Stephanie Slater

Look up this story in The Tyee:

Three Things Reporters Would Ask Poilievre. If They Could

The trend to restrict media interaction with politicians is getting worse - especially with conservative governments (I include the former BC Liberal party here - they were terrible when they were in power)

It's about the Conservative candidate for North Island-Powell River, Aaron Gunn. Very discouraging that polls show him likely to win. I sent my Nation in Campbell River (We Wai Kai) a letter yesterday asking them to repudiate Gunn after our Chief had a photo taken w him.

Look up this story in The Tyee: ‘Unsavoury Denialism’: First Nations Leaders Want Conservative Candidate Dropped

Republicans, as everyone knows, are careful stewards of America’s security. you’d never catch a Republican doing something as foolhardy as, for instance, absconding with dozens of boxes of classified documents, lying about having them, refusing to return them, hiding them, bragging about their contents to golf cronies, waving them in the faces of randos, scrawling to-do lists on them, even sleeping with them — and then stashing them in the unspeakably ugly shitter of their vermin-infested Florida golf motel. that simply wouldn’t happen. that shit’s for traitors like the email lady. you would never catch Republicans doing anything as clownfucklingly insane as texting war plans to each other over a phone app. and you would most certainly never ever, ever, EVER catch one inadvertently including a journalist in such a discussion, because that would be—

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“you’re not a wartime consigliere.” that’s Michael Corleone’s famous line from The Godfather, in which he explains to Corleone family counselor Tom Hagen that shit’s about to get real, and you don’t have what it takes. know who else isn’t a wartime consigliere? Chuck Fucking Schumer. he’s been proving it every day through his impotent lack of action. Schumer’s a great guy to have around if there’s absolutely nothing at stake. need someone to speak at the dedication of a new post office? Chuck’s your man. need someone to make sure all the procedural i’s are dotted and t’s are crossed in some piece of shrimp boat legislation? here comes Chuck! do you need someone to fight fascism? Chuck’s your … wait, where the fuck did Chuck go? he was here a minute ago.

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Hello BlueSky! Here I am friends on Denman Island, B.C. and beyond. Just getting the hang of this new platform but am loving some of the very articulate rants against the Drumpf regime. Let's stand up against bullying in every form - and oh yeah, fascism...