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A 14-year-old American boy and his two friends were gunned down by Israeli soldiers Sunday night. Their largely American village in the West Bank is wondering why Trump and the U.S. government have said so little about the killing of one of its citizens.

I just want to tip my hat to the crack team of White House economists who were able to discover--in just a few short days--that the U.S. is dependent on China for smartphones, computers and semiconductors.

For more than a week, conservative media and politicians have worked themselves into a frenzy over a spectacle manufactured by a fencer who refused to compete against a 19-year-old trans woman. Here is the target of that hate campaign, finally, in her own words.

He stands for the worst kinds of things in the Conservative bag: a desire to cause harm to anyone he hates, and he hates a lot of people; see True North 'News' for his views. These guys ALL want to get their hands on power and remove everyone else from it.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

FUR AND INTERFERENCE AND MISINFORMATION

Puppy Girl 🐕 Young female Shepherd mix Adoptable from Columbia Gorge Humane Society (The Dalles, OR) https://www.petfinder.com/dog/puppy-girl-76005460/or/the-dalles/columbia-gorge-humane-society-or20/

Dutch government complicit in Israeli war crimes; export of military dogs must be halted, investigated #humanrights #Gaza #Palestine #IsraeliWarCrimes countercurrents.org/2025/04/dutc...

Huge crowd tonight on Vancouver Island to see MP Charlie Angus speak at the “Canada Resistance Tour”—and an amazing shoutout to MeidasTouch from the Maple Meidas in Cumberland, Port Alberni, K’ómoks First Nation, Nanaimo, and the Comox Valley.

Facebook, at the request of the Israelis, is targeting people who post about Ghassan Kanafani with censorship because they know the effect his writing has. Israel killed because he was a genius writer. Here are two of his books and why I think they're so important for people to read now:

Babel R.F. Kuang

Zeteo warned about Project Esther six months ago. As with Project 2025, everything that was promised by the far right is coming to pass. zeteo.com/p/project-es...

I'm teaching Toni Morrison's "Racism and Fascism" piece next week. I plan to focus on her argument that people who engage in fascist behavior often do it because it's fun and thrilling.

As I warned repeatedly last July, the foolhardy cancellation of the world class and inexpensive Ontario wastewater surveillance program was a mistake. I cautioned that we would be less prepared as new infectious disease risks rose during the winter. #measles #H5N1 www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

Excellent thinking!

Why academics must speak out against Trump and disinformation policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ap...

GHG emissions likely to rise if Conservatives win April 28 election #PierrePoilievre #emissions #Canada policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ap...

Hidden locks on products could be justifiably removed during a trade war: underhanded corporate controls on products you bought can be removed. Thanks, Cory Doctorow. canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

Sanity and a balanced attitude to political art return to PEI University. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/entertainmen...

Street art of Llian Gazut. #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...

Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?

no lies detected. #civilrights

NEW: Of the 7,837 disputed procedures in the lawsuit, involving 1,680 patients, Blue Cross paid this breast cancer center about 9 cents on the dollar, paying $43M on invoices totaling $500M. Some 60% of the claims weren’t reimbursed at all.

There are a lot of reasons to vote anti-vaxx/pro-Ivermectin/convoy supporter Dean Allison out of office. Here’s a big one. Remember that time had lunch with a far-right German politician and then claimed he didn’t know about her politics? Sure Dean. jenniferkorstanje.liberal.ca #CanadaVotes

April 11, 2025: At Issue panel brings the political discussion to Halifax, answering questions from Canadians about the biggest issues on the federal campaign trail: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdPk... @rosiebarton.bsky.social @acoyne.bsky.social @chebert18.bsky.social @althiaraj.bsky.social 🍁

Ukraine does not owe the United States a single dollar, everything the US provided and has yet to provide is owed to Ukraine. The US is the debtor and nobody should fucking forget that. These aren't donations, they are debts.

Bells Larsen has been forced to cancel his US tour because of anti-trans visa denial

The UCP has stood in the Legislature and repeatedly stated they are "doing everything" in their power to comply with the Auditor General’s investigation. 

 Then, they turned around and issued a gag order. What is the UCP trying so hard to cover up? #CorruptCare

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Killdeer chickies are unforgivably cute Currently at HCP east Talbert Lake! Calling a videographer for chick content! @banditelli.org 🪶

BREAKING: An immigration court determined our client Mahmoud Khalil to be removable from the U.S. based solely on his political speech. The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.

Lucrezia herself feels that there is a beast within her that could one day “crawl out into the light, blinking, bristling, unfurling its filthy fists and opening its jagged red mouth”. My holiday read a couple of years ago. Wonderful. www.theguardian.com/books/2022/a...

PC election campaign leaned heavily — and spent heavily — on western, populist, and social conservative consultants and staff, documents show: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...