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Paul🇨🇦A🇨🇦Powell

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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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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h
The shadiness and criminality never ends with this guy.
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 17h
This is a political time to wake up EVERYDAY prepared to Speak Truth to Power!..
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 17h
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Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social · 17h
Hybrid warfare update: 🇫🇷 Sunday night: Hundreds of French supermarkets hacked. No ransom demanded. Cold rooms heated to 50°C, millions in food losses. Monday morning: France intercepts a suspected Russian shadow-fleet tanker in international waters, 830 km south of La Réunion. Pay attention.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h
Ken Paxton is a scumbag and a criminal. Which is why Trump endorsed him.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h
JD Vance running around the country saying he’s fighting health care fraud while his nominee for the senate in TX who he completely supports is partying in Dubai with a guy whole stole over $300 million in health care fraud and gave Paxton $190,000. This is the Republican Party.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h
Trump is taking bribes in thousands of different ways. Despite great reporting we still only know a tiny percentage of it.
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mainewomenforward.bsky.social @mainewomenforward.bsky.social · 16h
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-12...
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October 12, 2026
Billionaire Elon Musk has already funneled at least $366 million into the midterms to try to make sure voters elect Republicans.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 16h
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that the New York Police Department will review its use-of-force policies, thrusting the city deeper into the nationwide debate over how law enforcement officials protect themselves and the public.
washingtonpost.com
Mamdani orders review of police use of force, riling critics and supporters
The announcement thrusts the city deeper into the nationwide debate over how law enforcement officials protect themselves and the public.
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 16h
🇺🇦 Kateryna Rashevska, Legal Expert at the Regional Center for Human Rights, emphasizes that behind the myth of "great Russian culture" lie brutal war crimes that Western institutions often try to separate from the ongoing aggression. Read more 👀 theukrainianreview.info/blindfolded-...
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 16h
Clandestine Kremlin meetings just sent tremors through CIA headquarters A newly leaked whistleblower complaint triggers an emergency scramble across multiple national security agencies.
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Clandestine Kremlin meetings just sent tremors through CIA headquarters
A newly leaked whistleblower complaint triggers an emergency scramble across multiple national security agencies.
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 15h
Humanoid is a gigantic stretch....
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 15h
Speak Truth....
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h
The most corrupt and unethical president in US history by far.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h
Whoopsy
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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 15h
November 3rd midterms are coming, and hopefully soon, accountability for the lives & families they’ve destroyed…🗳️💙🗳️
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h
Basically the Republican campaign strategy for the midterms across the country appears to be to just say “transgender” as often as possible and hope voters hate enough to forget how much things cost and how corrupt they are.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h
Perfect
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h
Again: Supporting Medicare for All is not Radical — opposing it is. We can’t afford NOT to do it. #MedicareForAllNOW www.axios.com/2026/10/13/a...
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 15h
Speak Truth....
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h
Scandals this week in the Texas senate race: Ken Paxton on video with his latest mistress partying in Dubai with a wanted fugitive who committed over $300 million in health care fraud and gave $190K to Paxton. James Talarico stayed home to recover from the flu.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h
Roy Cooper and Jon Ossoff’s brilliant campaigns have allowed Dems to focus desperately needed funds to other key races. Hugely important and pretty shocking that Republicans are not even competitive in two southern senate races.
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 14h
Among the ten largest EU countries, Germany was the penultimate in terms of support - 41%. The figure is lower only in Romania, 40%. The idea received the greatest support among the large European Union countries in Sweden: 69% of respondents there supported Ukraine's accession as soon as possible.
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 14h
🇪🇺🇺🇦 Bild: According to the study, 83% of Ukrainians support the country's accession to the EU in the coming years. Among EU residents, only 47% share this position, while 53% oppose Ukraine's accelerated accession.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 14h
The president’s recent actions look like an abrupt attempt to force Ukraine to surrender and to save the Russian economy, @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu argues:
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Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear
The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.
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Calvin and Hobbes @calvin-and-hobbes.bsky.social · 14h
Every swimming pool is secretly the Amazon. #CalvinandHobbes #ChildhoodImagination
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 14h
Court orders are for suckers in Trump’s America
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Court orders are for suckers in Trump’s America
The government outright defying a court order is a full-blown constitutional crisis, where the Trump administration believes that no court order binds it.
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 14h
Ex-Republican launches hundreds of billboards attacking Trump economy Hundreds of billboards across three states are popping up by the group Home of the Brave. The group is part of an ongoing effort by former Republican Sarah Longwell, who continues to talk about the economy as the top issue to vote
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Ex-Republican launches hundreds of billboards attacking Trump economy
Hundreds of billboards across three states are popping up by the group Home of the Brave. The group is part of an ongoing effort by former Republican Sarah Longwell, who continues to talk about the economy as the top issue to voters in 2026, After a few billboards proved to be successful, the group ...
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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 14h
The obvious & overwhelming need for meaningful campaign finance reform, we cannot allow billionaires to continue to buy elections, it must be stopped ASAP!!!🗳️💙🗳️
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 14h
The GOP tried to smear James Talarico over his absence from the campaign trail with a nasty whisper campaign about his mental health. Instead, they ended up insulting millions of Americans. (link in comments)
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14h
🚨SENATE POLLING UPDATE: Democrats are leading in these 10 key races: GA +9.1 NC +8.9 NH +5.0 OH +4.5 ME +3.5 MN +2.8 MI +2.8 TX +2.7 AK +1.7 IA +0.8 The Senate map is moving our way—with Republicans forced to defend an expanding battlefield. Keep pushing. Keep organizing. Keep voting. #BlueWave
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Sierra Skier @sierraskier.bsky.social · 14h
1. So what if it were true? Good for anyone seeking medical help for any illness. 2. These panicked lies by the right are always easily disproved. Don't. Be. Gullible. www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
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Rumor falsely claims James Talarico was treated at Ohio mental health facility. Here are the facts
The claim, which stems from a purported recording of a phone call, erupted after Talarico disappeared from the campaign trail for nearly 10 days.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14h
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a candidate for U.S. Senate, received campaign contributions from the staff or political arms of five organizations with interests in legal matters on which his office weighed in.
washingtonpost.com
Ken Paxton took campaign funds from donors with interests before his office
The Texas attorney general and GOP Senate nominee received contributions from parties in cases he was involved in, some predating his current competitive race.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
"He's just a guy who shows a weird focus on transgender kids ... typically people who say stuff like that tend to have some unusual search histories" -- JD Vance, who is obsessed with demagoguing trans issues, baselessly suggests that Talarico is a pedo
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 14h
So they can strengthen their democracies. The resilience of their societies. And so they counter foreign interference. As of today, candidate countries can also join this work. We can learn from one another. We can become stronger together.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 14h
Democracy is never to be taken for granted. It should be protected, nurtured. Every day - and everywhere. Our European Centre for Democratic Resilience brings together EU Member States.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 13h
Hey good morning everyone i hope you’re BOMB MORE RUSSIAN REFINERIES AND DATA CENTERS!!!!
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
👀 General Alexus Grynkewich: If the attack persists, we will blunt it and prevent enemy advance. And if required, we will break the enemy's forces and the operational warfighting system that is arrayed against us.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12/10/2026
Republicans have braced for months for Democrats to retake the House. But recent polling suggests Democrats could also capture the Senate, giving them full control of Congress — once an almost-unthinkable prospect.
washingtonpost.com
Trump could face a new threat in January: A Democratic Senate
Republicans predict that Democrats will not confirm Supreme Court and Cabinet nominees if they retake the Senate in the midterm elections.
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Nobel-winning economist shuts down Trump's diesel fever dream Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman made it clear that President Donald Trump's new scheme to reduce diesel prices will have no impact, that is, assuming it gets off the ground at all.Writing Monday, Krugman made it clear, "He’s no
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Nobel-winning economist shuts down Trump's diesel fever dream
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman made it clear that President Donald Trump's new scheme to reduce diesel prices will have no impact, that is, assuming it gets off the ground at all.Writing Monday, Krugman made it clear, "He’s not allowed to do this: Sanctions preventing purchase of Russian...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Back in the day we used to wait around for Dem Party leaders and mainstream media to rapidly debunk things like the Talarico hoax and rage as they did nothing. Now we do it ourselves because they aren’t coming to save us. Just do a search to see the lack of stories from them on it.
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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is what Trump/Republicans choose to ignore & don’t care about. If they purchase Russian oil from Putin, this is what they’re buying… Completely & humanely unacceptable!🗳️💙 “In the autumn, we will definitely die,”one resident wrote this summer. “I am already dying. I am getting weaker each day.”
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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Marc Elias: Trump hates me personally. Now he’s taking it to the Supreme Court…🗳️💙🗳️
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 12/10/2026
Americans see this for what it is - President Trump is abusing his power to go after political opponents weeks before an election.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
🔥 damn — MARGE TO TRUMP: “you are the deep state, the Epstein class, and America last, and my mistake was ever supporting you in the first place”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/10/2026
Omar, a U.S. citizen and outspoken Trump critic, has NOT been charged with any crime. 2/2
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/10/2026
Federal ICE agents raided Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington-area home before dawn this morning. The Trump DOJ confirms agents executed a search warrant as part of a criminal investigation reportedly involving immigration paperwork completed by Omar’s late father when she was a CHILD. 1/
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ICE Raids Ilhan Omar’s Home
Homeland Security Investigations searched the Minnesota Democrat’s Washington-area home under a sealed warrant tied to forms her late father filled out when she was a child. No charge has been filed.
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zelenskyy vows to retaliate if Russian strikes on Ukraine’s power grid continue Ukrainian leader says he was surprised by Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ announcement, which was posted as Russian drones hit Kyiv ...
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Zelenskyy vows to retaliate if Russian strikes on Ukraine’s power grid continue
Ukrainian leader says he was surprised by Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ announcement, which was posted as Russian drones hit Kyiv
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
'Screaming' judge rips the DOJ for defying order not to touch golf course A judge is furious that on Friday at 4:55 p.m., President Donald Trump's administration told a federal judge it would cut down more than 160 trees protected by a court order at Hains Point in East Potomac Park in Washington,
alternet.org
'Screaming' judge rips the DOJ for defying order not to touch golf course
A judge is furious that on Friday at 4:55 p.m., President Donald Trump's administration told a federal judge it would cut down more than 160 trees protected by a court order at Hains Point in East Potomac Park in Washington, D.C. There are now plans to remove more than 500 trees. By the middle of t...
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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Ossoff told Mike Collins on live television that a united Georgia would hear his trial. He called Collins’s devotion to Trump “pathetic” and “childlike.” Collins never named a single vote he has cast against Trump.
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Ossoff Put Trump’s Puppet On Trial On Live TV. The Verdict Was Brutal.
Also: the voter purge a federal judge just shut down, the one word the GOP added when quoting Georgia law, and the tape Trump’s man in Texas wishes didn’t exist
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