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B.C. Author of 4 🏆 books on ☀️💨 climate change, ✍️ free expression vs 🇨🇦 govt 🤐 censorship on dirty 🛢️, everyday 🏋️ ethics & disability ♿️ rights. The latest: Freeing Teresa | Follows are 2-way streets. No bios or few posts = bots| US 🇺🇸 family |No DMs🚫 thanks 😊
Gift 🎁 U.S. 🇺🇸 Economy Is ‘Cutting Off Its Nose To Spite Its Face’ in Trade War With Canada 🇨🇦 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/b...
U.S. Economy Could Feel the Sting From Trade War With Canada (Gift Article)
A tit-for-tat trade fight between the two allies could create new headaches for consumers and businesses already stung by high prices.
nytimes.com
Gift 🎁 Canada Is ‘at War’ in Trade Battle With U.S., Carney Says The latest 🇺🇸 U.S. tariffs, Carney said, “are designed to hurt and divide us. They are a miscalculation because 🇨🇦 Canadians will always take care of each other. We know we’re stronger together.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/w... an
Carney Slams U.S.-Canada Trade Proposal and Vows Retaliation (Gift Article)
Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a powerful speech to Canadians on Saturday morning, hours after ordering negotiators to suspend U.S. trade talks despite President Trump’s punishing tariffs.
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🚨 BREAKING: Canada-U.S. trade talks have failed. Trump’s 50% tariffs on roughly $28B in Canadian goods take effect at 12:01 a.m. ET. Carney says the U.S. made “unfair” last-minute changes and Canada will retaliate “dollar for dollar.” Was Canada right to walk away? 🇨🇦
Political cartoonists keep the story clear and simple
I called my MP to demand a budget that works for people ＆ the planet. share.nwmd.social/s/3evsVL1s
They Profit. We Pay. Time to Fix It.
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𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 🚨 More Outrageous Trump Corruption! It's wide out in the open for all to see & Republicans say nothing even though they know it's wrong! Trump is using this presidency as a cash register. Vote for Democrats up and down the ballot. #HoldTheCrooksAccountable
Justice Department faces contempt threat as judge demands transparency on Epstein files: “The victims have a right to know.” www.freedomunited.org/news/doj-fac...
Justice Department faces contempt threat as judge demands transparency on Epstein files: “The victims have a right to know.”
A federal judge confronts the DOJ over the Epstein files, questioning redactions and transparency under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
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The right-wing is scared, accusing Dogwood of being “brazen”. I just helped Dogwood's work to organize BCians to reclaim decision-making power over our land & democracy. www.dogwoodbc.ca/donate/?utm_...
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Voters Aren’t Waiting for November to Try Ousting Officials Over Data Centers www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/t...
Voters Aren’t Waiting for November to Try Ousting Officials Over Data Centers (Gift Article)
As a backlash grows over data centers, more local officials are facing recall elections for their support of the computing sites.
nytimes.com
Mamdani: "If a New Yorker looks at what ICE is doing and wants to see more of it, they should vote for Bruce Blakeman, who has created his own militia in Nassau County. If they look at what ICE is doing and they are shocked by the inhumanity and cruelty, they should vote for Gov. Kathy Hochul."
BREAKING: What just happened at the Kennedy Center board meeting is a slap in the face to the rule of law. We will see the president and his corrupt cronies in court. This will not stand. Official statements @repbeatty.bsky.social @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG👇
It’s not radical to believe you should be able to afford groceries, see a doctor, breathe clean air, and drink clean water. There’s nothing more American than fighting for a government of, by, and for the people.
“These men and women signed up to serve their country. The least their country owes them is hot water, a working toilet and a real meal. Hegseth cannot even manage that, and he has the nerve to look their families in the eye and call them liars.”
USS Abraham Lincoln sailors tried to jump overboard amid extended deployment – reports
Aircraft carrier’s crew in ninth month at sea and has spent record 250 days consecutively without making land
theguardian.com
Immigration and Customs Enforcement may soon be equipped with electroshock gloves to subdue detainees — but the proposal has already drawn legal threats.
Shocking Trump ICE plan sparks threats of legal battle in blue state
Immigration and Customs Enforcement may soon be equipped with electroshock gloves to subdue detainees — but the proposal has already drawn legal threats.In a press conference on Wednesday, leaders in New York State vowed any use of this weapon in their jurisdiction will be met with swift legal retri...
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@anno1540.bsky.social Thanks for including me. Lots of familiar faces, lots of new faces too! I followed all.
Our 🇨🇦 Canadian identity as a cold country with real ice, snow ⛄️ and polar bears 🐻❄️ is at risk! “Canada is warming much faster than the global average. The country is warming at twice the global rate…“
Emily Atkin@emorwee.bsky.social · last mo.This. This is the correct, science-backed, responsible framing. Wish more news outlets did it like the CBC.
FLAG: Trump just announced that Karoline Leavitt is leaving her role at the end of the month.
“It’s going to take us a little while to fabricate a case against an innocent guy.”
Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · 2w agoJUST IN: AG Todd Blanche says Congressional referral over alleged contempt of Congress by former NIH chief Anthony Fauci will take DOJ a while to reach a decision. Blanche: "Certainly won't be anytime soon."
Ordeal 2014 to 2016 ✊ Canadian airline WestJet agrees to settle flight attendants’ sexual harassment class action Female staff alleged company failed to maintain safe workplace, after allegations of sexual assault against pilot www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Canadian airline WestJet agrees to settle flight attendants’ sexual harassment class action
Female staff alleged company failed to maintain safe workplace, after allegations of sexual assault against pilot
theguardian.com
Trump’s Air Force One deception faces scrutiny over ‘decoy’ passengers “Journalists and others were allowed to fly on presidential jet despite security threat while Trump was spirited away” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump’s Air Force One deception faces scrutiny over ‘decoy’ passengers
Journalists and others were allowed to fly on presidential jet despite security threat while Trump was spirited away
theguardian.com
Major update: Trump is rapidly consolidating power at a pace no one could have imagined. Ethics watchdog groups are sounding the alarms right now. A judge has blocked Trump's efforts to dismantle mail-in voting. Meanwhile, Iran and the rest of the world are laughing at America.
Important Update: Trump Rapidly Consolidates Power, Ethics Watch Dogs Sound Alarm Over Corruption, Trump Silent as Catering Truck Story Engulfs White House
Good evening, everyone.
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