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Angry American Guy

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To live in a multicultural society, we need to be exposed to cultures beyond our own so that they cannot be used in scare tactics.

Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

To Recap:
•Rep Elise Stefanik calls Mamdani a “jihadist"
•Sen Kirstin Gillibrand claims he wants to “wage global Jihad”
•And of all people—Trump rejects the “jihadist” label on Mamdani

What does Jihad actually mean & how does it apply in real life terms?
islamtoday.substack.com/p/what-is-ji...

What Is Jihad? Purpose, Meaning, & Misrepresentation

Jihad is not a scary word, but it is often maligned to instill fear in people

islamtoday.substack.com

November 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM

Serge Létourneau 🇨🇦

@letourse.bsky.social

War is a racket!
-Smedley D. Butler (1935)

Le Devoir @ledevoir.com · 1d

Chronique | Le pouvoir de tuer, certains se l’imaginent telle une gloire de vacancier.

Le commerce des massacres

www.ledevoir.com

November 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM

Serge Létourneau 🇨🇦

@letourse.bsky.social

The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...

The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality

The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.

theconversation.com

November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM

Serge Létourneau 🇨🇦

@letourse.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/thewalru...

Sovereignty Isn’t Just about Military Strength

Weak alliances, shaky diplomacy, and intelligence missteps are eroding Canada’s international standing

open.substack.com

November 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM

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Brian Finucane

@bcfinucane.bsky.social

From our recent @crisisgroup.org statement on the risks of regime change in Venezuela.

www.crisisgroup.org/latin-americ...

The term derives from the sun insignia worn by Venezuelan generals, and reflects the proven involvement of a number of military officers in the drugs trade – even if there is little evidence that any sort of stable, organised “cartel” exists.

November 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM

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Brian Finucane

@bcfinucane.bsky.social

“The idea that you’re going to be able to slot in a government and everything else will just fall into place, I think is just fantasy,” added Mr. Gunson, speaking from the Venezuelan capital of Caracas.

And citations to our recent @crisisgroup.org statement.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...

U.S. Ran a War Game on Ousting Maduro. Venezuela Fell Into Chaos.

www.nytimes.com

November 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM

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Angry

@angrystaffer.bsky.social

Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses, as hate symbols.

The fuck?

wapo.st/3Mbd9a6

U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols

The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”

wapo.st

November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM

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Seth Abramson

@sethabramson.bsky.social

Still think we’re not there yet?

November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM

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The Bulwark

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"The idea that MBS plans to sink the entirety of his nation’s accumulated petro-lucre into building factories in the United States is laughable on its face." Well, *that's* not stopping anybody! www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...

November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM

Serge Létourneau 🇨🇦

@letourse.bsky.social

Chris Hedges: The Empire Self-Destructs consortiumnews.com/2025/02/11/c...

Chris Hedges: The Empire Self-Destructs

These billionaires will make a fortune “harvesting” the remains of the empire. But they are ultimately slaying the beast that created American wealth and power. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost The bill...

consortiumnews.com

November 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM

Serge Létourneau 🇨🇦

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The Illiberal World Order Is Here by Carl Bildt @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/Fnk3yGe

The Illiberal World Order Is Here

Carl Bildt thinks the Trump administration has put the final nail in the coffin of the postwar world the US helped build.

prosyn.org

November 20, 2025 at 1:04 AM

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Fab. de Pierrebourg

@fabricedp.bsky.social

#Ukraine

Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 6d

Cosmic fucking horror

November 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM

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Thomas Gerbet

@thomasgerbet.bsky.social

Un document inédit du ministère de l’Environnement du Québec révèle que beaucoup d’agriculteurs prélèvent des grandes quantités d’eau sans autorisation. Les fonctionnaires s’inquiètent de la compétition que ça engendre avec les municipalités. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/220...