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@sander001.bsky.social

He/him. I have all the specs and diagrams at home.

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NDP parliamentary leader @donvdavies.bsky.social says National Post column targeting NDP leader @avilewis.ca is "appalling, irresponsible and likely criminal" The column calls for Lewis to be dealt with by way of ancient "Jewish law" while invoking loaded language used by Yitzhak Rabin's assassin

Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca

The National Post is using language that seems wildly irresponsible and dangerous here Citing ancient “Jewish law,” it labels Avi Lewis as a “rodef” The ultranationalist extremist who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin rationalized his killing on the same basis: www.theguardian.com/world/2020/o...

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Not so fast: airports may very well be on the auction block at the investment summit. We've seen a copy of the pitch book for Carney's investor summit, and here's an interesting paragraph:

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Replying to @avilewis.ca

But so do new pipelines, the LNG boom, and the Carney government’s dismantling of Canada’s climate policy. Folks, it’s not too late. We can change course and choose a healthy, safer future. We just need the right kind of nation-building projects. (And that includes engaging First Nations first.)

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Replying to @avilewis.ca

3/5 Wab Kinew got it exactly right — the President is weak and cannot be trusted to abide by an agreement. We should stand firm, knowing it’s what the vast majority of Canadians want our government to do. But what happens next matters. We are not out of this yet.

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This coming Thursday. Let's make it happen. Vote Green as your first preference vote. Let's take Greater Manchester back from private profit and run it for the people.

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In this photograph, PM Mark Carney is touring the Government Operations Centre - the nerve centre that leads the “integrated federal response to all-hazard events of a national interest.” The workforce there has been cut in half thanks to Carney’s public service cuts, from 100 to just 50 workers. 🧵

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Replying to @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social

This 4th of July, I want you all to remember that millions of American families are suffering from food insecurity inside the so-called richest country on Earth in an easily preventable crisis that our government chooses not to address.

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A 32-year-old Democratic socialist who once said "Fuck Kamala Harris" has just beat the Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus — who was backed by the entire party establishment and millions of dollars. There is not even a doubt. The Democratic Tea Party is here.

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"If he’s not willing to nationalise the water companies, then that’s already giving us an indication that Andy Burnham and the Labour Government will be siding with profit rather than people.” www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

standard.co.ukPolanski says he is open to working with Burnham-led GovernmentBut the Green Party leader caveated his answer, amid reports Mr Burnham is sounding out the direction Labour could take under his stewardship.

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Here’s just one of the unprecedented measures the Liberals pushed through at the end of this session: Cabinet ministers will now be allowed to authorize the use of banned pesticides in the name of “national economic security.” Even if they’ve been deemed unsafe for human health. shorturl.at/OlnQl

shorturl.atCarney government passes law allowing authorization of banned pesticides | CBC NewsThe federal government has brought in major changes to how pesticides are regulated in Canada, granting cabinet the power to authorize the use of pesticides — even ones that Health Canada has deemed u...

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Prime Minister Carney says the war in Iran was "worth it". I want to know who he thinks it was worth it for.

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✊🏻 NO JETS T.O.! Federal New Democrats stand with the Ontario NDP and the people of Toronto against Doug Ford’s destructive Billy Bishop scheme. The Prime Minister has the power to shut this down once and for all. Protect Toronto’s waterfront, reject Ford’s Wall Street giveaway!

Heather McPherson MP@heathermcpherson.bsky.social

Ontario Conservatives are pushing an expansion of Billy Bishop airport against Torontonians wishes while Liberal Members of Parliament remain silent. Instead of answering why, the Minister mocked me for asking! (I am the NDP critic for Transport & the Minister knows this). @ontariondp.bsky.social

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1/ Palantir is deeply embedded in the scariest activities of the Trump regime – enabling everything from mass deportations and lawless assassinations in international waters to ethnic cleansing, genocide, and war crimes.

The Canadian government has spent more than $44 million on a secret contract with controversial American tech company Palantir. zurl.co/QTK6g

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1/ The Israeli military has detained hundreds of activists who sailed to Gaza to break Israel’s blockade. In the face of unending genocide and impunity, they continue to challenge Israel, to keep the spotlight on ongoing genocide. www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

cbc.caCanadians among activists detained on Gaza flotilla after Israeli interception | CBC NewsIsrael's navy intercepted an activist flotilla in waters off Cyprus on Monday, halting the group's latest effort to challenge a blockade of Gaza.

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So Mark Carney cuts public sector jobs and services while putting massive money into defence spending - that's after Trump demands Canada puts more into NATO - only for it to now blow up in Carney's face. Carney's attempts to appease Trump have failed over and over.

Justin Ling@justinling.ca

Canada has, in the span of a year, nearly doubled its defence spending to hit 2%/GDP; stood up a project to build America's much-needed icebreakers; and is (finally) creating its own defence industrial base. So, naturally, the U.S. is suspending a shared defence panel that's been around since 1940.

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“the Liberals DO have values, namely the empowerment of the capitalist class. All other things are up for negotiation and compromise. This is why the Liberals are rebuilding the anti-abortion wing of their party." ricochet.media/politics/car...

ricochet.mediaCarney's ‘big tent’ makes room for bigotryBy welcoming Marilyn Gladu into its ranks, Mark Carney tests how much Liberal voters will accept to hold and expand power

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1/ It’s time to build affordable homes, a national network of public grocery stores, electric buses and an east-west clean energy grid. Not massive corporate AI data centres unleashed without any democratic debate. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

cbc.caPlan unveiled for 'sovereign AI data centre' cluster in Kamloops, Vancouver | CBC NewsVancouver and Kamloops will be home to a new data centre cluster under a planned partnership announced by the federal government and Telus.

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Althia Raj is doing some of the most important reporting out there right now, exposing how Carney is dismantling any semblance of Canada’s progressive values. Pharmacare, child care, now the environment… Please, pay attention. He’s eviscerating environmental laws worse than Harper. Than HARPER!!!

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Vassy Kapelos: What if [a windfall profits tax on big oil] deflates them? NDP leader Avi Lewis: Tell the family where 1 in 4 Canadians is skipping a meal .. to feed their kids, that an industry making $90B in profits this year can’t afford to pay a little bit more. I’m sorry I just don’t accept it.

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Last year I was at the European Security council meeting in Vienna. There was a forum on authoritarian attacks on press freedom. I asked why no one brought up Israel who relentlessly target and murder journalists. Everyone looked surprised and said nothing. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

theguardian.comIsraeli strike kills journalist after ongoing attacks blocked rescuers, Lebanon saysAmal Khalil had been buried in rubble after an Israeli strike that also injured another journalist, Zeinab Faraj

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Today, the Liberals rejected our NDP motion to ban surveillance pricing - a dystopian practice that will drive up costs for Canadians if we allow it to take root. The NDP is the only party fighting to protect you from getting ripped off at the checkout.

Don Davies@donvdavies.bsky.social

Today I proposed banning "surveillance pricing" — a creepy practice where corporations weaponize your personal data to rip you off. Deeply disappointed the motion was rejected. Canadians are already being crushed by sky-high costs. They deserve relief, not corporate exploitation.

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The one benefit of a Liberal majority is that it’ll be easier to pin the worsening cost of living crisis on them when their full rightwing shift into public sector cuts, public-private-partnerships, and corporate handouts don’t yield results.

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Boycott Divestment and Sanctions work. It's why so many governments try to pass laws against it

Michael DeForge@michaeldeforge.bsky.social

The boycott of the Giller Prize is over, as all three demands have successfully been met Reporting from @rdassaly.bsky.social for @thegrindto.bsky.social here: www.thegrindmag.ca/organizers-e... Campaign statement here: www.canlitresponds.ca/boycott-succ...

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Companies need to understand that unions are the compromise. Because right now they are creating the conditions for more people to lash out like this:

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social

Apple is closing down the first of its US stores to unionize. Apple says that because of the collective bargaining agreement with these workers, they "couldn’t offer to transfer them to nearby locations.” The union is outraged, and exploring options to hold Apple accountable.

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Working-class Kentucky residents are being forced to leave their mobile home park within 90 days because a Fortune 50 company wants to build a data center next door. They don't know where they'll go. Video: Lex18News