Joan McKenzie 🍁
@joanmckenzie.bsky.social
Home is Little Portugal in Toronto 🍁 Never vote Conservative! Feminist. Atheist. Dog(s) person. Pro-Choice. LGBTQ+ ally. Neurodivergent ally. Vaccinated, round earther, because ... science.
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Gifting this article from The Atlantic by a judge appointed by Reagan, who is resigning so he can speak out about how Trump is destroying the rule of law. Must read.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Gifting this article from The Atlantic by a judge appointed by Reagan, who is resigning so he can speak out about how Trump is destroying the rule of law. Must read.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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BREAKING NEWS: Eight Idiot Democratic Senators Vote to Rescue Trump and Screw America
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Eight Idiot Democratic Senators Vote to Rescue Trump and Screw America
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Surely this time Lucy will hold the football steady and oh no not again
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Surely this time Lucy will hold the football steady and oh no not again
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Dang, you mean to tell me sports betting creates a perverse incentive to fix games? The devil you say!
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Dang, you mean to tell me sports betting creates a perverse incentive to fix games? The devil you say!
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The Presidency was never intended to be a safe haven for criminals.
November 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The Presidency was never intended to be a safe haven for criminals.
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I’m rapidly running out of gift links and it’s only 9 days into November 😂🙃
Here you go. Please share widely.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
Here you go. Please share widely.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I’m rapidly running out of gift links and it’s only 9 days into November 😂🙃
Here you go. Please share widely.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
Here you go. Please share widely.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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All those people who think they can dodge the effects of the climate crisis because they live in a nice developed country are about to get punched in the face. It’s coming in hard everywhere.
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
All those people who think they can dodge the effects of the climate crisis because they live in a nice developed country are about to get punched in the face. It’s coming in hard everywhere.
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PM Mark Carney was talking about attracting foreign investment to Canada and listed reasons Canada is a good place to invest. A reporter pointed out that the U.S. has those things, too. What sets Canada apart?
PM Carney: "Well, we have rule of law."
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
PM Carney: "Well, we have rule of law."
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
November 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
PM Mark Carney was talking about attracting foreign investment to Canada and listed reasons Canada is a good place to invest. A reporter pointed out that the U.S. has those things, too. What sets Canada apart?
PM Carney: "Well, we have rule of law."
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
PM Carney: "Well, we have rule of law."
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
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It's Poili-over for Pierre.
www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...
www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...
Kelowna chamber luncheon with Pierre Poilievre has been cancelled - Kelowna News
The Kelowna Chamber of Commerce has cancelled next week’s luncheon with Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre.
www.castanet.net
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It's Poili-over for Pierre.
www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...
www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...
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🚨LCBO revenues down $300 million
💰 that pays for schools, healthcare, infrastructure
Canceling beer store contract early cost $225 million
▶️Cost to Ontarians of privatizing alcohol sales:
$300 M + $225 M = $525 million
#ONpoli #FordMath
💰 that pays for schools, healthcare, infrastructure
Canceling beer store contract early cost $225 million
▶️Cost to Ontarians of privatizing alcohol sales:
$300 M + $225 M = $525 million
#ONpoli #FordMath
NEW: For the first time in a decade, the LCBO is expecting to see less than $2 billion in revenue.
That's something workers at the Crown corporation warned could happen after alcohol liberalization was introduced. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1151446...
That's something workers at the Crown corporation warned could happen after alcohol liberalization was introduced. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1151446...
LCBO revenue drops below $2B for 1st time in a decade after alcohol liberalization | Globalnews.ca
The Fall Economic Statement projects that for the first time in a decade, LCBO will take in less than $2 billion after changes to let convenience stores sell alcohol.
globalnews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"You're not starting from zero here ... "
History is clear. If you have to trap your people, your system is already breaking. #intersex #lgbtq #humanrights
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"You're not starting from zero here ... "
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"At this rate, with MPs going back to their ridings and families next week and away from the supervision of this leadership team that apparently puts knives on throats of people who are thinking about where they belong I can see a day when PM Carney has a majority gov without going to an election."
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"At this rate, with MPs going back to their ridings and families next week and away from the supervision of this leadership team that apparently puts knives on throats of people who are thinking about where they belong I can see a day when PM Carney has a majority gov without going to an election."
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“It isn’t just about money. It’s also about not feeling constantly undermined and micromanaged while working in a system that has increasingly become harder to navigate.”
montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
Drimonis: How about we 'first do no harm' to our doctors?
Shouldn’t the profession's guiding principal, attributed to Hippocrates, also apply to the well-being of the physicians themselves?
montrealgazette.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
“It isn’t just about money. It’s also about not feeling constantly undermined and micromanaged while working in a system that has increasingly become harder to navigate.”
montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
😂
November 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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@nytimes reports former Alberta Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Mark Joffe was muzzled and not allowed to fully communicate during the measles outbreak. UCP govt makes international headlines again.
Canada Is About to Lose Its Status as Having Eliminated Measles www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
Canada Is About to Lose Its Status as Having Eliminated Measles www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
@nytimes reports former Alberta Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Mark Joffe was muzzled and not allowed to fully communicate during the measles outbreak. UCP govt makes international headlines again.
Canada Is About to Lose Its Status as Having Eliminated Measles www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
Canada Is About to Lose Its Status as Having Eliminated Measles www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
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The 37% that still approve are the same people who think ketchup is a vegetable.
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The 37% that still approve are the same people who think ketchup is a vegetable.
"A legendary jewel of the Hapsburg dynasty — not seen since 1919 and thought lost, stolen or recut — has actually been safe in a Canadian bank for decades.". Huh. Gift link.
This story Is wild. The Habsburg Crown jewels resurfacing after over 100 years…
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/a...
The Florentine Diamond Resurfaces After 100 Years in Hiding
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
"A legendary jewel of the Hapsburg dynasty — not seen since 1919 and thought lost, stolen or recut — has actually been safe in a Canadian bank for decades.". Huh. Gift link.
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Mamdani’s win is a warning for media:
Better get some leftist contributors or you simply won’t be able to cover/understand what is happening around America.
Better get some leftist contributors or you simply won’t be able to cover/understand what is happening around America.
November 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Mamdani’s win is a warning for media:
Better get some leftist contributors or you simply won’t be able to cover/understand what is happening around America.
Better get some leftist contributors or you simply won’t be able to cover/understand what is happening around America.
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HOLD. THE. FUCKING. PREMIERS. TO. ACCOUNT.
N.S. patients waited for more than 70 hours in the ER for hospital admission
HALIFAX - Paul Wozney says he received a blunt assessment of an overcrowded emergency room where he was told some patients had been waiting over 70 hours.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
HOLD. THE. FUCKING. PREMIERS. TO. ACCOUNT.
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They LITERALLY campaigned on making children go hungry as a political statement and they can't figure out why they lost.
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
They LITERALLY campaigned on making children go hungry as a political statement and they can't figure out why they lost.
"The Elections Alberta website states: “There is no set criteria. The only requirement is that the applicant provide a statement of 100 words or less on why, in the opinion of the applicant, the member should be recalled.” oh boy. 🫢
BRAVO ALBERTANS!!!
“UCP faces mounting challenges from its own Recall Act.”
“The model for this Alberta-pure eruption is Thomas Lukaszuk’s stunning success in collecting 456,000 signatures for his #ForeverCanadian campaign.”
#AbLeg #CdnPoli #abpoli
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
“UCP faces mounting challenges from its own Recall Act.”
“The model for this Alberta-pure eruption is Thomas Lukaszuk’s stunning success in collecting 456,000 signatures for his #ForeverCanadian campaign.”
#AbLeg #CdnPoli #abpoli
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Braid: UCP faces mounting challenges from its own Recall Act
Danielle Smith and her Alberta UCP face a wave of recall challenges that could threaten her majority. She could repeal the law.
calgaryherald.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"The Elections Alberta website states: “There is no set criteria. The only requirement is that the applicant provide a statement of 100 words or less on why, in the opinion of the applicant, the member should be recalled.” oh boy. 🫢