newwestsandy.bsky.social

newwestsandy.bsky.social

@newwestsandy.bsky.social

Retired university administrator living on Vancouver Island, Canada. Liberal. Movie nerd. Amateur gardener. Amateur photographer. Reader. Love to laugh! Gandhi never actually said be the change you want to see in the world, but it's still a great idea.

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Pierre Poilievre stumping for Canadian unity is comical. He has PROVEN demonstrably to want to carve out segments of the population and punt them to the curb. (the poor, trans, gays, women etc). The net effect is DISUNITY of the Canadian people, which he used to create his ‘us vs. them’ bullshit.

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Today we grieve and comfort those hurting with Canadian compassion. Tomorrow we will rise and do our absolute best to ensure their sacrifice - equal as any on a battlefield - is honoured and remembered by our actions and efforts. Je me souviens. We WILL remember them. www.youtube.com/live/F59mB8I...

youtube.comLIVE: Statement on CFB Wainwright • EN DIRECT : Déclaration concernant la BFC WainwrightYouTube video by Mark Carney

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On September 20th in Austin, Texas, a DoorDash driver was shot in the back by ICE officers. His wife and attorney have been denied access to see him. This is Trump's vicious and violent America. Status Coup's Phillip Hawkins explains.

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How do I know that this “massive deal” with Belarus for potash is another Trump post I will be bringing back months from now to show it was another big promise that never happened, along with hundreds of others?

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Turns out there is a reason why life expectancy is falling in Republican-ruled states: the Republicans have adopted loco conspiracy theories in place of sound public healthcare policy, and you can count the consequences in corpses. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.comRepublican mistrust in healthcare widens US health gap, study findsRepublicans increasingly avoid doctors and vaccines, widening health gaps with Democrats, researchers say

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A huge difference between MAGA types and others is MAGA confuses wishful thinking, bias and emotionally charged rhetoric for truth. I dig reasoned arguments supported by evidence...plus compassion as a default, not exclusion. And I'm sure that's true for pretty much all of us here.

You just have to hear him speak once - only once - and you know he's a crook.

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This is stunning reporting: Donald Trump’s so-called “Project Freedom” reportedly collapsed after Saudi Arabia blocked the U.S. military from using key Saudi bases and airspace for the operation, according to new reporting from NBC News. Link to the article in the reply.

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STOLTENBERG: My country, Norway, borders Russia. Just on other side of our land border, we see highest concentration of nuclear weapons in the world: missiles, submarines, bombers. These weapons are not directed at Norway — they're directed at United States.

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DHS should be embarrassed that their ICE agent hires are so soft they can’t handle being videotaped, even while masked, so they resort to pepper spraying women at close range. And we should be proud of the Santa Barbara women who stood their ground anyway.

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If Trump was 100% guilty before any of the Epstein files were released, now he’s closer to 600%, 700%, even 800% guilty. MAGA math works both ways.

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The global economy is shifting, but Canada isn't retreating. Our economy has added over 180,000 new jobs in the last three months — that’s real results as we work to empower Canadian workers and businesses and create new opportunities at home and abroad.

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Andrew Cuomo just moved to an $8300 a month apartment in Sutton Place and is still registered to vote at his billionaire brother-in-law Kenneth Cole’s Westchester mansion

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They tell us to keep out of there business but can't stop trying to poke their slimy lowlife noses into ours. Even just looking at this pic below makes my blood boil. The viral f***wit used to refer to Trump as Hitler, but now can't stop cuddling his fetid ballpark. What a pathetic excuse for a man.

news.sky.comJD Vance warns against UK going down 'dark path' of losing free speech during meeting with David LammyThe vice president and the UK's foreign secretary held a televised meeting during the Vance family's summer holiday to England.

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Trump is dismissing IRS Commissioner Billy Long, the sixth person to lead the agency THIS YEAR. Trump hasn't even been in office 7 full months yet. Bessent will be the 7th to lead the agency, in the absence of a named commissioner. Who will be the eighth? Also, 25% of the employees are gone.

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Welcome to the Land of Delusion.

Mother Jones@motherjones.com

The BLS did exactly what it's supposed to do: provide accurate, nonpartisan data. When the numbers showed Trump's "economic boom" was actually a bust (33k jobs vs claimed 291k), he fired the messenger. After all, when it rains too much, true leaders fire the meteorologists.