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Victoria Stuart
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YES: social justice/human rights/environment
NO! capitalism/billionaires/inequality/fascists/genocide/misogyny
Transgenocide https://persagen.org/wpi/transgenocide/docs/transgenocide.pdf
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🇺🇲 There it is: “We would be frankly unstoppable”: Trump dances around Greenland threats at Davos
pvonline.ca/2026/01/21/c...

The president spoke of Greenland with the noncommittal menace of a mobster at the World Economic Forum
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pvonline.ca
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... and others of his Pierre Polievre's ilk (Danielle Smith; Doug Ford) and the stranglehold corporations and lobbyists have over our governments, organizations, and society.

#capitalism #billionaires

#DemocraticSocialism
February 5, 2026 at 3:25 AM
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... The PressProgress investigative reporting / open-source intelligence (OSINT) is particularly well done - kudos to this team! 👍️👍️

pressprogress.ca/pierre-poili...

The level of sleeze, corruption (by omission / obfuscation) highlights both the dangers to Canadians of Pierre Poilievre ...
Pierre Poilievre’s Top Advisor, Jenni Byrne, is a Major Corporate Power Broker
A closer look at Byrne’s extensive corporate lobbying activity reveals billion-dollar corporations and ethical concerns
pressprogress.ca
February 5, 2026 at 3:25 AM
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🇨🇦 Jenni Byrne: Poilievre’s Top Advisor/Corporate Power Broker
pressprogress.ca/pierre-poili...

Billion-dollar corporations/ethical concerns

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenni_B...

#Canada #Poilievre #Christofascism #FarRight #Trumpism #antiLGBTQ #transgenocide
#capitalism #lobbyists
#DemocraticSocialism
🇨🇦 Pierre Poilievre’s new governing council stacked w. corporate lobbyists https://breachmedia.ca/pierre-poilievres-new-governing-council-stacked-with-corporate-lobbyists Lobbyists & anti-abortion activists: starkly contrast to Conservative Party’s public messaging * Jenni Byrne: Poilievre’s Top Advisor; Corporate Power Broker * billion-dollar corporations & ethical concerns https://pressprogress.ca/pierre-poilievre-jenni-byrne-lobbying https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenni_Byrne #Canada #Poilievre #Christofascism #FarRight #Trumpism #antiLGBTQ #transgenocide #populism #capitalism #lobbyists #DemocraticSocialism
February 5, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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🇨🇦 Vancouver - Coastal Dance Festival Honouring Indigenous Stories, Song, & Dance
miss604.com/2026/02/coas...

19th annual Coastal Dance Festival
Coastal Dance Festival » Indigenous Performing Arts Festival
Dancers of Damelahamid presents the Coastal Dance Festival, a Northwest Coast Indigenous performing arts festival March 3-8, 2026.
miss604.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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🇨🇦 Pierre Poilievre’s new governing council stacked w. corporate lobbyists
breachmedia.ca/pierre-poili...

Lobbyists, anti-abortion activists contrast Conservative Party’s public messaging

#Canada #Poilievre #populism #obfuscation #duplicity #capitalism #lobbyists
#DemocraticSocialism
Pierre Poilievre’s new governing council stacked with corporate lobbyists ⋆ The Breach
Lobbyists and anti-abortion activists on influential body are a contrast to Conservative Party’s public messaging
breachmedia.ca
February 4, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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🇨🇦 Mark Carney’s government is cutting hundreds of environment and science jobs. Here’s what that means for Canadians
www.cbc.ca/radio/whaton...

‘These cuts today potentially could mean a crisis tomorrow,’ says public service union president
Carney’s government is cutting hundreds of environment and science jobs. Here’s what that means for Canadians | CBC Radio
Scientists and labour leaders are warning that cuts to Environment and Climate Change Canada could significantly impact the health and safety of Canadians as well as Canada's wildlife and environment.
www.cbc.ca
February 4, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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🇨🇦 What Past Atrocities Teach Us about Residential School Burials
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

The decision to dig in search of children’s bodies should rest with the communities and families.

#Canada #Indigenous #IndigenousHistory #ResidentialSchools #colonialism #Catholicism #TRC #TRCC #justice
What Past Atrocities Teach Us about Residential School Burials | The Tyee
The decision to dig in search of children's bodies should rest with the communities and families.
thetyee.ca
February 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Expansion Microscopy Transformed How We See the Cellular World
www.quantamagazine.org/expansion-mi...

Expansion microscopy
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Expansion Microscopy Has Transformed How We See the Cellular World | Quanta Magazine
How physically magnifying objects using a key ingredient in diapers has opened an unprecedented view of the microbial world.
www.quantamagazine.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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#capitalism #corporations #billionaires #MilitaryIndustrialComplex #neoliberalism
#DemocraticSocialism #pacificism

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific...

Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Pacificism - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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🇳🇱 Netherlands’ New Era of Militarized Neoliberalism
jacobin.com/2026/02/neth...

* Dutch government splurges on military while cutting welfare state
* most NATO members similarly committing to high defense spending [Canada 🇨🇦]
* working-class Europeans forced to pay the costs
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The Netherlands’ New Era of Militarized Neoliberalism
The new Dutch government’s program splurges on the military while cutting the welfare state. With most NATO members committing to similarly high defense spending, working-class Europeans are forced to...
jacobin.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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... Trump recently suggested federal Republicans should 'take over' running elections in 15+ states, repeating baseless claim of rampant voter fraud

🇺🇲 #Christofascism #SCOTUS #AmericanReich #AmericanGulag #AmeriKKKa #billionaires

#transgenocide 🏳️‍⚧️ #TLM #BTLM
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ (@persagen@mastodon.social)
Attached: 2 images 🏳️‍⚧️ Transgenocide https://persagen.org/wpi/transgenocide/ Background: Transphobia & transgenocide https://persagen.org/wpi/transgenocide/docs/transgenocide.pdf * comprehensive...
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February 4, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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🇺🇲 Fears mount that Trump administration could meddle in U.S. elections
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

i.e. steal
* Trump floats federal takeover of voting, days after controversial ballot seizure in Georgia
...
ANALYSIS | Why concerns are growing the Trump administration could meddle in crucial U.S. elections | CBC News
Concern is mounting among political observers and critics of U.S. President Donald Trump that his administration is laying the groundwork to meddle in crucial midterm elections that could determine wh...
www.cbc.ca
February 4, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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... * critical to share
www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/u...

#Indigenous #OlderAdults #IndigenousHousing
www.policyalternatives.ca
February 4, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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🇨🇦 How to ensure affordable, safe and culturally grounded housing for Indigenous older adults 🪶
theconversation.com/how-to-ensur...

* 2023-24 spoke w. 48 Indigenous older adults aged 55-83 + 9 knowledge keepers
* compiled in report Minosin Kikiwa – "A Good Home:" Indigenous Older Adults in Winnipeg
How to ensure affordable, safe and culturally grounded housing for Indigenous older adults
The Indigenous Seniors Research Committee examined the housing and care needs of Indigenous older adults in Winnipeg, Manitoba. And the evidence suggests a housing crisis that is economic and cultural...
theconversation.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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🇨🇦 How Alberta/Danielle Smith/UCP Plans to Kill Public Health Care Across Canada
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

* opens door for 2-tier that could destroy medicare
* far-right billionaire Chip Wilson funder of UCP caucus Take Back Alberta

#DanielleSmith #transphobia #transgenocide #separatism #Trumpism
How Alberta Plans to Kill Public Health Care Across Canada | The Tyee
A new low opens the door for two-tier that would destroy medicare.
thetyee.ca
February 3, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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#Giliead 🇺🇲 - Indiana advances bill that would 'mandate discrimination' against trans people, ACLU warns
www.advocate.com/politics/ind...

Indiana Senate law creates legal definitions of "male" & "female" based on sex assigned at birth 🤔

#Christofascism #authoritarianism #transgenocide #TLM #hate
Indiana advances bill that would 'mandate discrimination' against trans people, ACLU warns
The Indiana Senate has passed a law that would create legal definitions of "male" and "female" based on sex assigned at birth.
www.advocate.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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🇨🇦 Odd ... What we know (so far) about the people accused in London, Ont., bomb-making scheme
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

All 4 studied engineering or science at Western University

Motivation / ideology? Charges are fairly serious! 🤔
What we know (so far) about the people accused in London, Ont., bomb-making scheme | CBC News
Three men and one woman who are currently attending, or are alumni of, Western University face a slew of charges alleging — among other things — that they were storing chemicals that could be made int...
www.cbc.ca
February 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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... 🇺🇲 🇬🇧 #Christofascism #SCOTUS #AmericanReich #AmericanGulag
🇨🇦 #Trumpism

#transgenocide 🏳️‍⚧️ #TLM #BTLM
mastodon.social/@persagen/11...

#capitalism #inequality #DemocraticSocialism #justice
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ (@persagen@mastodon.social)
Attached: 2 images 🏳️‍⚧️ Transgenocide https://persagen.org/wpi/transgenocide/ Background: Transphobia & transgenocide https://persagen.org/wpi/transgenocide/docs/transgenocide.pdf * comprehensive...
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February 3, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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🇺🇲 What happens in ICE detention?
www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb...

* 73k people detained in ICE facilities in U.S. in last year
* 75% increase from before Trump2
* 38+ people died in ICE custody since
* Alligator Alcatraz: cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment
... #Christofascism #PrisonIndustrialComplex
What happens in ICE detention? | CBC Radio
“Cruel and inhuman”: The disturbing details of what it’s like behind bars inside Trump’s ever-expanding ICE detention system.
www.cbc.ca
February 3, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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🇨🇦 Alberta: Danielle Smith’s $30-Million AHS Firing Spree
thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

* burden on Albertans for severance payments to top health officials 2019+
* United Conservative Party campaign to remake health-care system created chaos
* patients dying in overcrowded hospital ER rooms
...
Danielle Smith’s $30-Million AHS Firing Spree | The Tyee
That’s the hit to Albertans for severance payments to top health officials since 2019, finds a Tyee analysis.
thetyee.ca
February 3, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Reposted by Victoria Stuart
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Alberta and the rest of Canada should wake up: Conservatives are American sleeper agents. Some of them like Danielle Smith know they are, others like Doug Ford don’t.
February 3, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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... Wedge issue/distraction: #transgenocide
🏳️‍⚧️ #TransLivesMatter #TLM #BTLM
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#capitalism #inequality #DemocraticSocialism #justice
Capitalism + fossil fuels lobby = anthropogenic climate change

#DanielleSmith #UCP #TBA #Trumpist #FossilFuels #transphobia #separatism
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ (@persagen@mastodon.social)
Attached: 2 images 🏳️‍⚧️ Transgenocide https://persagen.org/wpi/transgenocide/ Background: Transphobia & transgenocide https://persagen.org/wpi/transgenocide/docs/transgenocide.pdf * comprehensive...
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February 3, 2026 at 5:47 AM
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🇨🇦 Danielle Smith, tearing down universal health care. The end of Canadian medicare? Alberta legislation opens door to U.S. health care
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Republican premier, next door 🤔🇺🇲🫡

🇺🇲 🇬🇧 #Christofascism #AmericanReich
🇨🇦 #Poilievre #DanielleSmith #ScottMoe #Trumpism
...
The end of Canadian medicare? Alberta legislation opens the door to U.S. health care - CCPA
Alberta’s two-tier health care legislation ends single-payer public health care and puts Canadian medicare at risk
www.policyalternatives.ca
February 3, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Reposted by Victoria Stuart
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February 2, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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🇺🇲 🇬🇧 #GOP #Christofascism #SCOTUS #antiLGBTQ #AmericanReich #AmericanGulag #AmeriKKKa #hegemony #trans
🇨🇦 #Poilievre #DanielleSmith #ScottMoe #Trumpism

Wedge issue/distraction: #transgenocide
🏳️‍⚧️ #TLM #BTLM
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ (@persagen@mastodon.social)
Attached: 2 images 🏳️‍⚧️ Transgenocide https://persagen.org/wpi/transgenocide/ Background: Transphobia & transgenocide https://persagen.org/wpi/transgenocide/docs/transgenocide.pdf * comprehensive...
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February 3, 2026 at 12:36 AM