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How to get away with anything: Trump’s sordid year of pardons No president has ever forgiven this much fraud—or stiffed this many victims.

While there have always been dubious pardons for political cronies, “unprecedented” doesn’t begin to describe how Donald Trump has corrupted the power of presidential forgiveness.

Amazon dropped $75M on the Melania doc — with a big chunk going into the Trumps' pockets.

Since then, Amazon Web Services got a $580M Pentagon contract.

And this week, Pete Hegseth visited Blue Origin facilities as the DoD overhauls how it hands out defense contracts.

Always follow the money.

If this treasonous turd thinks anyone other than the shrinking core of his own lost party will reward him for sharing air with the orange shitgibbon, he is very much mistaken.

Yukon University pulls out of Arctic Winter Games services ahead of possible strike Yukon University has pulled out of providing food services and venue space for the upcoming Arctic Winter Games

Yukon University’s campus in Whitehorse was contracted to feed athletes and provide venue space for a medical station, operations centre and transportation hub.

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.

Democracy dies in oligarchy.

Yikes.

One way for the media to win back the respect of viewers would be for them to show us that they have some self-respect of their own.

When you let the president denigrate and humiliate your colleagues without saying a word, you're not really giving off a "holding the powerful to account" vibe

I am outraged by the despicable, cowardly attacks against Muslim New Yorkers in Bay Ridge last week—one of which was on a 12-year-old girl. This violence is unacceptable, and we know that all too often visibly Muslim, hijab-wearing women and girls bear the brunt of it.    Muslim New Yorkers deserve to live with safety and dignity, and to be able to walk our streets free from harassment, threats, or harm. Islamophobia has no place in our city, and violence or intimidation against Muslim New Yorkers is unacceptable.

Americans, we are living in a time of viciousness.

We are living in a time where speaking the “wrong” language or having the “wrong” skin color puts you in danger.

Congress must disband ICE and impeach Kristi Noem.

It's the Winter Olympics, so my once-every-four-years chance to note that my wife's aunt was once the head of the Canadian curling federation.

Her husband? A leader in the Mounties.

If this family were any more Canadian, they'd be maple-flavored.

The Founders wanted the states to run elections. And they have for 237 years.

Now Donald Trump wants to run them.

YouTube video by APTN News The NDP party wants Canada to scrap fighter jets purchase from United States | APTN News

NDP Interim Leader Don Davies and Party Defence Critic Lori Idlout wants the federal government to back out of commitment to purchase fighter jets from the United States and instead purchase from the Swedish government.

meanwhile, another Democrat just two weeks ago: bsky.app/profile/tani...

Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. - Bolts Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?

NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program.

This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.

Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.

ICE is terrorizing Americans — Canada must not be complicit From shutting down ICE offices to cancelling corporate contracts, Canadians have real power to stand in solidarity with those targeted by Trump’s secret police

"If Roshel continues to sell military weaponry and goods to ICE, the RCMP should investigate it for complicity in criminal conduct in the US and, potentially, crimes against humanity under the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act." ricochet.media/justice/poli... #ICEout #cdnpoli

APTN National News: February 4, 2026 – Inquest continues, Protesters crash event in Ontario YouTube video by APTN News

Tonight on APTN National News: Inquest into a police shooting death continued today in Winnipeg.

Supporters of Grassy Narrows First Nation in Ontario crashed an event to press Premier Doug Ford about mercury poisoning in the First Nation.

Oh well, for PM Goldman Sachs, profit is everything - values, you know

Imagine what the fight against HIV/AIDS, Covid-19, or malaria would look like under Canada's new foreign aid policy.

It would be nothing bc helping those at greatest risk of disease & public health emergencies wouldn't be seen as 'profiting' Canada.

Aid is about helping people, not lining pockets.

Letter to Mayor Chow re: Snowy Bike Lanes Bike lanes are not on the snow clearance list in Toronto. We write to Mayor Chow to ask her to change that.

Unacceptable. Keep sending in photos and reports to @toronto311 and hold our reps accountable for this.

Our letter to Mayor Chow:

www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/letter-...

Thanks to all the community members sending in photos and notices to 311.

We are being told by the City Manager are plowed, & today I did see Adelaide "clear". But that seems to be the exception. Across TO a week & a half since the snow storm safe infrastructure in not useable. People who want to get around by bike or have to are being put into harms way 1/2

Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” is anything but - CCPA You may have heard that there’s a new Board of Peace in town. Sounds appealing, at least if you go no further than the name. After all, couldn’t a new body with a compelling title devoted to peace hel...

www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'the words Palestine and Israel do not appear anywhere in the charter. There is not a single reference to reconstruction and peace in Gaza. What we see, instead, is a body clearly being positioned to compete with and undermine the UN' @policyalternatives.ca

Help Minneapolis Get a Nobel Peace Prize Students protest against ICE during a walkout at the University of Minnesota, on January 26, 2026 (Brandon Bell / Getty Images) The editors of The Nation are formally nominating the city of Minneapo...

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Help Minneapolis Get a Nobel Peace Prize. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/su...

Alumni: Tell University Presidents to Reject ICE Agreements As Americans reel from the shocking news out of Minneapolis, college and university presidents are deciding whether and how their institutions will collaborate with ICE. For alumni, it is a stark remi...

College/university presidents must decide if their institutions will collaborate w/ICE: a stark reminder of institutional independence. Stand for Campus Freedom rejects ICE cooperation agreements & defends campus freedom. Sign & share! alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/re...

Volunteer Network Strategy Call The intent of this session is to discuss the two potential action cycles the Leadnow Volunteer Network could pursue and strategize around what each would entail.  

Join me at Volunteer Network Strategy Call you.leadnow.ca/events/volun...

These people are terrorists. Full stop.

This Homan presser is completely incoherent. He started by announcing a drawdown of 700 agents (good!) but then pivoted to whining about "rhetoric" (bad) and suggested there will be more bloodshed if it doesn't stop (grim). Not clear to me that anything is actually changing on the ground here in MN.

Remember all the anger against the 9/11 hijackers for "using our freedoms against us?"

Where is that anger for the Broligarchs, like Thiel & Musk, who also used our freedoms to destroy the US--immigrating here, getting rich on tax $ (esp fed contracts), then blowing up democracy from the inside?

P3s are just a pipeline for taxpayer dollars to be siphoned off to private corporations all while delivering unreliable service to the public.

#ONpoli

Eglinton Crosstown LRT to open Sunday with reduced service, muted celebrations: ‘It’s too soon for a party’ Mandeep Lali said the Eglinton Crosstown LRT will open Sunday at reduced speeds and hours of operation.

15 years, $7.7 billion over budget, and devastating closures to over 300 small businesses.

That is the history of this public-private partnership—otherwise known as a P3 project.

www.thestar.com/news/gta/egl...

I would think that she'd learn from Nicki that not all attention is good attention. I wonder if Lizzo did this on her own or if she was paid.

Also, Maxwell is a rapist. We have testimony. She wasn't just a madam or even a trafficker.