Retired & living my best life by the North Atlantic in blustery NL. Recovering legal beagle and former public servant, who’s still interested in public and civic life, and all things complex and political.
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Sure seems that way. 😕 🇺🇸
No hyperbole this is what the Supreme Court just authorized ICE to do.
@leahlitman.bsky.social said it best: “Political culture imagines that the Supreme Court safeguards the Constitution, when in reality it is chipping away at the constitutional rights of historically marginalized groups."
And Mercer’s daughter is no better.
When you’re arresting blind wheelchair users, decorated RAF veterans, and descendants of Auschwitz survivors, surely it’s time for a rethink? absolutely disastrous behaviour by Starmer and his motley team. #PalestineAction
Big Tech CEOs took turns lavishing praise on Trump at a White House dinner this week. Fascism backed by Big Money is one of the most dangerous of all political alliances. It happened in 1930s Germany, and it’s happening again today. https://youtu.be/0LEnI9THvLA?feature=shared
🚨 A FELON in the Oval Office. 💀 A PUPPY KILLER at DHS. 🚫 An ANTIVAX EX-ADDICT at HHS. ❌ An ILLITERATE running Education. 🥴 A DRUNK in charge of Defense. 🇷🇺🕵️ A RUSSIAN ASSET as DNI. ⚡💥 This isn’t politics. This is the COLLAPSE of governance in real time. 💥⚡
In fact it’s racist AF!!
If Florida says the government can’t force vaccines because ‘my body, my choice,’ then that logic must apply to abortion too. You can't pick and choose when bodily autonomy matters.
Ask courageous questions. Do not be satisfied with superficial answers. Be open to wonder and at the same time subject all claims to knowledge, without exception, to critical scrutiny. Be aware of human fallibility. Cherish your species and your planet. - Carl Sagan.
🌀GOP: Guardians of Pedophiles‼️ #Pinks #TrumpEpstein #ReleaseTheFiles
This needs to happen in every single blue state...in every single state, for that matter...every state that actually values human life.
Kevin O is a slime ball. He’s just an asslicker/apologist for the 🍊🫏.
Whoever made this Bravo Don't get distracted #EPSTEIN #EpsteinFiles
School shooters never act alone; they're assisted by 53 Republican Senators, 220 Republican House members, the president & the NRA.
The richest 100 billionaires in the U.S. have a net worth totaling $3.86 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is collectively worth $4 trillion. Read that back. Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.
Got it in one! 🎯
Wise words. Too bad Chief Tacumseh never got the credit he and his warriors so deserved. Leave it to the colonial Brits to take credit for winning the 1812 war!
BAHAHAHAHA!!!! 🤣🤣💀💀💯
I’m sorry but what planet has Quigley been on since before November 2024??? 🤦♀️
Where do you stand? You can want solutions for the unhoused, you can want safer cities, but you can also be dead set against federalizing them and against military occupation. I stand with DC!
To anyone who doesn't understand why women don't come forward to report sexual abuse: the UNITED STATES PRESIDENT said it's a HOAX after Epstein survivors recounted their harrowing tales of being raped as minors.
It’s called consequences! I have no F’ks to give these IDiots!
That’s exactly what this feels like!
🔥 asked and answered 👇🏽 @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social then explained to Abby Phillip he backs these policies out of love for his city/country, pointing out democratic socialism is not a foreign concept here despite what those in power would have you believe. 🇺🇸
The idea of an "Epstein list" is kinda stupid when the victims can literally tell us "here is what happened and who did it."
As your Governor, I won’t stop fighting to defend your reproductive freedom.
Reminder: At the start of his legal career, RFK Jr. failed the bar, was forced out as a D.A., and got arrested for heroin. Without the Kennedy name, that story ends there.
This👇
Nothing says, "Hey international companies, bring your manufacturing to the US" like arresting 475 workers at a Hyundai (70% of whom are South Korean).
Labour has succeeded only in strengthening Farage. The way is now open for Zack Polanski’s Greens | George Monbiot
you'd think the governor of illinois basically going "we're being invaded by an authoritarian" would be something you'd see real easy on the front page of most everything an hour later
A lot of the stuff this administration is doing is against the law
Awww, poor Donald didn’t get invited to his besties tank party 🎈BOOHOO🐊💦 💀
Figured there was something afoot. Saw a post about 3 naval ships and some other USN boats headed to Venezuela last week. The🍊🫏 hates Maduro and the US is looking for any excuse to invade. He’s a Putin wannabe. Also remember he renamed DoD last week to the DoW(ar) so the US can go on the offense.
Sign up!!!! Right on, @charlieangus104.bsky.social
📌Happy Labor Day to the millions of people who are working on this national holiday, so the money-grubbing corporate overlords Republicans love so much can get even richer ...
This #LaborDay, let’s honor the millions who live in the shadows yet keep the American machine running. They deserve our respect. This means refusing to remain silent in the face of unnecessarily violent or aggressive ICE tactics. 🔗 tinyurl.com/bddybhk7
Thank you, Rob! 👊💙 Don't forget to hug a union member today.
The bleak honesty of this image just absolutely breaks my heart
Over 200 days and still no #TrumpEpsteinFiles released.
This Labor Day, we honor the workers who built our state and keep it running every day. Iowa families deserve fair wages, safe workplaces, and an economy that puts people—not billionaires—first.
Good Morning Happy Labor Day President Biden Honoring and Acknowledging American Workers "The Heart and Soul of our Nation" Just a few minutes ago Trump...nada..nothing... Enjoy your day Celebrate Workers #UnionStrong #LaborDay
@sethdklein.bsky.social Worth a repost.
Shady Khalil @oilchange.bsky.social at UN #JustTransition +Energy Dialogue in Addis: “At COP28 we set the direction. Now the task is to make the transition just & equitable - with tech transfer, grant-based finance, debt cancellation & real energy access. COP30 must deliver.”
And yet the British Museum about their stolen artifacts?? 🦗🦗🦗🦗
Friends, I urge you to join a Workers Over Billionaires protest this Labor Day. Let’s honor the roots of this holiday by standing together to protest the exploitation and oppression of our tinpot dictator. bit.ly/4lMgKaR
Thank you, Doc...excellent thread #LaborDay Brought to you By hardworking people who didn't remain silent Who stood up and fought We must all rise up again
3/3 3) Nothing has changed since Carney took office. The Libs & the Cons are Aiders & Abettors to Israyhell’s war crimes, genocide and ethnic cleansing of 🇵🇸. Period. The NDP are the only ones who would #stoparmsshipments What a travesty to Lt. General Romeo Dallaire’s legacy post Rwanda!
2/3 2) “somehow” Liberals continued to add permits for exports of deadly arms and surveillance tools to Israyhell since their “ban”. They call these exports “non-lethal” yet they include munitions shells and drones. Fact: in a genocide, there’s no such thing as “non-lethal” military equipment.
breachmedia.ca/canada-is-ar... 1/3. Canada has been lying about arms shipments to Israyhell since their “ban on export permits” in January 2024. The Liberal government is using typical bait and switch politics. 1) the government didn’t bother to mention the existing 155 5-year permits continue.
#standwithAfghanwomen #nooneisfreeuntilallarefree In 2024, 🇦🇺 , 🇨🇦 ,🇩🇪 & the 🇳🇱 promised to hold the Taliban accountable for their erasure of women & girls. Taliban are violating international laws! NOTHING has been done. #talkischeap #takeaction #nomoreemptypromises secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
BAHAHAHAHA 🤣 Excellent idea!!
Palestinians warned of a genocide in 2023. Why weren’t we believed? | Ahmed Ibsais
Bc these fucking people aren’t law enforcement they are #TrumpsWaffenSS and they ARE DISAPPEARING LAW-ABIDING HUMANS doing the right thing This should make EVERY American sick The PEOPLE, us everyday people NEED TONTAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK from these fucking Corp “Slavers” & paid for politicians
For Ernst, she may have scuppered herself, based on her openly callous comments about “we’re all going to die, anyway”. Though I imagine she was just saying the quiet part of the Republican stand against Medicare/Medicaid out loud. And maybe the 🍊🫏 didn’t like that 🤦♀️
This weekend would be a great time to join your union. If there isn’t one, it would be a great time to organize!!! #UnionStrong #Solidarity
I’m trying to understand why they aren’t gonna send them to Canada? Or is their distribution centre in the US? 🙄 They could send them by mail to Canada for almost nothing - just saying….
This is true of so many subjects. We are at a point where intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people won’t be offended. When uninformed opinions or theories based on misinformation are given equal or more weight than facts, evidence and expert opinions, the dark ages are upon us!
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Yes and further they will lie about even a partial read beyond page 1. 🙄
#freepalestine🇵🇸
When government scientists are applauded by the citizens on the streets for walking out of their jobs due to a corrupt administration, you might be losing your democracy
Go, @charlieangus104.bsky.social
Duh?????😒
📌 Scientists are not in the business of advancing missions antithetical to public health. ✊🏼
Oh, FFS, really? This is efficiency 🙄🙄
I hear you! I have a niece and family in Calgary. The rural areas all across Canada have similar issues in terms of over representation. No political party has the intestinal fortitude to prioritize election reform which we desperately need. We need ranked ballot and big donor 💵 out of politics.
THIS!!!
WOW!!! Guns don’t kill, anti-depressants do? RFK is a complete crackpot!!!
It’s about the #littledicks
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
Hi, immunologist here: (a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes) RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can “see in kids faces that they have inflammation” That’s NOT how immunology works. He is an anti-science profiteer. Start calling him such.
📌“It’s incomprehensible to me that someone who is willing to exploit his own painful family tragedies for publicity would be put in charge of America’s life and death situations." -Caroline Kennedy speaking about cousin, RFK Jr. This isn't new, but is wildly relevant. Fire this grotesque monster.
Freedom as long as you are a #dick
Exactly!!!!! 💯
🤦♀️ can we lose AB? Please??? That province is retrograde in ALL the wrong ways. #mapleMAGA #pearlclutchers
Yes.
Thousands of Mike Johnson's own constituents are at risk of losing Medicaid coverage following the passage of a budget bill he pushed for. And it’s all so he could help bankroll more tax cuts for corporations and the super-rich. Don’t let him forget.
Hundreds of employees and supporters of the CDC lined the sidewalks outside the agency’s Atlanta headquarters for a “clap out” rally to honor three senior leaders who resigned a day earlier. Read more here: www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
Even a protest of 1 is better than silent complicity!
This is a brilliant song about the dumpster fire that is 🧊
“Do not offer thoughts and prayers as you systemically enable such tragedies. Do not claim prayers are sufficient when children die as they pray. Do not pretend you do not understand.” — Lydia, 16, Minneapolis
Exactly. Unfortunately, here in NL, Canada, the ignorance around the long term water cycle leads to ever increasing filling of wetlands in the name of “progress”. And then people wonder why our local water reservoirs are drying up mid summer, when combined with the increased temperatures 🙄🙄
Thou shalt not listen to a damn thing that RFK Jr. says.
Come on over to Canada 🇨🇦 We still respect scientists and scientific research. We understand the VALUE of facts, data and expertise. Not Quacks!
Sounds about #wyt 🥴
Mother Earth is watching. Don't be complicit.
If someone tells you there's nothing we can do about gun violence beyond thoughts and prayers, remind them: —Gun laws in other countries have prevented mass shootings —More guns don't make us safer —A majority of Americans want gun reform We don't have to live like this.
New rule. A parent may only propose removing a book from the school library only after reading it in its entirety and delivering a book report to the librarian. Until then no discussion shall be entered into.
Awww 🥺 so sorry for your loss. You know Sammy is purring again in cat heaven. So hard to lose a beautiful fur baby.
THIS 👉🏾 What price are you willing to pay? “You’re letting masked men snatch girls’ parents off the streets.”
"Literally no one thinks prayer is a substitute for action." Then why is prayer, literally, *always* the substitute for action, you willfully obtuse asshole?
