Reposted by VJM4democracy Terri121 @terri121.bsky.social · 16hAs a Canadian, I grew up believing that the U.S. was like a big brother, a loving cousin, a family friend. There was a time we were thinking of seeking dual citizenship so we could live here 6 months out of the year & 6 months there. I'm 69 yr old now and I wouldn't step foot there if I were paid. 25412
Reposted by VJM4democracyMadAsHell-NeverTrumper 🌊💙🌈 @janl99.bsky.social · 10hIs anybody surprised by these findings?futurism.comYou'll Never Guess Which Political Ideology People With Low Cognitive Ability Are Drawn Toward, According to New ResearchA new study found a negative correlation between high cognitive vocabulary and belief in Christian nationalist principles. 083
Reposted by VJM4democracyinformationbank.bsky.social @informationbank.bsky.social · 11hLots of super candidates running in red states!!! They aren't getting the notice/financial support/volunteers they deserve ... let's fix that!sharonlawrence.substack.comElections: Flipping a Red State (Gubernatorial Races to Watch)August 20, 2026 (Updated) 418771
Reposted by VJM4democracyRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16h"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...cnn.comInside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN PoliticsMigrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation. 36830631518
Reposted by VJM4democracyRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13hAI is being used to... -Facilitate online scams -Process health insurance claims, leading to wrongful denials -Price gouge customers via surveillance pricing -Set higher car insurance premiums using personal data The dangers of AI aren’t in some far-off future. They're already here. 12036421467
VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 17hThis is huge. "The joint Canada-EU list of strategic sectors specifies energy, critical minerals and supply chains, semiconductors, vaccines, and space-based communications “where shared resilience is becoming an imperative.” www.thestar.com/politics/wha...thestar.comWhat a leaked Canada-EU summit document reveals about Mark Carney’s turn to EuropeThe document reveals that the EU chief and Canada’s prime minister plan to launch a “Canada-EU Alliance for the Future.” 000
VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 18hIf you DO NOTHING ELSE today, read this. You will NOT regret it. 011
VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 18h“Donald Trump is now the only person, place, or thing on this planet that Canadians do not and will never feel the urge to apologize to.” Yep. Sorry, not sorry. thebeaverton.com/2026/10/trum...thebeaverton.comTrump becomes only object on Earth exempt from Canadian urge to apologize"Canadians will say they’re sorry, in that particular Canadian pronunciation, to literally anything, but they won’t say it to Donald Trump." 010
Reposted by VJM4democracyMags @tootsiesays0001.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Cheers as jailed JD Vance heckler said to have ‘just ended JD's presidential ambitions’ www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-267...rawstory.comCheers as jailed JD Vance heckler said to have ‘just ended JD's presidential ambitions’Vice President JD Vance's rally ended with a Democratic candidate behind bars Friday, but the heckler quickly became a hero to countless onlookers after video of the confrontation went viral.“Thank yo... 012
Reposted by VJM4democracyVince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026HAPPENING NOW: Protesters have gathered in Ohio in anticipation of Donald Trump’s arrival to his midterm rally 📍Vandalia, Ohio 19883273
Reposted by VJM4democracyUBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It's commonly accepted that basic income would boost the economy, healthcare, and personal freedoms. 05529
VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026You know who needs to protect their border from criminals? Mexico. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/w...nytimes.comAmerican High School Students Are Selling Guns Bound for Cartels (Gift Article)Drawn by money and status, teenagers in Arizona are buying, stealing and selling weapons destined for criminal groups in Mexico. 031
Reposted by VJM4democracyMaé @its-mae-bae.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Just post and mute. Putting this here because some people won't look at all the replies. 25311
Reposted by VJM4democracyThe Great Pumpkinsquatch - Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals youtu.be/GwqOZ0eaoDI?...youtu.beBOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funeralsYouTube video by MS NOW 17123481108
Reposted by VJM4democracyMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2026Charlie Angus: In just a year and a half, Canadian purchases of vehicles made on the American side of the border dropped 30%. If you take the American export auto economy, Canada’s number one. If you take the next 10 countries and put them together, it’s still less than Canada at number one. 361248376
VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I know it’s been said before - many time, but Neds saying again: Trump and the Republicans are out of control. October 1, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-1-...heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 1, 2026John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Mid... 000
VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The rainy day is now… www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/b...nytimes.comU.S. and Allies Agree to Release Diesel Reserves as Prices Soar (Gift Article)The Group of 7, which includes Britain, France, Japan and others, announced the release of 100 million barrels over four months, effective immediately. 001
VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“It doesn’t make any sense that taxpayers would simply line the pockets of banks, that’s absolutely not the way it was supposed to work.” The need to increase borrowing capacity last year is a “sign hospitals have been cut to the bone” 001
Reposted by VJM4democracyKathyinMN @kathyinmn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Hopefully no one gets this issue. We speak through not supporting the lies. 032
VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“she’s focused on challenging ageism, from internalized stereotypes to systemic barriers that prevent older people from living the way they want to. “Older people are not a drain on society. They give back a lot. We never hear about the over 90% who are in our community doing good things.” 021
VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“he acting deputy attorney general, warned that “the actions of even one malicious actor” can undercut the security of our democratic elections. He’s not wrong — but the malicious actors are the ones inside our government.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Trump Administration Has Gone After a Mailman and a Cyclist. Who’s Next? (Gift Article)The Justice Department is trawling to find perpetrators on whom to pin conspiracies. Ordinary citizens are being ensnared. 011
VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“Pete Hegseth delivered a “State of the Force” address at Marine Corps Base Quantico announcing he had transformed the military by enforcing… “[n]o fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals. Just warriors.” heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 30, 2026A Washington Post headline today read: “U.S. 000
VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is really fascinating. I had no idea how Korea managed to become the cultural super power that it is… www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Is American Culture Simply Bad Now? (Gift Article)The world order is changing. So is the United States’ place in it. 020
VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is the most truthful thing you will see today. 040
VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The careless, mundane, thoughtless cruelty continues: No civilized country would allow this. She was sexually abused and neglected as a child. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...nytimes.comTennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say (Gift Article)Christa Pike was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995. It was not clear what went wrong in the execution or what her current medical condition was. 020
Reposted by VJM4democracyJennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yessss.... Speaking the truth with the full sarcasm required by the times we live in. 17270136
Reposted by VJM4democracynfariousactivities.bsky.social @nfariousactivities.bsky.social · 30/09/2026—— Federal Bill Takes Aim at Private Equity’s Role in Healthcare Medscape: tinyurl.com/yw8rdwe2 Watchdog—Private Equity State Risk Index—Includes Healthcare: privateequityrisk.org Child was doing well at a clinic serving kids with autism. Then private equity took over—NBC: tinyurl.com/4txefhw3 032
Reposted by VJM4democracyDavid Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026In Fractious France, Politicians Agree on One Thing: Pope Leo Was a Hit In a four-day visit, Pope Leo XIV won praise across the political spectrum, even from its most avowedly secular figures.nytimes.comIn Fractious France, Politicians Agree on One Thing: Pope Leo Was a Hit (Gift Article)In a four-day visit, Pope Leo XIV won praise across the political spectrum, even from its most avowedly secular figures. 052
VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Eric Schmitt Confuses Ass with Hole in the Ground open.substack.com/pub/borowitz... He had a no good, horrible, very bad day. All of it his very own fault.open.substack.comEric Schmitt Confuses Ass with Hole in the GroundA wild attempt at a “gotcha” moment resulted in the ass/hole-in-ground mix-up. 141
VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“In the Trump White House, summits are hazardous excursions during which the interests of the US are shoved aside by a president whose cringe-inducing admiration of dictators makes these meetings into rituals of American humiliation.” 000
VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“These El Niño forecasts are not abstractions of warming far in the future. They are concrete predictions of climate & weather conditions, some of which will be highly disruptive during the next 18 months. There is still time to prepare and make our systems more resilient. Let’s get to work.” 000
Reposted by VJM4democracyMark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Central Appalachian coal miners have the highest rate of lung disease since 1978, even as coal production is less than half its record high. And Trump keeps kicking these people, his voters. when they’re down Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... 2208
Reposted by VJM4democracyEdouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 29/09/2026worth reading, although no, the scale is not what makes the 74,000 murders a genocide. What makes it a genocide is the repeatedly expressed intent to destroy a people by the politicians in the israeli government, many in the media, and armi leaders, with the support of many israeli.nytimes.comOpinion | There Is a Word So Powerful It Need Be Spoken Only Once (Gift Article)The film that makes a powerful statement without ever raising its voice. 062
Reposted by VJM4democracyDoug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Gift link. "Roughly 40 percent of today’s hyperscale data centers were built on previously developed land. The rest took over farmland, shrubland and forest." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...washingtonpost.comSee how data centers are changing the American landscapeSatellite imagery shows what was once farmland and desert taken over by warehouselike structures. 032
VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“the dominant narrative out of Silicon Valley, that AI systems are so powerful that nobody – including those that developed them – can stop them, is a stratagem to avoid responsibility for whatever harm their products may cause….” www.theguardian.com/technology/n...theguardian.comDemocracy blindsides Silicon Valley’s power players looking to transform the world with AI‘The push against datacenters speaks to the frustration of people who don’t feel they are making the choices in their lives’ 001
VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When exactly did Americans decide to normalize crazy? www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...thestar.com 000
Reposted by VJM4democracy🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Edmontonian Cory Woods has been in Ukraine since 2022. He started doing humanitarian aid, then became a drone interceptor pilot. After all he's seen, he says it's heartbreaking to hear about the separation debate in his home province.” (Video: @CBCEdmonton/TikTok) 14522
Reposted by VJM4democracyMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We've all heard how corrupt Ken Paxton is. But he is also incredibly stupid if he thinks this "well, he served 60 whole days" excuse for releasing Adam Hoffman, who sexually abused a boy over a three-year period starting when he was 8. 54259112139
Reposted by VJM4democracyMichelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Every woman you know has taken a longer route. Has doubled back on herself. Has pretended to dawdle by a shop window. Has held her keys in her hand. Has made a fake phone call. Has rounded a corner and run. Every woman you know has walked home scared. Every woman you know. --- Harriet E. Johnson 20372101
VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“The group claimed publicly to have stolen records on everyone who has applied for a job at the F.B.I., and told The Times that the people with compromised information numbered in the tens of thousands.” No words. 000
Reposted by VJM4democracyVJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“a NYT investigation, from the mines of southern Venezuela to the White House to the trading houses of Europe, found that Mr. Trump aligned America with an industry that is still plagued by the very criminality that he said he was fighting by arresting Mr. Maduro.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...nytimes.comTrump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It (Gift Article)The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat. 011
Reposted by VJM4democracyAndrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For-profit surgeries and medical imaging are big business—and growing in Ontario thanks to government funding In 2024-25, for-profit surgical and medical imaging was a $674 million industry in Ontario, which increased from $457 million in 2017-18—increasing by 48% #onpoli 1123
VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“a NYT investigation, from the mines of southern Venezuela to the White House to the trading houses of Europe, found that Mr. Trump aligned America with an industry that is still plagued by the very criminality that he said he was fighting by arresting Mr. Maduro.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...nytimes.comTrump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It (Gift Article)The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat. 011
Reposted by VJM4democracyjus-tice-now.bsky.social @jus-tice-now.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I remember sep 11 vividly and 25 years later families still suffer their loss. Dont youthink people in other countries feel the same about attacks that kill their family members and friends. We must stop killing people ! It serves no purpose other than make more terrorists. It's a vicious cycle. 0152
Reposted by VJM4democracyPatti Bregman 🇨🇦🇺🇸 ♿ 🇨🇦 Hate crosses borders unless we stop it @abilityrules.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Elizabeth Warren asked Kevin Warsh who gave him 100 million just before he took office. He refuses to disclose the information. He says he followed the filing rules. His refusal to respond compromises his integrity with the public. youtube.com/shorts/F4Sz0...youtube.comElizabeth Warren Asks Fed Chair: Who Paid You $100 Million? 😳 #Warren #FederalReserve #MoneyYouTube video by Lamont Tyson 142
Reposted by VJM4democracyCongresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 27/09/2026Instead of spending nearly $270 BILLION on mass deportations ($2,358 PER taxpayer), we could fund: Medicaid for 12 million people. Healthcare for 5 million veterans. Free early education for 6.7 million children. Money for cruelty vs. money for community. 5549157
Reposted by VJM4democracyCheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Whistleblower alleges millions of #Driscoll’s berries sent to #Canada with excess chemical levels from #California and the client tried to cover it up Lawsuit claims about 50% of shipments from 2022-24 had fruit exceeding Canadian safety levels www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caWhistleblower alleges millions of Driscoll’s berries sent to Canada with excess chemical levels | CBC NewsA whistleblower lawsuit in California is alleging millions of pounds of Driscoll's fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals crossed the border into Canada, and the company tri... 37234128
VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Reallly important - and inspiring!- post and short video. The haters are destroying the US. They have their eyes on Canada. We can’t let them destroy us. Practical lessons here. A Lesson in Making Nazis Unwelcome charlieangus.substack.com/p/a-lesson-i...charlieangus.substack.comA Lesson in Making Nazis UnwelcomeThe far right is on the move but they made a serious mistake in thinking they could take over a park on the picturesque shores of Lake Couchiching. 050