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@walnutcrunch.bsky.social
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My name wasn't available, so I just used my favourite doughnut as a handle. PhD, Comparative Public Policy. Former journalist. It's ok to disagree on the role of gov't. It's not ok to be a pr*#k about it.

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Gregory D @keepitreal1967.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
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CaP @walnutcrunch.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Fwiw, Bob, my mom said she didn't mind the Rae days but we were a dual-income family so it didn't hurt as much.
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CaP @walnutcrunch.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Very well explained.
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CaP @walnutcrunch.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Bless 'er This is very good.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Trump's ambassador to Canada has a long and dark history of disinformation and interference in the politics of other countries. So when he tells Canada to "get over it" regarding Trump's threat to our nation, don't believe him. Check out my analysis. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkAg...
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CHARLIE ANGUS ON TRUMP'S MAGA AMBASSADOR TO CANADA
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 18/05/2025
In our entire history only one President got our credit downgraded in both his terms AND got us added to the Human Rights Watch List.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Well well well - 2024 Parliamentary Spending - and guess who spent the most, it was not the Prime Minister of the country. #FiscalConservativeMyAss #Canada Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre was top amongst them, with $8.8M in total spending, including $7.4M for staff salaries. /1 #Thread
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 12/05/2025
“Pierre Poilievre has done irreparable damage to the Conservatives — essentially turning the CPC into an alt-right party fuelled by disinformation and rage-bait, and endorsed by fascists and fraudsters. 60% of Canadians view Poilievre unfavourably.”
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Observations from Montreal
An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.
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Aatos Lehtila @aatosl.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Once again a reminder of the real person behind the charade being created with the fake smiles and family photos. Tax cuts for the rich and to hell with the rest of you.
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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Planned as the “world’s first five-minute city” where everything you need is within a 400m walk … this is the new (former industrial) Nordhavn district in Copenhagen.
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CaP @walnutcrunch.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
At one point, he starts to look a lot like Robbie Williams 😂 (not a bad thing)
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
The election is over but the MAGA onslaught against Prime Minister Carney and Canadian unity has only just started. In the gangster world of Putin, Trump and trolls, Canada is a threat because we are a democratic nation. My reflection on the coming storm. charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-coming...
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The Coming Canadian Storm: MAGA'S Next Move
"It is with humility and appreciation that I accept Damien Kurek's offer to resign his seat…" — Pierre Poilievre, three days after losing the 2025 federal election
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CaP @walnutcrunch.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
My husband asked his doctor if he should get a booster due to his age group. She said nah. I'm same age group and public health gave me a booster years ago when the NHL had its mumps outbreak. 🤷‍♀️
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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
From me: Pierre Poilievre promised to bulldoze your Charter rights and bring in U.S. style three-strikes laws. He lost. And with him, one of the most dangerous justice platforms in Canadian history [1/5] 🧵 www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/opinion...
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Spratt: Carney's win rescues justice from the brink after Poilievre's dangerous pitch
The real test begins now – will the Liberals stick with an evidence-based approach to crime?
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 03/05/2025
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Doug Ford’s attack on Ontario judges should not be shrugged off
The Premier’s ‘rant’ is part of a dangerous attack on an independent judiciary
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dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Three quarters of Canadians say misinformation affected the federal election: poll www.ctvnews.ca/federal-elec...
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Three quarters of Canadians say misinformation affected the federal election: poll
More than three quarters of Canadians believe misinformation had an impact on the outcome of the federal election, a new poll suggests.
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CaP @walnutcrunch.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
This seems to be the current Conservative way. #Cdnmedia
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CaP @walnutcrunch.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
When Robert Fife publicly acknowledges that people think you're a dick, it's time to resign.
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CaP @walnutcrunch.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Plus, this makes zero sense for the CPC. The party has already acknowledged he was a liability in the campaign, so why encourage him to stay on? My only guess/hope is that we need to have patience and let this play out. We've only just held the election.
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Trevor Bennett @tgabben.me · 03/05/2025
I don’t have an answer, but I’m not going to begrudge people - especially groups who he’s dog whistled against - for feeling no compassion for the man, and for wanting not to see him continue to fail upward just so he can kick us in the teeth while we pat ourselves on the back for being polite.
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CaP @walnutcrunch.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Dear #Ontario If you voted Conservative for "change" in this election, then why the hell did you vote Conservative in the provincial election and effectively condemn us to 11 FUCKING YEARS of a Doug Ford majority?
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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Three quarters of Canadians say misinformation affected the federal election: poll
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Three quarters of Canadians say misinformation affected the federal election: poll
OTTAWA - More than three quarters of Canadians believe misinformation had an impact on the outcome of the federal election, a new poll suggests.
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CaP @walnutcrunch.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Is that severance correct? If so, that's a good question for @davidwcochrane.bsky.social to ask #cdnmedia
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CaP @walnutcrunch.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Because the bureaucrat has become the politician. So far so good.
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Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
#PierrePoilievre billed taxpayers $7.3 MILLION for 12 months of nonstop campaigning for himself BEFORE the writ was dropped. That’s not including his taxpayer funded mansion, chauffeur, chef & housekeepers. He’s the most expensive opposition leader in 🇨🇦’s history. In addition to untold dark money.
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
The federal government could have eliminated the budget deficit with all the money they've spent moving people in and out of Stornoway these past 10 years.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
How come “shrinking government” always involves taking away school lunches and building 3,000 more prisons.
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Jean (J.A.) @gibbensauthor.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
He's not an MP, so he has no right to be there, except as a silent individual in the viewing gallery. Get him out of Stornoway! He has no right to live there, particularly at taxpayers' expense. He's doing nothing for the tax payer; he works for the CPC since they elected him.THEY can pay his bills
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
“These guys running around in their jacked up trucks saying, Because we voted liberal they plan on leaving the country….” #cdnpoli
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CaP @walnutcrunch.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Remember the fuss over building a playground at Harrington Lake for the PM's kids? When it looked like PP was going to win, I wondered if the playground, pd for by JT ultimately, was still there and if PP's kid would get to use it.
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CaP @walnutcrunch.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
K this made me legit chuckle out loud.
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CaP @walnutcrunch.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Sounds like someone we know in Ontario.
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CaP @walnutcrunch.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
I see online celebrations about our result from other countries but I don't feel all that convinced. This is way too close and took way too much effort to counteract the misinformation machine - especially from the leader of the opposition, himself, and media that failed to push back.
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CaP @walnutcrunch.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
😂😂😂😂
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CaP @walnutcrunch.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
None of this election analysis seems to want to acknowledge the role of misinformation and American-owned media in boosting CPC numbers.
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CaP @walnutcrunch.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Yes I can see it!! 😂
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CaP @walnutcrunch.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
They also have no idea about life under Harper.
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CaP @walnutcrunch.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Jamil Jivani is a walking penis head.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Trump becomes the first American president to lose a Canadian election
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
I just picture Poilievre stomping his feet and screaming into a pillow and it cures my depression and clears my skin.
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CaP @walnutcrunch.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
It's actually my preferred pairing 😂 especially wth that brand. I "discovered" it when camping.
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CaP @walnutcrunch.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Ffs y'all had me believing the Cons were winning this based on 2/223 polls in butt-kiss NS.
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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
A pro-Poilievre misinformation campaign from the U.S. has been uncovered. The Financial Times is reporting that thousands of fake accounts from the U.S. are boosting Poilievre and attacking Carney. #Canadians are being bombarded on X, Facebook, and TikTok with U.S. misinformation. #CBC #cdnpoli
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Stephano Barberis 🍁 @hellostephano.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Poilievre has had more appearance makeover reinventions than Madonna. Today he appears to be channeling Gandalf The White. If Carney got a tear tattoo, Poilievre would get that and a septum piercing. I’ve never witnessed a more pathetic and embarrassing campaign than this Con one.
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 25/04/2025
“Conservative MPs have been consistent in their attempts to introduce and/or support the introduction of anti-abortion legislation, amplify anti-2SLGBTQIA+ rhetoric, align themselves with far-right politicians and personalities, and chip away at access to reproductive and sexual health services.”
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🇨🇦 Made in Canada 🇨🇦 ELBOWS UP 💪🍁🦫🌈🦋 @canadianpride.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
The MLS composite house price index shot up 86% under Harper, from 112.4 in 2005 to 208.2 in 2015 Harper’s housing record was a disaster. The housing minister was Poilievre. It then rose another 59% under Trudeau, hitting 330.3 in 2022. No one should play down the problem but let's be real about it
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
The face of the Conservative party: vote for our candidate or we will break up the country. Poilievre's closer pitch really sucks. Preston Manning and his quislings can either respect Canadian democracy or move to the US. www.ctvnews.ca/federal-elec...
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Preston Manning: Spike in secession support inevitable if Carney wins election
To former opposition leader Preston Manning, the solution to keeping Canada unified is simple: Replace Mark Carney's Liberal government this election, under a different party banner.
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Christopher Dornan @chrisdornan.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
He’s been keeping his moist blowhole shut about Canada while the election’s been underway, but today he couldn’t help himself from mouthing off again. Just in case Canada needed a reminder of a) the threat he poses, and b) what a deeply stupid man he is.
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