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Wild that Ontario Conservatives led by Doug Ford won a majority government with less than 18% of Ontarians voting for them. Result: crumbling health care & education, corruption, unaffordable housing, giveaway of Ontario Place to a foreign corporation, etc, etc Get out and vote, Folks!

Rep. Jason Crow: “The purge of senior officers at DOD is deeply troubling, but purging JAG officers worries me the most. “JAG officers interpret law for our commanders. They help determine what's lawful and constitutional. “Replacing these military lawyers with Trump loyalists is so dangerous.”

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center say results of a Phase I trial of an mRNA vaccine aimed at preventing pancreatic cancer show promise. The vaccine PREVENTED the cancer from coming back in patients who had already received treatment for MORE THAN three years. 🧪🧵⬇️

Back of the envelope here, but I suspect Elon Musk has done more damage to the U.S. government and its interests than Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen, both of whom agreed to plead guilty to receive life sentences without the possibility of parole specifically to avoid the death penalty

✅ Yes, U.S. President Donald Trump has revoked the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1965.

It's no coincidence that Musk's companies are soaring in value as the regulatory agencies that were investigating or suing them are being gutted. The DOGE agenda isn't about "efficiency" — it's about Musk freeing himself from any accountability so he can line his pockets.

Holy shit! You’ve got to see this town hall. Republicans are starting to get torn apart by their own constituents. Rep. Rich McCormick: “You don’t think I’m going to stand up for you?” Woman in the crowd: “You need to stand up.” Another woman: “Don’t bend over.” 🔥

Elon, Trump and MAGA can’t suppress your account with algorithms on @bsky.app So they’re hiring people to make blocklists of resisters. Be aware.

Daniel Dale, as ever, doing the Lord’s work:

Doug Ford's government reversed its plan to cut into a swath of protected land around Toronto, but with an RCMP investigation still underway, @emmamci.bsky.social looks at how the Greenbelt scandal is quietly shaping the 2025 Ontario election. #onpoli thenarwhal.ca/ontario-elec...

#Thessalon #Ontario has no local hospital beds. Their ER closes unexpectedly. It’s been all hands on deck in the community to solve this desperate situation. But those hands have been tied by @fordnation & @SylviaJonesPC ‘s lack of fucks given #VoteFordOut #ONpoli

www.propublica.org/article/texa...

He did it and most Americans won’t even realize it. Trump’s executive order yesterday gives him the power to interpret laws. It is the same thing Hitler did with the Enabling Act that made him a dictator. It’s an executive order that makes Trump a dictator and they slipped it in. It’s done.

If you’re serious about resisting, the easiest direct action you can take is to start wearing an N95 mask in public. This thread is a great explanation of how masking is solidarity, masking is resistance to fascism, and it not only protects you, it protects POC, LGBTQ+ and disabled communities

newrepublic.com/article/1917...

When ordered by Nazis to give lists of disabled people by disability severity, some doctors sent back exaggerated data to protect patients from forced work They didn't know that the "most disabled" were to be killed first The moral here isn't to tell the truth It's to never co-operate with Nazis

USA: "The US government may destroy more than 160 million COVID-19 tests. Here's how to claim your free at-home kits before they're gone." 🔹Free home test: covidtests.gov click on the blue button (Order Free At-home Tests) 🔹Toll-free phone number: 800-232-0233 www.cnet.com/health/claim...

Beyond the fact that Police Associations and Police Unions should remain apolitical, one has to consider the optics of actively endorsing someone who is under criminal investigation.

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Green chancellor candidate Robert Habeck has warned that Europe’s reliance on Silicon Valley is a threat to democracy.

This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”. This is a manifesto against disability. This is the language of eugenics.

I paid into my CPP for 50 years. It's not a tax, it's MY FUCKING MONEY

LIVE UPDATES: One kid, two adults critically injured after airplane crash at Toronto Pearson

3 passengers from the landing incident at Pearson have critical injuries.

Here we go again. 🚨🚨

Who else thinks he’s old enough that he finally needs to get a real job?

#forfuck’ssake

"Most cases are in school-age kids, and 13 have been hospitalized..." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Parts of West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Tennessee are experiencing severe flooding. I wonder what they think about Donald Trump wanting to get rid of FEMA right about now?

At least 7 plane crashes since Trump and Musk destroyed aviation safety in the United States. That's an average of 1 plane crash every 3 days. 1/29 – Washington, D.C. 1/31 – Pennsylvania 2/5 – Washington 2/6 – Alaska 2/10 – Arizona 2/12 – California 2/16 – Georgia

The mass firing bloodbath at HHS continues. We will likely pay for these mistakes in blood of those who could have been saved. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

Joke: What’s the difference between a Canadian and an American? The Canadian knows the difference.

Knowledge is power…

I'll just leave this here:

Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind? It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.  It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.

Macron urges a new European military coalition as an alternative to NATO to help combat Russia and other threats. "We can't rely on (the US) or rest of the world." The plan is to create a European army with France, UK, Italy, Poland, Baltic states and everyone who seeks to join.