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Libbie Grant @thelibbiegrant.bsky.social · 12h

We are at 2.3% of the population protesting. At 3.5%, that’s when regimes tend to fall. So close! We can get there!

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings Coalition says two million more people protested today than in June. Nearly 7 million total.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

They use govt accounts, employees & resources to make partisan political messages.

They make partisan political speeches attacking the opposition party to troops routinely.

They get pardoned when they commit crimes.

They ignore the laws.

There is zero congressional oversight.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 1d

Why does the government need private jets is maybe a question we should be asking.

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Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 4d

Seriously, Pistons...

The fastest way to Long Cövid is exercise and exertion within the first 6-8 weeks...

I see those with plenty of organ injury and ample regrets.

I'm here to educate and caution. I've long given up on trying to persuade...

My 10 cents 🤷🏻‍♂️

kianopoly.bsky.social @kianopoly.bsky.social · 4d

@davidjoffe64.bsky.social another unlcear story of exercise with infecton www.verywellhealth.com/working-out-...

Can You Work Out If You Have COVID? Here’s What Experts Recommend

If you test positive for COVID-19 or have symptoms, experts say you can still work out as long as you know the signs that you should take it easy.

www.verywellhealth.com

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Linda McD @lindamcd.bsky.social · 15h

‼️ any kind of sign will do 🇨🇦 - stay away from the USA! NO THANKS! #elbowsup #boycottusa #choosecanadian

Canadian snowbirds fingerprinted and photographed at U.S. border as part of new requirement | CBC News

Several Canadian snowbirds reported they were fingerprinted and photographed at the U.S. border this month when registering for their winter stay, which U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told C...

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 1d

Major media FINALLY starts paying attention to the Brownstone Institute.

I’ve been covering this group for years and Jeffrey Tucker’s influence in this administration.

This Politico story adds new layers like sexual harassment allegations against Tucker and Heritage Foundation sponsoring a retreat

Meet the man who built RFK Jr.’s kitchen cabinet

Jeffrey Tucker, who elevated Covid contrarians now working for the health secretary, is building support for Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again agenda.

www.politico.com

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Linda McD @lindamcd.bsky.social · 2d

🔥 Jimmy Kimmel is looking for #RifedFeds! “We are again planning to spotlight former federal workers here on Jimmy Kimmel Live. We want to hire some former federal workers for a day and pay them to deliver/read monologue jokes, and/or do other things... “

It's JIMMY KIMMEL! Sounds like an interesting opportunity! | Rasha Aly

It's JIMMY KIMMEL! Sounds like an interesting opportunity!

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Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 2d

London leads the way with air filters installed in schools across the capital! 🌍✨
@london.gov.uk

City Hall research
published today reveals levels of the key pollutant PM2.5 were up to 68% lower in
classrooms with filters compared to classrooms without
#SafeAirSchools

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Linda McD @lindamcd.bsky.social · 2d

‼️ Time for the Province to do their job (yes Heathcare & Housing are PROVINCIAL JURISDICTION) and increase capacity! “One per cent of referrals were declined by agencies themselves, including for capacity issues or because the person referred had been banned.” #harthub #fordfailedontario

London police report hundreds of drug seizures as open drug use crackdown enters new phase | CBC News

London police launched the strategy, initially dubbed Project Pathways, with the aim of deterring blatant open drug use in the downtown, midtown, and Old East Village, while helping connect people wit...

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Linda McD @lindamcd.bsky.social · 2d

#fordfailedontario and should be charged with uttering threats

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 2d

He’s insane, this is not a leader, he would go full on dictator!

Montreal Mike🇨🇦 @mikemontreal.bsky.social · 3d

In tonight’s clip from “The Real Pierre” he attacks the federal police force as corrupt and says he would jail his political opponents— including Trudeau who is no longer in office.
Seeing a pattern yet?
#cdnpoli #uspoli

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Linda McD @lindamcd.bsky.social · 3d

‼️ Can’t someone charge FORD the BULLY cop wannabe with uttering threats? “Then I went on to tell him, if I ever see him in the parking lot, he's going to get a beating like he's never got before," Ford said. #fordfailedontario

Premier Ford says he told Home Depot shoplifter, 'I'm going to kick your ass' | CBC News

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he threatened to beat up a Home Depot shoplifter over the summer.

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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 7d

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d

In the last week, Donald Trump has insisted that there are no more stores left in war-ravaged Portland, asserted that Joe Biden was president during the January 6th insurrection, hosted conspiracy theorists for an "Antifa" summit, and said he'd consider pardoning his good friend the sex trafficker.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Kamala Harris: "Here in Chicago I'm told the helicopters that were descending on an American city were Black Hawks. Do you know what Black Hawks were designed to do? War. So I think everyone can draw their conclusions just based on the facts."

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Linda McD @lindamcd.bsky.social · 9d

‼️”Speeding, right now, is the number one killer,” he said, adding that of the 269 deaths the OPP have investigated on roadways this year, 59 were due to speed and aggressive driving.” 🔥 But sure #dougfordfailedontario cancel the speed cameras… 🤪

Toronto driver caught speeding in Burlington, Ont., had licence suspended since 1985, police say | CBC News

Ontario Provincial Police say they stopped a man for speeding on Highway 407 in Burlington, Ont., this week only to learn his licence had been suspended since 1985.

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Linda McD @lindamcd.bsky.social · 10d

#fordfailedontario

Linda McD @lindamcd.bsky.social · 10d

Get vaccinated 🇨🇦 go full elbows up with Moderna now made in CANADA! #elbowsup #Madeincanada #covid #vaccinated

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 11d

A study of nearly 300,000 people published today in the New England Journal of Medicine found “that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29 percent, their risk of hospitalizations by 39 percent and their risk of death by 64 percent.”

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Nosferatu @realnosferatu.bsky.social · 11d

Bondi knows she will not face repercussions for her disgraceful performance yesterday, and Trump knows he can get away with impeachable offense after impeachable offense, and law breaking, because there will not be a *free* fair election for years, if ever.

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 12d

Does anyone want to make any predictions regarding the embarrassingly inadequate and pandering sentences that will be handed out today? I'm going with time served, community service and the judge giving Tamara Lich's BMW two coats of wax.

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Freedom Convoy figures Tamara Lich and Chris Barber to be sentenced today | CBC News

Tamara Lich and Chris Barber — two major figures of the 2022 "Freedom Convoy" — will find out Tuesday if they will receive prison time after being found guilty of mischief earlier this year.

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Linda McD @lindamcd.bsky.social · 12d

#elbowsup 🇨🇦

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Linda McD @lindamcd.bsky.social · 12d

#fordfailedontario

Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 12d

This is insane! Ford’s ministers speeding in school zones?? This corrupt PC government is drunk on power and dangerously out of control!! #Onpoli

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Linda McD @lindamcd.bsky.social · 13d

#dougfordfailedontario

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timethiefmedia - Canadian forever🍁conservative never @timethiefmedia.bsky.social · 14d

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre was top amongst them, with $8.8 million in total spending, including $7.4 million for staff salaries. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Canada’s MPs spent record-breaking $187.8 million in 2024

Canadian members of Parliament spent a record $187.8 million in 2024, including $32 million on travel.

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Linda McD @lindamcd.bsky.social · 14d

#fordfailedontario

Ford apologizes for saying First Nations 'keep coming hat in hand' amid Bill 5 controversy | CBC News

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is apologizing for remarks he made this week saying that First Nations cannot "keep coming hat in hand all the time to the government" for more money.

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