MBYaraskavitch
@margwhy.bsky.social
Podcast listener, hike leader, grandmother, traveller, Canadian
A practical description of the effects of tariffs on American businesses.
NEW "This administration’s on-again, off-again tariff regime is leaving businesses that operate internationally with no certainty around costs and zero ability to plan for the future."
Trump’s tariffs are illegal. They’re also ruining my business.
Here’s what it looks like when a president wages war on private companies.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
A practical description of the effects of tariffs on American businesses.
Sad how one small group of people can cause so much difficulty.
Opinion: The ostrich saga was for the birds
Government’s decision to cull 300 birds in B.C. was for the public good
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Sad how one small group of people can cause so much difficulty.
Scarring people for a lifetime.
Inside ICE Detention: Stripped, Shackled, Starved
YouTube video by New York Times Opinion
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Scarring people for a lifetime.
It's important to follow through on these stories. Keep looking for and telling facts.
Stephen Miller said the Chicago building was “filled with TdA terrorists.”
DOJ prosecutors have not filed criminal charges or shown evidence that anyone arrested in the raid belonged to the Tren de Aragua gang.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
DOJ prosecutors have not filed criminal charges or shown evidence that anyone arrested in the raid belonged to the Tren de Aragua gang.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
“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 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It's important to follow through on these stories. Keep looking for and telling facts.
Good news.
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Good news.
Worth paying attention to this!
The uncertain future of Wasaga Beach | The Narwhal
The Ontario government is handing part of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park over to the town, leaving many wondering what will be left to protect it
thenarwhal.ca
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Worth paying attention to this!
Individual stories are important but there are so many stories that are not known or told. Sometimes it's hard to understand the large picture.
Hundreds of Thousands of Anonymous Deportees
Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Individual stories are important but there are so many stories that are not known or told. Sometimes it's hard to understand the large picture.
Each time someone is brave enough to speak truth to power there may be more people who will also speak.
Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Each time someone is brave enough to speak truth to power there may be more people who will also speak.
People HAVE TO assess what is true. Know that the folks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation are people who actively try to hoodwink people.
The post from the Reagan Foundation is just complete gibberish.
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
October 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
People HAVE TO assess what is true. Know that the folks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation are people who actively try to hoodwink people.
Beautiful time of the year with so much colour to enjoy before the landscape turns to grey.
October 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Beautiful time of the year with so much colour to enjoy before the landscape turns to grey.
This. This story matters so much. Every day is a new chance to do right.
"At every step along the way, I rationalized, compartmentalized, and found excuses to stay tethered to the party, even as I grew to believe it was undermining the foundations of our constitutional republic." Enough is enough: www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...
October 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This. This story matters so much. Every day is a new chance to do right.
Wow.
Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."
October 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Wow.
Ans she wasn't the only one with "body language". Check out some of the handshakes for the camera.
Meloni looks like she wants off the planet during Trump's speech 😆
October 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Ans she wasn't the only one with "body language". Check out some of the handshakes for the camera.
“I never thought federal officers could behave this way. I really didn’t,” she said. “I always thought people must be provoking them or something, that they would never do this unprovoked. Obviously, I was wrong.”
Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest
An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.
www.oregonlive.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
“I never thought federal officers could behave this way. I really didn’t,” she said. “I always thought people must be provoking them or something, that they would never do this unprovoked. Obviously, I was wrong.”
The message!
'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
October 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The message!
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It's important to keep the faith.
September 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
It's important to keep the faith.
Huh. 1939.
September 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Huh. 1939.
Yup, this.
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Yup, this.
The capitulation
Shorter JVL: The courts realize that regular order has broken down. The media and private enterprise ought to realize it, too. www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...
Emergency Triad: First, They Came for Jimmy Kimmel
What happens when comedians are held to stricter standards than vice presidents?
www.thebulwark.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The capitulation
Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
September 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
This is good. Long, sure. But provides a good overview of who Charlie Kirk was. And it matters, to understand such things.
I put together a primer on Charlie Kirk — and paid some special attention to his relationship with Nick Fuentes and the Groyper movement.
There's no hot takes or sweeping declarations. Just some useful background. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/who-was-ch...
There's no hot takes or sweeping declarations. Just some useful background. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/who-was-ch...
Who Was Charlie Kirk, Anyway?
Kirk occupied a uniquely powerful place in the MAGA movement
www.bugeyedandshameless.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is good. Long, sure. But provides a good overview of who Charlie Kirk was. And it matters, to understand such things.
Worth trying to understand what is happening with regards to forest fires.
Our managed forests in Canada used to be a carbon sink. But since 2002, they have been a carbon source, and the emissions are growing rapidly as wildfires intensify. A must read.
Canada’s out-of-control wildfire crisis in six charts www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/03/a...
Canada’s out-of-control wildfire crisis in six charts www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/03/a...
Canada’s out-of-control wildfire crisis in six charts
Canadian wildfire has quadrupled since the 1990s. That’s releasing billions of tonnes of CO2. The climate beast is waking up. When will we?
www.nationalobserver.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Worth trying to understand what is happening with regards to forest fires.
August 31, 2025 at 4:40 AM
In the face of incredible adversity, there are outstanding human beings in this world.
EXCLUSIVE: Andry Hernández Romero Tells His Story
Venezuelan asylum seeker Andry Hernández joins Tim Miller to share his harrowing journey through U.S.
www.thebulwark.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
In the face of incredible adversity, there are outstanding human beings in this world.