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Kay
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Community activist, educator, dog person, gardener, aspiring vegan, believer in climate change.

Canadian - and also a CONCERNED citizen of the world.

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A large crowd in Tbilisi tonight, on day 388 of nonstop protests in Georgia.
December 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Israel kills six Palestinians in strike on Gaza school hosting wedding
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December 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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The 19 page rape civil case against Trump and Epstein. She ended up dropping the case because she and her family got death threats. She was 13. It happened in the summer of 1994.

legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/31...
December 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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PITTSBURGH — Trump’s racist ice goons repeatedly punch a man in the face on camera

www.instagram.com/reel/DSb2rPX...
December 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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abolish ice
DEVELOPING: Video out of Rialto shows an ICE agent accelerating a pickup truck straight at an unarmed man running on foot. He dodges at the last second, gets hit anyway, goes down, then is swarmed and detained.

ICE turned a vehicle into a weapon — and this time it’s on camera.
December 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.

28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
December 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Today I received FOUR death notifications for people in ICE custody. That's 30 deaths since Trump took office. It's appalling & unacceptable.
 
ICE is required—by law—to ensure detainees are safe & their basic needs are met. It's clear this isn't the case. We NEED answers.
December 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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“This may be the first time an ICE agent is incarcerated in his own ICE jail.” www.citybeat.com/news/update-...
UPDATE: Cincinnati ICE Leader Accused of Strangling Woman Now Faces Federal Charge, Booked into Butler County Jail
"This may be the first time an ICE agent is incarcerated in his own ICE jail," said Lynn Tramonte, executive director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance.
www.citybeat.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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ICE goons caught changing plates in Chicago
December 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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CBC has put together an impressive collection of clips exposing Diagolon and Second Sons in their own words. These are white nationalists and neo-Nazis who want an ethnic cleansing and believe "violence is the answer." Largest group of its kind in Canadian history. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Exposing a masked ‘nationalist’ club: ‘The race war is here’
YouTube video by CBC News
www.youtube.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Nothing calms traffic and commands driver attention like design details that can easily deal out consequences for reckless behavior behind the wheel. Plus, boulders are cheap and easily accessible.
👀 Watch this space
December 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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December 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Mary Bassett shouldn’t just be reinstated at Harvard. If the TH Chan School of Public Health (or Harvard writ large) is to have any credibility, Dean Andrea Baccarelli should be fired for firing her. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A Harvard scholar’s ouster exposes a crisis of institutional integrity | Eric Reinhart
The dismissal of a a renowned health leader who refused to ignore Palestine highlights false claims of universality in human rights, global health and academia
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Please SIGN: 240 NGOs, Indigenous peoples and grassroots movements are uniting against the TFFF. Together we say: our forests are not for speculation, our lives are not collateral. Stand with this global alliance. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest
rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
Rainforest protection is not a profit machine: Stop the TFFF!
The COP30 World Climate Conference in Brazil saw the launch of the new Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) to finance conservation. Yet instead of addressing the causes of deforestation, the TFFF...
rainforest-rescue.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Make Congress take action and unmask ICE!
Tell Congress: Require ICE to unmask and display clear identification
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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I remember my 1st convo I ever had w/ my biological sister. I was in high school & she got my number from IDK who & called me begging for money. I remember it scared me really badly b/c I had never been around anyone struggling with addiction & she sounded unwell. I really hate what addiction does.
December 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Rob Reiner’s son apparently struggling with substance abuse and being homeless and then murdering his parents is so horrible. It harkens to why my sister and one of my brothers (both in active addiction) are not allowed to know my address or phone number until they accept help & get care for theirs
December 16, 2025 at 1:23 AM
"A kind of grand bargain between Ottawa and oil country"

thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Why Carney’s Pipeline Deal Risks Canada’s Future | The Tyee
The MOU tears at the federation by giving Alberta aggrieved nation status while sidelining BC.
thetyee.ca
December 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Ever wonder how some billionaires can get away with paying such low tax rates compared to working class Americans? Here’s their secret playbook and what we can do about it.
December 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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The UK certainly needs tougher rules on political funding to prevent foreign interference and domination by oligarchs.

But electoral reform to replace the outdated and unrepresentative FPTP with Proportional Representation is urgently needed ... before 2029!

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Donald Trump wants a Europe in chaos – a sure sign for Britain to shore up its democracy | Polly Toynbee
With the US threatening to support ‘patriotic’ parties here, we need better defences, starting with tough new rules about political donations, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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...current figures show Democrats outnumber Republicans in Texas. This may seem strange considering how much control Republicans have in the state.

Total Registered Voters: 17,485,702

Democrats: 8,133,683 (46.52%)
Republicans: 6,601,189 (37.75%)
Unaffiliated: 2,750,830 (15.73%)
Rand Paul on mid-decade redistricting: "I think it's gonna lead to more civic tension & possibly more violence in our country. Think about it: if 35% of Texas is solidly Democrat & they have 0 representation, how does that make Democrats feel? I think it makes them feel they're not represented"
December 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
He needs to add a plea for #ProportionalRepresentation - whereby election results and govt composition get determined by EVERY vote cast - not just those who went for the "winner" of a seat, a district or a federal election @fairvote.ca
Rand Paul on mid-decade redistricting: "I think it's gonna lead to more civic tension & possibly more violence in our country. Think about it: if 35% of Texas is solidly Democrat & they have 0 representation, how does that make Democrats feel? I think it makes them feel they're not represented"
December 15, 2025 at 3:03 AM