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Brendan Youngberg

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🌎 close enough to TO 🇨🇦 Can we have: 🫂 People not being oppressed; women not being abused; nature not being destroyed. Clean air. Clean water. Too much to ask? Unpublished Diss: Cultural Trauma in Ancient Israel Av: Adam holding an apple; Duomo Milan

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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 14h
Why not have an Epstein investigation in Canada? Why any resistance? Unless ...
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White Dominoes Falling
ALT: White Dominoes Falling
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Dr. Ruth Marshall is still kicking against the pricks @wtfis2bdone.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hey Toronto, see you Saturday! ALL OUT FOR PALESTINE! ✊🇵🇸
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Pierre Poutine @pierre-poutine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A wise man once said "Climate change is the Tragedy of the Horizon". Then he scrapped an EV mandate, environmental regulations, and approved massive expansion of fossil fuels. #canada #climatesky #latestagecapitalism #cdnpoli
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Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
As World 'Pretends There's a Ceasefire,' Israeli Minister Doubles Down on Gaza Expulsion Plan www.commondreams.org/news/israel-...
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As World 'Pretends There's a Ceasefire,' Israeli Minister Doubles Down on Gaza Expulsion Plan | Common Dreams
Citing the 70% depopulation of Gaza, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed to "finish the job" of what he called Palestinian "migration"—a euphemism, say critics, for ethnic cleansing.
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 16/09/2026
Guys…can you hear yourselves?
Supermarkets Sue in Bid to Stop Mamdani's Plan for Cheaper Groceries
Industry body says private firms can't compete against new city-run stores.
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Brendan Youngberg @dryoungberg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
But under Trudeau they DID go to pay for climate measures AND it was owned by Canada. Carney does NEITHER.
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Brendan Youngberg @dryoungberg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
FML
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Brendan Youngberg @dryoungberg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I actually misread this and honestly thought it read Prime Minister Stephen Harper Not wrong.
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Who knew that being against genocide and child sex crimes would become controversial among Liberals?
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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Tell me what self-respecting LIBERAL has Stephen Harper as the final speaker???
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
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Grand chief tells Carney summit resources 'are not theirs to give'
The grand council chief of the Anishinabek Nation tells investment summit that Canada can't give away resources that 'aren't theirs to give.'
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If Mark Carney and Stephen Harper are BFFs now does that mean Pierre Poilievre has to go back to complaining about Trudeau now?
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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
There are any number of reasons to question each of Carney’s policies. But it might help to go to the root of the problem: Mark Carney is pre-empting an actual discussion of what kind of Canada Canadians want to build. This is not how our liberal democracy is supposed to work.
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Drew @drewgrof.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Mark Carney is going to introduce Stephen Harper at the end of his pimpathon only for Carney to rip off a mask and reveal he’s been Stephen Harper all along.
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Brendan Youngberg @dryoungberg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Way. Worse. And literally just getting started
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 15/09/2026
I think holding a fire sale for foreign investors, including Americans, and selling off Canada’s critical infrastructure is a bad idea and inconsistent with shoring up our sovereignty. Just one man’s opinion!
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"I've been looking around the table that Carney has set for this summer and I don't see any of us at the table," he said. "Does that mean we're on the menu?" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Over 1,000 protesters demonstrate against Carney's investment summit in Toronto | CBC News
More than 1,000 demonstrators gathered in downtown Toronto on Monday to protest against an investment summit organized by Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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Brendan Youngberg @dryoungberg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@avilewis.ca was right when he said this DAYS ago! Carney ia an open book. Only 4d chess he's playing is with those who don't think he's CONservative
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Brendan Youngberg @dryoungberg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Never forget what side of history you want to be on. Billionaires can bully but they can't buy everyone. #FreePalesrine And yea, Palestinian children are still being killed. Today. The entire post from Macklemore on Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/Macklemore...
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From the Macklemore community on Reddit: Ben's full statement
Explore this post and more from the Macklemore community
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 12/09/2026
A leaked document obtained by @drewanderson.bsky.social has led to political backlash in Alberta over moves the doc says could raise electricity and gas prices. It's all to spur data centre and oil & gas growth. Read more, and see excerpts from the document, here: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oppo...
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Alberta’s alleged push for more AI data centres, oil and gas, sparks outrage | The Narwhal
‘For her foreign billionaire friends’: Opposition leader accuses Danielle Smith of possibly raising energy bills for AI data centres. Here’s a peek at the leaked doc he’s talking about
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Canada literally has two Conservative parties right now. Conservatives and the extra weird Conservatives. Democracy!
National Post headline (on Yahoo?? For some reason??) by Tristin Hopper (who is a freak!) reads:

"Mark Carney's support surge coming largely from former Conservatives, poll finds"

Opening text of the article reads: "Prime Minister Mark Carney's sustained surge in the polls is coming predominantly from former Conservatives, according to new figures published by the Angus Reid Institute.
According to a new poll published on Thursday, 13 per cent of respondents who voted Conservative in 2025 would now vote for a Carney-led Liberal party if given the chance."
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 12/09/2026
The Alberta government is planning to take over the province's natural gas pipeline system to ensure tech companies and oil majors will have enough natural gas for their operations — even if it makes gas more expensive for Albertans, a leaked document reveals.
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Alberta could spend billions on public gas pipelines to fuel data centre boom, leaked document suggests
The document was presented at a Sept. 10 cabinet meeting by Energy Minister Brian Jean. It lays out an expansive plan to expand the province's natural gas network by bringing it under public ownership...
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 11/09/2026
In a few days, Prime Minister Carney is inviting some of the world’s richest CEOs to Toronto to buy up Canada’s resources, public infrastructure, and more. We won’t save Canada by selling it off to the highest bidder. Join us, and let's build a Canada for the many, not the money.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/09/2026
NEWS: France’s Epstein investigation is expanding, with prosecutors identifying multiple potential recruiters and at least 13 previously unknown victims as they trace his trafficking network across the country.
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John Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Carney obliterated the country's climate plan, and unsurprisingly, new analysis finds Canada would be lucky to hit its 2030 targets in 2050 (let alone net-zero the way it continues to claim with no evidence.)
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2030 target and net zero: Canada is 20 years behind
This analysis shows that the country’s current climate policy package would leave emissions stubbornly high through mid-century.
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Brendan Youngberg @dryoungberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Hard on Trump-talk, Easy on US back pocket $$$ #CanadaNOTFORSALE
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scott dagostino @scottdagostino.ca · 10/09/2026
In a similar vein, I’m freaked out at how little outrage the Moneris sale is generating. Canadians get all nationalist about a map name change (right so) but not about all our financial transaction data being sold off to American tech firms?
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Carney is far worse than Harper. But at least "liberals" fought Harper rather than defending everything he did. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Liberals remove layer of review process for energy projects, backing off bypassing at-risk species protections | CBC News
The federal government is moving ahead with changes that will exempt a number of energy projects from a layer of its environmental assessment process. At the same time, a senior government source says...
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Brendan Youngberg @dryoungberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
😲 There's already over 13000 signatures today !! If not this, What? When? #SA #GBV #whatdoesitfuckingtakeinthiscountrytostandupandnotgiverapists$
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"This isn’t just about hockey, it’s about the message you are sending to the women and girls who wear your jersey, buy your tickets and have supported this team their entire lives." Hear, hear! Very frustrating move by #Oilers! 👎 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Intense backlash in Edmonton greets Oilers signing of Alex Formenton | CBC News
The Edmonton Oilers decision to sign a hockey player who was acquitted last year of sexual assault has sparked a wave of disappointment and calls to "do better" among hockey fans and non-fans alike.
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Brendan Youngberg @dryoungberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Accurate. Sad. Pathetic. Disgusting for Canada. But accurate.
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"Natural gas is fading from California’s electricity mix more quickly than seemed possible just a few years ago." "a 26 percent drop in the first half of this year compared to the first half of 2025"
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How California Is Kicking Its Natural Gas Habit - Inside Climate News
Solar and batteries matter, but they’re not the only reasons for the steep decline in gas-fired electricity.
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Brendan Youngberg @dryoungberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Harper's puppet fulfils his wet dream...
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 11/09/2026
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Our response to the ban on trade with illegal settlements and a call for Canada to do more to support human rights in Palestine. www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-res...
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NDP response to the ban on trade with illegal settlements
NDP Foreign Affairs Critic Heather McPherson issued the following statement:
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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
On August 4, U.S. Senator Wyden released a congressional report that the Ellison family takeover of CBS News aided in suppressing a 60 Minutes investigative broadcast regarding major banks ignoring compliance red flags for Leon Black's payments to Jeffrey Epstein. #OpDeathEaters
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ron-wyden-cbs-epstein
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"it was drained, and the tailings fluids were transported to other ponds. They then filled in the “pond” with coarser materials and have since planted vegetation on top. Not only does this area not have a reclamation certificate, but it also isn’t usable" environmentaldefence.ca/2022/07/12/d...
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Debunking Four Myths about Oil Sands Tailings “Ponds” - Environmental Defence
Co-written by Gillian Chow-Fraser, Boreal Program Manager at CPAWS Northern Alberta There are massive tailings ponds leaking toxic water into the
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 04/09/2026
This kind of report should be accompanied by a press conference—not with some low-level bureaucrat, but with the prime minister. Flanked by all of his ministers. In prime time, with technical briefings. This report says we're facing unimaginable disaster, yet we didn't even get a briefing.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 04/09/2026
This is part of a larger pattern of reckless de-regulation in Canada today, skipping environmental rules and Indigenous consultation on so-called “major projects”. As with pipelines and AI data centres, Danielle Smith and the Carney government are embracing this approach together.
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God @thegodshow.com · 01/09/2026
Thomas Massie is naming the Epstein co-conspirators OUT LOUD. It ain't gonna go away for Trump. Join us:
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LIVE NOW: Thomas Massie Names 14 Predators In The Epstein Files
God on Substack
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The IMEU @theimeu.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir posted a video boasting about the horrific conditions for Palestinian women in Israel’s prison camps. Israel is torturing Palestinian women with zero consequences.
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Ben Gvir films Palestinian women in cells, boasts of worsening prison conditions
Rights groups accuse Ben Gvir of exploiting the suffering of female detainees at Damon Prison for political propaganda
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 01/09/2026
Church leaders, activists, and Palestinian media keep sounding the alarm: Palestinian Christians are leaving the Holy Land. We need an institutional and economic strategy that makes staying a viable choice, not just a moral one. mondoweiss.net/2026/08/pale...
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Palestinian Christians are disappearing. Warnings are not enough.
Church leaders, activists, and Palestinian media keep sounding the alarm: Palestinian Christians are leaving the Holy Land. We need an institutional and economic strategy that makes staying a viable…
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The IMEU @theimeu.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Israel bombed Gaza again this morning for 35 minutes straight. In that time it killed at least 4 Palestinians, including 2 children. 2+ million Palestinians in Gaza are still living in fear of Israel’s near-daily bombings. Israel’s genocide is ongoing.
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Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least five, including children
Al Jazeera correspondent reports 'nonstop' attacks on Gaza City. Israel's Katz asserts strikes were protecting troops.
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Brendan Youngberg @dryoungberg.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Althia Raj has said it before and could not be clearer. Carney has outflanked Harper to claim the most far right Prime Minister in the 21st Century On the backs of progressives with a majority he didn't call an election for woth backroom Harperesque style politics www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
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Althia Raj: Mark Carney has forgotten who helped get him elected
Dig into the details of the prime minister's budget and you find cuts to social programs.
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Brendan Youngberg @dryoungberg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
NDP policy - if you want to join another party. Great. Resign. Hold a by-election. Get a new mandate. Almost sounds democratic. In a New way.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 15/04/2026
Some loving thoughts about my sweet dad from a conversation with the excellent writer Courtney Shea. A little window into my world in the most intense two weeks of my life. torontolife.com/city/avi-lew...
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"My dad promised he'd live to see my victory": NDP leader Avi Lewis on the recent death of Stephen Lewis - Toronto Life
The new face of the Canadian left pays tribute to his father, promising voters that he will build on the man’s achievements
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Call me crazy but I don't love the new reality of Canada essentially being run by the Conservative Lite™ Party with only the Conservative Normal™ Party to fecklessly scream at them for the next three years! It's not, I think, ideal!
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Brendan Youngberg @dryoungberg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Ironic that Ford ran to China years ago to transition the auto industry over there making $ Billions in the process. Didn't pay attention to what BYD was doing 20 years ago, Ford?
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