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Upheaval in B.C. Conservative caucus unabated as Findlay resigns as leader

Findlay “didn’t invite the defeated leadership contenders into her circle. She didn’t find a way to make conservatism inclusive of the fiscal, social and cultural conservatives that define the moment today.” www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/2026/... #bcpoli

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Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigned as the leader of British Columbia

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Upheaval in B.C. Conservative caucus unabated as Findlay resigns as leader

Political commentator David Black said Findlay failed at caucus management, just as Rustad did. But rather than learn lessons from the Rustad era, he said Findlay made her own mistakes. “She declared a culture war in the middle of a trade war. www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/2026/... #bcpoli

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Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigned as the leader of British Columbia

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Josh is "here" @realracingroots.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Also they nearly did! Holy shit get your head out of your ass.

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Josh is "here" @realracingroots.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

1 - It is truly remarkable David Eby and the BC NDP let the BC Cons nearly get into power by being insufferably feckless in the face of the intersectional crises they inherited and also made worse. 2- lol, lmao 3 - Hey you should vote for the BC Greens in the election that will happen.

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NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo @originalist.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

"the majority of recipients of government aid are white. For decades, however, TV shows, movies and the news media have portrayed Black people as Powerful and biased "centrist" editors obsessed with approval from other old white men, Ivies, conservatives, macho police officers, CEOs, billionaires:

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6 Takeaways From The Times’s Investigation Into Rupert Murdoch and His Family (Published 2019)

Using 150 interviews on three continents, The Times describes the Murdoch family’s role in destabilizing democracy in North America, Europe and Australia.

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NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo @originalist.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

While mediocre "meritocracy" white Americans get the DEI affirmative action they claim: "Ivy League schools admit more legacy than black students" "Who benefits from discriminatory admissions? White males" "white applicants 300% more admitted than Asian applicants with exact same academic record"

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"Turning Point USA and Young America’s Foundation (both heavily pro-Trump)—are propped up with cash from wealthy conservatives. Ben Shapiro gilded by a number of conservative billionaires, many of who...

Posted in r/ToiletPaperUSA by u/inconvenientnews • 785 points and 56 comments

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Sad @cnpompeius.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Without white oligarchic financing Kirk would be mostly, if not entirely, unknown.

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NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo @originalist.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Billionaires, Charlie Kirk, "Murdoch’s role in destabilizing democracy in North America, Europe Australia www.nytimes.com/interactive/... "They got working whites to hate the very people that want them to have more pay, clean air, water, healthcare and power to fight back against big banks & corps"

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Posted in r/ToiletPaperUSA by u/inconvenientnews • 800 points and 56 comments

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NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo @originalist.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

"Trump supporters report higher levels of psychopathy, manipulativeness, callousness, and narcissism" www.psypost.org/trump-suppor... "Trump fans are much angrier about housing assistance when they see an image of a black man In contrast, Clinton supporters seemed relatively unmoved by racial cues"

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Yoruichi Dragon @yoruichidragon.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

But conservative policy is mostly self defeating nonsense where the only common factor is grift. They needed that illusion of wisdom because illusion was all they had

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Rei_ @randomfactor.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

A big outcome of the 60s to the 80s was the adoption of a viewpoint that conservatives are the responsible adults in the room who have just come to logical conclusions about what must be done and everything else is misguided, wasteful and irresponsible

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Rick Schmitz @rickschmitz.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

I always like to remind people that Douthat believes in aliens and demons.

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robmolou @robmolou.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

I listened to Ross Douthat’s interviews of Doug Wilson and Hassan Piker and he treated the former as a respectable, serious thinker and the latter as a contemptible doofus.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/10/2025

to this i would add a good amount of self-loathing stemming from a belief that liberal political views are somehow “inauthentic” or an affectation of “elites”

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NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo @originalist.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

under-appreciated dynamic is elite pundits "flat out just find the left interpersonally irritating in a way they do not find the right a lot of the talk of a vibe shift was wish-casting their irritants away. willing to acquiesce to democracy's being dismantled as a result bsky.app/profile/last...

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NYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo @originalist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"that every single leftist online is responsible for message discipline and not being annoying, while no Republican is ever responsible for their words or deeds" "inconvenient truths: easier for well-paid strategists and pundits to advise stop saying Latinx (a non-issue)" bsky.app/profile/mbkp...

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Tiffany 🇨🇦❤️🇺🇦 @tiffstwisted.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Dallas Brody, who was too racist for the racist BC conservative party and got kick kicked out that Some are trying to pitch her as leader to replace #KerryLynnKooky who just resigned 😆😆😆 #bcpoli

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Imagine being the MLA who gave up her seat for Findlay #bcpoli

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Canadian Elections Tracker @cdnelxnstracker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Interesting repost on Facebook from BC Conservative MLA for Surrey North, Mandeep Dhaliwal, where the original poster calls for a Conservative/CentreBC merger under the name "Progressive Conservative." #cdnpoli #bcpoli

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Carolina Ibarra @lacaroibarra.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

And hopefully the Province and the Feds will wake up to this infrastructure risk that leaves everyone exposed. As tax payers, we are paying either way regardless of who takes this on. Somehow provincial & fed leaders have become too detached to see the scale. #housing #bcpoli #cdnpoli #yyj

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Carolina Ibarra @lacaroibarra.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Many deteriorating buildings have come off of operating agreements (or are about to) and no longer receive provincial or federal subsidies - but were left in terrible shape by decades of operational underfunding. So grants like this are critical.

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One of the rounds of disaffection resulted in Rustad being ousted as leader, though he stayed in the party. More recently, Findlay became leader and even more resignations and oysters followed, including Rustad kicked out of a second party in five years!

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This was *as an election was happening*. So a bunch of experienced politicians who'd been in government as the B.C. Liberals and were planning to run as B.C. United were suddenly without party support behind them. A handful ran under the Conservative banner but for the most part they were out

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Kevin Falcon suspends B.C. United election campaign, throws support to Conservatives | CBC News

But with Trudeau plummeting and the Conservative name rising, and a 2024 provincial election showing that reflected in the polls, Falcon torpedoed B.C. United to throw support behind the B.C. Conservatives led by Rustad who he'd thrown to the political wilderness www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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The B.C. United Party is suspending its campaign to join forces with the surging Conservative Party of B.C. in a move intended to unite the right-of-centre vote ahead of the Oct. 19 provincial electio...

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Robert Randall @robertwrandall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

... The B.C. Conservatives also have no affiliation with their federal counterparts but this was a time when everyone thought it would be a shoo-in Pierre Poilievre would be the next Prime Minister. And with the Liberal name tarnished, the B.C. party changed its name to "B.C. United"

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I might rank them: 1️⃣1991: Fantasy Gardens/Socred election massacre 2️⃣2026: KLF and Conservative implosion 3️⃣1999: Scandal-plagued Glen Clark resigns; succeeded by Miller and Dosanjh; 2001 election reduces NDP to two seats

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Robert Randall @robertwrandall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Almost as bad as 1991, when Bill Vander Zalm stepped down as premier in the wake of a devastating conflict inquiry and was replaced by Rita Johnston. A destructive leadership convention quickly followed. By October of that year the Socreds were massacred by the NDP in the general election. #bcpoli

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So where are we ranking this cycle of B.C. politics through a historical lens? It has to be top five right?

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anyway that is my local governance platform. cheaper housing, cheaper commercial real estate, a more vibrant and livable city.

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the other thing is that if you want to help people from underrepresented gain a foothold in the business space, cheaper commercial real estate helps your subsidies go even further

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plenty of people would try their hands at interesting little businesses if it they did not need to generate a huge profit at the outset and i think this is something governments should encourage. (and lots of little businesses makes a place more livable!)

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this is a bit of an obsession of mine especially here in charlottesville. the cost of commercial real estate is prohibitive if you want to experiment and the city seems categorically opposed to small lots and small units that could allow people to start businesses without a huge capital investment

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B.C. Conservatives in freefall: Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigns as internal crisis slashes party caucus nearly in half

But with a really, really dumb egotistical, extremist politician with the political skills of a drunk kindergartener “Political analyst David Black described rapid implosion as less like traditional provincial politics and “more like a season of House of Cards” #bcpoli cheknews.ca/b-c-conserva...

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Following weeks of escalating caucus upheaval, B.C. Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay has officially resigned, leaving a fractured opposition in her wake as the party faces an existential crisis...

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