Raskin: "When private comments made by federal employees are scrutinized for anti-Trump bias and they can lose their jobs because of it, then we've entered the realm not just of Vladimir Putin but Joseph Stalin."
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Raskin: "When private comments made by federal employees are scrutinized for anti-Trump bias and they can lose their jobs because of it, then we've entered the realm not just of Vladimir Putin but Joseph Stalin."
Rand Paul: "It might be ironic if in the end the protectionist flavor of the day - the tariffs we're putting on - brought together our enemies & ultimately led to the collapse of the reserve currency of the world... if you put a 50% tariff on Indian goods, India will become closer to China & Russia"
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Trump act of ordering 8 military jets to perform a low-pass flyover during the Epstein victims' press conference is a DARVO surrogate. It's a form of gaslighting. It's an act of intimidation. It's an admission of guilt.
Alexandra 🇨🇦 (@alexandra-gee.bsky.social) reply parent
I was thinking the same thing. It’s men, not all people.
THIS THIS THIS THIS!
Alexandra 🇨🇦 (@alexandra-gee.bsky.social) reply parent
There also seems to be no money to feed children in need.
"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone." — Michael Okuda How quick we forget.
📌Republicans are bringing back polio and measles, and defending child rape, and we're actually wondering if this will affect their chances at the polls ...
Blowing up a boat with 11 people on it, with only a claim of gang and drugs. Is what a murderous dictator would do.
Good God - why does it have to be Rand Paul saying the obvious stuff? Where the F are Democrats?
www.nbcnews.com/world/venezu... Well now America. It seems that your military has murdered a bunch of civilians in international waters without offering any evidence to support what was done. Not your finest hour, America, not your finest hour.
🚨This U.S. combat vet was arrested for conspiracy to impede or injure officers after joining a demonstration against ICE — The demonstration was A MONTH AGO!!! 1/2
New statement: IDSA, APHA and partners call for RFK Jr. to resign: "Our country needs leadership that will promote open, honest dialogue — not disregard decades of lifesaving science, spread misinformation, reverse medical progress and decimate programs that keep us safe." bit.ly/3JOgDya
More than 10 survivors today, some Republicans, spoke out today. Minutes later, Trump repeats this horrible lie that even some of his supporters don’t believe.
Alexandra 🇨🇦 (@alexandra-gee.bsky.social) reply parent
This is why we vaccinate, to provide herd immunity so that immunocompromised individuals who cannot be vaccinated will be safe. Just imagine your child being endangered because other parents are anti-vaccinations.
Oh yeah, there should only be exemptions for genuine medical reasons. Conscience and religious belief does not give you the right to endanger others.
the two americas
Alexandra 🇨🇦 (@alexandra-gee.bsky.social) reply parent
This is another reason to stay away from Florida.
Kids are going to die. Needlessly. Because some other kid's parents are listening to these people. It's monstrous. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
And she stood with Reps. Massie and Taylor Green, who are (checks notes) Republicans
I Agree with Pete
Alexandra 🇨🇦 (@alexandra-gee.bsky.social) reply parent
Despicable use of military jets to try to distract and drown out the women’s voices. We don’t even need symbolism when they are whacking us over the head with the message.
Alexandra 🇨🇦 (@alexandra-gee.bsky.social) reply parent
Canadian data from the Government of Canada should also be good. I’m not sure about the Alberta government.
ayep. Any information that comes from 'the right' or really from the government now, should be viewed with a very jaundiced eye. Numbers on vaccine harms, dangers of mifepristone, inflation data, weather data, economic activity. All of it is now suspect. European data is still good, though.
"All Americans have equal rights" is a concept so foreign to today's Republican Party that they think a Democrat saying as much is a major gaffe.
Old me, grading papers: This sentence is incomplete, this one has a comma splice, this one could be more clear. New me, grading papers: You wrote your own paper! You have thoughts! You are an excellent student! #academicsky
The axis of evil ascendant. Thank you, President Trump.
#DanielleSmith won't be happy until she destroys Public Education. #SupportTeachers! #SupportPublicEducation! #ABleg #ABpoli
Democrats' shadow Cabinet should start impeachments now .... and Bondi, Patel, Emil Bove, etc. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Trump is literally the only human in the world surprised by that idea.
Trump murdered 11 civilians, whether they were involved in organized crime or not, doesn't take away their human rights. Trump murdered those people and released the video to boast about it. It's not law enforcement or legal military action, it is simply premeditated murder.
Alexandra 🇨🇦 (@alexandra-gee.bsky.social) reply parent
This story was featured on the Canadian national news, CBC. We also hear about threats in the Baltics. Ru is trying to find out what it can get away with.
Oh, Idk, Trump seems very aware of what happened….
📌What happens when the only grocery store leaves a neighborhood, where 40% of the residents live in poverty? People hurt. We don't need the goddam National Guard in our cities, we need a government who cares for our seniors, not one run by some lying, orange, racist imbecile who attacks them.
This is how it's done. Come prepared. Interrupt them immediately when they lie. Confront them with the science. Show them the video. When they say anything that isn't true – call them out. Don't back down.
He murders a boatload of Venezuelans and has Secret Service protection, but what if they retaliate on the US populace? This regime does SO many things to put us in danger, remove our safeguards, destroy our medical research, weaken our diplomatic ties and destroy our economy. What a nightmare!
And was there a trial? A judgment? A sentence? Just summary execution on the word of an Administration who has demonstrated no fealty to the truth. Were the folks in that boat “the worst of the worst” like the migrants outside Home Depot?
he. doesn't. care. now that he's been installed, he's not leaving unless it's in a coffin.
I live in Germany where this is absolutely true. Mass deportation and remigration (stripping legally naturalized people of their citizenship in order to deport them) is the open rhetoric of the far-right party here. The modern GOP is out-Nazi'ing actual German Nazis, that is how far this has gotten.
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the vice chair of the Intelligence Committee, says he was denied a meeting with career intelligence workers because Laura Loomer objected.
I am honestly quite worried about Chicago, and begging the national press to report it as what it is: an invasion of a US city by the national guard of another state at the behest of a fascist president for purposes of terrorizing the people into submission. There is no legitimate debate about it.
Alberta subsidizes Private Education. What's wrong with this picture: According to Statistics Canada, Alberta spends the LEAST per student on public education. Meanwhile, Alberta also spends the MOST 70% on subsidizing private education in the country.🤬 www.supportourstudents.ca/private-scho....
Big thanks to all of you who mobilized on Labor Day to demand a country that puts workers first.
Trump has threatened the sovereignty of Canada and Greenland, has replaced all of the top military generals with men loyal to him, and now he is going ahead renaming the Defence Department to the Department of War. Read into these facts as you see fit.
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
I really do not want my pictures in your offices, for the President is not an icon, an idol or a portrait. Hang your kids’ photos instead, and look at them each time you are making a decision.” — Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 2019 inaugural speech
Trump demanded that Israeli prosecutors drop their corruption case against Netanyahu. “It is INSANITY doing what the out-of-control prosecutors are doing to Bibi Netanyahu,” he complained. So much for not lecturing other nations “on how to live and how to govern your own affairs”! wapo.st/4nahJCH
Misan Harriman - The Purpose Of Light The most powerful, relevant and eloquent photo exhibition I have seen so far. Very Strong reverberations from every wall - every space. hope93.com/exhibitions/... You still here ? - go see it!
Alexandra 🇨🇦 (@alexandra-gee.bsky.social) reply parent
I learned about Misan’s work recently and am happy to see that it has been turned into an exhibition. Unfortunately, I am a bit far away to see it but we have the same push and pull in Canada to make it its best self. Thank you.
This exhibition made me cry. It stirred up painful and hopeful emotions. Hope 93 Gallery, Misan Harriman, thank you and may peace be the victor.
I've always rejected the motives behind the "ungrading" movement. Students need to be judged according to their basic skills, and if that makes them feel uncomfortable, so be it. Use any criteria you want, but being judged is part of learning: wvupressonline.com/ungrading
"at least 25 per cent of Canada’s domestic internet traffic “unnecessarily routed through the U.S., where it loses Canadian control and protections and is subject to U.S. surveillance"
ABC News - #cdnpoli "From northern border towns to major hot spots like Las Vegas, popular travel destinations reported hosting fewer foreign visitors this summer, a trend analysts warn could persist well into the future. Make no mistake. It's going to last! 🖕
Alexandra 🇨🇦 (@alexandra-gee.bsky.social) reply parent
You will have to give up your guns.
Glad you had so much fun with this Jesse. Here is my rebuttal. #20newprovinces youtu.be/zg5wgji6DXk?...
The International Association of Genocide Scholars have passed a resolution describing what Israel is doing in Gaza as genocide Professor Timothy Williams from the organisation explains the reasoning behind the decision.
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He is a national hero and in my opinion the quintessential Canadian hero. The new campaign “Finish it” is bringing his story into the spotlight for new generations.
On this day today, September 1, 1980 Terry Fox ran his last mile of the Marathon Of Hope ❤️🇨🇦 ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
Labor Day March and Rally in Chicago Labor over Billionaires! ✊ www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
Canada stands tall and speaks with clarity. We don’t sit on the sidelines when democracy is on the line. We know what’s right and we do it. We see through the liars, we call out corruption, and we never back down from the truth.
This is truly incredible: Meidas Canada just surpassed 100,000 YouTube subscribers on DAY 1! Congratulations to Charlie Angus and the Maple Meidas for making this launch such a tremendous success. This is just the beginning as we fight fascism worldwide! 👉 YouTube.com/@meidascanada
This should be getting far more attention from the media, and it should be investigated as a hate crime. A 14-year-old Black teen was targeted, beaten, and dehumanized with racial slurs by white teens while people stood around cheering. 1/4
The victim was identified as Keontae. He managed to escape and called his mom from a cornfield an hour away. Thankfully, he did not suffer serious physical injuries, but local leaders say the emotional scars are already heavy—mistrust, fear, and trauma. 4/4 www.wkow.com/news/top-sto...
I helped Sondos & hope you will, too. Even if it’s just by reading her candid words & sharing this. I’m posting screenshots of her words in the next posts below. They show enormous grit, tenacity & vulnerability. Our friend Sondos tells us what it’s like to be a 19 yr-old girl in Gaza right now ⬇️🧵
Alexandra 🇨🇦 (@alexandra-gee.bsky.social) reply parent
The US is bringing back leeches. Why would you want to use vaccines?
Am I right to assume Canada and the UK are laggards because of lower adoption trust of vaccines… …I mean, 🤦🏻♂️ it wouldn’t surprise me.
Countries on track to eliminate cervical cancer: -Australia by 2028 -Sweden by 2027 -Rwanda by 2030 -UK by 2040 -Indonesia by 2030 -Bhutan 2030 -El Salvador by 2030 -Canada by 2040 How? HPV vaccine. Same one RFK Jr is trying to ban. You will note USA is not on this list.
#USDemocracy NEW: Veterans have been BLASTING a speech from General Milley for over TEN HOURS to the National Guard: “We don’t take an oath to a king, queen, tyrant, or wannabe dictator. We take an oath to the Constitution – America – and we’re willing to die to protect it.” 🇺🇸💪
I hope this doesn’t get out 😉
Alexandra 🇨🇦 (@alexandra-gee.bsky.social) reply parent
Also there is a woman in the mirror but there are two men on the stairs.
Oh man, r.i.p. Graham Greene.
Nadler ‘said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel was committing mass murder and war crimes in Gaza “without question.”’
Agree Bernie 💯! Bibi Netanyahu Must GO........
Alexandra 🇨🇦 (@alexandra-gee.bsky.social) reply parent
Think about how many countries or parts of countries have French as an official language. As a Canadian, Quebec comes to mind. 🇨🇦 ⚜️ Where do you think that came from?
This is nothing else but a hybrid war that Russia wages against Europe Let's name things as they really are:Russia has made an assassination attempt of the President of the European Commission Russia has been jamming GPS-signals over many Eastern Europe countries that are in its immediate vicinity
No one needs to wonder any longer how nations morph into police states under the thumb of dictators determined to wreak vengeance and destroy the lives and livelihoods of millions. It happens gradually and then suddenly.
“The government of Israel has engaged in systematic and widespread crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide, including indiscriminate and deliberate attacks against the civilians and civilian infrastructure,” the IAGS said in the resolution passed on Aug 31. #Gaza #CrimeAgsinstHumanity
The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS), the largest professional body in the field, passed a resolution stating that Israel’s “policies and actions in #Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide” under Article II of the 1948 UN #Genocide Convention. time.com/7313709/isra...
Unfortunately I am starting to feel the same about the US because they are so close and they are now under a dictatorship that wants to annex Canada. IMO that is why Carney increased our defense budget so much. He knows things that we (including no-clearance-PP) don't.
What a gang of mindless amateurs in Washington accomplished in Beijing:
We’re only a few years removed from creatjng a vaccine to protect against a deadly airborne virus in a matter of months. Now, we have a scion fail son running the CDC into the ground not because it failed, but because its success conflicts with RFK Jr’s eugenicist ideology.
Veterans against Trump‼️ 💯 Absolutely Correct
You won't see this on the news. In fact, you may not see this anywhere. Residents of Washington D.C. march up 14th Street on Saturday August 30, 2025 chanting "Troops Go Home".
The last 3 years have been the hottest in around 125,000 years. CO2 levels are their highest in MILLIONS of years. But most people have no idea this is happening, let alone what it means for our kids’ futures. Our politics & media have failed our children. We should be furious.
Everyday at 8 PM, DC residents in a moment of solidarity do nightly porch protest against Trump’s takeover.
I’m here to reaffirm Europe’s solidarity with Lithuania. Europe needs a strong Lithuania to protect our borders and our people. That's why cohesion policy will remain at the heart of the EU budget. So we continue to support both border security and strong livelihoods.
Thread BREAKING: A new 38 page proposal shows Trump & Netanyahu are openly planning to take over Gaza & turn it into a casino & tourism resort. Here are the horrid details, & yes all of this is a violation of international human rights law & further confirms Israel is committing genocide. 1/4
Everyone should watch Death of Stalin. It’s a great film. It may be the bleakest, blackest comedy I’ve ever seen. And made me cry laughing.
Fifty-one of the 85 Federalist papers were written by a guy born in Nevis.
Okay. I just came back to this and you aren’t calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be