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Doug Ford's government botched the healthcare file -- and people died. Now, Ford is blaming long wait times in the ER on...you. Yes, you.

It's beyond shameful.

Vote for someone else as if your life depends on it.

www.davidmoscrop.com/p/when-it-co...
When It Comes to Healthcare, Doug Ford Thinks You're Stupid
Vote for someone else. Your life might depend on it.
www.davidmoscrop.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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The 2022-2023 FAO of ON shows that Dorg is doing a shitty job.
- revenue per capita, spending per capita, & health spending were lowest in Canada
- debt burden per capita highest in Canada
fao-on.org/en/report/in....
2022-23 Interprovincial Budget Comparison - Financial Accountability Office of Ontario %
This report provides a comparison of Ontario government revenues, spending, budget balance and net debt with other Canadian provinces.
fao-on.org
February 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Just days after Elon Musk did his "hand gesture," as the media liked to call it, racists took to the streets of Canada calling for mass deportations.

Some of them did the same Nazi salute.

Let's talk about this rising problem -- one that's very real in Canada, too:
Canada's got a problem with something that rhymes with "Yahtzees"
YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore
youtu.be
January 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Trump has laid the groundwork for his cronies and the Proud Boys to "punish" and "destroy" his enemies. Now that marginalized communities are losing whatever institutional backing they've had, Trump's attack dogs are coming.
January 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Ku Klux Klan fliers in Kentucky order immigrants to ‘leave now,’ police say

archive.is/G22Bz
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January 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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The Trump administration, moving quickly to clamp down on health and science agencies, has canceled a string of scientific meetings and instructed federal health officials to refrain from all public communications.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/h...
Trump Administration Temporarily Mutes Federal Health Officials (Gift Article)
Scientific meetings were canceled, and research data on the bird flu outbreak was delayed, amid confusion over the directive.
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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We must understand the signals and the plans. History teaches us these.
January 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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You are here:
January 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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1) follow @nikkimcr.bsky.social and the rest of the crew here at @rollingstone.com

2) feel free to google “Lord Rothermere Benito Mussolini Adolf Hitler daily mail”

www.dailymail.co.uk/media/articl...
Rolling Stone slammed for 'shameful' Trump inauguration headline
'Convicted felon sworn in as president,' the title insisted a little before 1pm - after Trump was sworn in for the second time in the crowded Capitol Rotunda.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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On 21 March 1933 Adolf Hitler was officially sworn in as chancellor of Germany. The same day he pardoned 8,000 Nazis, who had committed violent acts, starting with the failed Hitler coup on 8 November 1923.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...
Only a Handful of Republicans in Congress Object to Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons
Even Republicans who once said violent rioters should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law declined to criticize the presidential clemency for violent offenders, saying it was time to move o...
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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translation: (HEADER)"A Hitler salute is a Hitler salute is a Hitler salute."

(SUBHEAD)"Elon Musk puts out his right arm, and everyone ignores it. Welcome to the regime of attention/controversy seekers."
German paper is not mincing words.
January 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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“Orbán used law as a weapon against democracy. He consolidated power…giving orders directly to the bureaucracy, which he had reconstructed by changing civil service law…Orbán’s was accompanied by aggressive use of libel actions…He packed the courts with loyalists.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/o...
Opinion | Are We Sleepwalking Into Autocracy?
What we can learn from countries that have pushed back on threats to democracy.
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM