Jacqueline Dumas
@jacquidumas.bsky.social
Nova Scotia writer living with gratitude & reverence in Mi’kma’ki. Last novel, The Heart Begins Here. Lover of books, lakes, the ocean, trees, Virginia Woolf, Marcel Proust, Octavia Butler, Nicole Brossard, Nicola Griffith and Alison Bechdel.
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We have 7 months of evidence of Mark Carney’s ill-intent and the only thing that keeps him in a favourable light is the complete abdication of Canadian media from their jobs.
#cdnmedia #Canadasky #cdnpoli
#cdnmedia #Canadasky #cdnpoli
This seems hyperbolic to people who have not read this legislation but it isn’t. Furthermore people will tend to think it is an exaggeration because two women are presenting them this information. This isn’t a hyperbolic analysis and there is a very good reason it is not front-page Canadian news.
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
We have 7 months of evidence of Mark Carney’s ill-intent and the only thing that keeps him in a favourable light is the complete abdication of Canadian media from their jobs.
#cdnmedia #Canadasky #cdnpoli
#cdnmedia #Canadasky #cdnpoli
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Thank you, Patriots of Portland, for your ingenious protests. Heroes!
October 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Thank you, Patriots of Portland, for your ingenious protests. Heroes!
Hey, American friends! Have you thought of organizing laughathons. Thousands of people appearing where he is and laughing and laughing their heads off.
September 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Hey, American friends! Have you thought of organizing laughathons. Thousands of people appearing where he is and laughing and laughing their heads off.
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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Cleanse your timeline with the most wholesome Velvets cover ever. Worth watching all the way through.
August 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Cleanse your timeline with the most wholesome Velvets cover ever. Worth watching all the way through.
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“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
August 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
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Mad TV was spot-on three decades ago.
August 20, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Mad TV was spot-on three decades ago.
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People can't go along to get along anymore. If you don't stand up, at least stand aside.
We are watching the end of American democracy
Morning File by me
Morning File by me
We are watching the end of American democracy - Halifax Examiner
Things are about to get more terrible than we can imagine.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
June 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
People can't go along to get along anymore. If you don't stand up, at least stand aside.
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Meanwhile, strategic meetings have begun...😉😅
April 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Meanwhile, strategic meetings have begun...😉😅
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Really important that we amplify what is happening.
I remember Harper tightly controlling messaging and access but this seems even worse.
This is NOT the party of “free speech” and that hypocrisy needs to be made clear.
I remember Harper tightly controlling messaging and access but this seems even worse.
This is NOT the party of “free speech” and that hypocrisy needs to be made clear.
April 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Really important that we amplify what is happening.
I remember Harper tightly controlling messaging and access but this seems even worse.
This is NOT the party of “free speech” and that hypocrisy needs to be made clear.
I remember Harper tightly controlling messaging and access but this seems even worse.
This is NOT the party of “free speech” and that hypocrisy needs to be made clear.
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CBC/Radio-Canada is a pillar of our Canadian identity.
We’re going to strengthen our public broadcaster with more long-term funding, and a modernized mandate — to deliver more local news and keep Canadians better informed during emergencies.
We’re going to strengthen our public broadcaster with more long-term funding, and a modernized mandate — to deliver more local news and keep Canadians better informed during emergencies.
April 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
CBC/Radio-Canada is a pillar of our Canadian identity.
We’re going to strengthen our public broadcaster with more long-term funding, and a modernized mandate — to deliver more local news and keep Canadians better informed during emergencies.
We’re going to strengthen our public broadcaster with more long-term funding, and a modernized mandate — to deliver more local news and keep Canadians better informed during emergencies.
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It really is beyond time to nationalize our oil industry, like Norway.
Canadians have been footing the bill - to develop the industry, build the infrastructure, promote it, subsidize its workers, clean up after negligent private companies, suffer pollution, pay to fight forrest fires…
Enough.
Canadians have been footing the bill - to develop the industry, build the infrastructure, promote it, subsidize its workers, clean up after negligent private companies, suffer pollution, pay to fight forrest fires…
Enough.
Canadians, mostly Ontario/Quebec, paid to establish oil industry. You didn’t have the money.
Canadians paid for infrastructure for you to sell it. The pipelines, highways, etc. You couldn’t pay for it alone with your small population.
It’s Canada’s oil.
And you ARE landlocked. 🤷♀️
Canadians paid for infrastructure for you to sell it. The pipelines, highways, etc. You couldn’t pay for it alone with your small population.
It’s Canada’s oil.
And you ARE landlocked. 🤷♀️
Demands respect while giving NONE! 🖕🖕🖕
Alberta Smith vows to double Alberta’s oil and gas production, slams Ottawa’s energy caps, and demands federal respect.
“We will not let Ottawa stand in our way. Alberta is done being landlocked and taken advantage of.” #cdnpoli
Alberta Smith vows to double Alberta’s oil and gas production, slams Ottawa’s energy caps, and demands federal respect.
“We will not let Ottawa stand in our way. Alberta is done being landlocked and taken advantage of.” #cdnpoli
March 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It really is beyond time to nationalize our oil industry, like Norway.
Canadians have been footing the bill - to develop the industry, build the infrastructure, promote it, subsidize its workers, clean up after negligent private companies, suffer pollution, pay to fight forrest fires…
Enough.
Canadians have been footing the bill - to develop the industry, build the infrastructure, promote it, subsidize its workers, clean up after negligent private companies, suffer pollution, pay to fight forrest fires…
Enough.
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Everything you need to know about Pierre Polievre's MAGA MAPLE.
They have no policies just smears.
I have known Poilievre for 21 years.
He is unfit for public office.
pressprogress.ca/canada-proud...
They have no policies just smears.
I have known Poilievre for 21 years.
He is unfit for public office.
pressprogress.ca/canada-proud...
Canada Proud Launches Attack Ads Linking Mark Carney to ‘Notorious Pedophile’ Jeffrey Epstein
Pierre Poilievre’s office won’t say if it condones conservative group’s ads juxtaposing prime minister with a “global child sex trafficking ring”
pressprogress.ca
March 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Everything you need to know about Pierre Polievre's MAGA MAPLE.
They have no policies just smears.
I have known Poilievre for 21 years.
He is unfit for public office.
pressprogress.ca/canada-proud...
They have no policies just smears.
I have known Poilievre for 21 years.
He is unfit for public office.
pressprogress.ca/canada-proud...
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I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
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 10:16 AM
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
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This is outrageous and unjust. And it's utter insanity how this administration is treating our allies. It will come back to haunt & harm us.
But the horrible treatment & terrible conditions aren't worse when the detainees are white. No one deserves this. And no human being is "illegal."
But the horrible treatment & terrible conditions aren't worse when the detainees are white. No one deserves this. And no human being is "illegal."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This story is scary and shameful. We Americans should all feel shame for what our country is doing to real people.We must continue to #ResistFascism
Keep in mind that Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business! 😐
This story is scary and shameful. We Americans should all feel shame for what our country is doing to real people.We must continue to #ResistFascism
Keep in mind that Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business! 😐
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 2:21 PM
This is outrageous and unjust. And it's utter insanity how this administration is treating our allies. It will come back to haunt & harm us.
But the horrible treatment & terrible conditions aren't worse when the detainees are white. No one deserves this. And no human being is "illegal."
But the horrible treatment & terrible conditions aren't worse when the detainees are white. No one deserves this. And no human being is "illegal."
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Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants.
History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
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History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
🧵
March 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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The Globe and Mail
March 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Globe and Mail
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Trump told Trudeau "that he did not believe that the treaty that demarcates the border between the two countries was valid and that he wants to revise the boundary. He offered no further explanation."
How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious (Gift Article)
President Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Justin Trudeau he didn’t like their shared water agreements.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Trump told Trudeau "that he did not believe that the treaty that demarcates the border between the two countries was valid and that he wants to revise the boundary. He offered no further explanation."
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Premier Wab Kinew is a real leader.
And a funny one too.
And a funny one too.
BREAKING NEWS: Canadian Premier Wab Kinew of Manitoba MOCKS Trump by signing a “beautiful” order that officially removes ALL American liquor from Canadian stores in his province.
Donald Trump just caused massive economic damage to our country. How sad and embarrassing.
Donald Trump just caused massive economic damage to our country. How sad and embarrassing.
March 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Premier Wab Kinew is a real leader.
And a funny one too.
And a funny one too.
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Trudeau: He has said repeatedly, what he wants is to see a total collapse of the Canadian economy. Because that will make it easier to annex us. First of all, that's never going to happen. We will never be the 51st state.
March 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Trudeau: He has said repeatedly, what he wants is to see a total collapse of the Canadian economy. Because that will make it easier to annex us. First of all, that's never going to happen. We will never be the 51st state.
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Trudeau: "Every country is very aware that if the American government is willing to do this to their own closest ally, neighbor, and friend, everyone is vulnerable to a trade war."
March 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Trudeau: "Every country is very aware that if the American government is willing to do this to their own closest ally, neighbor, and friend, everyone is vulnerable to a trade war."