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Paul🇨🇦A🇨🇦Powell

@paulapowell29.bsky.social
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Happy New Year everyone! I am a white 70 yo male Canadian citizen living in Ontario with my wife Linda. I enjoy following politics, Formula 1, and gaming news.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 40m
Charlie Angus: In just a year and a half, Canadian purchases of vehicles made on the American side of the border dropped 30%. If you take the American export auto economy, Canada’s number one. If you take the next 10 countries and put them together, it’s still less than Canada at number one.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 38m
Breaking News: The average 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage made its biggest weekly jump in four years, rising to 7.28%.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 31m
They keep perpetuating myths about the Trump/Epstein relationship. They *did* have a falling out, but it was over money, not morality. Epstein showed Trump a property he was thinking about buying. Trump bought it out from under him. An angry Epstein accused Trump of using laundered money to do it.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 29m
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US arrests tech CEO accused of smuggling $300M in Nvidia chips into China
Nvidia’s chip-smuggling problem won’t go away as arrests continue.
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Blue Tsunami #NoKings @bluefuture.bsky.social · 1h
It's disturbing how such a corrupt decrepit man ever became our president.
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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 1h
Georgia kept the Social Security numbers. A judge gave 30,000 prison workers their union back. Now do your part.
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Trump Fills The ICE Prisons. The Prison Companies Fund Nine GOP Senate Candidates.
Every name, from the filings nobody added up. Also: Georgia’s voters, Jerome Powell, and 30,000 prison workers all beat Trump this week.
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Calvin and Hobbes @calvin-and-hobbes.bsky.social · 1h
The instructions were clearly just a suggestion. #CalvinandHobbes #EpicFail
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 59m
Hey- Boys & Girls👋! Can you guess his SECRET WORD? (Could it be: Ballroom, Helipad, Fake, News, Giant, Arch, Tremendous, Communist, Quiet, Piggy, Rigged, Putin, Illegal, Alien, Tariffs, Yuge, Natalie, Far, Left, Lunatic, Barack, Hussein, Obama, Sleepy, Joe, Crooked, Hillary, Pinky, Herman?)
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 59m
It's as if he is TRYING to lose the midterms. With historically low approval ratings, it would be wise to avoid the press altogether. Instead, he gives TIME magazine this bonkers, unhinged & l-e-n-g-t-h-y stream-of consciousness interview, pathologically lying throughout. shorturl.at/PMvVB
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5h
And wages grew just 3% over the past year, while inflation ran around 3.4%. Even Fox Business admitted: “The numbers do not look good.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5h
🚨 The last jobs report before the midterms is a disaster. Just 29,000 jobs added in September. Unemployment rose to 4.2%. July was revised down to a LOSS of 10,000 jobs, while August was revised down by 29,000 jobs, from 162,000 to 133,000. 1/
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Canadian Affairs @cdnaffairs.bsky.social · 5h
Canada is seeking more mediators to help bring Ukrainian children home. Read more: www.canadianaffairs.news/2026/10/02/c...
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Canada seeks go-betweens with Russia to bring Ukrainian children home
Most returned Ukrainian children come home through civil society groups. But Canada is pushing for new diplomatic channels with Moscow.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 5h
The GOP promised their tax cuts for the rich would lead to growth. But growth slowed down. They said their tariffs would bring back manufacturing. But factory jobs are down under Trump. Republican policies don’t work. Change begins on November 3.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h
"What is becoming increasingly clear is that the administration does not see itself as a litigant before the court and does not see its attorneys as bound by court orders. It sees DOJ attorneys as somehow coequal with SCOTUS, the only attorneys in the federal system not bound by ethical rules."
publicnotice.co
The mendaciousness of the latest DOJ attack on judges
Blanche created a new rule out of thin air and is mad it’s not being followed.
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SMC @ireckon.bsky.social · 4h
The worst thing that ever happened to our country
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 4h
❗️👀 More than 189 Russians were hospitalized after coming into contact with a woman who died of the plague in the Irkutsk region. Shelekhovsky district hospital was closed for quarantine. Woman caught the plague after breaking a test tube with bacteria in a laboratory.
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 4h
Speak Truth....
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 4h
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The 7-year-old Nvidia Shield TV is now $100 more expensive thanks to AI
Initially launched in 2019, the Nvidia Shield TV Pro now retails for $299.99.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 4h
Americans have never felt worse as they’re getting squeezed at the gas pump and grocery store. Donald Trump and the Republicans own this.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h
🔥MUST-WATCH: "It sounds like you're just trying to give people a chance to take a breath." @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social & theo von on greed/capitalism leaving too many behind ZOHRAN: "What I'm fighting for is nobody is priced out of dignity." Full: www.instagram.com/reel/Dd_wjMk...
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 3h
Absolutely Good enough reason for me....
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h
“While Kushner acted as a key Middle East peace negotiator, his private equity firm held the largest stake in an Israeli company backing businesses tied to Israel's military campaign in Gaza, including its largest arms manufacturer.”
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Jared Kushner’s company has large stake in firm with Israeli military links | CNN
At the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h
“Could be a major conflict of interest” Lol ya think, @CNN? The Trump family is the most brazenly corrupt family ever. American kleptocracy. www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 15h
A more constrained executive branch could begin to take shape with a smaller pardon power—and a bigger House of Representatives, Yuval Levin argues.
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Want to Shrink the Presidency? Start Here.
A more constrained executive branch could begin to take shape with a smaller pardon power—and a bigger House of Representatives.
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 11h
They are playing checkers, she is playing chess....
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 11h
October 1, 2026
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October 1, 2026
John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Mid...
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 10h
The British department notes that Moscow has already put into operation at least two 300-meter new-generation gas carriers. In response, London imposed sanctions against eight more Russian vessels.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 10h
⚓️ Russia creates new "shadow fleet" to circumvent sanctions, - 🇬🇧British Foreign Office The Kremlin is building and requisitioning new tankers to transport liquefied natural gas through the Arctic to preserve export revenues to finance the war.
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Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social · 9h
Today, Taiwan received its first two US fighter jets, with 64 more to come. Taiwan has the right to choose its military suppliers and defense partners. Unfortunately, the United States' neighbors are not allowed to exercise that same freedom to choose their allies.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 9h
🚁🔥 Update: Yesterday in the Voronezh region, a Russian Su-35 fighter jet shot down its own Mi-8 military helicopter, mistaking it for UAV.
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mainewomenforward.bsky.social @mainewomenforward.bsky.social · 8h
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October 1, 2026
John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Mid...
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 8h
Going from Chess to FRIGGIN Finger paints....
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 8h
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TCL is right to question Samsung’s use of the term “Mini LED”
Can it be Mini LED without a FALD backlight?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h
Looks like Trump’s new “steel plant” in IA, announced to shore up support in midterms from people his policies have crushed, where he said construction has already begun, is nowhere close to happening and contingent on Iowans giving tax breaks & incentives to a company in India.
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 8h
Is James Talarico about to flip Texas for the Democrats? | Politics Weekly America Jonathan Freedland speaks to James Henson, founder and executive director of the Texas Politics Project, about why a blue wave in the Lone Star state would be seismic ...
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Is James Talarico about to flip Texas for the Democrats? | Politics Weekly America
Jonathan Freedland speaks to James Henson, founder and executive director of the Texas Politics Project, about why a blue wave in the Lone Star state would be seismic
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 7h
The idea is to combine Ukrainian experience in the development and use of ground robotic systems with Canadian production capabilities, systems integration, and onboard electronics.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 7h
🇺🇦🇨🇦 Ukrainian Ratel Robotics and General Dynamics Mission Systems-Canada signed a memorandum of cooperation to explore the joint production of ground robotic systems for Ukrainian Defense Forces.
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 7h
Sheepish MAGA lawmaker flees show after devastating blunder Mediaite reports Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) backed out of a planned C-SPAN appearance after his planned “gotcha” of former special counsel Jack Smith went down in flames this week.
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Sheepish MAGA lawmaker flees show after devastating blunder
Mediaite reports Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) backed out of a planned C-SPAN appearance after his planned “gotcha” of former special counsel Jack Smith went down in flames this week.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 7h
The Democratic base is eager to see Trump held accountable for some of his actions, and congressional investigators are quietly preparing for next year, @mviser.bsky.social reports:
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The Democratic Playbook for Investigating Trump
Congressional oversight committees are quietly preparing for next year.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h
“unilaterally change the world without having to constantly convince people… tech is an incredible alternative to politics…” JD Vance & Trump-backing billionaire Peter Thiel making it clear tech oligarchs hate democracy👇🏽 When they tell you what they’re doing, believe them
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h
He promised to cut energy bills in half in 6 months and gas prices would be under $2. He never said he couldn’t do that because he’s “inheriting a mess.” He said he would do it & it would be easy. So he can try & blame Biden now all he wants, but he blatantly lied & is a buffoon.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 6h
And it’s normal when you use 400 interceptors over several days of attacks and say: “Listen, guys, sorry, but it only shoots down 10%. It doesn’t work.” Or, for example, if it’s 30% or more: “Great, guys, we need to work on it a little more, and when it reaches 60-70%, it’s a huge success.”
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 6h
The second way is fast interceptors. We’re testing five interceptors right now. One day they’re 70% effective, the next day they’re 30%. So, of these five samples, some were used five times, some were used ten times, and some were used only once. In October we will have 400 of these interceptors.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 6h
🇺🇦 Zelensky: We know from intelligence and from some people in Putin’s circle that in early September Putin said, “Now there are no rules.” Right now, F-16s are destroying 50% to 60% of jet drones. That’s one way, and we’re working hard to get weapons for the F-16.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 6h
🇫🇷🇺🇦✈️ French Mirage 2000-5F fighter jet has shot down a Russian small-sized S8000 Banderol cruise missile for the first time in history using an aircraft cannon, - Militarnyi The aircraft's main cannon armament is two 30-mm DEFA 554 automatic aircraft cannons.
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 6h
JD Vance said Angie Nixon doesn't "belong in America" during speech in Florida to bail out Ashley Moody and Byron Donalds.
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JD Vance Says Black, Socialist Candidate for Senate Doesn’t ‘Belong in America’
A New Chapter in Vance’s Effort to Police Who’s American JD Vance...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
LOL -- Ainsley Earhardt is in disbelief about Fox News polling showing Talarico leading Paxton by 7
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 6h
🇺🇦🚀 Only 12 countries can produce ballistic missiles, and Ukraine is now among them, — WSJ Ukrainian FP-7 missile makes it possible to destroy Russian bunkers, bridges, and other hardened targets that long-range drones are practically incapable of.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6h
"I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her. You know I'm automatically attracted to beautiful... I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything."
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 6h
‼️ Russian intelligence services are preparing hybrid operations in the EU and NATO countries, - GUR The Kremlin plans to recruit GRU and FSB agents for sabotage and attacks on military targets, critical infrastructure and communication systems. Among targets are Starlink stations in Europe.
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