Paul Orlowski
@paulorlowski.bsky.social
Retired USask education professor. 🇨🇦 Grew up in a Keynesian society, thought it was fine. I despise the neoliberalism of my adulthood. What is trying to replace it, global authoritarianism, terrifies me even more.📎🌎
El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
🚨 HAPPENING NOW 🚨 Women's Marchers have been arrested in the Capitol for standing vigil for the people killed by ICE. #AbolishICE llustrations by @channeldraw
Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.
"The remains of 112 people were recovered in Gaza after search teams retrieved bodies from the site of a previous 'Israeli' airstrike that targeted the Al-Hasayneh and Abu Sharia families..." m.youtube.com/shorts/1RkPd... #GazaNews #Israel #IsraelNews #News #Palestine #PalestineNews #WorldNews
🇵🇸Remains of 112 people recovered from Gaza mass grave
YouTube video by Roya News English
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Stolen valor from Mr. Bone Spurs. An insult to every man and woman who has worn the uniform.
Our thoroughly corrupt electoral system.
It’s past time to BAN CONGRESSIONAL STOCK TRADING! No member of Congress [or the White House] should be trading stocks. Period. The American people deserve to know their representatives are working for them, not corporations and stock portfolios. It’s time to ban Congressional stock trading.
BREAKING: The newly elected Prime Minister of Hungary announced that Netanyahu will be arrested if he enters Hungary.
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
Phang: "The fact that it's taking France and England and other foreign countries to be able to launch investigations, and yet our American DOJ is sitting on it doing absolutely nothing, including not cooperating with those foreign nations, is such a big red flag."
It's all about priorities. The tech bros gave politicians a lot of money.
Appalling cruelty — and all to fund more tax cuts for the rich.
BREAKING: Capital One bank closed Trump’s accounts in 2021 over money laundering, per a new court filing. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Capital One Cites Money Laundering Review in Trump-Related Suit
Capital One Financial Corp. said in a court filing late Friday that it closed accounts belonging to President Donald Trump’s sprawling real estate company in 2021 for legitimate reasons after an inter...
bloomberg.com
More overt corruption from the Biggest Grifter in the History of the USA, President Don J Trump. 🇺🇸 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump offering early access to online posts in move seen as corruption
Truth Social, where Trump’s account is by far the largest, to offer users early access for up to $100,000 per month
theguardian.com
The thin line between US President policy making satire and reality ... via Arthur Barnes
“Hi, I’m Danielle Smith, and I believe no one should ever have to pay out of pocket to see a family doctor.” Alberta’s Far Right premier lies as brazenly as her hero, that moron Trump. #Cdnpoli 🇨🇦 #Abpoli #Ableg thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Smith Brazenly Broke This Promise on Health Care | The Tyee
‘No one should pay out of pocket to see a family doctor,’ she guaranteed. Albertans were suckered.
thetyee.ca
“Hi, I’m Danielle Smith, and I believe no one should ever have to pay out of pocket to see a family doctor.” Alberta’s Far Right premier lies as brazenly as her hero, that moron Trump. #Cdnpoli 🇨🇦 #Abpoli #Ableg thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Smith Brazenly Broke This Promise on Health Care | The Tyee
‘No one should pay out of pocket to see a family doctor,’ she guaranteed. Albertans were suckered.
thetyee.ca
Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.
The 6 largest oil companies will collectively rake in $45B in profits in the second quarter of 2026 — nearly double what they made in the first quarter. Meanwhile, Canada, France, and Spain are battling record-breaking wildfires spurred by the climate crisis. Big Oil profits while the world burns.
But President Trump of the USA says that the climate crisis is just a hoax!! #ClimateCrisis #TrumpIsABuffoon www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Three firefighters killed on Crete and in mainland Greece as Europe battles wildfires
Repeated heatwaves and strong winds alarm experts, who warn blazes are becoming harder to quell
theguardian.com
May Canada never ever join the USA. 🇨🇦 #Cdnpoli
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · last wk.I'm old enough to remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs. We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace.
A new poll shows half of America wants Netanyahu arrested on U.S. soil.
Half of Americans Support Arresting Benjamin Netanyahu: Poll
The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu for war crimes
meidasnews.com
The USA is complaining that Iran had planned a "surprise attack" on one of its bases in the Middle East. I shit you not. These US fuckers have been bombing Iran, killing children, assassinating the senior leadership, bombing bridges, water treatment sites and sinking naval vessels for months.
A mother gave the government her fingerprints, tax records, and DNA to get her 6-year-old daughter back. She did everything officials asked. ICE used that information to find and arrest her. A child welfare system became a deportation tool. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
ICE Turned Family Reunification Into A Deportation List
A program created to place migrant children with relatives has become a pipeline for deportation arrests.
open.substack.com
"Starting July 19, 2026, the European Union officially banned large fashion companies from destroying unsold clothes, shoes, and accessories. Instead of sending perfectly good products to landfills or burning them, companies must now donate, recycle, or repurpose them." via No one Cares
US diplomats show their thin skin by walking out of a UN meeting because France called out Trump and the US for their abysmal human rights record. Sorry Trump, but human rights are important to many of us. #AmericaAlone www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US diplomats stage UN walkout after France criticizes human rights record under Trump
France had also intervened after Trump administration had opposed the reappointment of UN human rights chief
theguardian.com
WAR CRIMINAL 1: “So I heard you have been busy killing kids.” WAR CRIMINAL 2: “Yes, but you are quite the competition! 168 at just one school.” WAR CRIMINAL 1: “ I was told only about 120 were kids.” WAR CRIMINAL 2: “Still pretty impressive.” WAR CRIMINAL 1: “High praise coming from you.”
