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There’s an older more sinister threat to American democracy that, despite the common themes and compatibility with various forms of fascism, is uniquely American, built on racism and long repeated myths.

bringing up the eternal Indian Act debate is the easiest way to distract and divide us so kudos to that I suppose

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew told Prime Minister Mark Carney, premiers and First Nations leaders that it's time to abolish the Indian Act. Here's what Kinew said to reporters afterward.

Wab Kinew: "Let's get rid of the Indian Act. You have nothing to lose but your chains."

Wab Kinew on what could come after the Indian Act

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew calls on prime minister to abolish the Indian Act at meeting with chiefs

The racist centre of MAGA. Saying the quiet part out loud.

President Lula after Flavio Bolsonaro mocked his missing finger: “I will not allow a militiaman to call me ‘nine fingers’. He has never worked a day in his life. He doesn't know what an employment book is.” Lula’s little finger was amputated after an industrial accident as a metalworker in 1964.

I don't know that there is a template or a "secret sauce" or a clear-cut lesson to take from this. But if there is one it's the idea of treating social media as the hostile territory that it is, of actually acting like you are a participant in propaganda warfare and not like a consumer.

After the first round elections, Congressman André Janones created a WhatsApp channel titled “Lula’s Army.” It ballooned to 10 million people following his commands on how to behave online to counteract Meta’s far-right-favouring algorithms. The right knows how to use socials. We must learn, too.

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

the core point of the pedocon theory article is that some people are looking for unequal relationships--people who are easier to control and manipulate--and one very reliable way of achieving that is to go after young people

J’adore Montréal

The reasons the woman in the video gives in favour of separation are provincial responsibilities. I heard the same thing when canvassing in rural Ontario. Are they being sincere or are these just said to justify a feeling? I’m very curious about this. www.reddit.com/r/AlbertaNow...

on some level, this is just a form of anti-politics.

New from me at TVO, on the line from COVID to the convoy to AB separatism, and how we're almost at the end of our political Long COVID. www.tvo.org/article/anal...

Pedocon theory remains undefeated. Given any chance to defend pedophiles, Republicans will take it.

“The modern right feels emasculated by the relative status gains of women, and in many this manifests as a feeling of being cuckolded.” I think this insight has broader application. The modern right feels a loss of status vis-à-vis ppl they think of as being lower in the “rightful” hierarchy.

“The communications backbone for an entire country’s military has gone down and nobody knows who is responsible” Yeah we’re gonna need to send people to prison and start nationalizing things.

There are some obvious things we could do to improve safety, such as bike lanes, public transit, speed cameras, etc. But these measures annoy certain car driving segments that vote for conservative politicians like Ford and Sutcliffe who undermine solutions. ottawacitizen.com/news/carnage...

An interesting read with several takeaways, but these two jumped out at me as being particularly salient today. Incisive and insightful.

I used to think that being out of power for a long enough period of time might cause a radicalized party to moderate towards the middle in hopes of regaining power. But the CPC has proven my hypothesis wrong. And so I’m pessimistic that the GOP might moderate after one or more huge losses:

Krugman is a liberal economist but even still 10 years ago I couldn't imagine him calling for expropriation and (temporary) nationalization of a major company. What stage of capitalism is this? paulkrugman.substack.com/p/its-time-t...

I keep hearing people saying the data shows the cost of living crisis is a myth. A lot of this from the US admittedly where economic growth is stronger. But there is plenty of evidence the economy for most people is bad and has been for a long time now. Here’s some UK data

Ontario’s struggling manufacturing and critical minerals sectors will get a $9-billion bump over the next five years, with billions earmarked to support steel companies as hundreds of workers face imminent layoffs.

The situation is so fucked up and it was broken on purpose by the GOP. It’s brazenly shameful to make false claims of voter fraud to justify voter suppression and election fraud.

lol 😂! The fact sheet is so blatantly stupid. It’s not about the content or truth of its claims. This doc was created simply for petty tit for tat BS. Kinda like a lame attempt at a power move.

To the people who are still talking about how Canada is "not taking Alberta seriously" -- what on earth are you talking about? The PM is an Albertan. The leader of the opposition is an Albertan. Our national politics revolve around Alberta's interests and concerns. What else do you want?

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

What “pro-life” victory has meant in Idaho.

My brain cannot process this level of corruption. She was being paid $50 million to engineer a pardon from Trump *while working at the Justice Department* as a "Special Government Employee." And it worked. He got the pardon, and she got the money. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...

Yes I was immensely foolish to have watched all of CBC's coverage last night. But I can't get over how ridiculously pathetic it all was. No discussion of what an independent Alberta would look like or what the consequences would be. It was basically a Festivus airing of grievances for seppies.

He says it is a false narrative and yet I struggle to find a case where pedocon theory has failed.

Incredible reporting on a deeply depressing story of corruption in Congress Anticorruption politics is what brings down authoritarians around the world, but it's hard to do that when you're corrupt too (even if less corrupt) www.propublica.org/article/nava...

Are these the paid protestors that right wing folks keep talking about? It seems that if they’re engaging in something sus then they can’t imagine their adversaries aren’t also doing it.

I’m not claiming the rest of Canada is perfect because it isn’t. But unlike Quebec who’s harsh anti-immigrant stance is partly masked due to the French language, Alberta doesn’t have that protection. The legacy and impact of this referendum won’t be that remain won. It’ll be the racism.

This touches on an important point. There are explanations for the appeal of right wing authoritarianism that are not based on ppl acting in their own material self interest.

The inescapable link is that MAGA offered working class voters—of all races—a set of individuals—government workers (often black women)—a convenient target to rage against—instead of economic policies that reduced inequality.

🇨🇦 Albertans voted overwhelmingly in favour of staying in Canada. Remain: 76.1% Leave: 23.9% Results are stil coming in but the trend is clear. It will be interesting to see how the riding level results look in the morning.

This is what I tell people from outside of Alberta: you notice how these people have failed after all this time to produce a single presentable standard-bearer? It’s because they have nobody presentable—this is not a broad-based movement. It is a congregation of our most egregious kooks.