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Lori Sirianni @4animallife.bsky.social · 15h

My sweet Teddy doesn't wear costumes, but he loves his new orange Halloween pumpkin toy he's laying on. 🥰 There's a funny Halloween face on the other side of it.

Grateful to the Hamilton-Burlington SPCA for adopting him to me and my late Mom, he's a ray of sunshine in my life and home. 🧡

Lori Sirianni @4animallife.bsky.social · 16h

If you wonder why Canadians despise Trump.

He's a malicious son of a bitch. We won't forget this.

Toronto Star @thestar.com · 1d

‘Shock after shock:’ Ontario’s automaking heartland devastated after Stellantis’ Brampton bombshell

Industry watchers fear 'more shoes to drop' after company says it's moving assembly of Jeep Compass in Brampton to Illinois in $13B U.S. expansion.

www.thestar.com

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Lori Sirianni @4animallife.bsky.social · 16h

If you listen to this without looking at it, that sounds *exactly* like PM Carney. That vocal impression is as good as mine is of Senator Susan Collins. 😄

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This Hour Has 22 Minutes @22-minutes.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a beautiful language, isn’t it?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoC-...

Mark Carney gets nasty in the Oval Office! | This Hour Has 22 Minutes

YouTube video by 22 Minutes

www.youtube.com

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 1d

This must rank as one of the more hilarious headlines I have seen in a long time.
Nothing like the political media in Ottawa for continually missing the moment as we watch democracy and the rule of law disintegrate on our unguarded border.

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Lori Sirianni @4animallife.bsky.social · 17h

If I were solely Canadian, not also 🇺🇸, I wouldn't feel as betrayed by and angry at Trump *and* the US as I am.

Half my fellow 🇺🇸citizens voted for that mobster or didn't vote to stop him. Now he threatens Canada.

The US as a nation, and its citizens, betrayed their Constitution AND the US's allies.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump-Vance Administration getting rid of biodefense personnel is, to state the blindingly obvious, a very bad choice.

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Lori Sirianni @4animallife.bsky.social · 17h

I was a TV news producer in the '90s and remember video & writing stories about the CDC's urgent response to the Ebola outbreak in Africa then. It was crucial not only to help them, but to contain the outbreak and prevent it from reaching the US.

A hemorrhagic virus is no joke. Now what'll happen?

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 1d

Every year, millions of low-income Canadians miss out on benefits they’re entitled to.

We’re stepping in — with new Automatic Federal Benefits. Canada’s new government will pre-file taxes for up to 5.5 million Canadians, getting them back money that would otherwise go unclaimed.

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Montreal Mike🇨🇦 @mikemontreal.bsky.social · 18h

The only place Stephen Miller needs to be deported to is The Hague.

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Lori Sirianni @4animallife.bsky.social · 18h

I can remember when the Republican Party was the one who claimed morality was a big part of their party's values.

That party morphed into whatever this repugnant, grossly immoral freak show is.

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Tedderman1🦋 @twj75.bsky.social · 22h

These don't look like kids to me.

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gracegeorge23.bsky.social @gracegeorge23.bsky.social · 23h

So we should forget about when you called Trump “America’s Hitler” when you were 31 years old?

Nah, we’re good, it’s the only time you’ve told the truth.

😂 🤡

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Miranda 🖤🤍💜 @doomscroling.bsky.social · 23h

He's defending them because he agrees with them. He knows 20-40 year olds are not "kids who made a mistake". He's playing it down because he sees nothing wrong with what they said.

#Pinks

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Lori Sirianni @4animallife.bsky.social · 18h

21-yr-olds are NOT "kids", they're full adults.

We all said and did stupid things in our youth, including me, my brother and our friends. But never once did any of us say vile stuff like in that group chat.

No-one EVER admired Hitler, or talked about wanting to gas others or see their bodies burn.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h

Something else that has never happened before in American history, as the Trump admin continues to piss on the Bill of Rights while Republicans in Congress continue to remain silent. Another thing to protest on Saturday.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23h

On the Charlie Kirk show, Vought said federal firings could hit “north of 10,000” during the shutdown.

Companies lay people off to survive. This is different. He sounded like he’s enjoying the chance to fast-track his agenda. This isn’t about saving money, it’s about sabotaging the government.

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Lori Sirianni @4animallife.bsky.social · 18h

Isn't Vought the one who said he wanted to put federal employees "in trauma"?

What a sadistic thing to say or want.

They are real people with real feelings and families, mortgages or rent to pay, children who need shoes and food, and he wants to take their incomes away and put them "in trauma".

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h

Just a deep, dark cesspool of corruption like we’ve never seen before in US history at every single agency and level of government. Republicans in Congress continue to ignore all of it and if people still care about having a Republic they will vote them out as soon as they can.

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BeMissH @bemissh.bsky.social · 21h

Remember when Trump said Jeffrey Epstein “stole” Virginia Giuffre from him while she was working at Mar-a-Lago. I mean, he just said that out loud, in front of cameras, in July.

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PeriwinkleRose 💙🇺🇦 @periwinklerose.bsky.social · 22h

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!

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doughardy.bsky.social @doughardy.bsky.social · 22h

This should be read into the Congressional Record

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✨🌟 ⭐️ LoveKat ⭐️🌟✨🟦♿️🧬🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🌎☮️🕊️🟪 @lovekat41.bsky.social · 22h

“We know where your brother goes to school,” Epstein said. He let that sink in ..., then got to the point: “You must never tell a soul what goes on in this house.” He was smiling, but his threat was clear. “And I own the Palm Beach police department,” he said, “so they won’t do anything about it.”

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 23h

4/ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

benefits of their power.

Don’t be fooled by those in Epstein’s circle who say they didn’t know what he was doing. Epstein not only didn’t hide what was happening, he took a certain glee in making people watch. And people did watch – scientists, fundraisers from the Ivy League and other heralded institutions, titans of industry. They watched and they didn’t care.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 23h

3/ Really think the royals need to kick Andrew all the way out: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I don’t know exactly when I had sex with Prince Andrew for the third time, but I do know the location: a 72-acre island Epstein owned in the US Virgin Islands. The private sanctuary, right next to Saint Thomas island, was called Little Saint James, but Epstein liked to call it “Little Saint Jeff’s”. I also know that it was not just the two of us this time; it was an orgy. “I was around 18,” I said in a sworn declaration in 2015. “Epstein, Andy, and approximately eight other young girls and I had sex together. The other girls all appeared to be under the age of 18 and didn’t really speak English. Epstein laughed about how they couldn’t really communicate, saying they are the easiest girls to get along with.”

Since I gave that account, Epstein’s pilot has said in a deposition that a coded notation (“AP”) that he made on his flight log for 4 July 2001, referred to Prince Andrew. He said that Epstein, the prince, another woman and I flew from Saint Thomas that day back to Palm Beach. I guess it’s possible that the orgy I remember occurred in the days leading up to that flight, which would mean I was still 17. I’ll probably never know the date for certain. What I do know, because Epstein told me, is that Jean-Luc Brunel, the French modelling agent who was also in attendance, supplied the other girls who took part.

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