CDeschênes (Doctorant|Ph.D. candidate)
@cdesche.bsky.social
Doctorant en littérature française
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It’s LA, creative protesting prior to being tear gassed is allowed.
July 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It’s LA, creative protesting prior to being tear gassed is allowed.
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Back in LA the people are pissed off. USMC, DHS and police have forced people off the sidewalk to entrap them in the street. But the protesters are calling them out right in front of press.
July 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Back in LA the people are pissed off. USMC, DHS and police have forced people off the sidewalk to entrap them in the street. But the protesters are calling them out right in front of press.
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If you're in the Camrose area today, pop by our office at 4872 50th Street in Camrose. Come chat with Bonnie, pick up signs, and drool over (not on) some classic cars! We'll be open until at 5pm this evening!
This is #OurHomeOurRiding in #BattleRiverCrowfoot
This is #OurHomeOurRiding in #BattleRiverCrowfoot
July 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
If you're in the Camrose area today, pop by our office at 4872 50th Street in Camrose. Come chat with Bonnie, pick up signs, and drool over (not on) some classic cars! We'll be open until at 5pm this evening!
This is #OurHomeOurRiding in #BattleRiverCrowfoot
This is #OurHomeOurRiding in #BattleRiverCrowfoot
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I wrote about how the Everglades experiment fits into the history of concentration camps in the US and abroad, and how it will connect a domestic network of camps to an international one. We’re watching the imposition of a global concentration camp network.
Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
www.msnbc.com
July 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I wrote about how the Everglades experiment fits into the history of concentration camps in the US and abroad, and how it will connect a domestic network of camps to an international one. We’re watching the imposition of a global concentration camp network.
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🚨HEY ALBERTANS🚨
So the provincial Sherrifs will look like that? Assault rifles?
Does Danielle “Traitor” Smith she thinks she’s in Trump’s America. What a disgrace this woman.
THIS IS CANADA B!T€H face.
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
So the provincial Sherrifs will look like that? Assault rifles?
Does Danielle “Traitor” Smith she thinks she’s in Trump’s America. What a disgrace this woman.
THIS IS CANADA B!T€H face.
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
July 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
🚨HEY ALBERTANS🚨
So the provincial Sherrifs will look like that? Assault rifles?
Does Danielle “Traitor” Smith she thinks she’s in Trump’s America. What a disgrace this woman.
THIS IS CANADA B!T€H face.
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
So the provincial Sherrifs will look like that? Assault rifles?
Does Danielle “Traitor” Smith she thinks she’s in Trump’s America. What a disgrace this woman.
THIS IS CANADA B!T€H face.
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
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Accurate weather forecasts matter. FEMA and NOAA matter. Because little girls lives matter: Camp Mystic: Estimated 20 girls still missing after deadly Texas floods kill at least 25 people www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
At least 25 people dead, 20 girls missing after Hill Country floods
An estimate of 20 girls remained missing after deadly flooding caused “destructive” floods at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said.
www.houstonchronicle.com
July 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Accurate weather forecasts matter. FEMA and NOAA matter. Because little girls lives matter: Camp Mystic: Estimated 20 girls still missing after deadly Texas floods kill at least 25 people www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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This is the problem in the US and Canada too. When a party that should be progressive veers to the right, there is nothing to counter the far right. Democrats and Liberals need to take heed.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Steve Coogan accuses Labour of paving way for Reform UK
Exclusive: Actor says Keir Starmer’s party has caused a ‘derogation of all the principles they were supposed to represent’
www.theguardian.com
July 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is the problem in the US and Canada too. When a party that should be progressive veers to the right, there is nothing to counter the far right. Democrats and Liberals need to take heed.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
"His real plan was to be Pierre Poilievre—without the drama. To build alliances with Trump and Netanyahu abroad while failing the working class at home."
It's time to acknowledge that we elected a Progressive Conservative as PM.
"His real plan was to be Pierre Poilievre—without the drama. To build alliances with Trump and Netanyahu abroad while failing the working class at home."
It's time to acknowledge that we elected a Progressive Conservative as PM.
Carney promised resistance and delivered retreat
Carney became prime minister on the backs of progressive voters desperate to stop a Trump–Poilievre axis from sweeping North America. But so far, his policies have served mainly to placate Trump and v...
canadiandimension.com
July 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
"His real plan was to be Pierre Poilievre—without the drama. To build alliances with Trump and Netanyahu abroad while failing the working class at home."
It's time to acknowledge that we elected a Progressive Conservative as PM.
"His real plan was to be Pierre Poilievre—without the drama. To build alliances with Trump and Netanyahu abroad while failing the working class at home."
It's time to acknowledge that we elected a Progressive Conservative as PM.
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Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
www.msnbc.com
July 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
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"The ministers of Environment from Alberta and Ontario are asking the federal government to “refrain” from reintroducing legislation that would mandate Canada to provide safe drinking water to First Nations across the country."
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new... #cdnpoli
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new... #cdnpoli
Alberta, Ontario don't want feds to reintroduce First Nations safe drinking water law
Environment ministers in Alberta and Ontario don't want the federal government to reintroduce the safe drinking water law for First Nations.
www.aptnnews.ca
July 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
"The ministers of Environment from Alberta and Ontario are asking the federal government to “refrain” from reintroducing legislation that would mandate Canada to provide safe drinking water to First Nations across the country."
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new... #cdnpoli
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new... #cdnpoli
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🇩🇪 German Chancellor Merz:
"Russia is already attacking us today. The infrastructure, we have attacks, arson attacks, what has also happened in barracks here in recent days. The trails almost all lead to Russia."
"Russia is already attacking us today. The infrastructure, we have attacks, arson attacks, what has also happened in barracks here in recent days. The trails almost all lead to Russia."
July 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🇩🇪 German Chancellor Merz:
"Russia is already attacking us today. The infrastructure, we have attacks, arson attacks, what has also happened in barracks here in recent days. The trails almost all lead to Russia."
"Russia is already attacking us today. The infrastructure, we have attacks, arson attacks, what has also happened in barracks here in recent days. The trails almost all lead to Russia."
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My Native American grandchildren deserve a better place to live and grow up.
July 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My Native American grandchildren deserve a better place to live and grow up.
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#BOYCOTT #BANKRUPT #ETSY!!
#Latinos #concentrationcamps ##desaparecidos #DISSAPPEARED #usa #canada #eu #uk
#Latinos #concentrationcamps ##desaparecidos #DISSAPPEARED #usa #canada #eu #uk
July 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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FURIOUS Canada STRIKES BACK against Trump at BIG EVENT
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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July 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Remember when the news media was actually about news and not speculative opinions and gossip?
July 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Remember when the news media was actually about news and not speculative opinions and gossip?
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July 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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I have a car valet business. The number of people who stick things to their steering wheel is unbelievable. You know it has literal explosives in it right?! If you're in an accident then those swarovski crystals will be embedded in your face
July 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have a car valet business. The number of people who stick things to their steering wheel is unbelievable. You know it has literal explosives in it right?! If you're in an accident then those swarovski crystals will be embedded in your face
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Dionne is having NONE of it.
Dionne Warwick Is Ready To Go To War With Nickelodeon Over 'Tiny Chef' Cancellation
Dionne is having NONE of it.
www.comicsands.com
July 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Dionne is having NONE of it.
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USAID didn’t fail. It fed 127,000 kids—then was erased mid-crisis. No speech. No tribute. Just silence. They didn’t end a program. They liquidated a covenant. The last American promise not built on conquest—but care.
🔗 thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com
🔗 thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com
July 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
USAID didn’t fail. It fed 127,000 kids—then was erased mid-crisis. No speech. No tribute. Just silence. They didn’t end a program. They liquidated a covenant. The last American promise not built on conquest—but care.
🔗 thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com
🔗 thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com
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“A majority of Canadians agree that Pierre Poilievre is a threat to national unity and just 23% think he’s the best choice for prime minister. That the CPC would even consider keeping this disinformation-spewing rage-baiter on as party leader is more proof of how wildly out of touch they are.”
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July 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“A majority of Canadians agree that Pierre Poilievre is a threat to national unity and just 23% think he’s the best choice for prime minister. That the CPC would even consider keeping this disinformation-spewing rage-baiter on as party leader is more proof of how wildly out of touch they are.”
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More than 880,000 workers will get a raise this summer due to state minimum wage increases.
Anyone upset about this should consider the following:
If the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.
Anyone upset about this should consider the following:
If the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.
July 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
More than 880,000 workers will get a raise this summer due to state minimum wage increases.
Anyone upset about this should consider the following:
If the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.
Anyone upset about this should consider the following:
If the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.
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It is insane, joe rogan. But you were warned repeatedly, yet you helped get him elected and helped let this happen. It’s good that you’re speaking up, but please be honest with yourself about the role you played here.
July 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It is insane, joe rogan. But you were warned repeatedly, yet you helped get him elected and helped let this happen. It’s good that you’re speaking up, but please be honest with yourself about the role you played here.