Paul Labatte
@paulkw1206.bsky.social
Researcher, weather-obsessed, gay, choral arts, anti-death penalty,
RC values, photography, history, writing,
RC values, photography, history, writing,
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FYI: the “disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan” was negotiated and begun by…. Donald Trump
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
FYI: the “disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan” was negotiated and begun by…. Donald Trump
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Donald Trump is now officially demolishing part of the White House to make room for his $200 million golden ballroom.
This comes as Americans can’t afford groceries and the government is still shut down.
This comes as Americans can’t afford groceries and the government is still shut down.
October 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Donald Trump is now officially demolishing part of the White House to make room for his $200 million golden ballroom.
This comes as Americans can’t afford groceries and the government is still shut down.
This comes as Americans can’t afford groceries and the government is still shut down.
Beth Shelburne posted on X
Ant is a deeply spiritual, giving person. I had no idea about the extreme flaws in his case until I read this piece. There is literally no evidence connecting him to this crime and his legal defense was nonexistent.
boltsmag.org/anthony-boyd...
Ant is a deeply spiritual, giving person. I had no idea about the extreme flaws in his case until I read this piece. There is literally no evidence connecting him to this crime and his legal defense was nonexistent.
boltsmag.org/anthony-boyd...
He Was Convicted Entirely On Clashing Eyewitness Testimony. Alabama Plans to Execute Him Next Week. - Bolts
No physical evidence connected Anthony Boyd to a 1993 murder. He was sent to death row on the word of a co-defendant who testified under the threat of capital punishment.
boltsmag.org
October 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Beth Shelburne posted on X
Ant is a deeply spiritual, giving person. I had no idea about the extreme flaws in his case until I read this piece. There is literally no evidence connecting him to this crime and his legal defense was nonexistent.
boltsmag.org/anthony-boyd...
Ant is a deeply spiritual, giving person. I had no idea about the extreme flaws in his case until I read this piece. There is literally no evidence connecting him to this crime and his legal defense was nonexistent.
boltsmag.org/anthony-boyd...
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It's fucking massive, y'all. This is the No Kings protest in New York City's Times Square. 🙌💪👏✊️👇
October 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It's fucking massive, y'all. This is the No Kings protest in New York City's Times Square. 🙌💪👏✊️👇
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@greggardner.bsky.social sad to witness
Congrats to team Europe for winning the Ryder Cup. Historic and well deserved.
Our fans were disgraceful. An embarrassment to the US team and the game of golf.
No class, dignity or grace…just like their cult leader in the White House.
Our fans were disgraceful. An embarrassment to the US team and the game of golf.
No class, dignity or grace…just like their cult leader in the White House.
September 29, 2025 at 4:40 AM
@greggardner.bsky.social sad to witness
President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum seeking to reinstate the death penalty in Washington, DC, as Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the Justice Department will be seeking capital punishment across the country.
As Trump seeks death penalty in DC, Bondi says administration also wants it across the country | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a presidential memorandum seeking to reinstate the death penalty in Washington, DC, as Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the Justice Department will be see...
www.cnn.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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‘I risked everything’: remembering six media workers killed by Israel in Gaza
‘I risked everything’: remembering six media workers killed by Israel in Gaza
CJP says the period since 7 October 2023 has been the most deadly for journalists since it began gathering data in 1992
Journalists have been prominent among casualties since the war in Gaza was triggered by Hamas’s incursion into Israel in October 2023.
Some were working for well-known international media, others were employed by local news organisations. Several were high-profile veterans, but many were newcomers to the profession. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
‘I risked everything’: remembering six media workers killed by Israel in Gaza
Canadian permanent residents will now have to pay 'visa integrity fee' to enter the US.
nationalpost.com/news/canada/....
nationalpost.com/news/canada/....
Canadian permanent residents will now have to pay 'visa integrity fee' to enter U.S. Here's what it is
The $250 fee won't be waived or reduced — but the secretary of Homeland Security can reimburse travellers.
nationalpost.com
July 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Canadian permanent residents will now have to pay 'visa integrity fee' to enter the US.
nationalpost.com/news/canada/....
nationalpost.com/news/canada/....
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Lawyers for Utah death-row prisoner Ralph Menzies’ petition to reevaluate competency ruling, cite ‘significant’ decline in cognitive functioning. www.abc4.com/news/wasatch... @abc4utah.bsky.social @namicommunicate.bsky.social @taccommunicate.bsky.social #deathpenalty
www.abc4.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Lawyers for Utah death-row prisoner Ralph Menzies’ petition to reevaluate competency ruling, cite ‘significant’ decline in cognitive functioning. www.abc4.com/news/wasatch... @abc4utah.bsky.social @namicommunicate.bsky.social @taccommunicate.bsky.social #deathpenalty
@vidman.bsky.social
At least I know what the horns now mean. Kind of had them figured out, but not all.
At least I know what the horns now mean. Kind of had them figured out, but not all.
July 3, 2025 at 5:34 AM
@vidman.bsky.social
At least I know what the horns now mean. Kind of had them figured out, but not all.
At least I know what the horns now mean. Kind of had them figured out, but not all.
@greggardner.bsky.social This had your name all over it!
June 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
@greggardner.bsky.social This had your name all over it!
At age 77 years and almost 48 years on death row, Mississippi executed Richard Jordan this evening.
www.clarionledger.com/story/news/l...
www.clarionledger.com/story/news/l...
Execution completed by lethal injection for Mississippi murderer Richard Jordan at Parchman
Richard Jordan, who spent 48 years on Mississippi’s death row, received an execution by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Parchman.
www.clarionledger.com
June 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
At age 77 years and almost 48 years on death row, Mississippi executed Richard Jordan this evening.
www.clarionledger.com/story/news/l...
www.clarionledger.com/story/news/l...
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SEEKING DEATH: ABC15 and ProPublica expose extreme secrecy in Maricopa County death penalty cases. MCAO's cases rarely end in death sentences and the total cost is staggering. abc15.com/news/local-n...
@abc15.com @propublica.org @davebiscobing15.bsky.social @azdeathpenalty.bsky.social
@abc15.com @propublica.org @davebiscobing15.bsky.social @azdeathpenalty.bsky.social
SEEKING DEATH: ABC15 and ProPublica expose extreme secrecy in death penalty cases
The power to seek death is the greatest power we give prosecutors. But the process for selecting death penalty cases in Maricopa County is shrouded in secrecy.
abc15.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
SEEKING DEATH: ABC15 and ProPublica expose extreme secrecy in Maricopa County death penalty cases. MCAO's cases rarely end in death sentences and the total cost is staggering. abc15.com/news/local-n...
@abc15.com @propublica.org @davebiscobing15.bsky.social @azdeathpenalty.bsky.social
@abc15.com @propublica.org @davebiscobing15.bsky.social @azdeathpenalty.bsky.social
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Trump is fencing off parts of DC ahead of his military parade
June 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Trump is fencing off parts of DC ahead of his military parade
The Holy Father, Pope Leo XVI, is like the Church herself, universal. He is not The American Pope. Pope Francis was not the Argentinian Pope. Leo XVI is The Pope and a citizen of Vatican City. if anything, he is a Pope from the Americas.
May 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The Holy Father, Pope Leo XVI, is like the Church herself, universal. He is not The American Pope. Pope Francis was not the Argentinian Pope. Leo XVI is The Pope and a citizen of Vatican City. if anything, he is a Pope from the Americas.
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What a class act Prime Minister Mark Carney is; graciously allowing Pierre Poilievre a quick free pass back to the Canadian 🇨🇦 Parliament.
May 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
What a class act Prime Minister Mark Carney is; graciously allowing Pierre Poilievre a quick free pass back to the Canadian 🇨🇦 Parliament.
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We live on treaty land. The Supreme Court of Canada said in the Quebec Secession Reference that Indigenous nations have to be a party to any discussion on future sovereignty questions. This can't be dismissed the way Smith does here.
Indigenous groups call on Carney to rein in Alberta Premier over separation comments
First Nations say Danielle Smith‘s comments on separation and proposed changes to legislation are breaches of their treaties
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
We live on treaty land. The Supreme Court of Canada said in the Quebec Secession Reference that Indigenous nations have to be a party to any discussion on future sovereignty questions. This can't be dismissed the way Smith does here.
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You hear all those Edmonton Oilers fans singing O Canada at the top of their lungs? Yeah, those Albertans are true Canadians. These other maple MAGA Albertans can go to hell. Or ar least to Mar-a-Lago #CanadaStrong #ElbowsUp
May 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
You hear all those Edmonton Oilers fans singing O Canada at the top of their lungs? Yeah, those Albertans are true Canadians. These other maple MAGA Albertans can go to hell. Or ar least to Mar-a-Lago #CanadaStrong #ElbowsUp
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Fitting that the guy who voted against social housing, rent assistance, affordable housing to address housing crisis in ‘06,‘09,‘10,‘13,‘14,‘18 & ‘19, against tax-free first home savings account in ‘22, is losing HIS home. The home taxpayers struggling all those years funded #EvictPoilievre #cdnpoli
Pierre Poilievre no longer entitled to live at public mansion: Privy Council Office
Poilievre ineligible to live at Stornoway after losing his own seat
Poilievre ineligible to live at Stornoway after losing his own seat
Pierre Poilievre No Longer Entitled to Live at Public Mansion: Privy Council Office
Poilievre ineligible to live at Stornoway after losing his own seat
pressprogress.ca
May 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Fitting that the guy who voted against social housing, rent assistance, affordable housing to address housing crisis in ‘06,‘09,‘10,‘13,‘14,‘18 & ‘19, against tax-free first home savings account in ‘22, is losing HIS home. The home taxpayers struggling all those years funded #EvictPoilievre #cdnpoli
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Carney: President Trump is trying to break us so that America can own us. That will never, ever happen
April 29, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Carney: President Trump is trying to break us so that America can own us. That will never, ever happen
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Carney: When I sit down with President Trump, it will be to discuss the future economic and security relationship between two sovereign nations and it will be with our full knowledge that we have many, many other options than the United States..
April 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Carney: When I sit down with President Trump, it will be to discuss the future economic and security relationship between two sovereign nations and it will be with our full knowledge that we have many, many other options than the United States..
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Canada will "never ever" yield to US threats, Prime Minister Mark Carney vows as his Liberal Party declares election victory.
Canada will ‘never’ yield to Trump’s threats as Prime Minister Carney declares election victory | CNN
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his county would “never” yield to the United States as he declared victory in federal elections early Tuesday, following a campaign overshadowed by relentless...
www.cnn.com
April 29, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Canada will "never ever" yield to US threats, Prime Minister Mark Carney vows as his Liberal Party declares election victory.
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I've managed crises my entire career: I led the Bank of Canada through the 2008 financial crisis, and the bank of England through Brexit.
I’ve been here before — and I have a plan to see Canada through this.
#Debate2025
I’ve been here before — and I have a plan to see Canada through this.
#Debate2025
April 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I've managed crises my entire career: I led the Bank of Canada through the 2008 financial crisis, and the bank of England through Brexit.
I’ve been here before — and I have a plan to see Canada through this.
#Debate2025
I’ve been here before — and I have a plan to see Canada through this.
#Debate2025
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Jeffrey Hutchinson is a decorated Gulf War veteran. He was sickened in combat by repeated exposure to nerve gas and was turned away from treatment when he got home. Now, the State of Florida plans to kill him on May 1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aEw...
Jeff Hutchinson Fought for Our Country in the Gulf War, Now the State of Florida Plans to Kill Him
YouTube video by Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
www.youtube.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Jeffrey Hutchinson is a decorated Gulf War veteran. He was sickened in combat by repeated exposure to nerve gas and was turned away from treatment when he got home. Now, the State of Florida plans to kill him on May 1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aEw...