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pete52.bsky.social @pete52.bsky.social · 4h

Vote Blue! 💙

Marc 🍁 @marc55.bsky.social · 4h

PP preys on people's insecurities. And he is good at it.
He has gamed the system and the system has allowed it.

Pierre Poilievre, is the walking, talking, breathing example of the worse politician to exist.
The Ottawa Bubble seems to think it's admirable.
They still give him credence.
#cdnpoli

Montreal Mike🇨🇦 @mikemontreal.bsky.social · 12h

Upon much reflection, I am comfortable in saying that Pierre Poilievre is the most petty, small, arrogant, and spiteful Canadians I can think of in my 52 years of life thus far.

How he got to where he is is a mystery to me.

#cdnpoli

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Montreal Mike🇨🇦 @mikemontreal.bsky.social · 12h

Upon much reflection, I am comfortable in saying that Pierre Poilievre is the most petty, small, arrogant, and spiteful Canadians I can think of in my 52 years of life thus far.

How he got to where he is is a mystery to me.

#cdnpoli

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 13h

ICE agents interfered with—and even threatened to “shoot and arrest”—emergency personnel rescuing an injured protester last week in Portland.

The agent “pointed his finger at me in a threatening manner,” the driver recalled, “and began viciously yelling in my face.

newrepublic.com/post/201774/...

ICE Agent Threatens to Shoot Ambulance Driver Helping Protester

Federal agents swarmed an ambulance crew to prevent them from taking an injured protester to the hospital.

newrepublic.com

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Marc 🍁 @marc55.bsky.social · 4h

Editorial after editorial. Opinion piece after opinion piece, in all major news rooms across America should be repeating this message.

But they're not! They are normalizing the whole shebang.

You can keep playing dumb, but this is getting serious.
No Kings had better leave a mark.
#uspoli

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 15h

Look at what the president is doing: Attacking the judiciary. Attacking free press. Using fear to intimidate. Trying to normalize the U.S. military in our streets.

This is not normal. This is not American. These are attacks on the very pillars of our democracy.

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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 8h

The whiplash from 'we are going to build responsible AI' and 'were worried about the addictive nature of these tools'

To:

'Were going to build a porn bot', 'were building a additctive, endless scroll social media app' and 'were bringing back the addictive model'

Is pretty big

The Verge @theverge.com · 21h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 4h

So when the PC's start cutting crap and doing crap like the other PC Premiers in Canada, you will regret it Newfoundland.

Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 5h

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... - CBC analysis by Rob Antle credits the win to a combination of luck (“vote splits mostly went their way”), fearmongering over hydro, and a frankly mind blowing suite of promises. (New ferries! Tax cuts! MRIs! A pony!)

ANALYSIS | After big win, big challenges await N.L. premier-designate Tony Wakeham | CBC News

For the Progressive Conservatives, the 2025 election campaign was about the cost of living, health care, and crime. But mostly, it was about change.

www.cbc.ca

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Neel Kumar @neelkumar3050.bsky.social · 6h

All of this is happening because of Trump. We Canadians must do everything we can to strengthen Canada. Support everything that is made in Canada. Stop supporting US by travelling to US. Stop buying anything at all made in US.

And include Stellantis in that list as well.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Stellantis backtracks on plans to build Jeep model in Ontario, shifts to U.S. | CBC News

Stellantis announced Tuesday it will invest $13 billion US over the next four years to expand its manufacturing capacity in the U.S. — a move that will take production of one model out of Ontario, rai...

www.cbc.ca

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 15h

Pierre Poilievre says he wants to “restore merit.” He needed to be handed arguably the safest, most impossible to lose conservative seat in all of Canada after losing his own seat.

Seems like the opposite of merit. #Poilievre

(oh, and he still refuses to complete a check for a security clearance)

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Marc 🍁 @marc55.bsky.social · 4h

Good luck N.L.
That's all I'm going to say.
#cdnpoli

PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 4h

🔥🔥🔥 Progressive Conservatives will form majority government in N.L.
Conservatives will form a majority government in Newfoundland and Labrador, decisively ending a decade of Liberal rule. #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

RECAP | Progressive Conservatives will form majority government in N.L. | CBC

www.cbc.ca

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Marc 🍁 @marc55.bsky.social · 4h

Once more for those in the back.
"...against a well regulated Militia."

Read it. It's right there.
#uspoli

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 15h

How was Obama able to deport millions of undocumented immigrants without these scenes?

Marc 🍁 @marc55.bsky.social · 4h

So Speaker Johnson, Congress. AND the Senate, is obsolete? GOP are window dressing.
Democrats are America's enemy.

Everything goes through the White House now.

Congratulations MAGA. You neutered yourself from governance.
Dumb fucks.
Media, you too. Take a bow dummy.
You all own this shit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump: "The funding for New York, and for every place, comes through the White House. And I'm very generous, and I was always very generous with New York. But I wouldn't be generous to a communist that's gonna take the money and throw it out the window."

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Marc 🍁 @marc55.bsky.social · 4h

The world.
Has been had!
#cdnpoli

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 11h

Well, so much for that ceasefire and peace deal and...
www.cbsnews.com/news/netanya...

Netanyahu says Hamas must disarm or "all hell breaks loose"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil that conditions outlined in the 20-point plan "are very clear."

www.cbsnews.com

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Marc 🍁 @marc55.bsky.social · 4h

Fear and hatred. It's his go to playbook.
It's why he can't get Trudeau out of his head.
He will never change, it's who he is.
It has "worked" for him for over 20 yrs
Many of his MP's are the same.

The sooner folks (Conservatives) learn this, the better.
Will they? Is a better question.
#cdnpoli

Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 16h

Just watched a clip of Poilievre talking about Charlie Kirk, who killed him, and why. And it was not very different from what Trump says: blaming the authoritarian, violent left. It's an ideologically warped distortion field. Pierre may be worried about the leadership review. Or he might believe it.

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 16h

Just watched a clip of Poilievre talking about Charlie Kirk, who killed him, and why. And it was not very different from what Trump says: blaming the authoritarian, violent left. It's an ideologically warped distortion field. Pierre may be worried about the leadership review. Or he might believe it.

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Marc 🍁 @marc55.bsky.social · 4h

So the free world is just going to let Trump politicize the Olympics, and FIFA.

Sorry athletes. It's not about you anymore.
Sorry sports fans. You either.

Sport, as we knew it. Is dead.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

> @governor.ca.gov

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 23h

If Barack Obama had sent the National Guard into Texas against the Texas Governor’s wishes, @seanhannity would’ve gotten so worked up he’d a had a heart attack on air.

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Marc 🍁 @marc55.bsky.social · 4h

Mostly cloudy in Colchester too. Tiny specs of blue sky.
Milder this morning though.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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Martin Grasdal 🍁 @mgrasdal.bsky.social · 10h

Only Rick Bell's target audience (grade 6 literacy level and dumb as a post) will think this is a good idea. In the meantime, while our Project 2025 Premier is unveiling new license plates, the public education system is spiralling, along with health care, and the general crisis in AB deepens.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 21h

Whether it's young Democrats expressing their support for DEI or young Republicans saying "I love Hitler,' both sides have expressed controversial opinions.

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 6h

1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13h

Here are the little darlings they’ve created. Horrifying.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘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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Marc 🍁 @marc55.bsky.social · 5h

I've never bought MOPAR.
Looks like I was right not to.
#cdnpoli

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Edge O. Erin @edgeoerin.com · 5h

Stellantis (builder of Jeep Compass in Brampton) is going full Trump.

The USA is heavily - and illegally - tariffing our softwood and steel industries.

In April, candidate Carney said that Trump is "trying to break us, so they can own us."

It's time to replace words with action.

Cancel the F-35!

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