Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialJames Tate @jamestate121.bsky.social · 09/07/2026"We won with poorly educated. I love the poorly educated. We're the smartest people; we're the most loyal people."~ Donald J Trump 161 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialJames Tate @jamestate121.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I think women should decide what to do with Mitch McConnell's body since he decided what to do with theirs. 316937 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialJoey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · 16/06/2026SOON Councillors are one item away from the Municipal Framework regarding the Development of Data Centres in Hamilton motion. #yhmcc #HamOnt Watch the livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJOb...youtube.comPlanning Committee - June 16, 2026YouTube video by City of Hamilton 011 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialAlex Cosh @alex.readthemaple.com · 03/06/2026NEW: The Carney government has confirmed it is spending $2.6 billion on a missile system that the US has used extensively in its war of aggression against Iran. The deal signals Canada’s continued military integration with the US. www.readthemaple.com/canada-spend...readthemaple.comCanada Spending $2.6 Billion On U.S. Missile System Used To Bomb IranThe Department of National Defence said it finalized a deal with the U.S. to acquire 26 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers. 95962 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 22/03/2026It's easy to miss – but lower courts are doing their job in restraining Trump | David Kirptheguardian.comIt's easy to miss – but lower courts are doing their job in restraining Trump | David KirpAt a time when the bad news feels endless, we should celebrate the gutsiness of a judiciary quietly standing up for democracy 1229873 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialCaitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 16/03/2026My Enemies Are Not In Iran My enemies are in Washington and Tel Aviv. In London and Canberra. My enemies are the western oligarchs and empire managers who are poisoning my society and making everything awful. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/my-enemies...caitlinjohnst.oneMy Enemies Are Not In IranReading by Tim Foley: 11283113 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialHeather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 22/10/2025FULL STORY: A Border Patrol agent pointed a gun at state Rep. Hoan Huynh while he warned North Side residents that immigration agents were conducting enforcement operations, said Huynh, a Vietnam refugee who is running to represent Illinois' 9th District in Congress. @wttw.bsky.socialnews.wttw.comIllinois State Rep. Says Border Patrol Agent Pointed a Gun as He Was Warning Residents About Immigration RaidsState Rep. Hoan Huynh, a candidate to represent Illinois’ 9th District in Congress, said he was in Albany Park when he was confronted by six Border Patrol agents. 14501265 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialJoey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · 22/10/2025You have got to be kidding me. Just when you thought it wasn't possible for Metrolinx to find new ways of screwing things up, they do. I wonder which one of the 100+ Metrolinx Vice-Presidents will be most responsible for ensuring nobody is held accountable? www.thestar.com/news/gta/egl...thestar.comEglinton Crosstown LRT testing stopped — source says two trains collidedThe Eglinton Crosstown LRT had begun its final round of testing on Oct. 7, but two trains collided in the Mount Dennis train yard on Thursday, leading to a pause in the test, according to a source. 3226 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialCanadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 08/08/2025Following Netanyahu’s plans for the complete military takeover Gaza, Prime Minister Carney is asked by CTV: “Are sanctions on the table against Israel? Is that being discussed?” Carney finally says: “I’m not on the cusp of making another announcement on this point.” 9178 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialRick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 07/08/2025This is the way. 18370311753 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialThe Intercept @theintercept.com · 07/08/2025Border Patrol agents used a Penske moving truck to storm a Home Depot, despite a court order barring ICE raids at workplaces.interc.ptWhat Court Order? Federal Agents Keep Raiding LA Workplaces Despite BanBorder Patrol agents used a Penske moving truck to storm a Home Depot, despite a court order barring ICE raids at workplaces. 817699 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialRobyn Maynard @policingblack.bsky.social · 18/07/2025When people say "wokeness" has gone too far and long for the supposed good old days, they are expressing a nostalgia for slavery and segregation when Black people were In Our Place, AKA *formally* outside the protections of citizenship and personhood. 1275 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialRobyn Maynard @policingblack.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Black folks have never, ever, had anything like "equality" within the US and Canada, and the minor but life-savings and hard-won gains Black folks have made in recent decades are now being violently attacked on both sides of the border. This is the goal of the attacks on "DEI" and "wokeness." 227192 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 05/03/2025All this business I am reading about social security is nonsense. My mom died on 2/18. My dad got a letter yesterday informing him her benefits were ending and he had to repay the February payment because they don’t give a payment in the month someone dies. They know where every dollar is. 580127362328 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialWalter Masterson @waltermasterson.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Illegal immigrants stole my 12-year-old’s job picking sugarcane. Thank you, President Trump, for helping get my child back to work🇺🇸 2840994 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialWalter Masterson @waltermasterson.bsky.social · 11/05/2025If Juan Abrego Garcia was really a rapist and sex trafficker then he’d be working for the Trump administration. 846055 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialMickey Djuric @mickeydjuric.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Former Canada Tonight host Travis Dhanraj sent an email this morning to CBC employees, saying he was “forced to resign from CBC News.” “It comes after trying to navigate a workplace culture defined by retaliation, exclusion and psychological harm,” he wrote. 1313867 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Just received news that 27 people have been arrested in Parliament Square under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action". This is real police state behaviour. 31477012705 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialRep. Josh Riley @reprileyny.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Don't tell me you give a shit about the middle class when all you do is shit on the middle class. I'm voting hell no. 4616960 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialRep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Hardline Republicans voted against the Republican budget because it didn’t make enough cuts to health care and basic needs programs. Here’s a common sense solution: Don’t give tax breaks to billionaires. Problem solved. 11540125 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialJon Hanson @thesituationist.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Huge respect for colleagues like Andrew Crespo (see video) and @nikobowie.bsky.social. Grateful also to President Garber for today’s courageous decision. It’s going to be a fight—but I’m damn proud to be part of an institution and a community willing to have it. edition.cnn.com/2025/04/14/p...edition.cnn.com‘Clear, unquestionable violation of First Amendment rights’: Harvard lawyer tells CNN why it’s pushing back against Trump | CNN PoliticsCNN’s Kaitlan Collins talks with Harvard Law Professor Andrew Crespo about why the university decided to be the first to fight back against the Trump administration’s demands. 11911 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialJulie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Harvard Law Prof Andrew Manuel Crespo, on faculty lawsuit vs Trump: “Harvard faculty have the constitutional right to speak, teach and conduct research without fearing that the government will retaliate against their viewpoints by canceling grants.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...nytimes.comHarvard Professors Sue Trump Administration Over Threat to Federal Funds (Gift Article)The administration is reviewing about $9 billion in federal funding that the university receives. 07224 0
libraryreader.bsky.social @libraryreader.bsky.social · 09/04/2025I just signed a petition started by a North Island community member, calling on Pierre Poilievre to remove Aaron Gunn as a candidate in the federal election. Will you join me here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pi... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pi...you.leadnow.caRemove Aaron Gunn for his residential school denialismI just signed a petition started by a North Island community member, calling on Pierre Poilievre to remove Aaron Gunn as a candidate in the federal election. Will you join me here: https://you.leadnow... 120 0
libraryreader.bsky.social @libraryreader.bsky.social · 09/04/2025I just signed a petition started by a North Island community member, calling on Pierre Poilievre to remove Aaron Gunn as a candidate in the federal election. Will you join me here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pi... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pi...you.leadnow.caRemove Aaron Gunn for his residential school denialismI just signed a petition started by a North Island community member, calling on Pierre Poilievre to remove Aaron Gunn as a candidate in the federal election. Will you join me here: https://you.leadnow... 030 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialMelanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Trump slapped tariffs on an island solely inhabited by penguins. Don’t let anyone tell you that the Trump administration put a lot of thought into the implementation and economic impacts of his tariffs. 1111950 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 03/04/2025March saw the third-highest number of layoffs in U.S. history, and 80% of them were caused by DOGE This was before the tariffs It's just...unbelievable 526235137488 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 03/04/2025The tariffs are catastrophic. But so too are the abuses of power, so is the corruption, so are the police state tactics, so is the destruction of our health care infrastructure, so are the ways our national security is being endangered, so are the attacks on our core freedoms. 465167064974 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/04/2025Third ex-police officer arrested in Rotherham child sexual exploitation inquirytheguardian.comThird ex-police officer arrested in Rotherham child sexual exploitation inquiryFormer officer with South Yorkshire force arrested on suspicion of raping teenage girl in 2004 A third former South Yorkshire police officer has been arrested as part of an investigation into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham. The ex-constable, aged in his 50s, was arrested on Monday on suspicion of raping a teenage girl in the town in 2004. Continue reading... 1312136 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialIndivisible Greater Vancouver @indivisiblegv.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Facebook started taking down posts of historian Heather Cox Richardson, a national voice. This is outrageous! You can follow her here on Bluesky. But, to see her wonderful posts at Letters From an American, you can subscribe at this link. There is no paywall. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...open.substack.comLetters from an American | Heather Cox Richardson | SubstackA newsletter about the history behind today's politics. Click to read Letters from an American, by Heather Cox Richardson, a Substack publication with millions of subscribers. 842079588 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialHenry Giroux @girouxh.bsky.social · 21/03/2025History does not forget—nor should we. When states seize bodies under the guise of fighting terror, they do not protect democracy; they dismantle it. Khalil’s abduction is a chilling rehearsal for a darker future. The past is not past—it knocks at our door." www.counterpunch.org/2025/03/21/a...counterpunch.orgAbducting Bodies, Silencing Dissent: Mahmoud Khalil and the Rise of State TerrorThe abduction of Mahmoud Khalil is not an isolated event—it is a chilling testament to the authoritarian turn in the United States, where dissent is met not with debate but with brute force, and the m... 0107 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialRolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 28/03/2025Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Him Deport Migrants Without Due Processrollingstone.comTrump Asks Supreme Court to Let Him Deport Migrants Without Due ProcessDonald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to rule on his administration's push to deport Venezuelan migrants with no apparent due process. 39482176 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialJohn Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Hegseth's office ordered the U.S. Naval Academy to review all 590,000 books in its library for content at odds with an executive order banning “radical indoctrination” in K-12 schools, even though it is a college. MLK, Einstein books already identified for removal www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...nytimes.comNaval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and AdmissionsThe defense secretary’s office has ordered that some books be removed from circulation in its library, and the academy has ended the use of affirmative action in admissions. 1591251709 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialDavid Lo Pun-ch Nazis @helpmeskeletor.bsky.social · 28/03/2025They never talk about AI replacing billionaire CEOs which is really weird because it’s easy to teach a machine how to be a fucking parasite. 05725 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialDanielle Moodie @daniellemoodie.bsky.social · 27/03/2025It’s really fascinating what happens when you remove diversity—white male incompetency is placed on full display and with no one to blame for their actions —so they just lie. 196101662558 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 27/03/2025“There is no administration in the world — beyond this one — where a blunder of these proportions happens and nobody gets fired or resigns. Not in London. Not in Moscow. Not in Tokyo. Not in Pyongyang. Nowhere.” www.politico.com/newsletters/...politico.comWhat’s next for Waltz and Hegseth 764142413845 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Yes, that is a real headline. www.kcur.org/health/2025-...kcur.orgKansas lawmakers want to loosen vaccine requirements amid a measles outbreak in the stateAt least 10 Kansans have tested positive for measles. Health officials urge full vaccination against the disease. 63774342370 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Musk and Trump have contributed to a rise in death threats and intimidation against judges. In Charleston, S.C., police were dispatched to the home of one of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s sisters after a threat claimed a pipe bomb had been placed in her mailbox. 994333799 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialCaitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 19/03/2025This Is Trump's Genocide Now Trump signed off on the reignition of the Gaza holocaust. He spent weeks sabotaging the ceasefire, then gave the thumbs up to the resumption of the genocide. He did this while bombing Yemen and threatening war with Iran for Israel. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/this-is-tr...caitlinjohnst.oneThis Is Trump's Genocide NowNotes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix 619358 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialCaitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 18/03/2025I write so much about the fake "antisemitism crisis" not only because it's being used to destroy civil rights throughout the western world, but because it's one of the most dark and disturbing things I've ever witnessed. It's been so intensely creepy watching all of western society mobilize 1020662 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 14/03/2025It is absurd for the federal government to attack universities for "antisemitism." In fact, Trump's policy is itself antisemitic I explain here. snyder.substack.com/p/antisemiti...snyder.substack.com"Antisemitism" and AntisemitismThe abuse of the word and the spread of the phenomenon 361414349 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialACLU @aclu.org · 13/03/2025Over 90% of people detained by ICE are being held in private prisons. No one should be lining their pockets off of people's detainment. 281199306 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialJennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 10/03/2025My fellow Americans, we officially hit a new low today. Thanks to felon Trump’s all out assault on democracy, we are now on a civil rights loss warning list with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan & Serbia. Nonviolent civil resistance is a must! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comUS added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedomsCivicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia 10732281495 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/03/2025We are working on launching an ALT DOGE website. It will soon feature a team page listing all of Elon’s staffers, our own wall of receipts (tracking the money he’s taking from America), and a section to help Americans keep tabs on the false claims on Doge’s website—which now exceed 52%. 951301745273 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Donald, what, you had to bring a guy from the Russian state media in to watch you try and beat up Zelenskyy—and you thought that would make you look good? It made you look like the crook you are. Zelenskyy is a man that you will never be; he’s a genuine hero. 255122853073 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/03/2025UK and France suggest partial one-month truce between Russia and Ukrainetheguardian.comUK and France suggest partial one-month truce between Russia and UkraineSuch a truce would determine whether Putin is ‘acting in good faith’, French foreign minister says * Europe live – latest updates France and the UK are proposing a partial one-month truce between Russia and Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron and his foreign… 3826544 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 03/03/2025Basel Adra, the co-director of Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” says his intention with the film was “not the award itself but … to get to people’s hearts.” He wants the world to see what is happening in his community of Masafer Yatta in the West Bank. 151119256 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 01/03/2025The TL is bleak but Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, donated her Tesla to @npr 421356725561 0
Reposted by @libraryreader.bsky.socialBrooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 01/03/2025One day, we'll look back on this as just Step 1 of removing women from any position of public authority. No one is making a fuss, because it's just women, so Step 2 will be easier. The broligarchs have already stated repeatedly that they regard women's right to vote in America as a "mistake." 30948384 0
