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Ginger Wages @gingerwages.bsky.social · 23h

George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 8h

Something is going on with all these lefties getting elected in the United States. I think the old GOP is losing its tenuous grip. Which was always going to be the case.

Because they are led by an idiot.

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CRIMINAL SIMPSONS @criminalsimpsons.com · 8h

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Servelan @servelan.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy · 8h

They're calling it for Wilson; here's Fox's look-down-their-nose:

Seattle socialist Katie Wilson leads mayor race in new polling data | Fox News

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/leftward-lurch-second-socialist-leader-ready-rule-another-iconic-american-city

Leftward lurch: Second socialist leader ready to rule another iconic American city

Seattle activist Katie Wilson leads incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell in new polling as the city prepares to elect a socialist leader following New York's leftward shift.

www.foxnews.com

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43rd District Democrats @43rddemocrats.org · 9h

Congratulations to our Mayor-elect, @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social!

#ThisIsOurCity

#Seattle #SEAElex #SeattleElex #KCElex #WAElex

A graphic with a photo of Katie Wilson tinted in the same aqua blue color in the background. The text on the graphic are yellow and white, all mirroring her campaign's colors.

The text says "Congratulations, Mayor-elect Katie Wilson"

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Anna Kaminski @anna-writes.bsky.social · 16h

Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...

Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret • Kansas Reflector

A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.

kansasreflector.com

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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 10h

🚨🚨 Just in: Katie Wilson has expanded her lead in the Seattle mayor race. She is now leading by 1,346 votes.

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 1d

Vancouver residents can sign up here to speak to council
council.vancouver.ca/20251112/spe...

Special Council (2026 Budget) - November 12, 2025

council.vancouver.ca

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 10h

www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Canadians warned flu season could hit hard

Canada is bracing for a potentially bad flu season because one of the main viruses circulating around the world is a bad match with this year's vaccine. Still, health officials say it's worth getting ...

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 10h

I use the term alpha loosely. Some of these guys are straight up chuds.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 10h

It turns out empathy is a good organizational trait that ALPHA MALES AND THEIR WIVES are attracted to.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 10h

[1st Up] Olney: In talking with agents about what’s possible for their players, all of a sudden, Toronto is a serious player in the eyes of the agents and their players… I’ve never heard anything like this, really, since I started covering in the mid-90s

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11h

"I am tired of losing and worse, I am tired of expecting to lose. We need Democrats who will use their positions of power not to constantly capitulate, compromise, and cave, but to fight-- not to say the word ‘fight’ because it’s the popular thing to do, but to actually do it & mean it."

Well said.

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

Senate Democrats have validated our worst fears about a party unwilling to meet the moment

plus.briantylercohen.com

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 10h

Was there a time in the past when people were afraid to call out dumb leadership? Probably.

George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 11h

Prince Rupert has been touted for a boom for some time. And it has come in spurts. It's such a gorgeous place. But it struggles to maintain basic services for its people. Blue Sky isn't really the place to go in depth. But I love that town.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 11h

Mark Carney will be in Prince Rupert on Thursday. And no, I don't think he's stupid. Would be good to ask him about clean drinking water in a town like Rupert, which I am certain he will target as a major source of Canadian economic growth over the next decade.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 11h

HONESTLY, WE ARE NOW ALL JUST SAYING, "YOU PEOPLE IN CHARGE ARE ACTUALLY STUPID AND NO WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF JUST SAYING IT OUT LOUD. WHY SHOULD WE BE??"

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 14h

in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said

Elon Musk: With Optimus, we might be able to stop putting people in prison.

“If somebody's committed a crime, we might be able to provide a more humane form of containment of future crime. You now get a free Optimus, and it's just going to follow you around and stop you from doing crime. Other than that, you get to do anything; it's just going to stop you from committing crime. That's really it. You don't have to put people in prisons and stuff. It's pretty wild to think of all the possibilities, but I think it's clearly the future.”

Tesla Shareholder Meeting, November 6,

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 12h

Also, I recognize I'm not risking any access by my criticism of his daily stupidity.

George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 12h

This appears to have been written by someone on drugs. The inconsistencies, the nonsense, the self-delusion of grandeur. No one and nothing is this important.

Tim Fernholz @timfernholz.com · 17h

Palantir update via www.wired.com/story/alex-k...

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 12h

I was personally waiting for the Duffman to give me same security here.

George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 12h

Decidedly did not win Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Irag again. Mixed results in the former Yugoslavia.

Anyway, Donald Trump won an election 77 million votes to 75 million. And so he gets to go up on stage and show the world how dumb he is on the daily. Congrats, I guess. Big win.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "We have officially renamed the Dept of Defense back to the original name, Dept of War. And remember we won World War 1, we won World War 2, we won everything in between. We won everything that came before. And then we brilliantly decided to change the name. We became politically correct"

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 15h

It really is one of those moments people would rather forget. But I don't think we should.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 15h

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Ottawa police opt against laying charges after 'desecration' at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier | CBC News

The Ottawa Police Service says it's not charging a man connected to what Canada's national defence minister recently called a "desecration" of the city's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 15h

I think a lot about the people from the convoy peeing on the grave of the unknown soldier. Like a lot.

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George Baker @bakergeorget.bsky.social · 17h

Scrolling and realized I need the Killmonger Trilogy playing in my ears. If you know.

No one's perfect
But no one's worthless
We ain't deservin' of everything Heaven and Earth is
But word is, good, (this is my ho