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Some U.S. media (such as the Washington Post here) trace U.S.-Iranian animosity back to the 1979 Islamic Revolution, conveniently forgetting that the CIA helped overthrow a democratically elected Iranian government in 1953, forcing Iranians to endure decades of the Shah’s brutal rule.

The last time Conservatives ran Canada, they sold off key industries and locked us into a 31-year deal with China. CBC covered it all — following the money and exposing the truth. That’s why they want it gone. Defend the facts. Defend the CBC. #SaveTheCBC #CdnPoli #SellOut #NoMAGAinCanada

People should just admit that they're pro war, no need to do tortured "if I were a pansexual disabled autistic Palestinian woman from Jabalia I would support the entire Gaza Strip being eradicated" bit. Nobody actually believes this shit.

If you’re an American should watch the Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown ep on Iran. A deeply humanizing look at a country full of people just like you and me. I watched it after Anthony died and it moved in ways that are hard to relay. I also immediately ran out to try kabob koobideh and tahdig.

reminded of how when India decided to go ahead and develop the bomb one of the things they discussed was how to handle US reaction & they decided that Clinton could be handled by simply making sure there were good looking women in the delegation when he came to yell about it...and they were right

Welp.

For the kids: "Shock and Awe" was an actual, for-real US military doctrine premised on the idea that Iraqis were so primitive that a display of American military power would stupefy them into an immediate submission to American dominance. This is the nonsense American military strategy is based on.

This. Renewables are resistance.

I will never.

In Bell, CA an entire community stood up against ICE, including the local police and the fire dept. The fire truck appears to not allow ICE vehicles to move forward nor remain and pushes forward to escort them out. A police car also helped with escorting. /

this used to be the home of alex jones productions and now it is a place where dogs go to learn manners, in case you're worried that progress isn't possible

Robert May has taken the GOP’s ‘family values’ initiative in a very dark direction.

That army parade was straight outta Spinal Tap.

Schrödinger's parade - the crowd was both sparse and dense.

Trump throwing a military parade for himself despite never serving in the military is a metaphor for his entire existence.

Another story in the Guardian that should have been in an American paper …. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The plunder of our seas by industrial fishing is a monstrosity in which almost everyone unwittingly collaborates. For decades this truth has been deliberately hidden from us. Now at last the consensus is cracking. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

They’re trying to silence us with fear and force. But “darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.” On 6/14, we show them what resistance looks like. Peaceful, unshakable, and everywhere!

Thinking about that time Senators Warren and Blumenthal wrote a letter to Joe Biden asking him for policy to stop Trump from deploying the National Guard against Americans.

Canada has seen a surge of American doctors seeking to move north in the months since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.

Colin D'Mello | Global News #cdnpoli Premier Doug Ford, who’s set to grow Ontario’s debt to $500B by 2027, accuses the Liberals of “bankrupting” the province.

Israeli forces forced Palestinian detainees to strip, kneel on freezing floors, branded them, starved them, and unleashed dogs on them. Nurse Lana Abugharbieh heard it all firsthand—and treated their broken bodies in Gaza. Read her testimony: 🔗 www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

Calling out Conservatives vm.tiktok.com/ZMSYSJLBC/

Doug Ford lied to the people of Ontario about the Science Centre. Canadian media are apparently bored with the story. #onpoli

watching accounts get deleted within minutes of liking or sharing their posts bluesky you can always just stop

“As of May 2025, Pierre Poilievre has been identified as a central figure in the spread of disinformation within Canadian politics.” cultmtl.com/2025/04/pier...

we can all help. and sharing, reposting, donating - all ways of telling the folks in Gaza, we see you, we hear you, you are not alone in this

You can’t make this up

Mohammed al Bardawil, a young witness to the attack on medics who we interviewed in Gaza, was killed at the weekend when an Israeli gunboat fired on Rafah beach. His father Saeed asked our colleague Bilal Shbair today for a photo of them together when Bilal interviewed them.