DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a>: As Maine eyes voter ID law, Trump order tightens federal registration rules</p><p>by Caroline LeCour, March 27, 2025</p><p>"As Maine voters eye a statewide voter ID proposal, a new <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> from President Donald <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is adding another layer to the conversation around election integrity and access. </p><p>"The order signed Wednesday would require proof of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USCitizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCitizenship</span></a> to register for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FederalElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalElections</span></a> and mandate that all ballots be received by Election Day—a change from the current system in many states that allows ballots postmarked by Election Day to count if received later.</p><p>"Though separate from Maine's voter ID proposal—which addresses identification at the polls rather than registration—some in the state see a common goal.</p><p>"'This is a policy, different policies to strengthen our elections, to increase confidence of voters to participate in our democratic process,' <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlexTitcomb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlexTitcomb</span></a>, of the grassroots organization The Dinner Table, [a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PAC</span></a>] said. The group spared Maine's voter ID proposal, which was certified by the Maine Secretary of State earlier this year. </p><p>"Critics argue that requiring documents many voters may not readily have—especially those whose names may not match across forms of ID—could discourage legitimate voters from participating.</p><p>"'A lot of married women have changed their names, some of their documents don't match up,' Jen Lancaster, with the League of Women Voters of Maine, said. 'Maybe they don't have the perfect document, and they get turned away. That's what <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VoterSuppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoterSuppression</span></a> is. It's eligible voters being denied their right to vote.'</p><p>"Lancaster says the executive order is likely to face legal challenges, echoing concerns from national <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VotingRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VotingRights</span></a> organizations."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/as-maine-eyes-voter-id-law-trump-order-tightens-federal-registration-rules/ar-AA1BJQb9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/politics/as</span><span class="invisible">-maine-eyes-voter-id-law-trump-order-tightens-federal-registration-rules/ar-AA1BJQb9</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VoterDisenfranchisement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoterDisenfranchisement</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MainePol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MainePol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VoterID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoterID</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VoterIDAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoterIDAct</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeagueOfWomenVoters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeagueOfWomenVoters</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AbsenteeVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbsenteeVoting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AbsenteeBallots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbsenteeBallots</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VoterID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoterID</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SAVEAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SAVEAct</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USElections</span></a></p>
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Kenny Lenny Kirk<p><a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23DanielleSmith" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DanielleSmith</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Traitor" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Traitor</a>
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Wen<p>An opinion piece. But IMHO (as goodd as this) we all know that Westminster Ministers typically only think of their own advantages - now and in the future. Others who will not benefit them are only of interest if it might effect their votes (and earning potential)</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/28/uk-ministers-need-to-ask-why-they-are-offered-freebies-and-who-loses-out" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">mar/28/uk-ministers-need-to-ask-why-they-are-offered-freebies-and-who-loses-out</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UkPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UkPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Westminster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Westminster</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Freebies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freebies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stupidity</span></a></p>
Witty Dragon<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://spore.social/@Greengordon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Greengordon</span></a></span> <br>That's easy then. So, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tump</span></a>'s sympathisers just need to offer the highest tax cuts, win the election, become part of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> and the duo <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> can start being "efficient" in Canada.<br>The very first executive order will be not only to cancel any tax cuts but it will increase the tax on low-income <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canadians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canadians</span></a>. Just look South and you can see what happens.<br>In the UK, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brexit</span></a> was caused by stupidity/naivety: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> party was on the fence and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> not emphatic enough.</p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>She's raising funds for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazis</span></a> now</p><p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GlobalNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalNews</span></a> - Mar 26, 2025</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alberta</span></a> Premier <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DanielleSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSmith</span></a> is defending plan 2 fly 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> 2 appear @ event alongside <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> influencer who calls <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> “a silly country,” saying it is her duty 2 do everything she can 2 reach out 2 Americans 2 prevent <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a></p><p>Smith is 2 make a speaking appearance Thur w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BenShapiro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenShapiro</span></a> @ fundraiser 4 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PragerU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PragerU</span></a> amid..calls from Opposition <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NDP</span></a> 4 her 2 abandon the trip</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Traitor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Traitor</span></a></p><p><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11098897/alberta-danielle-smith-ben-shapiro-prageru/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">globalnews.ca/news/11098897/al</span><span class="invisible">berta-danielle-smith-ben-shapiro-prageru/</span></a></p>
C.<p>I need to say this. When reading this, keep in mind that I have previously declared that there is no Canadian political party which represents my beliefs. Pournelle's two-axis political alignment shows why, and I've mentioned that before.</p><p>That is to say, this is not a partisan effort to support or attack any particular party.</p><p>Ahem:</p><p>Pierre Poilievre is a snake. The comments about him never having actually done anything of value, living off of the federal government's largesse in one way or another, are true but miss the point.</p><p>He is completely unprincipled. His "deeply held beliefs" are whatever he thinks at this moment are most likely to get him elected. Trying to determine what he actually believes is the classic nailing-jelly-to-the-wall. It can't be done.</p><p>He spent the last several years running on nothing but "I'm not Justin Trudeau, and don't you hate Justin Trudeau?" (Keep in mind I was, and am, deeply critical of Trudeau) He did this because it appeared likely to be all that was needed to win, and if you don't actually take positions on anything, you can't be criticized for them.</p><p>He also minored in Trumpism - culture war issues. Looking south, do you think that means PP *really* believes in a woman's right to choose? That all people are equal? That no groups are "othered"?</p><p>You can't pin him down, so assume the worst.</p><p>PP cannot be allowed to lead this country. Vote accordingly.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/CPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPC</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/NDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NDP</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a></p>
R. Scott Pert<p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/mapleMAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapleMAGA</span></a> - When <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/DanielleSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSmith</span></a> tried explaining Poilievre to Americans, Canadians heard it too</p><p>> Premier saying <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> leader 'in sync' with Trump rattles both federal and provincial politics<br> <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/danielle-smith-breitbart-poilievre-trump-sync-analysis-1.7493168" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/dan</span><span class="invisible">ielle-smith-breitbart-poilievre-trump-sync-analysis-1.7493168</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/PierrePolievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PierrePolievre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ABpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/DonakdTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonakdTrump</span></a></p>
Becksy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@Geri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Geri</span></a></span> interesting to see the economists forecasting that <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> tariffs could damage <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a> GDP by 1%. Horror! Have they forgotten the real problem? <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brexit</span></a> cost 4% in a permanent reduction in GDP. Arguably much more. The <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> legacy and Brexit are the root cause. Folks shouldn’t blame <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a>. They inherited third world Britain.</p>
Becksy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@bbcnewsfeed" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bbcnewsfeed</span></a></span> interesting to see the economists forecasting that <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> tariffs could damage <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a> GDP by 1%. Horror! Have they forgotten the real problem? <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brexit</span></a> cost 4% in a permanent reduction in GDP. Arguably much more. The <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> legacy and Brexit are the root cause. Don’t blame <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a>. They inherited third world Britain.</p>
M. Grégoire<p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/PierrePoilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PierrePoilievre</span></a> is a <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a>, so he has conservative policies. Pres. Trump has some conservative policies, though to be sure he's been on every side of every issue (except for <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a>, which he's consistently supported).</p><p>It's not surprising that there is a certain policy and rhetorical overlap. But the differences are striking too. Both men, for instance, speak to concerns about crime and promise to crack down on it; only one of the men is a convicted felon.</p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/CanPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanPol</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/elxn45" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elxn45</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>In 2025, NYT columnist David Brooks described the modern Republican Party as not <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> but rather “anti-left.”</p><p>In March 2016, Milo Yiannopoulos co-wrote in Breitbart about factions of the alt-right, categorized into four groups: intellectuals, natural conservatives, the meme team, and the “1488rs.”</p><p>Most importantly, they articulated that the only thread tying these groups together was not what they had in common, supported, and advocated for, but rather what they were against.</p>
-0--1-<p>What does it matter if Google AI is more intelligent if it can't discuss certain important current topics like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wealthy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/White" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>White</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Males" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Males</span></a>. That's why I have turned to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> from other sources. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SorryGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SorryGoogle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FuckYourPropaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckYourPropaganda</span></a></p>
TheGentYYC<p>What does <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> get out of a possible <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poilievre</span></a> Prime Ministership that made it worthwhile for them to expend time, effort and money to defeat his opponents in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> leadership race? They didn't do it for his singing voice. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ForeignInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignInterference</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecurityClearance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityClearance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2025</span></a></p>
TheGentYYC<p>The core question that every Canadian needs to ask inre today's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CSIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CSIS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ForeignInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignInterference</span></a> revelations & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> interfering with Canadian <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> leadership election in 2022 is why interfere for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poilievre</span></a> over say <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Charest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Charest</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PatrickBrown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatrickBrown</span></a>? What's the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a>?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ForeignInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignInterference</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecurityClearance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityClearance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2025</span></a> <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-india-alleged-foreign-interference-pierre-poilievre-conservative/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theglobeandmail.com/politics/a</span><span class="invisible">rticle-india-alleged-foreign-interference-pierre-poilievre-conservative/</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBC</span></a> Mar 25, 2025</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CSIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CSIS</span></a> alleges <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Indian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indian</span></a> government organized support for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Poilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poilievre</span></a>'s 2022 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> party leadership bid. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignInterference</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"The court’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liberal</span></a> members... were unpersuaded by Kennedy’s reasoning... criticized the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> majority for its dangerous nonchalance toward the corrosive effects of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a>...</p><p>Stevens’s dissent... carries even greater weight w/the benefit of hindsight. He described Kennedy’s majority opinion as “a rejection of the common sense of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> people, who have recognized a need to prevent <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> from undermining self-government"<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/193058/elon-musk-citizens-united-kennedy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/article/193058</span><span class="invisible">/elon-musk-citizens-united-kennedy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
NotDennisBonvie 🇨🇦<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> saying <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poilievre</span></a> views are aligned with his:<br> <a href="https://youtu.be/nW-nEQFCxow?si=M2ipBbCDAHXwfbsT" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/nW-nEQFCxow?si=M2ipBb</span><span class="invisible">CDAHXwfbsT</span></a></p><p>Voting for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PierrePoilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PierrePoilievre</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> party during <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/election2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election2025</span></a> is like voting for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a>. Do you really want that, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> ?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elections2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elections2025</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"As the former federal judge J. Michael <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Luttig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luttig</span></a>, a well-known <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> jurist, said recently, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has “launched a full-frontal assault on the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a>, the rule of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>, our system of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a>, and the entire legal profession.”</p><p>Trump has made great progress in this offensive in only a matter of weeks. Day by day, he has shown Americans what unraveling the rule of law actually looks like"<br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/judiciarys-last-stand/682149/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/</span><span class="invisible">2025/03/judiciarys-last-stand/682149/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>I'm posting this with two major caveats:</p><p>1. It's just a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poll</span></a>. We know how dependable those are.<br>2. Fucking <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a>. Polls give you bad feelings or good feelings but only your vote counts.</p><p>Past that, what you're looking at is a loss for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> Party of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPC</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poilievre</span></a></p><p>Fingers crossed! 🤞🇨🇦</p><p><a href="https://338canada.com/federal.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">338canada.com/federal.htm</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Frantic 🇬🇧 + 🇪🇺<p>I'm getting more disillusioned by <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> on an almost daily basis. I've never been a member but have consistently voted for them, I was a paying supporter during Corbyn's leadership.<br>Realistically though with our FPTP electoral system not voting Labour in my *constituency would be a vote for the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/UKreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKreform</span></a> parties both of which I totally abhor. On the left I like the Green Party but their local support is woefully poor. I also like a lot of what the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SNP</span></a> stands for but they're not on an option South of the border.<br>All of which makes Labour my least worst option under FPTP.<br>I suppose that a transferable vote might be a solution but the different variants are a minefield.</p><p>Does anyone else have a similar quandary? Also what would your solution be?<br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/UK_politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK_politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a></p><p>*<br><a href="https://electionresults.parliament.uk/elections/3857" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">electionresults.parliament.uk/</span><span class="invisible">elections/3857</span></a></p>
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