PhilG
@ssonick.bsky.social
Retired IT guy. Part time Lighthouse Tour Guide at Cape Schanck, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. A learning grandad. Environment, Integrity, Equality.
Dear Americans; The 50% Trump tariffs on Canadian goods will be paid by U.S. importers & passed onto you, the consumer. That means job killing inflation will continue to rise, squeezing already stressed U.S. household budgets. Trump is wrecking your economy. Signed, Canada
The sheer stupidity of the U.S. government never ceases to amaze me
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 11h agoBREAKING: Canadian PM Mark Carney suspends all trade negotiations with the U.S. after “unfair, uneconomic” last-minute changes to the deal. At midnight the U.S. will implement a 50% tariff on ~$28 billion of Canadian goods, and now, Canada will match it dollar-for-dollar.
Even sadder, voters have spent decades finding and repeatedly voting for exactly the right political “leaders” they knew would always be relied on to kick this can down the road into the long grass Voting for ideology - NEVER solutions and NEVER demanding accountability
I want to live in a country where the food is safe—and the pedophiles are not. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
But will it change they will vote? I suspect for most of them, not, unfortunately. We call them #RustedOns #MindlessTheyAre
JeffTrnka@jefftrnka.bsky.social · 19h agoThen: 2024 Now: 2026
Saved by NYC Second Chance Rescue takes a rescued lab beagle to see the ocean for the first time and they automatically start "air swimming": #AGoodPlace
"The silver lining in the dark storm cloud of Trump and his detestable regime is that it has exposed the greed, venality, cupidity and corruption of the US’s corporate elite," writes @rbreich.bsky.social.
We are finally witnessing the decline of corporate Democrats | Robert Reich
Americans are backing progressives not because they want socialism, but because they want candidates who will fight for the working class
theguardian.com
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked The Pentagon Papers exposing the lies told to the public about the disastrous Viet Nam war, forever becoming a hero in history. Now... someone PLEASE leak #TheEPSTEINFiles & end the biggest coverup scandal of all-time! 🙏
Political cartoonists keep the story clear and simple
"Trump demands lower interest rates as US debt passes $40 trillion" That's not the way it works dumb ass.
Photographer Peter Maier captured this jaw-dropping timelapse of a cloudburst over Lake Millstatt in Carinthia, Austria.😍