Karen
@bethechange60.bsky.social
Proud Canadian, increasingly horrified by current politics. Worried about the planet and the future of democracy. Be kind, but don't put up with extremism.
My desire to be well informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane.
🇨🇦TEAM CARNEY🇨🇦
My desire to be well informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane.
🇨🇦TEAM CARNEY🇨🇦
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It’s by-election day in Calgary-Shaw. The polls are open from 9:00am until 8:00pm.
September 14, 2026 at 1:29 PM
It’s by-election day in Calgary-Shaw. The polls are open from 9:00am until 8:00pm.
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“Guys, they want us to go home.”
🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda)
🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda)
September 13, 2026 at 1:22 PM
“Guys, they want us to go home.”
🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda)
🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda)
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NYT lame: “It was not clear how he would go about that.”
AP honest and unafraid: “The proposal, which could cost at least $1 trillion, was financially and politically implausible.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
AP honest and unafraid: “The proposal, which could cost at least $1 trillion, was financially and politically implausible.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
Republicans slam Democrats and declare devotion to Trump during unusual midterm convention
Republicans opened their unique midterm convention that's being described as a “Trump-a-Palooza.” The two-day event in Dallas kicked off Wednesday and puts President Donald Trump at center stage — whether candidates like it or not.
apnews.com
September 10, 2026 at 3:27 AM
NYT lame: “It was not clear how he would go about that.”
AP honest and unafraid: “The proposal, which could cost at least $1 trillion, was financially and politically implausible.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
AP honest and unafraid: “The proposal, which could cost at least $1 trillion, was financially and politically implausible.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
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There's your campaign ad right there.
Medicare isn't some handout
American seniors PAID for it-through years of hard work
Jesus, is it possible for Republicans to hate Americans any more than they suggest do
American seniors PAID for it-through years of hard work
Jesus, is it possible for Republicans to hate Americans any more than they suggest do
Republican New Hampshire Senate candidate John Sununu says he supports a work requirement for seniors on Medicare:
"I certainly support a work requirement for able-bodied Medicare recipients."
"I certainly support a work requirement for able-bodied Medicare recipients."
September 10, 2026 at 5:07 AM
There's your campaign ad right there.
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The USDA has announced a recall of 1,513 pounds of pork contaminated with listeria, warning there is a reasonable chance of "serious adverse health consequences or death" if consumed.
September 8, 2026 at 2:39 PM
The USDA has announced a recall of 1,513 pounds of pork contaminated with listeria, warning there is a reasonable chance of "serious adverse health consequences or death" if consumed.
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This is RFKJr's MAHA movement at work www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/m...
Thousands of pounds of pork recalled over listeria concerns, including some sold in Illinois
More than 15,000 pounds of ready-to-eat guanciale pork was recalled over concerns it could be contaminated with listeria, officials said.
www.nbcchicago.com
September 8, 2026 at 3:58 PM
This is RFKJr's MAHA movement at work www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/m...
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Bombshell October 7 Report Leads to Calls for Netanyahu’s Removal The Israeli prime minister received a major warning just days before the October 7 attack—and chose not to tell anyone. ...
Bombshell October 7 Report Leads to Calls for Netanyahu’s Removal
The Israeli prime minister received a major warning just days before the October 7 attack—and chose not to tell anyone.
newrepublic.com
September 8, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Bombshell October 7 Report Leads to Calls for Netanyahu’s Removal The Israeli prime minister received a major warning just days before the October 7 attack—and chose not to tell anyone. ...
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The current Congress is the worst in history. period.
September 6, 2026 at 4:49 PM
The current Congress is the worst in history. period.
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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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Candles are being lit & flowers scattered over 100 Palestinians, including 70 children, recovered from beneath the rubble of destroyed homes in Gaza City’s Al-Zeitoun neighborhood. They were executed one by one by Israeli forces after troops entered during the genocide.
💔😢💔💔🤬🇮🇱🤬🤬🤬🤬🇮🇱♾️
💔😢💔💔🤬🇮🇱🤬🤬🤬🤬🇮🇱♾️
September 5, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Candles are being lit & flowers scattered over 100 Palestinians, including 70 children, recovered from beneath the rubble of destroyed homes in Gaza City’s Al-Zeitoun neighborhood. They were executed one by one by Israeli forces after troops entered during the genocide.
💔😢💔💔🤬🇮🇱🤬🤬🤬🤬🇮🇱♾️
💔😢💔💔🤬🇮🇱🤬🤬🤬🤬🇮🇱♾️
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Good little read👇👇👇
THE WORLDS BIGGEST WELFARE QUEENS NEED US
THE WORLDS BIGGEST WELFARE QUEENS NEED US
"Canada Subsidizes the U.S., not the Other Way Around"
-Thank you to the wonderful folks at The University of British Columbia for explaining in 3 simple, salient points how Canada props up the world's biggest welfare queen:
socialwork.ubc.ca/news/canada-...
-Thank you to the wonderful folks at The University of British Columbia for explaining in 3 simple, salient points how Canada props up the world's biggest welfare queen:
socialwork.ubc.ca/news/canada-...
September 6, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Good little read👇👇👇
THE WORLDS BIGGEST WELFARE QUEENS NEED US
THE WORLDS BIGGEST WELFARE QUEENS NEED US
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"Canada Subsidizes the U.S., not the Other Way Around"
-Thank you to the wonderful folks at The University of British Columbia for explaining in 3 simple, salient points how Canada props up the world's biggest welfare queen:
socialwork.ubc.ca/news/canada-...
-Thank you to the wonderful folks at The University of British Columbia for explaining in 3 simple, salient points how Canada props up the world's biggest welfare queen:
socialwork.ubc.ca/news/canada-...
September 6, 2026 at 12:43 PM
"Canada Subsidizes the U.S., not the Other Way Around"
-Thank you to the wonderful folks at The University of British Columbia for explaining in 3 simple, salient points how Canada props up the world's biggest welfare queen:
socialwork.ubc.ca/news/canada-...
-Thank you to the wonderful folks at The University of British Columbia for explaining in 3 simple, salient points how Canada props up the world's biggest welfare queen:
socialwork.ubc.ca/news/canada-...
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WhiskeyPeteKegsbreath is Propagandizing American Citizens by using American tax dollars to target Americans with PSYOPS which is a CRIME!
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
Sneering Hegseth's order could land him in prison for life — it's just one of many crimes
What should we Americans do when it comes out that our Secretary of Defense has been committing crimes in plain sight and nobody in the administration seems concerned about it?Back in 2008, New York T...
www.rawstory.com
September 2, 2026 at 1:12 PM
WhiskeyPeteKegsbreath is Propagandizing American Citizens by using American tax dollars to target Americans with PSYOPS which is a CRIME!
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
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I don’t think there’s really even a colorable argument that this isn’t mass murder.
theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...
theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...
The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”
“The boat strikes are, perhaps, the most stark testament to the lawlessness of the Trump administration.”
theintercept.com
September 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
I don’t think there’s really even a colorable argument that this isn’t mass murder.
theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...
theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...
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With the mid-terms coming up:
‘24 Presidential
77.3 million: tRump
75.0 million: Harris
2.2 million: 3rd party wasted votes
90.5 million stayed home, didn’t give a shit.
If we want the American experiment to continue, this must change.. below 2016 numbers….
‘24 Presidential
77.3 million: tRump
75.0 million: Harris
2.2 million: 3rd party wasted votes
90.5 million stayed home, didn’t give a shit.
If we want the American experiment to continue, this must change.. below 2016 numbers….
August 22, 2026 at 5:05 PM
With the mid-terms coming up:
‘24 Presidential
77.3 million: tRump
75.0 million: Harris
2.2 million: 3rd party wasted votes
90.5 million stayed home, didn’t give a shit.
If we want the American experiment to continue, this must change.. below 2016 numbers….
‘24 Presidential
77.3 million: tRump
75.0 million: Harris
2.2 million: 3rd party wasted votes
90.5 million stayed home, didn’t give a shit.
If we want the American experiment to continue, this must change.. below 2016 numbers….
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See? It's not hard.
WELKER: Do you think democratic socialists have a place in the Democratic Party?
VAN HOLLEN: Yes they do as part of the debate. I think that those in the Dem Party who are afraid of a healthy debate are missing the point, because Democratic voters do not want a return to the pre-Trump status quo
VAN HOLLEN: Yes they do as part of the debate. I think that those in the Dem Party who are afraid of a healthy debate are missing the point, because Democratic voters do not want a return to the pre-Trump status quo
August 23, 2026 at 4:11 PM
See? It's not hard.
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Trump brazenly lies that no taxpayer money will be spent on his ballroom (taxpayers will in fact spend hundreds of millions on it)
August 22, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Trump brazenly lies that no taxpayer money will be spent on his ballroom (taxpayers will in fact spend hundreds of millions on it)
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I’m gonna agree with Charlie on this
Sell the Maple Maga mansion. Canadian taxpayers are paying for a 19 room mansion, private chef and groundskeepers for Pierre Poilievre. Meanwhile the PM is doing a public fundraising campaign to fix the broken down residence of the Prime Minister.
youtube.com/shorts/TA2Yj...
youtube.com/shorts/TA2Yj...
LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH & FAMOUS - MAPLE MAGA EDITION
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
youtube.com
August 14, 2026 at 10:06 PM
I’m gonna agree with Charlie on this
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Hunter Biden: “Trump is an existential threat. Trump is doing more damage to the USA than any other single individual than I can possibly think of single maybe Andrew Johnson after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The way in which he has turned the Oval Office into the family office for the
August 14, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Hunter Biden: “Trump is an existential threat. Trump is doing more damage to the USA than any other single individual than I can possibly think of single maybe Andrew Johnson after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The way in which he has turned the Oval Office into the family office for the
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August 13, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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Headlines in all major Canadian publications claim that Jewish families are "fleeing" Canada and that antisemitism is as bad as Nazi Germany 1933.
The coverage is total bullshit but gives a perfect platform for MAGA to raise new threats against us.
My latest:
youtu.be/4j0-Ly56ZGo?...
The coverage is total bullshit but gives a perfect platform for MAGA to raise new threats against us.
My latest:
youtu.be/4j0-Ly56ZGo?...
CLICK BAIT OF HATE - HOW CANADIAN MEDIA SPIN THE GENOCIDE
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
youtu.be
August 9, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Headlines in all major Canadian publications claim that Jewish families are "fleeing" Canada and that antisemitism is as bad as Nazi Germany 1933.
The coverage is total bullshit but gives a perfect platform for MAGA to raise new threats against us.
My latest:
youtu.be/4j0-Ly56ZGo?...
The coverage is total bullshit but gives a perfect platform for MAGA to raise new threats against us.
My latest:
youtu.be/4j0-Ly56ZGo?...
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That's not a complaint. That's a confession.
A sitting U.S. Senator just admitted, out loud, that his party has completely abandoned its constitutional responsibility. No pushback. No oversight. No spine.
A sitting U.S. Senator just admitted, out loud, that his party has completely abandoned its constitutional responsibility. No pushback. No oversight. No spine.
August 7, 2026 at 9:46 AM
That's not a complaint. That's a confession.
A sitting U.S. Senator just admitted, out loud, that his party has completely abandoned its constitutional responsibility. No pushback. No oversight. No spine.
A sitting U.S. Senator just admitted, out loud, that his party has completely abandoned its constitutional responsibility. No pushback. No oversight. No spine.
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Tariff Transfer Scam
Walmart, the company that pays its workers so poorly that many rely on federal welfare programs, just received a $10.2 billion tariff refund cheque for Pedolf's illegal tariffs, which YOU the American consumer paid & which pushed up inflation
Walmart, the company that pays its workers so poorly that many rely on federal welfare programs, just received a $10.2 billion tariff refund cheque for Pedolf's illegal tariffs, which YOU the American consumer paid & which pushed up inflation
August 6, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Tariff Transfer Scam
Walmart, the company that pays its workers so poorly that many rely on federal welfare programs, just received a $10.2 billion tariff refund cheque for Pedolf's illegal tariffs, which YOU the American consumer paid & which pushed up inflation
Walmart, the company that pays its workers so poorly that many rely on federal welfare programs, just received a $10.2 billion tariff refund cheque for Pedolf's illegal tariffs, which YOU the American consumer paid & which pushed up inflation