BREAKING: Sen. Dick Durbin accuses Todd Blanche of lying under oath. He says Blanche told him in his office — with witnesses — that the slush fund was a mistake. In his confirmation hearing, Blanche denied that remark.
Bruce Cullen 🇨🇦🫡
@bacullenyyc.bsky.social
Retired’ish Geospatial guru, hubby of wifey, cruncher of data, reader of news, drinker of coffee, rider of bikes, surfer of snow, eater of food, drinker of beer, explorer of places, anti of fascists, fan of democracy, chosen human of a cute dog
Why is it not front page news on every major media outlet that the United States commander in chief had hundreds of his bank accounts frozen for money laundering??????
Don't look now, but the world has now installed 3TW of solar. Took 10 years to get from 100GW to 1TW. Less than 3 years to get to 2TW. Less than 2 years to get to 3TW. Analysts expect *9TW* by 2036.
The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed
The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.
bloomberg.com
Carney should be sending Poilievre a weekly thank-you bouquet because holy crap on a cracker. Devastating numbers for both the CPC, & Poilievre - who is trailing his own party’s polling by a full ten points. I don’t think it can get any worse for Poilievre. Rock bottom. #cdnpoli
Jon Stewart is a national treasure. He could do a better job than 80% of senators and congress.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h agoThis went a little different than his nightly interviews with Sean Hannity.
Phang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.
In today’s edition of “The UCP Are A Bad Boss,” Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis comes out against…police? Two Ministers & the Premier are calling out EPS for trying to support communities facing increasing levels of hate, online & IRL. Because the UCP always put politics before people. #abpoli
"The separatist movement is a bit like Mr. Kenney’s big blue truck: a powerful machine, but he didn’t know how to handle it." Great piece from @daniparadis.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Jason Kenney is trying to stop the separatists. But he deserves some blame for their rise in the first place
As premier, he gave vent to some of the grievances that now animate the movement
theglobeandmail.com
He serves in the branch that the Constitution specifically charges with the duty of removing the President for criming.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
🔥🔥🔥🔥 “All of the speculation and hype around A.I. is hiding the fact that the technology isn’t just large language models or agents or data centers. It is the backbone of a superstructure that merges regressive politics with unchecked economic power in the guise of technological innovation.”
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 2d agoAnyway, I made a reading list in public. I try to avoid doing that. The Twitter “syllabus” wars scarred me. It’s gonna be a touchy few days.
BREAKING: A reporter asked Mike Johnson at a press conference today, “Should we bother asking you any questions about Max Miller, Trump’s latest Iran deal, or his Capital One scandal, or have you not heard about any of them yet?"
heard an interview recently with an anonmyous wall street bro who said his employer would not subscribe to the president's truth social insider trading scheme because they did not want to go to prison when the rule of law returns
Expect a migrant “crisis” engineered over social media soon. Just like Spain. I wonder who could be behind them…
Mohave County Indivisible@mohaveindv.bsky.social · 2d agoBREAKING: The newly elected Prime Minister of Hungary announced that Netanyahu will be arrested if he enters Hungary.
Canadians overwhelmingly demand wealth tax after Kevin O’Leary says it will make him move away
Canadians overwhelmingly demand wealth tax after Kevin O’Leary says it will make him move away
OTTAWA - Pollsters report a split among Canadians over the idea of higher tax on the assets of wealthy individuals, though support skyrockets after noting that Kevin O'Leary has vowed that he will res...
thebeaverton.com
It's weird to know you're watching a dipshit Fox News correspondent/grifter origin story in real time
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoSophie Cunningham is getting booed every time she touches the ball here in Minneapolis
In the 1990s during the Siege of Sarajevo, hundreds of residents were killed by snipers hiding in the hills above the city. Now foreign nationals are heading to court accused of joining the gunmen to murder civilians for fun
Sarajevo’s human safari: the tourists who paid to shoot civilians
thetimes.com
The Koch Nazis are back “A shadowy network of conservative activist groups, backed by Koch-linked dark money, is deploying hidden cameras and mass public-records requests to hunt down and destroy the careers of college professors and administrators — and it's working.”
Red flags fly after conservative harassment network targeting teachers exposed: 'Chilling'
A shadowy network of conservative activist groups, backed by Koch-linked dark money, is deploying hidden cameras and mass public-records requests to hunt down and destroy the careers of college profes...
rawstory.com
😳 RFK Jr's epic CNN crashout 😳 Dana Bash pressed RFK Jr on Trump's culpability for mishandling covid and the misinformation he pushes about vaccines, and the segment wound down with him getting mad and barking at her like a rabid dog Here's the full thing:
😳 RFK Jr's epic CNN crashout 😳
YouTube video by Aaron Rupar
youtube.com
God these high powered elite lawyers are such easy marks
How much do Canadians hate Trump? An artist from British Columbia created a portrait of him titled “Don of Dung” using horse shit. This may be the most honest portrait of Trump ever painted - the artist literally worked with the subject matter. 💩🇨🇦😎💙👏🤣