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Oddly Specific.

This is the real game: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...

substack.com/@dissentinbl...

The Sask. Party was caught funnelling public tax dollars to a U.S. lobbying firm that turned around and bankrolled Donald Trump’s political machine. #cdnpoli

Thou shalt focus on the current president's throbbing insanity and dementia. The previous president is no longer president and so it no longer matters.

This is the weaponization of government—full stop. If you speak out against them—or in this case do your job—they will come for you. What we’re seeing with @replamonica.bsky.social is a political stunt, and we won’t stand for it.

Our Prime Minister, Mark Carney 🇨🇦 has the rare ability of explaining issues with clarity and in a way that everyone can understand. He answers questions respectfully and does not spin answers, like we've become accustomed to in the past. What a welcome change. #cdnpoli

How can Austin Matthews "look in the mirror" when he's fucking invisible?

To be effective, our opposition to today's abuses must run alongside a clear picture of what we are actually for - and how everyday life could be better with different leadership.

🇩🇪 Merz: "My first trip as Chancellor is today to our two largest neighbors: 🇫🇷France and 🇵🇱Poland. Germany is once again taking responsibility. Not loudly, but reliably. Not arrogantly, but in a spirit of partnership."

And you thought the left was censorious. How about actual censoring?

The New Fascist International: Technocratic Oligarchy and the Threat to Democracy substack.com/@harmoniousd...

Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, three years in we only took a sliver of the country at the cost of 800,000 men. Would the conventional wisdom be that we are winning? No? Then why do some think Russia is?

An exclusive Bloomberg analysis shows that the US president’s views on the war in Ukraine are increasingly aligned with the Kremlin

Resistance is NOT futile

"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

“We are all afraid,” Senator Lisa Murkowski said. “It’s quite a statement. But we are in a time and a place where I certainly have not been here before. I’ll tell you, I’m oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice, because retaliation is real. And that’s not right.”