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Canada 🍁 Strong Liberal. Albertan who is Canada 🍁 First. No DMs. Love all animals. 🐱Mom. Love our 🌍 . ‘Everybody I love you, Everybody I do’ ‘Now’s the time, the time is now’ ‘Come flotsam, come jetsam, the riffraff, the raggle taggle’

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Charlie Dog! @charlietotherescue.bsky.social · 2h

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In Severn, MD: BUT would love a ride to a loving, happy home! Samson is a 13-year-old sweetheart who sadly lost his home when his owner had to move and couldn’t take him along.

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ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 2h

MAGA's delusion that FBI agents orchestrated the January 6th insurrection is a laughable conspiracy theory, born from desperation to dodge accountability. They cling to cherry-picked "evidence" while ignoring the mob of Trump loyalists storming the Capitol. It's like blaming a chef for a food fight. This fantasy shields their egos but crumbles under scrutiny - FBI agents as masterminds?
Please, the only thing they're infiltrating is MAGA's fevered imagination.

ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 2h

I cannot imagine having to pay for healthcare.

ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 2h

The level of ridiculousness rises daily.

ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 2h

ICE's aggressive tactics, including mass deportations, detainee mistreatment, and family separations, erode trust in fair governance. Brutal enforcement prioritizes fear. over justice, alienating communities and undermining faith in institutions. When authorities act with impunity caging children, ignoring due process, or targeting vulnerable populations - citizens question the rule of law. This betrayal of fairness fuels distrust, weakens democratic legitimacy, and risks long-term societal division, as governance appears cruel rather than just.

ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 3h

President Trump's reinstatement of Schedule F in 2025, enabling mass firings of federal civil servants, poses severe risks to government integrity and public welfare. Stripping protections from policy experts invites politicization, replacing qualified professionals with loyalists and fostering a "culture of fear" that hampers independent decision-making. Essential workers in health, security, and disaster response face layoffs amid shutdowns, disrupting food inspections, emergency aid, and national security. This partisan purge undermines merit-based governance, erodes democratic checks, and endangers American lives through unqualified bureaucracy.

ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 3h

MAGA's delusion that America can ditch China's rare earth minerals is pure comedy. They think grit and flags can power tech without those pesky elements. Good luck building EVs or missiles with bravado alone! China's grip on 80% of the supply laughs at their denial, while reality waits to slap their “independence" dreams silly.

ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 3h

Happy
Thanksgiving
Weekend Canada!

ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 3h

Trump's Golden Age Mirage:
Ah, Trump's promised golden age, where eagles soar on dollar bills and the economy hums like a well-oiled tweetstorm. Yet here you are: inflation devouring wallets faster than a Big Mac binge, GDP shrinking like his crowd sizes, manufacturing wheezing toward obsolescence, construction sites gathering tumbleweeds, and oil rigs rusting in recessionary despair.
It's not a comeback - it's a bad sequel, starring denial and deficits. Who knew the art of the deal was just fool's gold?

ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 3h

Donald Trump's Nobel Peace Prize dreams are a laughable fantasy, like a toddler chasing a rainbow. His diplomatic
"genius" amounts to bombastic tweets and cozying up to dictators.
Peace? More like chaos with a comb-over. The Nobel Committee would sooner award a goldfish for swimming straight than crown Trump's ego-driven stunts with their prestigious honour.

ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 3h

MAGA cheers flimsy indictments against Comey and James, swallowing Trump's vindictive witch hunt like Kool-Aid. No evidence, just revenge fantasies - Comey's memos and James's leaks expose no crimes, only bruised egos. "Lock them up!" they chant, blind to the DOJ's weaponized farce.
Thin charges, no substance; it's a clown show for the base, not justice. Sad! Your heroes chase shadows while real corruption festers in plain sight.

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ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 3h

Courthouse Chains of
Despair:
In New York's 26 Federal Plaza, Ecuadorian child Martir Garcia Lara, 10, grips his father's hand during a routine check-in, eyes wide with the innocence raids haven't yet stolen. But plainclothes agents swarm, cuffing the boy like a felon, his cries - "No, Papa!" - drowning in bureaucratic indifference.
Flown to Texas, separated in the night, Martir's world shrinks to chain-link fences and strangers' stares.
Deported alone to Ecuador's unknowns, he leaves U.S. classmates protesting in vain.
This is due process's mockery: children as collateral in enforcement's war, hearts pulverized by policy's iron fist.
When will you weep for the innocence you've exiled?

ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 4h

Republicans, those pearl-clutching fossils, dub No Kings rallies
"pro-Hamas" because nothing screams "expert on Middle East" like Fox News reruns and a side of Big Mac fries. "Hate America"? Says the party that'd sell the Statue of Liberty for tax cuts on billionaires.
Paid protesters? Your rallies are just grift-fests with free red hats - enjoy the echo chamber, losers.

ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 4h

"No, Speaker Johnson, the No Kings Rally on October 18 is not a 'hate America' rally. Quite the contrary.
It's a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country.
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Instead of reopening the government, preserving affordable healthcare, or lowering costs for working families, he's attacking millions of Americans who are peacefully coming together to say that
• America belongs to its people, not to kings."
-Bernie Sanders,

ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 4h

$17 Trillion: The Emperor's New Zeros: In Trump's alternate universe, $17T rains down, exploding GDP by 50% - dollars skyrocketing, jobs materializing like Mar-a-Lago guests. But economists scoff: "Clearly not true!" It's recycled pledges, foreign fibs, and zero transparency. Why hide the math? Afraid we'll spot the emperor's naked lies? Your "boom" is a bust, leaving America poorer in trust and richer in ridicule.

ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 4h

The ICE tax -
encompassing non-lethal munitions, violent arrests, and family separation - poses severe mental and physical health risks. Non-lethal weapons like tear gas cause respiratory issues and trauma.
Violent arrests lead to injuries and chronic stress, exacerbating anxiety and depression. Family separation inflicts profound psychological harm, particularly on children, causing long-term developmental issues, PTSD, and weakened immune systems, undermining overall well-being.

ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 4h

Johnson's claim that the October 18 "No Kings" protests are "hate America" rallies, is patently ludicrous. They embody American patriotism by defending democracy against authoritarian overreach.
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The June precursor drew 5M peacefully, with American flags waving, protesting Trump's policies like mass deportations and free speech threats - not the nation itself.

Johnson's smears (linking to
"Antifa" or "pro-Hamas" without evidence) echo McCarthyism, stifling dissent protected by the First Amendment.

ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 4h

In the early 1600s, French colonists in New France, led by figures like Samuel de Champlain, celebrated successful harvests with feasts shared with Indigenous neighbors.

By the 1800s, Thanksgiving in Canada became tied to the harvest season, particularly in rural areas. Communities held feasts to celebrate the end of the agricultural cycle.

Canadian Thanksgiving is a time for family gatherings, expressing gratitude, and celebrating the harvest. It's less commercialized than American Thanksgiving.

Canadian Thanksgiving occurs earlier due to the shorter growing season. It emphasizes harvest and gratitude over a specific historical event.

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Mitchy Mitch @strykie187.bsky.social · 20h

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SAM @samierens.bsky.social · 20h

🐸 Frog Team 6 stands up to Fascism! 🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸

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ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 19h

Got it, thank you!🙂

ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 19h

I love reading - it can be a window on the world, and also a source of profound comfort.

ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 19h

You obviously have reading comprehension problems.

AMERICAN FREEDOM:
FREEDOM TO DIE FROM CURABLE MEDICAL PROBLEMS. FREEDOM TO BE SLAUGHTERED IN YOUR SCHOOL. FREEDOM TO JOIN THE LARGEST INCARCERATED POP. PER HEAD ON THE PLANET. FREEDOM TO BE A WAGE SLAVE WITH ZERO HOLIDAY ENTITLEMENT OR ACCESS TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
FREEDOM TO BE SACKED ON A WHIM. FREEDOM TO BE WHISKED OFF THE STREET AND DEPORTED TO A GULAG. FREEDOM TO ENABLE A FASCIST REGIME.