Koen Rhodes

Just popped back on here to confirm that chaos is the cure, and disease: the policy. Checkaroony.

The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human. Aldous Huxley

Caution has turned to cowardice – the BBC is failing viewers with its Gaza coverage | Karishma Patel The craven failure to broadcast Gaza: Doctors Under Attack is just the latest example of skewed journalistic values over Israel’s war, says former BBC journalist Karishma Patel

Caution has turned to cowardice – the BBC is failing viewers with its Gaza coverage | Karishma Patel

The June 15, 2025 front page of the Star Tribune with the main headline "Unspeakable" House DFL Leader Hortman, husband assassinated. State senator, wife also shot; suspect ID'd; killer posed as cop, had list

Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune

Serious question: How can the Canadian Press continue allowing Postmedia to use its wire stories after making unauthorized changes to stories that run under its journalists bylines like this?

TODAY: A federal court will hear a lawsuit filed by 19 Democratic-led states challenging Trump's executive order requiring proof of citizenship to vote and eliminating grace periods for mail-in ballots. @marcelias.bsky.social‬ previews the case:
www.democracydocket.com/cases/massac...

“Mr. Smith, when asked about his living arrangements and Ms. Mentzelopoulos’s allegations, said, through a lawyer, that he plans to sue her and The Globe and Mail …

In a letter to The Globe, (The lawyer, Philip Prowse) confirmed Mr. Smith lived at Fatima Mraiche‘s property”

Is Mark Carney’s cabinet 'transformational'? Does anyone care? For those of us who treat cabinet swearing-in ceremonies as melodrama, this is all a big deal. It’s like the Oscars for people with a vitamin D deficiency. But most Canadians just want their problems ...

In my final column for @nationalobserver.com, I remind people that most Canadians have no idea who makes up Mark Carney's Cabinet. They don't follow politics as a sport.

They want their problems solved.

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/13/o...

This is accelerationist rage bating.

Swalwell says the House Judiciary republicans just voted to allow Trump to deport US Citizens. From IG:

I look forward to reading God Pizza
Clowns.

Amazon has no choice but to display tariffs on prices now Is Jeff Bezos a coward? Let’s find out.

"If he doesn’t insist on it, he will prove himself to be among history’s least principled cowards."

Look at the photo. We're way past that.

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Eat the Apples
Post the Memes
Lose the Election

NYT headline: “Kennedy Advises New Parents to ‘Do Your Own Research’ on Vaccines” Subheader: “In an interview with Dr. Phil, the health secretary offered false information about vaccine oversight and revealed a lack of basic understanding of new drug approvals.”

“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?”
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic

This is a real tweet?!

To be clear, for those who want to be sure their vote for Polievre counts: 'do not not' means don't not. So... snap snap.

Financial stress can damage your mental health. These steps may help With people losing their jobs and the stock market rocky, there's a lot of financial anxiety right now. Research shows how you approach it can be key to protecting your mental and physical health.

With people losing their jobs and the stock market rocky, there's a lot of financial anxiety right now. Research shows how you approach it can be key to protecting your mental and physical health.

Not sure if he's an exact Pantone match but he's oranger than he used to be, and he's out high-fiving white supremacists again.

Pierre Poilievre Meets with Far-Right Extremist Group at Nova Scotia-New Brunswick Border “Everyone’s happy with what you’re doing,” Poilievre tells conspiratorial fringe group camped out on side of highway

More than just a Pantone match for Trump, Polievre is fanboying with
Diagolon again: an “accelerationist” group, according to people who study extremism. Accelerationism explains the sum total of inexplicable shit happening in the US better than anything else.

pressprogress.ca/pierre-poili...

And there are still quite a few unpredictables.

It’s not the Americans fault. It’s our fault, we’re stupid. -Pierre Poilievre

I wish @brucefanjoy.bsky.social ‘s billboard was in every city in Canada #cdnpoli

I'm sure it's fine.

Two NYT headlines stating the WH wants to promote more childbearing and the EPA is ending testing for chemicals that hurt children.

Two headlines in the New York Times today.

Nightmare on Wall Street Inside the tariff-induced market turmoil scaring traders stiff.

“three apples, four oranges, plus two cashews, multiplied by seven, divided by two.”
nymag.com/intelligence...

They let fucking Levant scare them into not doing thier job. Win win for Polievre. Scrum happens: he gets asked why his dick is so big. Scrum gets canceled, and he gets out of being asked about his security check or Trumpian deportation plan.

It's hard to find the words to express my deep rage about how far right media has manages to flourish, while mainstream media remains steadfast in their maginalization of anyone who dares to challenge the status quo from the left (even the centee left!)