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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 2h
We've let the dumbest motherfucking reactionary ignorant dipshits change decades of smart policies and societal practices.
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ronald Reagan came to political prominence in CA with his opposition the Rumford Open Housing Act--"If an individual wants to discriminate against Negroes...it is his right to do so,"--opposed the Voting Rights Act, and called the Civil Rights Act "a bad piece of legislation."
"Reagan Walks out of Meet with Negroes"
Reagan said he agreed with the goals of the Civil Rights Act but said it "was a bad piece of legislation" and that he would not have voted for it had he been in Congress.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Update on US-Ecuadorian maritime ops: "An Ecuadorian judge declared 32 crew members of two vessels that were intercepted and bombed by the United States in Pacific waters innocent on Wednesday." efe.com/mundo/declar...
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spike29.bsky.social @spike29.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We need an earthquake that swallows the stadium.
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kjcon.bsky.social @kjcon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ignorance was shown the door!
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Danielle Smith's Lukashenko is smart enough to realise that separatism is a losing play (which is kind of surprising, TBH).
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I'll take strapping a stick of dynamite to your foot and lighting the fuse for $500, Alex
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing for her congressional hearing to become U.S. ambassador to Greece when she reached out to a Trump donor with an urgent request: She needed $100,000 that she said she owed American Express—in a way that wouldn't leave a paper trail.
wsj.com
Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account
Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hegseth: “Theocratic regimes should never have access to nuclear weapons. Trump recognises that.” The man who last week was manifesting the Christian god in the Pentagon and calling for a crusade.
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Steve Brazill @stevebrazill.com · 07/10/2026
This. It’s not MAGA, or some right-wing fringe, it’s the actual Republican Party. Stop saying that they don’t stand up to Trump, or say anything, because they fear “the base”. No, it’s because they’re ok with it all, they agree with it all. They are the base.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The right has been gloating that the #MeToo era ended, but we're due for a reckoning that's going to make that look like nothing by comparison.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I think we know what this means
Variety: Glen Powell Is Staying Quiet on Politics Because It 'Divides People' and 'I Genuinely Do Not Like the Discourse'
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Tillis determined to go out even more cowardly than ever, I see. I should send him a new boot to lick as a retirement gift.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I agree that we should be using as much Canadian steel as possible for nation-building projects. But when we don't make the thing, we have to buy it from somewhere else. For a guy who claims to care so much about getting energy projects built, he sure doesn't know much about them.
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spike29.bsky.social @spike29.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How many lawsuits or blockades will it take for them to change their minds?
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Congrats to the oil lobby, Alberta government and PM on getting us to a point where a relatively pragmatic editorial board can champion a new pipeline without even having to address environmental/climate concerns (save for passing carbon-capture reference). www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
theglobeandmail.com
Globe editorial: The day that Canada grew a little stronger
The designation of a new bitumen pipeline as being in the national interest is a step away from a dangerous reliance on the United States
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spike29.bsky.social @spike29.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Where did the CIA claim such a thing?
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
U.S. forces are retreating. That's what this means. "Pulled out and returned to their home stations in the U.S. as potential Iranian threats raise base security concerns" is a fancy way of saying the Iranian military has the U.S. military in retreat. This is unbelievably embarrassing.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"May Block..." My God. www.nydailynews.com/2026/10/05/s...
nydailynews.com
Schumer warns Democrats may block Trump’s judge picks if they flip Senate
Republicans used their Senate majority to block vote on Merrick Garland’s nomination after the 2012 death of conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 06/10/2026
Canadians take for granted that the political parties that dominated the late 20th century / early 21st century will be around forever The death of CAQ is a reminder that no political party has a right to exist and that every party is always one election away from going extinct
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spike29.bsky.social @spike29.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Please tell me how it is possible that an administration is so unpopular and yet the Party that supports it to the hilt is only on track to lose 15 House seats? 15! That’s it. Not 150. Not 75. Not even 50. 15. How?
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
100%
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spike29.bsky.social @spike29.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Gee, I wonder how I can get myself out of a locked car? Sooooo telling.
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spike29.bsky.social @spike29.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Did she write the screenplay for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull?
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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“A Globe and Mail investigation has found that Republican political operatives were on the ground in Alberta this year to assist the separatist campaign in its bid to leave Canada…” Can we stop both siding this yet? www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
theglobeandmail.com
The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A whiff of treason in the air
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When a rapist sticks up for other rapists it's called a professional courtesy.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thread of the day
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Was going to say that if you're more committed to Zionism than democracy, then I don't know what to tell you. But this is a false choice. Voting for AES isn't choosing between democracy and Israel — or even being Jewish. Bernstein just wanted to say he's more loyal to Israel than American democracy.
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spike29.bsky.social @spike29.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What, they got a new shipment of bone saws and box cutters?
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
TFW you are taking a page from Idi Amin
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spike29.bsky.social @spike29.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Hey Canada, we don’t think you’re the 51st state. In fact we really don’t think of you at all…except when you’re not spending your colorful fake money in our cities.”
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My newsletter is up. Eric Schmitt should be mocked and John Roberts should be hounded and I will not be persuaded otherwise. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
thenation.com
Eric Schmitt Deserves to Be Mocked Forever
In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent relives the senator’s glorious face plant. Plus: whyt John Roberts’s also deserves our mockery.
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spike29.bsky.social @spike29.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
No but we saw the story about your brothel owning grandfather.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Seriously, unless you're going to call me a "scientist" for helping my son with his class volcano project and call me a "physician" because I applied a band-aid successfully, please please PLEASE stop calling any random crank who shits out a book about the past a "historian"
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 01/10/2026
Throwing billions in public money behind a pipeline at a time of climate breakdown – while sweeping aside environmental protections, meaningful Indigenous consultation and workers’ right to strike – is absolutely not in the national interest.
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The "Pacific Link" pipeline is now officially a PoNI (Project of National Interest). Of course, everyone fudged their homework to pretend to meet the conditions of the MOU to make this happen, and Carney continues to fraudulent claim this is "low carbon" oil.
pm.gc.ca
Prime Minister Carney lists the West Coast Oil Pipeline, now known as Pacific Link, as a project of national interest to unlock Canada’s full potential as a global energy superpower
Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, announced that the Government of Canada is officially listing the new West Coast Oil Pipeline, now known as Pacific Link, as a project of national interest.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Maybe they can issue him a pardon...oh, wait
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I think we have enough data to show if you're arresting elderly human rights lawyers you are not the good guys in this story.
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Setting aside the fact that Quebec cannot abolish the monarchy in any way inside the province, claiming that they would "repatriate" those funds for social causes is pure horseshit. Any kind of elected office to replace the LG would cost vastly more than the LG does (which didn't get fact-checked).
cbc.ca
Could the Parti Québécois actually abolish the monarchy in Quebec? | CBC News
Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says he wants to defund the office of the lieutenant-governor and pass a law to sever the province's ties to the Crown. But is a phaseout of the monarch...
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In today’s @theglobeandmail.com, Mr. Mason correctly puts the metaphorical boots to Queen of Stupid Danielle Smith’s contemptible referendum sleight of hand. 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
77 million Americans voted for national suicide in 2024. We're seeing it unfold right now: The economy vandalized, the military weakened, politicians bribed, tech run wild, immigrants terrorized, and government goon squads committing murder. Vote against all Republicans. It could be our last chance.
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 30/09/2026
The case against billionaires — a corrosive, anti-democratic force. You can have billionaires or you can have democracy. But you can’t have both. www.davidmoscrop.com/p/the-case-a...
davidmoscrop.com
The Case Against Billionaires
You can have an ultra-wealthy class or you can have democracy. You can’t have both. Choose...wisely.
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Today, I am establishing the thing I directed myself to establish"
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 30/09/2026
Earlier today, as the community at Tsawwassen First Nation gathered to reflect and mourn, two people were killed and two others injured in a vehicle collision. On an already somber day, it is a terrible tragedy that the community has been pushed further into grief.
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spike29.bsky.social @spike29.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It is not possible to support both Trump and Canadian steel workers. The American owner of Stelco is lying. www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
cbc.ca
Stelco's U.S. owner touts right to idle operations at Hamilton steel plant as PM vows legal action | CBC News
The chief executive officer of Stelco’s American parent company says he has every legal right to idle production at a steel mill in Hamilton, Ont., as Prime Minister Mark Carney threatens legal action...
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 30/09/2026
When Quebec first purported to unilaterally amend the Constitution of Canada, few seemed to care. I dove headlong into writing a scholarly treatment calling out the BS: digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/ohlj/vol60/i... Now QC politicians falsely claim the prov can abandon core institutions of gov't.
digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca
Provincial Constitutions, the Amending Formula, and Unilateral Amendments to the Constitution of Canada: An Analysis of Quebec’s Bill 96
This article critically analyzes provincial authority to unilaterally amend the Constitution of Canada. Via an assessment of the purported amendments in Quebec’s Bill 96, which would recognize Quebece...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Brazilian intelligence officials have briefed French and German officials on US and Russian interference ahead of Brazil’s presidential election, Reuters reports.
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spike29.bsky.social @spike29.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It will take a least a generation, probably two, if at all. Everyone will know someone who is badly hurt by this attempt at economic annexation and will remember that Americans stood by and watched and did nothing. NOTHING.
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spike29.bsky.social @spike29.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s down to 40% of that because the other 60% were fine with hurting other people as long as they didn’t get hurt themselves. You think they’ve changed their minds on that? You think they give a shit about Canadians? 😂
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