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Elizabeth Joh @elizabethjoh.bsky.social · Jun 11

And … we’re back! Roman & I have a new episode and a new show-an OG TCL and a 99pi book club on the Constitution. We’re excited to be here and hope you are too! Thanks to longtime listeners and tell your friends too ✌🏻https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/99-invisible/id394775318?i=1000709628679

The Return of Con Law

Podcast Episode · 99% Invisible · 06/10/2025 · 58m

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Elizabeth Joh @elizabethjoh.bsky.social · May 18

On earth 2, the sitting President offers gracious words of hope and support to his predecessor who has been diagnosed with cancer. He asks the nation to keep the President in their thoughts, and reassures the country that cutting edge science produced by the top universities may offer treatment.

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · Apr 27

Liberals - do not listen to any messaging that says "Liberals already have it in the bag so Liberal voters needn't bother voting".
Disregard that stuff, it is a voter suppression technique.
Tomorrow get out and vote come hell or high water. #cdnpoli

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energy9086.bsky.social @energy9086.bsky.social · Apr 20

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cami65.bsky.social @cami65.bsky.social · Apr 19

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · Apr 19

incredible scenes when you have a president who hasn't achieved object permanence

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · Apr 17

We are masters in our own home.

#Debate2025

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Robert Farnham @robertfarnham.bsky.social · Apr 14

Fascism.

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Jeanette @hermamma.bsky.social · Apr 15

Maybe they should just foreclose on the Louisiana Purchase…

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Apr 14

Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · Apr 14

My plan to face this crisis is clear. #TLMEP

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Jeanette @hermamma.bsky.social · Apr 14

I lost my PCP for the second time in 3 years. I have a ‘meet and greet’ with a Nurse Practitioner next month and I’m terrified of how that’s going to go. It’s booked for 20 minutes, and there is no way we can get through half of it in that amount of time.

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · Mar 22

Good piece! I cover the fate of universities in Fascist Italy and Pinochet's Chile in #Strongmen. And here is my piece for Lucid: open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...

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Wally Kibler🇨🇦 @wallykibler.bsky.social · Mar 20

Pierre Poilievre has membership in the IDU. Donald Trump has membership in the IDU.

Benjamin Netanyahu, Viktor Orbán and Narendra Modi are also members of Harper’s International Democracy Union

Poilievre associates with dirtbags

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · Mar 16

“Not only has the caving not changed Trump’s approach, he keeps ratcheting it up.” interc.pt/3DLCzaz

A photo of President Donald Trump gesturing from the stairs of Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on March 14, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "Appeasement Is Failing: Why Fighting Back Against Trump Is The Only Option."

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Mar 15

I hate to say ‘I told you so’ but… I told you so.

Seven years ago:

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Mar 14

Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too?

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U.S. Senator John Fetterman @fetterman.senate.gov · Mar 14

My YES vote is *not* an endorsement of this deeply flawed CR.

My YES vote is 💯 about refusing to shut our government down.

I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos.

I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever vote to shut our government down.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · Mar 14

Canadian bananas? Grow-local movement thriving amid tariff threats - local woman in Saskatchewan is now growing Bananas #Saskatchewan #Canada #cdnpoli

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Canadian bananas? Grow-local movement thriving amid tariff threats | Globalnews.ca

Many people across the country are worried about rising cost of food amid ongoing tariff threats. In response some Canadians have turned to growing their own food.

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Lauren Boothby @laurby.bsky.social · Mar 13

The union representing library employees is decrying a directive from the Edmonton Public Library (EPL) to remove Pride flags from public places in its branches as a step backwards for inclusion. #yeg #yegcc #Alberta #lgbtq edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

‘Backwards’: Union decries Pride flag removals from Edmonton public libraries

CSU 52 is calling on the Edmonton Public Library to reverse a directive to remove Pride flags from public library areas.

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A.G. Pasquella @agpasquella.bsky.social · Mar 13

Remember when Bonnie Henry lied and said schools don’t drive transmission of Covid?

Remember when Bonnie Henry lied and said rapid tests sitting unused in a B.C. warehouse was an “urban myth?” When in fact there were 1.3 million rapid tests stashed in that warehouse?

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B.C. has 1.3M rapid tests in a warehouse, officials confirm after top doctor called it an 'urban myth'

There are more than 1.3 million unused rapid tests in British Columbia, according to the Ministry of Health. And they are indeed sitting in a warehouse.

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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · Mar 13

Americans please read the post below
Canadians need you to understand what the US government is threatening to do to Canada
#USPolitics
#America
#trump

Nelle from Meanjin @nelle.bsky.social · Mar 12

I thought the Trump/Canada thing was a distraction, but I'm wrong. Trump is deadly serious, and the Canadians are taking it seriously. Here's a timeline I found on Facebook. The whole text is in Alt Text (it's over the 2000 character limit, 2nd image will follow)

**Updated March 12th** I will continue to update this but due to safety concerns I will be turning off public comments.

One thing I've learned over the past few weeks, and it's been a bit of a sobering lesson, is that a lot of Americans I know don't actually know what's going on between the US and Canada right now, and just how seriously Canadians are taking this. So, against my better judgement, here's a timeline to explain why we're here, and why we're angry.

Nov 30th, 2018 - The United States, Canada and Mexico finalize a trade agreement. Trump personally negotiates the terms and signs the document, celebrating it as 'the greatest trade agreement in history". (This is important.)

Nov 29th, 2024 - In a face to face meeting, Trump threatens the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, that he will be imposing 25% tariffs and that if Canada wants to avoid that, it should join the US as a state.

Nov 30th, 2024 - Trump publicly calls our Prime Minister 'Governor Trudeau' and instructs his staff to only address him as Governor going forward. He again suggests Canada should join the USA.

Dec 3rd, 2024 - Trump remarks that he would split Canada into two states once annexed.

Dec 10th, 2024 - Trump posts that the majority of Canadians support annexation, despite public polling that only 13% of Canadians would consider the idea.

Dec 18th, 2024 - Trump again falsely states that the majority of Canadians support annexation and that one of his lapdogs, Wayne Gretzky, should have a leadership role in that new scenario.

Jan 7th, 2025 - At a press conference, Trump says that he would use economic force to destroy the Canadian economy to annex it.

Jan 14, 2025 - Trump again claims that most Canadians want to be American, despite new polls showing only 10% of us are open to the idea.

Jan 20th, 2025 - During his inaugural address, Trump says that the U.S. will 'expand its territory' during his second term.

Jan 23rd, 2025 - At the World Economic Forum, Trump says that …

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Oscar&Felix @oscar-felix.bsky.social · Mar 13

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Mar 12

Imagine this: On the evening of March 8, you and your spouse unlock the door to your apartment building. As you step inside, two men—not in uniform—push their way in behind you. They tell you your visa has been revoked and that they are there to deport you.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Mar 12

"Can a fair-minded reporter flatly describe the president as corrupt and a threat to America itself? Are those facts?...I say, “Yes.” Calling Trump corrupt and a threat to America are not opinions. They are objective statements of fact." - blistering from veteran political correspondent John Harwood

'Crook, Liar, Racist': As a Veteran Reporter, I’m Not Afraid to Call Trump What He Is

Calling Trump corrupt and a threat to America are not opinions. They are objective statements of fact.

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · Mar 9

A massive story in Canada is that damn near the entire country is turning on national God Wayne Gretzky because he refuses to stand up for Canadian sovereignty due to his desire to keep getting invites to Mar A Lago. An entire country choosing dignity over star-f*cking. We could take a lesson.

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