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Naturalized Canadian. Sometimes grumpy. Reposting does not necessarily mean agreement. Sometimes it’s just informing. Living, playing and working as a grateful settler in the unceded territory of the shíshálh people.🇨🇦

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Terri121 @terri121.bsky.social · 16h
As 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.
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MadAsHell-NeverTrumper 🌊💙🌈 @janl99.bsky.social · 10h
Is anybody surprised by these findings?
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You'll Never Guess Which Political Ideology People With Low Cognitive Ability Are Drawn Toward, According to New Research
A new study found a negative correlation between high cognitive vocabulary and belief in Christian nationalist principles.
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informationbank.bsky.social @informationbank.bsky.social · 11h
Lots of super candidates running in red states!!! They aren't getting the notice/financial support/volunteers they deserve ... let's fix that!
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Elections: Flipping a Red State (Gubernatorial Races to Watch)
August 20, 2026 (Updated)
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Rachel 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...
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant 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.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h
AI 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.
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VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 17h
This 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...
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What a leaked Canada-EU summit document reveals about Mark Carney’s turn to Europe
The document reveals that the EU chief and Canada’s prime minister plan to launch a “Canada-EU Alliance for the Future.”
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VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 18h
If you DO NOTHING ELSE today, read this. You will NOT regret it.
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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...
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Trump 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."
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Mags @tootsiesays0001.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Cheers as jailed JD Vance heckler said to have ‘just ended JD's presidential ambitions’ www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-267...
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Cheers 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...
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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
HAPPENING NOW: Protesters have gathered in Ohio in anticipation of Donald Trump’s arrival to his midterm rally 📍Vandalia, Ohio
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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It's commonly accepted that basic income would boost the economy, healthcare, and personal freedoms.
Portrait of Max Fawcett with quote arguing UBI boosts growth, supports jobs, and lowers healthcare costs.
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VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You know who needs to protect their border from criminals? Mexico. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/w...
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American 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.
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Maé @its-mae-bae.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Just post and mute. Putting this here because some people won't look at all the replies.
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The Great Pumpkinsquatch - Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals youtu.be/GwqOZ0eaoDI?...
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BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals
YouTube video by MS NOW
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2026
Charlie 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.
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VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I 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-...
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October 1, 2026
John 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...
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The rainy day is now… www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/b...
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U.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.
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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”
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KathyinMN @kathyinmn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hopefully no one gets this issue. We speak through not supporting the lies.
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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.”
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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.com
Opinion | 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.
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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-...
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September 30, 2026
A Washington Post headline today read: “U.S.
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VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This 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...
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Opinion | Is American Culture Simply Bad Now? (Gift Article)
The world order is changing. So is the United States’ place in it.
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VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the most truthful thing you will see today.
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VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The 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...
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Tennessee 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.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yessss.... Speaking the truth with the full sarcasm required by the times we live in.
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nfariousactivities.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
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In 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.
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In 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.
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VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Eric 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.
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Eric Schmitt Confuses Ass with Hole in the Ground
A wild attempt at a “gotcha” moment resulted in the ass/hole-in-ground mix-up.
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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.”
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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.”
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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Central 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...
Chart: Black Lung Is Strongest in Central   Appalachia

The rate of pneumoconiosis among coal miners in KY, VA & WV has rebounded to levels not seen since the 1970..

It shows a chart of lung disease percentages among miners since 1974, broken down by years of experience. For those with higher levels of experience, rates are back to where they were before 1980, after dipping to lows around 2000. Current rate for 25+ years is more than 32%, up from less than 10 a generation ago.
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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
worth 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.
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Opinion | 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.
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Doug McVay @dougmcvay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Gift 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...
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See how data centers are changing the American landscape
Satellite imagery shows what was once farmland and desert taken over by warehouselike structures.
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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...
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Democracy 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’
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VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When exactly did Americans decide to normalize crazy? www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
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🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @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)
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We'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.
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Every 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
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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.
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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...
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Trump 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.
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Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For-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
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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...
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Trump 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.
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jus-tice-now.bsky.social @jus-tice-now.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I 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.
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Patti Bregman 🇨🇦🇺🇸 ♿ 🇨🇦 Hate crosses borders unless we stop it @abilityrules.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Elizabeth 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...
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Elizabeth Warren Asks Fed Chair: Who Paid You $100 Million? 😳 #Warren #FederalReserve #Money
YouTube video by Lamont Tyson
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 27/09/2026
Instead 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.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Whistleblower 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/...
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Whistleblower alleges millions of Driscoll’s berries sent to Canada with excess chemical levels | CBC News
A 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...
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VJM4democracy @vjm4democracy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Reallly 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...
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A Lesson in Making Nazis Unwelcome
The 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.
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