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Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · Aug 3

"This gloom, this surrender to the dark waters which lap us about, is a modern invention... we do not believe enough. Our fathers at any rate had something to demolish." Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room

Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 3h

Values.

Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 7h

Canada’s bail and sentencing laws are about to get a lot tougher.

We’re amending the Criminal Code to help keep violent criminals and repeat offenders off our streets, and we’re introducing stronger sentences for auto-theft, organised crime, and home invasion.

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JayBeeArsenal @jaybee1886.bsky.social · 7h

Didn’t see tax cuts for the rich coming.

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 7h

Carney hints at easing corporate tax burden in budget

PM acknowledges Canada’s corporate tax system is ‘absolutely not’ competitive

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 7h

Values.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 7h

Huh? Haven’t we had plenty of corporate tax cuts going all the way back to Mulroney?

Who’s going to pay for all that military?

The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 7h

Carney hints at easing corporate tax burden in budget

PM acknowledges Canada’s corporate tax system is ‘absolutely not’ competitive

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 7h

Whoodda thunk this den of thieves would go all knives out in a perpetual struggle for power, influence and money?

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7h

The "ceasefire" does not seem to be going great

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Spooky Morales @spookymorales.bsky.social · 8h

Sidewalk Chalk Messages Force Stephen Miller to Flee Arlington, Put Home Up for Sale🤔

dailyboulder.com/sidewalk-cha...

Sidewalk Chalk Messages Force Stephen Miller to Flee Arlington, Put Home Up for Sale

Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff and architect of some of the Trump administration’s most hardline immigration policies, has listed his Arlington home for $3.75 million — just two yea...

dailyboulder.com

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Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 8h

I mean, imagine being the Vice President of the United States and needing a dead podcaster's platform in order to try to be relevant.

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Pamela Blais @pamelablais.bsky.social · 13h

After TO Council passed a motion indicating the City was open to Alternative Solution Proposals for a single stair in apts up to 4 storeys, I applied for a single stair in a 3 storey Part 9 6plex.

I’m told it’s the first one, so it’s a test case. Here’s how it’s going.

#singlestair #sixplex

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Dylan Reid @dylanreid.bsky.social · 1d

I like this new TTC ad campaign - takes advantage of the distinct tile patterns of the stations, encourages internal tourism (something I've written about in the past). In the spirit of those old London Underground ads.

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Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 13h

"We are requesting information but there is none" should be the response to any and all claims made by the Trump administration.

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

Mexico president dismisses US claim of cartel bounties on immigration officials

Sheinbaum says she has ‘no information’ about Trump administration claim as experts also deeply skeptical

www.theguardian.com

Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 13h

Where JD Vance counsels his young children to be circumspect in their racist and derogatory views because there'll always be some scumbag angling to expose them as the vile little things he's raising them to be.

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

JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’

Vice-president downplays messages such as ‘I love Hitler’ in chat by 24 to 35-year-olds to ‘stupid jokes’

www.theguardian.com

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Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 13h

All I heard on the CBC news this morning was about Israel accusing Hamas of not handing over all the hostages.

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Gaza ceasefire live: Hamas accuses Israel of breaching ceasefire by ‘killing at least 24 people’ since Friday

Israeli military has previously accused some Palestinians of ignoring warning not to approach ceasefire positions and troops

www.theguardian.com

Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 13h

Also, the Star's Robert Benzie revives his word 'imbroglio' as a stand in for 'scandal'.

Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 13h

Meanwhile, the Dudley Do-Rights remain on the case.

www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

Two years later, top Tories who lost jobs in Greenbelt scandal still haven’t been interviewed by RCMP

Royal Canadian Mounted Police officials were tight-lipped when contacted about the second anniversary of launching their criminal inquiry.

www.thestar.com

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Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 13h

The Ford government is so dirty. Built on a solid foundation of corruption.

www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

Government secrecy clouds $237 million in funding to groups that endorsed Doug Ford

Seventeen trade unions and industry groups that endorsed Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives in the February election received $237 million from the government’s controversial Skills Develop...

www.thestar.com

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Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 23h

Why not push Bieber one more inning?

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 1d

Remember, brown 13-year-olds are hardened menaces to society, but 30-something Republican Hitler afficionados in positions of power are just li’l guys.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 1d

“The reality is that there is no fiscal crisis. No precipice.”

Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 1d

This is a really useful table from the folks at IFSD — especially if we're about to talk a lot about public debt and the cost of carrying that debt.

www.policymagazine.ca/budget-2025-...

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Harlem Toots @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1d

Contrast this with the administration’s justification of kidnapping a 14-year-old kid by calling them a “hardened criminal”

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

"The period of time during which White youth are not expected to be fully responsible for their actions can extend well into their late 20s. By contrast, Black children are often treated as adults by age 13, if not well before."

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

Compare n' contrast Young Republicans to Black children (byline reads "CPE Editorial Staff" - it me.)

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

A Brief History of Let’s Bring Back The Good Old Days

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Lyndon @iamlyndon.bsky.social · 1d

Can’t unsee this 🤣 #ONpoli

Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 1d

Just had the horrible realization that Ontario’s premier is a Weeble who keeps getting in trouble but somehow never gets knocked down.

It’s infuriating.

Anyhoo, here’s some fairly damning photographic evidence that Doug Ford is, in fact, an entirely manufactured relic that should be retired.

A grid of 6 photos.

On the left side of the grid are photos of a pale, blond plastic toy.

On the right side of the grid are photos of a pale, blond plastic premier.

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Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 1d

It doesn't matter how opposed you stand to Maduro, the US comes out looking like the bad guy in any invasion of Venezuela.