John MacKinnon 🇨🇦
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John MacKinnon 🇨🇦
@bustersmart.bsky.social
Retired journalist living in Vieux Montreal.
With that short-handed goal, the Avalanche are really slapping the shellac on the Oilers. 6-1 . . . so far.
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
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Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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🎶 Those Epstein files gonna bite your butt, but it ain’t gonna go away … 🎶
It ain't going away, no it ain't going away....
August 6, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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@governor.pa.gov Governor Shapiro is on fire calling out the bullshit story and cruelty of JD Vance. Listen up and spread the word. And if you support that MFer Vance, go 🖕off #DV1 #DemsUnited
November 8, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Murdering humans in the Caribbean Sea. Risking starvation of tens of millions of Americans. Urging abusive federal agents to use deadly force.

Can Americans agree to never again elect a man who could not care less about human life, except for his own?
November 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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November 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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An incredible and prescient analysis by @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social of how our situation harkens back to autocrats past ...

open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
"Both Sane and Insane": Autocratic Visions of Governance, and Chaos as a Strategy
Plus gratitude practice and a discount on paying subscriptions as a thank you
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Beautiful.
A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
November 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
“a proper elite that takes care of the country". Oh.
rightwing guy inherits insurance empire from his dad.

struck with revelation that the rich should run everything! "a proper elite that takes care of the country".

builds JD vance from dust to ensure just that.

profits!

gets wapo treatment as a big thinker.

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now rewriting MAGA’s future
Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Earlier this year, I met a Croatian journalist who was in the US doing a piece on America’s politics and I asked her what surprised her. And she said, “What you all call the far left is just being normal.”
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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I continue to wonder when Americans will decide enough is enough. As Frederick Douglass reminds us:

“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Please enjoy this accessory to post-World Series moping: My essay about the chronic misery of sports fandom, via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Sports Fandom Is All About Grief | The Tyee
No matter how illogical, the pain is real. Yet season after season, I can’t stay away.
thetyee.ca
November 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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We've got you 👍
November 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
CBS and Friends.
I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
November 3, 2025 at 3:42 AM
If the Dodgers win, will this game be called Sabado rojo? (Red Saturday?)
November 2, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Miguel Rojas - a Bucky Dent for our time. Wild stuff.
November 2, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Miggy!
November 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
A Donnybrook!
November 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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And now Marie-Phillip Poulin is at Game 7 wearing Vladdy’s jersey!
November 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Tic-tac-toe. Oh, baby.
November 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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@jaredwesley foresaw this last year.

thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
November 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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