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Laurie Stephens

@lauriestephens.bsky.social
4.8K followers 1.1K following 1.8K posts

“Mostly retired” writer, former CP journo and press secretary to Premier Bob Rae, mother of two awesome kids, living the best life in Meaford with her partner and doggos.🇨🇦🌻🌈

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 4h
The crowd absolutely erupts when Carney says the Pacific Link pipeline will reduce Canada's dependence on the U.S. Mark Carney: "Careful. They might think that's election interference. They're a little touchy down there. We're not. We're getting on with it." #cdnpoli
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 10h
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Donald Trump: "I Don't Take Any Responsibility"
ALT: Donald Trump: "I Don't Take Any Responsibility"
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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 19h
Oh wow he said it. NO TO THE NINE!!🥂🍻
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 1h
This 👇
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 9h
The crowd absolutely erupts when Carney says the Pacific Link pipeline will reduce Canada's dependence on the U.S. Mark Carney: "Careful. They might think that's election interference. They're a little touchy down there. We're not. We're getting on with it."
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Michael Savage @mgsavage.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A despicable waste of resources just to make the city worse and less safe
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 14h
Deer My Friends As Premair of Toronto its my job to Pertect Ontario witch means I must do things like holdeen back OSAP because of a problem I caused and I also must continew to keep drivers safe from roveen gangs of a person in a wheelchair who gets in the way of me terring up Ontario. Premair
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 2h
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h
Kinda wild that there have been wild protests going on in Albania for months set off by a corrupt Kushner luxury resort project and there has been barely coverage of it here 🇺🇸 and Trump never gets asked about it.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 11h
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 3h
Last week little Gigi was dumped in the jungle and came close to death. She weighs just under 5lbs. Today Hank came in to see her. He said she is under his watch from now on. Anybody messes with her call him immediately he said ❤️
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 14h
Paolo Zampolli, a close friend of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell who introduced Melania to Trump, was just fired as a special envoy to the State Department. The official explanation? A months-long email feud and accusations of leaking information about Melania. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
Trump ally ousted from administration after messy email fight goes public
Paolo Zampolli says he had “absolute zero surprise” that he was dismissed after POLITICO detailed his email brawl with the deputy secretary of State.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13h
NEW: The order to throttle Starlink (Starshield) came from the White House to the Pentagon. I still think Elon was involved, though. He’s currently a Pentagon employee as well www.reuters.com/world/europe...
reuters.com
EXCLUSIVE: Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say
The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefe...
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FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social · 15h
Where are the cops? They’re down the street arresting cyclists who don’t want to be run over by drivers.
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 15h
I for one am happy Doug Ford spent $189M of our dollars so he could call a snap election so he could get a clear mandate to protect Ontario from people in wheelchairs holding a sign.
toronto.citynews.ca
Person in wheelchair arrested at protest as bike lane removal work underway in Etobicoke
Cycling advocates continued their protest of the removal of bike lanes from Bloor Street West in Etobicoke
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 15h
It's that simple. 👇
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
🇨🇦 👊 🇨🇦 💪 so much winning and say 🖕🏼 🇺🇸
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 16h
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FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social · 16h
Did not know that I'm in a book!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h
Kroger just announced the largest layoffs in its history, with plans to cut 3,000 employees as it ramps up use of AI. Reminder that Kroger has spent $12.3B on stock buybacks since 2019 and paid its CEO $14M last year — 417x its median worker's pay. AI is turbo-charging corporate greed.
newsweek.com
Kroger plans largest layoffs in its nearly 150-year history
The company's CEO said it was committed to "simplifying" operations and "deploying more resources where they matter most
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Laurie Stephens @lauriestephens.bsky.social · 16h
Truly good for the soul to completely disconnect from the world. Especially now.
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 17h
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Meanwhile, over on X/Twitter…
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 18h
Mark Carney on Pete Hoekstra’s comments about Canada interfering in midterms: “He’s wrong. And if interference in the US midterms is standing up for Canada and not accepting a deal that wasn’t in the interest of Canada, that’s an odd way to spin that.” 🇨🇦 👊 🇨🇦 💪
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 17h
Truth 👇
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
Katie Zacharia on failing the bar exam: "We just said, 'I'll take the bar and see what happens.' The results are somewhat inconsequential because I knew I wouldn't need the bar in China." (She spent years lying that she's an attorney!)
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18h
"Armstrong, who serves as comms director for Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), was a member of a chat while at the U-Pittsburgh where members swapped Nazi memes, jokes about the Holocaust and racist stereotypes..." www.rawstory.com/ryan-mackenz...
rawstory.com
Republican's top aide exposed in group chat with Nazi memes and racist rhetoric: report
A top aide to a vulnerable Pennsylvania Republican was in a college group chat that traded racist and antisemitic memes, a report says.Arnaud Armstrong, who serves as communications director for Rep. ...
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 19h
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI employees fired for their roles in the investigation of President Trump’s retention of classified documents at his Florida estate sued on Thursday to get their jobs back, calling their terminations unlawful acts of “political retribution.”
apnews.com
FBI agents and analysts fired for roles in Trump classified files probe sue to get their jobs back
FBI employees fired for their roles in the investigation of President Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents at his Florida estate are suing to get their jobs back, calling their termination...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18h
We don’t allow corporations to come up with new nuclear weapons or biological pathogens. If a product is potentially dangerous, it should be regulated and corporations should be held accountable for wrongdoing. Why would AI be any different?
cnbc.com
OpenAI sued by 8 states over ChatGPT safety concerns
OpenAI is facing mounting scrutiny over its safety and security practices, including around how the company is working t
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Laurie Stephens @lauriestephens.bsky.social · 18h
My bad. “Foggy”.
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Laurie Stephens @lauriestephens.bsky.social · 18h
Thank you. Fortuitous circumstances - a fogging morning when we were back-country camping.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 18h
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
i swear to god they are creating new young woman Trump spokeswomen in a lab somewhere in the White House. This is the second new one that has been on TV this morning
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Mace Duggan @mace-duggan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Be With Ilhan “Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.”
truthdig.com
Trump and Vance’s Islamophobic Target
Violating Justice Department rules, federal agents raided Rep. Ilhan Omar’s apartment 22 days before the election. Democrats must investigate this abuse of power.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Gosh, this clip is from 2024. I wonder what it could be that’s causing it to go viral today?? What could it possibly be? 🤔🤔🤔
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Can someone ask Doug Ford why he changed his mind about keeping bike riders safe in the city that didn’t choose him to be the mayor?
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 19h
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
HAYES: “Trump calling Abdul a jihadist, Vance calling Talarico gay...” @ossoff.bsky.social : “Obviously it’s bigoted & offensive, but also politically weak. 40% of 🇺🇸 go without food/health care to afford gas, and they're throwing around schoolyard insults…” (From @acyn.bsky.social )
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
My thoughts on the lion sickness of the president.
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 18h
PM Carney on Tuesday had a very subtle post on X marking the 214th anniversary of the Battle of Queenston Heights 🇨🇦 👊
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20h
Mary Peltola on Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan: “While Alaskans are living hand-to-mouth ... Dan Sullivan has TRIPLED his personal wealth.” “We don't have many millionaires in Alaska. But Dan Sullivan's doing all right for himself.”
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
@sketchyrepublic.bsky.social
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h
Trump's DHS raiding and trying to strip the citizenship of Ilhan Omar just weeks before the election is fascism, pure and simple If his thugs can do this to a member of Congress, they can do it to you too. I stand with @ilhanmn.bsky.social.
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
CNN has decided to go direct to consumers in Canada and launch its All Access premium subscription service north of the border from Oct. 20. On behalf of all Canadians: We like our CNN the same way we like our US booze. BOYCOTTED. 🔗 Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
hollywoodreporter.com
CNN Targets Cord-Cutters In Canada With Streaming Launch
The international rollout, including in the U.K., is looking to drive more digital subscribers as traditional cable TV revenue drops.
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JanFromTheBruce 🍁 @janfromthebruce.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Every day I am going to post this (permission from Del Schilling). Will you join me? Over 5700+ Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls #MMIWG #cdnpoli
A group of Indigenous women holding signs to raise awareness for MMIWG. There are large poster boards of pictures of the missing women. They are on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, the location of Canada's federal government.
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🇨🇦DUNK🇨🇦 (Proud Part owner of Canada) @noofieninja.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 19h
Republican Senator Thom Tillis demands a Pentagon investigation after US-controlled Starshield systems failed during Russian attacks on Ukraine, disrupting drone defences. Elon Musk says the US military and ultimately Trump control restrictions. Who ordered the outage remains unknown.
yacnews.com
Senator who regrets confirming Hegseth demands Pentagon investigation into Ukraine Starshield outage
Republican Senator Thom Tillis demands a Pentagon investigation after US-controlled Starshield systems failed during Russian attacks on Ukraine, disrupting drone defences. Elon Musk says the US milita...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h
The goal of sane people must be to defund Elon Musk and get him as far away from politics as possible. robertreich.substack.com/p/defund-m…
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20h
🚨 BREAKING: Matt Gaetz, Trump's initial pick for Attorney General, has been hit with a new federal SEX TRAFFICKING lawsuit. Two women allege Gaetz participated in a scheme involving drugs, secret payments, and luxury trips. The complaint also alleges he paid $400 to a 17-year-old girl for sex.
meidasnews.com
Matt Gaetz Hit With Bombshell Sex-Trafficking Lawsuit Alleging Drugs, Payments and Sex With Teen
Two women accuse Trump's former attorney general pick of participating in a sex-trafficking operation involving a convicted predator, drug-fueled parties and luxury trips. The explosive lawsuit revive...
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