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“What we are seeing in Alberta is as extreme as we’ve seen in the southern United States and other centers of book banning”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Rightwing ‘parents’ rights’ groups gain ground in Canada as Alberta book bans target LGBTQ+ titles
Two such groups claim they persuaded Alberta to institute sweeping public school book ban
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“What we are seeing in Alberta is as extreme as we’ve seen in the southern United States and other centers of book banning”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Wait. The Bureau of Prisons waived Maxwell as a Sex Offender in order to move her?!?!
I still don’t understand why the President’s move to deal specially with a rapist and child sex offender and potentially pardon her isn’t a huge huge story.
It shows how much the weight of Fox matters.
I still don’t understand why the President’s move to deal specially with a rapist and child sex offender and potentially pardon her isn’t a huge huge story.
It shows how much the weight of Fox matters.
August 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Wait. The Bureau of Prisons waived Maxwell as a Sex Offender in order to move her?!?!
I still don’t understand why the President’s move to deal specially with a rapist and child sex offender and potentially pardon her isn’t a huge huge story.
It shows how much the weight of Fox matters.
I still don’t understand why the President’s move to deal specially with a rapist and child sex offender and potentially pardon her isn’t a huge huge story.
It shows how much the weight of Fox matters.
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And yes; he did say that about a year ago, lots of videos of it online.
August 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
And yes; he did say that about a year ago, lots of videos of it online.
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KRUGMAN: “Official economic data starting to confirm what mainstream economists have been saying — Erratic policy that creates uncertainty depresses growth and job creation; tariffs raise prices… Trump faces massive public disapproval on every issue…” open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
August 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
KRUGMAN: “Official economic data starting to confirm what mainstream economists have been saying — Erratic policy that creates uncertainty depresses growth and job creation; tariffs raise prices… Trump faces massive public disapproval on every issue…” open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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OLIVER: "Gaza is starving is a sentence that's objectively true, but it's also slightly misleading because it's too passive — Gaza is being starved by Israel."
August 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
OLIVER: "Gaza is starving is a sentence that's objectively true, but it's also slightly misleading because it's too passive — Gaza is being starved by Israel."
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WELKER: Does the administration have any evidence that the jobs numbers were rigged?
HASSETT: The evidence is that there have been a bunch of revisions
WELKER: But hard evidence?
HASSETT: The revisions are hard evidence
(They are not "hard evidence")
HASSETT: The evidence is that there have been a bunch of revisions
WELKER: But hard evidence?
HASSETT: The revisions are hard evidence
(They are not "hard evidence")
August 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
WELKER: Does the administration have any evidence that the jobs numbers were rigged?
HASSETT: The evidence is that there have been a bunch of revisions
WELKER: But hard evidence?
HASSETT: The revisions are hard evidence
(They are not "hard evidence")
HASSETT: The evidence is that there have been a bunch of revisions
WELKER: But hard evidence?
HASSETT: The revisions are hard evidence
(They are not "hard evidence")
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BREAKING: “We’re leaving Texas to fight for Texans.”
TX Democrats are walking out to block Trump’s gerrymander and stop a rigged system in its tracks. This isn’t normal. This isn’t democracy. We must stand up and call it what it is: an assault on every American’s rights. #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky
TX Democrats are walking out to block Trump’s gerrymander and stop a rigged system in its tracks. This isn’t normal. This isn’t democracy. We must stand up and call it what it is: an assault on every American’s rights. #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky
Texas Democrats head to Illinois to deny Republicans a quorum on redistricting
In an extraordinary move brokered with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, dozens of Texas House Democrats aim to deny a quorum as the GOP is set to draw new maps.
www.nbcnews.com
August 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Biden was asked to stand down from office for much less.
We’re defying basic number theory at this point—riding roughshod over the intrinsic properties of integers.
Trump claims he’s cut drug prices by “1,500 percent”
August 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Biden was asked to stand down from office for much less.
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some of you spend too much time on facebook when you need to face books 😔
August 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
some of you spend too much time on facebook when you need to face books 😔
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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
August 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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He straight up, deliberately lies about demonstrable facts (the jobs revision happened before not after the election and Trump called it out at the time!) and no reporter challenges him on it. No
Sunday show host challenged his officials about his lies. He gets away with it.
Sunday show host challenged his officials about his lies. He gets away with it.
August 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
He straight up, deliberately lies about demonstrable facts (the jobs revision happened before not after the election and Trump called it out at the time!) and no reporter challenges him on it. No
Sunday show host challenged his officials about his lies. He gets away with it.
Sunday show host challenged his officials about his lies. He gets away with it.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney attends Vancouver Pride parade after meeting with premier nationalnewswatch.com/2025/08/03/p...
Prime Minister Mark Carney attends Vancouver Pride parade after…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
August 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Prime Minister Mark Carney attends Vancouver Pride parade after meeting with premier nationalnewswatch.com/2025/08/03/p...
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still thinking about the Montana knife maker who said you don't have to worry about tariffs if you buy american. and then three months later, he realized he imports swedish steel and german equipment. and even MiUSA equipment costs $100k more now because of tariffs
August 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
still thinking about the Montana knife maker who said you don't have to worry about tariffs if you buy american. and then three months later, he realized he imports swedish steel and german equipment. and even MiUSA equipment costs $100k more now because of tariffs
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Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
August 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
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🔔 SUPERCUT: Trump liking the BLS jobs numbers when they were good 🤔👇🏽
WELKER: “So is he prepared to fire anyone who reports data he disagrees with?”
HASSETT: “Absolutely not.”
REALITY: ABSOLUTELY, YES.
WELKER: “So is he prepared to fire anyone who reports data he disagrees with?”
HASSETT: “Absolutely not.”
REALITY: ABSOLUTELY, YES.
August 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🔔 SUPERCUT: Trump liking the BLS jobs numbers when they were good 🤔👇🏽
WELKER: “So is he prepared to fire anyone who reports data he disagrees with?”
HASSETT: “Absolutely not.”
REALITY: ABSOLUTELY, YES.
WELKER: “So is he prepared to fire anyone who reports data he disagrees with?”
HASSETT: “Absolutely not.”
REALITY: ABSOLUTELY, YES.
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We are at the Old Strathcona farmers’ market in Edmonton. Crowd gathering before we managed to set up. Thank you!!!
We will be here until 3 pm.
Come and sign the #ForeverCanadian petition.
#Yeg
We will be here until 3 pm.
Come and sign the #ForeverCanadian petition.
#Yeg
August 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We are at the Old Strathcona farmers’ market in Edmonton. Crowd gathering before we managed to set up. Thank you!!!
We will be here until 3 pm.
Come and sign the #ForeverCanadian petition.
#Yeg
We will be here until 3 pm.
Come and sign the #ForeverCanadian petition.
#Yeg
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“This shift comes days after Ben-Ami appeared on Pod Save the World in a debate with journalist Mehdi Hasan, during which he repeatedly refused to call Israel's actions in Gaza genocide – despite Hasan's pressing and citations of international law.”
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Head of U.S. pro-Israel group J Street 'won't argue' with those calling Gaza war genocide
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www.haaretz.com
August 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“This shift comes days after Ben-Ami appeared on Pod Save the World in a debate with journalist Mehdi Hasan, during which he repeatedly refused to call Israel's actions in Gaza genocide – despite Hasan's pressing and citations of international law.”
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Danielle Smith’s UCP government continues to fail Albertans.
From pushing separatism to anti-Canada tax grabs to a measles outbreak worse than the U.S., they continue to cause chaos and ignore the needs of the people they are supposed to serve.
You deserve better.
From pushing separatism to anti-Canada tax grabs to a measles outbreak worse than the U.S., they continue to cause chaos and ignore the needs of the people they are supposed to serve.
You deserve better.
August 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Danielle Smith’s UCP government continues to fail Albertans.
From pushing separatism to anti-Canada tax grabs to a measles outbreak worse than the U.S., they continue to cause chaos and ignore the needs of the people they are supposed to serve.
You deserve better.
From pushing separatism to anti-Canada tax grabs to a measles outbreak worse than the U.S., they continue to cause chaos and ignore the needs of the people they are supposed to serve.
You deserve better.
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In Edmonton today (Sunday), you can sign the #ForeverCanadian petition by the Old Strathcona farmers’ market, at the gazebo, from 10 am to 3 pm.
Bring friends along. I’ll be there to greet you. The clock is ticking. Canada needs you!
#Yeg #Ableg
Bring friends along. I’ll be there to greet you. The clock is ticking. Canada needs you!
#Yeg #Ableg
August 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
In Edmonton today (Sunday), you can sign the #ForeverCanadian petition by the Old Strathcona farmers’ market, at the gazebo, from 10 am to 3 pm.
Bring friends along. I’ll be there to greet you. The clock is ticking. Canada needs you!
#Yeg #Ableg
Bring friends along. I’ll be there to greet you. The clock is ticking. Canada needs you!
#Yeg #Ableg