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Kathleen Westergaard 🇨🇦 MSW, RSW

@kathleenwester.bsky.social

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I have a Masters degree in Leadership and like to cheer on the good guys. We need a court for crimes against the planet and a Professional College to regulate journalism. I support a #BlueStateNation to end #USRussia. Mackenzie, BC

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Kathleen Westergaard 🇨🇦 MSW, RSW @kathleenwester.bsky.social · 3d

🇨🇦 #Chemical spraying by #Forest companies kills animals and deciduous trees. These loser, scum need to be driven out of this province. Most are #USA and #Internationally owned.
#NoSubsidiesForScum
#Carney
Source: Prince George Citizen
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James Steidle: Fertilizer from the sky does serious damage

Cows found dead after helicopters spray area

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

Bessent’s friends have huge investments in Argentina.

Elon Musk does too.

Bessent is sending $40 billion of our money to Argentina with more to come.

There is zero oversight. Congress not involved.

One unelected man is sending a fortune to Argentina and nobody will stop him,

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 5h

What the fuck are we doing?

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 5h

Americans, you deserve so much better than this.

Let’s make sure Saturday is just the beginning.

We will overwhelm this regime with dignity and a fierce, non-violent “NO!”

#NoKings ✋🏼

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 5h

Hey Mike Johnson – the more you facilitate a cover-up and do everything in your power to prevent the release of the Epstein files – the more your constituents, the American public, and the whole world are going to believe you are guilty of the exact same types of crimes as Jeffrey Epstein.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

One of the things people will be protesting this Saturday at No Kings is Scott Bessent sending $40 billion of our money to Argentina while Trump plays golf and Congress says nothing.

That isn’t “hating America.”

That is America First.

Republicans want bailouts for oligarchs.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 5h

Well-known internet personality Robby Roadsteamer makes fun of ICE and calls them Nazis. They prove his point & come out to arrest him for trespassing after shoving him over the property line.

Just like Russia, if you protest the regime, men with guns come to take you away.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 5h

America has no kings. That’s kind of the whole point.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 5h

He gives $20 Billion of OUR dollars to bailout Argentina without consulting Congress or the American people. Does that seem like the actions of a KING to you?

Join us & let him know just what you think about that this Saturday, 10/18

#NoThronesNoCrownsNO_KINGS 👑

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Jeffries: "The effort to mischaracterize the rallies that are gonna take place all across the country is part of the continued right-wing disinformation machine that is failing to persuade the American people."

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 5h

Aaaaand the judges report into the “CorruptCare” scandal has been delayed to public eyes again!

Drink!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5h

JUST IN: A federal judge in San Francisco has HALTED Trump’s plan to lay off thousands of federal workers during his shutdown, calling it “unlawful” and “politically motivated.” Judge Illston said Trump acted as if “the laws don’t apply to them anymore.”

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

I don't buy this. In fact, I would be deeply surprised—indeed, shocked, 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙—were president Donald J. Trump, the most law-abiding public servant ever to grace this land, to fail to uphold the presidential tradition of promoting the rule of law and democracy overseas.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5h

President Trump’s request to Israel's parliament to dismiss corruption charges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upended American presidents’ tradition of promoting the rule of law and democracy overseas.

Trump’s pardon request for Netanyahu marks shift from promoting U.S. values abroad

Trump has upended American presidents’ tradition of promoting the rule of law and democracy overseas.

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 4h

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 4h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

MacCALLUM: Margaret Thatcher said socialism is great until you run out of other people's money

MAMDANI: Well, what Andrew Cuomo said is that if you have $957m you give it to Elon Musk in tax credits

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 4h

Canada's auto sector is under threat and we need to be working on a response.

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‘If you can’t get a deal, let’s start hitting him back’: Doug Ford says he wants strong response to tariffs from Carney amid Stellantis decision

Premier Doug Ford said he has been given assurances by the president of Stellantis that the Brampton auto plant will continue operations in the future following an announcement by the automaker Tuesda...

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 4h

Zohran Mamdani uses his appearance on Fox News to "speak directly to the president," since "he might be watching right now."

Mamdani looks straight into the Fox camera as he says this >>>

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 4h

A devastating flood tore through Kipnuk; five months earlier, federal funding meant to help the village withstand disasters was abruptly cut. Lee Zeldin revoked the grant, citing a new push to eliminate what he called “wasteful DEI grants.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

MacCALLUM: Andrew Cuomo tomorrow night in that debate, he's gonna say 'I'm gonna bring 5,000 more police officers to the street.' Will you match that?

MAMDANI: I don't look to Andrew Cuomo for leadership

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

🔥 ZOHRAN ON FOX: "I want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Adams who will call you to stay out of jail… a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election… I’ll be a mayor ready to speak at any time to lower the cost of living.“

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

A precondition for Republics to transition to autocracies is the politicization of the military. It is why the political & military leaders of the country have been so vigilant to keep partisanship away from it. But this admin is dismantling that concept. www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action | CNN Politics

For weeks earlier this year, the Army’s top uniformed lawyer had been raising legal concerns inside the Pentagon about some of the new policies being rolled out dictating how the military can be used ...

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 11h

Talk about indoctrination…

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