Bridget McGrath 🇨🇦
@o-tawdry.bsky.social
Atheist...Looking for peace & justice... both are elusive on any given day. I read, I write, I paint.
Glad & thankful to be Canadian. Happily paired for the past 35 yrs with a great guy.
Public Education & LGBTQIA2S+ ally
🚫 crypto 🚫 porn 🚫 DMs 🚫bigots
Glad & thankful to be Canadian. Happily paired for the past 35 yrs with a great guy.
Public Education & LGBTQIA2S+ ally
🚫 crypto 🚫 porn 🚫 DMs 🚫bigots
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Reposted by Bridget McGrath 🇨🇦
When the president of the United States calls a Black congresswoman “garbage,” that’s state-level dehumanization. And history tells us exactly where that language leads.
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
When a President Calls a Black Congresswoman “Garbage,” That’s Genocidal Language
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December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
When the president of the United States calls a Black congresswoman “garbage,” that’s state-level dehumanization. And history tells us exactly where that language leads.
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
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Bezos' Washington Post and its tiptoe journalism. 🙄
My 94 year-old father-in-law started doing these "sleep appearances" at family events just weeks before he died last year.
Facts: Trump doesn't just "appear to be sleeping". He is sleeping (& has dementia & is a sociopath & is a pedo).
#uspoli
My 94 year-old father-in-law started doing these "sleep appearances" at family events just weeks before he died last year.
Facts: Trump doesn't just "appear to be sleeping". He is sleeping (& has dementia & is a sociopath & is a pedo).
#uspoli
President Trump appeared to struggle to stay awake at a White House event for a second time in a month on Tuesday, as his Cabinet officials provided updates on their work.
During a roughly 75-minute stretch, Trump's eyes were closed or he visibly struggled to keep them open. https://wapo.st/4ovQTFo
During a roughly 75-minute stretch, Trump's eyes were closed or he visibly struggled to keep them open. https://wapo.st/4ovQTFo
December 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Bezos' Washington Post and its tiptoe journalism. 🙄
My 94 year-old father-in-law started doing these "sleep appearances" at family events just weeks before he died last year.
Facts: Trump doesn't just "appear to be sleeping". He is sleeping (& has dementia & is a sociopath & is a pedo).
#uspoli
My 94 year-old father-in-law started doing these "sleep appearances" at family events just weeks before he died last year.
Facts: Trump doesn't just "appear to be sleeping". He is sleeping (& has dementia & is a sociopath & is a pedo).
#uspoli
Is the private investment money for the proposed Carney-Smith pipeline coming from the UAE as well?
So many "What-could-go-wrongs"!
#cdnpoli #Canadasky
So many "What-could-go-wrongs"!
#cdnpoli #Canadasky
Mark Carney is parking our pensions with the UAE? #cdnpoli #Canadasky
December 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Is the private investment money for the proposed Carney-Smith pipeline coming from the UAE as well?
So many "What-could-go-wrongs"!
#cdnpoli #Canadasky
So many "What-could-go-wrongs"!
#cdnpoli #Canadasky
Chump Needs Naps Constantly,
Where's Jake Tapper and The Lame Stream Media.......
Where's Jake Tapper and The Lame Stream Media.......
December 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Patrick Brown's wife benefitted from his insider knowledge as did he. Brown only raised a potential conflict of interest AFTER The Star contacted him. Dodgy dealings from the guy who used to lead ON PC party. Has a lot in common with Doug Ford.
#onpoli #cdnpoli
www.pressreader.com/canada/toron...
#onpoli #cdnpoli
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December 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Patrick Brown's wife benefitted from his insider knowledge as did he. Brown only raised a potential conflict of interest AFTER The Star contacted him. Dodgy dealings from the guy who used to lead ON PC party. Has a lot in common with Doug Ford.
#onpoli #cdnpoli
www.pressreader.com/canada/toron...
#onpoli #cdnpoli
www.pressreader.com/canada/toron...
At PP's next presser (with the media that he constantly calls biased against him)...
Worth-their-salts Journo question: "Mr. Poilievre, you told a joke at the National Press Gallery Dinner about "Queers for Palestine". I didn't get it. Can you please explain to me why it's funny?"
#cdnpoli
Worth-their-salts Journo question: "Mr. Poilievre, you told a joke at the National Press Gallery Dinner about "Queers for Palestine". I didn't get it. Can you please explain to me why it's funny?"
#cdnpoli
For example, the room of Canada’s top journalists heartily laughing as Poilievre mocks the concept of “Queers for Palestine” as “crazy.”
Yikes.
Yikes.
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
At PP's next presser (with the media that he constantly calls biased against him)...
Worth-their-salts Journo question: "Mr. Poilievre, you told a joke at the National Press Gallery Dinner about "Queers for Palestine". I didn't get it. Can you please explain to me why it's funny?"
#cdnpoli
Worth-their-salts Journo question: "Mr. Poilievre, you told a joke at the National Press Gallery Dinner about "Queers for Palestine". I didn't get it. Can you please explain to me why it's funny?"
#cdnpoli
In 2010, UN Gen Assembly recognizes the human rights to drinking water & sanitation.
In 2012, UN Human Rts Council outlines gov't obligations under these rights.
Stephen Harper tried to stop this move. Only Canada & Tonga voted against the resolution. #cdnpoli #water #humanrights
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In 2012, UN Human Rts Council outlines gov't obligations under these rights.
Stephen Harper tried to stop this move. Only Canada & Tonga voted against the resolution. #cdnpoli #water #humanrights
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December 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
In 2010, UN Gen Assembly recognizes the human rights to drinking water & sanitation.
In 2012, UN Human Rts Council outlines gov't obligations under these rights.
Stephen Harper tried to stop this move. Only Canada & Tonga voted against the resolution. #cdnpoli #water #humanrights
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In 2012, UN Human Rts Council outlines gov't obligations under these rights.
Stephen Harper tried to stop this move. Only Canada & Tonga voted against the resolution. #cdnpoli #water #humanrights
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"Block" and "Hide reply for everyone" are great features of @bsky.app and are two of my favourite things...along with snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes & brown paper packages tied up with strings.
😉
😉
December 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"Block" and "Hide reply for everyone" are great features of @bsky.app and are two of my favourite things...along with snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes & brown paper packages tied up with strings.
😉
😉
Using Franklin, a beloved children's book series that taught kids (my kids included) about friendship, compassion & personal growth, to celebrate war crimes says all you need to know about Hegseth the Wanker.
Hope he is sued into oblivion for copyright infringement.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Hope he is sued into oblivion for copyright infringement.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Pete Hegseth post using Canadian book character Franklin the turtle to justify military strikes alarms critics | CBC News
U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth turned the beloved Canadian children's book character Franklin the turtle into a bazooka-wielding soldier going after "narco-terrorists" in a social media post Sund...
www.cbc.ca
December 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Using Franklin, a beloved children's book series that taught kids (my kids included) about friendship, compassion & personal growth, to celebrate war crimes says all you need to know about Hegseth the Wanker.
Hope he is sued into oblivion for copyright infringement.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Hope he is sued into oblivion for copyright infringement.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Reposted by Bridget McGrath 🇨🇦
The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
Thanks to the lovely person who added me to their pack & thanks to all of my new followers.
I'm overwhelmed & grateful.
Sitting here realizing that there are so many good people in this world & I think we all need a bit more of that.
I'm overwhelmed & grateful.
Sitting here realizing that there are so many good people in this world & I think we all need a bit more of that.
November 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Thanks to the lovely person who added me to their pack & thanks to all of my new followers.
I'm overwhelmed & grateful.
Sitting here realizing that there are so many good people in this world & I think we all need a bit more of that.
I'm overwhelmed & grateful.
Sitting here realizing that there are so many good people in this world & I think we all need a bit more of that.
"The Ministry of Truth" has launched.
Double plus good!
#uspoli! FFS!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/29/white-house-media-website-trump
Double plus good!
#uspoli! FFS!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/29/white-house-media-website-trump
White House launches website to excoriate media for ‘biased’ stories
Trump administration lists reporting it objects to in latest escalation of attacks on US journalism
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"The Ministry of Truth" has launched.
Double plus good!
#uspoli! FFS!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/29/white-house-media-website-trump
Double plus good!
#uspoli! FFS!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/29/white-house-media-website-trump
Speaking of "low-life" peeps, here's Danielle Smith, the traitorous, grifting, and conspiracy-theory-spreading Alberta premier, trying to distract Albertans from her numerous dodgy dealings...once again.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#abpoli #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta gov't to present motion against federal firearm 'seizure' program: Smith | CBC News
Premier Danielle Smith said her government will introduce a motion this week, through provincial sovereignty legislation, to defy the federal gun buy-back program. Smith made the announcement Saturday...
www.cbc.ca
November 30, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Speaking of "low-life" peeps, here's Danielle Smith, the traitorous, grifting, and conspiracy-theory-spreading Alberta premier, trying to distract Albertans from her numerous dodgy dealings...once again.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#abpoli #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 30, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Doug Ford is Canada's Trump, a tacky salesman whose sole purpose in politics is not to serve the public but to fleece the public.
#onpoli #cdnpoli #NeverConservative
torontolife.com/city/an-onta...
#onpoli #cdnpoli #NeverConservative
torontolife.com/city/an-onta...
An Ontario dentist who says his patients include the Ford family received $2 million from the Skills Development Fund - Toronto Life
Premier Doug Ford denies having any involvement with the fund's allocation
torontolife.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Doug Ford is Canada's Trump, a tacky salesman whose sole purpose in politics is not to serve the public but to fleece the public.
#onpoli #cdnpoli #NeverConservative
torontolife.com/city/an-onta...
#onpoli #cdnpoli #NeverConservative
torontolife.com/city/an-onta...
Did Doug Ford's platform in the 2025 opportunistic election include a line about corporations stealing loyalty points from consumers in the future without notice & with gov't assistance?
Ford, corrupt af! Open to full scale lobbying from the 1% in Ontario.
#onpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/video...
Ford, corrupt af! Open to full scale lobbying from the 1% in Ontario.
#onpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/video...
Ontario bill could change loyalty points protections
An Ontario bill could possibly change protections for loyalty points, and as Katelyn Wilson reports, shoppers aren’t happy.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Did Doug Ford's platform in the 2025 opportunistic election include a line about corporations stealing loyalty points from consumers in the future without notice & with gov't assistance?
Ford, corrupt af! Open to full scale lobbying from the 1% in Ontario.
#onpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/video...
Ford, corrupt af! Open to full scale lobbying from the 1% in Ontario.
#onpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/video...
On this International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, hold Israel accountable for their war crimes.
Boycott and divest from Israel.
#FreeGaza #StandwithPalestine
Boycott and divest from Israel.
#FreeGaza #StandwithPalestine
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
On this International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, hold Israel accountable for their war crimes.
Boycott and divest from Israel.
#FreeGaza #StandwithPalestine
Boycott and divest from Israel.
#FreeGaza #StandwithPalestine
"Drugs"?
"Deaths from drugs"? Venezuelan "drug boats"? Fentanyl from Canada and Mexico? Pffffffffffft.
It's never about what Trump says it's about.
So what is in Honduras that Trump wants?
#uspoli
"Deaths from drugs"? Venezuelan "drug boats"? Fentanyl from Canada and Mexico? Pffffffffffft.
It's never about what Trump says it's about.
So what is in Honduras that Trump wants?
#uspoli
JUST IN: Trump says he’ll issue a “Full and Complete Pardon” to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, convicted of drug trafficking last year in the US and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
The most lawless president in history.
The most lawless president in history.
November 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
"Drugs"?
"Deaths from drugs"? Venezuelan "drug boats"? Fentanyl from Canada and Mexico? Pffffffffffft.
It's never about what Trump says it's about.
So what is in Honduras that Trump wants?
#uspoli
"Deaths from drugs"? Venezuelan "drug boats"? Fentanyl from Canada and Mexico? Pffffffffffft.
It's never about what Trump says it's about.
So what is in Honduras that Trump wants?
#uspoli
Why is our country doing business and trying to negotiate with an administration that does this shit every fecking hour of the day?
FFS, this makes me livid.
Feck Vance, his couch, and anything else that bellend touches. And feck anyone who isn't boycotting the US.
#cdnpoli #uspoli #BoycottUSA
FFS, this makes me livid.
Feck Vance, his couch, and anything else that bellend touches. And feck anyone who isn't boycotting the US.
#cdnpoli #uspoli #BoycottUSA
Yes, who is more likely to regard the sacrifice of people as abhorrent than those who follow a religion centered on celebrating the sacrifice of a person?
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Why is our country doing business and trying to negotiate with an administration that does this shit every fecking hour of the day?
FFS, this makes me livid.
Feck Vance, his couch, and anything else that bellend touches. And feck anyone who isn't boycotting the US.
#cdnpoli #uspoli #BoycottUSA
FFS, this makes me livid.
Feck Vance, his couch, and anything else that bellend touches. And feck anyone who isn't boycotting the US.
#cdnpoli #uspoli #BoycottUSA
North Korea: "Woah, U.S. State Department, dial it back. This would make even Dear Leader blush."
November 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I'd like to know just how much the Victims' Justice Fund of Ontario (which helps all victims of crime) has lost in funding as a result of Doug Ford's personal vendetta vs speed cameras that, like the rest of the world that has used them for years knows, actually work to protect citizens. 🤨
#onpoli
#onpoli
November 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I'd like to know just how much the Victims' Justice Fund of Ontario (which helps all victims of crime) has lost in funding as a result of Doug Ford's personal vendetta vs speed cameras that, like the rest of the world that has used them for years knows, actually work to protect citizens. 🤨
#onpoli
#onpoli
Speed cameras don't work, Doug Ford?
Such a colossal feckup!
A full, brimming, manky idiot!
#onpoli #cdnpoli #NeverConservative
Such a colossal feckup!
A full, brimming, manky idiot!
#onpoli #cdnpoli #NeverConservative
so our government made a big deal about banning speed cameras but one city left theirs running to see what difference the ban would make and you are not going to believe this
November 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Speed cameras don't work, Doug Ford?
Such a colossal feckup!
A full, brimming, manky idiot!
#onpoli #cdnpoli #NeverConservative
Such a colossal feckup!
A full, brimming, manky idiot!
#onpoli #cdnpoli #NeverConservative
Remind me again when Ford said during the last campaign that privatization of our water was part of his platform?
#RecallDougFord and every Con in Ontario.
Enough is enough.
#onpoli #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/28/n...
#RecallDougFord and every Con in Ontario.
Enough is enough.
#onpoli #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/28/n...
Ford government dives into municipal business as it eyes water services
The province has assumed sweeping new powers to seize control over municipal water systems — one of Ontario’s largest public assets, worth $175.8 billion — raising fears the move could pave the way fo...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Remind me again when Ford said during the last campaign that privatization of our water was part of his platform?
#RecallDougFord and every Con in Ontario.
Enough is enough.
#onpoli #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/28/n...
#RecallDougFord and every Con in Ontario.
Enough is enough.
#onpoli #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/28/n...
A Rolex and a gold bar and a huge tariff reduction 10 days later...
If these "gifts" by companies comply with the law, there may be something wrong with the law.
#Trump #Grifterinchief #bribery
#uspoli #Switzerland
www.reuters.com/business/swi...
If these "gifts" by companies comply with the law, there may be something wrong with the law.
#Trump #Grifterinchief #bribery
#uspoli #Switzerland
www.reuters.com/business/swi...
Swiss lawmakers seek probe into whether gifts to Trump by business leaders breached law
Two Swiss lawmakers asked prosecutors to examine whether gifts by Swiss business leaders to U.S. President Donald Trump - including a Rolex watch and a gold bar - violated Switzerland's anti-bribery l...
www.reuters.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A Rolex and a gold bar and a huge tariff reduction 10 days later...
If these "gifts" by companies comply with the law, there may be something wrong with the law.
#Trump #Grifterinchief #bribery
#uspoli #Switzerland
www.reuters.com/business/swi...
If these "gifts" by companies comply with the law, there may be something wrong with the law.
#Trump #Grifterinchief #bribery
#uspoli #Switzerland
www.reuters.com/business/swi...
Reposted by Bridget McGrath 🇨🇦
2 months ago Coastal First Nations asked Minister Hodgsons for a meeting. The liberals got back to them Wednesday and said they could talk on Friday- after Carney announced the pipeline.
Hodgson's is a Goldman Sachs buddy.
This isn't going to end well.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Hodgson's is a Goldman Sachs buddy.
This isn't going to end well.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Stephen Maher: Mark Carney’s in a bigger mess than he thinks with this pipeline
Before the ink on the agreement has had time to dry, there are questions around the ability of Carney and his colleagues to get it built
www.thestar.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
2 months ago Coastal First Nations asked Minister Hodgsons for a meeting. The liberals got back to them Wednesday and said they could talk on Friday- after Carney announced the pipeline.
Hodgson's is a Goldman Sachs buddy.
This isn't going to end well.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Hodgson's is a Goldman Sachs buddy.
This isn't going to end well.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...