George Fraser @frasergeorg.bsky.social · 4hThis is what you get when people elect the village idiot for president. 010
Reposted by George FraserKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 9hSo let's get this straight: Russia just murdered over 65 people in Ukraine in less than 48 hours. Crushed a building on top of sleeping families to celebrate Putin's birthday. And today, the U.S. announces that they are lifting sanctions on Russian diesel and planning to buy some, 14622551046
Reposted by George FraserMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 9hI know we focus a lot on the various failings of Jeff Rath and Mitch Sylvestre -- and we should! -- but Dennis Modry isn't any better. From earlier this year: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caFamily seeking $1.3M owed by Alberta separatist leader Dennis Modry after court order | CBC NewsRelatives of a prominent Alberta separatist who met with U.S. officials are upset that he has failed to pay back more than $1.3 million that he owes from a court order issued almost a year ago. A B.C.... 1116273
Reposted by George FraserScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 9hI think this analysis is correct. Reports out of Russia for the last six weeks show huge diesel shortages and long lines of cars trying to get it. Russia doesn't have the diesel Trump says he's buying for them. This is all for another purpose, which is psy ops. 48904435
George Fraser @frasergeorg.bsky.social · 7hIt would be interesting to see what percentage of those who agree and disagree are separatists. 000
George Fraser @frasergeorg.bsky.social · 7hIt would be interesting to see what percentage of those who agree and disagree are separatists. 010
Reposted by George FraserPolling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 9hHere's that Leger referendum poll modelled out 2223043
Reposted by George FraserAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026OSSOFF: Mike Collins is one of the most extreme members of Congress. He's a Trump puppet election denier. I want to hear if Mike still believes the 2020 election was stolen. What do you say Mike? COLLINS: ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 17543831051
Reposted by George FraserMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I remain concerned that the premier will use any potential problems on referendum day/on Elections Alberta's part to justify *another* referendum -- one that would presumably keep the separatists off her back for a little while longer. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/17/o...nationalobserver.comDanielle Smith is sowing the seeds of a democratic legitimacy crisisForget about banning American imports. In Alberta, the government is actively importing as many aspects of their political culture as possible. The latest: election denialism. 2731096
Reposted by George FraserFair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 14hIn an excellent article for the Observer, @maxfawcett.bsky.social explains why Mark Carney should use his political capital to deliver proportional representation. Quebec just proved how first-past-the-post distorts results across parties. Read it here! www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/08/o...nationalobserver.comThe Quebec election was yet another example of our electoral system’s flaws. Mark Carney should fix themIt was more than a decade ago when former prime minister Justin Trudeau promised to change Canada's electoral system. Mark Carney should finish the job. 14819
Reposted by George FraserAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16hYour regular reminder that the job of an ICE officer is dramatically safer than the job of a regular cop, such that not a single ICE deportation officer has been killed in the line of duty since 1949 (and that was actually a stabbing inside an INS jail in Hawaii, not street enforcement). 391415423
Reposted by George FraserJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 14hI can’t help but notice that ICE keeps claiming that people it shoots were trying to ram the agents with a car, and then video keeps proving that’s a lie. 211801425
Reposted by George FraserRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 14hYou should never have to wonder whether soldiers are watching you vote. This footage shows uniformed troops standing beside an official ballot drop box in Washington, D.C. Who sent them there? What were their orders? 37033432018
Reposted by George FraserMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/10/2026The U.S. re-joins an exclusive club 1801340619
Reposted by George FraserGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026And 175 years later, remains one of the most powerful forces in modern American politics. 171099293
Reposted by George FraserZoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 08/10/2026We should destroy it the moment we have power again. Besides the obvious symbolism, it will just turn into a .su style defunct cybercrime cesspit otherwise. 729785
Reposted by George FraserBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026A rising tide lifts all yachts. 14400126
Reposted by George FraserKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Oh yeah, those are definitely the Big Two when it comes to understanding socialism. Check out the big brain on J.D. here! He's definitely not an idiot. 1201291206
Reposted by George FraserMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Very interesting piece/take by the esteemed Andrew Leach. TL;DR (but you should!) version: one of her proposed constitutional amendments would make it *harder* to build pipelines, not easier. It might, in fact, give a progressive BC government a veto over them. leach.substack.com/p/is-daniell...leach.substack.comIs Danielle Smith looking to hamstring the Pacific Link pipeline?The constitutional amendment contemplated in Question 9 would do just that 43718
Reposted by George FraserAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026Trump: "I could've done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could've done very very bad things to Joe Biden. I could've done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama ... I can do whatever I want, if I want." 304169352739
George Fraser @frasergeorg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026But Trump said the war is over and Iran's weapons have been destroyed.static.klipy.comPinocchio's Nose Grows When He LiesALT: Pinocchio's Nose Grows When He Lies 010
Reposted by George Frasermtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026imagine if the mainstream media covered Republicans' number one donor — the biggest political donor in US history! — and his controversial views with as much scrutiny as they covered Hasan Piker's 312298600
Reposted by George FraserAaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Interesting as a point of reference for public opinion in Canada. Support for secession is running around 31% in Quebec. Latest poll in Alberta puts support for a referendum at 23%. 2117540
Reposted by George FraserMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This isn't just grasping at straws -- it's grasping at thin air. LNG Canada uses steel modules fabricated in China because we don't make them here. The first phase was built in large part because of a duty waiver the Trudeau government granted. Would PP like to see the project not built at all? 2819257
Reposted by George Fraserpaulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A gold-coated statue of a naked Trump on display at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. “The Orange Plague.” by Danish artist Jens Galschiø Inscription: "I am sitting on the back of a man. He is sinking under my burden. I will do anything to help him. Except step down from his back -Leo Tolstoy 19616293
Reposted by George FraserTed McConnell @tedmcc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026How donOLD tRump sees his MAGAit Supporters. Hopefully they will see how bad they were used, abused and lied too, soon. 451083275
Reposted by George FraserEpicallyEpicSB @seanloch7808.bsky.social · 06/10/2026static.klipy.comAlanis Morissette - Isn't It Ironic?ALT: Alanis Morissette - Isn't It Ironic? 861138703911
Reposted by George FraserAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026What a comically out of touch response. Maine, please vote this idiot out. 27578952345
Reposted by George FraserTroy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Tonight is my first of four debates with Senator Susan Collins. Eight years ago today, she voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. He went on to help overturn Roe v. Wade—and she still says she doesn’t regret her vote. I’m fired up and ready to hold her accountable. 551759330
Reposted by George FraserTroy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 07/10/2026We're losing our health care here in Maine so Susan Collins can give billionaires like Elon Musk more tax cuts. I support Medicare for All so people across the state have health care. 312327538
Reposted by George FraserDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Now That's What I Call Cops Vol. XVII 231911380
Reposted by George FraserMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026NEWS: New York City just recorded the fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history through the first nine months of the year. Major crime is down 6.6% citywide, the largest year-to-date drop in 17 years, with declines in all five boroughs. 1/ 462196754726
Reposted by George FraserLisa E 🇨🇦 @lisa1111can.bsky.social · 04/10/2026#DanielleSmithIsGarbage 17461137
Reposted by George FraserAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt 1383214274993
Reposted by George FraserAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I’m loving the “well akshually he didn’t REALLY mean let Iran take out Los Angeles and San Diego” excuses today. Cool. Explain the assholes in the crowd who thought it was fucking hilarious. Deplorables wasn’t strong enough. 485116102596
Reposted by George FraserBenedict #FBPE 🇬🇧 🇪🇺FBR💙 #NAFO #FELLAS @cosmogalaxy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026🤣🤣🤣 322151062823
Reposted by George FraserGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2026I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically. 1335731331
Reposted by George FraserProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/20264/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck. 6625511249
Reposted by George FraserElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 06/10/2026In June, Belgium’s diamond industry gifted Trump an 18-karat gold ring encrusted with 321 diamonds and 75 gemstones. A month later, European diamonds got an exemption from Trump’s tariffs. We don’t know where the ring is today. Where did it go? Did Trump keep it for himself? 1172320811
Reposted by George FraserRobert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Poor Péquistes, now that they’re officially a minority, they’ll have to discriminate against themselves 1438295
Reposted by George FraserBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026U.S. forces are retreating. That's what this means. "Pulled out and returned to their home stations in the U.S. as potential Iranian threats raise base security concerns" is a fancy way of saying the Iranian military has the U.S. military in retreat. This is unbelievably embarrassing. 263106952
Reposted by George FraserMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Invasion." "Remigration." They're terms you'd more commonly associate with America's toxic debate around immigration policy than Canada's. But they're starting to pop up here. You can thank Danielle Smith and the UCP for that. #cdnpoli #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/06/o...nationalobserver.comAmerica’s anti-immigration politics are coming to Canada — and Alberta invited them inThe separation question has consumed most of the attention around the province's October 19th referendum. The immigration-related questions also on the ballot might be just as dangerous and divisive. 36414202
Reposted by George FraserAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026First Lady Natalie Harp beams at Trump as he brings her on stage last night (Win McNamee/Getty) 69246011039
Reposted by George FraserClimatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The ECMWF drops a 929 mb low into the Gulf of Alaska next week. Seems low. @alaskawx.bsky.social 911913