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@writeslisa.bsky.social
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Spiritual misfit, 9w1, book-loving introvert. Living life with my person and RBG, greatest cat alive. Committed to justice. Daily chai required. 🇨🇦🇺🇸

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
And that line will continue until it connects with every single person in this country who is not a straight white male conservative Christian
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 09/10/2026
The UCP wants you to get bogged down on the policy debates around infill. Don't be fooled. Their intrusion into local democracy reveals something far more troubling to folks across the political spectrum. drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/this-isnt-...
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This isn’t about infill
The UCP government’s intrusion into municipal authority raises much deeper concerns
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 08/10/2026
I'm really sad y'all. I did not go into trans journalism to make "Dem capitulates on trans rights" my daily beat. It was a much better environment when I could count on everyone in our party, even the red state dems, to present a wall on this stuff. It just feels so bleak.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Part (but far from all) of what's horrific here is: a woman weighing the consequences of speaking up about being sexually assaulted, because speaking up imposes burdens and costs (and so does not speaking up).
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What are Americans who embrace Christian nationalism most worried about? 1. Ineligible voters in US elections 2. Political leaders acting illegally 3. Gerrymandering Those who reject CN? 1. Political leaders acting illegally 2. Anon $$$ influencing politics 3. Fed agents harming protestors
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Because
Map of states with smaller population than L.A. county.
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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Edmonton’s public school board will examine its registration policies to see if there’s leeway within its mandate to make it easier for migrant students to enrol. It’s in response to concerns about kids unable to attend school due to immigration status #Ableg #abed www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Edmonton Public School Board to study admission policies with eye to increasing school access for all children | CBC News
Edmonton Public School Board trustees have voted in favour of studying whether there is a way to change the division's policies to make it easier to enrol students without valid immigration status in ...
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Here’s a gift link to the Globe and Mail investigation about American interference in the Alberta referendum, and the separatist operatives (one of whom is a UCP President) who went to the United States to offer them our water and oil. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/64d9ad7...
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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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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#CO8 GOP Rep Gabe Evans and Manny Rutinel (D) have not agreed to a televised debate and would not take voter questions at a televised town hall. So 9NEWS held the town hall without them. Health care was a key focus with one family after another sharing how they're struggling.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/10/2026
“This is one of the most immediate, concrete, tangible, real, and affordable things that we can do to start to get control of our high energy costs, but also save our planet."
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California just made it legal to turn balconies into tiny power plants
It's the largest state to greenlight plug-in solar panels that help reduce home energy bills.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Goddamn, this point by @anandwrites.bsky.social really needed saying.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.
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VoteHub @votehub.com · 04/10/2026
One month until first polls close.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
They would sell themselves, and their province, to the Trump administration for pennies on the dollar. The question I keep asking: why has the business community been so willing to go along with this charade for so long?
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A suggestion for the Bulwark Pope: If the Chicago White Sox make the World Series, how could His Holiness not go to their first home game on Monday, Oct. 26. And the day before, on Sunday, he could celebrate Mass in Springfield, OH, to show support for the persecuted Haitians.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump doesn’t give edam www.thebulwark.com/p/who-cut-th...
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Who Cut The Cheese? Trump Did.
The dairy industry was supposed to be the one sector that benefited from Trump’s trade war.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Right, it's not that I disagree that some of the people sentenced to execution are monsters -- many of them are! -- it's that I disagree that we all should be monsters too.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/09/2026
In response to a slew of anti-trans Democrats pushing hate during the 2026 midterms, Governor Andy Beshear provided principled criticism to the idea that red-state Dems need to adopt anti-trans views to win: "We Don’t Throw Anybody Under The Bus," he said. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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KY Gov. Beshear Has Message For Anti-Trans Dems: “We Don’t Throw Anybody Under The Bus.”
The governor provides a counterpoint to those who believe red state Democrats need to capitulate on transgender rights.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The “protect women” crowd hasn’t said a word about the Cornell rapists… It’s like they almost don’t actually care about women and abuse trans folks just to prop up their misogyny.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s not remotely hard to do this. And yet ….
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I can't stop thinking about how many men read that Snapchat and did nothing. How many men in that house knew a woman was being gang raped and did nothing. This is why we say all men. Bc it's your friends, your besties, your fellow frat bros and you do nothing to stop them.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
12-16 miles per day, interfaith pilgrimage www.lasacredresistance.org/adelanto-to-...
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Kristin Du Mez @kkdumez.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
LIVE LAUGH LOVE is a NEW YORK TIMES Best Seller!!! Thank you to all my readers and defenders, and to my incredible team at Liveright. ❤️❤️❤️
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026
Many of the babies’ autopsy reports were clear: Vitamin K deficiency was the immediate cause of death, or contributed to it. The reports also included details about parents refusing the vitamin K shot, a long-standard injection, for their newborns. (Published May)
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What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K Shot
Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Renee Good's mom: "I am a registered Republican. I voted for President Trump under the impression that these agents were here to protect citizens -- innocents like our family and the others here. Certainly not to accuse those of us here of being terrorists and take precious lives. This is madness."
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nations are strongest when they build together. At the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Canada is choosing to step forward. To lead. To shape what comes next.
Prime Minister Carney at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, United States of America.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
A student with disabilities was awarded about $10,500 from Florida’s voucher program to pay for private school. But her mother ended up returning the money after struggling to find a private school that would accept her daughter.
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Vouchers Promise Students With Disabilities a Path to Private School. Parents Say That’s Not the Reality.
To give voucher programs a toehold in state legislatures, politicians touted how students with disabilities would gain access to private education. But those students’ families often have the hardest ...
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
THIS is the way. Push. Back.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Abolish ICE
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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It’s all relative. When someone posted this screenshot from my Edmonton video on LinkedIn, the CEO of some parking lobbyist organization ‘splained to me that the reason Edmonton has *checks notes* like 40x the ridership of OKC is because Edmonton is actually a dense metropolis, you see
OKLAHOMA CITY
1,497,821
State of Oklahoma
Has oil rig on grounds of state capitol
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Capital of
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Indicator
2025 Q1 transit ridership (rail + bus)
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1,418,118
Province of Alberta
Has NHL team
named for the act of petroleum extraction
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This ignores the fact that OKC has a footprint almost twice the size of Edmonton and a population density almost 3 times smaller.
Transportation needs, limitations, and solutions nuanced and vary based on the location.
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
MS NOW and CNN journalists were turned away from the White House this morning following Trump's announcement that he was banning several media outlets.
arlier this morning MS NOW journalists were denied access to the White House grounds. The White House belongs to the American people and the decisions made inside are funded by our tax dollars.
MS NOW intends to take any and all steps necessary to defend our First Amendment rights and the essential role of independent journalism in our democracy.
We stand firmly behind our anchors, our reporters, and our newsroom.
We will continue to report on the President, the administration, and the issues that impact the American people.Early today, CNN journalists were denied access to the White House grounds. CNN's mission to report on the U.S. government will continue regardless of any attempts to restrict physical access to the White House and other government buildings, or any other attempts to impede our journalism. We have a right under the U.S. Constitution to do our reporting without hindrance or interference from the government and this ban is an illegal assault on this fundamental right.
We will not be deflected from our duty to hold the government and other public bodies to account, and we will continue to report on the actions and processes of this administration without fear or favor.
CNN stands fully behind our White House team.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Good statement, but what does it mean to "stand in defense" of their colleagues? Are they just noting an objection for the record? Or will they refuse to cover White House events until the ban is lifted?
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Which means—the nation. The entire nation. He can’t own or control it. So he’s destroying it. And destroying it is “owning” it…
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A massive group of demonstrators is currently forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center following Trump’s threats against it
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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
He isn't doing "vanity projects." He is destroying the nation's capital. He's going to leave Washington DC in ruins. If, of course, he leaves.
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Lisa Young 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @jlisayoung.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
At best, the Elections Alberta is an underfunded, over-employed shambles. At worst, it was responding to government pressure to ensure a desired outcome. If the latter, it’s a 5-alarm fire. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Former Elections Alberta staff raise ‘mismanagement’ concerns about 'Water Not Coal' petition verification | CBC News
Five former Elections Alberta employees are raising “mismanagement” concerns about how Corb Lund's citizen initiative petition was validated, alleging procedures changed and that there was a lack of t...
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
important theological question just dropped (nb generally Jews don't tend to go for the heaven/hell construct, but REGARDLESS our focus is on our obligations down here, SO.)
graffiti says do I go 2 heaven if my taxes kill kids
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The European Union opened the door for Canada to become its first "associate member" amid a historic breakdown in U.S.-Canada relations
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EU Opens Door For Canada To Become Its First Associate Member, Von Der Leyen Says
The European Commission president said “this is a partnership not against anyone else” in a possible effort to avoid antagonizing Donald Trump.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 16/09/2026
Put plainly: immigrants in Alberta pay provincial and federal taxes to support health and education services in this province. Vote "no" to the idea of making them pay even more for less.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
One of the coolest things about people who don't have a lot of power taking a principled stand is it lays bare the complete cowardice of the ones who actually *do* have power when they fail to do even a fraction as much.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NEW YORK (AP) — At least three supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran's tour after Macklemore is dropped over pro-Palestinian comments onstage.
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Kristin Du Mez @kkdumez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
LIVE LAUGH LOVE releases today! Amy Grant, Sandi Patty, Catherine Marshall, Janette Oke, Little House, Elisabeth Elliot, Mary Kay, Allie Beth, LuLaRoe, Precious Moments, and Ballerina Farm. They’re all there.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Meanwhile EPA says that regulating climate pollution is none of its business, but your uterus is www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump EPA Ends Climate Regulations for Power Plants
This is one of the administration’s most significant climate rollbacks.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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