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If, like many Canadians, PM Mark Carney’s speech in Davos had you feeling proud and relieved that it wasn’t Pierre Poilievre representing us on the world stage, please remember that Doug Ford wants to be the prime minister one day, too.
January 21, 2026 at 11:16 AM
If, like many Canadians, PM Mark Carney’s speech in Davos had you feeling proud and relieved that it wasn’t Pierre Poilievre representing us on the world stage, please remember that Doug Ford wants to be the prime minister one day, too.
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Even as ICE receives $170B in new funding, it has stopped paying for medical care for detainees — including life-saving medications, dialysis, and chemotherapy treatments.
Remember: Over 70% of detainees have no criminal convictions.
Cruelty on steroids.
Remember: Over 70% of detainees have no criminal convictions.
Cruelty on steroids.
ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 21, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Even as ICE receives $170B in new funding, it has stopped paying for medical care for detainees — including life-saving medications, dialysis, and chemotherapy treatments.
Remember: Over 70% of detainees have no criminal convictions.
Cruelty on steroids.
Remember: Over 70% of detainees have no criminal convictions.
Cruelty on steroids.
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“She delivered a very strident anti-ICE message...Three hours later, two plainclothes ICE agents came into our store and served us with a Notice of Inspection.”
Hours after ABC News ran a story about a Minnesota toy store, ICE agents arrived at their door
The agents were asking for I-9 documents — which prove people are legal to work in this country — from the store’s employees.
www.seattletimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:38 PM
“She delivered a very strident anti-ICE message...Three hours later, two plainclothes ICE agents came into our store and served us with a Notice of Inspection.”
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"New ICE hires and those still in training are being told to follow the memo’s guidance instead of written training materials that actually contradict the memo, according to the whistleblower disclosure."
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 9:50 PM
"New ICE hires and those still in training are being told to follow the memo’s guidance instead of written training materials that actually contradict the memo, according to the whistleblower disclosure."
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NEW: Trump added two more names to his ever-growing DOJ hit list: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. At this point, it’s clear Trump disregards the rule of law. And it’s becoming even more clear that his loyalists are willing to do so too, @marcelias.bsky.social writes.
Trump adds Walz and Frey to DOJ hit list
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:10 PM
NEW: Trump added two more names to his ever-growing DOJ hit list: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. At this point, it’s clear Trump disregards the rule of law. And it’s becoming even more clear that his loyalists are willing to do so too, @marcelias.bsky.social writes.
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🚨 New advisory on New World screwworm as animal cases reach Tamaulipas, Mexico (near TX). No U.S. cases identified, but spread is possible—the HAN calls for early detection, reporting, and preparedness. 🪰
More on NWS in our prior post 🧵
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More on NWS in our prior post 🧵
bsky.app/profile/altc...
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Ever heard of New World Screwworm? 🪰
No? Us either, until about a year ago.
That's about when both CDC and USDA started standing up systems to respond to this 🦠🫣 flesh-eating parasite 🦠🫣 (yep, you heard us), which is moving northward toward American soil.
🔗 www.cdc.gov/myiasis/abou...
Ever heard of New World Screwworm? 🪰
No? Us either, until about a year ago.
That's about when both CDC and USDA started standing up systems to respond to this 🦠🫣 flesh-eating parasite 🦠🫣 (yep, you heard us), which is moving northward toward American soil.
🔗 www.cdc.gov/myiasis/abou...
January 21, 2026 at 9:11 PM
🚨 New advisory on New World screwworm as animal cases reach Tamaulipas, Mexico (near TX). No U.S. cases identified, but spread is possible—the HAN calls for early detection, reporting, and preparedness. 🪰
More on NWS in our prior post 🧵
bsky.app/profile/altc...
More on NWS in our prior post 🧵
bsky.app/profile/altc...
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Just shared this one Facebook, because I had to get the words out. Sharing here in case its in any way useful to you.
January 21, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Just shared this one Facebook, because I had to get the words out. Sharing here in case its in any way useful to you.
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This woman was dragged from her car by ICE on her way to a medical appointment, even though you can hear her saying, "I'm disabled."
This incident is the reason why many people in Minnesota are now avoiding not just work and school, but medical care. My story below:
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/u...
This incident is the reason why many people in Minnesota are now avoiding not just work and school, but medical care. My story below:
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/u...
January 20, 2026 at 10:36 PM
This woman was dragged from her car by ICE on her way to a medical appointment, even though you can hear her saying, "I'm disabled."
This incident is the reason why many people in Minnesota are now avoiding not just work and school, but medical care. My story below:
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/u...
This incident is the reason why many people in Minnesota are now avoiding not just work and school, but medical care. My story below:
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/u...
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ICE is reportedly incentivizing its agents with financial rewards to hit a 3,000 arrests-per-day quota, even if those they detain are later released.
Remember this as Trump's thugs terrorize Minneapolis. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-standoff-that-has-turned-minnesota-into-a-tinderbox-a3a7e672
Remember this as Trump's thugs terrorize Minneapolis. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-standoff-that-has-turned-minnesota-into-a-tinderbox-a3a7e672
www.wsj.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:45 PM
ICE is reportedly incentivizing its agents with financial rewards to hit a 3,000 arrests-per-day quota, even if those they detain are later released.
Remember this as Trump's thugs terrorize Minneapolis. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-standoff-that-has-turned-minnesota-into-a-tinderbox-a3a7e672
Remember this as Trump's thugs terrorize Minneapolis. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-standoff-that-has-turned-minnesota-into-a-tinderbox-a3a7e672
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In an era of great power rivalry, Canada is choosing to be principled and pragmatic. To name reality, to act together, and to build what we claim to believe in.
January 20, 2026 at 7:43 PM
In an era of great power rivalry, Canada is choosing to be principled and pragmatic. To name reality, to act together, and to build what we claim to believe in.
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Greenland’s prime minister has warned residents to prepare for the possibility of a U.S. invasion. It’s surreal to even be here. Not only is Trump continuing to tear at the fabric of our own country, but now this reckless and imperial-style rhetoric is spilling outward everywhere.
Greenland Leader Tells People to Prepare for Possible Invasion
Greenland’s prime minister said the Arctic island’s population and its authorities need to start preparing for a possible military invasion, even as it remains an unlikely scenario, as President Donal...
www.bloomberg.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Greenland’s prime minister has warned residents to prepare for the possibility of a U.S. invasion. It’s surreal to even be here. Not only is Trump continuing to tear at the fabric of our own country, but now this reckless and imperial-style rhetoric is spilling outward everywhere.
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Two DOGE members working at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to “overturn election results in certain states,” and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls"
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data
Some DOGE personnel had more access to data than previously acknowledged, according to a court filing.
www.politico.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Two DOGE members working at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to “overturn election results in certain states,” and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls"
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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NEW: We're publishing an astonishing outburst the Dep of Health and Human Services left in our inbox.
In an unsolicited email about our coverage of a horrific vaccine experiment, the HHS insisted the Africa CDC was an unreliable source for information, calling it "fake" and "powerless."
In an unsolicited email about our coverage of a horrific vaccine experiment, the HHS insisted the Africa CDC was an unreliable source for information, calling it "fake" and "powerless."
Trump's HHS Trashes Top African Health Organization as "Fake" and "Powerless"
The HHS is disparaging its colleagues at the Africa CDC in coarse terms, that are striking even by the standards of the Trump administration.
futurism.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:19 PM
NEW: We're publishing an astonishing outburst the Dep of Health and Human Services left in our inbox.
In an unsolicited email about our coverage of a horrific vaccine experiment, the HHS insisted the Africa CDC was an unreliable source for information, calling it "fake" and "powerless."
In an unsolicited email about our coverage of a horrific vaccine experiment, the HHS insisted the Africa CDC was an unreliable source for information, calling it "fake" and "powerless."
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"The Australian Government has made a decision to no longer publish data about COVID-19 cases in Australian residential aged care facilities on a weekly basis."
@healthgovau.bsky.social @markbutlermp.bsky.social
@healthgovau.bsky.social @markbutlermp.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 11:07 PM
"The Australian Government has made a decision to no longer publish data about COVID-19 cases in Australian residential aged care facilities on a weekly basis."
@healthgovau.bsky.social @markbutlermp.bsky.social
@healthgovau.bsky.social @markbutlermp.bsky.social
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Last night, Trump posted a map of all of North America & Greenland under the American flag. The threat of American imperialism is very real. Canada & the U.S. are finished as partners. Done once & for all.
January 20, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Last night, Trump posted a map of all of North America & Greenland under the American flag. The threat of American imperialism is very real. Canada & the U.S. are finished as partners. Done once & for all.
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It's obvious right now that the instability in geopolitics is rapidly heading towards an inflection point. This point may well involve serious civil unrest and / or armed conflict. Should this occur, you will fare better if you are as healthy as possible. Keep your respirator on.
January 19, 2026 at 8:37 PM
It's obvious right now that the instability in geopolitics is rapidly heading towards an inflection point. This point may well involve serious civil unrest and / or armed conflict. Should this occur, you will fare better if you are as healthy as possible. Keep your respirator on.
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Respectfully, & I say this as a former journal editor (BMJ, PLOS Med) & Nature author:
I think your editorial decision-making process here went wildly astray. I really do not think journals should allow members of the Trump regime to launder unsubstantiated, unscientific MAGA/MAHA talking points.
I think your editorial decision-making process here went wildly astray. I really do not think journals should allow members of the Trump regime to launder unsubstantiated, unscientific MAGA/MAHA talking points.
January 19, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Respectfully, & I say this as a former journal editor (BMJ, PLOS Med) & Nature author:
I think your editorial decision-making process here went wildly astray. I really do not think journals should allow members of the Trump regime to launder unsubstantiated, unscientific MAGA/MAHA talking points.
I think your editorial decision-making process here went wildly astray. I really do not think journals should allow members of the Trump regime to launder unsubstantiated, unscientific MAGA/MAHA talking points.
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No surprise there, meanwhile DHHS and its pseudoscience movement refuse to look into the actual scientific basis of autism. Link to my article attached to this tweet
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
After Trump warned about Tylenol and autism, researchers investigated — and found no link
A paper published Friday did not find any evidence for the claim that Tylenol use in pregnancy raises the risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disabilities.
www.nbcnews.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:12 PM
No surprise there, meanwhile DHHS and its pseudoscience movement refuse to look into the actual scientific basis of autism. Link to my article attached to this tweet
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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The Office of the Chief Science Advisor of Canada released a report in December 2022 highlighting that while COVID is transmitted via respiratory aerosols, that doesn't mean it's just a respiratory virus - it gets into (and damages) almost every tissue in the body.
science.gc.ca/site/science...
science.gc.ca/site/science...
Post-COVID-19 Condition in Canada: What we know, what we don’t know, and a framework for action
PDF version
science.gc.ca
November 25, 2024 at 8:11 PM
The Office of the Chief Science Advisor of Canada released a report in December 2022 highlighting that while COVID is transmitted via respiratory aerosols, that doesn't mean it's just a respiratory virus - it gets into (and damages) almost every tissue in the body.
science.gc.ca/site/science...
science.gc.ca/site/science...
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That wearing an N95 is not (yet) "normal" does not refute the fact that it is the intelligent thing to do. Please educate yourself, rather than throwing gratuitous insults at people who have an understanding you lack.
Maybe start here: 7M years of human life lost annually in the OECD alone.
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Maybe start here: 7M years of human life lost annually in the OECD alone.
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From populists on the right, but also from establishment figures desperate to bury their responsibility, there's an ongoing push to bury the harms of COVID.
Long COVID alone costs 7M life-years (QALYs) and on the order of a trillion dollars a year in the OECD.
www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issue...
Long COVID alone costs 7M life-years (QALYs) and on the order of a trillion dollars a year in the OECD.
www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issue...
January 18, 2026 at 3:28 AM
That wearing an N95 is not (yet) "normal" does not refute the fact that it is the intelligent thing to do. Please educate yourself, rather than throwing gratuitous insults at people who have an understanding you lack.
Maybe start here: 7M years of human life lost annually in the OECD alone.
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Maybe start here: 7M years of human life lost annually in the OECD alone.
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However, there's a crucial difference. Last year, Trump imposed tariffs on virtually every nation on earth to correct America's trade deficit and boost domestic manufacturing. Everybody was affected.
Now, he's employing tariffs to violate a hand-picked country's sovereignty and seize its territory.
Now, he's employing tariffs to violate a hand-picked country's sovereignty and seize its territory.
January 17, 2026 at 11:55 PM
However, there's a crucial difference. Last year, Trump imposed tariffs on virtually every nation on earth to correct America's trade deficit and boost domestic manufacturing. Everybody was affected.
Now, he's employing tariffs to violate a hand-picked country's sovereignty and seize its territory.
Now, he's employing tariffs to violate a hand-picked country's sovereignty and seize its territory.
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Yes, vetoes do not apply, but strong political backing is fundamental to activate the instrument and sustain the economic pain it will inevitably entail. Last year, the reservations from Germany and Italy weakened the Commission's hand at the negotiating table with the US.
January 17, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Yes, vetoes do not apply, but strong political backing is fundamental to activate the instrument and sustain the economic pain it will inevitably entail. Last year, the reservations from Germany and Italy weakened the Commission's hand at the negotiating table with the US.
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They also had a meeting this morning with doctor oz and they said that the state funding was going to be distributed to the states so that they can run the states like businesses and not like government that works for people we know when you run states like businesses, it doesn't work for the people
January 16, 2026 at 4:40 PM
They also had a meeting this morning with doctor oz and they said that the state funding was going to be distributed to the states so that they can run the states like businesses and not like government that works for people we know when you run states like businesses, it doesn't work for the people