In case anyone is interested: The Globe and Mail’s 2024 ranking for #Canada’s Most Livable Cities 
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"David Kraning has watched his profits diminish and expenses go up at Video Stop, the last video rental store in Pocatello, Idaho.
Recently, he knew he had to close. But he faced a dilemma: What would he do about his most loyal customer?
Christina Cavanaugh, 35, has come to the shop three times a week for more than 15 years to pick out movies with her mother, Toni Cavanaugh. Christina is mostly nonverbal and has Down syndrome."
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Trump has circulated a draft executive order that calls on “Education Secretary Linda McMahon to ‘take all necessary steps’ to facilitate the closure of the department ‘to the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law’.” Closing a department requires 60 votes in the Senate.
What's #Putin Got on Trump (pee tapes?)
Under Trump, America’s New Friends: #Russia, #NorthKorea and #Belarus
When it comes to the war in Ukraine, President Trump finds common cause with the world’s outlier states and stands against traditional U.S. allies like #Britain, #France, #Germany, #Canada, #Japan and #Italy.
"If the old saying is true, that you are known by who your friends are, then President #Trump may be telling the world something about who he plans to be in this second term.”
#giftlink #peetapes #putin
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/us/politics/trump-diplomacy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.z04.VEvO._Q8wyDBLbd_x&smid=url-share
“At some point, presumably, the justices will draw the line.”
From your lips to g*d’s ear.
« Lillian Bacon, 25, a college student majoring in political science, said, “I’m here today to fight for democracy and fight for the liberty and dignity of all people.”
It was her first time participating in a public protest. She said she had become furious and disappointed with Mr. Trump, Mr. Musk and Republican leader . » #GiftLink #NotMyPresident’sDay https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/us/politics/trump-musk-protests-50501-presidents-day.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x04.tG-e.UWjWRCoH_X6G&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
“It is not just that the democratic world can no longer count on America. It is that America, under Mr. Trump, is no longer necessarily part of the democratic world…” #GiftLink https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/55fbe72bf0b34ca2ce529bbe946488c492e666379f55ce704dbaf469757eb254/BHE4NBMOIFAWDAHHUNK5GNAYAY
Thousands of civilians disappeared, tortured and held without charge or trial: "Civilians, international norms say, can be detained only “in accordance with the laws and regulations of the occupying power,” with a guarantee of a fair trial and basic rights. None of those rules is being observed by Russian authorities"
V WaPo:
Marko Elez, one of the 2 ppl who accessed the Treasury payment system, resigned after the WSJ tied him to a since-deleted soc med acct that featured racist posts, incl the boast that he was “racist before it was cool.” On Friday, Musk, President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance all called for Elez to be reinstated.
https://wapo.st/3ErB69r
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Sharing a #GiftLink #GiftArticle in case anyone is looking for #BuyCanadian info! https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/914007e16103ebdc9bbb4e91e0aa28e8e13a1cab90af066f86bf137292851bf3/CW5PIX6Y2RDW7CN5MR36JSWFMY
NYT Editorial Gift Link - “Now Is Not the Time to Tune Out”
See how your Senator voted and call or email to express your fury. I just wrote Kirsten Gillibrand, who voted for 6 loathsome appointees, including the Treasury secty under whom Musk is rampaging illegally. Even Bernie Sanders voted for a couple of these guys. Push them to use every tool to slow down this coup. #GIFTLink. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/06/us/politics/cabinet-confirmation-votes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vU4.7x3h.HokOA6r71782&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
V WaPo:
Kash Patel was paid by Russian filmmaker with Kremlin ties, documents show
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I missed this NYT op-ed by Ezra Klein last week, but it is really great and gives me a better informed basis for my worry about good people panicking and despairing over what the self-appointed king and his vizier are trying.
“Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality. He is hoping that perception then becomes reality.”
I did NOT know the US became a net importer of food during Trump1 due to Chinese tariffs!
Donald Trump is killing people, exactly as he promised, and exactly as all who listened to what he was really saying knew he would. He claimed he would make America greater, but the only thing he's made greater is our shame. #GiftLink https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/world/asia/trump-usaid-freeze.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tU4.VFQL.g4ZFfHvM9foy&smid=url-share
The presidential candidate has faced previously undisclosed health issues, including a parasite that he said ate part of his brain. Now you’re just fucking with us! Folks, DO NOT vote for the guy with the worm-eaten brain!!!
#NeverRFKJr #VoteBlueToSaveEverything #RFKisNoKennedy #RFKGrifter #RFKMoneyGrab #Spoilers #GiftLink
R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/rfk-jr-brain-health-memory-loss.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qU0.WDXn.4Si0yRoo45qB&smid=url-share
Donald Trump has done more damage to this nation in a week than our foreign enemies have been able to do in decades. Every move he's made will cause us to get sicker, grow poorer, and die younger. The worst part is — none of it is a surprise. He's doing what he promised he would do. #GiftLink https://wapo.st/4gfgcHQ
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