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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 21h

Meanwhile on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter dot com...

@Tardwrangler007:

"fuck commies at press progressing. Remove commies from society. Put communists at press progress in forced labour camps. Sterilize everyone at press progress."

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Eric Wickham @ericwickham.ca · 1d

A Pickering councillor has been suspended without pay seven times. I went through the integrity commissioner reports each time she was suspended.

Here's what I found:

PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 1d

This city councillor in Pickering, Ontario has now been suspended seven times. Here are the reasons why:

Lisa Robinson has a history of disruptive behaviour and associating with far-right media personalities

This City Councillor in Pickering, Ontario Has Now Been Suspended Seven Times. Here Are the Reasons Why.

Pickering city councillor Lisa Robinson has a history of disruptive behaviour and associating with far-right media personalities

pressprogress.ca

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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 1d

This city councillor in Pickering, Ontario has now been suspended seven times. Here are the reasons why:

Lisa Robinson has a history of disruptive behaviour and associating with far-right media personalities

This City Councillor in Pickering, Ontario Has Now Been Suspended Seven Times. Here Are the Reasons Why.

Pickering city councillor Lisa Robinson has a history of disruptive behaviour and associating with far-right media personalities

pressprogress.ca

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 1d

People are surely upset about the war against thanksgiving

Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 1d

Walked into a Canadian Tire and no longer know what holiday season we’re celebrating anymore

Grim Reaper plays heavy metal guitar next to a display of Christmas trees

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Super Nintendo Chalmers @snchalmers.bsky.social · 1d

Obviously Canadian thanksgiving

Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 1d

Walked into a Canadian Tire and no longer know what holiday season we’re celebrating anymore

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Eric Wickham @ericwickham.ca · 1d

This is what the woke left wants to turn Christmas into

Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 1d

Walked into a Canadian Tire and no longer know what holiday season we’re celebrating anymore

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 1d

Walked into a Canadian Tire and no longer know what holiday season we’re celebrating anymore

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 2d

Oh

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 3d

The fight about the BC ostrich farm is not really about the ostriches. It’s about far more important things than that. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

Bruce Arthur: The B.C. ostrich affair is not about the birds

This isn’t really about the ostriches, but rather it's about basic biosecurity in the age of viruses, and whether a government can make and enforce laws and policy.

www.thestar.com

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 2d

Ben Mulroney, on ”privilege“

Ben Mulroney: "If you have time in your day to complain about a Harry Potter themed event in a public park, you are the definition of 'privileged' in 2025"

Ben Mulroney: "Didn't you hear: I'm a member of the 'super elite' privileged class. I fail upwards in spectacular fashion"

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 2d

So, BC Conservative MLAs submitted to a random fishing expedition:

“Rustad said on Thursday the phones were searched by other members to ‘make sure that there was nothing that had gone out that was inappropriate’.

The search didn't reveal anything that concerned Rustad…"

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 2d

B.C. Conservative Leader Rustad confirms search of MLA phones to find leak nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/09/b...

B.C. Conservative Leader Rustad confirms search of MLA phones to find…

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

nationalnewswatch.com

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 2d

Comedy is now legal on Bluesky

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 2d

Pleased to announce I’ve completed the comeback and survived an attempted ratioing last night

Luke LeBrun: "Here’s how to file a complaint with the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council about profane language during a TV broadcast:

https://www.cbsc.ca/make-a-complaint/"

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 4d

This is disgusting behaviour from Carney towards Karina Gould.

And frankly, coupled with the “boys club” stuff sources have previously told me and the way he tended to lose patience more quickly with female journalists during the campaign…he may need to “look inside himself.”

MACLEAN'S excerpt:

The attacks were genteel compared to most political mud-slinging, and Liberals warmed to her during the campaign. They embraced her as both a cherished member of the
Liberal family and, increasingly, the standard bearer for its left flank. But her needling got under Carney's skin, even though he was the front-runner (she ultimately received only three per cent of the vote). He and his staff made their irritation plain; one member of Gould's team told me that many of them were aggressive in their vitriol toward her.

MACLEAN'S excerpt continued:

“When someone from Gould's team texted to ask if she could stop by and congratulate the winner, Carney said no. In fact, according to one source I spoke with, he said he didn't ever want to see her again. Carney's staff sent Gould a non-committal answer, trying not to offend her, but she showed up anyway. That led to a brief, awkward meeting with Carney.
The incident rattled some of the people around the newly elected leader. Many had worked under Justin Trudeau, who, after a lifetime in politics, had skin like a crocodile.
Carney, after years of being celebrated, venerated and treated with the deference accorded to a titan of the financial world, seems to have a skin like a peach.”

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 3d

As I was posting this, Discord was dealing with hackers getting access to users’ personal info uploaded as part of the UK’s age verification law

MPs and Senators are getting ready to put Canadian users of porn websites in the same position – what could possibly go wrong!

bsky.app/profile/404m...

Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 3d

I wrote about this a few years ago

Bizarrely, this legislation is supported by the @ndp.ca despite warnings from Canada's privacy commissioner, legal experts and sex work advocates

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404 Media @404media.co · 3d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 3d

It’s the second version of what is effectively the same bill that died after the election was called earlier this year

Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 3d

Slight clarification: Bill S-210 passed 2nd reading but died when the election was called earlier this year

OP is talking about Bill S-209, a nearly identical bill bringing this issue back to life post-election

www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en...

www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en...

sencanada.ca/Content/Sen/...

S-209 (45-1) - LEGISinfo - Parliament of Canada

www.parl.ca

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 3d

Slight clarification: Bill S-210 passed 2nd reading but died when the election was called earlier this year

OP is talking about Bill S-209, a nearly identical bill bringing this issue back to life post-election

www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en...

www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en...

sencanada.ca/Content/Sen/...

S-209 (45-1) - LEGISinfo - Parliament of Canada

www.parl.ca

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 3d

I’d be unclear how asking internet users to register their personal info with a third party to access porn websites does anything to address those concerns

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 3d

I think this would also be my observation / explanation:

Marilou 🐺 @mariloupage.bsky.social · 3d

At the heart of it, I’m convinced it’s a profound lack of knowledge about cybersecurity, surveillance, data collection. They think they’re protecting children from abuse but that’s not what’s going to happen.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 3d

It passed 2nd reading with the support of the Conservatives, NDP, Bloc, Greens and 15 Liberals

Given the @ndp.ca's past opposition to legislation like Bill C-51, I am not sure I understand the logical consistency between these two votes

Likewise, Elizabeth May

www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/v...

Vote details
View Results By:
Liberal
Yea: 15
Nay: 132
Paired: 1
Conservative
Yea: 115
Nay: 0
Paired: 1
Bloc Québécois
Yea: 32
Nay: 0
Paired: 0
NDP
Yea: 24
Nay: 0
Paired: 0
Independent
Yea: 2
Nay: 1
Paired: 0
Green Party
Yea: 1
Nay: 0
Paired: 0

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 3d

I wrote about this a few years ago

Bizarrely, this legislation is supported by the @ndp.ca despite warnings from Canada's privacy commissioner, legal experts and sex work advocates

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 3d

“I still can’t believe how unhinged the last update was. Not only the nudity but the motions, boobs bounces more realistically, it’s incredible.”

Elon Musk's xAI seems to have relaxed filters on Grok's video generation, allowing users to create and share explicit AI pornography.

Musk's AI Is Being Used to Make Hardcore Porn: 'Grok Is Learning Genitalia Really Fast!'

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