Scott Piatkowski

This account on Twitter has 1.3 million followers. All of these generic MAGA accounts are operated by Russians or people in SE Asia being paid to post. American democracy has been captured by Russia.

Indiana state house Republicans just approved a new 9-0 gerrymandered map ousting two US House Democrats, giving Republicans 100% of seats in state where Trump got 58% of vote

The Vaccine Guardrails Are Gone RFK Jr.’s allies are in full control of U.S. immunization policy.

“It’s now undeniable that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s allies are in charge of the country’s vaccine policy,” Tom Bartlett argues. He reports on the chaos at the CDC’s vaccine advisory board meeting—and its potential consequences:

Every legal story now is either

Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach

or

In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport

I've posted this a million times, but here is the million-and-first:

In 2000, these people were all on GW Bush's "Florida Recount" team:
- John "Just Calling Balls and Strikes" Roberts
- Brett "Roe is 'Settled Law' " Kavanaugh
- Amy "Confirmed 1 week before election" Barrett

In 2025 ... they rule

AI deepfakes of real doctors spreading health misinformation on social media Hundreds of videos on TikTok and elsewhere impersonate experts to sell supplements with unproven effects

AI deepfakes of real doctors spreading health misinformation on social media

Hundreds of videos on TikTok and elsewhere impersonate experts to sell supplements with unproven effects

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Downtown Kitchener this morning as the sun rises over the horizon, casting a golden light. King street has been blocked off for the Christkindl Market, and the little huts have been set up for venors. On the left of the street is the CBC Make The Season Kind van. Across from it are the Twin City Harmonizers singing. No, I didn't video it as I missed the start.

It's CBC's Make the Season Kind Campaign and it's Kitchener's annual Christkindl Market!

I was half a block from the studio, after finishing my column, and heard the Twin City Harmonizers singing O Holy Night (my fave hymn to sing and hear). Ran back to snap this shot.

#MakeTheSeasonKind #MTSK

Supreme Court to Hear Trump's Bid To Eliminate Birthright Citizenship Read more here.

🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court will decide if Trump can limit the constitutional right to citizenship granted to virtually all American-born children, despite several lower courts already ruling it violates the 14th Amendment.

The story of Albany, Georgia, is the story of American health care.

Sick in a Hospital Town, a new series from ProPublica, debuts Sunday, Dec. 7.

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Cowardly Pete Hegseth Is This Week’s Proof of the GOP’s Moral Rot Of course defense secretary is a disaster. But everyone knew back in January that he would be. That’s where the real problem lies.

Great point from @mjtoma.bsky.social:The Pete Hegseth scandal actually reveals the entire GOP's "total abdication of constitutional responsibilities." This piece reminds us that "responsible" Rs like Roger Wicker sanctioned his nomination. This was all predictable:
newrepublic.com/post/204017/...

Ontario won’t have charter schools, board closings or mergers, pledges education minister Ontario education minister says governance reforms will be announced in the new year.

Ontario won’t have charter schools, board closings or mergers, pledges education minister

Brampton ‘cocaine lawyer’ has licence suspended, will ‘vigorously defend’ allegations he helped Ryan Wedding murder an FBI witness “I think it’s important to state that Mr. Paradkar denies the allegations, maintains his innocence and intends to vigorously defend against the criminal charges at the appropriate time," Deepak Paradkar’s

Brampton ‘cocaine lawyer’ has licence suspended, will ‘vigorously defend’ allegations he helped Ryan Wedding murder an FBI witness

He will rename it handball.. just to realize.. never mind.

A few years ago, Bill Nye the science guy debated creationist Ken Ham about evolution. The last question was "what would change your mind?"

Bill Nye said "Evidence."

Ken Ham said "Nothing can possibly change my mind about this."

I think about that a lot.

POLLING CALL CENTER: "Now I'm going to read you some conspiracy theo— …"

MAGA RESPONDENT: "I don't need to hear them, they're all true."

Chances Dwindling for Renewal of Health Care Subsidies as Republicans Want Abortion Limits Hope for an extension of health care subsides diminished in Congress this week as Republicans and Democrats largely abandoned the idea of bipartisan talks.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer has indicated Democrats are leaning toward a vote on a straight extension of the subsidies with no new limits or tweaks to the law, which Republicans have already rejected.

ENOUGH FOR A DOZEN EGGS: Senators say Carney tax cut gives working poor just $11 a year A federal income tax cut pitched by Prime Minister Mark Carney as a major affordability measure will save low-income Canadians roughly $11 a year, senators heard this week, despite the measure carryin...

Senior Economist with @policyalternatives.ca, @davidmaccdn.bsky.social said most low-income Canadians will see almost nothing.
“For those living in poverty, the lowest bracket shift provides an average benefit of $11 a year.” #poverty #inequality www.westernstandard.news/news/enough-...

congrat's to ya'll

Conservatives: Because of wokeness, everyone has to get a participation ribbon.
Also Conservatives: We had FIFA create a fake peace prize and award it to Trump so that he wouldn't be sad about not winning the Nobel.

"In his final drive for power Hitler had considerable financial backing from a fairly large chunk of the German business world...What good [that] eventually did these politically childish men of the business world will be seen later in this narrative."

-The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 242

The commentators really need to be calling out this hideousness. Just because World Cups have always been sullied by politics doesn't make this tolerable

National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.

"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."

‘I feel gay, disabled … like a woman too!’: Infantino makes bizarre attack on critics The Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, has hit back at criticism of Qatar from Europe in a press conference on the eve of the World Cup

Remembering this one

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

The City of Ottawa’s Hail Mary plan for redevelopment The Lansdowne 2.0 plan depends on rosy assumptions, leaving taxpayers potentially on the hook if ambitions fall short

The Globe and Mail has a very succinct but comprehensive editorial outlining the foolery of Lansdowne 2.0. Well worth the read.

www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/416c9c5...

CDC = Centers for Disease Celebration

CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine The CDC's ACIP panel voted to recommend delaying the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, ending a policy that has reined in the virus.

This regressive move will literally kill people. It's making kids' liver cancer great again. And it's a sign of more harm to come.

CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com

Kash Patel ordered FBI detail to give girlfriend’s pal a lift home: sources FBI agents have grown increasingly concerned by Patel’s use of the bureau’s strapped resource.

Kash Patel’s girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, asked FBI agents on her security team at least two times, including once this spring, to drive her friend home, and agents objected to diverting from their assignment. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

In related news, losing $77 billion will not adversely affect Mark Zuckerberg's lifestyle one bit.

Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.