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Not a base, they say. Just a compound. Just a few jets. Just a few pilots. But let’s ask the obvious: Why is a foreign government funding infrastructure inside an American military installation?

The law is clear. Only under the narrow conditions of Article 110 — piracy, the slave trade, unauthorized broadcasting, statelessness, or fraudulent flag — may a warship board a foreign vessel without consent. None of these apply to Conscience.

Canadians are told our government is “monitoring the situation.” Monitoring? That’s what you do with a storm, not with citizens unlawfully detained by an army that acts with impunity.

Mark Carney can talk all he wants about “rules-based order,” but silence when Canadians are unlawfully detained is not diplomacy — it’s dereliction. You don’t “calibrate” when your citizens are sitting in a jail cell in a country accused of war crimes. You speak. You demand. You act.

I continue to just respect the hell out of this guy

A classroom should not be a battlefield. Education is not infiltration. Teachers are not groomers. CRT is not indoctrination. Gender studies is not subversion. And philosophy is not dangerous. This is how authoritarianism creeps in. Not with tanks. With terminology.

THE CHICKENS ARE FINALLY COMING HOME TO ROOST Ryan Walters is out & the investigation floodgates just opened. The Oklahoma AG launched a full audit of Walters’ entire tenure as Superintendent, and it’s about damn time. Also the education dept website’s being scrubbed of his culture-war nonsense. 🧵

When state agents mock the pain of children, we are no longer debating immigration policy—we are witnessing the collapse of moral order.

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

They are 🐑 every single one of them.

Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

This was not on the 2025 bingo card 😒

We all know at least one asshole who didn’t vote for either presidential candidate. What do you think the real reason was for them? Not necessarily the reason they gave you, but the real reason.

Meiselas: So if this 17 trillion he keeps talking about exists, what account is it in? Did he steal the 17 trillion? Subramanyam: I’d love to see his math on that. I’d love to know why it’s not being returned to the American people if that’s the case.

Unity Point hospital has spent millions on union busting consultants rather than providing nurses with fair wages and safe working conditions. It's wrong and it's bad for patients. I'm proud to stand with these nurses and Teamsters Local 90 as they fight for what's fair.

I’m supposed to believe both that trained and paid journalists couldn’t see through Project 2025 spin but also they’re the people best positioned to tell me what’s happening and how I should feel. Why? They failed at their jobs by their own admission.

According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...

Hard to tell the real illegal militia from the fake illegal militia

Franklin said: ‘A Republic, if you can keep it.’ Uh, well, America lost it. 🇺🇸💔

I've covered race for two decades. I knew the 2nd Trump Admin would be dangerous for civil rights. Yet the collapse of the federal civil rights architecture and national will to address racial inequality and work on integration is stunning. Here's my latest. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

It is a scary time in 2025 to be anything other than straight, white, and prefererably a man.

This is a classic case of counting doses as diseases. It’s not just wrong—it’s designed to sound scary. Calling it a ‘legal case’ is like calling a YouTube rant a Supreme Court brief. It’s rhetoric, not litigation.

Q: “How did the White House decide that it is appropriate for Jared Kushner to be working on matters that involve Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia? Leavitt: “I think it’s frankly despicable that you’re trying to suggest that it’s inappropriate.”

It’s a bad look.

Such a fucking loser!

This is not just wrong — it’s dangerously misleading. The facts are right here: in 2024, Canada reported 1,343 hate crimes motivated by religion. Of those, 920 — nearly 70% — targeted Jewish Canadians. Just 61 targeted Catholics. #news

Conservatives keep yelling that bail reform made Canada unsafe. But the numbers don’t lie: Canada’s Crime Severity Index in 2023 was lower than under Harper. Violent crime is still below 2009 peaks. Homicides are down. Police say the real issue is repeat offenders — not bail. #cdnpoli

Erasing history.

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

Democracy is not a guarantee. It is a gamble—one that trusts strangers to shape each other’s futures. It is messy, slow, and often cruel. But it is also the only system that allows its own critics to speak freely, organize publicly, and win power peacefully.

Honestly. Alberta’s new legislation isn’t about protecting rights — it’s about inflating egos. Danielle Smith is trying to crown Alberta supreme over Ottawa, international law, and even reality itself.

Conservatives are not leaders. They linger for the sake of quick soundbites, turning governance into a performance. When in power, they do little beyond cutting services, handing tax breaks to the wealthiest, scapegoating the middle class, and turning their backs on low-income families and seniors.

Negotiations have stalled. Trump keeps changing his policies. Ukrainians, backed by Europeans, are taking matters into their own hands, by targeting the Russian oil industry: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Health Canada calls bullshit. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

"The Real Reason the Far Right in America Doesn’t Care About ‘Free Speech’" The right's war on free speech in the wake of the murder of Charlie Kirk goes beyond hypocrisy; it exposes white nationalist conservatism, writes @alonso-gd.bsky.social for Zeteo:

Trump: "I'm really good at predicting things. During the campaign they had a hat -- a best-selling hat -- 'Trump was right about everything.' And I don't say that in a braggadocios way, but it's true. I've been right about everything."

Jimmy Kimmel going back on the air is bigger than a TV schedule. It’s a reminder of what democracy needs to survive: guts, persistence, and not giving in when powerful people want you shut down.

🇺🇸 This was patriotism with no fear, Chicago style. She didn’t waver, didn’t hedge. She stood up and staked her ground where everyone could see it

Conservatives extremists and trolls have X. Everyone else has Bluesky, and it's only Cons who seem to have this issue 🙄 Perhaps stop with your ignorance and learn something instead of just flapping your gums in Parliament for a quick viral soundbite.

@michellegarner.bsky.social Michelle, asking what the capital of Palestine is doesn’t make you clever — it makes you look like you skipped the reading list. The capital is East Jerusalem, recognized in every serious two-state framework. #Palestine #news

Pretty tacky way to cheapen the podium and POTUS seal by having it on display for Kirk’s funeral. Unreal. Disgraceful.

There’s no hiding the political retaliation and weaponization. It’s all out in the open.

Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension wasn’t “cancel culture.” It was government coercion. Brendan Carr told Benny Johnson, “we can do this the easy way or the hard way,” and affiliates panicked. Regulatory threats can’t be the answer to speech we don’t like. If we let this stand, no voice is safe.

One person familiar with the federal investigation told NBC News “thus far, there is no evidence connecting the suspect with any left-wing groups…Every indication so far is that this was one guy who did one really bad thing because he found Kirk’s ideology personally offensive.”

The political right in this country has perfected the art of sloganeering. Few phrases capture this better than their cynical branding of Canada’s justice system as “catch and release.”

I am proud to be born a Muslim. I am proud to be born in Somalia. I am proud to have become an American. None of you can change that no matter how much you rage tweet. Drink some water and touch grass.

When governments lean on broadcasters, punish comedians, or use regulatory tools to silence critics, it mirrors Beijing’s censorship, Moscow’s propaganda, and Erdoğan’s throttling of dissent.