Gail Dugas🇨🇦
@wintrgarden.bsky.social
Former journalist living on an island in British Columbia.
Alt text: A view over Baynes Sound looking towards Vancouver Island. Water and Douglas Firs
Alt text: A view over Baynes Sound looking towards Vancouver Island. Water and Douglas Firs
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DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history.
This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
September 22, 2026 at 6:46 PM
DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history.
This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
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When Elon Musk's groups spent $20M+ on Wisconsin's 2025 Supreme Court race, his involvement backfired and his candidate lost by 10 points.
Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race.
Would be a shame if people found out.
Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race.
Would be a shame if people found out.
Elon Musk is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Republicans want to keep it that way.
One Republican involved in the Texas Senate contest called Musk’s in-your-face campaigning in Wisconsin last year “a mis
www.nbcnews.com
September 21, 2026 at 8:45 PM
When Elon Musk's groups spent $20M+ on Wisconsin's 2025 Supreme Court race, his involvement backfired and his candidate lost by 10 points.
Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race.
Would be a shame if people found out.
Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race.
Would be a shame if people found out.
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"I've been looking around the table that Carney has set for this summer and I don't see any of us at the table," he said. "Does that mean we're on the menu?"
@nikbarryshaw.bsky.social
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
@nikbarryshaw.bsky.social
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Over 1,000 protesters demonstrate against Carney's investment summit in Toronto, 2 arrested | CBC News
More than 1,000 demonstrators gathered in downtown Toronto on Monday to protest against an investment summit organized by Prime Minister Mark Carney.
www.cbc.ca
September 17, 2026 at 1:53 AM
"I've been looking around the table that Carney has set for this summer and I don't see any of us at the table," he said. "Does that mean we're on the menu?"
@nikbarryshaw.bsky.social
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
@nikbarryshaw.bsky.social
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
September 13, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
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Jordanian editorial cartoonist Osama Hajjaj salutes Canada’s response to the U.S. bloviator in chief.
September 6, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Jordanian editorial cartoonist Osama Hajjaj salutes Canada’s response to the U.S. bloviator in chief.
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Doubt America has devolved into a dictatorship and a kleptocracy? Jared Kushner is not a govt official. He’s just the son in law of Trump. Where are the experts? Where are the professionals appointed and confirmed? What a disgrace .
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/w...
Putin Meets Witkoff and Kushner in Moscow to Discuss Ukraine War
President Vladimir V. Putin ordered a pause in strikes on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, ahead of the meeting with President Trump’s envoys: his son-in-law Jared Kushner and the businessman Steve Witkoff.
www.nytimes.com
September 6, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Doubt America has devolved into a dictatorship and a kleptocracy? Jared Kushner is not a govt official. He’s just the son in law of Trump. Where are the experts? Where are the professionals appointed and confirmed? What a disgrace .
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/w...
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Federal minimum wage in:
2009: $7.25
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25
2023: $7.25
2024: $7.25
2025: $7.25
2026: $7.25
Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
2009: $7.25
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25
2023: $7.25
2024: $7.25
2025: $7.25
2026: $7.25
Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
September 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Federal minimum wage in:
2009: $7.25
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25
2023: $7.25
2024: $7.25
2025: $7.25
2026: $7.25
Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
2009: $7.25
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25
2023: $7.25
2024: $7.25
2025: $7.25
2026: $7.25
Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
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“Remember, the Constitution doesn’t begin with, ‘I, the president.’ It begins with, ‘We, the people.’ ”
—Gloria Steinem at the 2017 Women’s March
—Gloria Steinem at the 2017 Women’s March
September 3, 2026 at 11:44 PM
“Remember, the Constitution doesn’t begin with, ‘I, the president.’ It begins with, ‘We, the people.’ ”
—Gloria Steinem at the 2017 Women’s March
—Gloria Steinem at the 2017 Women’s March
Oh this will be interesting
This won’t go over well.
U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra to visit Newfoundland for 25th anniversary of 9/11
Chretien, governor general also expected in Gander
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra to visit Newfoundland for 25th anniversary of 9/11
Chretien, governor general also expected in Gander
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra to visit Newfoundland for 25th anniversary of 9/11 | CBC News
U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra will be among the dignitaries heading to central Newfoundland this month to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
www.cbc.ca
September 3, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Oh this will be interesting
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
September 2, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
August 31, 2026 at 9:00 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
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🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Canadian scientists at the University of Waterloo Dr. Brian Ingalls, Dr. Sara Sadr, and Dr. Marc Aucoin have engineered “tumor-eating” bacteria that can invade and consume cancerous tumors from within.
A potential breakthrough in cancer treatment research.
A potential breakthrough in cancer treatment research.
August 31, 2026 at 4:38 PM
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Canadian scientists at the University of Waterloo Dr. Brian Ingalls, Dr. Sara Sadr, and Dr. Marc Aucoin have engineered “tumor-eating” bacteria that can invade and consume cancerous tumors from within.
A potential breakthrough in cancer treatment research.
A potential breakthrough in cancer treatment research.
We do have the nice gene. But we also know when enough is enough and it ain't going anywhere.
Abdul El-Sayed: “Canadians are like the only people in the world who are going to preemptively apologize for something they didn't even do. So if you're starting a trade war with Canada, it's because you're the asshole.”
August 31, 2026 at 9:05 PM
We do have the nice gene. But we also know when enough is enough and it ain't going anywhere.
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For many westerners democracy is a foreign concept, the idea of self determination and civic duty and what that entails or looks like eludes them. When democracy works so well you forget how to practice it then your life is too comfortable. Ukraine and many states under threat have not forgotten.
August 19, 2026 at 4:14 AM
For many westerners democracy is a foreign concept, the idea of self determination and civic duty and what that entails or looks like eludes them. When democracy works so well you forget how to practice it then your life is too comfortable. Ukraine and many states under threat have not forgotten.
One of the reasons Canada has to keep its committment to its own dairy and egg production and food inspection
The cyclospora outbreak has reached 13,895 cases across 47 states.
The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination.
Screwworm cases continue to rise.
And we’ve just surpassed 2,500 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record.
“Make America Healthy Again.”
The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination.
Screwworm cases continue to rise.
And we’ve just surpassed 2,500 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record.
“Make America Healthy Again.”
August 16, 2026 at 2:29 PM
One of the reasons Canada has to keep its committment to its own dairy and egg production and food inspection
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Amazon workers on federal aid nearly tripled between 2020 and 2025.
During that time, Jeff Bezos saw his net worth jump by $139B as Amazon profits hit record highs.
No corporation as profitable as Amazon should be paying its workers so little they must rely on food stamps and Medicaid to survive.
During that time, Jeff Bezos saw his net worth jump by $139B as Amazon profits hit record highs.
No corporation as profitable as Amazon should be paying its workers so little they must rely on food stamps and Medicaid to survive.
July 23, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Amazon workers on federal aid nearly tripled between 2020 and 2025.
During that time, Jeff Bezos saw his net worth jump by $139B as Amazon profits hit record highs.
No corporation as profitable as Amazon should be paying its workers so little they must rely on food stamps and Medicaid to survive.
During that time, Jeff Bezos saw his net worth jump by $139B as Amazon profits hit record highs.
No corporation as profitable as Amazon should be paying its workers so little they must rely on food stamps and Medicaid to survive.
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Investigations are ongoing but just four corporations control 54% of the fresh-cut salad industry, including Taylor Fresh Foods.
Market concentration —> more pricing power —> higher profits —> more spending on lobbying and campaign donations —> more deregulation
See the dangers of monopolization?
Market concentration —> more pricing power —> higher profits —> more spending on lobbying and campaign donations —> more deregulation
See the dangers of monopolization?
Taylor Farms, the lettuce supplier at the center of our explosive diarrhea outbreak, has spent millions to oppose food regulation and elect Donald Trump and other MAGA Republicans:
Taylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea Outbreak
The company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC.
www.wired.com
July 22, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Investigations are ongoing but just four corporations control 54% of the fresh-cut salad industry, including Taylor Fresh Foods.
Market concentration —> more pricing power —> higher profits —> more spending on lobbying and campaign donations —> more deregulation
See the dangers of monopolization?
Market concentration —> more pricing power —> higher profits —> more spending on lobbying and campaign donations —> more deregulation
See the dangers of monopolization?
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He doesn't really want pipelines, he's just playing 4D chess with Alberta
He doesn't really want pipelines, he's just playing 4D chess with Alberta
He doesn't really want pipelines, he's just playing 4D chess with Alberta
He doesn't really want pipelines, he's just playing 4D chess with Alberta
He doesn't really want pipelines, he's just playing 4D chess with Alberta
He doesn't really want pipelines, he's just playing 4D chess with Alberta
He doesn't really want pipelines, he's just playing 4D chess with Alberta
Mark Carney's era of new oil and gas infrastructure has begun, with a gas pipeline breaking ground in BC.
First new oil and gas pipeline under Carney's Liberals breaks ground in BC
Construction of the Sunrise pipeline, which would transport a further 300 million cubic feet per day production from BC and Alberta to the Canada-US border, gets underway, despite economic and environ...
www.nationalobserver.com
July 21, 2026 at 11:03 PM
He doesn't really want pipelines, he's just playing 4D chess with Alberta
He doesn't really want pipelines, he's just playing 4D chess with Alberta
He doesn't really want pipelines, he's just playing 4D chess with Alberta
He doesn't really want pipelines, he's just playing 4D chess with Alberta
He doesn't really want pipelines, he's just playing 4D chess with Alberta
He doesn't really want pipelines, he's just playing 4D chess with Alberta
He doesn't really want pipelines, he's just playing 4D chess with Alberta
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
July 21, 2026 at 7:15 PM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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Just 10 billionaires have already poured over $600 MILLION into this year's midterms.
In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million.
But two states have a plan to take on Big Money. Watch.
In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million.
But two states have a plan to take on Big Money. Watch.
Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
youtu.be
July 19, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Just 10 billionaires have already poured over $600 MILLION into this year's midterms.
In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million.
But two states have a plan to take on Big Money. Watch.
In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million.
But two states have a plan to take on Big Money. Watch.
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The upside: You won the World Cup!
The downside: You have to meet Donald Trump.
The downside: You have to meet Donald Trump.
July 19, 2026 at 10:14 PM
The upside: You won the World Cup!
The downside: You have to meet Donald Trump.
The downside: You have to meet Donald Trump.
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Don't be smug about food-borne outbreaks in the US, Canada. Carney is gutting our capacity to ensure food safety too.
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www.agrunion.com/jobs-cuts-at...
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www.agrunion.com/jobs-cuts-at...
Jobs cuts at CFIA will lead to a food safety crisis in Canada - Syndicat Agriculture Union
For Immediate Release Ottawa, January 28, 2026 – Yesterday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced sweeping job cuts as part of a government-wide expenditure review ordered by Mark Carn...
www.agrunion.com
July 16, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Don't be smug about food-borne outbreaks in the US, Canada. Carney is gutting our capacity to ensure food safety too.
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www.agrunion.com/jobs-cuts-at...
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www.agrunion.com/jobs-cuts-at...
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July 14, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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