Mark Cripps
@markcripps.bsky.social
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-Soren Kierkegaard
-Soren Kierkegaard
Gunn is more to the right than Rustad if that’s even possible
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BC Conservative leadership bids cropping up, but party politics remain perilous
Potential leadership candidates for the BC Conservative Party are rapidly emerging after the party’s near implosion and the forced removal of John Rustad last week.
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December 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Gunn is more to the right than Rustad if that’s even possible
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What a mayor we have here in Hamilton
December 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
What a mayor we have here in Hamilton
Reposted by Mark Cripps
The full story, including a look at one dentist on both lists who claimed to treat “the Ford family”…
…and how one watchdog is concerned the perception of money and favours could “taint” the medal:
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…and how one watchdog is concerned the perception of money and favours could “taint” the medal:
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Millions flowed to PC Party from some King Charles III Coronation Medal recipients: data
Recipients of a prestigious medal who were nominated by Ontario MPPs gave about five times more in political donations to the governing PC party than they did to the opposition NDP, according to recor...
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December 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The full story, including a look at one dentist on both lists who claimed to treat “the Ford family”…
…and how one watchdog is concerned the perception of money and favours could “taint” the medal:
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...
…and how one watchdog is concerned the perception of money and favours could “taint” the medal:
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...
Russia launched an illegal war on Ukraine
Russia has committed numerous atrocities during this war
Russia illegally annexed Crimea, and is threatening to steal even more land
Russia has stolen Ukrainian children
I could go on... but UK banks are like...
Russia has committed numerous atrocities during this war
Russia illegally annexed Crimea, and is threatening to steal even more land
Russia has stolen Ukrainian children
I could go on... but UK banks are like...
December 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Russia launched an illegal war on Ukraine
Russia has committed numerous atrocities during this war
Russia illegally annexed Crimea, and is threatening to steal even more land
Russia has stolen Ukrainian children
I could go on... but UK banks are like...
Russia has committed numerous atrocities during this war
Russia illegally annexed Crimea, and is threatening to steal even more land
Russia has stolen Ukrainian children
I could go on... but UK banks are like...
Reposted by Mark Cripps
Latest Angus Reid party politics survey: Future of the CPC: A (declining) majority of Conservative voters would keep Poilievre as leader in January angusreid.org/cpc-leadersh...
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Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Future of the CPC: A (declining) majority of Conservative voters would keep Poilievre as leader in January - Angus Reid Institute
Most CPC voters believe party is in ‘right place’ politically, but others believe it’s ‘too far to the right’ December 11, 2025 – Like snow blanketing the country, a quieting has settled upon caucus r...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Latest Angus Reid party politics survey: Future of the CPC: A (declining) majority of Conservative voters would keep Poilievre as leader in January angusreid.org/cpc-leadersh...
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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💔 A European Parliament interpreter could not hold back tears during the speech of 11-year-old Roman Oleksiv from Lviv.
The boy survived a missile strike on Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, which killed his mother - it was the last time he saw her alive.
The boy survived a missile strike on Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, which killed his mother - it was the last time he saw her alive.
December 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
💔 A European Parliament interpreter could not hold back tears during the speech of 11-year-old Roman Oleksiv from Lviv.
The boy survived a missile strike on Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, which killed his mother - it was the last time he saw her alive.
The boy survived a missile strike on Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, which killed his mother - it was the last time he saw her alive.
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FULL OF HELL Splits With Guitarist SPENCER HAZARD - Metal Injection
Well this is a bummer.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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this is hilarious coming from the party that once advocated for ‘barbaric cultural practices’ hotline
December 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
this is hilarious coming from the party that once advocated for ‘barbaric cultural practices’ hotline
Brooks, Alberta was the hardest hit from this August hail storm
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Destructive storm that hit Brooks, Alberta, caused over $235 million in insured damage
Severe storms that swept across three provinces on August 20 and 21, 2025, caused over $235 million in insured damage, according to estimates from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ).
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December 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Brooks, Alberta was the hardest hit from this August hail storm
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No KC Chiefs in the playoffs makes me happy
December 8, 2025 at 4:25 AM
No KC Chiefs in the playoffs makes me happy
My day was my kids volleyball tournament (they won silver) and then to a metal show featuring Cattle Decapitation. Epic
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
My day was my kids volleyball tournament (they won silver) and then to a metal show featuring Cattle Decapitation. Epic
Holy f-ing Aborted in TO
December 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Holy f-ing Aborted in TO
Latest O Show Scandal Panel podcast youtu.be/9-S9OZ32hlo?...
OSHOW SCANDAL PANEL EXTRA: Carney Deals, MAGA Divides, Ford Fails, Smith Threatens AB Democracy 🇨🇦
YouTube video by The OShow with Laura Babcock
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December 6, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Latest O Show Scandal Panel podcast youtu.be/9-S9OZ32hlo?...
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“MAGA is in Canada. Alberta Separatists, parts of Ontario, The Convoy, Danielle Smith running down to Mar-a-Logo, Poilievre’s party… Watch what’s happening to Venezuela from Trump regime - it can happen to Mexico or 🇨🇦. These are serious times”
#cndpoli 🔗youtu.be/9-S9OZ32hlo?si…
#cndpoli 🔗youtu.be/9-S9OZ32hlo?si…
December 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
“MAGA is in Canada. Alberta Separatists, parts of Ontario, The Convoy, Danielle Smith running down to Mar-a-Logo, Poilievre’s party… Watch what’s happening to Venezuela from Trump regime - it can happen to Mexico or 🇨🇦. These are serious times”
#cndpoli 🔗youtu.be/9-S9OZ32hlo?si…
#cndpoli 🔗youtu.be/9-S9OZ32hlo?si…
This could get awkward for all those Italy fans born and raised in Canada. If Canada was playing England (where my family originally immigrated from) it wouldn’t even cross my mind to cheer for the Three Lions
December 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This could get awkward for all those Italy fans born and raised in Canada. If Canada was playing England (where my family originally immigrated from) it wouldn’t even cross my mind to cheer for the Three Lions
So glad my kid is past the elf on the shelf phase but this would have been an epic idea
December 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
So glad my kid is past the elf on the shelf phase but this would have been an epic idea
Rustad gone... Polievre soon www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
John Rustad resigns as leader of B.C. Conservative Party | CBC News
Rustad told reporters Thursday he had talked to his wife and others close to him, who encouraged him to stay on, but he felt to do so would become a civil war in his party.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Rustad gone... Polievre soon www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Rustad today, Polievre next www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
John Rustad resigns as leader of B.C. Conservative Party | CBC News
Rustad told reporters Thursday he had talked to his wife and others close to him, who encouraged him to stay on, but he felt to do so would become a civil war in his party.
www.cbc.ca
December 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Rustad today, Polievre next www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
what a night for the kid from Kitchener
December 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
what a night for the kid from Kitchener