If my fav bar got bought by a Nazi who ran CSAM on a screen over the bar, screamed about trans people from behind it and hosted revenge porn nights, I’d stop going and I’d be surprised if my local reps and Prime Minister kept leaving messages I need to read on the stall door of the backed up toilet.

This reasoning is unhinged, but it does two things: one, it eerily echoes some of the anti-Charter bleatings of some Canadian conservatives, and two, it underscores how goddamn dangerous Danielle Smith and the UCP have become.

Based on what I'm seeing, I am thinking about how right-wingers get riled up in moments like this, and the ways that can be dangerous. They turned Heather Heyer's death into a meme about striking protesters with cars, and in 2020, vehicular attacks on protesters surged.

Jesus. Need to be careful about sharing photos, but these were taken by Chris Juhn, a photojournalist in Minneapolis. You can find them on his FB page below. The officer is firing a pepperball. www.facebook.com/story.php?st...

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Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune

Just seen Grok putting the body of the victim of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis into a bikini. Digital corpse desecration now available to the public.

Remember like two days ago when that Hilton branch in Minnesota canceled ICE's reservation and the Hilton company punished them for it? Boy I think maybe Hilton should be informed about what happened today. 888/446-6677

If things continue in the current vein, the moral obligation will be on Canada and Mexico to jointly pull the plug.

Something I see a lot of folks missing in discussions about what's happening Venezuela, particularly around oil, is the role U.S. oil majors' interest in Guyana—and the threat Venezuela posed to it—has in all of it. Explainer here: drilled.media/news/guyana-...

Sounds a lot like theft. I bet Putin is so jealous right now.

This is quite good. Worth a read. “Fascism always tells the same story. It claims the nation is superior to all others and demands we return to imagined glories of the past, to the “good old days.” It blames present troubles on a scapegoat, a convenient enemy—it shouts that they deserve violence.”

This 👇 This is why I’m still boycotting (as best I can) US goods and services. My small contribution to leverage for trade negotiations. Because Trump won’t stop until Republicans in Congress or Senate ask him to.

A Washington Post article suggests that, beyond a certain threshold, larger homes don't make people happier. Instead, well-being is correlated with affordable housing in walkable neighborhoods where they feel socially connected. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Is the government of Greenland running a cocaine/fentanyl cartel? This forthcoming CBS News report says the evidence is strong.

Huh. Why don’t I see @mark-carney.bsky.social name on that joint statement?

“Let me be clear…” presents the idea that it was not at all clear before the statement was made.

In an even remotely healthy political system and culture - and everywhere else in the democratic world - January 6 would have been a dealbreaker: The end of Trump as a major political figure. He would have been convicted, shunned, banished - everyone associated with him ostracized from public life.

Mark Carney's mom: "What would you like for dinner? Kraft Dinner or hot dogs?" 8-year-old Mark Carney: "I support Kraft Dinner, I support hot dogs, I support hot dogs in Kraft Dinner..."

Throughout the election campaign and as recently as September, Carney was referring to a "rupture" in Canada-U.S. relations. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Today, "our closest partnership is with the United States."

Mark Carney did not join NATO allies in signing this joint statement reaffirming the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Denmark and Greenland:

TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force? MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO T: So force is on the table? M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland

I do not believe in the death penalty for humans. I do support the death penalty for corporations. When they murder people, let's dissolve them. Break them up, destroy their technology, nationalize their assets. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

OK, that’s better.

Not commenting on Venezuela is one thing, but Starmer's ministers not even being willing to say "no of course the US shouldn't invade a peaceful sovereign democratic NATO country, which is one of our closest allies" is quite another.

The Good Guys famously always have to state that they’re the Good Guys

Today I wrote about our white supremacist political movement's perverse insistence that "we don't have to apologize for being white anymore." Conservatives have been apologizing, apparently. Did you know? I had no idea. So I asked, and here's what I found. www.the-reframe.com/apologies-fo...

I read an earlier draft of this paper - and recommend. Very important work showing how courts - and appointees/nominees - actually function.

This is a wild ride and worth the read.

People being like, "But Venezuelans are happy about Maduro being gone!" have the memories of goldfish. IN 2003, the narrative was that Iraqis celebrated the U.S. invasion and capture of Saddam. Whether they were happy or not, invading Iraq was still the wrong thing to do.

The Prime Minister of Greenland Jens-Frederik Nielsen to the United States: “Enough is enough.”

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

When United States start illegal wars, it always appears to be about the theft of natural resources from another country. It shows us what Trump‘s plans for Canada could be. It is also being fully cheered on by the Conservative Party of Canada.

No one believes this. We don't, they don't, even their supporters don't. There's no point on having these guys on to tell lies that no one believes and not push back.

I keep reposting this but www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Once again Al Jazeera is showing up US based journalism with quality reporting. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

Maduro was a brutal ruler, it’s true. So is Putin—who Trump supports. So was Bolsonaro, who Trump supports. So was the drug-trafficking former head of Honduras, who Trump just pardoned. So is Nayib Bukele in El Salvador. MBS. Bibi. Stop pretending Trump cares about illegitimacy or brutality.

As we watch the Trump admin fly into a capital and abduct/arrest a head of state, it’s worth remembering that he’s frequently called for American governors and mayors to be arrested for their supposed coddling of gangs of narco-terrorists.

Everything Is Russiagate truly lol

Keep coming back to this. I understand why many world leaders are issuing cautious, measured statements But evidently, their real reactions were more like “WTF DEAR GOD THIS IS MAD” I worry measured statements tell populations that the US is behaving normally

I think Justin Trudeau would have said something by now

So it's appropriate to arrest a world leader if you consider them criminal? You can just go get them? Just asking questions here.

Ok, now you’ve told us what Canada’s oil and mining industry thinks… but what do YOU think?

The murders of two people outside an LGBTQ+ bar at first looked like the act of a lone shooter. A ProPublica and @frontlinepbs.bsky.social investigation shows they were, in fact, the culmination of a coordinated, international recruiting effort by online extremists. (Published March 2025)

Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.

The is a “might makes right” interpretation that the United States is claiming for itself, but would not tolerate anyone else using against their citizens. The list of countries who could legitimately claim this against US citizens let alone politicians is pretty lengthy.

Mark Carney turns off geolocation on phone just in case

Would love to hear what the head of my government, an oil-producing neighbour to the US, thinks of this.

I expect sales of @naomiaklein.bsky.social book The Shock Doctrine to skyrocket as GenZ discovers it for the first time.

So Venezuela will be the next Iraq? Which worked out so well for the Iraqi people. I wonder which oil conglomerate will get to pump Venezuelan oil?