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Dorothy Manitoba

@dorothymanitoba.bsky.social
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💉 🎹⛺️🏳️‍🌈🐶🐦🤿🩹🔬 Retired nurse. Proud ally. Humanist. Musician. Zero tolerance for anti-vaxxers, science deniers, right-wing propaganda, pseudoscience, or religion.

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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Unlikely I'll ever cross the border again substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Canadians, Your Lucky Streak At The U.S. Border Means Nothing
Crossing fifty times without a problem doesn’t make you untouchable. It just means trip fifty one hasn’t happened yet.
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There's a pre-drafted email to make it easy to contact your federal MPs about Advance Requests. (You can also modify and personalize it). www.dyingwithdignity.ca/advocacy/all...
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Allow advance requests now | Dying With Dignity Canada
The lack of access to advance requests is a critical gap in our country’s assisted dying legislation — and must be corrected.
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For Americans who still don't get it - Canadians do NOT think jokes about the 51st state are funny. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Washington DC Is America’s Showroom. Canadians Don’t Like What’s On Display
Tour companies are bleeding customers while the capital behind the 51st state garbage, tariffs and threats still expects Canadians to treat it like a normal vacation destination.
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I've seen the parallels for a while now sethandrews.substack.com/p/is-maga-an...
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Is MAGA an American Nazi Party?
A recent article in the Guardian featured PRRI President, author, and researcher Dr.
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illuminatusprime.bsky.social @illuminatusprime.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'll take it!
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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Anyone can make a mistake, be duped, experience temporary insanity. But an entire nation of someones doing so, failing to grasp the lesson, and doing so again leaves only several explanatory choices: Lazy, stupid, or every bit as evil as the anointed megaphone-holder and his henchpeople."
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‘He doesn’t speak for us?’ Sorry: Yes, he does
We all own blame for what ‘we’ are doing to Canada — and ourselves
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Should China get a state dinner? Depends when you ask(ed). substack.com/@ifloz/note/...
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I Fucking Love Australia (@ifloz)
I hate this grub with every inch of my fucking bowels.
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Huge win for consumers - this should have been illegal from the get-go. I buy bread at my local Dollarama, but when i went to another location with a friend, i couldn't find any. The clerk told me they don't sell bread because the Safeway next door prohibits it. WTF? www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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Sobeys' parent Empire agrees to end property controls. Here's how it's a win for consumers | CBC News
Canada's Competition Bureau has reached an agreement with Sobey's parent company to have the grocery giant strictly limit or stop using property controls after the agency found the practice to be an...
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Wow, i have no words.
AI overview of search result for 'did google maps change the name of lake ontario'. Yes - viewers in the US will see 'lake america'; viewers in Canada continue to see 'lake Ontario', and the rest of the world will see both names.
MapQuest announced it will keep the traditional name and refuse to adopt the 'lake america' label.
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
1930s Germany. I saw the parallel ages ago, and I bet I'm not alone. This is chilling. www.heatherdelaneyreese.com/p/nobody-act...
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Nobody actually likes Donald Trump
At 2:37 p.m., a visibly frail Donald Trump emerged from the White House and slowly made his way down the corridor, his eyes fixed on the ground beneath him through nearly every careful step. Wearing a...
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I searched this quote to verify it. It's a paraphrase from this article. And it was written in Nov 2016 - written right after tRump's FIRST election. The US has learned nothing, and this article is even more relevant now.
Nice people made the best Nazis. My mom grew up next to them. They got along. Refused to make waves, looked the other way when things got ugly, and focused on happier things than 'politics'. They were lovely people who turned their heads as their neighbors were dragged away. you know who weren't nice people? Resisters. - Naomi Shulman
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Boycott all things American. Support the Canadian businesses that are going to be suffering under the new tariffs. Choose Canadian whenever you can. charlieangus.substack.com/p/it-has-begun
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It Has Begun
We are at war. As Canadians, we will do our part and we will do our best.
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
This is terrifying... I would have walked out long ago.
US demands in the recent trade negotiations with Canada include controls of other trade partnerships, rescinding digital services and online news legislation, elimination of cultural and language protections, dismantling agricultural safeguards, and much more.
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I won't be buying much produce at Superstore anymore. There's a Costco only 4 minutes further away that had Okanagan peaches and cherries yesterday. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Meme reads: Boycott Loblaws - removing country of origin labelling on produce is a betrayal of Canada. Support Canadian. Defend Transparency. Choose better.
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Carney is a skilled and strategic negotiator. If he couldn't get a deal, no one can. But no surprise. We all know what happens when you try to play chess with a pigeon. The bird scatters the pieces, shits all over the board, and then struts around like he won the game. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods take effect after trade talks collapse | CBC News
The Trump administration's latest round of tariffs against billions of dollars worth of Canadian goods took effect just after midnight Saturday, after the two countries failed to seal a last-minute tr...
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This is a really inspiring read. I'm lucky to be Canadian and proud to have voted for the adult in the room. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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KING CARNEY TURNS CANADA INTO A FUCKING CASH COW
There’s a bloke in Ottawa right now quietly running the single greatest economic masterclass on the planet, and the funniest part is that he kinda owes the lucky break to Donald Trump.
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I needed a good news story right about now. Just lost our dog last week.
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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Donald Trump is not who we are
At 3:24 yesterday afternoon, while Canada was battling devastating wildfires and smoke spread deep into both Canada and the United States, the President of the United States decided to weigh in. Not t...
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I bet I'm not the one person who feels this way. Four months till the mid-terms, and then either the tide will turn, or the world as we know it will be over. The planet can't take 2 more years of this regime. ifloz.substack.com/p/why-i-went...
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WHY I WENT QUIET ON DONALD FUCKING TRUMP (A Confession From the Coalface)
It's time to fucking suck it up and dig deep for me mates.
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Image shows a map of the USA with Indigenous tribal boundaries instead of state boundaries. Eg Sioux, Navajo, Cherokee, etc. Caption reads "United States without illegal aliens".
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Happy Canada Day - part 2 ifloz.substack.com/p/carney-jus...
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CARNEY JUST TOLD TRUMP: THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES FUCKO!
Trump told Mark Carney that Canada only exists because America lets it. So Carney went home, then opened a pipeline to Asia. Watch the belly flop in slow motion.
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Happy Canada Day youtu.be/LyyFIbaU45w?...
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Bryan Adams - '51st State' (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bryan Adams
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
This is Theocracy. Just a christian version of sharia law. It's what conservatives want in Canada, too. We should be afraid - very afraid. Sad to see Dr Phil in there. Illustrates what power and wealth do to people. open.substack.com/pub/heatherd...
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Trump is turning us into the Christian States of America
At 3:37 yesterday afternoon, Donald Trump sat with his shoulders slumped forward, his hands hidden on his legs beneath the dark wooden desk in the Oval Office. His eyes remained closed as he fought to...
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Charlie Angus / The Resistance | Substack @charlieangus.substack.com.web.brid.gy · 18/06/2026
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Kristi Noem Has No Business Working for a Canadian Company
You have to be a special kind of toxic to be kicked out of the Trump inner circle.
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
🤣 youtu.be/ztUah8s24UQ?...
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Green Memes: The Internet and the Algae
YouTube video by TheThinkingAtheist
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
This guy is my new favorite political blogger. ifloz.substack.com/p/mark-carne...
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MARK CARNEY IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LET A GROWN-UP DRIVE THE BUS
The 51st State reversal Three days after Trump trolled Canada's recession with a 2-word tantrum, Carney dropped 88,000 jobs on the prick's head. The troll aged like a prawn left in the hot sun.
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Everything old is new again - this song was written in 1941... best comment "Some people only improve this world by leaving it" youtu.be/XDkhzVw0yBs?...
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When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take)
YouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
why am i NOT surprised by this? www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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Fact check: Ads on Trump’s Truth Social link to Carney deepfake
CBC’s Fact Check team found ads on Truth Social linking to a deepfake of Prime Minister Mark Carney. The fake video is designed to scam you into sending money.
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
This blog from Australia does an awesome takedown of the sh*tshow in the US. open.substack.com/pub/ifloz/p/...
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CANADIAN'S GIVE TRUMP ZERO FUCKS: VISITS TO US CITIES HAVE COLLAPSED 42%
Mark Carney barely said a word. He didn't have to. Here is how a central banker with a spreadsheet humiliated a man who shouts for a living.
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Wish i'd thought of this. Why in the world are taxpayers funding a fancy house for the opposition to the government? ESPECIALLY the guy who's in there now. 🤣 www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Petition e-7395 - Petitions
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Interesting. Cell phone usage data shows that Canadians who cross the border are visiting fewer places and spending less time in the US, especially in tourist areas. Likely they're going for business or other impelling personal reasons rather than vacation. KEEP IT UP www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...
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Just how much has Canadian travel to the U.S. declined? Researchers suggest it’s more than we thought
A decline in travel to the U.S. may be more significant than it first appeared, according to Canadian researchers.
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
if only...
Two women are chatting, and one says "For Mother's Day, my mom would like the activism of her youth to not be for nothing".
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Pet emergency kit info for severe weather or disasters (wildfire, flood). This is a sign of the times - sure hope we don't have another summer like the last few. winnipeghumanesociety.ca/be-pet-prepa...
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Be Pet Prepared
How to help your animals in an emergency From fires to floods, it’s important to be prepared. When developing an emergency response plan, it’s critical to consider all family members, including pet…
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
'Forced transfers' for MAID are now called 'Institutional Religious Obstruction'. If reading this makes you as upset as I am at the injustice and suffering, take action! Info on the advocacy page of the Dying With Dignity Canada website (in first comment). maidincanada.substack.com/p/a-message-...
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A message from Gaye and Jim O'Neill
Full Press Statement from April 13, 2026
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
I started keeping track of all the snail mail we receive, after reading rants from people complaining about the cancelation of door-to-door delivery. In the past 4 weeks, we received exactly 4 pieces of necessary mail, and of those, 2 could/should have come via email. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Canada Post announces first 136,000 addresses to lose door-to-door delivery | CBC News
Canada Post has announced the first batch of addresses in 13 communities it plans to stop delivering directly to, part of the Crown corporation's larger plan to restructure and stay afloat after losin...
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Just. Don't. Go. Why would anyone want to cross into a fascist regime anyway? Would you have visited Germany in the 30s? If they searched my phone, i'd be thrown into Alligator Alcatraz. Glad we saw the Grand Canyon years ago; i doubt we'll ever cross US customs again. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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U.S. customs searched a record number of electronic devices last year | CBC News
United States customs officers conducted a record number of searches of electronic devices last year of people travelling to the U.S., and a recent update to its directives adds new devices such as sm...
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Posted in a genealogy group. Banning abortion doesn't prevent abortions; it only prevents safe abortions. And the answer to the question? The numbers are codes for cause of death.
screenshot of a question in a genealogy facebook group about what hand-written numbers mean on a death certificate from 1931. The certificate reads - "the cause of death is as follows: sepsis foll (following) abortion - self induced" and is stamped 'inquest pending'.
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
This study is about 'digital legacy' - what happens to someone's data when they die? Participants needed - 1) older adults who use technology, and 2) people who have handled the digital assets of a deceased person within the last couple of years. Details celinelatulipe.net/digital-lega...
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Digital Legacy Interview Study
What happens to your data when you die? How should you prepare your digital assets, such as photos, email accounts, subscriptions? There are no correct answers for these qu…
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
My friend Peter Enns just published this memoir. It took courage to relive and write about all that personal heartache. Peter is certainly not alone. Hopefully, sharing his struggles will help others who have lived a similar lie for years or decades. app.thestorygraph.com/books/263e5c...
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The Day the Dam Burst: Innocence - Confusion - Pain - Trauma - Relief by Peter Enns
Born in Mexico and raised in a strict old-colony Mennonite family after immigrating to Canada, Pe...
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Share this with anyone you know who is elderly and/or vulnerable for some other reason. It's from Manitoba but that won't really matter - scammers are the same everywhere. justhangup.ca
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Home - Just Hang Up!
What sounds like a family member in distress could be a scam. Just hang up! Think you’ve been targeted or scammed?Don’t wait – report it right away. Report a scam Remember: falling for a scam doesn’t ...
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
i have no intention of watching, but i'm saving this card so i can fill it in when i read the reports after
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The polling numbers are in: 71% of Albertawomen will vote no if there is an Alberta referendum. 81% of them said they would move away from Alberta. That will leave Donbas Danielle and her petrostate frathouse of keyboard rage warriors. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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The Alberta Separatist Dream Where the Women Have Already Left the Chat
The numbers are in, and they are not exactly the chest-thumping anthem Alberta’s separatist crowd was hoping for.
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Pop quiz - is this a screenshot from A Mad Magazine B The Onion C CBC News Honestly - you can't even tell these days. It would be hilarious if it weren't so serious.
screenshot of CBC news headlines: Carney tells Trump Canadians paid for Gordie Howe Bridge after president's social media eruption; Trump threatens to block opening of new bridge; Trump threats to new bridge opening 'just insane', Windsor mayor says; Who plows the Gordie Howe bridge in winter, and where do they put  the snow; and several more
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I signed 2 House of Commons e-petitions - 7133, about foreign interference in Canadian politics; 7148, demanding that federal party leaders be required to obtain security clearance (sponsored by the MP who defeated PP 🤣). Links: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Petition e-7133 - Petitions
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
This is terrifying... and entirely plausible. Even likely. If there even IS an election in November. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Don’t Let ICE Freeze Voting
Guest article by Jay Inslee, former governor of Washington State
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Speak out in favor of pet-friendly housing legislation. Contact your city and provincial reps. Winnipeg Humane Society has the story and letter-writing templates. What would my life be like without Whiskey? I can't imagine being prohibited from having a pet. winnipeghumanesociety.ca/pet-inclusiv...
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Pet-Inclusive Housing: Help Keep Families Together
KEY FINDINGS INCLUDE:     Change is needed to keep families together. Currently, only 20-40% of rental units in Manitoba accept pets, highlighting a significant gap in housing. This chang…
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Oly Backstrom @olybackstrom.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
“[If the admin wanted war], they didn’t get it. Instead, they met a community full of people who declared, in words and actions, that they will take care of each other; people who prioritize the safety of their neighbours and neighbourhoods over their own comfort; people who refuse to look away.”
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Powerful positive message with suggestions for what ordinary Americans can do. I wonder what her next book will be about... myemail.constantcontact.com/From-The-Des...
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From The Desk Of Jodi Picoult
Email from Jodi Picoult Volume XV Issue II Hi Friends, This is what my days have looked like recently: Wake up, check my calendar. Check the news, and feel my pulse race. Drive to a doctor’s appointme
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bearwitness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
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Dorothy Manitoba @dorothymanitoba.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Nails it. Also read the book by Sinclair Lewis. He saw it in 1935. Chilling. youtu.be/h7Y-9C6ox1Y?...
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Bloodlines
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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