Joan McKenzie 🍁
@joanmckenzie.bsky.social
Home is Little Portugal in Toronto 🍁 Never vote Conservative! Feminist. Atheist. Dog(s) person. Pro-Choice. LGBTQ+ ally. Neurodivergent ally. Vaccinated, round earther, because ... science.
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2025 was the darkest for Alberta democracy.
Here are 10 things you can do this holiday season to help restore the light.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Here are 10 things you can do this holiday season to help restore the light.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
What Can We Do?
A Holiday Plan for Restoring Alberta’s Democracy
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
2025 was the darkest for Alberta democracy.
Here are 10 things you can do this holiday season to help restore the light.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Here are 10 things you can do this holiday season to help restore the light.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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If the idea of Jeffrey Epstein hanging out with Woody Allen doesn't make your skin crawl, it's on too tight.
December 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
If the idea of Jeffrey Epstein hanging out with Woody Allen doesn't make your skin crawl, it's on too tight.
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Today is the first day of the rest of your three-month vacation.
- Doug Ford's positive self-affirmation for the day
- Doug Ford's positive self-affirmation for the day
December 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Today is the first day of the rest of your three-month vacation.
- Doug Ford's positive self-affirmation for the day
- Doug Ford's positive self-affirmation for the day
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This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
BREAKING: At 7am ET, in response to the emergency overnight filing, Judge Xinis issued a TRO barring the Trump administration from re-detaining Abrego Garcia.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
Memorandum and Order – #114 in Abrego Garcia v. Noem (D. Maryland, 8:25-cv-02780) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM ORDER granting 112 Motion for Temporary Restraining Order; Respondents are enjoined from re-detaining Petitioner in ICE custody until this Court can receive further briefing from the partie...
www.courtlistener.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
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Area man who lost his riding seat and flew 3000 kms to get back into government says people have to answer to their constituents.
December 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Area man who lost his riding seat and flew 3000 kms to get back into government says people have to answer to their constituents.
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I think it’s also true that loneliness among women has historically been treated as an individual problem, while loneliness among men is treated as a societal problem. That, in turn, comes from an assumption that women are supposed to earn the company of others while men are entitled to it.
men’s loneliness gets “more airtime”?
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
December 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think it’s also true that loneliness among women has historically been treated as an individual problem, while loneliness among men is treated as a societal problem. That, in turn, comes from an assumption that women are supposed to earn the company of others while men are entitled to it.
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It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
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The Heritage Foundation is cracking
December 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The Heritage Foundation is cracking
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"...the resource-intensive AI platform bubble in which the US dominates cannot last. A market correction will shift attention to alternative models."
www.ft.com/content/0308...
www.ft.com/content/0308...
Europe must be ready when the AI bubble bursts
A market correction will give the EU the chance to offer a trust-based alternative to American tech
www.ft.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"...the resource-intensive AI platform bubble in which the US dominates cannot last. A market correction will shift attention to alternative models."
www.ft.com/content/0308...
www.ft.com/content/0308...
"Dear Conservatives;
People don’t quit jobs they quit bosses."
Arlene Dickinson (FB)
People don’t quit jobs they quit bosses."
Arlene Dickinson (FB)
December 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
"Dear Conservatives;
People don’t quit jobs they quit bosses."
Arlene Dickinson (FB)
People don’t quit jobs they quit bosses."
Arlene Dickinson (FB)
"Including base salaries, the current cost of Ford’s cabinet now amounts to $5.7 million compared to $3.3 million when his party first rose to power in 2018. Adding parliamentary assistants to that total comes to $6.9 million 2018 and $10 million in 2024 - a cost increase of 45 per cent." (Global)
December 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
"Including base salaries, the current cost of Ford’s cabinet now amounts to $5.7 million compared to $3.3 million when his party first rose to power in 2018. Adding parliamentary assistants to that total comes to $6.9 million 2018 and $10 million in 2024 - a cost increase of 45 per cent." (Global)
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Key Republicans are starting to prepare for the inevitable: the departure of Donald Trump from American politics.
So should Democrats.
So should Democrats.
December 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Key Republicans are starting to prepare for the inevitable: the departure of Donald Trump from American politics.
So should Democrats.
So should Democrats.
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Police officer domestic violence is a structural failure—not just the isolated misconduct of "a few bad apples."
Police Officer Domestic Violence Is A Crisis. It’s Time for States to Take Action.
Intimate partner and domestic violence in police families, paired with oversight and policies, make officer-abusers a public safety threat.
msmagazine.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Police officer domestic violence is a structural failure—not just the isolated misconduct of "a few bad apples."
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Wow! Michael Ma from Markham has defected from the Cons to join the Liberals! 171 what's! Majority in reach!
December 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Wow! Michael Ma from Markham has defected from the Cons to join the Liberals! 171 what's! Majority in reach!
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Zelenskyy: “The United States does not want Ukraine to be in NATO.
“What separate agreements the US has with Russia — we do not know.
“Over time all secrets come to light.”
“What separate agreements the US has with Russia — we do not know.
“Over time all secrets come to light.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Zelenskyy: “The United States does not want Ukraine to be in NATO.
“What separate agreements the US has with Russia — we do not know.
“Over time all secrets come to light.”
“What separate agreements the US has with Russia — we do not know.
“Over time all secrets come to light.”
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GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
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When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
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BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia ordered RELEASED FROM CUSTODY. As Adam Klasfeld and I posited: if there’s no order for his removal, there’s no justification for detention. We will go LIVE on substack in ONE HOUR to discuss. Muellershewrote.com
The Breakdown | Allison Gill | Substack
Speaking Truth to Power. Click to read The Breakdown, by Allison Gill, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
Muellershewrote.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia ordered RELEASED FROM CUSTODY. As Adam Klasfeld and I posited: if there’s no order for his removal, there’s no justification for detention. We will go LIVE on substack in ONE HOUR to discuss. Muellershewrote.com
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Watch this. Then remember that the president doesn’t care. He cares that his old ass gets richer in the hand full of years he may have left.
And his sick rich friends. The most corrupt evil man to ever serve as president is ignoring real evil
And his sick rich friends. The most corrupt evil man to ever serve as president is ignoring real evil
💔 A European Parliament interpreter could not hold back tears during the speech of 11-year-old Roman Oleksiv from Lviv.
The boy survived a missile strike on Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, which killed his mother - it was the last time he saw her alive.
The boy survived a missile strike on Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, which killed his mother - it was the last time he saw her alive.
December 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Watch this. Then remember that the president doesn’t care. He cares that his old ass gets richer in the hand full of years he may have left.
And his sick rich friends. The most corrupt evil man to ever serve as president is ignoring real evil
And his sick rich friends. The most corrupt evil man to ever serve as president is ignoring real evil
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Elections have consequences. A man like this never belonged near the levers of power. Not the first time. And certainly not this second time when everything was knowable. We are trapped in a tragedy and must fight our way out.
December 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Elections have consequences. A man like this never belonged near the levers of power. Not the first time. And certainly not this second time when everything was knowable. We are trapped in a tragedy and must fight our way out.
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Blow up boats, seize oil tankers... next they'll just take over the Panama Canal. You really think an invasion of Canada is an impossibility? We still buying planes from these motherfuckers?
December 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Blow up boats, seize oil tankers... next they'll just take over the Panama Canal. You really think an invasion of Canada is an impossibility? We still buying planes from these motherfuckers?
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Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
Denmark sees US as potential security concern | CNN
Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
cnn.it
December 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
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Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Victoria Mboko, Felix Auger-Aliassime receive Tennis Canada excellence awards
Victoria Mboko, Felix Auger-Aliassime named Tennis Canada's players of the year | CBC Sports
National Bank Open champion Victoria Mboko was named women's player of the year by Tennis Canada on Tuesday, while Felix Auger-Aliassime took the men's honour.
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Victoria Mboko, Felix Auger-Aliassime receive Tennis Canada excellence awards