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Jon Milton

@whosestreets.bsky.social

Montrealer. Social movements, journalism, unions, abolition. We have world to win. Writer and editor at @policyalternatives.ca Got a story idea? DM me. en/ fr/ es/ aprendendo pr

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A war that isn't a war, documented with videos that may or may not be real, funded by elected leaders who are neither for nor against it, is the most dystopian thing that's happened in my lifetime

05.03.2026 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4138    πŸ” 1008    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 30

The U.S.A has a man in the role of Secretary of War who wrote a book called β€œAmerican Crusade” who has chanted β€œkill all Muslims,” has Deus Vult tattooed on him and whose entire world view is a religious war on Islam; yet America claims Iran deserves reshaping because of their β€œreligious fanatics?”

04.03.2026 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Attack on Iran: Little consensus among Canadians as half oppose, one-in-three support the US-Israeli strikes - Angus Reid Institute Three-in-ten Canadians say the air war over Iran will improve the lives of Iranians March 3, 2026 – As the US-Israeli led air strikes on Iran continue into their fifth day, the coordinated attacks hav...

Seems strange to frame these polling numbers as "little consensus" when then numbers are Oppose +15 and the largest bloc is "strongly opposed" (at nearly double the rate of "strongly support" !)

There actually is a consensus among Canadiansβ€”the consensus is opposition to the US-Israel war on Iran.

04.03.2026 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A chart showing the editorial stances of 6 papers on 11 wars/regime change efforts.

A chart showing the editorial stances of 6 papers on 11 wars/regime change efforts.

Editorial boards have supported Canada’s war and regime change efforts since the First World War 98 per cent of the time.

www.readthemaple.com/newspaper-wa...

04.03.2026 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Documenting 25 Years Of Media Fearmongering On Iranian Nukes Canadian media has warned Iran is weeks, months or years away from obtaining nukes for at least a quarter century.

NEW: Canadian media has been warning Iran is weeks, months or years away from nukes for at least 25 years, often in articles calling for war and sanctions.

I’ve gone through the archives and pulled examples from each year.

www.readthemaple.com/documenting-...

03.03.2026 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of the Polymarket website showing a prediction market titled "Nuclear weapon detonation by...?" under the Geopolitics and Ukraine categories. The market displays three betting options with their current probabilities and "Buy Yes" or "Buy No" prices: "March 31" at 5%, "June 30" at 12%, and "Before 2027" at 22%. The total trading volume shown is over $843,000.

A screenshot of the Polymarket website showing a prediction market titled "Nuclear weapon detonation by...?" under the Geopolitics and Ukraine categories. The market displays three betting options with their current probabilities and "Buy Yes" or "Buy No" prices: "March 31" at 5%, "June 30" at 12%, and "Before 2027" at 22%. The total trading volume shown is over $843,000.

Polymarket has created a betting market on the use of nuclear weapons. Everyone involved in this should be put in prison for life.

04.03.2026 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 8097    πŸ” 2403    πŸ’¬ 261    πŸ“Œ 520

Hamas beheaded 40 babies! Saddam has WMDs! They were throwing Kuwaiti babies out of incubators! Iran is a week away from a nuke! My dad keeps disappearing when we play peek-a-boo!

04.03.2026 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ve unmasked a white nationalist fight club in my city: Montreal.

After weeks of work (with help!), I can reveal an Olympian as a member of the Frontenac Active Club β€” one who, unbeknownst to the owners, brought them to a local gym for training and propaganda photos.

Here’s my investigation:

04.03.2026 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1430    πŸ” 518    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 32

we’re tearing down the international system all so a rogue apartheid state can commit a genocide and bomb any country that won’t go along with it

03.03.2026 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 166    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Yair Lapid tweet embedding Mark Levin tweet:
Mark, maybe someone has misled you regarding the situation here in Israel. 

Since the start of the war, I have given my full backing to the Prime Minister and the entire military operation in a series of interviews and statements, emphasizing that when it comes to the Iranian threat, there is no coalition or opposition in Israel. We are all united. 

Our unity at this critical time is a source of strength for our people and our soldiers. Anyone who cares about Israel should seek to strengthen, not weaken it.

Levin: Lapid is such a useless weasel he can’t even acknowledge his own prime minister.
Just like the leftists in our country. They’re all the same.

Embedded is a vid posted by Lapid of him thanking Trump, w/text
I am deeply grateful to 
@POTUS
 
@realDonaldTrump
 for the extraordinary partnership in the operation against Iran. 

His leadership, and the courage of the United States armed forces, are making the world a safer place

https://x.com/yairlapid/status/2028754359928951218

Yair Lapid tweet embedding Mark Levin tweet: Mark, maybe someone has misled you regarding the situation here in Israel. Since the start of the war, I have given my full backing to the Prime Minister and the entire military operation in a series of interviews and statements, emphasizing that when it comes to the Iranian threat, there is no coalition or opposition in Israel. We are all united. Our unity at this critical time is a source of strength for our people and our soldiers. Anyone who cares about Israel should seek to strengthen, not weaken it. Levin: Lapid is such a useless weasel he can’t even acknowledge his own prime minister. Just like the leftists in our country. They’re all the same. Embedded is a vid posted by Lapid of him thanking Trump, w/text I am deeply grateful to @POTUS @realDonaldTrump for the extraordinary partnership in the operation against Iran. His leadership, and the courage of the United States armed forces, are making the world a safer place https://x.com/yairlapid/status/2028754359928951218

[aristocrats voice] "The Israeli Opposition"

03.03.2026 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 236    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3

"listen to local voices" invariably means "listen to this one guy i found who agrees with me that bombing them is good for them"

02.03.2026 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 907    πŸ” 144    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 9

Well this may come as a life changing shock to some of you but the UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi just said inspectors have no found evidence of a coordinated Iranian programme to build nuclear weapons.

Iranian children are dying because Epstein's best friend wants to kill kids

03.03.2026 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 468    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

It's genuinely insane that many of the newspaper columnists who cheered us into the war in Iraq are still employed at big legacy outlets cheering us into a new war with Iran.

02.03.2026 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4675    πŸ” 799    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 44

This would make Pravda blush.

02.03.2026 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1166    πŸ” 152    πŸ’¬ 73    πŸ“Œ 9

BREAKING: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro SΓ‘nchez has barred the U.S. from using Spanish military bases for attacks on Iran.

02.03.2026 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4578    πŸ” 873    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 136

Personally, I would describe the "authoritarian bloc" as the one that has spent the past three years committing a very public genocide and assassinating and kidnapping leaders of other countries, but maybe that's just me

02.03.2026 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing brings colonial powers together like bombing brown people.

01.03.2026 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine how they’d all react if, for example, China and Iran bombed the shit out of Israel and killed its top leaders, then declared Israelis have a chance to not be led by genocidal freaks.

01.03.2026 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 266    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

Quite the headline change on this piece

28.02.2026 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is one of the videos the NYT has verified and links to in their reporting.

NYT: "Video verified by [NYT] showed ... rescuers digging through the rubble with building cranes and shovels, and piles of bloodied, dusty backpacks."

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/w...

28.02.2026 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 923    πŸ” 602    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 167

The primary reason why diplomacy has been failing in the region over the last decade is because either the US or Israel wanted it to fail.

This isn't like WWI where everyone was keen on diplomacy to fail so colonial spoils could be fought over. This lies squarely at the feet of the US and Israel.

28.02.2026 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 161    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

What is an "Iran-related hosility?" Is that when the US and Israel bomb an elementary school for girls?

28.02.2026 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is clear now that the Omani foreign minister's sudden media blitz last night was an attempt to shame the United States by putting into the public record how readily Iran was prepared to reach a deal.

28.02.2026 07:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2394    πŸ” 561    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 18

The night before the United States started bombing Iran (again), Sam Altman made an agreement with the Department of War.

He cannot be trusted. His company cannot be trusted. It just adds to what I wrote earlier this week.

28.02.2026 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 316    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

this isn't a distraction from epstein class pedophilia it's an expression of the epstein class worldview

28.02.2026 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4213    πŸ” 1087    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 32

Making peace with this realityβ€”and it is a realityβ€”means doing whatever it takes to hold every single one of these people severely and thoroughly accountable for their crimes.

28.02.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this is horrifying. this is why they say death to america. because all we bring is death to their children and people

28.02.2026 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6020    πŸ” 1284    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 13

I am old enough to remember one month ago when Carney made world headlines by arguing in Davos that Canada should have an independent foreign policy

28.02.2026 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why are Chinese EVs cheaper than Tesla? Scale, low-cost talent, and in-house manufacturing account for most of BYD’s cost gap with Tesla.

β€œChinese state subsidies account for just 5% of BYD’s $4,700 per-vehicle cost gap with Tesla … The gap stems from deeper vertical integration, greater scale, and lower overheads that Western rivals would struggle to match without clashing with their own governments’ industrial policies.”

27.02.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 121    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 6

I don't! I know about Energy East because I was there for some of those meetings. Quick scan of the UPA website and news articles doesn't really show any public stance on the 13, but I don't know beyond that

26.02.2026 04:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0