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Ron Webb🇨🇦

@ronwebb3.bsky.social
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Born-and-bred Winnipegger, now retired in Ottawa. Generally progressive, open to other points of view. Too bad Bluesky is mostly just an echo chamber for the left. If you're an open-minded conservative interested in discussion, let's follow each other.

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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
@asklauraai.bsky.social — Fact check: The opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge was conditional on Canada sharing half of toll revenue with the United States.
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
So it’s official: the White House is now dictating to the media what they should and should not publish.
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Trump is suing the BBC for a billion dollars because they misleadingly edited his January 6 speech. Meanwhile, Trump is posting obviously false and defamatory garbage like this on social media. Why isn’t anyone suing the crap out of HIM? truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
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Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
WOW!
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Karoline Leavitt declares that Americans “want the government funded, because they want our military and our troops to be paid, they want TSA agents and Border Patrol to be paid, they want food assistance programs for women and children [to continue]”. Guess which program will actually lose funding.
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social — Love your parodies of Trump’s posts on social media. 👍 Seriously, somebody should develop a AI app that translates ordinary English into Trumpish. Thanks for your attention to this matter. 😉
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
"I think we’re going to test ABC out on this. Let’s see how we do. Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative." 🙄 He's not even trying to hide the grift anymore. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
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Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
I can’t believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back. The White House was told by ABC that his Show was cancelled! Something happened between then and now because his audience is GONE, and his...
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
This is why you don't pick fights with a comedian. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMGD...
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Disney’s Message To Employees: Shut Your Trap
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
These boat strikes are so obviously illegal (the US is NOT at war with Venezuela) that I have to wonder about the military personnel who carried them out. Isn't there a moral obligation on the part of soldiers to disobey such an order? Wasn't that established at Nuremberg, for instance?
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
About four times as many Americans die from tobacco every year compared to drug overdoses. So maybe Trump should be bombing tobacco farms? Oh wait, that would be ILLEGAL...🙄
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
It looks like Tyler Robinson (allegedly) shot Charlie Kirk, not because Kirk was too right-wing, but because he wasn't right-wing ENOUGH. And if you're wondering (as I was) how anyone could be farther right than MAGA, you might want to read this article from 2019. www.dailykos.com/story/2019/1...
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Alt-right trolls make life miserable for Charlie Kirk and his Turning Point USA 'Culture War' tour
Charlie Kirk’s attempt at creating a young conservative movement, called Turning Point USA, has long had a complicated relationship with the youth-oriented, white nationalist alt-right. This week,
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Armed Trump administration agents wearing masks just showed up outside of Gavin Newsom’s press conference. This is what rising fascism looks like.
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
The first thing we have to do is stop calling it a "war". What's going on in #Gaza is no longer a war, and hasn't been for quite some time. It's at least a slaughter, and arguably a genocide. Most of all, it's an atrocity. But not a war.
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Sucrose is sucrose is sucrose. C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁. How is cane sugar "better"? And why is Trump shilling for a soft drink company anyway? I mean, look how his Tesla promotion worked out... 😛
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
People aren't sent there because they committed any serious crime. They are sent there because of where and to whom they were born.
It's Alligator Auschwitz.  Let's call it what it is.
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
"Clueless" would be one way of describing it. "Incompetent" might be another. It's time to stop making excuses for Trump, stop inventing fictions like "the weave" and "strategic uncertainty", and recognize that this guy just doesn't know what he's doing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeyg...
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'No earthly clue what he's doing': Psaki shreds Trump's poor grip on his own government
YouTube video by MSNBC
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Yes, I know what uranium is. But Trump clearly doesn't. And he's in charge of America's nuclear arsenal. 😳
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
How did we get from "there’s a substantial chance of negotiations" and "I will make my decision ... within the next two weeks" to "Leaders in Congress were aware of the urgency of this situation and ... the imminent danger outweighed the time it would take for Congress to act" in just TWO DAYS???
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Vincent4congress @vincent4congress.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
This is not common sense. It’s chaos. Congress must reassert its authority. www.vincent4congress.org
Blue background with Vincent for Congress logo. Text reads: Statement from John Vincent on Unconstitutional Attacks on Iran. As a 20-year Navy veteran, I know what it means to carry out a mission and wear the uniform with honor. Our military service members follow orders and uphold their duty — and I support them without hesitation.
But supporting our troops does not mean giving a blank check to reckless decisions made in Washington.
Launching an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities without a full debate in Congress and without the consent of the American people is a violation of our Constitution. It’s not just bad policy — it’s dangerous. The use of military force should never be treated as a political tactic or a show of strength for headlines.
Congress must reassert its authority. We need leaders who will stand up for the rule of law, push back on executive overreach, and protect our troops from being used as pawns in political games.
This is not common sense. It’s chaos. And I’m running to put an end to it.
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I wasn't aware that Congress had declared war on Iran. 😠 Or does the Constitution no longer even matter?
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
"Coin-Operated Presidency" -- perfect! We need to spread this meme far and wide. 👍
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
We hear that immigrants are "freeloaders," yet they're being arrested at their workplaces. We hear that immigrants "just need to follow the law," but when they attempt to, they're rounded up at courthouses. Hello?
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Now everyone who books a flight will be trying to get seat 11A.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Rachel Maddow, April 29: "I think that we should expect some wild pitches, some truly reckless actions to try to change the trajectory of how things are going... Bottom line: I think as long as the movement against him stays NONVIOLENT, the movement against him wins." Heads up, #ICEProtests! 🤨
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
So Trump is threatening to cancel contracts with Musk just to settle a personal score. Is this the basis on which contracts are awarded or rescinded in the Trump admin? Can we FINALLY agree that Trump is not acting in the best interest of the nation, but purely for his own personal benefit?
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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Darren Lee @darren2502.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
It’s gonna be a crazy 4 years
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
"We wish to express our commitment to our connection with the people of Canada and our deep-rooted social, cultural, and economic ties." That's all very well, but unless you can also repudiate your Dear Leader's trade war and his "51st State" nonsense, it rings a bit hollow. tinyurl.com/mr3patm7
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With U.S.-bound traffic down 51%, Bellingham, Wash., council pens letter to B.C. cities | CBC News
Since U.S. President Donald Trump started threatening and imposing tariffs on Canada and travellers have reported being detained at the border, there's been a notable drop in visitors heading south in...
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
It's not "judicial overreach". What on earth does Trump think the Judiciary is for, if not to interpret the laws and the Constitution? That's their JOB.
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
So Kristi Noem had her purse stolen, along with $3000, keys,security pass, etc.But you know what she didn't mention, what most women also carry in their purse? Her cell phone. I wonder if it had Signal installed? What emails, what passwords? I bet we haven't heard the end of this story.
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
There is no system so robust that it is completely independent from the people who are operating it. You still need good people acting in good faith. No system can completely control for that. ...The same is true of any institution: it's only as good as the people in it. - Steven Novella, SGU #1031
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
And just like that, suddenly Donald "Art of the Deal" Trump is unable to negotiate with a dominant world power like El Salvador. 🙄
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
I've deleted the last part of this post (is it a skeet or an Xcretion? I don't know), which was just ranty and obscenity laden; but I did want to give credit where it's due. Mr. Demmons is spot-on.
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
In his "Liberation Day" speech, Trump claimed to have received effusive praise from Lee Iacoca for his tariff policy on the auto sector. Lee Iacoca died in 2019. 😄
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
If security is so sloppy that a journalist can ACCIDENTALLY gain access to highly classified information, imagine what a team of skilled hackers in the employ of a hostile power (China, Russia, Iran) can do. There's blood in the water, folks! The Trump admin is about to be "pwned". 😈
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
It grieves me to say this, but at this point I see no avoiding the collapse of the US, and the most optimism I can muster is the wish that it should happen ASAP to minimize the collateral damage. Posts like this one from Elon Musk make me think that's his endgame and end goal as well.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
One of these things is not like the others
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; OR THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE PEACEABLY TO ASSEMBLE, AND TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR A REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES.”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
A lot can happen in five months. 🇺🇸
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Does anyone know where in the US Constitution Donald Trump derives the authority to unilaterally establish a "Strategic Bitcoin Reserve"? www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/... Or does anyone even care about the Constitution anymore? 🙁
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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Establishes the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile
CREATING A STRATEGIC BITCOIN RESERVE AND DIGITAL ASSET STOCKPILE: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to establish a Strategic
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
So Al Green, who briefly interrupted Trump's speech to protest the coming attack on Medicaid, is to be censured by House Republicans. Fine, but isn't it ironic that Trump just pardoned 1500 rioters who trashed the Capitol to disrupt the electoral process for an entire day on Jan.6, 2021?
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Okay, I get it that the Democrats sat on their hands and refused to applaud anything Trump said. So would I. But c'mon, guys, you could have applauded 13-year-old cancer survivor Devarjaye "DJ" Daniel appointed as an honorary secret service agent. Their silence just struck me as churlish. 🙄
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Trump is STILL spreading the false information that millions of people over 150 years old are receiving Social Security??? Not true, obviously, and debunked innumerable times. Musk just didn't know how to read the NumIdent file in the Social Security database. He should be EMBARRASSED!!! 😠
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA. Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps. Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems. See how this works?
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I'm surprised that more isn't being made of this photo by the professional media. This isn't the first or even the second time we've seen this bruising on Trump's hand. It's almost certainly from frequent blood draws or IV insertions. He's obviously being treated for something serious. What??
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
"That sounds bad" 🙄
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
MAGA seems to think they don't need public services. Maybe the employees should put that to the test. 😐
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Ron Webb🇨🇦 @ronwebb3.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
"Just imagine if Soros was given the authority to hire and fire, and limit the size, and policies ... Fox News would be running 24/7 segments about unelected billionaires running government. But it's Elon Musk, it's Donald Trump, it's Republicans -- they don't care." www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuPF...
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No longer hyperbole: Elon Musk is in charge, not Trump
YouTube video by David Pakman Show
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