@fastalan Richmond BC. Also spotted recently in Victoria.

@adamshostack Richmond BC

When did you stop believing in America as a concept?

This is new

New from 404 Media: ICE is searching a massive insurance and medical bill database to find deportation targets, according to internal ICE material. The database is all encompassing, contains details on 1.8 billion insurance claims and 58 million medical bills https://www.404media.co/ice-is-searching-a-massive-insurance-and-medical-bill-database-to-find-deportation-targets/

#TFG #PrivateEquityStrip

Crazy to see super carriers that would normally be going to Long Beach coming to Vancouver instead

Meanwhile in Canada

If you are using undocumented immigrants' tax records to find and kidnap them, then it was never about them paying taxes.

If you are showing up at their place of employment, then it was never about them not working.

If you are showing up at courthouses, then it was never about getting them to "do it the right way".

If you are kidnapping women and children, then it was never about criminals.

If you're refusing to give them due process, then it was never about the Constitution.

If you are building concentration camps in Florida to keep them here in cages, then it was never about the border.

If you're spending billions to do this, then it was never about the economy.

And if you're doing all this in the name of a 34 time convicted felon, then it was never about following the law.

"When future historians grapple with how Trump managed to so quickly and so thoroughly dismantle American democracy, the role of the Roberts Court cannot be overstated."

~ Lisa Needham

#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #autocracy #authoritarianism #corruption #fascism #immigrants
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https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-casa-scotus-birthright-citizenship-ruling

A key part of the New York City mayoral races was Ranked Choice Voting.

I'm not seeing many news articles mention this yet (correct me if I'm wrong though!).

Ranked choice let's us vote first for who we actually want.... and then put in backup votes for "good enough" candidates and allows us to compromise and find common ground.

It destroys the concepts of "lesser of two evils" and "throwing away your vote".

I hope we see Ranked Choice voting everywhere.

#newYork #NYC #NYCMayor #ZohranMamdani

Anyway I am sure that Trump having the Wartime Powers Act at his full disposal will not be abused and will be totally fine

There are rubber tires on the subways in Mexico City

@vvandinsky With a ton of infighting so nothing gets done and everything is snarled in the courts because they're all incompetent? Sounds better to me than the status quo

At least if Trump gets dragged into another endless war in the Middle East he won't have the bandwidth to keep wrecking up this country too, hopefully

Wheels down MEX

Wheels up YVR

A couple of things about these claims circulating that the 2024 election was "rigged":

1. The supposed "proof" is essentially the same nonsensical statistical gobbledygook that the MAGA people were claiming about 2020, with the parties reversed.

2. There is no legal mechanism to "recount" an election after the results are certified. None. The ship has sailed.

3. SHOCKINGLY, they need funds to continue their "work"

4. Nope, not linking to it. Not giving them oxygen.