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New WP! We find: Overall male and female cabinet members have the same backgrounds, but women in high ranking positions, and women in contexts with few women in politics have backgrounds that align more with the archetypal politician. With @jacobnyrup.bsky.social

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Timeline cleanser

As today is World Octopus Day I’ll again mention that a Spanish equivalent to “like a fish out of water” is como un pulpo en un garaje. It means “like an octopus in a garage.”

Just like the gallon!

Noting, of course, that it’s Imperial cups and spoons and not US cups and spoons!

(For everyone who doesn’t know: „Christian Identity“ is a White supremacist, racist, deeply antisemitic theology that sees white people as God‘s chosen people and believes that Jesus essentially wants a genocidal, holy race war against Jews and other minorities)

I’m watched this whole thing. It’s very soothing.

Intéressant. Ceux qui partagent du contenu de twitter ici peuvent remplacer le x.com par xcancel.com dans le lien.

Comme ça on peut voir le contenu sans devoir se connecter à "x".

Rachael Thomas and the Conservatives are hypocrites During a parliamentary committee meeting this week, Conservative MP Rachael Thomas took issue with a Cult MTL editorial.

Rachael Thomas and the Conservatives are hypocrites

“Rachael Thomas lied about what I said. She’s also a hypocrite for saying that she defends free speech while insinuating Cult MTL should be cancelled because we published something she finds offensive.”

An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.

Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

Reform UK's former leader in Wales has admitted taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia while being a Member of the European Parliament.
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To put this into context, at the rates these Telegram accounts are paying, RBC employees would need to commit identity fraud against 4.5 prime ministers per month to cover one month’s rent for an average 1 BR apartment in downtown Ottawa

That's not even including food, hydro, phone / internet, etc.

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My cartoon in the Thursday Hamilton Spectator as Csrney and Sheinbaum meet: www.thespec.com/opinion/edit...

Obama: We have to recognize that on both sides there are people who are extremists 

But I will say that those extreme views were not in my White House. I wasn’t embracing them. I wasn’t empowering them. I wasn’t putting the weight of the government behind extremist views.

C'est le fameux avantage du terrain: les conducteurs de tramway de Vienne ont remporté samedi à domicile le premier Mondial du genre, faisant valoir leur précision dans des épreuves de bowling ou de curling adaptées à l'échelle du véhicule.
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Thank you Michael Fanone. For those who do not recognize the name, Michael is one of the officers who defended America on January 6th and was left permanently injured as a result. He is a true hero of our Democracy.

Thanks for reposting this. Really helpful recommendation.

You can feel any kinda way about someone being killed while still limiting your exposure to the footage of it.

A lot of talk about how violence just begets more violence, but not enough people talking about how mainlining graphic content is harmful, even to the best of us.

Heed this advice ⬇️

We must stand resolutely against political assassination and political violence of all kinds, and just as resolutely against everyone who exploits acts of violence as the pretext or excuse for political repression of political opponents.

Thank you for the smile!

Spencer Cox: "Our nation is broken. We had political assassinations recently in Minnesota. We had an attempted assassination on the gov of Pennsylvania. And we had an attempted assassination on a president. Nothing I say can unite us as a country. Nothing I can say right now can fix what is broken"

We don’t yet know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy. Michelle and I will be praying for Charlie’s family tonight, especially his wife Erika and their two young children.

Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.

BREAKING: Charlie Kirk Has Died After Being Shot In the Neck In Utah Turning Points USA Founder and Conservative influencer Charlie Kirk has died from gunshot wounds suffered during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley State.

He was like a son to me. Even tho we were on opposite sides of the political divide these past 7yrs, I still considered him a son. I’m broken for him & his family. And I’m scared for this country. Neither side has a monopoly on political violence. Stop the violence. www.mediaite.com/media/news/b...

I'm horrified to hear that Charlie Kirk was shot at an event in Utah.

Democratic societies will always have political disagreements, but we must never allow America to become a country that confronts those disagreements with violence.

Mark and I are praying for Charlie's recovery.

This story is WILD. Trump sent Seal Team 6 into North Korea to plant a listening device. The entire thing went sideways within minutes of landing when they noticed a fishing boat near the beach. They killed everyone on board, sunk the bodies to cover their tracks, and fled. Congress was never told.

And, perhaps not “was” right but I defer