CityScribe
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Cynically optimistic. Checker of facts. Thinker of thoughts. Somebody needs to state the obvious, but with profanity. She/her. Made in 🇨🇦.
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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Chris Glover NDP-
My office just uncovered that buried in the Fall Economic Statement Ford’s Cons are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
They’re bringing in legislation to let him override prov & municipal laws including heritage protections, environmental safeguards & labour laws #cdnpoli
My office just uncovered that buried in the Fall Economic Statement Ford’s Cons are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
They’re bringing in legislation to let him override prov & municipal laws including heritage protections, environmental safeguards & labour laws #cdnpoli
November 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Chris Glover NDP-
My office just uncovered that buried in the Fall Economic Statement Ford’s Cons are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
They’re bringing in legislation to let him override prov & municipal laws including heritage protections, environmental safeguards & labour laws #cdnpoli
My office just uncovered that buried in the Fall Economic Statement Ford’s Cons are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
They’re bringing in legislation to let him override prov & municipal laws including heritage protections, environmental safeguards & labour laws #cdnpoli
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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GREAT JOB ALERT!
ProPublica is hiring another senior editor for our Local Reporting Network.
The editor will edit the work of 4-5 reporters from our partner newsrooms, collaborating on projects that spur change.
💰 Salary range: $150,000 to $195,000
➡️ Apply: propub.li/3JAIqme
ProPublica is hiring another senior editor for our Local Reporting Network.
The editor will edit the work of 4-5 reporters from our partner newsrooms, collaborating on projects that spur change.
💰 Salary range: $150,000 to $195,000
➡️ Apply: propub.li/3JAIqme
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
GREAT JOB ALERT!
ProPublica is hiring another senior editor for our Local Reporting Network.
The editor will edit the work of 4-5 reporters from our partner newsrooms, collaborating on projects that spur change.
💰 Salary range: $150,000 to $195,000
➡️ Apply: propub.li/3JAIqme
ProPublica is hiring another senior editor for our Local Reporting Network.
The editor will edit the work of 4-5 reporters from our partner newsrooms, collaborating on projects that spur change.
💰 Salary range: $150,000 to $195,000
➡️ Apply: propub.li/3JAIqme
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Yes, Thames Water is widely seen as a massive cautionary tale, both about the privatization of utilities (which the UK did a lot of, and now regrets), and the investment in such utilities by big pensions. On a fun related note, Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) owns 32% of TW!
Thames Water ranked worst supplier in England as firms’ ratings hit record low
Environment Agency rates eight of nine companies as poor and needing improvement
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Yes, Thames Water is widely seen as a massive cautionary tale, both about the privatization of utilities (which the UK did a lot of, and now regrets), and the investment in such utilities by big pensions. On a fun related note, Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) owns 32% of TW!
Doug Ford wants to privatize our water.
The latest twist👇 in the tale of Thames Water, which supplies drinking water to 1/4 of 🇬🇧. The local connection is that British Columbia Investment Management Corp (BCI) + BC Public Sector Pension Plans have owned 8.7% of the utility during its financial implosion and litany of leaks + spills. 1/x
Why is Thames Water in so much trouble?
Thames Water's lenders have submitted a new rescue plan to save the firm, but how did it end up in this state?
www.bbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Doug Ford wants to privatize our water.
Ask England how well privatizing water has worked out.
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Ask England how well privatizing water has worked out.
Ontario.
Kids need more one-on-one time, and smaller class sizes are the way to do it.
Add your voice today. Together we can push for #SmallerClasses and make a big difference for public education. app.sosha.ai/s/NZXGBsyI #onted
Add your voice today. Together we can push for #SmallerClasses and make a big difference for public education. app.sosha.ai/s/NZXGBsyI #onted
Smaller class sizes = more time for each child
app.sosha.ai
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Ontario.
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On Nov 17 at 9AM the city of Toronto will raise the Palestinian flag. The city often raises flags to respect the multicultural nature of the city.
It is non-partisan.
Don't let the Israeli lobby intimidate people in Toronto.
Show up and say no to genocide.
www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...
It is non-partisan.
Don't let the Israeli lobby intimidate people in Toronto.
Show up and say no to genocide.
www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...
Pro-Israel organization files legal challenge aiming to halt Palestinian flag raising at City Hall
The first-ever raising of the Palestinian flag at City Hall is set to occur on Nov. 17
www.torontotoday.ca
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
On Nov 17 at 9AM the city of Toronto will raise the Palestinian flag. The city often raises flags to respect the multicultural nature of the city.
It is non-partisan.
Don't let the Israeli lobby intimidate people in Toronto.
Show up and say no to genocide.
www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...
It is non-partisan.
Don't let the Israeli lobby intimidate people in Toronto.
Show up and say no to genocide.
www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...
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Omfg!!!
Exhibition Place now, too!
Anywhere families like to go to enjoy themselves, Ford is destroying!!
Exhibition Place now, too!
Anywhere families like to go to enjoy themselves, Ford is destroying!!
November 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Omfg!!!
Exhibition Place now, too!
Anywhere families like to go to enjoy themselves, Ford is destroying!!
Exhibition Place now, too!
Anywhere families like to go to enjoy themselves, Ford is destroying!!
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Ontario Place, the Science Center, Wasaga Beach, the Ex.
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
My office just uncovered that, buried in their Fall Economic Statement, Ford’s Conservatives are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
#ONpoli
My office just uncovered that, buried in their Fall Economic Statement, Ford’s Conservatives are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
#ONpoli
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Ontario Place, the Science Center, Wasaga Beach, the Ex.
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SIRIUS XM CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER IS
1-800-689-6881
LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF MEGYNS DEFENSE OF EPSTEIN’S PEDOPHILIA
1-800-689-6881
LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF MEGYNS DEFENSE OF EPSTEIN’S PEDOPHILIA
November 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
SIRIUS XM CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER IS
1-800-689-6881
LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF MEGYNS DEFENSE OF EPSTEIN’S PEDOPHILIA
1-800-689-6881
LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF MEGYNS DEFENSE OF EPSTEIN’S PEDOPHILIA
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Recommendations for late night dinner in Denver?
November 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Recommendations for late night dinner in Denver?
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New “family support offices” to open in January 2026 in boards that are under supervision. #OntEd globalnews.ca/news/1152441...
Ford government continues education shakeup with new ‘family support offices’ | Globalnews.ca
The province said the first of these offices will be the next step for parents with complex or contentious issues which their schools cannot solve.
globalnews.ca
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
New “family support offices” to open in January 2026 in boards that are under supervision. #OntEd globalnews.ca/news/1152441...
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A reminder:
An under-aged girl = a child
Sex with a child = rape
Hiding behind euphemisms and bureaucratic legalese protects our feelings, but clouds the truth.
An under-aged girl = a child
Sex with a child = rape
Hiding behind euphemisms and bureaucratic legalese protects our feelings, but clouds the truth.
November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A reminder:
An under-aged girl = a child
Sex with a child = rape
Hiding behind euphemisms and bureaucratic legalese protects our feelings, but clouds the truth.
An under-aged girl = a child
Sex with a child = rape
Hiding behind euphemisms and bureaucratic legalese protects our feelings, but clouds the truth.
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Hey folks,
I just had to renew my health insurance and I’ve got to pay my car registration this month—all while I’ve finally got the big move to a permanent new home underway. I could use about $300 so I don’t get overdrawn in a few days. See the post below if you can help. Many thanks.
I just had to renew my health insurance and I’ve got to pay my car registration this month—all while I’ve finally got the big move to a permanent new home underway. I could use about $300 so I don’t get overdrawn in a few days. See the post below if you can help. Many thanks.
November 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Hey folks,
I just had to renew my health insurance and I’ve got to pay my car registration this month—all while I’ve finally got the big move to a permanent new home underway. I could use about $300 so I don’t get overdrawn in a few days. See the post below if you can help. Many thanks.
I just had to renew my health insurance and I’ve got to pay my car registration this month—all while I’ve finally got the big move to a permanent new home underway. I could use about $300 so I don’t get overdrawn in a few days. See the post below if you can help. Many thanks.
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Might I suggest that a newspaper that was far too cozy with the most famous pedophile in the world constantly concern trolling about gender affirming care mutilating children's bodies is, in fact, two sides of the same coin.
November 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Might I suggest that a newspaper that was far too cozy with the most famous pedophile in the world constantly concern trolling about gender affirming care mutilating children's bodies is, in fact, two sides of the same coin.
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An absolute powerhouse of a @propublica.org team has done what U.S. officials refuse to do: identify the men and women swept up in that midnight raid in Chicago. Life in the building was not perfect, but reporters found little evidence to back up government claims: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
An absolute powerhouse of a @propublica.org team has done what U.S. officials refuse to do: identify the men and women swept up in that midnight raid in Chicago. Life in the building was not perfect, but reporters found little evidence to back up government claims: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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American owned paper in Canada presents us the "spokesman" to break up our country.
Tadda: he's a former US marine.
They can't even find a real Canadian to be MAGA's quisling puppet.
Piss off back to the States dude and take your marine oath of loyalty with you.
nationalpost.com/news/another...
Tadda: he's a former US marine.
They can't even find a real Canadian to be MAGA's quisling puppet.
Piss off back to the States dude and take your marine oath of loyalty with you.
nationalpost.com/news/another...
Another Alberta separatist leader is courting U.S. conservatives in Washington and Mar-a-Lago
The Republican Party of Alberta’s leader says he's meeting with U.S. officials to advocate for Alberta independence and strengthen ties.
nationalpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
American owned paper in Canada presents us the "spokesman" to break up our country.
Tadda: he's a former US marine.
They can't even find a real Canadian to be MAGA's quisling puppet.
Piss off back to the States dude and take your marine oath of loyalty with you.
nationalpost.com/news/another...
Tadda: he's a former US marine.
They can't even find a real Canadian to be MAGA's quisling puppet.
Piss off back to the States dude and take your marine oath of loyalty with you.
nationalpost.com/news/another...
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So proud of my friend and fellow Welsh Pembroke Corgi owner @andrewfeinberg.com for asking this question:
“What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?"
“What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?"
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
So proud of my friend and fellow Welsh Pembroke Corgi owner @andrewfeinberg.com for asking this question:
“What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?"
“What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?"
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I’m going to think about watching this moment unfold in real time for a long time.
for all the horrors coming out of Chicago and its metro area, the principled courage of everyday people, in the face of such intimidation, never ceases to astonish. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/k...
for all the horrors coming out of Chicago and its metro area, the principled courage of everyday people, in the face of such intimidation, never ceases to astonish. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/k...
November 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I’m going to think about watching this moment unfold in real time for a long time.
for all the horrors coming out of Chicago and its metro area, the principled courage of everyday people, in the face of such intimidation, never ceases to astonish. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/k...
for all the horrors coming out of Chicago and its metro area, the principled courage of everyday people, in the face of such intimidation, never ceases to astonish. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/k...
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"This woke Me-Too bullshit has gone too far," said the former Harvard President and Secretary of the U.S. Treasury to the billionaire pedophile sex trafficker in a private email that the Justice Department under both parties kept secret for years
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"This woke Me-Too bullshit has gone too far," said the former Harvard President and Secretary of the U.S. Treasury to the billionaire pedophile sex trafficker in a private email that the Justice Department under both parties kept secret for years
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Cancel culture was really just enforcing normal standards of social behaviour that were obliterated by social media.
Yes, it went too far sometimes. But there's no right to be famous. Moving on from people who seem kinda off is how we used to avoid making celebrities out of creeps and crooks.
Yes, it went too far sometimes. But there's no right to be famous. Moving on from people who seem kinda off is how we used to avoid making celebrities out of creeps and crooks.
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Cancel culture was really just enforcing normal standards of social behaviour that were obliterated by social media.
Yes, it went too far sometimes. But there's no right to be famous. Moving on from people who seem kinda off is how we used to avoid making celebrities out of creeps and crooks.
Yes, it went too far sometimes. But there's no right to be famous. Moving on from people who seem kinda off is how we used to avoid making celebrities out of creeps and crooks.