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K. R. Wilson 🇨🇦

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The wart on the frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the bottom of Canadian Literature. www.krwilson.ca No A.I. Stan On Guard now available.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 03/10/2026
This is the reality of people gaining a basic income floor for the rest of their lives. They don't get lazy. They get busy. They get to doing all the things they consider meaningful, paid or not.
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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It's commonly accepted that basic income would boost the economy, healthcare, and personal freedoms.
Portrait of Max Fawcett with quote arguing UBI boosts growth, supports jobs, and lowers healthcare costs.
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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“A Globe and Mail investigation has found that Republican political operatives were on the ground in Alberta this year to assist the separatist campaign in its bid to leave Canada…” Can we stop both siding this yet? www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Salty MacTavish @saltymactavish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Be sure to scold people who are very close, but not perfectly aligned with your flawless world view. That always brings ‘em around.
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I could not be less interested in something 'created' by nobody. The whole point of art is human expression. The whole point of experiencing art is connecting with another human's ideas. I don't know what killed the souls of these people but it's really fucking grim.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The US-owned National Post is urging Canadian Jews to take matters into their own hands to punish Avi Lewis for speaking up against the genocide in Gaza. They reference the Bible to bury alive and consume by fire. This is extremist hate. It needs to get called out. nationalpost.com/opinion/yoni...
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Yoni Goldstein: Jewish law tells us how to deal with Avi Lewis
His Yom Kippur message was indefensible
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The electrification of road freight is emerging as a structural force that could undermine long-term oil demand across the world." Yeah it is. gift link
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China Has an 18-Wheel Answer to Soaring Global Diesel Prices
Around a third of trucks sold in China this year will run on electricity, furthering Beijing’s goal of bolstering energy security.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is horrifying and exactly what a lot of us have been warning against for years. So fucking frustrating. We could have had better—politically, technologically, socially, and economically. We need far better leadership in all fields, at all levels.
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scott dagostino @scottdagostino.ca · 30/09/2026
We have white supremacists marching in Kamloops. On this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, please consider giving to this excellent organization supporting those attacked since childhood 🧡
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Donate Now — IRSSS | Indian Residential School Survivors Society
Your generosity helps provide barrier-free support to IRS Survivors and their families. As a registered Canadian charity (#864829536RR0001), IRSSS relies on donors like you to continue this vital work...
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Google and Apple immediately update their maps.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On Sept. 30, 1958, Canadian children were treated to a new show. It featured a giant who told them to "look up!...waaaaaay up!" For the next 27 years, the show was a fixture on CBC and is beloved to this day. This is the story of The Friendly Giant! 📸 CBC 🧵 1/12
Bob Homme as The Friendly Giant, wearing a rustic, beige tunic with brown accents, holding a small xylophone and two violins, with a colorful giraffe puppet with a harmonica and a chicken puppet on his shoulders, set against a plain blue background.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On Parliament Hill this morning for the flag raising ceremony that will begin a day of solemn remembrance on this Truth and Reconciliation Day. It seems even more important this year, in a moment of rising residential school denialism. #cdnpoli #Canada #yow #Ottawa
An audience, dressed in orange shirts (and rain coats) sit on a foggy, slightly drizzly morning in front of a stage set up in front of the parliamentary visitors centre. In the background, one can see the construction equipment renovating Centre Block.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Vaccines work" isn't a political statement. "Immigrants do not increase crime" isn't a political statement. "Climate change is real" isn't a political statement. "Genocide is bad" isn't a political statement. Stop neutralizing the power of facts by framing them as "politics." Reality matters.
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phyphor @phyphor.one-dash.org · 28/09/2026
Would you believe that a text generation machine that uses a probabilistic model to determine the likely next word is *very good* at sounding like natural language and *very bad* at actually doing anything useful like selling something?
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Alberta’s response to COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill plant was ‘catastrophic failure,’ report says. More than 950 workers at High River plant were infected in 2020, leaving two workers dead, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
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Alberta’s response to COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill plant was ‘catastrophic failure,’ report says
More than 950 workers at High River plant were infected in 2020, leaving two workers dead and spreading to the community
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Dear Alberta, VOTE! 🗳️ NO to the 9. 👎 YES to Canada. 🇨🇦
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
California company accused of shipping pesticide laden berries to Canada. We can't trust American product we should be able to trust that our government has adequate numbers of inspectors in place to protect us. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Whistleblower alleges millions of Driscoll’s berries sent to Canada with excess chemical levels | CBC News
A whistleblower lawsuit in California is alleging millions of pounds of Driscoll's fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals crossed the border into Canada, and the company tri...
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Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Albertans need to grow the fuck up! We’re luckiest people in 🇨🇦. We’ve good fortune of living on top of bunch of liquid dinosaurs that we extract and make money from! All we seem to do is bitch about how poorly we’re treated.” @maxfawcett.bsky.social 🇨🇦 The OShow youtu.be/SVp7DoR7qro?si…
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 25/09/2026
As others point out, Ontario is not too different. Ford is an unbelievably bad premier, even if he is a bit less evil than Smith, and yet Ontarians shrug and re-elect his party.
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K. R. Wilson 🇨🇦 @krwbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My Q&A with author/interviewer Michael Parkes is now up. Curious? Far be it from me to say you should be. However … buymeacoffee.com/michaelparke...
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Jamie MacKinnon🇨🇦 @jamiemackinnon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Removing Toronto's key bike lanes will result in more cyclist deaths. That much is certain. It will also cost $48 Million for removal & $27 Million in "sunk" costs (losing the initial taxpayer investment) plus further "unaccounted costs." #ONpoli #cycling #cars globalnews.ca/news/1085115...
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Toronto’s bike lanes cost millions to install. How much will it be to remove them? | Globalnews.ca
The province has confirmed plans to remove bike lanes from Bloor Street, University Avenue and Yonge Street as part of new legislation.
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Dave Bidini @davebidini.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why AI and bots are milking published writers is beyond me. Then again, the sheer mass of self published Amazon authors perhaps make them vulnerable targets for persuasive fake emails pledging help and push of titles. I get at least one a week. Beware the scam and toilet the flattery.
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Maddie Machine @theuglymachine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Every picture of Kate Bush I see is the best picture of Kate Bush I've ever seen
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Wolsak & Wynn @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As part of a global effort to demand regulation for artificial intelligence developers, The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) has launched a Parliamentary Petition calling for radical transparency for AI training processes and the works they subsequently produce. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Petition e-7774 - Petitions
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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.
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@bookhugpress @bookhugpress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Happy Publication Day to The Comedian’s Book of the Dead by the inimitable @garybarwin.bsky.social. We can’t wait for readers to meet this profound, imaginative underworld quest and fresh, funny page-turner from one of Canada’s most beloved and awarded storytellers. bookhugpress.ca/shop/books/f...
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Canadians from coast to coast -- and even on the prairies -- are united in their desire to fight back against the United States and defend their sovereignty. So why do some members of the business community seem so determined to surrender? #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/22/o...
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Canada’s business elites still seem to want us to surrender
Canadians are largely united behind their federal government's decision to stand up to Donald Trump. The business community seems decidedly less enthusiastic.
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 22/09/2026
Nothing about UBI discourages work. It's a floor. It increases people's ability to choose what they do. It reduces survival stress. It enables people to spend more time with others. All of this increases well-being. All of this is what people born rich are born with. Where are the concerns for them?
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 22/09/2026
Among some of Canada’s business leaders and elites, there seems to be a far greater appetite for surrender to Trump than among the general population.
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Canada’s business elites still seem to want us to surrender
Canadians are largely united behind their federal government's decision to stand up to Donald Trump. The business community seems decidedly less enthusiastic.
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Jes Battis @jesbattis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
TWUC parliamentary petition for radical transparency on AI www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Petition e-7774 - Petitions
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 17/09/2026
New research from Proton finds 87% of top Canadian companies depend on US tech companies. For governments, it’s even worse: 100% of federal, provincial, and territorial governments rely on US companies for email. As Canada turns away from the US, major institutions need to cut that reliance.
100% of Canadian governments and 87% of major Canadian companies depend on US companies for email services.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/09/2026
Every now and then I see myself referred to as an "AI Denier" and I want to be clear I acknowledge "AI" exists, it's just I think it's a massive energy drain, created from theft, implemented poorly for inappropriate tasks by loathsome tech executives who get hard at the idea of the rest of us dying
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My rallying cry. We must reject these nine noxious questions, which are cynically designed to incite discrimination and foment distrust in our courts, our county, and our fellow Canadians. Say no to the nine. And please read snd share. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #Canada #Alberta #notothenine
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Alberta's Referendum Questions - The Noxious Nine - Alberta Views
Nine disingenuous, malicious referendum questions, push-polls, designed to incite social division and undermine confidence in the country.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef…
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Hey Calgary! Two options for sign pickup today. @albertasvoice.ca
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Editorial board: "Mr. Ford insists this is a common-sense approach to tackling congestion. But a possible tell that this is more about culture-war politics is that he is making no effort to remove parking spaces, which take up more room than bicycle lanes." #BikeTo #OnPoli #ToPoli
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K. R. Wilson 🇨🇦 @krwbooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ringo Starr as the Pope in Lisztomania.
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Tess is Surviving the Horrors @mothmother.com · 17/09/2026
This "Cliff's Notes" approach to scholarship degrades everything it touches. It doesn't just "oversimplify" scholarship—it *misrepresents* it. It filters the original contributions of scientists through an algorithm that files off all the *particularity* of a work—what's left isn't science anymore.
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Tess is Surviving the Horrors @mothmother.com · 17/09/2026
LLMs obscure the very world science seeks to illuminate. They have no place in our knowledge work practices. Anyone who insists they are the "future" of scientific papers is either a charlatan, an ignoramus, or a saboteur, and should be treated with the same contempt they show to scholarship.
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I could cry, seeing an actual health department finally say things like this. Borderline considering a tattoo.
MYTHS VS. FACTS
* MYTH
If masks work, I shouldn't have to wear one if you're wearing your own.
A FACT
Masks (especially high quality masks/respirators like N95s and KN95s) are an important way to protect yourself from COVID-19, but they are even more effective when others nearby are also masking! We protect the community the most when more people wear masks.
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Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 16/09/2026
A Cree First Nation has announced its intention to use treaty rights to become a safe haven for Alberta’s trans and Two-Spirit youth to access gender-affirming care. xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
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Saddle Lake Cree Nation wants to override Alberta’s gender-affirming care restrictions | Xtra Magazine
The First Nation says treaty rights grant it healthcare sovereignty on its land
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The fallacy that University leaders pushing AI are falling into is thinking that the point of undergraduate research is to find things out. It isn't. What students find out is typically already generally known. The point of undergraduate research is to learn how to find things out.
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Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Canadian COVID Forecast: Sep 12 - Sep 25, 2026 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: none HIGH: BC MODERATE: CAN, AB, MB, NL, North, NS, ON, PEI, QC, SK About 1 in 158 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
This image shows gauges with the Sep 12 - Sep 25, 2026 COVID Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, and territories. From left to right:

Canada: MODERATE - 4.0
Alberta: MODERATE - 4.2
British Columbia: HIGH - 8.9
Manitoba: MODERATE - 3.1
New Brunswick: MODERATE - 3.2
Newfoundland & Labrador: MODERATE - 3.5
North: MODERATE - 4.3
Nova Scotia: MODERATE - 3.3
Ontario: MODERATE - 3.8
Prince Edward Island: MODERATE - 3.8
Quebec: MODERATE - 3.1
Saskatchewan: MODERATE - 3.0

A text box reads: 'The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red).'
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Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Canadian COVID Forecast Sep 12 - Sep 25, 2026 CANADA MODERATE [no change] About 1 of every 158 people is infected. Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada: -Infections: 3.9 x higher -Long COVID: 2.9 x higher -Hospitalizations: 4.2 x higher -Deaths: 3.9 x higher
This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Sep 12 - Sep 25, 2026, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Canada’s COVID Forecast outlook is MODERATE [no change] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 4.0

About 1 of every 158 people is infected.

Estimated infections this week: 151,700-309,800
What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA
How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada?
Waste water, infections: MODERATE; 3.9X higher
Long COVID: MODERATE; 2.9X higher
Hospitalizations: MODERATE; 4.2X higher
Deaths: MODERATE; 3.9X higher
HOW TO HELP:
EVERYONE:
UPDATE vaccines every 6 months
WEAR N95-type masks

Who is HIGH RISK?
People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant
ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months

Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit
COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
AI advocates say we have no right to stop innovation in the free market. Hogwash. We don’t allow corporations to come up with new nuclear weapons or varieties of cocaine or biological pathogens. We protect the public from certain kinds of innovation. We need guardrails on AI before it’s too late.
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Edward A. Rowe @edwardarowe1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Tobique Mike🇨🇦 @tobiquemike.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Can we make a global agreement that after Trump is gone, we delete his name from everything on the planet? Like a full purge?
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13/09/2026
“You need to integrate AI because while it will degrade your abilities and make your job less interesting and more shitty, at least you will retain employment” is not the sell AI proponents think it is.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026
The international chess Federation banned trans women from playing women's chess. CHESS. It's not about fairness. The fairness argument is intended to radicalize people into more violent forms of transphobia.
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Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ha! Sums it up. We mock Trump about it on The OShow Scandal Panel 🇨🇦 youtu.be/-dvR4nuGKYA?si…
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