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Shawn Goldwater
@shawninmontreal.bsky.social
Once-upon-a-time improv comic in Montreal, easing back into comedy, gingerly, on account of his lower back.

Je partage du contenu en français.

Comedy and coping at https://open.substack.com/pub/shawninmontreal
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After his UN show I got to thinking about other Great Presidential Speeches, and how he could improve on them.

#comedy #humor #Trump #Gettysburg
Weaving Through History: Your Favorite Time-Traveling President at Gettysburg, November 3, 1863
A very big hello here in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, back in 1862, 63, whatever.
open.substack.com
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There's a word for people who try to criminalize antifascists. What could that word be.....

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US designates four European anti-fascist groups as terrorist threats
State department claims groups in Germany, Italy and Greece ‘conspiring to undermine foundations of western civilization’
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Do political science profs have to explain to their students that, for most of American history, it was actually borderline unthinkable that elected officials and their spokespersons would constantly talk like trashy reality show contestants?
After calling Schumer a "Palestinian," Leavitt refers to "Gavin Newscum." So she's just ripping off her boss's smears now.
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Very important move and more action needs to be taken to
Make sure MAGA/Elon have not built backdoors into violating voting integrity nationwide.
November 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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War crimes will not be forgotten://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/world/americas/trump-drug-boat-strikes-colombian-fisherman.html?unlocked_article_code=1.008.uc4Z.H-6sd6scozB_
Family of Fisherman Killed in U.S. Military Strike Says It Wants Justice
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"What has not changed is where these younger women would like to go. Canada remains the top preferred destination for younger American women looking to leave..."

and

"Young Women in Other Advanced Economies Don’t Share the Desire to Move..."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Many Canadian economists worry about our real GDP growth relative to the US counterpart over the last decade (often in per capita terms) while also worrying about Canada's federal deficits being too big. But you cannot have your cake and eat it too. Huge US deficits have been hugely stimulative.
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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WaPo: U.S. troops are not liable in the deadly strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in Latin America, a new classified Justice Department memo announced.
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Trump lured Lauren Boebert to an in-person meeting in the Situation Room, instead of calling her on the phone, because he knew all her electronic devices would be confiscated before entry, so she couldn't record anything embarrassing or incriminating.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...
Exclusive: Trump administration holds Situation Room meeting over House effort to force release of all of DOJ’s Epstein files | CNN Politics
Top Trump administration officials met Wednesday with a key GOP lawmaker about an effort in the US House to force a vote on releasing Justice Department case files related to Jeffrey Epstein, accordin...
www.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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being told “thank you for licking my boots” by your interview subject should be embarrassing right?
Trump to Pat McAfee: "I'm only joining you because I hear you say such nice things about me. When people say nice about me, I join. When they don't say nice about me, I take a pass."
November 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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"Do you think taxes should be raised on billionaires?"

🟢 Yes: 72%
⚫️ No: 15%

⚪️ Unsure: 13%

Read it here: usapolling.substack.com/p/americans-...
Americans Unite Against Billionaire Influence
Voters across party lines say billionaire power has gone too far and demand higher taxes
usapolling.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Cleaner got shot through the window while standing outside. "The case is complex due to the language of the state's stand-your-ground law."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
US cleaning woman shot and killed after arriving at wrong home
Police say they found Maria Florinda Rios Perez, 32, dead after she was shot on the front porch of a home in an Indianapolis suburb.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Apparently the end of the Baldoni/Lively lawsuit caused a great disruption in the Force.

www.tmz.com/2025/11/08/j...
Jeremy Renner Fires Off Cease & Desist to Yi Zhou, Threatens Legal Action
Jeremy Renner is hitting back at filmmaker Yi Zhou, slapping her with a cease and desist letter denying allegations they had a hot romance -- while also accusing her of aggressively coming onto him an...
www.tmz.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
IMAX co-inventor and renowned filmmaker Graeme Ferguson’s legacy to live on through University of Toronto donation #Canada #cancon #film

defygravitycampaign.utoronto.ca/news-and-sto...
IMAX co-inventor Graeme Ferguson donates archives to U of T
The late filmmaker has donated materials spanning his entire career from film reels and movie posters to correspondence with NASA.
defygravitycampaign.utoronto.ca
November 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Judge rules Education Department messages blaming Democrats for the shutdown unconstitutional www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Education Department's out-of-office messages blaming Democrats for the shutdown are unconstitutional, judge rules
The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed after the Trump administration altered employees’ email messages to add partisan language about the government shutdown without their consent.
www.nbcnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Jim Watson was a peevish bigot. He sold off his Nobel Prize medallion in 2014 (but got it back) because he was so mad that people objected to his bigotry. Please do speak ill of the dead. slate.com/technology/2...
James Watson Is Auctioning Off His Nobel Prize. Please Do Not Bid on It.
Jim Watson is one of the most important scientists of the 20th century. He is also a peevish bigot. History will remember him for his co-discovery of...
slate.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Amazonian lakes are being transformed into simmering basins hotter than spa baths as severe heatwaves and drought grip the region, research shows. The temperature of one lake exceeded 104F (40C) as water levels plummeted under intense sunlight and cloudless skies. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Amazon lakes hit ‘unbearable’ hot-tub temperatures amid mass die-offs of pink river dolphins – study
Droughts and heatwaves causing water in some areas to reach 41C, killing fish and endangered dolphins, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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This conversation between ChatGPT and the young man it encouraged to commit suicide is just...my god

www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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A great resource from our @steveliesman.bsky.social -- in this period where we're flying in the dark on economic data.

@cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/altdata/
Altdata
Alternative data to judge the state of the economy outside of the traditional government sources.
www.cnbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM