Rusty Idols

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Canadian former Journalist, former union activist and lobbyist. He/Him.

Pierre Poilievre is meeting with an unambiguous hate group in Winnipeg today.

It's roughly equivalent to a Republican candidate for President being Grand Marshall at a Klan march.

What we are seeing from Republicans and the world wide conservative movement right now is panic.

Pure, unadulterated, staring down a generational abyss, panic.

To conservative Christians the paltry few mentions of homosexuality in the bible are iron clad definites. Literal requirements. But the many far more extensive and vehement passages of the bible attacking wealth and privilege and calling on believers to sacrifice and relinquish their wealth and privilege and warning being rich is an almost guaranteed barricade to getting into Heaven? Those are just metaphors. Pay no attention to those.

As it is the last day of 2022, Oliver sat down with me to give me my performance review.

I apparently need improvement at providing treats on demand. Hopefully I will do better in in 2023
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He does, in fact, have that right.

It's one of those twice a day moments when a stopped clock is right. Donald Trump warns Republicans that threatening to kill social security or ban abortion with no exceptions for rape, incest or the life of the mother will always cost them elections.

https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-2659039792/

Trump channels his inner liberal as he warns of 'Democrat traps' in Breitbart interview

Donald Trump says he’d never cut Social Security and would protect “the three exceptions” for abortion were he to get into the White House again, according to an interview released this week at Breitbart.com.Trump predictably used the interview to attack Republican foes and failed candidates, but he...

Raw Story - Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism

How come whenever actual arrests for voter and electoral fraud are made it always turns out to be Republicans committing it?

https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/Rensselaer-County-s-Republican-elections-17438122.php

Rensselaer County GOP elections commissioner arrested by FBI

Jason T. Schofield, the Republican Rensselaer County Board of Elections commissioner, was...

Times Union

If you were travelling with South West and they told you the only option for compensating you for your cancelled flight was a credit not a refund they lied.

Here's the site that will allow you to demand a refund:

https://www.southwest.com/traveldisruption/

Travel Disruption | Southwest Airlines

Due to adverse weather events and their resulting effects, we are currently experiencing operational disruptions and are working diligently and safely to restore normal flight schedules as quickly as possible.

BREAKING: Greta Thunberg response to Andrew Tate has been hung in the Louvre.