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The Ku Klux Klan Acts (passed in 1870 & 1871 to protect 14th amend rights) were particularly focused on masked gunmen who violated the civil rights of Black people. We should remember this history when masked law enforcement ofcrs are deployed in our communities. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

submitted 3 days ago • 293 comments

Amid all this terrible behavior, this letter is humane, honest, and clear. Any politics that we build to push back against this stuff is best served by this kind of candor and clarity.

submitted 4 hours ago • 6 comments

Fun fact about new #SJSharks draft pick Joshua Ravensbergen: He helped save a kid who was falling from a ski lift on Grouse Mountain four years ago. www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/pos...

submitted 8 hours ago • 2 comments

I have been waiting for this album for almost 2 years, they put out their two teaser tracks iirc Dec of 2023 … then crickets … now this and a release date of Aug 22. One of my favourite recent-ish bands. youtu.be/83cz94Noudo?...

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

Not even gonna try and figure out what the Penguins did today, will have to read about it at some point. The rest of Fuck You Friday has already been too much, my brain needs to clock out for a bit.

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

Dude can’t and won’t read, won’t listen to actual expertise, but demands Canada bows to his fucking imagination. GFY. I hope you have an aneurysm while you shit yourself on your gold-coloured toilet.

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

Is anyone surprised? More bogus talking points from President TACO. The digital services tax has been set to kick in for some time. American dairy have an open border up to the point of flooding us. That's when tariffs kick in. They have never even attempted to sell their share into Canada.

submitted 16 hours ago • 159 comments

I sought comment from NOAA and the Department of Defense on this and received this reply today from NOAA's spokesperson. They suggest we use the surviving ATMS microwave that degrades significantly at the edges. You can see how much worse off we'd be with Erick last week if we only had ATMS.

submitted 14 hours ago • 7 comments

This guy was indicted for bribery lmao

submitted 16 hours ago • 144 comments

Happy #Pride weekend, Toronto! It’s more important than ever in these brutal times.

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

Maybe we can get the US to ban transistors.

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

We are discovering what happens when a society decides to give the absolute dumbest people imaginable way too much power.

submitted 16 hours ago • 19 comments

Over the last free months Canada has upped its border security, agreed to participate in the Golden Dome, and spend 5% of GDP on defence and it basically all means nothing. No agreement will be stable or secure, even if we can eventually reach one. The new normal in Canada-US relations.

submitted 15 hours ago • 27 comments

Americans don’t want to believe this. But here we are.

submitted 18 hours ago • 6 comments

Don't forget that the Supreme Court has undertaken this radical expansion of executive power and personal immunity not for some ordinary Republican but for the most corrupt president In American history. They're doing it for THIS GUY, who is guaranteed to abuse every ounce of power he's given.

submitted 20 hours ago • 59 comments

Trump to Springfield: Drop dead.

submitted 18 hours ago • 35 comments

We need to start talking about massive wealth like it's gross and shameful, not glorifying it

submitted 22 hours ago • 3 comments

70 would have been a better number IMO

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

I laugh when I see a company like Swift Hockey saying their sticks are affordable and yet their youth sticks alone are $129 each. Maybe I don’t know what things cost these days but when a budget stick costs that much you know there are a lot of people that can’t afford to play.

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

Happy Friday !

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

I can’t believe they had to arrest a 6 y/o, he should be packing meat in Missouri, not getting health care

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

Merely confirmation of what was clearly happening. Palestinians on the ground have repeatedly described these aid distribution sites as "traps". This is what happens when armed forces steeped in racist ideology are sent on a mission of vengeance, and granted months of absolute impunity.

submitted 21 hours ago • 1 comment

The perfect sticker for the people of Battle River-Crowfoot riding #NeverPoilievre

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Microtech is quite pretty, but especially when you get away from the snow and the city. #StarCitizen #VirtualPhotography

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

I like Carney. He certainly has some good & thoughtful things to say, and does all the functional things well that you would want from a leader. But the Liberal Party can cut both ways, and (regarding last reposts) without a strong voice from the left it will drift right. Especially these days.

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I’ve been thinking alot about the NYC mayoral race & Mamdani (apparently so has everyone). Not only b/c his dad’s book was one I gifted to my own, or that his mom’s film on identity helped shaped mine, but because he seemingly came out of nowhere - & what lessons that has for 🇨🇦. 1/2

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Yes, I believe it will. In fact, I believe this entire dumb ass timeline will.

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As Canada's Senate debates whether to give Cabinet the power to decide how and whether certain laws apply to selected projects, thinking about this from @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social's Joshua Ginsberg.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

born in Germany to US soldier grow up in USA no citizenship documentation dog that was taken euthanized put in detention for 3 months almost get sent to Nicaragua randomly get sent to Jamaica instead because he's black???

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Rep. Andy Ogles -- who lied about his college major, who lied about graduate work at Dartmouth, who lied about his financial disclosures, who lied that he had been a cop, who lied he was an international sex crimes expert, and who knows what else -- is now spreading lies about other politicians too.

submitted 1 day ago • 46 comments