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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 · 2d

🇨🇦 #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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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.bsky.social · 2h

Gertrud Gunst - I say your name for you shall never be forgotten. You were only twelve years old, a teenager full of hopes and dreams, and one of an estimated 1.5 million girls and boys that fell victim to Nazi tyranny.

Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 4h

15 October 1930 | Czech Jewish girl, Gertrud Gunst, was born in Prague. In March 1939 she emigrated to Norway.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 1 December 1942 and was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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Children at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA

A young girl in white blows with some patters and curly hait. She is photographed somewhere outside - some. blured buildings in the background.

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.bsky.social · 2h

"Pfizer Chief Executive Albert Bourla said on Tuesday that the U.S. pharmaceutical industry needs to collaborate with China’s, where speedy processes have vaulted it to 30% of global drug development over the past decade."
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Pfizer CEO says US pharma industry needs to collaborate with China

Pfizer Chief Executive Albert Bourla said on Tuesday that the U.S. pharmaceutical industry needs to collaborate with China’s, where speedy processes have vaulted it to 30% of global drug development over the past decade.

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.bsky.social · 2h

"President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. military struck another small boat off the coast of Venezuela, killing six people."
@defensenews.bsky.social
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US strikes another alleged drug-carrying boat off Venezuela coast

The strike marks the fifth deadly strike on an alleged drug-carrying vessel in the region.

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.bsky.social · 2h

"Monday’s release of the last 20 living Israeli hostages and nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees marks a pivotal moment in the war in Gaza , though it’s unclear whether it signals the end of conflict."
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Is the war in Gaza finally over? Here are some key unanswered questions about what comes next | CNN

Monday’s release of the last 20 living Israeli hostages and nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees marks a pivotal moment in the war in Gaza , though it’s unclear whether it signals the end ...

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.bsky.social · 2h

"Spain is kicking against the prevailing political mood among Western nations when it comes to migration and policies regarding the African continent."
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Spain-Africa: Madrid's radically different approach to African migration

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government is kicking against the prevailing mood among Western nations.

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.bsky.social · 2h

German Aid to Ukraine @deaidua.org · 18h

Funded jointly by the German government and the EU, various vehicles and equipment worth €6.5 million were handed over yesterday by @kajakallas.bsky.social to the National Police of Ukraine and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.

Image: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine | CC BY 4.0 | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en

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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 1h

America can’t prevent every crisis, but it can build a strategy that survives one.

Resilience in American Strategy Is More Important Than Ever

In 2021, Erica Lonergan wrote, “A Grand Strategy Based on Resilience,” where she argued the United States should focus more time and resources on

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 8h

💥 Since the start of the full-scale war, Russia has lost between 4,000 and 9,000 battle tanks and 20,000 armored vehicles, according to RBC-Ukraine, citing a high-ranking NATO official.

❗️Currently, according to his estimates, Russia produces around 1,600 new tanks per year.

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 8h

I've started reading everything from MAGA politicians in the voice of Sean Penn's Colonel Stephen J. Lockjaw, and it works every time.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6h

There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 12h

"Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders."

Can't call them fascists?

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6h

Cartoon by @johnbuss.bsky.social.

The TIME Magazine cover Trump hates.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

I’m pretty sure they don’t even let you *run* for Congress as a Republican unless you’ve got at least one (1) restraining order from a former girlfriend half your age.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 7h

Republican Rep. Cory Mills allegedly threatened to release nude images of a 26-year-old woman and to harm her future boyfriends after she ended their relationship.

Now, a judge just ordered Mills, 45, not to come within 500 feet of the defendant & ruled that she is “a victim of dating violence.”

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6h

Trump’s administration laid off thousands of federal workers, gutting critical departments: Treasury, HHS, and Education.

What we’re seeing now isn’t new. The shutdown is the new excuse. Create chaos, starve the government, and leave folks struggling while Trump’s billionaire buddies get richer.

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AnnieOakleyinGA @annie1x.bsky.social · 6h

#Pinks #ProudBlue
Jack Smith warns the rule of law is under attack with trump’s weaponization of the DoJ.
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Former special counsel Jack Smith warns that rule of law is 'under attack'

In his first public remarks since leaving the Justice Department, Smith said he's sad and angry about the dismissals of career public servants and the loss of credibility the DOJ has suffered.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6h

Stevens: There’s $1.3 trillion of credit card debt. There are people putting grocery bills on credit cards and then paying interest on them. We are in an affordability crisis. Coffee is up 20%, beef is up 16%, bacon is up over 10%. And now we’re going to see health care costs skyrocket.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 6h

Trump bailed out Argentina, who then undercut US farmers by selling their soybeans to China, who used be our biggest customer for soybeans before Trump drove them away with his tariffs.

This is Trump 3D chess in action.

Arrogance, Ignorance and Idiocy.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 6h

It's hard to take these people seriously.

BREAKING: In an insane moment, Speaker Johnson says that priests being shot with pepper balls, and journalists being arrested doesn't "cross the line..." but the most threatening thing he's seen yet is "naked bicyclists."

Beyond parody.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 6h

The one good thing about them taking the horny restraints off ChatGPT is that we will never hear from some people again

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6h

If we don’t speak up for the communities that Trump is terrorizing right now, we will be next.

His authoritarianism will come for all of us in the end. https://youtu.be/tkaBlgXR8tY?si=bJcUxXZWMrae4kwx

No One Is Safe From Trump's Authoritarianism

Robert Reich

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 6h

Kudos to dozens of airports across the country that are refusing to play state propaganda.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

I’m a subscriber to The Onion print edition and trust me, the ads alone are worth it

Fake Apple ad

Remember when those
Chinese factory workers were all committing suicide?
Neither do we!

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 6h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 12h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 6h

Your actions have consequences.

You choose not to vote, you lose your say.

You elect a felon, expect to get robbed.

Not everyone voted for this administration, but everyone must live through it.

#ProudBlue

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

I’ve been thinking about it all day and I still haven’t figured out how the Trump family saved God. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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