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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024.

Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.

The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.

Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M

See the problem?

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 1d

Despite Trump’s claim that the US is targeting traffickers in the Caribbean, the question of controlling Venezuela’s resources has clearly occupied his mind. Trump allegedly said during his first term that Venezuela is a country the US “should be going to war with” because “they have all that oil.”

US acts like pirates in the Caribbean

The United States is acting less like a global guardian and more like a Caribbean pirate—launching drone strikes, flouting international law, and pursuing oil under the guise of fighting drugs. From P...

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MakeUsGreat.ca @makeusgreatca.bsky.social · 19h

The Carney government's shenanigans on national pharmacare continue. If only the Carney Liberals could show real leadership on pharmacare—a nation building program that would actually help millions of Canadians... www.makeusgreat.ca/p/carney-vs-... #cdnpoli

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 2d

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

White words on a black background read:

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Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

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Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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MakeUsGreat.ca @makeusgreatca.bsky.social · 3d

Yep: www.cija.ca

CIJA - The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs

Join our cross-Canada movement of community advocates. Words matter, but actions are what really count.

www.cija.ca

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MakeUsGreat.ca @makeusgreatca.bsky.social · 3d

youtu.be/hh9LsnE0hA0?...

Mark Carney on Dealing With Trump, Trade Wars and Putin | The Mishal Husain Show

YouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts

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MakeUsGreat.ca @makeusgreatca.bsky.social · 3d

[VIDEO] Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social confirms: Canada will arrest Netanyahu if he enters the country. Canada will comply with the ICC. #cdnpoli

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 5d

"Safe Parkside" filed a Freedom of Information request to get top speeds from the ill-fated & much abused Parkside camera. The speed limit is 40km/h.

Killers, all of them, with the ear & heart of Premier Doug Ford.

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Davide Mastracci @davidemastracci.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: I created a database containing profiles of 206 Canadians who have served in the Israeli military. This is the largest such collection of names and profiles in Canada, by far, and is a major expansion on the past version.

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Find IDF Soldiers

A database from The Maple documenting Canadians that have served in the Israeli military.

findidfsoldiers.net

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MakeUsGreat.ca @makeusgreatca.bsky.social · 5d

Wild that this is happening under the watch of the @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social and @davidebybc.bsky.social

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 6d

Mark Carney shows contempt for all Canadians by excluding the press from foreign trips. He needs to apologize and make amends for this, and be shown he’s a democratic head of government not the chief executive of Canada Inc.

Mickey Djuric @mickeydjuric.bsky.social · 6d

Statement from the president of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trip to Egypt:

“It is unprecedented that Canadian media be entirely excluded from a Canadian prime minister’s foreign trip.”

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MakeUsGreat.ca @makeusgreatca.bsky.social · 6d

Stop messing around and implement national pharmacare now: www.makeusgreat.ca/p/carney-vs-...

Carney vs. Pharmacare: When Liberal Nation-Building Hits the Pause Button

Carney does not have the electoral mandate to undermine the nascent pharmacare program.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 7d

canadian media would never have this courage

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 7d

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 7d

The brother of federal Industry Minister, Mélanie Joly, is the president and CEO of Intelcom, a courier company that exploits subcontracted delivery drivers for pennies per package. It stands to benefit mightily from the dismantlement and privatization of public postal services in Canada.

The privatization crisis at Canada Post

Canada Post is under attack. Political favouritism, privatized delivery, and precarious subcontracting are putting workers and public service at risk. From Intelcom’s exploitative practices to the gov...

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MakeUsGreat.ca @makeusgreatca.bsky.social · 7d

What serious journalism looks like #gazagenocide

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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 9d

“I call upon the prime minister to make this right and stop victimizing me and other #Inuit who were treated as lab rats for the benefit of an unexplained biological program. I am not a monkey.”
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...

Former premier of Nunavut calls on Carney to stop victimizing Inuit

Paul Quassa is among the Plaintiffs in a class action filed almost six years ago over biological experiments.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 9d

every couple months, carney starts pulling the legs out from under yet another important climate policy

'It depends': Carney shifts stance on maintaining emissions cap | CBC News

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday the fate of the emissions cap on oil and gas producers depends on other efforts to lower emissions, suggesting his government might be open to scrapping the poli...

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 17d

1/ The antisemitic attack in Manchester is devastating enough without adding insult to mortal injury.

Two unshakeable principles should meet such acts.

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MakeUsGreat.ca @makeusgreatca.bsky.social · 17d

We are watching a fascist takeover of our closest neighbour and the world’s largest military: Sitting back and hoping things work out is no longer an option. @justinling.ca www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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MakeUsGreat.ca @makeusgreatca.bsky.social · 18d

CBC’s Arctic reporting reads less like journalism, more like military PR.

China & Russia get cast as villains—while U.S. threats to annex Canada get buried.

Full piece 👉 www.makeusgreat.ca/p/cbcs-arcti...

CBC’s Arctic Reporting Reads More Like Military PR Than Journalism

Unbalanced reporting relating to China and Russia makes rational foreign policy discussion in public sphere nearly impossible.

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 20d

When Canada needed oil during WWII, Imperial was under Crown control serving the public interest.

Now it's 70% owned by ExxonMobil.
Billions in profits, cutting 1 in 5 jobs.

The biggest enemy of fossil fuel workers is not climate activists. It's the industry itself.

CBC headline from Sep 29 2025: Imperial Oil to cut 900 jobs, will mostly leave Calgary.

Subheading: Company says changes to come by end of 2027.

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MakeUsGreat.ca @makeusgreatca.bsky.social · 20d

A good time to remember that Imperial Oil had record profit this year: www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Canada's Imperial Oil posts record first quarter profit on stronger refining margins

Canadian oil company Imperial Oil posted its highest-ever first-quarter earnings on Friday, driven primarily by stronger margins in its refining and fuel sales business.

www.reuters.com

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MakeUsGreat.ca @makeusgreatca.bsky.social · 23d

Nothing like a federal government that manages to kneecap democracy and piss off postal workers in one move. Truly world-class governance. 👏

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MakeUsGreat.ca @makeusgreatca.bsky.social · 23d

'I want to tax billionaires out of existence' www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

B.C. Green Party votes in climate activist Emily Lowan as new leader | CBC News

Emily Lowan, a 25-year-old climate activist, promised Wednesday to build a "formidable political movement" to take on B.C.'s largest corporations, billionaires and big oil.

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MakeUsGreat.ca @makeusgreatca.bsky.social · 24d

Funding is definitely part of the solution. So is having some ambition and vision to turn the post office into more than just a logistics company: www.makeusgreat.ca/p/canada-pos...

Canada Post Could Have Been a Bank. Instead, It’s Broke.

We deserve a Canada Post that delivers more — not just packages, but progress.

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