CanCali
@d2eb.bsky.social
Mom, Wife
Canadian 🇨🇦
U.S. Ex Pat 🇺🇸
#NoDemUnder1K
Canadian 🇨🇦
U.S. Ex Pat 🇺🇸
#NoDemUnder1K
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I posted something about this a few weeks ago. I know he’d find away to take away the right to vote from expats. That ugly soulless convicted felon monster buffoon needs to go. We can’t wait 4 years.
The SAVE Act threatens to disenfranchise millions with strict in-person requirements for voter registration. This will disproportionately impact service members and civilians abroad in exercising their right to vote.
Go to 5calls.org to find your reps and tell them to vote NO on this bill. #SAVEAct
Go to 5calls.org to find your reps and tell them to vote NO on this bill. #SAVEAct
March 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I posted something about this a few weeks ago. I know he’d find away to take away the right to vote from expats. That ugly soulless convicted felon monster buffoon needs to go. We can’t wait 4 years.
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15 ways each of us can protect democracy, from The Contrarian
15 Ways You Can Fight for Democracy
Every day, hundreds of family members, friends, and Contrarian readers reach out to ask what they can do to stop Trump and turn the tide against autocracy. We can help
contrarian.substack.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
15 ways each of us can protect democracy, from The Contrarian
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Great explainer by Steve Vladeck in One First on due process in Alien Enemy Act case, quoting Justice Robert Jackson: “Only the untaught layman or the charlatan lawyer can answer that procedures matter not.”
Bonus 133: Due Process and the Rule of Law
Too many Americans don't understand, at a basic level, *why* the Constitution requires due process when the government deprives anyone of their life, liberty, or property.
open.substack.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Great explainer by Steve Vladeck in One First on due process in Alien Enemy Act case, quoting Justice Robert Jackson: “Only the untaught layman or the charlatan lawyer can answer that procedures matter not.”
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Jared Kushner did the same with New York State, saying since they didn’t vote Trump they shouldn’t get COVID supplies unless they begged.
This is who they are.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #TrumpIsACriminal #FuckTrump
This is who they are.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #TrumpIsACriminal #FuckTrump
MAJOR BREAKING: Governor JB Pritzker just revealed that during COVID, Donald Trump told him he would only send life saving equipment if he agreed to praise him on the Sunday talk shows.
Is Donald Trump evil or just completely fucking deranged?
Is Donald Trump evil or just completely fucking deranged?
March 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Jared Kushner did the same with New York State, saying since they didn’t vote Trump they shouldn’t get COVID supplies unless they begged.
This is who they are.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #TrumpIsACriminal #FuckTrump
This is who they are.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #TrumpIsACriminal #FuckTrump
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“Polestar wants to deliver the final blow. … Polestar is offering anyone who owns or leases a Tesla $5,000 off a lease on a brand new Polestar 3. Combined with their latest $15,000 Polestar Clean Vehicle Incentive, any Tesla driver can buy a Polestar 3 for a whopping $20,000 off.”
Tesla Is Dying, And Polestar Wants To Kill It
The industry is exorcising Musk.
www.planetearthandbeyond.co
March 19, 2025 at 3:01 AM
“Polestar wants to deliver the final blow. … Polestar is offering anyone who owns or leases a Tesla $5,000 off a lease on a brand new Polestar 3. Combined with their latest $15,000 Polestar Clean Vehicle Incentive, any Tesla driver can buy a Polestar 3 for a whopping $20,000 off.”
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"To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me. Yet, I was still detained for nearly two weeks.
Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there."
Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there."
"I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me. Yet, I was still detained for nearly two weeks.
Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there."
Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there."
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The Dow has dropped 1300 points over the last two days as Trump defiantly plows forward with tariffs against Mexico, Canada and China — America's most prominent trading partners.
March 5, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The Dow has dropped 1300 points over the last two days as Trump defiantly plows forward with tariffs against Mexico, Canada and China — America's most prominent trading partners.
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Governor Mills doesn’t suffer fools lightly, and it appears she has even less tolerance for bullies. (And as a former attorney general, she knows what she’s talking about.)
Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
February 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Governor Mills doesn’t suffer fools lightly, and it appears she has even less tolerance for bullies. (And as a former attorney general, she knows what she’s talking about.)
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February 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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It’s alarming that Elon Musk has access to government payment systems used to deliver Social Security and Medicare benefits.
He also drove out the senior career official at Treasury responsible for preventing a potential default on U.S. debt.
Congress must investigate.
He also drove out the senior career official at Treasury responsible for preventing a potential default on U.S. debt.
Congress must investigate.
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s alarming that Elon Musk has access to government payment systems used to deliver Social Security and Medicare benefits.
He also drove out the senior career official at Treasury responsible for preventing a potential default on U.S. debt.
Congress must investigate.
He also drove out the senior career official at Treasury responsible for preventing a potential default on U.S. debt.
Congress must investigate.
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Isn’t controlling the media one of the key parts of the authoritarian playbook? We are seeing democracy being dismantled before our eyes.
Trump Administration to Remove 4 Major News Outlets From Pentagon Office Space
The New York Times, NBC News, NPR and Politico will be replaced by outlets including the right-wing site Breitbart News as part of a “new annual media rotation,” a spokesman said.
buff.ly
February 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Isn’t controlling the media one of the key parts of the authoritarian playbook? We are seeing democracy being dismantled before our eyes.
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The carefully managed water systems in California's Central Valley saw a sudden deluge after the Army Corps of Engineers unexpectedly released reservoir water.
“In 25 years, I’ve never seen anything like this. I was given no explanation at all.”
“In 25 years, I’ve never seen anything like this. I was given no explanation at all.”
Decision to dump water from Tulare County lakes altered after sending locals into a mad scramble – SJV Water
Water managers were relieved Thursday evening after the Army Corps of Engineers agreed to back off of a sudden decision earlier in the day to dump massive
sjvwater.org
January 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The carefully managed water systems in California's Central Valley saw a sudden deluge after the Army Corps of Engineers unexpectedly released reservoir water.
“In 25 years, I’ve never seen anything like this. I was given no explanation at all.”
“In 25 years, I’ve never seen anything like this. I was given no explanation at all.”
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FBI agents are stunned by the scale of Donald Trump’s expected purge of the bureau, which could include hundreds of agents and officials, @shaneharris.bsky.social reports.
FBI Agents Are Stunned by the Scale of the Expected Trump Purge
Seasoned members of the nation’s top law-enforcement agency are bracing for a mass expulsion as the president roots out anyone he sees as disloyal to him.
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
FBI agents are stunned by the scale of Donald Trump’s expected purge of the bureau, which could include hundreds of agents and officials, @shaneharris.bsky.social reports.
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Merrick Garland is not to blame for Trump’s return to power. The blame belongs with Mitch McConnell and SCOTUS for failing to serve as a check on abuse of power. My thoughts in The Contrarian.
Blame McConnell
By Barbara McQuade
buff.ly
January 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Merrick Garland is not to blame for Trump’s return to power. The blame belongs with Mitch McConnell and SCOTUS for failing to serve as a check on abuse of power. My thoughts in The Contrarian.
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New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
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The “free speech defenders,” ladies and gentlemen.
January 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The “free speech defenders,” ladies and gentlemen.
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HANNITY: Are you saying that California, if they continue to aid and abet lawbreaking and harbor illegal immigrants, money from DC gets cut off?
MIKE JOHNSON: Yeah. We're talking about conditions to this disaster aid.
MIKE JOHNSON: Yeah. We're talking about conditions to this disaster aid.
January 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
HANNITY: Are you saying that California, if they continue to aid and abet lawbreaking and harbor illegal immigrants, money from DC gets cut off?
MIKE JOHNSON: Yeah. We're talking about conditions to this disaster aid.
MIKE JOHNSON: Yeah. We're talking about conditions to this disaster aid.
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Before the election, I warned that Trump would pardon all of the Jan. 6 defendants and some of them would form the core of a new rightwing paramilitary organization loyal to Trump.
At the time, people dismissed me as alarmist. I stand by that prediction.
At the time, people dismissed me as alarmist. I stand by that prediction.
REPORTER: Is there now a place for the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers in the political conversation following your pardons?
TRUMP: Well, we have to see
TRUMP: Well, we have to see
January 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Before the election, I warned that Trump would pardon all of the Jan. 6 defendants and some of them would form the core of a new rightwing paramilitary organization loyal to Trump.
At the time, people dismissed me as alarmist. I stand by that prediction.
At the time, people dismissed me as alarmist. I stand by that prediction.
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Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections."
Each defendant assaulted him.
Each defendant assaulted him.
January 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections."
Each defendant assaulted him.
Each defendant assaulted him.
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The blanket pardon covers hundreds of felony rioters who were guilty of assaulting police officers, attacking members of the media, obstructing police during a riot, and destroying government property.
www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/p...
They assaulted cops and tried to overturn an election. What to know about Trump’s mass pardons for January 6 rioters | CNN Politics
With the stroke of a pen on Monday, President Donald Trump completely upended the Justice Department’s four-year effort to arrest, prosecute and punish the people who attacked the US Capitol on Januar...
www.cnn.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The blanket pardon covers hundreds of felony rioters who were guilty of assaulting police officers, attacking members of the media, obstructing police during a riot, and destroying government property.
www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/p...
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Trump just pardoned these people.
Don’t ever tell me Republicans “back the blue” again.
Don’t ever tell me Republicans “back the blue” again.
January 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Trump just pardoned these people.
Don’t ever tell me Republicans “back the blue” again.
Don’t ever tell me Republicans “back the blue” again.
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An executive order cannot supersede a statute. Congress has found ByteDance a danger to national security and SCOTUS has upheld it. Trump’s job as of noon tomorrow is to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” That means enforcing the ban until ByteDance sells TikTok.
January 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
An executive order cannot supersede a statute. Congress has found ByteDance a danger to national security and SCOTUS has upheld it. Trump’s job as of noon tomorrow is to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” That means enforcing the ban until ByteDance sells TikTok.
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Canadian MP Charlie Angus on California: We have fire crews in the danger zones. The Canadian military is now on full alert to help. That’s what we do—we help our neighbors in times of crisis.
The fact that Trump isn’t there.. is shocking but this is what criminal grifters do.
The fact that Trump isn’t there.. is shocking but this is what criminal grifters do.
January 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Canadian MP Charlie Angus on California: We have fire crews in the danger zones. The Canadian military is now on full alert to help. That’s what we do—we help our neighbors in times of crisis.
The fact that Trump isn’t there.. is shocking but this is what criminal grifters do.
The fact that Trump isn’t there.. is shocking but this is what criminal grifters do.