Canadian in the Coal Mine
Canadian in the Coal Mine
@discofruit.bsky.social
Former foreign service, current squeaky wheel
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I’m in a place where if I don’t see the tantrum, it’s like when a bunch of kids are out of sight and just a little too quiet…
It is genuinely bizarre that we’ve become acclimatized to right wingers throwing a tantrum every time a black person (particularly a black woman) is cast in something, but are also supposed to pretend that this is not racism but related to some other substantive concern.
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ICE desperately wants you not to care about this story But we must. The killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national striving for his American Dream, is a moral outrage, and a warning. ICE hopes you won't notice that mass deportation is back My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...
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If someone “wants to protest this” and they think voting in whatever elections they allow us to have is a good way to do that, they are wrong. Yes, vote, but if it’s the only thing you do, then you’re just holding the door open for more fascists to come through while genocide and war continue.
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“I knew it was risky to speak out, but my responsibility to Stripes and the First Amendment was paramount,” she said The troops, Ms. Smith said in the interview, “deserve to have the unfiltered news, not what the Defense Department wants them to hear.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/b...
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No one should be going to the US for football, the Olympics or anything else they don't have to. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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We already have the information we need to at least start going after people. I’m sick of demands for additional horrific proof. I have no doubt it exists and it must be revealed but we have plenty of evidence to act on and have for years. And don’t forget the FBI already has the worst of it.
Note that there's been no threat to sue over this statement. I know I would be suing for tens of millions if I was innocent.
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I don’t know why I even bother looking at anything HHS is doing
BENNET: Do you agree that 89% of children who died from flu were unvaccinated? RFK Jr: I don't know the exact number BENNET: That is the exact number, Secretary Kennedy RFK Jr: *death growls* BENNET: You took down the HHS communications promoting the flu vaccine. Do you regret that?
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God damn it US media. You’re complicit and history will remember this with no mercy.
Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19): NYT: 5 of 58 WashPost: 1 of 43 WSJ: 0 of 40 AP: 0 of 26 CNN Wire: 0 of 18 NY Post: 0 of 17 Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4 LA Times: 0 of 4 Boston Globe: 0 of 2
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What an interesting idea and certainly not a suggestion to go criming. Yes I wait until the last possible second to address my taxes. nwtrcc.org #taxstrike #wartax
Orbán out is an unexpected win but Trump fascism and lies has me wondering whether it’s a stunt meant to buy time to further consolidate power in the US. I know not everything is about us but these guys were so close they might as well have been dating.
* HUNGARY ELECTION WINNER MAGYAR: US IS A VERY IMPORTANT PARTNER * HUNGARY ELECTION WINNER MAGYAR: I WILL NOT CALL TRUMP @reuters.com
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War and the economic consequences have been top of mind the past 6 weeks. But we’re not thinking enough about the world’s capacity to respond to another crisis. The bad news is that the safety net is looking threadbare. Latest with @bloomberg.com colleagues: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Ah, the art of the deal indeed…
Just wanted to remind folks, especially the GOP and the FDD, that Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal didn’t give Iran control of the Strait of Hormuz or allow it to keep 60% enriched uranium. It sent $1.7 billion to Iran versus the tens of billions Iran will now make from tolls. 🤷🏽♂️
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Friends — This is starting to feel a lot like the Vietnam War. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/memories-of-vietnam
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