D. Juschka
@djuschka.bsky.social
Retired professor of Critical Theory in Gender and Religious Studies; feminist, atheist, antifascist, and antiracist
Alberta is Trump Land "When it was announced in Calgary on July 4, the government and company said it would cost $13 billion and be the largest AI data centre in Canada. But it didn’t take long for anxiety about the project, and the $100 billion the UCP hopes to see spent building data centres…"
Alberta’s Propaganda Push to Sell the Public on Data Centres | The Tyee
Don’t worry, folks. Just think of them as ‘digital refineries.’
thetyee.ca
Climate disaster and still we don’t pay attention and mitigate the hell we are creating
Unofficial CTV News Mirror@ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · 4h agoRecord heat wave impacts people and animals in Japan and Korean Peninsula
Iranian official blames US as key reason behind delay in Hormuz Strait deal with Oman
Live: Iran and Oman discuss plans to split control of Hormuz, as ship hit in Strait
Meanwhile, Trump says talks with Tehran 'very good', threatens to strike if Hormuz Strait remains closed
middleeasteye.net
"The Trump administration has refunded about $100bn from the tariffs it collected before the US supreme court ruled them illegal, according to reports. The $100bn (£74bn) figure, which represents 60% of the total $165bn collected from Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs…"
US refunds $100bn of Donald Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs
More than half of tariff income refunded after supreme court ruled Trump’s levies were illegal
theguardian.com
Trump or a Trump judge will give him a big kiss and pardon - you can bet on it!
'Trump Train' organizer challenges $40,000 verdict over harassment of Biden campaign bus
Eliazar Cisneros argues a federal court misinterpreted a Reconstruction-era civil rights law that creates a cause of action for conspiracies to harm people based on their "support or advocacy" for a f...
courthousenews.com
“...he physically abused her and their young daughter. Moreno, the daughter of Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno, has said in court filings that her former husband used drugs, pointed a gun at her, threw hot water on her…. She’s also accused Miller of bruising their daughter and fracturing her clavicle…"
House launches probe into Rep. Max Miller over domestic violence, drug use accusations
The Ohio Republican, whose ex-wife has accused him of abusing her and their daughter, said he would ask the ethics panel to investigate his conduct and claimed he had “absolutely nothing to hide.”
courthousenews.com
"The extremely close contest clarified that was, indeed, the case: El-Sayed was never going to win in a blowout, not with $60 million in special-interest spending on messages carefully curated by the Stevens campaign and the entirety of the Democratic establishment rallying on her behalf."
Will This Be AIPAC’s Biggest Defeat – Ever?
Prem was on hand in Michigan to witness the nail-biter between Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens, which appears to have gone down as an astonishing failure for AIPAC.
open.substack.com
#ClimateDisaster "If you need any proof that climate change is not some far off problem for future generations — it’s our disastrous present — look no further than the unfolding wildfire crisis gripping the globe. In Spokane County, Washington alone, three major wildfires have devastated the area…."
Spokane wildfires are a warning to the rest of the world - Salon.com
From the West Cost to Europe, climate change is making wildfires worse
salon.com
"MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump's complete meltdown in Los Angeles after losing to Iran in his war."
Trump has PUBLIC MELTDOWN on LA TRIP after LOSING WAR!!
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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🚨"WE HAVE TO LOSE THE FEAR AND SPEAK UP", The brother of Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo — who recently died in ICE custody, told the public outside Delaney Hall ICE prison. Footage by @jordanchariton for Status Coup
Mr. Elias continues to work hard to maintain US democracy in the face of encroaching fascism coming from the White House and Republicans
Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · yesterdayDOJ is now 0-20 in cases to obtain state voter files. Here is the list: Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin
"The meetings came at a time when Israel was facing an independent commission inquiry by the UN Human Rights Council over its conduct during the 2014 military offensive against the Gaza Strip…., Lichner repeatedly supplied Israeli officials with internal UN documents…and political intelligence"
"For Your Eyes Only": Israel’s Mole Inside the United Nations
Hacked emails show Yahav Lichner, a UN official, repeatedly supplied Israeli diplomats with confidential UN reports and private briefings. He now directs UNICEF’s Washington office.
open.substack.com
Congress continues to support criminal morons such as Blanche
GOP judge uncorks damning warning for Todd Blanche as DOJ suffers another big court loss
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche took his 20th straight court loss in President Donald Trump's bid to force states to turn over voter data before the midterm elections after a Republican-appointed...
rawstory.com
This kind of perversity is what played out with the SS. And yet Americans and Canadians blindly support Israel’s torture, rape, and slaughter of Palestinians. @thestar.com never discusses what is happening - they are willfully blind to the atrocities.
Israel: Court blocks prison crocodile plan for Palestinians out of concern for the reptiles
Injunction against Itamar Ben Gvir's plan was made after a suit filed by an animal rights charity, not to protect Palestinian prisoners
middleeasteye.net
Aaron F. Farinacci, 37, who murdered his father, began the Spokane fires
Arrest made in connection with Spokane complex fires
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Security wanted to see their genitals and the hotel backed him "As Baker was escorted out, the women said, other women in line for the restroom hurled insults at her, calling Baker “a creep” and demanding she be removed. The security guard then demanded to see the women’s IDs to prove their gender."
LGBTQ Nation@lgbtqnation.com · yesterdayRemember when a hotel shamed a lesbian restroom user for being ‘a man,’ then changed its story? - buff.ly/9ApDHK9
He needs to sue their asses into next week for not doing their jobs, and also charge his spouse for perjury
An Ontario man was jailed for eight months over faked Facebook messages from his ex-wife. Why courts are struggling to spot them
“I don’t think the bar and the courts are ready for a new reality in which we can no longer believe our own eyes.”
thestar.com
I do hope West Jet staff got what they wanted in their negotiations with corporate office
WestJet resumes flights from Toronto after reaching tentative deal with flight attendants’ union
The two sides agreed to a tentative deal early Monday morning that the union said addresses the “wage gap” between flight attendants at WestJet and other Canadian carriers.
thestar.com
The two senators had held up Blanche's nomination over the president's $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, but the survivors blasted Cornyn and Tillis for ducking meetings with them and agreeing to support Blanche – who has played a central role in blocking the full release of the Epstein files
GOP pair shamed by furious Epstein survivors after sending an 'unmistakable message'
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse shamed Republican Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis for supporting President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Todd Blanche for attorney general.The two sena...
rawstory.com
MAGA Miller is loved and supported by rapist Trump "A child’s broken collarbone, hypodermic needles, threats to knock a person’s teeth out, the words “daddy kill you” — these all appear in newly released documents a Trump-endorsed congressman believes will convince the public to vote for him."
'Knock her teeth out': Inside the horror a MAGA congressman chose to make public
A child’s broken collarbone, hypodermic needles, threats to knock a person’s teeth out, the words “daddy kill you” — these all appear in newly released documents a Trump-endorsed congressman believes ...
rawstory.com
Trump administration dismantled or radically scaled back cybersecurity capabilities within the federal government, including firing the head of Cyber Command in the U.S. military. Well, now, local water supplies again in seven states have been hacked into by what appears to have been a foreign….”
Rachel Maddow sounds the alarm as Trump faces an attack he doesn't grasp: 'Not a drill!'
President Donald Trump has made America less safe by punching a hole in the nation's ability to defend against a certain kind of attack from Iran, MS NOW's Rachel Maddow warned on Monday, and they're ...
rawstory.com
"Nelson, an 85-year-old former Nebraska senator, was the Joe Manchin of his time—a Republican in Democrat clothing. Backed by the NRA and the notoriously anti-tax US Chamber of Commerce, he’s a staunch opponent of abortion rights and same sex marriage."
Does the Washington Post want democracy to die in darkness?
Its publishers appear to be rooting for the oligarchs.
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Republicans want to check out little girls genitals like the pedophiles they are! I’m sure they are getting pictures and then selling them on the pedophile network.
Kindergarten girls targeted for invasive exams by new GOP-led ballot measure
Washington State voters will decide the fate of a ballot initiative that would require girls from kindergarten through high school to undergo sex-verification testing before playing school sports — a ...
rawstory.com
Absolutely! More Trump destruction and chaos
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d agoCARTOON OF THE DAY (if you know who made this let us know)
#SmithAndPutin The latest chapter in a long saga sheds more light on Premier Danielle Smith’s pretend support for bottom-up democracy like citizen-initiated referendums. Indeed, the way Smith works to centralize political authority in a petrostate offers similarities to how Vladimir Putin governs.
In Alberta, Referendums Must Serve Smith’s Aims Only | The Tyee
Witness the battle over the Water Not Coal petition as Corb Lund leads a fight to keep it alive.
thetyee.ca
There are no discussions, only Trump manipulating the stock market
Live: Iran says currently no negotiations with US
Meanwhile, Trump says new talks with Iran to begin Monday after he decided to call off strikes
middleeasteye.net
Canada is being tested like never before. Trump is unrelenting in his attack on us. Canadian citizens are calling on the PM to stand up and fight back. The talking head/political class are preaching "restraint" despite the fact that Trump is continually looking to exploit weakness and accommodation.
GET READY FOR WHAT'S COMING !!!
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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MAGA Corporate raiders "MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump and Todd Blanche's midnight scheme to help Blanche get confirmed as AG and this all follows Trump surrendering to Iran earlier in the day and continuing to blow up the bond market."
Trump FALLS APART and Pulls MIDNIGHT AG SCHEME!!
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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