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Shannon Gillies

@shannongillies.bsky.social
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Southern Ontarian who'd rather be at the beach. Digs books and rabbits. Dislikes fascist maniacs.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
It's a cult www.axios.com/2025/06/03/a...
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America's two realities: Dems and Republicans see starkly different outlook
Polling shows deep divides in public sentiment driven by partisanship.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
A reminder that none of this is true about AOC, it’s demonstrably and provably untrue, and it’s being pushed by the kind of C-list (ok, D-list?) celebs who flock to Trump and MAGA:
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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
So. Much. Corruption. "With trade negotiations intensifying, Vietnamese officials have allowed the Trump project to break ground without completing at least a half-dozen legally required steps." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/w... @nytimes.com
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Why Vietnam Ignored Its Own Laws to Fast-Track a Trump Family Golf Complex
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Even North Korea is like, "Whoa, whoa, easy, this is gross."
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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
FFS!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Maher got Played like a fiddle 🎻
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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Everybody realizes China will have the last laugh here, right?
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Some context for the post-"Liberation Day" market bloodbath: This table shows the largest two-day S&P market drops in history, going back to 1945. Past two days were worse than the days immediately following the Lehman failure.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Updated after market close. S&P 500 is down >15% since Trump took office. See chart for how this compares to same period to date under prior presidential terms.
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Jason Coupet @professajay.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
The extent to which the business community has not listened over the last year to precisely what Donald Trump has said is astounding. Like this is the most consistent and foreseeable promise he made:
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 30/03/2025
Sign of the day…paid for by the government of Canada in Washington, D.C.
Tariffs are a tax on hardworking Americans
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Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Greenland is not a failing business ripe to be scooped up by any vulture capitalists who happen by. It doesn't have a price tag; it's not a revenue-generation machine. Out of all the awfulness of the past two months, seeing framings like this from other journalists is among the most heartbreaking.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Elon Musk couldn't buy the people of Wisconsin. Good day for democracy.
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
I was in a Hyundai auto dealership today. I eavesdropped on some fellow shoppers. Few seemed even slightly aware of what President Trump intends to do to the auto market on April 2. I wonder if any of us have adequately reckoned with the political shock to follow.
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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Look who finally learned the words “Prime Minister”
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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Oh wow. Fantastic news.
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Ellen Roche @ellroche.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Disappeared Tufts Human Dev. PhD student Rumesya Ozturk is also a graduate of Teachers College - she’s a dev. psychologist studying children’s media & prosocial development. She also bakes without recipes and binge-watches cartoons. She is our colleague & she was abducted on the street w/ our tax $.
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I have just asked the Governor General to dissolve Parliament and call a federal election on April 28. We need to build the strongest economy in the G7. We need to deal with President Trump’s tariffs. Canadians deserve a choice about who should lead that effort for our country.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I have said this from the start: the pace and scope of change in America resembles a post-coup situation.
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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
“Think of authoritarianism as a sort of disease: you’ll find ‘preoccupation with the minutiae of the arts’ is on the symptom checker, because authoritarians are prickly and afraid of the potency of the arts, how they affect hearts and minds.”
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Ben Rhodes @rhodesben.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
For two decades, John Roberts has methodically plowed the path that allowed us to reach this authoritarian takeover of the country.
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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
I mean.... www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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He voted for Trump. Now his wife sits in an ICE detention center.
ICE's deportation actions signal that anyone who isn't a US citizen is 'at risk – period,' immigration attorney says.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Trump is dismantling democracy right in front of us. He operates on the principle that people will think that if he does it openly and in public, there can't be anything wrong with it. Do not be deceived.
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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Hey, U.S.tourism agencies. You’re missing the whole point. Don’t reach out to us Canadians; reach out to your members of Congress and tell them Trump’s recklessness is losing you money. #USTourism #travelagencies #Disneyworld #FloridaTourism #usatravel #travelboycott #FloridaVacations #Expedia
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/03/2025
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 11/03/2025
They have never been interested in a ceasefire. They are interested in destroying Ukraine
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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
If you’re a 14 year old boy who watches *one* NHL highlight video, your YouTube ads and recos are almost automatically the Rogan-Peterson-Tate souphole. They’re not finger wagged into it. It’s the default male adolescent ecosystem. The job (of fathers, brothers and friends) is to pull them out.
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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
International Women's Day!! 🫶🏽
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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Decision made! #EffBezos
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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Where's DOGE when you need it?
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
US aid to Ukraine since Feb 2022 totals $128 billion, mostly older weapons, not cash. The crypto industry is seeking a bailout of $100 billion from the US Treasury. That is cash. Remember that when crypto CEOs accuse anyone else of "grifting." www.cfr.org/article/how-...
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Here’s How Much Aid the United States Has Sent Ukraine
Ten charts illustrate the extraordinary level of support the United States has provided Ukraine in its war against Russian invaders.
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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Nearly Half of Canadians Less Likely to Visit the U.S. in 2025 leger360.com/political-te...
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Political Tensions Impact Travel: Nearly Half of Canadians Less Likely to Visit the U.S. in 2025
Read further to see how Canadians feel about travelling to the United States.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
People running universities, media organizations, law firms, anything at all, need to understand that ceding an inch to authoritarians, accepting any sort of censorship, only increases the likelihood of further censorship. Capitulation is collaboration.
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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
WTAF?!
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
It takes a unique kind of genius to fuck up the US-Canada relationship.
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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Once you get past @CNN 's cheesy clickbait framing of this clip, you'll see an excellent interview here. I hope it gives Americans a fuller understanding of what Canada & Canadians are dealing with right now, and why it's beyond insane. @melaniejoly.bsky.social #ElbowsUp youtu.be/z3rIlAITjXk?...
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'My jaw is dropped': Canadian official's interview stuns Amanpour
YouTube video by CNN
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Marc-André Gagnon @m-a-gagnon.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
A sad day for evidence-based medicine. Government of Canada is “pausing” a task force because they refused to lower the recommended age for mammography screening from 50 to 40, fearing overdiagnosis. globalnews.ca/news/1106516... An open letter circulates online: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Canada pauses health task force amid breast screening review - National | Globalnews.ca
Mark Holland has paused the work of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, which has faced criticism for not lowering the recommended breast cancer screening age to 40.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
On 6 June 1944, while Americans were fighting at Omaha Beach, Canadians were fighting at Juno Beach. Our brothers, who fought and died by our side – who helped us defeat Fascism, are not our enemy. They are our true friends. Canadians are our brothers and sisters and I stand with them 100%.
Higgins boat, packed with soldiers, getting ready to land at Normandy, France on 6 June 1944.
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Shannon Gillies @shannongillies.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I’m not totally up on my jargon and slang, but I do believe we call this “finding out”. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/37d50a7...
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Jack Daniel’s maker says Canada pulling U.S. alcohol off store shelves is ‘worse than a tariff’
Brown Forman CEO Lawson Whiting said the move is a ‘disproportionate response’ to levies imposed by the Trump administration
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors... Being silent won't protect you.
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NPR @npr.org · 04/03/2025
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
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James Harrison, whose blood donations saved over 2 million babies, has died
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 01/03/2025
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Lil Marco Edition
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Starmer to Zelenskyy: You are very very welcome here in Downing Street. As you heard from the cheers outside, you have full backing across the United Kingdom.
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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 28/02/2025
I don't know, man. If Americans can watch their leader having a full-on toddler meltdown in a high-stakes diplomatic meeting and still feel any confidence in their government, there's really nothing left for us to be talking about.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
There was a President in the Oval Office today. His name is Zelensky. He had to fend off two impotent barking dogs sent by Putin. They are named Trump and Vance.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
There it is! "Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt." He is referring to them weathering their collusion becoming public, and now is the big payback: together until the end.
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