?! This is how they annexed Hawaii.

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Surprising to hear that a government formed exclusively of a country’s most stupid people isn’t really working out.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Every single Democrat in Congress should be demanding the resignation of Waltz and Hegseth. Every single one. This is a massive scandal. There should be a serious price to pay. AND THERE IS ZERO DOWNSIDE FOR EVEN THE MOST SCAREDY-CAT CONGRESSPERSON.

At the very least, NSA Michael Waltz – who set up the group chat and made the mistake of roping in the editor of a goddamn magazine – should be forced to resign. A former solider, Waltz filled DeSantis's old seat in the House of Representatives when he was first elected governor. He's literally a replacement level politician, and I can't imagine he'd be hard to replace again. (It's not just that he screwed up massively here. He screwed up because he had a journalist's contact info in Signal to begin with. That might cause some trouble in Trumpland.)
But Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth should also be on the block. Despite the very real concerns that his background as a weekend host for Fox & Friends and a semiprofessional alcoholic and sex pest might not have prepared him to oversee the American military machine. The bumbling approach revealed in this incident surely isn't a one-off, and suggests a slapdash approach to national security. (And yes, there have been even bigger warning signs. And even bigger than that.)

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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The Usha Vance led delegation to Greenland was unsought by the Greenlanders and has been angrily rejected by them. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/u...

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