WinterSchminter
@winterscminter.bsky.social
Actually, I'm nobody, Retired from career in Canadian electrical utility. Happiest being mom and grandma. Not a Christian Nationalist.
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MAGA thrives on fear. They offer bans instead of proof, borders instead of truth. The data is simple: immigrants harm less than those who are born here. So when trump targets “third world countries” it isn’t safety he’s chasing, it’s fear weaponized for power. #SarahBeckstrom 😢
November 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
MAGA thrives on fear. They offer bans instead of proof, borders instead of truth. The data is simple: immigrants harm less than those who are born here. So when trump targets “third world countries” it isn’t safety he’s chasing, it’s fear weaponized for power. #SarahBeckstrom 😢
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The weirdest thing is that Yermak was (at this point) the head of the delegation that negotiated with the US. Who will this be now remains to be seen.
Witkoff and Kushner have been dispatched to Kremlin.
Witkoff and Kushner have been dispatched to Kremlin.
November 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The weirdest thing is that Yermak was (at this point) the head of the delegation that negotiated with the US. Who will this be now remains to be seen.
Witkoff and Kushner have been dispatched to Kremlin.
Witkoff and Kushner have been dispatched to Kremlin.
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US-Canada relations are at their "worst in modern history," says former US Ambassador to Canada Jim Blanchard.
@garrettepps.bsky.social and I talked to Amb. Blanchard about why it could be "elbows up" forever in this bonus episode of @washingtonmonthly.com podcast:
youtu.be/EI74zACVBPQ?...
@garrettepps.bsky.social and I talked to Amb. Blanchard about why it could be "elbows up" forever in this bonus episode of @washingtonmonthly.com podcast:
youtu.be/EI74zACVBPQ?...
US-Canada relations have hit rock bottom | Hon. James Blanchard
YouTube video by Washington Monthly
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
US-Canada relations are at their "worst in modern history," says former US Ambassador to Canada Jim Blanchard.
@garrettepps.bsky.social and I talked to Amb. Blanchard about why it could be "elbows up" forever in this bonus episode of @washingtonmonthly.com podcast:
youtu.be/EI74zACVBPQ?...
@garrettepps.bsky.social and I talked to Amb. Blanchard about why it could be "elbows up" forever in this bonus episode of @washingtonmonthly.com podcast:
youtu.be/EI74zACVBPQ?...
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One more reason to vote for Democrats from now on. Only Democrats are willing to stop him! ⬇️
Trump order to keep Michigan power plant open costs taxpayers $113m via @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump order to keep Michigan power plant open costs taxpayers $113m via @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump order to keep Michigan power plant open costs taxpayers $113m
Critics say JH Campbell coal-fired plant in western Michigan is expensive and emits high levels of toxic pollution
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
One more reason to vote for Democrats from now on. Only Democrats are willing to stop him! ⬇️
Trump order to keep Michigan power plant open costs taxpayers $113m via @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump order to keep Michigan power plant open costs taxpayers $113m via @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Do you remember when Joe Biden's son shamelessly stole $59 million dollars from the American people?
Senile Satan, Con Junior and Fredo announced their phone in June, promising delivery in August to commemorate a decade since Satan came down the escalator. Not one phone has been delivered and good luck getting a refund. They took 590,000 deposits totaling $59 million.
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Do you remember when Joe Biden's son shamelessly stole $59 million dollars from the American people?
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REUTERS tries to quantify Trump’s “sweeping campaign of retaliation against perceived enemies ..”
The number of targets? “At least 470 people, organizations and institutions ..”
@reuters.com @bradheath.bsky.social
www.reuters.com/investigates...
The number of targets? “At least 470 people, organizations and institutions ..”
@reuters.com @bradheath.bsky.social
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
REUTERS tries to quantify Trump’s “sweeping campaign of retaliation against perceived enemies ..”
The number of targets? “At least 470 people, organizations and institutions ..”
@reuters.com @bradheath.bsky.social
www.reuters.com/investigates...
The number of targets? “At least 470 people, organizations and institutions ..”
@reuters.com @bradheath.bsky.social
www.reuters.com/investigates...
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Never let a good Reichstag fire go to waste.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Never let a good Reichstag fire go to waste.
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There’s an econ problem and a trust problem. When a president finally addresses affordability and insists “It's gone away, prices are falling” while your rent and groceries say otherwise, the message you hear is: you’re wrong, or invisible, or you're being ignored. That’s rocket fuel for anger.
November 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
There’s an econ problem and a trust problem. When a president finally addresses affordability and insists “It's gone away, prices are falling” while your rent and groceries say otherwise, the message you hear is: you’re wrong, or invisible, or you're being ignored. That’s rocket fuel for anger.
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Paying the sitting President's wife $40 million for a self-produced "documentary" about herself is ... a bribe, pure and simple.
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Paying the sitting President's wife $40 million for a self-produced "documentary" about herself is ... a bribe, pure and simple.
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OH MY GOD.
Ashamed to admit that I'm used to Trump by now, but this one is genuinely sickening.
Ashamed to admit that I'm used to Trump by now, but this one is genuinely sickening.
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
OH MY GOD.
Ashamed to admit that I'm used to Trump by now, but this one is genuinely sickening.
Ashamed to admit that I'm used to Trump by now, but this one is genuinely sickening.
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to keep functioning society must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
I wrote about a novel approach to tackling misinformation currently being discussed in Wales--and which some say Canada should try, too. What if we made a rule so politicians couldn't lie? www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Is it time to make it illegal for politicians to lie to us?
That’s the question currently on the table in Wales, which has just released a draft of the “globally pioneering” sanctions for politicians.
www.thestar.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
to keep functioning society must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
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America does not have open borders and it did not have open borders when Democrats were in power.
We need immigration reform and a policy that breaks laws to arrest and jail and torture immigrants – as we have today - is not the answer.
Lying about "open borders" is a massive problem.
We need immigration reform and a policy that breaks laws to arrest and jail and torture immigrants – as we have today - is not the answer.
Lying about "open borders" is a massive problem.
This is what Trump thought was an appropriate Thanksgiving message. It's hard to know whether the lies, the hatred, or the disdain for our country and its laws are the worst part of this.
Please read the full text, available here: www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/t...
Please read the full text, available here: www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/t...
Trump: Most foreigners eating alive Great American Citizens and Patriots
The Thanksgiving post departed from Trump's, and the MAGA movement's, insistence they oppose "open borders" and instead favor "legal" immigration.
www.palmbeachpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
America does not have open borders and it did not have open borders when Democrats were in power.
We need immigration reform and a policy that breaks laws to arrest and jail and torture immigrants – as we have today - is not the answer.
Lying about "open borders" is a massive problem.
We need immigration reform and a policy that breaks laws to arrest and jail and torture immigrants – as we have today - is not the answer.
Lying about "open borders" is a massive problem.
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Who among these critics of immigration is not descended from immigrants? Who among their American heroes are not? Who among those ancestors were not a product of cultural conflict or the search for something better and different? And who did not bring some of their traditions with them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Who among these critics of immigration is not descended from immigrants? Who among their American heroes are not? Who among those ancestors were not a product of cultural conflict or the search for something better and different? And who did not bring some of their traditions with them.
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I wrote about a novel approach to tackling misinformation currently being discussed in Wales--and which some say Canada should try, too. What if we made a rule so politicians couldn't lie? www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Is it time to make it illegal for politicians to lie to us?
That’s the question currently on the table in Wales, which has just released a draft of the “globally pioneering” sanctions for politicians.
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I wrote about a novel approach to tackling misinformation currently being discussed in Wales--and which some say Canada should try, too. What if we made a rule so politicians couldn't lie? www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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Rich, influential men and their unchecked power needs to be revealed.
Release everything.
Release everything.
November 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Rich, influential men and their unchecked power needs to be revealed.
Release everything.
Release everything.
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The fundamental thing to understand about this administration is the president is a grumpy retiree. He has no interest in working anymore. Which leads to him being pissed that he is getting asked a question, pissed he has to show up and work, the scheming viziers running the show, etc..
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
The fundamental thing to understand about this administration is the president is a grumpy retiree. He has no interest in working anymore. Which leads to him being pissed that he is getting asked a question, pissed he has to show up and work, the scheming viziers running the show, etc..
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Effectively there is no *one* person performing the duties of President of the United States right now. We are in an interregnum with an occupied throne.
The fundamental thing to understand about this administration is the president is a grumpy retiree. He has no interest in working anymore. Which leads to him being pissed that he is getting asked a question, pissed he has to show up and work, the scheming viziers running the show, etc..
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Effectively there is no *one* person performing the duties of President of the United States right now. We are in an interregnum with an occupied throne.
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If you're my age, you'll not live to see the US restored to what it was just a dozen yrs ago - not the integrity of, & public faith in, its justice dept; not public confidence in its Supreme Ct; not its respect on the internat'l stage broadly; not the trust of its allies; etc.
So much lost so fast.
So much lost so fast.
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM
If you're my age, you'll not live to see the US restored to what it was just a dozen yrs ago - not the integrity of, & public faith in, its justice dept; not public confidence in its Supreme Ct; not its respect on the internat'l stage broadly; not the trust of its allies; etc.
So much lost so fast.
So much lost so fast.
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How many Americans will die or suffer because RFK Jr. has killed mRNA research and has used the federal government to wage his war on vaccines?
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
How many Americans will die or suffer because RFK Jr. has killed mRNA research and has used the federal government to wage his war on vaccines?
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There is no constitutionally legitimate scenario in which we are being de facto governed by the White House Deputy Chief of Staff using a half-dead president as his sock puppet. We went out of our way to amend the Constitution on precisely this point.
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 AM
There is no constitutionally legitimate scenario in which we are being de facto governed by the White House Deputy Chief of Staff using a half-dead president as his sock puppet. We went out of our way to amend the Constitution on precisely this point.
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Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau has confirmed on its Facebook page that it is conducting authorized searches involving the head of the Presidential Office, saying the actions are part of an active investigation.
November 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau has confirmed on its Facebook page that it is conducting authorized searches involving the head of the Presidential Office, saying the actions are part of an active investigation.
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And it’s all flowing from a tiny handful of diehard racists and nativists who have seized unprecedented power by puppeteering an almost incomprehensibly corrupt and unfit president towards a nativist agenda that would have made the KKK proud.
AND EVERY KEEPS ACTING LIKE EVERYTHING IS NORMAL.
AND EVERY KEEPS ACTING LIKE EVERYTHING IS NORMAL.
November 28, 2025 at 5:47 AM
And it’s all flowing from a tiny handful of diehard racists and nativists who have seized unprecedented power by puppeteering an almost incomprehensibly corrupt and unfit president towards a nativist agenda that would have made the KKK proud.
AND EVERY KEEPS ACTING LIKE EVERYTHING IS NORMAL.
AND EVERY KEEPS ACTING LIKE EVERYTHING IS NORMAL.
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The US federal government is openly warring against its own nonwhite population in a way no one alive has ever experienced. It’s not even getting to hide it. The overt bigotry is comparable to Jim Crow. And our pathetic, cowed, putrid political class just keeps pretending it isn’t even happening.
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 AM
The US federal government is openly warring against its own nonwhite population in a way no one alive has ever experienced. It’s not even getting to hide it. The overt bigotry is comparable to Jim Crow. And our pathetic, cowed, putrid political class just keeps pretending it isn’t even happening.