Bev Pausche, APR

"Following the assault, according to Keul’s report, Trump sat her on the edge of the bed, repeated his promises to arrange for a visa and NYU admission, and made her promise she would keep quiet, saying, “[T]he show must go on.”

CBC’s The Fifth Estate did a great piece on this movement in Canada. They covered the CRA’s major gaffe that resulted in some $300 Million in erroneous tax refunds to 19 people. No charges laid It’s fraud, no matter where it’s happening. www.cbc.ca/news/fifthes... www.wired.com/story/the-ri...

As if you needed anything further to condemn this regime www.wired.com/story/the-us...

“These relatively long odds account, perhaps, for the wild messaging from Netanyahu during the past three days. Netanyahu’s statements have been, as George W Bush said after Donald Trump’s 'American carnage' speech, 'some weird shit.'”👇🏼 #IsraelElection #Netanyahu www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

Once more independent legal experts produce a report evidencing genocide by the Israeli state. Once more, the far-right regime fails to address the evidence but condemns the criticism--as in the old days when the Soviets would just say all criticism was 'anti-Soviet': www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/w...

A Damning Account Alleges Jared Kushner Conducted Diplomacy for Profit www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/b...

”Amy Coleman, an executive vice-president and chief people officer.” Her title is hilarious.

This is truly the only way companies can invest in technology-mass layoffs. It’s not that the people aren’t still needed, but they just can’t get it past their CFO and Board.

I've had this tab open since the story published, and finally got around to reading it. Hell yeah, fuck yeah. Let us indeed 'dismantle the business school as a single high-status silo that professionalizes private gain' this is an important conversation www.nytimes.com/2026/10/18/o...

Hanes: A killer’s second chance should never be prioritized over women’s safety montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...

It's more than a suggestion, this is coordinated with the chiefs and with the feds. They are committed in principle to doing it, though details remain: www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

I get they're inextricably intertwined but I kind of feel like leaning so much into how he was the longtime best buddy of the world's most notorious sex criminal has given it something of the feel of a political gotcha rather than the important part, which is that the president raped people.

Complex industrial firefighting at Hfx Grain Elevator. The fire is located about 135 feet above ground within the facility’s dust management system, presenting significant access and tactical considerations. Crew are operating deliberately and aggressively, supported by aerial and drone operations.

This is fantastic. “We’re smart but not wise…the modern world values nature not for its whole, but for its parts.”

It's worth noting that the report also mentions Trump's relationship with a 17-year-old Czech girl named Terezie, whom Trump allegedly referred to as his "sex object". This seems to have been overlooked so far.

As of now, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal are not reporting about even the existence of the House Judiciary Committee Democrats’ report, let alone reporting and assessing the new information the report discloses.

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

I'm going to try to do this cleanly. Today's right wing governments are networked to each other. Those networks are well-documented. You can read about them in books. Following the elections in one node of that network is good practice for understanding the U.S. node.

I knew of this guy when he was in newspapers. Forgot all about him, but William’s Lake was an area that oozed community - much of it fiscally conservative. We had to work with the paper a lot at the BC Federation of Labour, where I was at the time. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Not the reality, THE IDEA. That is what Elon and Co are selling instead of a product or a solid investment.

If half the population is reluctant to use a technology, isn't it the technology that's at risk of being left behind?

Definitely... impose a DST, ban twitter, allow Chinese electrics, develop a Starlink alternative. When one person has the power to alter elections (massive spending), wars (throttling StarLink), and global stability (gutting USAID), that's too much power; especially when that person is a sociopath.

This is a column I filed to the NYT but the discourse moved on past it before it could see daylight. The topic won't get stale anytime soon though, so here it is: The Art of Punching Up: espiers.medium.com/the-troublem...

I keep saying this: Stephen Miller is trying hard to preemptively scapegoat someone ELSE in case the GOP loses Texas. But they're naming him by name. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

“And there’s a kind of right winger who thinks this is all hilarious because they, too, punch down at vulnerable people, sometimes while spouting Bible verses on social media quoting a man who commanded his followers to care for the poor, the outcasts, the marginalized.”

Democrats laying the groundwork for real opposition, with Congress asserting budget authority to stand against Trump abuses and rights violations. Will have to overcome cries that not passing Trump's budget is irresponsible. But it's the opposite. And starting now makes that hurdle easier to clear.

An absolute predatory fascination with power confirmed over and over again by Trump’s his rapey behaviour going back decades. I almost, but don’t quite, feel sorry for Ivanka. Even if he did nothing to her, his fascination with her ‘type’ is deeply creepy.

Trump was fined for money laundering in 2015 www.google.com/goto?url=CAE...

Trollster. Single should be the first admission.

Today at kindergarten drop-off my kid very matter-of-factly told me, “No matter how many goodbye hugs we do, it doesn’t feel like enough,” and then she walked in the gate. So if you need me for anything today I will simply be in shambles.

It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

This. Way too many Democrats will argue that doing nothing is the key to getting elected in 2028. That is dead wrong.

I’m a little confused about people supporting Susan Collins. What is she done for anybody in Maine? Seems to me she’s been in power too long.

“They essentially made the cardinal sin of forgetting that pendulums reliably do one thing—and it swings back most of the time,” Silicon Valley-based Democratic strategist Cooper Teboe told the Post. “They’ve got a very rough couple years ahead.”

Annul his presidency, cancel all his pardons, then abolish the presidential pardon. It's a ludicrous idea anyway.

Israel has suspended plans for additional strikes on Iran in the immediate term, per American and Israeli sources. It is preparing for possible joint action with the U.S. after the midterm congressional elections.

Some ground rules that have helped us: - Go outside your bubble, try new social media channels - Don’t underestimate the power of WhatsApp (although less so in the U.S.) - Post on the Instagram grid, not just stories - Watch every Instagram video until the end before sharing - IGNORE THEM

"Viktor Orbán, U.N. Secretary-General? Trump officials push the idea of a U.S.-Russia-China joint candidate." Yes, you read that right. www.wsj.com/opinion/vikt...

🧵 There's a very unfortunate tendency of some very loyal Democrats to misapply "Murc's Law." For those who don't know of it, Murc's Law is the concept that the mainstream media acts as if only Democrats have agency in politics, and that Republican can't choose to act more rightfully.

People don’t understand why I keep noting that BlueSky is not a bubble, it is a counterpublic. It serves its own organizational function: you can see in realtime in January 2025, on multiple types of social media, shouting that an executive order is instruction to an agency. This one stuck.

-They saw that most people knew and cared very little about policy, and so they invested in cultural products like lifestyle influencers and Christian radio to propagandize them without the people knowing it. -They saw that Democrats communicated little, so they set the brand for Democrats.