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Lori McG. 🇨🇦

@lorimcg.bsky.social

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Toronto. Previous Community worker, retired due to burnout. Pro anything that makes the world a better place. Staunch ally to those in the fight. No to fascism. Empath. Avid reader. Atheist, Teetotalor, Cannabis #Cats #GoJaysGo 🌈🇺🇦💪 Hmm what else ? 🤔

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Jean Ibosh @fedup90611.bsky.social · 30m

Good night 💤
The constitution gives us the freedom of assembly.

Silence in the face of injustice
or wrongdoing is tantamount to complicity.
When confronted with moral or ethical transgressions, individuals have a duty to speak out and take a stand.

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Lori McG. 🇨🇦 @lorimcg.bsky.social · 21m

It's horrifying alright. Does this kid have adult supervision?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reuters @reuters.com · 9h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Lori McG. 🇨🇦 @lorimcg.bsky.social · 24m

13? Young offender. 🫤

globalnews.ca/news/1147913...

13-year-old Ontario boy charged with plotting school attack, FBI and Interpol assist | Globalnews.ca

A Thunder Bay boy has been charged after the FBI and Interpol helped uncover an alleged plot to carry out a violent school attack with the help of someone outside the country.

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besmartcolorado.bsky.social @besmartcolorado.bsky.social · 2h

After the protests this weekend add a little extra punch. Don’t buy anything. Call in sick. Work slow. Make all the big corps that support Trump start to feel the pain. Cancel an Amazon Prime membership. Cancel Facebook or Instagram. There are 300 million of us that aren’t part of this bullshit.

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Antifascist Fun Brigade @antifascistfun.bsky.social · 1h

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2h

There’s a common feeling across the U.S. right now, a sense of helplessness. Many people want to do more but feel like they can’t. Remember: every action you take pushes the resistance forward.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1h

Every day brings more signs of cowardice and capitulation. I stated Democracy Docket in 2020 to be independent and pro-democracy no matter what. If you value media that will never compromise, bow down or obey, support Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 3h

If anyone knows Sara Gideon, please let her know the team at @votersoftomorrow.org will gladly take this $3M off her hands.

We’ll use every penny to beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 46m

"Disciplined, peaceful defiance can expose the illegitimacy of oppressive power. RESIST."

Arianeh Sajadi

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Lori McG. 🇨🇦 @lorimcg.bsky.social · 43m

Yep, that'll tank tourism.

Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 7h

Pam Bondi has basically said anyone visiting the US is subject to arrest and incarceration at any point, if law officials deem the individual a “threat”.

Bang goes the rest of the international tourism trade.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1h

If State Farm is truly interested in being a good neighbor, it should be transparent and let the numbers speak for themselves.

Other insurance companies work with us on this, but State Farm has refused.

Without the data, homeowners have no assurance.

Illinois sues State Farm for not releasing homeowners’ insurance data

State Farm responds to lawsuit filed by the Illinois Attorney General's Office

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Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

Tests from Consumer Reports found more than two-thirds of 23 popular protein products contained unsafe levels of lead.

Lead Is Becoming More Common Among Protein Powders And Shakes, Report Says

Tests from Consumer Reports found more than two-thirds of 23 popular protein products contained unsafe levels of lead.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

It should be a litmus test for Democratic presidential primary candidates whether they will restore the White House and DC public properties to exactly the way they were before the Palm Beach lounge lizard decided to turn it into Mar-a-Lago meets 1936 Nuremberg.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2h

AOC: When one party wants the votes of another party. You negotiate, you come to a compromise and you pass a bill. That is schoolhouse rock. And that is how things should be

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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 58m

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Lori McG. 🇨🇦 @lorimcg.bsky.social · 48m

😂 Great ad!

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3h

Andrew, we're voting you off the island and back to the suburbs.

Our new ad just aired during Survivor.

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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 13h

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 58m

It’s not anti-American to call out Traitor Trump.

Speaking out against our criminal, corrupt government is one of the most patriotic things you can do.

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Lori McG. 🇨🇦 @lorimcg.bsky.social · 49m

Any rich white guy that's a Republican donor is on the Epstein list.

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Silly Sally 💙💙💙 @caturday62.bsky.social · 3h

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teabelly @teabelly.bsky.social · 12h

Little attention has been given to the effect of NIH research terminations on people who stand to benefit most from scientific discoveries: the patients, care partners and community leaders.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Harms of terminating NIH grants for kidney disease - Nature Reviews Nephrology

In early 2025, nearly 2,100 research projects funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) were terminated. Numerous calls for depoliticization of the NIH’s scientific mission culminated in th...

www.nature.com

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

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