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Derek Raymaker

@draymaker.bsky.social
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Storyteller, spreader of good vibes, mediocre bass player, Lulu's servant

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Feels like skipping past the Civil War and World War II are sorta big tells here? I wonder why he doesn't want to talk about the times the US military waged war against white supremacists. Probably a totally innocent explanation, right? Right?
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"why don't men wear more color." i only dress for the approval of dogs, who mostly see blue, white, gray, black, and brown in the way that we do, so i don't wear other colors.
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is true. And it was always the strategy. The referendum is just Phase 1 of the long game to create the "winning conditions" as they say in Quebec.
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Outstanding primer on the US-Canada Trade War & why it is really a 'war' by @max-fisher.bsky.social Well worth every second of the 32 mins run time. #cdnpoli youtu.be/F7bIuD1ASNE?...
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The US-Canada War has begun
YouTube video by Max Fisher
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
You heard it here first: Eby's going to lose, and badly. #bcpoli
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Canadaland has gone full wackjob.
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Bari Weiss is she is the best cure for Imposter Syndrome to come along in a while.
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oxycontin makers basically self-regulated. What could go wrong?
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Caps' name should be changed to the Kremlin Kid Killers
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Company that sells chips wants AI dorks to buy more chips no matter the dangers. What a shocker! 😲
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@MohanadElshieky

Please stop saying the vaccine doesn't have severe side effects. I took my shots and now I'm alive and have to keep working
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Gordie Howe remains the NHL's all-time goal-scoring leader who is not a Russian stooge.
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Boy, this woke socialist cancel culture is getting out of control.
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
TikTok & X were filled with posts from 'real' Cdns declaring they will not participate in the Census to own the Libs. This would indicate the bulk of that was foreign-funded bots & propaganda intended to destabilize Canada.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I've been thinking about this a lot. If you're under age 40, you have never known relative stability. Just greed, disinformation, climate crisis, war, pandemic, economic hardship, wealth inequality, democratic decline, rise of authoritarianism & AI. No wonder they want to burn the place down.
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Who needs drones? Another hybrid war victory for 🇷🇺 You can't report on the rise of far-right 🇩🇪AfD, 🇬🇧Reform, 🇫🇷National Front, Alberta separatists etc. without being honest that they are all propped up by #Kremlin 💰 & propaganda. #abpoli
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026
Possibly the most American news of all time
local12.com
Prison inmates donate more than $4,000 to pay children's school lunch debt
Residents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457.
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Serious question for #abpoli: The pro🇨🇦 referendum campaign in AB seems weak & rudderless led by lobbyists. No energy, no message, no champions except has-been politicians & Jann effing Arden(!?), just dreary pablum. "No to the 9"?? What does that even mean? Should I be worried?
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Sadly, not The Onion.
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
November 3rd is gonna be wild.
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Stop what you're doing & watch this right now & smile & laugh & cry & rage all at the same time. Jesse Welles is a national treasure. youtu.be/Lwz1XwHwWhY?...
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The Nerd Reich
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Good advice here from @justinling.ca. It may be unfeasible to quit Meta & Google entirely, but you can make choices to hurt them. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
thestar.com
Justin Ling: It’s time Canada logged out of tech platforms owned by Donald Trump toadies
If our institutions acted, they could hasten the ongoing exodus from services peddled by allies of the Trump administration.
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Who are the future Canadian heroes in Ottawa who will do this on the U.S. Embassy?
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The AI data centre is going to make the 2008 financial meltdown look like a picnic. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | This Is How the A.I. Debt Binge Sinks the Economy
The A.I.-fueled debt bubble will likely result in a painful downturn.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The FIFA Peace Prize winner, everyone.
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Good news: A cell has opened up in The Hague for Netanyahu.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This number should have an extra zero for justice to really be served.
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Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Superb reporting here from @beltrew.bsky.social and team on the last minutes of Gaza journalist Mariam Abu Dagga
independent.co.uk
For Mariam: Inside Israeli hospital strike and the possible war crimes behind it
Journalist Mariam Abu Dagga was killed in the 25 August 2025 double-tap attack on Nasser Hospital in Gaza. Based on dozens of witness testimonies, whistleblowers and visual analysis, this is the most ...
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This world needed Dolly more than Dolly needed this world. Her devotion to lifting up her fellow humans made her a legend. The music is a bonus. Ask yourself 'what would Dolly do?' & do that thing RIP Dolly Parton
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Watch!👇Trump's plan for Canada is the vulture capitalism playbook. That's why MAGA + Kremlin are illegally funding Alberta separatists. (Sarah's accuracy rate for predicting events leading to 🇺🇸 descent into authoritarian kleptocracy is 💯)
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Insidious doesn't even begin to describe this group. Those in their 80s who lived through terrifying polio outbreaks will be livid. Read the whole thread 👇
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Even if the trade dispute resolves tomorrow, does 🇨🇦 really want to be deeply integrated with this failed state?
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 22/08/2026
Art Of The Deal author fails to secure deal with friendliest nation on planet
thebeaverton.com
Art Of The Deal author fails to secure deal with friendliest nation on planet
WASHINGTON D.C. - President Trump, a man who was elected based on his self-proclaimed "deal-making genius", has failed to secure a trade deal with Canada, a nation most known for maple syrup and neigh...
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Toronto Mike @torontomike.com · 14/08/2026
The thing about ripping out bike lanes is it doesn't stop us from biking, it just makes it more dangerous. And if I feel unsafe, I take the lane.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
They're exactly who we thought they were. To those considering voting with these goons to "send a message to Ottawa" -- consider the message you're sending about your own values.
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
How dumb are the tech lords? So dumb they made Kevin O'Leary, soulless greed in human form, the public face advocating for data centre expansion. And they still wonder why the public hates them.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Funny how no one asked russia to halt strikes on Ukrainian civilians.
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The fire that burns hottest burns fastest. Interesting data on how MAGA mediasphere reach is dying with many lessons here for Canada's hard-right rage machine. #cdnppoli www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
nytimes.com
The MAGA Media Machine Is Fracturing
Once united in support of President Trump, right-wing influencers are embroiled in feuds and losing viewers, creating a problem for Republicans in the midterm elections.
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Poilievre's CPC is going through a meltdown identical to Poland's right-wing party with radicals pushing it into far-right authoritarian territory.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Canada's premiers have a bad habit of bigfooting their biggest cities on everything from bike lanes to airports -- and denying them the economic and political autonomy they deserve. It's past time to fix that. And Ottawa can help. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/29/o...
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Canada’s cities need a new deal. Ottawa should give it to them
A constitutional amendment granting cities the power to tax and raise revenue is both perfectly logical and politically impossible. The federal government needs to find another way to give it to them ...
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
CBS News is just a DEI program for rich white fail-up men
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is game, set, match. If the Supreme Court cancels mail voting, the US midterms will be effectively rigged to entrench GOP rule.
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The @democraticparty.bsky.social can blame Trump for a lot of things but not for the mismanaged debt-ridden train wreck that is the DNC. What a nightmare. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...
nytimes.com
Inside the Phone-Throwing Drama at the Troubled, Broke Democratic Party
The Democrats should be well positioned to make gains in this year’s midterms. But inside party headquarters, every week brings paranoia, worries about money and, on occasion, emotional eruptions.
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Elon is evil but no dummy. He knows the midterms are the beginning of the end of the kleptocracy he helped build & wants to be the first guy off the sinking ship.
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The drummer equivalent of the Lebron vs Jordan debate 👇
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Derek Raymaker @draymaker.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I know this is a performative exercise to curry favor with his winery-owning billionaire donors, but Schiff should know this makes him look incredibly weak & lame.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Albertans insist on nurturing their grievances. Fine. They might want to think a little more about the ones they have with their own provincial governments -- and the scale of damage their decisions have done. #cdnpoli #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/07/o...
nationalobserver.com
Alberta’s grievances should really be with Alberta
If Albertans insist on playing the blame game, I have a suggestion for who they ought to be targeting: their provincial government.
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