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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 1h

The worst people imaginable are the most politically influential.

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10sf.bsky.social @10sf.bsky.social · 3h

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 3h

NEW: Why does Mike Johnson keep weirdly fear-mongering about the "No Kings" peaceful protests set for Saturday, calling them "hate America" rallies?

A "No Kings" organizer says it's "quite clear" why.

So does an authoritarian expert. www.huffpost.com/entry/no-kin... w/ @delaneyrules.bsky.social

‘No Kings’ Rally Organizer: ‘Quite Clear’ Why Mike Johnson Is Attacking Our Protests

Republican leaders are acting weirdly terrified of baby boomers with signs.

www.huffpost.com

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2h

Big news here: the White House has backed down from shutting down I-5 this weekend following our reporting last night.

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 2h

I got a package this week from “Intelcom” (who?) and now learning that its CEO is the brother of Mélanie Joly, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry of Canada, puts ALL of this hobbling of Canada Post into clear focus 😡

CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 2h

Canada Post isn't broken, but the rules are: Outdated regulations and unfair competition are holding back a service Canadians still depend on every day. By @simonenoch.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #canlab #canpoli camrosevoice.ca/business/can...

Canada Post isn’t broken, but the rules are

Simon Enoch - The Crown corporation can survive if Ottawa lets it compete

camrosevoice.ca

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 2h

No the auto workers, lumber industry have not been betrayed by PM Carney. Poilievre is trying to lay blame on the PM for Trump's tariff war causing upset in our industries. This is nothing more than propaganda to create anger in citizens within #Canada
#TouchGrass

www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/1...

Poilievre says Canada’s auto, lumber workers have been ‘betrayed’ by PM Carney

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre called on PM Carney to ‘keep your word’ and negotiate a deal with U.S. President Trump.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Sean Molloy @seanvmolloy.bsky.social · 2h

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Jada D @thordora.bsky.social · 1h

My partner usually tries to make it to November 1 before lighting the fire (we heat with wood, and wood only).

he's cracking today, mostly because he's tired of listening to me and the cats whinging.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3h

India’s Foreign Ministry says it has no record of any call between Prime Minister Modi and President Trump on Wednesday, contradicting Trump’s claim that Modi pledged to stop buying Russian oil during a conversation that day.

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Adopt a Pet @adoptapet.bsky.social · 3h

Meet your new best friend, Wes, located in Hartsville, SC.

Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/dog/wes-77937794/sc/hartsville/darlington-county-humane-society-sc170/

Wes is a Terrier mix dog, available for adoption in Hartsville, SC.

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reni 🦌🫜 @reniadeb.com · 19h

a pumpkin man sits inside a pumpkin house, is the house made of flesh, or is he made of house? he smiles for he does not know

a small pumpkin with a smiley face drawn on in sharpie pen sits within a larger pumpkin carved to look like its home

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Jada D @thordora.bsky.social · 3h

When my mother would take me along for her chemo when I was a child, she'd drive past here and tell me I'd go there if i wasn't good.

Terrified me, I won't lie. The place was scary!

Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 3h

The Kingston Penitentiary has a history that dates back almost 200 years.
Many individuals went to that prison and never left. Some are reported to still haunt the halls and cells where they spent their last moments.
This is the spooky story.

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A photo of a large, historic stone building with a domed tower and columns, topped with a Canadian flag. The structure is surrounded by high walls and a watchtower, with a sign on the wall reading "Guides." The scene is set on a cold day with snow on the ground and a gray sky, and a road runs in front of the building.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

An important message to the people of New York City.

More information at zohranfornyc.com/birthday

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Jada D @thordora.bsky.social · 4h

Friend of mine basically did this with her family. Don't blame her one bit and very much respect her for it.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 4h

yeah I feel this is genuinely the way that parents have to handle this nowadays

Nae King! Nae Quin! Nae Laird! Nae Master! @bloodyhades.bsky.social · 4h

My coworker told everyone in his family that if anyone posts a picture of his kid online, they’ll never see him or the kid again. And honestly, I respected him more for it.

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Haunted Nick Seaver @nickseaver.website · 4h

can't believe the media would doxx these small, bearded children

Matt @mattmurph24.bsky.social · 5h

www.newsweek.com/full-list-yo...

Full list of Young Republicans involved in offensive chats

Politico obtained 2,900 pages of exchanges over seven months among a dozen Young Republican leaders in New York, Kansas, Arizona and Vermont.

www.newsweek.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

Wow, wow, wow. This has always been legally possible but the law has virtually never been enforced — and now this is the SECOND case I've heard of in the last month (first involving a person with a green card) of a noncitizen being charged for failure to carry their papers.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 3d

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Jada D @thordora.bsky.social · 5h

Oh I am on the work struggle bus today. If I could find my motivation that would be swell.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 5h

The diff between this guy and everyone else is theres a handful of ppl who'd have come up with and run this ad, but exactly one who'd then get former NYC Survivor contestants to star in it

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 17h

Andrew, we're voting you off the island and back to the suburbs.

Our new ad just aired during Survivor.

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Jack @jackloftus.bsky.social · 6h

Won’t anyone think of the children?

Great piece. Quick turnaround. The @mcsweeneys.net ”timely” submission box is busier than ever these days!

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 16h

"This nation’s Young Republicans are more than just veteran political operatives and attorneys: they’re kids. And sometimes, kids say the wrong things. They can’t be held responsible for using slurs 251 times in just under 8 months."

Young Republican Kids Say the Darndest Things

“Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery, and rape…. Vice President JD Vance downplayed [the] bi...

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Sean Molloy @seanvmolloy.bsky.social · 6h

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 6h

#BritishColumbia
'A healing event': #Heiltsuk doctor performs rare delivery of Heiltsuk baby in own homelands
An early labour in Bella Bella, B.C., where the hospital isn't equipped to deliver babies, had a happy ending

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

'A healing event': Heiltsuk doctor performs rare delivery of Heiltsuk baby in own homelands | CBC News

An early labour in Bella Bella, B.C., where the hospital isn't equipped to deliver babies, had a happy ending as the first Heiltsuk baby was born in the local hospital in years. And, in a special turn...

www.cbc.ca

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Jada D @thordora.bsky.social · 6h

The stupid, it burns.

PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 7h

RFK Jr to Tucker Carlson: “We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.”
Reminds me of Harper/Poilievre! #cdnpoli

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Marc 🍁 @marc55.bsky.social · 7h

This:
Should not be ignored.
We vote for them, we get to complain about them. Period.
Democracy remember??

This is politicians protecting fellow politicians. Not protecting the voters interests.

My god people. Do. Not. Ignore. This.
#nspoli

Trevor J. Adams @trevorjadams.bsky.social · 8h

“Nova Scotia residents can no longer file complaints about their municipal elected officials, a move one advocate calls ‘dangerously undemocratic.’”

Nova Scotia removes public’s ability to complain about municipal politicians | CBC News

Nova Scotia residents can no longer file complaints about their municipal elected officials, a move one advocate calls “dangerously undemocratic.”

www.cbc.ca

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 8h

No it’s not always like this, but at times it feels like this #Snow #Canada 😂

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