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@comoxtips.bsky.social

Democracy requires an educated population and an independent press, not MAGA and Postmedia. We are doomed unless we fix this. Nonpartisan centrist living in the Comox Valley.

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More on Courtenay-Comox: 1. BCNDP vote identical to 2024 2. BCG collapsed, went from very strong candidate in ‘24 to very weak one in ‘26 3. BCCP down 800 as far-right wing of the party stayed home 5k fewer voters overall than 2024. Malaise across the board.

Amidst a Conservative wave, the only BC riding to flip from blue to orange was mine, Courtenay-Comox. It’s always been a swing riding, but incumbent Brennan Day angered lots of RWNJs by not being right enough, walking out on KLF, and being pro-K’omoks treaty.

Timestamped 15 minutes before the polls close, I predict: Conservative supermajority Greens 3 CentreBC 1 and it’s not Sturko OneBC relegated back to the third ring of Hell where they belong May Gawd have mercy on our souls for the next 4 years, especially if Anna Kindy ends up being Health Min

Today I fully expect BC voters to misunderstand how strategic voting and vote splitting work, and to forget that in our parliamentary democracy, every riding is a different election. The results will likely be a government of Alberta Junior wannabes, racists, bigots, and traitors.

FFS people, remember that every riding is a different election: if you’re in a GPC stronghold, vote Green, CentreBC stronghold, vote for them. If not, vote BCNDP, awful as they are. Partisan vote splitting will lead to a BC Conservative majority. Vote least bad option.

Polling Canada@canadianpolling.bsky.social

(Models Available For Subscribers) British Columbia Provincial Polling: CON: 44% (-) NDP: 39% (-6) GRN: 13% (+5) ONE: 2% (New) CNBC: 1% (New) Leger / October 22, 2026 / n=916 / Online (% Change With 2024 Election) Check out @338canada.bsky.social here: 338canada.com/bc

If recent referendum and election results have taught us anything, it’s that about 30-50% of voters everywhere are stupid AF, and probably racists and bigots too. Voters literally have the entirety of humanity’s knowledge in their pocket, but would rather believe absolute nonsense. We are doomed.

As long as the CPC allows creepy #MapleMAGA incels like Jamil Jivani to remain inside caucus, the party demonstrates it doesn’t GAF about democracy.

Dale Smith@journodale.bsky.social

Jamil Jivani and the Very Masculine™ Jacob Mantle think that acknowledging homosexuality in schools is "a threat" as they spout debunked "gender ideology" bullshit, while calling people traitors. Yeah, the Conservative Party is headed down a really healthy path, guys. Yikes. #canqueer

While I think Weaver is a has-been crank, I think the best (more accurately, least bad) scenario is a weak NDP minority government with several CentreBC and Green MLAs holding the balance of power. Preferably one where Eby has retired and been replaced by someone competent.

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This is what America has descended to: a cult of stupidity, false religion, and grievance. If you don’t cleanse your nation of this soon, and forever, and without mercy, you are doomed.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

"Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in history that loves us so much he can't even breathe" -- in extremely culty scene, Trump has his supporters pledge to him that they will vote, then tells them they will "go to hell" if they don't Here's the full sequence:

As former career military, I can assure you many CF do not understand or agree with the concept of civilian oversight, which is fundamental to every democracy. IDGAF what equipment senior RCAF want to buy. That is the purview of the PM and his Ministers, like Fuhr. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

cbc.caStephen Fuhr’s journey from staunchly opposing the F-35 to leading Canada's defence procurement | CBC NewsFormer RCAF fighter pilot Stephen Fuhr drew mockery from members of the military community after he retired from the Armed Forces in 2009 when he vigorously opposed the purchase of American F-35 aircr...

As the USA stumbles into kleptocratic incompetence, the PRC owns the future. It, and the democratic EU, will be the next superpowers.

Stephen Jacob Smith@stephenjacobsmith.com

Solar is now China’s top source of power capacity, after rising 15% in one year www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Now that the social conservatives like Banman are fleeing the BC Conservatives, all bets are off. I predict KLF will be out as leader by the time the Leg returns on October 5, and the BCCP will no longer be Official Opposition. And Trevor Halford will be LOO.

Jas Johal@jasjohal.bsky.social

BREAKING - 6th MLA leaves the BC Conservative Party. Bruce Banman is out. Panic at the disco? More like blood on the dance floor. #bcpoli #cdnpoli

Kerry-Lynne Findlay personifies everything wrong with the right in Canada today: bigotry, racism, conspiracy theories, and more treason-adjacent than proud Canadian. Any MLA left with her in a few weeks or months is just as guilty, so better get floor crossing while the going is good, folks.

Jas Johal@jasjohal.bsky.social

BREAKING: MLA Teresa Wat is now an Independent. She says the leader of her own party questioned her allegiance to Canada, with no evidence, and then wouldn’t correct the record. 4 MLA’s have now left BCC in just 12 days. #bcpoli #cdnpoli

If Canada agreed to these demands, we would cease to be an independent nation. We’d be 1946 East Germany to the USSR, and that’s without us losing a war.

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Any Canadian - and especially any Canadian elected official - still siding with the Trump regime is a #MapleMAGA treasonous traitor and should be treated as such.

Glad to hear there is no #tariff deal. The Trump regime is completely untrustworthy. Any deal would have been violated within days by Trump. Our sovereignty is more important than selling out to our enemies.

The convergence of nonsensical AI imagery, Christian nationalism, and treason has led to some of the dumbest posters ever created. These people should be force-fed the Oxford English Dictionary until they explode.

The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social

Super totes normal things going on in Alberta. Absolutely nothing to be alarmed by. Nope. Everything is fine. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

I have been predicting and hoping for this since #MapleMAGA RWNJ KLF won the BC Conservative leadership. I expect Warbus and Day to be next, but who am I missing?

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There’s no election coming anytime soon so this is of questionable value, but I’m betting that things are very tense inside CPC HQ and around the Poilievre dinner table. Is this the first CPC sub-30% poll ever? Cuz I never predicted this, ever.

Polling Canada@canadianpolling.bsky.social

Thank you Frank, this is insane

My #MapleMAGA YouTube influencer MP slagging legitimate journalists, which is rich considering his CPC does interviews with Russian-funded disinformation hubs like Juno, Rebel and Western Standard. Yet another play out of the Trump playbook.

Forget everything else. Dictators destroying democracy. War. AI. Climate collapse is here and it will fundamentally reshape the planet and human civilization. At the end of it, how many of us will be left? 2 billion? 1 billion? 100 million? Less?

Nahel Belgherze@wxnb.bsky.social

Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.

The BC Conservatives seem to get kookier by the day. Based on their latest messaging, next they’ll claim @votecentrebc.bsky.social are a bunch of Marxist-Leninists and Mike Bernier is the reincarnation of Trotsky. Do they actually think this nonsense will win over swing voters?

Jas Johal@jasjohal.bsky.social

NEW - BC Conservative MLA’s have been given talking points. They include pointed comments about former Premier Christy Clark and direction on asserting caucus unity. #bcpoli #cdnpoli

The USA is now ruled by an explicitly evangelical Christian regime. Here in Canada, we must be on guard. Poilievre, Jivani, and their #MapleMAGA allies want exactly the same for us.

I was career military and got a truckload of vaccinations. Fine. But would I want a military doctor injecting me with testosterone cuz some RWNJ thinks “low T” reduces military effectiveness? Hellz no. America, you are so f#cked.

Matthew Gault@mjgault.bsky.social

Hegseth announced they're gonna start screening for T and administering testosterone treatment for warriors found wanting

It appears @mark-carney.bsky.social caved to the Trump regime. This is completely unacceptable. We cannot trust that regime ever, for anything. We need to completely stop with any federal purchases of US equipment, PNG Hoekstra, and start playing hardball.

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