Doug Smith
doug2633.bsky.social
Doug Smith
@doug2633.bsky.social
Retired software architect
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WOW: The DOJ has DELETED an image from its release of the Epstein files that shows photos of Trump in a drawer.

Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.

Now, it’s gone.
December 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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The social media history of this 22 year old staffer is being blamed for the rift tearing B.C.’s far-right OneBC party asunder #bcpoli

thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Who Is Othman Mekhloufi, the Far-Right Poster Behind OneBC’s Strife? | The Tyee
A 22-year-old OneBC staffer who claimed to work for Trump and posted antisemitic comments is being blamed for the implosion.
thetyee.ca
December 16, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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Adults who received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine have a lower risk of death regardless of the cause, a new study has found.
December 16, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Donald Trump's rant about Rob Reiner raises new questions about Joe Biden's mental state.
December 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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BREAKING: Officials in Sumas, Wash., immediately south of Abbotsford will be sounding their flood siren that warns residents to evacuate. This is a sign of likely flooding in Sumas Prairie in Abbotsford.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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B.C. gov telling drivers to avoid travel in the Fraser Valley due to flood risk. Highway 1 and other provincial roadways could be closed with little or no notice.

Ministry of Emergency Management holding urgent update at 8:30 pm.
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
Avoid travel in Fraser Valley areas at risk for flooding
The Ministry of Transportation and Transit has issued a travel advisory for areas in the Fraser Valley where there is a risk of flooding. People are asked to avoid travel unless necessary until the heavy rainfall passes and water levels subside.
news.gov.bc.ca
December 11, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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The White House is pressuring the International Criminal Court (ICC) to alter its founding document to prevent it from investigating U.S. President Donald Trump and his senior officials, a U.S. official told Reuters on Wednesday.

foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/10/t...
How Far Will Trump’s Pressure Campaign Against the ICC Go?
The White House wants the court to alter the Rome Statute so Trump and his officials can’t be prosecuted.
foreignpolicy.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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As a son of Appalachia, I understand the opioid crisis better than anyone. That's why I'm proud to stand with the Honduran president who delivered drugs to needy Americans with such efficiency.

by JD Vance
November 29, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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According to Env Cda, and international concensus, the social cost of carbon in 2026 is $275 / tonne.

The current flawed Liberal strategy has been to slowly phase in the real cost, setting the industrial price to only $170 / t.

The deal with Alberta pegs the oil carbon price at $130.
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Analysis | By calling for the execution of prominent Democrats, President Trump is preserving the legacy of Charlie Kirk.
November 21, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.

The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.

The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.

Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.

A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro

www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Women are watching abusive dynamics play out on the national stage and for many it feels very, very familiar to what they’ve experienced regularly—

I hope midterms are a referendum
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.

By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?

But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.

But that's just me
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Editorial Board. Hitler never called a female journalist a pig to her face. It’s time for these fascist comparisons to stop.
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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1) Yes, conservatives are really going there. Of course they are. They think it's fine.

2) It's clear who the nameless "somebody" is, as also shown by his behavior around teenage girls, his numerous statements about his preferences, and the birthday drawing he gave Epstein:

Donald Trump.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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I feel like the business community in Canada is just not getting the message - there is no miracle deal with Trump and any arrangement we make will be immediately upended when he somehow takes offence at some trivial thing.
November 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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3 times in the past 2 weeks, a WashPost editorial "has taken on matters in which Bezos has a financial or corporate interest without noting his stake. In each case, the Post's editorial line landed in sync with its owner's interests"

Via @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social

www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
www.npr.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 20 people after the country accused Hamas of violating the US-brokered ceasefire deal and staging the discovery of a deceased hostage.

Read more: https://cnn.it/47w4iaj
October 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Just casually trying to destroy freedom of expression protections in this province, no big deal! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. MLA's bill to prohibit land acknowledgements in schools fails 1st reading | CBC News
Members of B.C.’s Legislative Assembly have overwhelmingly voted down a proposed act from MLA Dallas Brodie that would prohibit publicly funded employees in schools and other public bodies from making...
www.cbc.ca
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM