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there are people serving life sentences right now on thinner evidence than we have for "donald trump was jeffrey epstein's partner in serial rape" democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...

“As I write this, the Washington Post has published at least 4 articles about Obama’s Cheesecake Factory line, and 0 articles about a new allegation of rape against Donald Trump, who has already been found liable for sexual assault.” — @jamisonfoser.bsky.social www.findinggravity.net/more-women-h...

Looking forward to the apologies from all those damn libs who were complaining about how the Trump administration was only allowing white South Africans to migrate here

“Her brother said he didn't see marks on Marin's neck at the hospital. As he took pictures, an immigration officer standing guard tried to make him leave the room and delete the photos. Hospital staff defended his right to stay in the hospital room, he said.” Barbarism.

As the midterms approach, I would just remind everyone that US politics has become increasingly parliamentary and that what matters most is the *number* of Ds or Rs, not the idiosyncrasies or ideological quirks of individual candidates. If you want D outcomes, vote D up & down the ticket.

Kushner took a $50 mn bribe from the Emiratis to orchestrate the firing of Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, according to Matt Cole's new book, Princes and Thieves, out today. To be clear, this is a serious felony, if true.

Ok so as I understand it, we’ve clearly under invested in water infrastructure in the City (among others) for decades and is no to a rate increase, no to property taxes, no to provincial taxes and a provincial transfer….so continuation of crumbling infrastructure. Got it.

In the 2022 municipal election, voter turnout in Mississauga was 21.84%. Yesterday, it was 33.9%. An improvement, but still low. Two-thirds of Mississaugans still sat this one out. That’s a message politicians need to hear.

💯“It’s a mandate to stand up to Premier Doug Ford more, rather than taking the conciliatory tack that hasn’t resulted in saving any bike lanes. Oh, and removing bike lanes doesn’t win municipal elections…Chow also desperately needs to talk about police corruption. The silence was scandalous” #TOpoli

You can't expect the New York Times to give any attention to a story about the president being credibly accused of violent rape when the story breaks so close to an election. It's not like we're talking about something *really* important, like email security protocols.

1. Not sure when a new, on-the-record rape allegation against a sitting president isn’t considered news — especially considering Trump was found liable by a jury in a similar case — but it was ignored by most mainstream media outlets

Trump’s presidency is a wealth transfer from the bottom to the top

We can get a taste of that in eight days.

there are a ton of hilarious examples of this but none will ever top the participant in the NYT's recurring 2024 "focus group" who worked for one of the largest Republican political consulting firms in America.

Oh, man, he's so close to getting it.

So Trump’s closing argument is that high gas prices are good because his donors who run oil companies are making bank, Jon Husted has a nice ass but not quite as good as Nicki Minaj’s ass, after 7 months the Reflecting Pool is almost done, and we get a ballroom, arch and helipad.

People saying Trump has no health care plan are wrong. This is it 👇🏽

No concessions until the midterms!

Postwar, "there were... no tax rules steering pension savings into apartment buildings." There was the Capital Cost Allowance provision which made apartment buildings into tax shelters and attracted huge capital flows. It is specifically why 1000s of apartment buildings were constructed 1948-1971.

Almost everyone in Canada lives in "market housing" and it's always been that way, for better and for worse. Non-market housing was 6% at the high point in the 20c and it's now around 4%. Farha's history simply does not add up. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

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.

IRONY: "A bill meant to induce labour peace & ensure the smooth operation of commerce will invite the opposite. That’s what you get when you do labour relations by way of the business end of a rifle barrel" .. thewalrus.ca/bill-c-39-ma... #cdnpoli #canlab #UnionBusting @davidmoscrop.com

Why isn’t EVERYONE pointing this out?

The Article I branch should act to curb lawless behavior and abuses of executive branch authority

Canada would harm itself by agreeing to a deal before midterms to help Trump swing Michigan, etc.

Crime is down. Toronto is objectively a safe place. Why does Bradford want us scared? www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

We haven’t come to terms with how much the pandemic broke societies apart

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.

Congrats to Lula on overcoming Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump to defeat Hospital Pervert Jr., even as his opposition literally blocked off roads and turned off bus service during election day. Fascists are scary but they are always, 100% of the time, ultimately gigantic fucking losers.

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

My ancient heart can’t take it but Dan is doing woke-god’s work in the temple of doom.

I love being reminded that the audience really doesn’t give a shit about the developers. Like, forget that one of the most influential studios in our industry was just executed by its publisher, just make sure the product continues on the assembly lines!

In August, President Trump announced he had signed the “biggest oil deal in world history.” ProPublica reviewed the deal and found it gives a small group of people largely handpicked by the Trump administration long-term control of the enterprise.

As I've said, this is either an impeachable offense that Democrats act on or it's a new precedent.

It would be grand, then, if the Government of Canada would terminate any use of X/Twitter. And don't say, "Oh, we need it to get our messages out," because then you are "caught in a situation where we are reliant on one provider."

Literally every demographer for two generations: it's gonna be rough when the boomers get past 70, everyone get ready Ontario:

Me: "It cannot be stated often enough or vociferously enough: the Trump Administration is helping Russia to conquer Ukraine. The United States of America has taken the side of an aggressor against its innocent victim. We are helping our actual enemies" www.aei.org/foreign-and-...

Remember this, and every other awful thing Google has done, every single time you search for something on the internet.

They're throwing spaghetti at the wall. It doesn't mean it's not really dangerous - and whatever they try, we'll be prepared to counter - but folks should be clear that this is not some well-orchestrated highly competent plan unfurling.

I guess it is a fantasy to believe anyone could ever govern with principle.

Chen and Dong, both former Liberal MPs, have been gunning for Myers on the six-plex issue. Profiles in zero political courage and how the housing crisis is here to stay (and thus the discontent). On so many issues, people are voting to prolong the discontent they say they have.

It’s a deliberate far-right takeover of media in an attempt to hijack our culture and democracy.

What the Attorney General of the United States seems to not understand, but the people who matter do, is that Congress hasn’t given DOJ any authority to block states from certifying the election. This isn’t a thing. And we don’t have to pretend it’s a thing just because he says it’s a thing.

If anything, it seems like Pierre Poilievre is literally doubling down on the bullshit. Danielle Smith, also a post-COVID nutter, is still in power. I *hope* the public health reactionaries will finally shut the fuck up with their reactionary bullshit, but I see zero signs of it.

⚡️️️️️️️Kyiv denies reports that Trump, Musk have restored Starlink speeds in Ukraine. "Overall, nothing has changed anywhere," a Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent on Oct. 22. Starlink's speed cap of 161 kilometers per hour remains in effect, the official said.