Sometimes I make stuff with words. Rude Pinoy. Union goon.
Calgary, Alberta
Joined February 2009
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Rogue mafia. Just committing its crimes right out in the open.
🇵🇸 Israeli settlers seize Palestinian homes near Jericho, say they are “dismantling the Oslo Accords”
Around 30 Israeli settlers, some of whom were armed, took over eight homes in Ein Al-Duyuk Al-Tahta on the outskirts of Jericho in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
Activists warned that settlers could be reproducing the situation in Hebron, where armed Israeli settlers live in enclaves inside the Palestinian city, contributing to displacement and severe restrictions on Palestinian freedom of mobility
🔴 The operation near Jericho was organized by the Nachala settlement movement, which claims to have secretly purchased the properties.
🔴 Sixty-five Palestinian residents fled after settlers attacked them with stones, an activist told the Times of Israel. Residents said that Israeli forces subsequently blocked access to the area, leaving homeowners afraid to return.
🔴 Yisrael Gantz, head of the West Bank settler council, framed the move as an effort to dismantle the Oslo Accords, declaring: “Today we begin reversing the trend, dismantling the Oslo Accords through actions, house by house, family by family.”
🔴 Palestinian National Council Speaker Rawhi Fattouh condemned the takeover as “organized terrorism” carried out under Israeli government protection, charging Israel of encouraging settlement expansion and forced displacement.
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Avi Lewis CBC interview gets interrupted by the Finance Minister
Avi handles his own VERY well. I think this move by Carney's minister shows they're worried about Lewis' narrative being heard by Canadians
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Vassy: Why is that (investment mega-deduction) inherently a bad thing?
Avi Lewis: Does creating more wealth in Canada trickle down to actually benefit all of us? We've been pursuing this fairy tale since Brian Mulroney in the 1980s. It has never worked.
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The fact that CBC's budget "journalism" starts with information about the public debt and not, say, something that actually matters to canadians, shows at the same time how journalism is dead and neoliberalism is king.
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Canada’s 40 billionaires increased their wealth by $95 billion last year. At a time of unprecedented wealth inequality, it’s unacceptable that this budget contains no new measures to make the very richest pay their fair share.
That’s why we’ve called for a wealth tax on the very richest that could generate up to $40 billion per year.
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BREAKING: Utah criminally charges Kalshi's CEO and COO with 13 counts of illegal gambling
El @union.place/@elcostello Costello 🤑 retweeted
Holy shit, it's happening.
We must do everything in our power — as citizens of this country, taxpayers to its empire, and inhabitants of this planet — to prevent this psychopath from reaching the White House. Absolutely everything.
Marco Rubio expected to step down and launch bid to be next US president ift.tt/aZG8swE
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So much in this @thenarwhalca piece on beleaguered MAGA Energy and how the AER let broke MAGA licence the wells of another company as a failed survival plan.
What jumps out is a constant problem I have: Senders of AER emails fail to identify themselves (janitor’s decision?).
As part of a last-ditch effort to be profitable, MAGA Energy submitted out-of-date documents to secure a transfer of more oil and gas wells. The regulator approved the deal anyway thenarwhal.ca/alberta-maga-e…
El @union.place/@elcostello Costello 🤑 retweeted
Abdul El-Sayed hasn't even been sworn into office yet and he's already providing a more comprehensive plan than most sitting Senators. He'll be extremely popular, and many in the establishment will take credit for his accomplishments, like they do with Zohran Mamdani.
El-Sayed: "The first 3 things we have to do is end this war -- we need a war powers resolution that brings war-making capacity back to Congress -- number 2, ending this tariff regime & war against Canada, but number 3, stopping the nuclear bomb that's about to go off in our healthcare system with Medicaid cuts"
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⭕️The petition calling on Democrats to choose a different House Speaker than Hakeem Jeffries has now gained over 500K signatures.
“We believe the Speaker should represent the Democratic voters, not just the Democratic establishment,” it reads.
“The Speaker has enormous influence over the direction of the House, including its legislative priorities and agenda. Before casting their votes, representatives should closely examine Jeffries's public record, policy positions, campaign donor record and leadership...and listen to constituents who do not want him elevated to Speaker.”
Sign this petition if you want a new speaker of the house.
change.org/p/house-democrats…
El @union.place/@elcostello Costello 🤑 retweeted
Gotta say this piece I wrote after Talarico won the primary holds up well. Especially in the way he bucked the failed strategy Texas Democrats have used before.
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This motherfucker is camped out at the intersection recording random people, including young children and keeping tabs on who isn’t wearing a poppy for Remembrance Day. Why is this legal? @TheTorontoSun what the fuck is wrong with yall?
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MSNOW: What is your message now to Jewish voters nationally and what you will do to protect them?
Abdul El-Sayed: I’m committed to Jewish safety, and we are united against discrimination. The U.S. spends billions to carry out genocide and apartheid against Palestinians. The genocide in Gaza with our complicity is continuing right now. Nobody wants to talk about that.
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🚨NEW ORCHARDCAST🚨
Abde Amr of @GreenpeaceCA joins the show to discuss his research into the shadowy network of fossil fuel advocacy groups attempting to tilt 🇨🇦 public opinion in favour of oil and gas.
Link to full episode below👇👇👇
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🗣️@davidhogg111: “People are not looking for moderation, they’re looking for people who deliver… @ZohranKMamdani is not the most popular politician in 🇺🇸 because he’s a moderate, it’s because he’s consistently delivering. People feel like the system is rigged against them.”
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Because Bernie-style populism is now correctly understood as moderate centrism, and the corporatists who’ve been deceptively labeling themselves “moderate” for decades are actually just corporatists whose politics are being rejected by the electorate
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After @neeratanden spent an entire year incessantly bashing Democratic candidates to her echo chamber, she's taking credit for the left sweeping in the midterms and crowing herself queen. The people that deserve all the credit are the canvassers, phone bankers, campaign teams, poll workers, big names that helped boost candidates like Hasan Piker and MikefromPA, and everyone in between. We won despite her, not because of her.
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“He hasn't called me to ask me for my vote.”
@chrisrabb tells @davidsirota he wants answers from @RepJeffries on Medicare for All, living wages, and ending endless wars.