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Vancouver, BC. #canucks #littleleague #canpoli #bcpoli I’m a relentless pragmatist, so that means opposing almost all right wing nonsense
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Epic burn! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

A stunning development that I didn’t see coming. Buckling up now for a barrage of hate from my Demented Stalker and his clown posse. www.insidernj.com/wp-content/u...

Benjamin Netanyahu is an indicted war criminal. And yet, the west obediently fall into line when he carries his permanent war campaign into more and more treacherous waters. The bombing of Iran had nothing to do with nuclear threat, it was about regime change. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

The idea that we can "easily" overthrow the regime in Iran is a fantasy of people that have never served. Afghanistan is back in the hands of the Taliban after 20 years of slaughter. Iraq still isn't peaceful. Libya is a war zone that's been in civil war since we dropped bombs. History is screaming!

Oh that more journalists wrote like this. Facts, timelines, comparison of solutions from other regions, and simple readable prose. Every city should have half-a-dozen @jmcelroy.bsky.social reporters holding them accountable. #vancouver #bcpoli

Scottie Pippen on Jalen Williams makes you realize yet again why Pippen was so good. His humility and ability to see beyond himself is next level for an All-Time NBA great. To look at a 3rd year player and suggest JW has a higher ceiling than Pippen himself is next level www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...

How sad this angle, Poilievre has already retreated to one of the safest CPC ridings in the country and he still needs Harper out stumping for him to shore up support. The optics are comical, must be worried he will have lower support than in the election. #cdnpoli

I don't know about you...but I'm disturbed by the amount of hell NOT being raised by leadership about masked individuals jumping out of unmarked vans, refusing to identify themselves...and just shoving people into a Goddamn vehicle and whisking them away.

For those unconditionally cheering the attacks on Iran, remember that our early strikes in Afghanistan and Iraq were “successful”. But we ended up getting dragged into costly wars that created more terrorists than we killed. The American people haven’t forgotten that.

🚨🚨The White House is pissed off about this ad so you know what to do, share it everywhere! ICE is disappearing people just because of the color of their skin! No Warrant! No Due Process! This is not who we are as Americans! #MAGAKidnappers want an all white America, fuck that‼️

Hard to argue with that.

I used to tell my students that I “think with my mouth open” and one of the benefits of that is to hear yourself say something stupid and be able to be honest enough to change your mind as a result.

Having a bit of a hard time with the concept that if a guy in a police uniform who has a police vehicle shows up I should lock the doors and call 911, but if a guy in a ski mask with an hGH gut appears to be kidnapping my neighbor, I shouldn’t ask who he is if I don’t want federal charges.

So, basically what is happening in the US now is slavery with extra steps. Watch the video.

If you are too young to remember the Iraq War, you'll hear "no one protested" and "no one knew they were lying." Millions of people knew they were lying and protested. The press not only did not want a record of mass dissent; they did not want a record of mass knowledge of lies.

Sexual harassment is the canary in the corruption coal mine. If Cuomo/any elected official is willing to abuse government staff, they're sure as hell willing to abuse every other form of power they have. Sexual harassment is corruption, period.

I'm trying to imagine a Democratic president saying openly and proudly that he would be sending federal agents to target the 'Republican Power Center' in Texas, Florida, and Tennessee. We would be in the midst of a civil war before he'd finished saying those words.

This is super cool from the NWSL team Angel City FC, which is based in LA. They distributed these tshirts at last night’s game.

Walz: "This cannot be the norm. It cannot be the way that we deal with our political differences. Now is the time for us to recommit to the core values of this country ... Talk to a neighbor rather than arguing. Debate an issue. Shake hands. Find common ground. This is who Melissa Hortman was."

MSNBC reporter in gas mask in Los Angeles: I think it was Sheriffs deploying CS gas, tear gas, pepper spray, and flash bang grenades in large numbers. Mounted units pushing against protesters.., every single gathering I saw today was 100% peaceful

oh my god take my money

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A senator celebrating the murder of political opponents should be expelled. Not debated. Not excused. Expelled.

multiple reports now that LA cops attacked a peaceful demonstration

it’s really easy actually. when i write about this stuff for my newspaper column, i try to capture the nuances and i am using whatever authority i have as a person in the business to criticize my peers for not doing the same

It's pretty obvious that a lot of US mainstream media either doesn't recognise authoritarianism or doesn't want to call it out. Either way, it's an excellent way to destroy trust in your institution.

Idk man but when the administration that tried to reject humanitarian aid for Los Angeles when it was burning tries to justify their illegal military occupation by saying they aren’t going to let LA burn it kinda sounds like bullshit

You can't call immigrants lazy moochers looking for government handouts and then round them up at Home Depots where you know they are looking for work. You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules. Get your lies straight.

ICE was "responding" to the chaos ICE itself created. It was not responding to the way LA is without intentional provocation from ICE. And now the National Guard is "responding" to the chaos ICE created. It is not responding to the way LA is without intentional provocation from ICE.

The nuclear-powered irony that Con James Bezan just referred to the Trudeau military years as “the lost Liberal decade” on @davidwcochrane.bsky.social when his actual lost Harper decade right before gave us the lowest military spending that the Libs basically doubled to save Canada from Con neglect.

Hey Canadian media! We don't care what come's out of Poilievre's pie hole until a time when he has a voice in our government. We turfed him fair and square, stop forcing him on us. And!!! make him pay market rent for Stornaway as he collects money on his rental properties.

For decades the NRA and other gun nuts told us that their guns were to protect us all from a tyrannical government. So a tyrannical government is here, they are all sitting on their asses, and the people who want gun control have taken to the streets to defy the tyrannical government instead.

Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.

I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.

He’s disappearing innocent people off of our streets and ordering the military onto our streets. He does not give a damn about the rule of law. He is the very tyrant our founding generation rose up against 249 yrs ago. It’s time for the American people to rise up again.

What the immigrant community needs to do is refuse to work. Go on a national strike. Let America experience life without immigrant labor.

To anyone who wondered, what could go wrong if we elected as president a highly volatile, deeply dishonest, simple-minded cretin with a revenge fetish, the answer is THIS. All of THIS.

Terry Moran should have ABC News pay out his contract, immediately leave, start his own channel or newsletter, make twice as much and be respected while most of his colleagues go down in history as complicit bootheels and cowards. That would be my advice, but alas.

@cbcnews-rss.bsky.social why is CBC still consulting PP at every turn of events?? He is NOT an elected MP. He is NOT the Opposition leader. He is the leader of the CPC only. Why is Andrew Scheer not consulted instead of PP? The Canadian media is the venue keeping PP relevant. Not the voters.

Thinking of a hero I knew and admired.

Excellent Question! Answer: It Was Always A Lie!

This might be the absolute greatest reply we have ever received. Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙