Rick Lund
@rickl9.bsky.social
Father, History Teacher, Progressive, and Habs Fan
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Ivan Demidov to Lane Hutson back to Ivan Demidov and he scores from the slot, tie game, 3-3. That was one hell of a shift from Demidov.
November 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Ivan Demidov to Lane Hutson back to Ivan Demidov and he scores from the slot, tie game, 3-3. That was one hell of a shift from Demidov.
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"To Trump, Reagan’s composed performance, with its affirmation of consensus, is almost intolerable. It must be discredited not because it is inaccurate but because it represents an entirely different model of what presidential authority looks like." -Jake Lundberg
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Why a Reagan Ad Provoked Trump
Canada’s anti-tariff ad was an incursion in the trade war, but there’s another reason it may have bothered Trump.
www.theatlantic.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
"To Trump, Reagan’s composed performance, with its affirmation of consensus, is almost intolerable. It must be discredited not because it is inaccurate but because it represents an entirely different model of what presidential authority looks like." -Jake Lundberg
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Goodness, the desire for the refs in this league to manage the game late is so annoying.
Anderson got a penalty after the 5-4 goal for I don't even know what... I really don't know.
I guess it is for shooting the puck down the ice after the goal.
It's laughable.
Anderson got a penalty after the 5-4 goal for I don't even know what... I really don't know.
I guess it is for shooting the puck down the ice after the goal.
It's laughable.
October 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Goodness, the desire for the refs in this league to manage the game late is so annoying.
Anderson got a penalty after the 5-4 goal for I don't even know what... I really don't know.
I guess it is for shooting the puck down the ice after the goal.
It's laughable.
Anderson got a penalty after the 5-4 goal for I don't even know what... I really don't know.
I guess it is for shooting the puck down the ice after the goal.
It's laughable.
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Wait. So Alberta’s federal income taxes don’t belong to Canada but BC’s coastline belongs to Alberta?
What in the When It Suits Us kind of Trumpian thought pretzel is this now?
What in the When It Suits Us kind of Trumpian thought pretzel is this now?
'There is no B.C. coast. It's Canada's coast': Sask. premier supports Alta. pipeline proposal | CBC News
Sask. Premier Scott Moe repeated his support for the proposed pipeline between Alberta and the northern B.C. coast earlier this week by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
www.cbc.ca
October 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Wait. So Alberta’s federal income taxes don’t belong to Canada but BC’s coastline belongs to Alberta?
What in the When It Suits Us kind of Trumpian thought pretzel is this now?
What in the When It Suits Us kind of Trumpian thought pretzel is this now?
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The photos coming from Trump’s birthday parade are just incredible. No one showed up.
June 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The photos coming from Trump’s birthday parade are just incredible. No one showed up.
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And there it is. The Minnesota assassin who shot Democratic lawmakers “voted for Donald Trump and was a strong Trump supporter,” according to his best friend.
June 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
And there it is. The Minnesota assassin who shot Democratic lawmakers “voted for Donald Trump and was a strong Trump supporter,” according to his best friend.
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As a four-decade veteran of the daily journalism business, let me tell you: Every competent political reporter in this country knows that Trump is trying to establish a dictatorship. The industry's shame is that so few journalists will say so, and the ones who do lose their jobs.
June 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
As a four-decade veteran of the daily journalism business, let me tell you: Every competent political reporter in this country knows that Trump is trying to establish a dictatorship. The industry's shame is that so few journalists will say so, and the ones who do lose their jobs.
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How's that "Latinos for Trump" thing working out for you?
Well, damn.
Well, damn.
The oppression of the entire Latino community of Los Angeles right now is difficult to convey.
Normally vibrant local retail areas of East LA and SELA look like ghost towns this week. People are afraid to leave their homes. Parents afraid to go to work.
It's US citizens too. Anyone with brown skin
Normally vibrant local retail areas of East LA and SELA look like ghost towns this week. People are afraid to leave their homes. Parents afraid to go to work.
It's US citizens too. Anyone with brown skin
June 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
How's that "Latinos for Trump" thing working out for you?
Well, damn.
Well, damn.
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When a cabinet member announces "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.
June 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
When a cabinet member announces "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.
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When they begin arresting snd handcuffing opposition senators, it's over unless you stop it now.
If they can do this to a US senator, what will they do to you?
June 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
When they begin arresting snd handcuffing opposition senators, it's over unless you stop it now.
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In Donald Trump's America, if you say "I am Senator Alex Padilla, I have questions for the Secretary," you get thrown to the floor and handcuffed.
June 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
In Donald Trump's America, if you say "I am Senator Alex Padilla, I have questions for the Secretary," you get thrown to the floor and handcuffed.
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Senator Padilla was forcibly removed from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in Los Angeles while attempting to ask a question.
Padilla was thrown down and handcuffed. A senator in his own state! (He has since been released.)
The Trump regime is out of control.
Padilla was thrown down and handcuffed. A senator in his own state! (He has since been released.)
The Trump regime is out of control.
June 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Senator Padilla was forcibly removed from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in Los Angeles while attempting to ask a question.
Padilla was thrown down and handcuffed. A senator in his own state! (He has since been released.)
The Trump regime is out of control.
Padilla was thrown down and handcuffed. A senator in his own state! (He has since been released.)
The Trump regime is out of control.
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BREAKING: Miller reportedly engineered the raids that sparked the protests that have engulfed the city in recent days—likely because he wanted a pretext to send in federal troops.
https://trib.al/oM1280f
https://trib.al/oM1280f
Stephen Miller Is Invading Los Angeles
Miller reportedly engineered the raids that sparked the protests that have engulfed the city in recent days—likely because he wanted a pretext to send in federal troops.
trib.al
June 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
BREAKING: Miller reportedly engineered the raids that sparked the protests that have engulfed the city in recent days—likely because he wanted a pretext to send in federal troops.
https://trib.al/oM1280f
https://trib.al/oM1280f
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Ontario rejected the City of Toronto’s proposed affordable housing requirements on dozens of specific properties after at least three real estate investment trusts asked them to do so, the Star has learned — with two trusts suggesting the quotas could result in no housing development at all.
Ford government scrapped Toronto affordable housing requirements after pushback from three REITs, documents show
Rules requiring affordable housing were rewritten by the Doug Ford government after at least two REITs warned the quotas could result in no new housing built at all.
www.thestar.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Ontario rejected the City of Toronto’s proposed affordable housing requirements on dozens of specific properties after at least three real estate investment trusts asked them to do so, the Star has learned — with two trusts suggesting the quotas could result in no housing development at all.
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I don't think we appreciate the bullet Canada dodged by electing PM Mark Carney instead of Pierre Poilievre, based on the disaster that press conference would have been if it had involved Donald Trump and petulant assclown Skippy McSlogan. So let's think about how awful that would have been.
May 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I don't think we appreciate the bullet Canada dodged by electing PM Mark Carney instead of Pierre Poilievre, based on the disaster that press conference would have been if it had involved Donald Trump and petulant assclown Skippy McSlogan. So let's think about how awful that would have been.
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I don’t always bring people coffee and donuts, but when I do, they’re occupying downtown Ottawa and dancing on the War Memorial.
April 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I don’t always bring people coffee and donuts, but when I do, they’re occupying downtown Ottawa and dancing on the War Memorial.
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Succinctly stated.
100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion in the 2024 election.
70% of these donations went to Republicans.
Now, Republicans in Congress are gearing up to slash essential programs to pay for another round of tax cuts for the rich.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
70% of these donations went to Republicans.
Now, Republicans in Congress are gearing up to slash essential programs to pay for another round of tax cuts for the rich.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
April 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Succinctly stated.
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anybody who wants my vote in 2026 or 28 better be real-deal committed to prosecutions and prison sentences for a whole host of Trump admin people, including Trump himself, and his goons in various agencies
BREAKING: @aclu.org says Trump deported a child (U.S. citizen) with metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with physicians. This is the second child with cancer he's deported. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... @rollingstone.com
Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer
Two families who had lived in the United States for years, including a child with cancer and a pregnant mother, were deported by ICE on Friday.
www.rollingstone.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
anybody who wants my vote in 2026 or 28 better be real-deal committed to prosecutions and prison sentences for a whole host of Trump admin people, including Trump himself, and his goons in various agencies
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In a CBC interview many in the Muslim community indicated disappointment with the Liberals stance on Gaza and may vote either NDP or CPC in protest.
Ask those in Dearborn, Michigan how that worked out for them. If the protest vote gives the CPC any semblance of power the same thing will happen here
Ask those in Dearborn, Michigan how that worked out for them. If the protest vote gives the CPC any semblance of power the same thing will happen here
April 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
In a CBC interview many in the Muslim community indicated disappointment with the Liberals stance on Gaza and may vote either NDP or CPC in protest.
Ask those in Dearborn, Michigan how that worked out for them. If the protest vote gives the CPC any semblance of power the same thing will happen here
Ask those in Dearborn, Michigan how that worked out for them. If the protest vote gives the CPC any semblance of power the same thing will happen here
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“A Financial Times analysis of more than 350,000 posts on X related to the election, gathered since the snap poll was announced in March, revealed a network of co-ordinated accounts pushing content to boost Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and tarnish his counterpart, the Liberal’s Mark Carney.”
Canadians bombarded with rightwing content on Musk’s X ahead of election
FT analysis finds network of social media accounts attacking Liberal leader Mark Carney
www.ft.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
“A Financial Times analysis of more than 350,000 posts on X related to the election, gathered since the snap poll was announced in March, revealed a network of co-ordinated accounts pushing content to boost Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and tarnish his counterpart, the Liberal’s Mark Carney.”
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Globe and Mail reviews Poilievre's costed platform: "..more than half of the favourable difference with the Carney numbers may start to look questionable." (...) "a silly proposal" (...) "recipe for chaos"
>>Gift Article<<
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/41f7998...
>>Gift Article<<
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/41f7998...
Poilievre’s election platform sure looks good. But are the numbers real?
On their face, the Conservatives’ numbers are more disciplined compared with those of the Liberals
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Globe and Mail reviews Poilievre's costed platform: "..more than half of the favourable difference with the Carney numbers may start to look questionable." (...) "a silly proposal" (...) "recipe for chaos"
>>Gift Article<<
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/41f7998...
>>Gift Article<<
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/41f7998...
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Friday: “when journalists shouted for Poilievre to clarify his position, his staff moved in to surround reporters and drown them out with clapping.” #cdnpoli
April 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Friday: “when journalists shouted for Poilievre to clarify his position, his staff moved in to surround reporters and drown them out with clapping.” #cdnpoli
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The Poilievre / Ezra Levant connection. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Rebel News owner Ezra Levant was 'mentor' to Poilievre, says author | CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has historic ties to Rebel News owner Ezra Levant, the right-wing media personality at the epicentre of a controversy that has engulfed Canada's Leaders' Debates C...
www.cbc.ca
April 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The Poilievre / Ezra Levant connection. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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This is the kind of thing that, if true, leads to life sentences for treason
April 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is the kind of thing that, if true, leads to life sentences for treason