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The US is not about to have a free and fair election. The state has put its thumb on the scale to favor the ruling party in multiple ways. It's a mostly free, somewhat unfair election. But still one where the ruling party can be overwhelmed by numbers. Hence the term "competitive authoritarianism."
It is atrocious we have to operate under this constant credible and explicit threat from one political party, the fact we keep calling it a “free and fair election” needs some light revising
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Private equity has transformed youth sports into a $40 billion for-profit industry. Now, lower incomes families are being priced out and those that do participate are stuck with high costs. That's why we're collecting stories from those who experienced it firsthand: earful.us/c/youth-sports
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“Students really changed the whole political landscape of the country, and maybe even more important, they changed political imagination."
Yet @mark-carney.bsky.social is wanting to spend billions on a pipeline no private company would fund as its not a sound investment.
Solar is booming.
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we do truly need to break free of neoliberalism and recover our sovereignty, our ability to shape our destiny and carve out our place in the world, control our energy, water, & natural resources, digital & cultural spaces. We are in a battle for sovereignty but do we agree on what that means?
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Editorial: Toronto is falling apart, so let me finish it off - by Brad Bradford
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⚠️ Social media = polarization machine ‼️ 👉 Extreme ideologues post more 👉 People are more likely to post extreme positions "...robust evidence that online discourse severely over-represents extreme perspectives" = "prediction of false polarization." Important preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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It’s time for PM Carney to put his Davos speech into action. Canada standing against Trump’s illegal fuel blockade of Cuba and helping send energy to Cuba is a perfect opportunity to do so. x.com/ctvnews/stat...
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NEW: Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of the town. with @nytimes.com
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BC nobly sacrifices good governance to teach one man about hubris
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu you support the ICC. And yet are in bed with genocidists.
European Union cares nothing about what happens to Palestinians at the hands of genocidal Apartheid #Israel. EU cares only about next aid package for Ukraine, next round of sanctions in support of it. Europe is racist & Zionist. www.middleeastmonitor.com/20261023-net... #FreePalestine #Zionism
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While @mark-carney.bsky.social pushes for more pipelines and water guzzling data centres.
From deadly heat waves to suffocating air pollution, the signs of climate change are becoming more apparent and scientists warn that some tipping points may lead to irreversible changes.
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“If the Carney government wants to get things built, it must start by respecting those who do the building.” thewalrus.ca/bill-c-39-ma...
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Bradford’s argument is water could never be privatized under his plan because it would require the *Doug Ford Majority Government* to change provincial legislation. And that would never happen, right? They don’t have a history of heavy-handed juristidictional overreach, RIGHT?
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So this is Build Canada Strong? Yet another sign that Canada is being hollowed out from within
2,671 PSAC members at Parks Canada received notice this week that their positions may be cut. These cuts put our environment, natural and cultural heritage, parks, and national historic sites at risk. psacunion.ca/psac-raises-...
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#prouddad please consider reading and sharing www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/22/n...
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The fact that the president's doctors are giving him the dementia test over and over again -- tracking his decline, most likely -- and that the president keeps bragging about having to take that test should be a five-alarm fire.
Trump: "You know, the first question -- they have a lion, a snake, a giraffe, and a bear. And they say 'which is the snake?' ... by the time you get to number five a lot of people are left out on the road ... I get no credit for it."