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Malcolm French @mdfrench.bsky.social · 33m

You might want to mention some of this to Sir Kier Starmer, who is stripping away the right of peaceful protest and the right of free association (declaring any support for Palestinians to be “terrorism”) while also stripping away the rights of trans people.

Labour under Starmer is ReformLite.

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Bonhoeffer's Child @bonhoefferchild.bsky.social · 13h

8/ PS - If you don't know what the phrase "MAGA Christen" means, please look up the phrase "Deutsche Christen." Same movement, same impetus, same idolatry, and self-interest separated only by years, leader, and language.

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Malcolm French @mdfrench.bsky.social · 13h

The challenge to (authentic) Christianity these days isn’t hostility; it’s indifference.

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Malcolm French @mdfrench.bsky.social · 13h

(sarcasm font on)

Coincidence, shurely.

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Malcolm French @mdfrench.bsky.social · 16h

In this week’s episode of Ludwig Mueller pretending to be Dietrich Bonhoeffer . . .

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 18h

DHS just posted a Lord of the Rings meme as an appeal to join ICE

DHS on Twitter: “The board is set, the pieces are moving. We come to it at last, the great battle of our time.”

Image over a hobbit that reads: There won't be a shire, pippin. Join.ice.gov

Malcolm French @mdfrench.bsky.social · 16h

Ludwig Mueller thinks he’s Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2d

centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.

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Malcolm French @mdfrench.bsky.social · 1d

Let me guess:

“Let’s reverse the political decline of the last forty years by continuing to do what we’ve done for the last forty years. It’s the last thing our opponents will expect.”

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Malcolm French @mdfrench.bsky.social · 1d

They are reduced to the ridiculous because every attempt at substantive criticism has failed.

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Malcolm French @mdfrench.bsky.social · 2d

There’s a limit to how long I’m willing to stay up watching a sport I really don’t care for that much.

I think I may have reached that limit.

#GoJays I guess.

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Malcolm French @mdfrench.bsky.social · 2d

Well, she’s correct that she’s a great tool.

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Malcolm French @mdfrench.bsky.social · 2d

Oh absolutely.

Malcolm French @mdfrench.bsky.social · 2d

If I credit substance twice as much as style, my ranking comes out at:

1. Johnston
2. Ashton *
2. McPherson *
4. Lewis
5. McQuail

* Ashton & McPherson tie, but more of Ashton’s points come from substance.

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Malcolm French @mdfrench.bsky.social · 3d

Style:
1. McPherson
2. Johnston
3. Lewis
4. McQuail
5. Ashton

Substance:
1. Ashton
2. Johnston
3. McPherson
4. Lewis
5. McQuail

Positive:
All candidates talked about the importance of listening.

Negative:
Only one candidate said anything in French, but had to have it written on a piece of paper.

NDP leadership hopefuls take part in first candidates’ forum – October 22, 2025

YouTube video by cpac

www.youtube.com

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Malcolm French @mdfrench.bsky.social · 4d

Carville was (arguably) right about one thing in 1992 and he’s parlayed that into a career.

(And he arguably wasn’t even right in 1992. Bush lost because Ross Perot stole his lunch money; Clinton won despite Carville, not because of him; and Carville got lucky.)

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Malcolm French @mdfrench.bsky.social · 4d

Picture of a pickup truck parked by a building.

In the foreground, a Nazi Swastika flag and a Confederate battle flag are mounted on a fence.

The caption asks, “Why do Trump Supporters fly flags of armies that were defeated by America?” Followed by a “puzzled” emoji.

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Malcolm French @mdfrench.bsky.social · 4d

We await the lice.

O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us
To see oursels as others see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us
An’ foolish notion:
What airs in dress an’ gait wad lea’e us,
And ev’n Devotion!

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Art by Emily K @museum.of.emilyk.art · 4d

"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)

As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)

Hebrew calligraphy in dark green stretches in lines across the image. Negative space makes room for a simple representation of an inflatable frog costume with a blue bandana. That shape consists of the English translation of the Hebrew, in a lighter green, and in much smaller text.
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Famously, the Egyptian tyrant causes Egypt to be overrun with frogs because he refuses to free the Hebrew people, but there are additional details that make this a fun one to ponder. For one, the Hebrew says "the frog came up" - ONE frog - even though the rest of the time it says "frogs." So there are a few explanations rabbis have come up with to explain this. One is that a single frog multiplied to create swarms. A more creative explanation is that there was a singular giant frog who traveled and brought destruction. Jewish social media was sharing videos of the Portland Frog protester with the caption, "One Big Frog! One Big Frog!" Of course the frog protesters did multiply, and many were seen in crowds all over the world on "No Kings" Day. This calligraphic work takes the verses addressing the frog plague and combines them to form a simple rendering of the Portland Frog protester. The frog figure itself is made up of the English translations of the Hebrew around it. At the bottom left my signature is in the shape of a lily pad.

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Malcolm French @mdfrench.bsky.social · 4d

They can review all the legal options they want.

They will be laughed out of any Canadian court if they try it here.

And if they try and win in a corrupt American court, they’ll be laughed out of every Canadian court if they try to enforce it.

Malcolm French @mdfrench.bsky.social · 4d

I missed one scenario.

BC ties they finish third, plays Calgary Calgary in the semifinal, Winnipeg has the crossover.

Malcolm French @mdfrench.bsky.social · 4d

Chart showing playoff scenarios.

* BC win - BC hosts Calgary in semifinal

* BC tie - BC 3rd, Calgary hosts BC in semifinal

* BC loss - BC plays Montreal in Crossover

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Malcolm French @mdfrench.bsky.social · 4d

So for a minute it looked like there was a touchdown, but u clear by which team in which end zone.

So the officials decided to make the call that pi$$e$ off everybody.

Because of a whistle that shouldn’t have happened.

#CFLOfficiatingSucks

Malcolm French @mdfrench.bsky.social · 4d

Do I have this right?

If BC wins, the West would be :
1. Saskatchewan
2. BC
3. Calgary
4. Winnipeg (crossover)

But if BC loses, it’ll be:
1. Saskatchewan
2. Calgary
3. Winnipeg
4. bc (crossover)

I think?????

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Malcolm French @mdfrench.bsky.social · 4d

I’m still waiting for a user-friendly daily prayer app using Canadian Anglican formularies.

Malcolm French @mdfrench.bsky.social · 5d

At its core, the MAGA movement (and American evangelicalism) is anti-Christian and anti-Christ.

The Anti-Gospel of Blood and Soil

Why Christians Should Pay Attention to Paul Ingrassia

open.substack.com

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