Yep, you heard that right... Republican lawmakers are complaining that Canada is ruining their summer. Instead of blaming arson and poor forest management, let's address the elephant in the room: the FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY. Let's hold them accountable >> act.gp/4lZqEGQ

Every day the authoritarianism grows worse - Christopher Rufo calling for the Trump administration to "dispatch unmarked vans to follow key agitators and snatch them from the streets while the media are not looking" christopherrufo.com/p/trump-shou...

Over 80% of millionaires support higher taxes. @jakeatkinson.bsky.social on GBNews last night.

Just 0.2% of all millionaires moved to another country in 2024, but news outlets around the world spun this into a “millionaire exodus”. 11,000 news pieces were published in 2024 about an exodus that did not exist. #BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich bit.ly/43Al0EF

BREAKING: Sit-ins call on BC NDP to reject MAGA pipeline. Pro-democracy organizers are sitting-in at the offices of the Min of Energy in Victoria and Eby’s Vancouver office today, to demand that the BC NDP reject the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline. New website out now: stopprgt.ca A 🧵

🎩 ANNOUNCING: The 2025 GOLDEN LOOPHOLE AWARDS! Presented by #TrillionairesforTrump ™ Today, we celebrate the congressional elites who turned tax laws into personal ATMs. Why serve the people… when you can serve your offshore account? #GoldenLoopholeAwards

💰 The Foundation for Distressed Billionaires launches today, providing a safe space for ultra-high-net-worth individuals grappling with the unthinkable... Contributing fairly to society. Are you a billionaire? We're here to help ⬇ 350.org/Billionaires... #TaxTheirBillions #TaxTheSuperRich

This pod was SO good. It tells the story of Musk destroying Twitter, w/ great detail & backstory from 2 new books that will have you laughing & your jaw dropping. It also highlights his radicalization journey & the ludicrous hypocrisies of his God complex. open.spotify.com/episode/1218...

Arsonists to the last drop 🛢️🔥🦖

"Conservatives" are irrefutably the least patriotic of all Canadians & it's not even close #cdnpoli

Canadian centrist elites still downplay the risks of Trump taking over Canada. I am taking it extremely seriously, though I have no fucking clue what to do about it. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/391c82b...

Justin Trudeau wasn't a deliberately divisive leader, but he allowed Canadians to become more divided under his watch. Why the next Liberal leader needs to fight harder for Canada — and what they can learn from Trudeau's mistakes there. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/06/o...

Well, that happened. #CDNpoli #Trudeau #TrudeauResignation #Meme #TrudeauResigns

They deserve each other and in the long arc of history will both be failed states

Left: "Ministers resist calls to block Musk donations to Farage’s Reform UK" Right: That time in 2019 when @carolecadwalla.bsky.social called out misinformation which influenced Brexit and took the UK out of the EU by a slim of margin Is Labour's inaction damaging the integrity of our democracy?

How can anyone support the AfD?! Yet Musk and Vance do. Repulsive.

The most important article you may read this year: extreme roadmap to US autocracy - and its already half implemented by JD Vance and Trump. The obscure ‘dark enlightenment’ blogger influencing the next US administration

Pierre Poilievre is cozying up to Canada’s far-right broligarchs: Just like their Silicon Valley counterparts, some Canadian tech billionaires are trying to push Canada to the right breachmedia.ca/canada-far-r...

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Fuckers

Christiya Freeland was probably a nice person but was no friend to the issues I care most about. She was an active blocker on many important progressive priorities especially on climate and climate finance, and basically anything that tried to limit corporate power.

Corporate greed has ruined our society our lives and our planet. But sure, let’s get rid of the guardians protecting us from the worst gouging. That’ll surely help.

Good ideas here on how clean energy can & must get cleaner. Also, helpful context: the envt'l impacts of retired solar panels "will be dwarfed by the amount of plastic, coal ash and municipal waste generated per year if there isn't a major push to decarbonize." www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Jobs love to make you use a new, worse app for the same thing

Hot tip to all climate communicators: never, EVER, talk about MT of emissions. I’ve been working on climate for 15 years and I still barely know what 1 or 50 megatonnes of GHG means. Keep the data to reports, when communicating with the public plz always use social math to show scale.

“Positive social change results mostly from connecting more deeply to the people around you than rising above them, from coordinated rather than solo action… Our largest problems won’t be solved by heroes. They’ll be solved, if they are, by movements, coalitions, civil society.”

Yes, Ben Wickler for DNC chair! I worked with him 15 years ago he is an incredible organizer and human. He’s helped turn Wisconsin blue and can do the same for the country. Also, fuck the old guard the world has changed irrevocably they need to go, fresh ideas now. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/u...

For a new generation of Democrats to step up, more of the older generation of Dems will have to step aside — and I think we need to be more aggressive about forcing that convo earlier moving forward.

Ruh roh, Alberta. Maybe we could spend more time talking about this and less pretending the Prime Minister wants to take our toys away.

#COP29 wrapped up this past weekend and the outcome was deeply flawed. You may have see some big numbers making the headlines, but they're a dangerous smokescreen hiding what really took place. Read our analysis and highlights amidst the haze: oilchange.org/blogs/cop29-...

For decades armies of well paid and well meaning insider advocates have been pushing for “realistic” climate action from big polluters: Asking them nicely to count & disclose emissions. Well, I guess they have their first real win: an anti-disclosure law. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/391c82b...

Alberta has a new climate action plan! Force its oil and gas companies to hide emissions data as “proprietary business intelligence.” The only thing intelligent about that next level head in the sand move is to hasten the demise of the industry in the face of inevitable investor transition.

As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers—physicians, teachers, professors, and more—are packing their bags. Follow @newrepublic.com to find our daily political coverage like this (and more)!

Correct. Bring it on!

If this is true Dems / Libs around the world need to lean HARD into making a home again for working class in their parties.

REMINDER: Those choosing to live in subsidized suburbs for a bigger house and yard are NOT also entitled to free-flow car traffic capacity (aka an “easy car commute”) into the city at the expense of the taxes, health, safety (hint: bike-lanes) & quality of life of city-dwellers. HT Ian Lockwood.

100%. It's a simple, elegant plan for Elon and his cronies: Step 1: gut the federal workforce Step 2: secure a zillion dollars in extra contracts to perform all the functions you just gutted at a massive markup

AI is wild 🙃

One of my new favourite acronyms is NOICIUTU. No One Is Coming, It’s Up To Us. The nature and climate crisis needs leaders from all walks of life. Step up, step forward. Push for change. Be the change. 💙💚🌱🦋

The idea of Elon Musk analyzing government efficiency and proposing deep cuts is terrifying. We’ve long seen business guys who think they know everything and they usually get greatly humbled by how different nonprofits or gov service delivery is. Brace for chaos (and failure).

Should we still be listening to ANY pundits who had a big platform before the US election? We just went through a massive step shift in history. Those who missed it (almost everyone well known) should be viewed with high skepticism about how the world works now. #punditreset

What's that? You say climate talks were pushed to the "brink of failure" by the refusal of oil-heavy nations like Saudi Arabia to cooperate, only to be salvaged with a last-minute deal that mostly just kicks the can down the road? Never! www.climatechangenews.com/2024/11/18/f...

Here's a humbling election takeaway for activists: we who think progressively about all these issues are a very small bubble. Most people we need to win are either tuned out, or turned off by the way we talk about social change. Stop writing activist content for other activists!

Good news: Ben Wikler is seriously considering a run for DNC chair, a source familiar with his thinking tells me. (confirming Natasha Korecki tweet) Ben would be a great DNC chair: Fully committed to deep organizing and avoids the pitfalls of factional squabbles and finger-pointing.

Much of the Canadian media is trying so hard to say Poilievre’s Conservatives aren’t like Trumpian Republicans, even as he continues to work overtime to show he’s taken the party completely off the deep end.

I spoke with @annamerlan.bsky.social about what could be the consequences if RFK Jr is confirmed as HHS Secretary. Here is her piece: www.motherjones.com/politics/202... It will horrify you, and it isn’t even a comprehensive summary. @caulfieldtim.bsky.social

This is so disturbing. We are NOT going back and many many men will stand with you and fight against these rollbacks of rights.

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