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Tom Hawthorn πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

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Mean and nasty Canadian. Author of "Play Ball!," a lavishly illustrated, coffee-table book about pro baseball in Vancouver, B.C., now available for sale at Nat Bailey Stadium and the BC Sports Hall of Fame.

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"Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs."

27.01.2026 06:04 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

This innocent little boy has done more jail time than the felon with 34 convictions who works in the Oval Office.

27.01.2026 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To be clear, this is a victory, which was won by ordinary people putting their lives on the line in the streets of Minneapolis while almost all their elected leaders kept quiet or made only muted criticism.

27.01.2026 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 618    πŸ” 148    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 5

Cranks, kooks and clowns make up about 15% of any population.

They will be crushed in a referendum. Then it will be time to vote out of office every politician who flirted with this nonsense.

27.01.2026 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Drunken iceholes

27.01.2026 04:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Minnesota @startribune.com has been doing incredible work through these surreal times.

26.01.2026 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"The gloves are coming off!"

Hockey: Fist fight.

Curling: Match over. Time for a rye-and-7.

26.01.2026 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screencap of the Globe editorial, listing Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.

Screencap of the Globe editorial, listing Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.

Screencap of the Globe editorial, listing Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.

Screencap of the Globe editorial, listing Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.

Screencap of the Globe editorial, listing Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.

Screencap of the Globe editorial, listing Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.

The Globe's editorial this morning is a list of all the Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...

26.01.2026 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 8

This is the way to do it, @theglobeandmail.com editorial board.

26.01.2026 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

American optimism is a remarkable trait, but, dude, it is ridiculous that you could possibly believe that.

26.01.2026 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you were injured or killed by goons, they'd have the same reaction.

People have to realize family members love Trump more than they love you.

26.01.2026 06:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They're fleeing ICE.

26.01.2026 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ICE has killed 9 people so far in the first 25 days of 2026.

Alex Pretti
Renee Good
Keith Porter
Heber Sanchaz DomΓ­nguez
Victor Manuel Diaz
Parady La
Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
Geraldo Lunas Campos

They all deserve remembrance and justice.

26.01.2026 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 957    πŸ” 526    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 22

Got my copy from Munro's Books in Victoria, B.C. A rare purchase by me of an American product.

26.01.2026 02:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A  Canadian two-dollar bill from the 1970s showing a teenaged Paul Idlout (crouching at centre) with his father and four other traditional Inuit hunters.

A Canadian two-dollar bill from the 1970s showing a teenaged Paul Idlout (crouching at centre) with his father and four other traditional Inuit hunters.

Obit of Paul Ullatitaq Idlout who appeared on the $2 bill in the 1970s alongside his father and four other men preparing for a hunt on Baffin Island.
He later became an Anglican priest and the first Inuk bishop of any Christian denomination in the world.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

26.01.2026 01:23 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

Melania Antionette

25.01.2026 05:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.

White. Hot. Rage.

24.01.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 60529    πŸ” 18968    πŸ’¬ 1408    πŸ“Œ 750

The Timberwolves should refuse to play until ICE is out of Minneapolis. Ditto other NBA teams

24.01.2026 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The tariff threat over the Canada-China deal is a first test of the Carney doctrine, and Canada-US relations more generally.

Are we able to make independent decisions or are we a tributary?

24.01.2026 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4

I'd read an article about the four furthest compass points of a city like London.

24.01.2026 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE investigates after Colorado group says agents left β€˜death cards’ in arrested immigrants’ abandoned cars Immigration agents operating near Vail left branded playing cards β€” similar to those used by U.S. forces in Vietnam β€” in cars abandoned by arrested immigrants earlier this week, an advo…

ICE is investigating - and issued a rare condemnation - after a Colorado nonprofit said agents left behind branded β€œdeath cards” in vehicles abandoned after their owners were arrested in the state’s high country: www.denverpost.com/2026/01/23/c...

23.01.2026 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 579    πŸ” 325    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 66
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Braid: Trump lies about Canada's role in Afghanistan; our troops were in the thick of battle Afghanistan combat killed 158 Canadians. Many hundreds more were wounded

"The remarks hit many of us at the Herald like a physical punch. Our dear friend Michelle Lang, a wonderful person and one of the best reporters ever to walk into that newsroom, was killed in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb on Dec. 20, 2009."
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

23.01.2026 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Who can turn the world on with her simile?

24.01.2026 06:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No one understands diplomacy like Nosferatu von Ribbentrop.

24.01.2026 06:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats, Kate.

24.01.2026 06:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

On the other hand, Niall Ferguson does have an expertise in self-importance.

24.01.2026 06:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE detain yet another minor childβ€”chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.

"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.

Agent pins the boy down in snowβ€”he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25Β°F wind chill temperature.

Minneapolis, MN

23.01.2026 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4334    πŸ” 2651    πŸ’¬ 313    πŸ“Œ 683
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The Twin Cities aren’t playing when they say Abolish ICE.

Here’s another graphic for our Minnesota friends.

23.01.2026 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1111    πŸ” 217    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 15

One day, he will be gone, and then there will be a slew of books from insiders who will say it was far worse than anyone could have imagined, and then they will be pilloried for not speaking out at the time, and once that dies down, they all become CNN pundits.

23.01.2026 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

They know their audience has an insatiable appetite for seeing black women humiliated for exceeding their station, so when it didn’t happen they used AI to complete the fantasy bsky.app/profile/nyti...

23.01.2026 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 5101    πŸ” 1320    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 16

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