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“I have a chronic deficit with my barber, who doesn't buy a darned thing from me.” @powcanada.bsky.social #protectourwinters #Canada
100 Animals and Plants Just Got Some Much-Needed Help www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/c... @nytimes.com
Phoenix Species Project Announces Funds for Imperiled Wildlife (Gift Article)
A new fund called the Phoenix Species Project will provide $200 million to help pull imperiled wildlife back from the brink of extinction.
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I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
Can you say “Duh”? Charges Dropped in #ReflectingPool Case as Prosecutors Say Work Was ‘Botched’ #Trump #Washington www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
Charges Dropped Against Ex-Olympian David Hearn Accused of Damaging Reflecting Pool (Gift Article)
A former Olympian will not face trial after federal prosecutors acknowledged that the Trump administration’s claims of vandalism were false.
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On Jan. 21, 2025 — the first full day of the second Trump administration — Larry Ellison woke up in his 33-bedroom, 34-bathroom oceanfront mansion in Florida, got into his Gulfstream jet and headed up to Washington. One person shouldn’t have this type of wealth
U.S. economic growth slowed to just 1.5% this quarter. Here’s a clip of Trump’s Commerce Secretary Nutnick from December saying that growth this quarter would be “amazing.” The “Golden Age” never came. It was a lie. #cdnpoli
TPS holders contribute about $29,000,000,000.00 annually to the U.S. economy, in addition to the payment of $7,800,000,000 in combined federal, payroll, state, and local taxes www.fwd.us/news/tempora...
Temporary Protected Status protects families while also boosting the U.S. economy - Fwd.us
New FWD.us analysis affirms that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) protects U.S. families and helps boost the U.S. economy.
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Trump's #ICE thugs are abducting up our friends & neighbors and brutalizing them. It's up to each of us to speak out against #ICELawlessness & call Congress to demand action to stop Trump's rein of terror. 📞 202-224-3121 It's up to us to take action to stop this madness. 🧵
Anyone can cosplay as #ICE! That puts everyone at risk. Your daughter could be SAed by an ICE imposter. ICE thugs use masks & unidentified vehicles. This puts us all at risk because if one person doesn't have rights, no one has rights. In Trump's America, no one is safe from #ICELawlessness! 🧵
#Trump Administration ADMITS Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him This isn’t democracy. This isn’t politics as usual. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him (Gift Article)
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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#Measles Cases Hit New Record in U.S., as #Vaccination Rates Wane @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/w...
Measles Cases Hit New Record in U.S., as Vaccination Rates Wane (Gift Article)
More measles cases have been reported in the United States in the last two years than in all the years from 2000 through 2024 combined.
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Big Oil’s campaign of confusion continues The # of Canadians who say climate change is “mostly caused by human activities” has dropped dramatically in the last five years “Wildfire fears burn hot, even as belief in human-caused climate change continues to decline” @angusreidinstitute.bsky.social
#LNG #Canada claim: 4-6 hours annually Actual: 3,336 hours (24 hr/day*139 days)
Zoë Yunker@zoeyunker.bsky.social · 2w agoPre-operation, LNG Canada predicted its acid gas incinerator would be offline: “approximately once per year for four to six hours in duration.” From September-April, one incinerator was down for 139 days. For @thetyee.ca I unpack what that could mean for Kitimat's air. #bcpoli
Thank you @murray.senate.gov We don’t want American cities to be smoky. but to suggest we control this is ludicrous.
Senator Patty Murray@murray.senate.gov · 2w agoI blocked Senate Republicans' petty and offensive resolution that implied Canada is letting their own forests burn just to spite us. I know my Republican colleagues want to show the President how much they agree with him, but please. What a waste of everyone's time.
ICE Agents Detain Woman at Sam's Club Fuel Center in Texas, Assault Her as She Cries 'Why Did You Hit Me..Didn’t Do Anything!', Then Charge at U.S. Citizen Filming the Incident Twice🇺🇸😢
The Pentagon, sinking billions into Iran war, is quickly running short on cash and has asked Congress (ie American Taxpayers) for: $67,000,000,000.00
“"There is not a chance in hell that U.S. alcohol is going back on the shelf in British Columbia, and I'm proud of that," @davidebybc.bsky.social "…after facing yet another attack on our economy from the president, that this would be the moment to capitulate, I think, would be the wrong approach,"
U.S. booze bans divide Canadian premiers as new tariff threat looms — Toronto Star
The 30-day warning of new tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has thrown a wild card into the annual conference of premiers and territorial leaders.
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#AHS “rudderless” as another healthcare leader quits #Alberta Health Services www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta health system 'rudderless,' doctor says, as latest AHS leader departs | CBC News
Another key health leader in Alberta is out, more than two years after the provincial government launched its health system overhaul, sparking fresh frustrations and worries among frontline staff.
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The math is pretty straight forward. It’s basic division. Canada has 1.42 million square miles of forest and <40 million people So if every single Canadian, including children and the elderly, Raked the forest It would be 18 Football Fields- EACH 1.42 m/40m=0.0355 square miles per person
“The agent, whose identity has not been confirmed by officials, has a history of ABUSIVE and FRIGHTENING behavior, according to a former wife and others who knew him.” #ICE Agent Defended Shooting of Immigrant in Maine, Ex-Wife Says www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/u...
ICE Agent Defended Shooting of Immigrant in Maine, Ex-Wife Says
The agent, whose identity has not been confirmed by officials, has a history of abusive and frightening behavior, according to a former wife and others who knew him.
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Smoke across North America IS OF COURSE Linked to #ClimateChange Here’s the latest. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07...
Here’s the latest.
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#Trump insider made >$100,000 USD betting with insdie information abcnews.com/US/white-hou...
White House teleprompter operator made more than $100K betting on Trump's speeches: Sources
President Trump's longtime teleprompter operator is believed to have made tens of thousands of dollars by placing bets on the contents of Trump's speeches, sources say.
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This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
