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Community Living Ontario @clontario.bsky.social · Mar 20

Over 52k Ontario adults with intellectual disabilities are stuck on waiting lists for vital supports. Their stories of fear & uncertainty demand action.

Learn more: www.waiting2belong.ca

#WaitingToBelong

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · Jul 6

"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
- James Baldwin

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Jul 6

As these political and personal purges continue, important agencies will become unable to perform their basic functions, and at some point will only be able to spread the purges into the larger society.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...

Goodbye to All That

My resignation from the FBI. 

www.lawfaremedia.org

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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · Jul 6

Trump cuts weather forecasting service, girls drown in unexpected flooding.
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Susan Lloyd-Swail @plansmarter.bsky.social · Jul 5

In the US there are more than 9,000 active legal cases related to the production or release of Pfas. ‘We thought we’d got the numbers wrong’: how a pristine lake came to have the highest levels of ‘forever chemicals’ on record #cdnpoli #pfas | Pfas | The Guardian share.google/UJhgcb1PzB1l...

‘We thought we’d got the numbers wrong’: how a pristine lake came to have the highest levels of ‘forever chemicals’ on record

Holloman Lake was a haven for wildlife and seemed an ideal campsite. But strange foam around the shoreline turned out to be more than just an oddity – and reveals the alarming way forever chemicals mo...

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Susan Lloyd-Swail @plansmarter.bsky.social · Jul 2

Let's build a strong #Canada that serves the public interest rather than feeding profit for private interests. #canadaday2025 #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Ten Trump-proof nation-building projects for a strong, independent Canada - CCPA

Thanks to decades of concerted action by Canadian businesses and governments—often working in opposition to workers and the broader public interest—the Canadian economy is now deeply integrated with o...

www.policyalternatives.ca

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · Apr 30

lol, ok

Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · Apr 30

Ontario's premier calls judicial independence "a joke." nationalnewswatch.com/2025/04/30/d...

Doug Ford floats idea of electing judges in rant on bail reform

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

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Susan Lloyd-Swail @plansmarter.bsky.social · Apr 26

Asking voters to elect candidates who have often never faced a single question about their record or their beliefs isn’t just thumbing your nose at the press—it’s an insult to voters. thelocal.to/conservative...

Conservative Candidates Aren’t Talking to the Press. That’s a Problem. | The Local

Across ridings, and across media outlets, local candidates from one party are refusing to speak with the media.

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Susan Lloyd-Swail @plansmarter.bsky.social · Apr 16

Infuriating! Commission says including Green Party leader in the debate (who has a progressive vision for Canada)would undermine integrity of the debates?
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Green Party disinvited from federal leaders’ debates. Commission says inclusion would ‘undermine’ public interest

“The Commission concludes that the inclusion of the leader of the Green Party of Canada in these circumstances would undermine the integrity of the debates and the interests of the

www.thestar.com

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · Apr 8

Kidnapping.

Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.

Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.

A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.

Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a scary floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · Apr 8

stop calling things deportation just because they call it deportation.

-You cannot legally deport people without due process.

-You cannot legally deport citizens.

-They are defining down deportation to break the law.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · Apr 8

Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Apr 8

IMPORTANT: A major disinformation network of X accounts is targeting Canada ahead of the Federal election.

“The accounts are pumping out thousands of posts about the Canadian economy and alleged support within Canada for U.S. President Donald Trump’s annexation threat.”

thelogic.co/news/canada-...

A network of X accounts is targeting Canada ahead of the election - The Logic

The accounts are pumping out thousands of posts about the Canadian economy and alleged support within Canada for U.S. President Donald Trump’s annexation threat.

thelogic.co

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Diana Chan McNally @dianacmcnally.bsky.social · Apr 8

Friends in Rexdale, can you help? We are trying to ensure that an innovative, community-led housing project in Rexdale is built, but we're facing significant pushback from neighbours who are pressuring Cllr Crisanti to stop it! Please sign and share this petition: www.change.org/p/support-af...

Sign the Petition

Support Affordable Housing in North Etobicoke

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Susan Lloyd-Swail @plansmarter.bsky.social · Apr 8

Ah #coal...for you and me...more smog days, higher health bills, and an increased risk of death. But it feeds those oligarchs who bought coal shares low yesterday #PM2.5 #airpollution

Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · Apr 7

Trump wants to turn back to coal.

This is what America looked like on a sunny day when we were burning coal. 👇

Susan Lloyd-Swail @plansmarter.bsky.social · Apr 5

The world's most polluting industries are exempt from tariffs. The American people will suffer but oil and gas billionaires who have put the world on fire, pollute our air and water walk. #climateaction #trumptariffs www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Oligarchy’: Trump exempts big oil donors from tariffs package

Trump’s new 10% universal tariffs will not apply to many fossil fuel products in sign of his fealty, advocates say

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Susan Lloyd-Swail @plansmarter.bsky.social · Mar 28

For 150 years, capitalism has sought to undermine or crush its direct antagonist: democracy. A new politics of community cooperation is needed. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How has fascism in Britain got this far? Neoliberalism has opened the door for it | George Monbiot

We need a new politics of belonging, not Labour’s craven appeasement of capital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

Susan Lloyd-Swail @plansmarter.bsky.social · Mar 27

American catastrophe" playing a role in their thinking. Academics leaving the U.S for U of T. www.thestar.com/news/gta/pro...

Prominent Yale professors flee Trump’s America for new roles at University of Toronto

Philosophy Prof. Jason Stanley from Yale University is headed to U of T along with Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore.

www.thestar.com

Susan Lloyd-Swail @plansmarter.bsky.social · Mar 17

As Canadians we are a spirited lot...https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/us-canada-relations-trump/682046/

Invading Canada Is Not Advisable

We’ve tried before. It didn’t work out.

www.theatlantic.com

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Susan Lloyd-Swail @plansmarter.bsky.social · Mar 8

Another reason life in the U.S. sucks...https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/08/one-in-15-americans-has-witnessed-a-mass-shooting-study

One in 15 Americans has witnessed a mass shooting – study

Study found that 7% of Americans have been present at a scene of a mass shooting and 2% had been injured in one

www.theguardian.com

Susan Lloyd-Swail @plansmarter.bsky.social · Mar 4

A “no one left behind” approach is also the best protection for a resilient economy. No matter who we are or where we come from, it is we who keep our communities strong: as workers, as customers, as small businesses, and as families. breachmedia.ca/trumps-trade...

Trump’s trade war is a perfect time to embrace a ‘no one left behind’ strategy ⋆ The Breach

‘Keep calm and buy Canadian’ will line Galen Weston’s pockets and do little else. We need emergency measures that protect everyone.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · Feb 28

The Trump Vance performance today was one of the great foreign policy fails in US history, the biggest Oval Office clusterfuck the public has ever had the chance to watch in real time. But it was much worse than that. Another piece from me. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-thinks...

Trump Thinks He Humiliated Zelensky. He Really Humiliated the United States

Trump’s Oval Office mob show proves he’s no Don Corleone. He’s Luca Brasi—with nukes.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Susan Lloyd-Swail @plansmarter.bsky.social · Feb 28

Independent MPP says PC MPP's are brand ambassadors. "We've done a lot of work in this riding ensuring people know the difference between a brand ambassador and a champion for their communities." www.thestar.com/politics/ind...

Independent Ontario candidate wins rare and resounding second election victory

Bobbi Ann Brady set out in this Ontario election to prove that her win in Haldimand-Norfolk as an independent in 2022 was not a fluke, but winning by the second-largest

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Pembina Institute @pembina.org · Feb 27

#ON’s electricity grid was 94% emissions-free in 2020, but that’s falling over time as more natural gas is brought online. Our electricity dir. Scott MacDougall says the prov. should consider other grids around the 🌎 that are scaling up renewables to retain its “clean energy edge”.

‘We are going in the wrong direction’: Why last year saw Ontario burn a record amount of natural gas

Emissions are projected to continue to rise as Ontario’s reliance on gas plants increases until they make up 25 per cent of all energy produced in 2030.

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Susan Lloyd-Swail @plansmarter.bsky.social · Feb 27

Not voting for #dougford #Ontariovotes

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Wellesley Institute @wellesleyinstitute.bsky.social · Feb 25

🗳️ The Ontario Election is on February 27. How do the parties differ in their plans to ensure everyone in Ontario can thrive?

Read our latest platform analysis to learn more. #OntarioVotes2025 www.wellesleyinstitute.com/elections/on...

Ontario Election series: Analysis of party platforms on thriving

Wellesley Institute’s Ontario Election 2025 series laid out our recommendations for what provincial party leaders can do to advance health equity in three key areas: thriving – policies that will help...

www.wellesleyinstitute.com

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Susan Lloyd-Swail @plansmarter.bsky.social · Feb 26

Know a Ontario Conservative that needs a quick intervention? Ask them to read this...from the notoriously Conservative Fraser Institute www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/o... #ONpoli #ontario2025 #ontariovotes2025

Ontario’s economic and fiscal performance—failing grades all around

From 2018 to 2024, per-person total business investment declined by 2.9 per cent in the province.

www.fraserinstitute.org