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retired doc, flight surgeon, FoB Doc, triathlete, mom, human rights advocate, artist
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After the first round elections, Congressman André Janones created a WhatsApp channel titled “Lula’s Army.” It ballooned to 10 million people following his commands on how to behave online to counteract Meta’s far-right-favouring algorithms. The right knows how to use socials. We must learn, too.
Jahones bypassed Meta and tech giants turning his WhatsApp account into Lula’s Army. Grew from 50,000 to over 10 million followers in few short weeks and took back the national sportd jersey B tried to appropriate! How Lula won
From Lula’s victory speech. Hard to argue. 🇧🇷 “We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. We cannot have monstrously large corporations earning millions and billions, paying no taxes to this country and trying to steer our election results.”
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So upsetting People voted NDP in 2024 for clear reasons Eby threw it all away intellectualizing and being a very poor politician Now NDP voters have nothing
David Eby’s gamble ended up in a catastrophic defeat for the B.C. NDP 😬 That was the worst political FAFO I have seen in a long time. 🤦🏽♂️ 🔗 Source: www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/bc...
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"The rejection rate is at about 3% statewide, and two or three times as high as in some larger counties. “Potentially thousands of votes could be spoiled by this new guidance... This is a huge deal for North Carolina.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...
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California, Alaska, and more. Here’s what you need to know to understand Trump’s last-ditch efforts to avoid losing. joycevance.substack.com/p/trumps-las...
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The same US president who treats our friend Canada as an enemy is trying to give Alaska to Russia, a country whose absolutely overt foreign policy is to destroy us. This superpower suicide has to be stopped. www.ft.com/content/e9cf...
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In MAGA, parental estrangement is a big issue — and parents are held out as blameless victims. I suspect that's one reason why Vivek Ramaswamy ran an ad celebrating Amy Acton's vile mother. And why MAGA — including Vance and Trump — are backing him. www.salon.com/2026/10/23/r...
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I never knew how much I apperciate the effort, generosity, and kindness of these people until I got cancer. Twice. Now I am cancer free for 2 years and planning ahead for the next 30 years. Thank you Terry Fox, the Tanenbaum's, everyone else that have worked so hard on cancer research. ♥️
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“It’s not only unlawful, but it’s not in the US interest to have Russian technology controlling the commercialization of Arctic gas in the North Slope,” says ex-Polar LNG CEO who quit after discovering secret Russian funding. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...
Hence why Blanche is trying to steal the Senate seat in Alaska if Mary Petola wins. Novatek ( Russia) financed this oil/ gas venture billed as U.S. and now is taking controlling interest in Alaskan venture!! Why Trump lifted sanctions!
A Russian energy giant secretly financed a US gas project in Alaska, while that same project was being discussed by Putin with Witkoff and Kushner as part of talks supposedly aimed at ending Russia’s war in Ukraine. The US company’s CEO resigned after discovering the Russian money.
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Humiliating and dangerous: Trump has now finally just made America an ally of the Kremlin and is aiding Putin in his war against an American friend and partner. Shameful betrayal of a US friend, and pathetic submission to a US enemy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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The answer is yes. He can win. Because he doesn’t throw trans folks under the bus, for one.
NEW YORKER: “Republicans eliminated the state’s only Black-majority district, in Memphis, so @justinjpearson.bsky.social took a campaign about economic inequality to rural white voters.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Rick Crawford WENT NUTS on Warner and Himes for disclosing that Russia is trying to target pro-Ukrainian lawmakers. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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This is fucking insane. It reads like a bad spy novel. The corruption is almost cartoonish at this point. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...
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We are seeing a hunger disaster unrolling before our eyes. Since Republicans passed the Big Beautiful Bill, 2 million kids have lost food assistance. These are by far the deepest SNAP cuts in history, and each month, we find out it’s even worse than we thought. The worst is yet to come.
In the wake of unprecedented cuts in last year's Republican reconciliation law, SNAP participation & spending have been falling — and the decline is much deeper than the Congressional Budget Office initially projected. www.cbpp.org/blog/congres...
Really horrifying stuff Super Bond villain stuff No normal person does this Just purely evil ones
*NEW* Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey team up on a new startup to genetically engineer war dogs for the military. Warhound comes out of stealth at $1.2B valuation For @forbes.com with @iainmartin.bsky.social and @mhunterhart.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
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Enormous news. A melanoma vaccine, one of the most deadly cancers out there. Science is good and helpful and there should be more of it. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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With loss of inhibition from "we do not know reliably from any WH docs" Trump will be increasingly sexually preoccupied and also with violent acts/ war porn. He increasingly will want to act out and sadly has the entire US Military at his ( and Putin's now) disposal! We tried to warn you!
Naheed Nenshi on the immigration questions: "I am happy to have a conversation on numbers. I am not happy to have a conversation on the dignity of newcomers, and I'm not happy to have people voting on whether other people should have human rights."
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With loss of inhibition from "we do not know reliably from any WH docs" Trump will be increasingly sexually preoccupied and also with violent acts/ war porn. He increasingly will want to act out and sadly has the entire US Military at his ( and Putin's now) disposal! We tried to warn you !
Jon Husted's ass is now a regular part of Trump's routine. Doesn't matter what state he is in. Ohio. Kentucky. North Carolina. Jon Husted's ass is always on his mind.
Vile Vivek tested this The ad played well with 70% of undecided voter samples - who did not know Amy's mom is a child rapist enabler. He knew His campaign knew They were banking on voters- not knowing that momma freak allowed physical/ sexual abuse of Amy by her hubs. Courts sure did -
i don't think i've ever seen a campaign do a murder-suicide before (decent chance this drags down the entire GOP ticket in the state)
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Now that we know Elon murdered the Ukrainian children reminder that Andrew Puzder aggressively threatened the EU after they started talking about divesting in the aftermath. www.ft.com/content/d1e2...
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