Carl Dershem
@carldershem.bsky.social
Retired - now working primarily as a writer and musician. Books on Amazon, and working hard to improve my skills. I have my first million words done, and I'm working to be better. Playing music locally, and active in the Union. BKA practitioner.
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It should be illegal for them to restructure without being forced to sell their 91% share of Purolator.
For the public service itself to profit off gutting the public service is some real dark shit.
For the public service itself to profit off gutting the public service is some real dark shit.
Mark Carney’s Liberals were not elected on a mandate to gut Canada Post, but they’re doing it anyway.
The minister intervened to begin the process, now management has now submitted a restructuring plan *in the middle of collective bargaining* that it refuses to share with Canadians.
The minister intervened to begin the process, now management has now submitted a restructuring plan *in the middle of collective bargaining* that it refuses to share with Canadians.
Canada Post submits overhaul plan to the federal government | CBC News
Canada Post has submitted its plan to the federal government to transform its struggling business model into a
financially sustainable postal service.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 AM
It should be illegal for them to restructure without being forced to sell their 91% share of Purolator.
For the public service itself to profit off gutting the public service is some real dark shit.
For the public service itself to profit off gutting the public service is some real dark shit.
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
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About 90,000 people living near larger chemical plants face an unacceptable risk of developing cancer, the EPA says. New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
Read the full story: propub.li/494vgbw
But Trump has halted those efforts.
Read the full story: propub.li/494vgbw
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
propub.li
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
About 90,000 people living near larger chemical plants face an unacceptable risk of developing cancer, the EPA says. New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
Read the full story: propub.li/494vgbw
But Trump has halted those efforts.
Read the full story: propub.li/494vgbw
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This isn’t a new skeet from Serwer, but it still resonates bcuz there are so often a few Dems who just will not hold the line — even when surrendering persuades many voters the Dem Party as a whole can’t be counted on in the clinches. This makes it hell for us canvassers. bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This isn’t a new skeet from Serwer, but it still resonates bcuz there are so often a few Dems who just will not hold the line — even when surrendering persuades many voters the Dem Party as a whole can’t be counted on in the clinches. This makes it hell for us canvassers. bsky.app/profile/adam...
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#ProudBlue #Pinks #ResistanceUnited
Good morning, beautiful friends. Practice self-compassion. Extend forgiveness to yourself freely. Speak to yourself with tender kindness. Give yourself grace.
#Jaye’sMorningLight
Good morning, beautiful friends. Practice self-compassion. Extend forgiveness to yourself freely. Speak to yourself with tender kindness. Give yourself grace.
#Jaye’sMorningLight
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
#ProudBlue #Pinks #ResistanceUnited
Good morning, beautiful friends. Practice self-compassion. Extend forgiveness to yourself freely. Speak to yourself with tender kindness. Give yourself grace.
#Jaye’sMorningLight
Good morning, beautiful friends. Practice self-compassion. Extend forgiveness to yourself freely. Speak to yourself with tender kindness. Give yourself grace.
#Jaye’sMorningLight
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I am proud that my legal team and I are leading the fight in this case against the Republican Party’s effort to throw out lawful ballots. Everyone needs to recognize this as the next step in the GOP plan to ban mail-in voting entirely and to eventually target early voting as well.
🚨BREAKING: In a case with major implications for voting access, the U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether a mail-in ballot must be received by Election Day to count, or if it merely must be sent by then. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
SCOTUS to Hear GOP Lawsuit That Could Radically Restrict Mail Voting
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I am proud that my legal team and I are leading the fight in this case against the Republican Party’s effort to throw out lawful ballots. Everyone needs to recognize this as the next step in the GOP plan to ban mail-in voting entirely and to eventually target early voting as well.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Fresh insights from my colleagues @brookings.edu: fraud under universal vote-by-mail is extremely low
They find that mail voting has substantial benefits 4 the election administration & millions of voters
Find out more👇 –TN
www.brookings.edu/articles/mai...
They find that mail voting has substantial benefits 4 the election administration & millions of voters
Find out more👇 –TN
www.brookings.edu/articles/mai...
Mail voting fraud: Data points to low risk and high benefits for voters | Brookings
Analysis finds mail voting fraud in the U.S. is exceedingly rare and shows universal vote-by-mail boosts access, turnout, and cost efficiency.
www.brookings.edu
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Fresh insights from my colleagues @brookings.edu: fraud under universal vote-by-mail is extremely low
They find that mail voting has substantial benefits 4 the election administration & millions of voters
Find out more👇 –TN
www.brookings.edu/articles/mai...
They find that mail voting has substantial benefits 4 the election administration & millions of voters
Find out more👇 –TN
www.brookings.edu/articles/mai...
They don't want anyone capable of rational thought.
Trump's America.
Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the USA is losing
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the USA is losing
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Insiders warn how dismantling federal agencies could put science at risk
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
www.nature.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
They don't want anyone capable of rational thought.
As though they care about anyone but themselves. High health care cost supports the .1%
Asked point-blank if he’ll bring ACA extensions to the floor, Speaker Johnson bolted. We know the answer already. He won’t.
Further proof that Republicans don’t care about bringing your health care costs down.
Further proof that Republicans don’t care about bringing your health care costs down.
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
As though they care about anyone but themselves. High health care cost supports the .1%
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BREAKING
President Trump has granted a pardon to a slew of Trump world figures, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
President Trump has granted a pardon to a slew of Trump world figures, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
BREAKING
President Trump has granted a pardon to a slew of Trump world figures, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
President Trump has granted a pardon to a slew of Trump world figures, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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The language of this pardon is extremely broad.
It includes “all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential
electors…”
It includes “all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential
electors…”
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 AM
The language of this pardon is extremely broad.
It includes “all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential
electors…”
It includes “all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential
electors…”
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But…those are state charges. They were never federally charged. Nor could they be even if we win in 2028 because the statute of limitations will have expired. But okay.
BREAKING:
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 AM
But…those are state charges. They were never federally charged. Nor could they be even if we win in 2028 because the statute of limitations will have expired. But okay.
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This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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November 9, 2025
November 9, 2025
In order to pressure the Democrats to cave to Trump’s demands that they sign on to the House Republicans’ continuing resolution to fund the government, the administration has been refusing to fund the...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
November 9, 2025
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Note them well
Dems who voted with GOP on ending shutdown:
DURBIN
SHAHEEN
HASSAN
FETTERMAN
ROSEN
CORTEZ MASTO
KAINE
And KING (I)
On track for 60-40 vote
DURBIN
SHAHEEN
HASSAN
FETTERMAN
ROSEN
CORTEZ MASTO
KAINE
And KING (I)
On track for 60-40 vote
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Note them well