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Matt Fodor

@mattfodor.bsky.social
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Political scientist. Author, From Layton to Singh: The 20-Year Conflict Behind the NDP's Conflict with the Trudeau Liberals.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This article hugely frustrating. 😡 MAHA isn't some legitimate & coherent positive force. It is an anti-science & wellness woo grifter movement that is doing real harm. The MAHA Summit www.statnews.com/2026/09/29/m... via @statnews.com @isabellacueto.bsky.social @danielpayne.bsky.social
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At MAHA Summit, a grassroots movement goes corporate
Federal officials and health care executives rubbed elbows at the ritzy MAHA Summit, causing some supporters to question what MAHA has become.
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 30/09/2026
NEW: In the @thestar.com, I wrote about how the most dangerous aspect of Alberta’s October referendum is the scapegoating of migrants for the province’s overcrowded schools and hospitals. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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The most worrying part of the Alberta referendum isn’t separatism
Nine questions are about immigration and immigrants.
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The myth Alberta 'subsidizes' the rest of Canada is the most powerful meme in the separatist armoury. But it's utterly false. I show that most Albertans get more back from federal programs than they personally pay in federal taxes, for @thetyee.ca: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026... #abpoli /2
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No, Alberta Does Not ‘Subsidize’ the Rest of Canada | The Tyee
The vast majority of workers get more from federal programs than they give.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 06/08/2026
Send a message to the Liberals that you want to protect Toronto’s waterfront forever by voting for Shannon Devine in Beaches—East York. #NoJetsTO
Screenshot of a Toronto Star headline: Mark Carney doesn’t rule out jets at Billy Bishop airport: ‘Forever is a long time’.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 21/07/2026
When the US struggles to put out wildfires, Canada has always been there to lend a hand. But when Canada struggles with the same, all Trump has for us are threats and insults. Canadians are tired of it.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 03/07/2026
Today’s announcement shows what this federal government will protect above all else: the profits of Big Oil. Read my full statement on the oil pipeline proposal from the Prime Minister and Premier Smith: www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-rea...
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NDP Reaction to West Coast Pipeline Announcement
NDP Leader Avi Lewis shared the following statement in response to the oil pipeline proposal from Alberta Premier Danielle Smith:
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Billionaires shouldn’t exist. Trillionaires should be in jail. Time to stop the parasitic elites enriching themselves at everyone else’s expense
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Adrian Harewood @caradrianh.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Before travelling to #Iran on an 11 day reporting trip journalist #DimitriLascaris contacted 200+ Canadian media outlets and proposed filing stories for them. Only one expressed interest but never followed up. I spoke to him on my @ricochetmedia.bsky.social podcast. youtu.be/24sinN_c4YU?sil
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A Canadian Journalist on the ground in Iran. An Interview w/ Dimitri Lascaris
YouTube video by In Bed with the Elephant (with Adrian Harewood)
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Isn’t it interesting that the middle class is becoming economically marginalized and thereby in the near future access to things we took for granted will become exceptions? Coming to the conclusion the entire ruling class got us to vote against our interests
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Trump lost this war in every possible sense — morally, legally, politically, economically, reputationally, and strategically.
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jack speyside @jackspeyside.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
damn ok avi lewis
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Adrian Harewood @caradrianh.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
For my podcast on @ricochetmedia.bsky.social I sat down with @nolore.bsky.social , @judreb.bsky.social and @mattfodor.bsky.social to talk about @avilewis.ca’s historic victory, the @ndp.ca and the future of social democracy in Canada. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...
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PANEL: Reaction to Avi Lewis' NDP Victory
Podcast Episode · In Bed with the Elephant · March 31 · 30m
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The Dems are taking cues from the manosphere just as the 'sphere is crashing and burning as its leading lights are popped for crimes ranging from false imprisonment to shooting a dead alligator.
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Opinion | For Democrats, the Era of the Girl Dad and Male Ally Is Over
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Today the Quebec government passed Bill 9 -- just another in a long line of bigoted pieces of legislation that legalizes descrimination against people who wear religious symbols. I wrote about the impact of these pieces of legislation and the rise of the far right here: thewalrus.ca/in-quebec-ci...
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In Quebec City, Military Culture Collides with Far-Right Extremism | The Walrus
White-supremacist groups are getting armed. They’re also becoming more normalized
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Steve Paikin @spaikin.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I think this is my favourite interview with Stephen Lewis. It's 12 yrs ago, & we spoke about Pres. John F. Kennedy on the 50th anniversary of his assassination, because Lewis had debated Kennedy at UofT, & JFK helped get Lewis elected: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqxX... #onpoli #uspoli
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Stephen Lewis: The Great Debate
YouTube video by TVO Today
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Linda McQuaig @lindamcquaig.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Is Avi Lewis too extreme for the electorate, or just too extreme for mainstream commentators? Ordinary Cdns support a wealth tax & would benefit from public alternatives to grocery & banking monopolies. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Linda McQuaig: Here’s why Avi Lewis may be onto something
Lewis is doing the right thing — not only in championing climate action, but in coming out and stating his position clearly, despite the political heat he’s taking for it
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 02/04/2026
My @albertaviews.bsky.social story on the challenges ahead for the federal NDP is now online for your reading pleasure. albertaviews.ca/avi-lewis-wi...
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Alice @ajed.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Great article, worth a read. “We now categorize Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney as the centre, when he’s a right-wing banker whose top priority is not Canadians, but Canada Inc”
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Syracuse is named after a classical Greek city known for its practical and artistic ceramics, a city which is now in Italy. When we kill the humanities we kill self-knowledge. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/n...
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Syracuse Drops 84 Programs Including Classics, Ceramics and Italian
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
“The collective crash-out of the Canadian political and news media establishment over Avi Lewis’ March 29 win in the NDP leadership race is giving me life.” www.hilltimes.com/2026/04/01/e...
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Establishment enmity could be a good omen for the NDP’s Lewis - The Hill Times
The mocking responses of the Establishment to Avi Lewis’ win belie their divorce from the realities of Canadians not in their socioeconomic class.
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Adrian Harewood @caradrianh.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
On my @ricochet podcast. #AviLewis Wins: A Historic Left Turn for the #NDP” A panel discussion about the significance of Lewis’s victory and next steps for Canada’s social democratic party w/ @nolore.bsky.social , @judreb.bsky.social @mattfodor.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...
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PANEL: Reaction to Avi Lewis' NDP Victory
Podcast Episode · In Bed with the Elephant · March 31 · 30m
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naberu 🇨🇦 @naberu.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
So refreshing to listen to a panel (a whole panel!) engaging in a serious conversation about politics on the left. Was much more interesting than listening to the usual strategists/consultants from the 3 main parties cover the same ground as every other outlet.
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Adrian Harewood @caradrianh.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
A remarkable thing about #StephenLewis is that he never held power. He was never a premier or a prime minister. He was a provincial opposition leader. Even before becoming UN ambassador he had tremendous moral suasion in Canada & was regarded as a national leader…a statesman.
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
So sad that Canada lost one of its great statesmen. I had the privilege of being on the receiving end when Stephen Lewis was pressuring Canada to do more to fight the AIDS epidemic in Africa. Always on the left side of issues and the right side of history. We shall miss his moral leadership.
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 31/03/2026
NEW: I spoke to a few people on Avi Lewis’s team to understand how he was able to go from being a twice-defeated candidate to the first-ballot winner of the leadership race. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
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How Avi Lewis Won a Convincing NDP Leadership Victory
Lewis's packed events across the country, distinctive branding, positive messaging and political alliances all contributed to his first-ballot win.
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I had a great conversation with @caradrianh.bsky.social, @judreb.bsky.social and @mattfodor.bsky.social just as the NDP Convention was wrapping ... take a listen! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
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PANEL: Reaction to Avi Lewis' NDP Victory
Podcast Episode · In Bed with the Elephant · March 31 · 30m
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Adrian Harewood @caradrianh.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
LISTEN: On my @ricochetmedia.bsky.social podcast, “Left Turn:” Reaction to #AviLewis’ decisive victory in the #NDP federal leadership race. A panel w/ @nolore.bsky.social, @judreb.bsky.social & @mattfodor.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...
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PANEL: Reaction to Avi Lewis' NDP Victory
Podcast Episode · In Bed with the Elephant · March 31 · 30m
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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The unions that endorsed Rob Ashton for #NDP leader collectively represent 659,200 members. Ashton received 4,193 votes. That means fewer than 0.7% of members from endorsing unions joined the party and voted for him. #cdnpoli #canlab
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 29/03/2026
BREAKING: Avi Lewis is the new federal NDP leader, winning 56% of votes. Heather McPherson got 29% and, surprisingly, Tanille Johnston placed third with 7%.
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Massive upset in the officer leadership at #ndp2026 -- the "continuity" slate was defeated by a last-minute slate that included Libby Davies. Only people in the room are allowed to vote on this and so it not only seals the Lewis victory, but it also shows that support goes deep.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 20/03/2026
The Carney government brings us destruction. A full-frontal assault on Indigenous peoples, the integrity of the tax collection system, foreign aid, and, apparently, the country's rail system, among many other things.
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
So Red Pill gave a speech and didn’t talk about Trump or the threat from the United States? He’s an American plant. And how come I haven’t heard much from him about the separatists? #cpc
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 21/01/2026
How thrilling to be endorsed by a group of authors whose work goes so wide and deep - into the past and future, into ourselves and societies. We need art and culture in our politics! These storytellers help us understand and imagine the world we need to build together. Join us: avilewis.link/join
Six endorsement cards featuring Astra Taylor, Cory Doctorow, Ann Douglas, Gabor Maté, Carmen Aguirre, and Yann Martel for Avi Lewis for NDP leader.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
If nothing else, pretty amazing Canadian PM Carney said the quiet part out loud today: international law has never been real and the ‘rules’ of the international order have never applied to the US and its allies. This may indeed be the actual death of neoliberalism. globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
For decades, countries like Canada prospered under what we called the rules-based international order. We join its institutions, we praised its principles, we benefited from its predictability. And because of that, we could pursue values-based foreign policies under its protection.

We knew the story of the international rules-based order was partially false, that the strongest would exempt themselves when convenient, that trade rules were enforced asymmetrically, and we knew that international law applied with varied rigor, depending on the identity of the accused or the victim.

This fiction was useful, and American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, open sea lanes, a stable financial system, collective security, and support for frameworks for resolving disputes.
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Matt Fodor @mattfodor.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
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Avi Lewis Launches NDP Leadership Campaign – September 24, 2025
At an event in Toronto, Avi Lewis officially launches his campaign for leadership of the federal New Democratic Party. Lewis, a former journalist and documentary filmmaker, ran unsuccessfully as an ND...
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Roberta Lexier @robertalexier.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Wondering why Liberal politicians are courting right-wing votes rather than enacting extremely popular “leftist” policies? It’s cuz they serve the same capitalist system and, when it’s in crisis (ie now), they need to divide us to survive. Resist whenever/wherever you can. ✊🏻
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 03/06/2025
NEW from me in @theprogressreport.ca: @albertateachers.bsky.social president @schilldawg.bsky.social says the best way to ensure age-appropriate material in school libraries is to ensure school boards are properly funded. www.theprogressreport.ca/ucp_should_l...
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UCP should listen to educators, not ‘far-right interest groups’: ATA prez
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 28/05/2025
The New Democratic Party has lost its ideological footing in Canada. The Walrus editor-in-chief, @cstarnino.bsky.social, sits down with author and political scientist Matt Fodor to examine what the party must change if it hopes to survive the next decade. thewalrus.ca/can-the-ndp-rebu...
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 21/05/2025
🚨NEW ORCHARDCAST🚨 @mattfodor.bsky.social joins me to discuss the impending federal NDP leadership race, and how the party establishment is attempting to ensure nothing changes. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
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What's next for the federal NDP?
Author and academic Matt Fodor discusses how the federal NDP went from the electoral heights of 2011 to its worst-ever result and what needs to change.
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Adrian Harewood @caradrianh.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
After the @NDP.ca’s epic collapse in the 2025 federal election I spoke w/ @judreb.bsky.social on my @ricochetmedia.bsky.social podcast about the future of the party. Rebick has been active in Canada’s most significant social movements for the past 60 yrs. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...
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In Bed with the Elephant
Politics Podcast · In Bed with the Elephant is a podcast for people who crave debate and conversation and are passionate about ideas. It’s a show with grit that goes deep and wide. Each episode I in...
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Adrian Harewood @caradrianh.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
On my @ricochetmedia.bsky.social podcast “In Bed with the Elephant” economist @ArmineYalnizyan.bsky.social. assesses the costed platforms of Canada’s federal political parties days before the election. We”ll talk about “the productivity crisis”& GDP per capita. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-qwg2f-...
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Armine Yalnizyan - Canada's Economic Future, Recession and Evaluating Federal Party Platforms
Armine Yalnizyan has spent her career explaining budgets, markets and fiscal matters to generations of Canadians. She’s an economist and the Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers and a regular colu...
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Certain partisans have been citing Canada's performance on per capita GDP as evidence of a supposed 'lost decade' and economic mismanagement. In @irpp.org's Policy Options, I deconstruct this arbitrary and misleading statistic, in two parts. #cdnecon #cdnpoli. /2
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Rights of due process don't depend on our personal opinions of the accused. For example, I regard the January 6, 2021, criminals as insurrectionists and traitors - yet I am still glad that each and every one of them got a proper trial before they were convicted and sentenced.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
“The deep state is real,” Kennedy warned HHS bureaucrats in an all-hands meeting in April of 2025, “There are institutional pressures that affect every institution that’s created by human beings.” What exactly does ClownSec think the deep state is?
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RFK Jr. Warns FDA Staff of ‘Deep State’ in All-Hands Meeting
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned Food and Drug Administration staff about the influence of the “deep state” on the agency in an all-hands meeting Friday where he also made off-color comments about childre...
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James L Turk @jameslturk.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Federal government bullying of universities extended to Cornell (withholding $1-billion in federal funds) and Northwestern (withholding $790-million) to make them serve Trump's ideology. Giving in to bullies only empowers them. www.linkedin.com/news/story/f...
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Funds cut for Cornell, Northwestern | LinkedIn
One billion dollars in federal funds and grants to Cornell University and $790 million to Northwestern University have been frozen, the White House confirmed to CNN.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The arrogance. The ignoring of the scientific process & the body of evidence. The fearmongering. The lies... It is staggering & sickening. U.S. will know cause of autism epidemic by September, Health Secretary RFK Jr. says www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-pol...
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U.S. will know cause of autism epidemic by September, Health Secretary RFK Jr. says
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the government has launched a ‘testing and research effort that’s going to involve hundreds of scientists from around the world’
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Adrian Harewood @caradrianh.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
The first episode of my new podcast “In Bed with the Elephant” on @ricochet_en features a conversation with political journalist @stphnmaher about the 2025 Federal Election in Canada. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...
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In Bed with the Elephant
Politics Podcast · In Bed with the Elephant is a podcast for people who crave debate and conversation and are passionate about ideas. It’s a show with grit that goes deep and wide. Each episode I in...
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 31/01/2025
It's fascinating how some Canadian commentators have suddenly discovered the evils of U.S. imperialism over the past couple months.
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Communists and socialists are not the problem. Had liberals/cebtrists listened to them instead of excommunicating them you may have won the election. That doesn’t mean you would’ve followed through. You tank the reelection prospects of the left of your party and expect us to believe you’re with us
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