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  1. MPs who promise to stay loyal to a political party could be replaced with wind-up vote machines for a fraction of the cost of their salaries.

    Their job is to represent their ridings, not a party. Political parties are big, incorporated special interest groups that MPs are free to join or leave as it suits their work. That's how our political system works.

    If in a year or two, 4 or 5 Liberal MPs were to become disenchanted with PM Carney and cross to the Conservatives, I'm sure Mr Poilievre's display of fake moral outrage would abruptly end (assuming he's still leader by then).

    tl;dr Political parties are toxic. Just ignore them and elect decent MPs to represent you.

    #CanPoli #politics #nonPartisan #Canada

  2. The 2019 Chicago mayoral election was held on February 26, 2019, to determine the next #Mayor of the #CityOfChicago, #Illinois. Since no candidate received a majority of votes, a #runoffElection was held on April 2, 2019, between the two candidates with the most votes, #LoriLightfoot and #ToniPreckwinkle. Lightfoot defeated Preckwinkle in the runoff election to become mayor, and was sworn in as mayor on May 20, 2019. The election was officially #nonpartisan.

  3. "Either way, you find very little #nonpartisan depiction of reality, in all its morally ambiguous verity. Instead you get camp: Ideologies plucked from their original formats — internet videos, fringe blogs, cabinet meetings — and flattened into #cosplay and puppetry. For #Hollywood, this is a useful way to flatter viewers, who get to feel above the fray. What’s lost, of course, is any kind of #enlightenment or ethical confrontation, as opposed to mere #voyeurism — any dream of seeing real murkiness, conflict or shades of gray existing within the narrative universe, or within a given character."

    nytimes.com/2026/01/21/magazin

  4. More revolting, disgusting, unadulterated narcissistic behavior from u know who… his actual self is a hubristic parody

    #Trump unveiled a new “Trump class” of Navy battleships Monday, describing them as a superior war fighting vessel to replace an “old and tired & obsolete” US fleet.

    #vanity #narcissism #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Despotism #Dictatorship #fascism #hubris #Tyranny #MafiaState #law #UnitedStates #democracy #nonpartisan #military #Constitution
    cnn.com/2025/12/22/politics/tr

  5. Public water should not be put up for sale, ever. I'm not confident about this coalition because words are important - their words sound like they are OK negotiating sales of public water - it sounds like covert greenwashing. We need degrowth of ecocide industries & watershed protection for ecological, environmental & human rights purposes - above all other purposes.
    Commodifying public water is not in the best interests of the public.

    #BlueGold #BCpoli #CDNpoli #WaterIsLife #Environmental #ecological #Watersheds #WaterProtectors #BCWatershedSecurityFund #PacificNorthwest #ClimateAction #Cascadia #PNW #sustainability #WaterStewardship #ProtecfWater #BCNDP #Freshwater #BCWatershedSecurityCoalition #NonPartisan

  6. Public water should not be put up for sale, ever. I'm not confident about this coalition because words are important - their words sound like they are OK negotiating sales of public water - it sounds like covert greenwashing. We need degrowth of ecocide industries & watershed protection for ecological, environmental & human rights purposes - above all other purposes.
    Commodifying public water is not in the best interests of the public.

    #BlueGold #BCpoli #CDNpoli #WaterIsLife #Environmental #ecological #Watersheds #WaterProtectors #BCWatershedSecurityFund #PacificNorthwest #ClimateAction #Cascadia #PNW #sustainability #WaterStewardship #ProtecfWater #BCNDP #Freshwater #BCWatershedSecurityCoalition #NonPartisan

  7. Public water should not be put up for sale, ever. I'm not confident about this coalition because words are important - their words sound like they are OK negotiating sales of public water - it sounds like covert greenwashing. We need degrowth of ecocide industries & watershed protection for ecological, environmental & human rights purposes - above all other purposes.
    Commodifying public water is not in the best interests of the public.

    #BlueGold #BCpoli #CDNpoli #WaterIsLife #Environmental #ecological #Watersheds #WaterProtectors #BCWatershedSecurityFund #PacificNorthwest #ClimateAction #Cascadia #PNW #sustainability #WaterStewardship #ProtecfWater #BCNDP #Freshwater #BCWatershedSecurityCoalition #NonPartisan

  8. Public water should not be put up for sale, ever. I'm not confident about this coalition because words are important - their words sound like they are OK negotiating sales of public water - it sounds like covert greenwashing. We need degrowth of ecocide industries & watershed protection for ecological, environmental & human rights purposes - above all other purposes.
    Commodifying public water is not in the best interests of the public.

    #BlueGold #BCpoli #CDNpoli #WaterIsLife #Environmental #ecological #Watersheds #WaterProtectors #BCWatershedSecurityFund #PacificNorthwest #ClimateAction #Cascadia #PNW #sustainability #WaterStewardship #ProtecfWater #BCNDP #Freshwater #BCWatershedSecurityCoalition #NonPartisan

  9. Public water should not be put up for sale, ever. I'm not confident about this coalition because words are important - their words sound like they are OK negotiating sales of public water - it sounds like covert greenwashing. We need degrowth of ecocide industries & watershed protection for ecological, environmental & human rights purposes - above all other purposes.
    Commodifying public water is not in the best interests of the public.

    #BlueGold #BCpoli #CDNpoli #WaterIsLife #Environmental #ecological #Watersheds #WaterProtectors #BCWatershedSecurityFund #PacificNorthwest #ClimateAction #Cascadia #PNW #sustainability #WaterStewardship #ProtecfWater #BCNDP #Freshwater #BCWatershedSecurityCoalition #NonPartisan

  10. Right now, #BritishColumbia has the lowest industrial #water rates in #Canada - effectively giving away one of our most vital #PublicResources to some of the world’s largest industries. Meanwhile, communities are left struggling to fund the response to worsening droughts, floods, wildfires, and drinking water crises.

    It doesn’t have to be this way.

    Bringing BC’s industrial water rates in line with other provinces is a fair, practical way to:

    Fund stronger watershed security
    Support sustainable economic growth.
    Keep communities safe and resilient to floods, fires, and water shortages.
    Safeguard BC jobs, grow food, and protect the economy — every industry depends on water.
    Do it all without costing taxpayers a dime.
    This is a simple, fair, and fiscally responsible solution that will build long-term watershed security across BC.

    watershedsecurity.ca/home/wate

    Investing in #WatershedSecurity aligns with the values of a significant majority of voters, as 78% of British Columbians want to see major investments from the provincial government to protect freshwater in BC.

    #BCpoli #CDNpoli #WaterIsLife #Environmental #ecological #Watersheds #WaterProtectors #BCWatershedSecurityFund #PacificNorthwest #ClimateAction #Cascadia #PNW #sustainability #WaterStewardship #ProtecfWater #BCNDP #Freshwater #BCWatershedSecurityCoalition #NonPartisan

  11. Right now, #BritishColumbia has the lowest industrial #water rates in #Canada - effectively giving away one of our most vital #PublicResources to some of the world’s largest industries. Meanwhile, communities are left struggling to fund the response to worsening droughts, floods, wildfires, and drinking water crises.

    It doesn’t have to be this way.

    Bringing BC’s industrial water rates in line with other provinces is a fair, practical way to:

    Fund stronger watershed security
    Support sustainable economic growth.
    Keep communities safe and resilient to floods, fires, and water shortages.
    Safeguard BC jobs, grow food, and protect the economy — every industry depends on water.
    Do it all without costing taxpayers a dime.
    This is a simple, fair, and fiscally responsible solution that will build long-term watershed security across BC.

    watershedsecurity.ca/home/wate

    Investing in #WatershedSecurity aligns with the values of a significant majority of voters, as 78% of British Columbians want to see major investments from the provincial government to protect freshwater in BC.

    #BCpoli #CDNpoli #WaterIsLife #Environmental #ecological #Watersheds #WaterProtectors #BCWatershedSecurityFund #PacificNorthwest #ClimateAction #Cascadia #PNW #sustainability #WaterStewardship #ProtecfWater #BCNDP #Freshwater #BCWatershedSecurityCoalition #NonPartisan

  12. Right now, #BritishColumbia has the lowest industrial #water rates in #Canada - effectively giving away one of our most vital #PublicResources to some of the world’s largest industries. Meanwhile, communities are left struggling to fund the response to worsening droughts, floods, wildfires, and drinking water crises.

    It doesn’t have to be this way.

    Bringing BC’s industrial water rates in line with other provinces is a fair, practical way to:

    Fund stronger watershed security
    Support sustainable economic growth.
    Keep communities safe and resilient to floods, fires, and water shortages.
    Safeguard BC jobs, grow food, and protect the economy — every industry depends on water.
    Do it all without costing taxpayers a dime.
    This is a simple, fair, and fiscally responsible solution that will build long-term watershed security across BC.

    watershedsecurity.ca/home/wate

    Investing in #WatershedSecurity aligns with the values of a significant majority of voters, as 78% of British Columbians want to see major investments from the provincial government to protect freshwater in BC.

    #BCpoli #CDNpoli #WaterIsLife #Environmental #ecological #Watersheds #WaterProtectors #BCWatershedSecurityFund #PacificNorthwest #ClimateAction #Cascadia #PNW #sustainability #WaterStewardship #ProtecfWater #BCNDP #Freshwater #BCWatershedSecurityCoalition #NonPartisan

  13. Right now, #BritishColumbia has the lowest industrial #water rates in #Canada - effectively giving away one of our most vital #PublicResources to some of the world’s largest industries. Meanwhile, communities are left struggling to fund the response to worsening droughts, floods, wildfires, and drinking water crises.

    It doesn’t have to be this way.

    Bringing BC’s industrial water rates in line with other provinces is a fair, practical way to:

    Fund stronger watershed security
    Support sustainable economic growth.
    Keep communities safe and resilient to floods, fires, and water shortages.
    Safeguard BC jobs, grow food, and protect the economy — every industry depends on water.
    Do it all without costing taxpayers a dime.
    This is a simple, fair, and fiscally responsible solution that will build long-term watershed security across BC.

    watershedsecurity.ca/home/wate

    Investing in #WatershedSecurity aligns with the values of a significant majority of voters, as 78% of British Columbians want to see major investments from the provincial government to protect freshwater in BC.

    #BCpoli #CDNpoli #WaterIsLife #Environmental #ecological #Watersheds #WaterProtectors #BCWatershedSecurityFund #PacificNorthwest #ClimateAction #Cascadia #PNW #sustainability #WaterStewardship #ProtecfWater #BCNDP #Freshwater #BCWatershedSecurityCoalition #NonPartisan

  14. Right now, #BritishColumbia has the lowest industrial #water rates in #Canada - effectively giving away one of our most vital #PublicResources to some of the world’s largest industries. Meanwhile, communities are left struggling to fund the response to worsening droughts, floods, wildfires, and drinking water crises.

    It doesn’t have to be this way.

    Bringing BC’s industrial water rates in line with other provinces is a fair, practical way to:

    Fund stronger watershed security
    Support sustainable economic growth.
    Keep communities safe and resilient to floods, fires, and water shortages.
    Safeguard BC jobs, grow food, and protect the economy — every industry depends on water.
    Do it all without costing taxpayers a dime.
    This is a simple, fair, and fiscally responsible solution that will build long-term watershed security across BC.

    watershedsecurity.ca/home/wate

    Investing in #WatershedSecurity aligns with the values of a significant majority of voters, as 78% of British Columbians want to see major investments from the provincial government to protect freshwater in BC.

    #BCpoli #CDNpoli #WaterIsLife #Environmental #ecological #Watersheds #WaterProtectors #BCWatershedSecurityFund #PacificNorthwest #ClimateAction #Cascadia #PNW #sustainability #WaterStewardship #ProtecfWater #BCNDP #Freshwater #BCWatershedSecurityCoalition #NonPartisan

  15. #Trump's #OneBigBeautifulBill cuts federal #spending on #Medicaid & #AffordableCareAct marketplaces by ~$1 trillion over a decade, acc/to the #nonpartisan #CBO, threatening the physical & financial #health of tens of millions of #Americans.

    The bill, which the #Senate passed Tues, would reverse many of the health coverage gains of #Biden & #Obama, whose policies made it easier for millions of people to access #healthcare & reduced the US #uninsured rate to record lows.

    npr.org/sections/shots-health-

  16. Even without this bill, the #debt has been expected to reach record levels in the coming decades, with the #nonpartisan #CBO estimating that the debt held by the public, now about the same size as the #economy, would grow to become roughly 56% larger than the economy by 2055. Making the 2017 #TaxCuts permanent could push the debt to become more than twice as large as the economy over the next 30 years, Ms. Riedl said.

    #Trump #policy #law

  17. #Republicans even called for challenging, or firing, the #parliamentarian, [something #Democrats could never get away with] who has been on the job since 2012 as the #nonpartisan chief arbiter of the chamber’s historic & complicated rules.

    But #GOP leaders had already been struggling to rally support for the change. Several GOP senators warn it would harm rural #hospitals that depend on the funds. Hospital orgs have warned it could lead to hospital closures.

    #law #Medicaid #insurance #Trump

  18. #Republicans even called for challenging, or firing, the #parliamentarian, [something #Democrats could never get away with] who has been on the job since 2012 as the #nonpartisan chief arbiter of the chamber’s historic & complicated rules.

    But #GOP leaders had already been struggling to rally support for the change. Several GOP senators warn it would harm rural #hospitals that depend on the funds. Hospital orgs have warned it could lead to hospital closures.

    #law #Medicaid #insurance #Trump

  19. #Republicans even called for challenging, or firing, the #parliamentarian, [something #Democrats could never get away with] who has been on the job since 2012 as the #nonpartisan chief arbiter of the chamber’s historic & complicated rules.

    But #GOP leaders had already been struggling to rally support for the change. Several GOP senators warn it would harm rural #hospitals that depend on the funds. Hospital orgs have warned it could lead to hospital closures.

    #law #Medicaid #insurance #Trump

  20. #Republicans even called for challenging, or firing, the #parliamentarian, [something #Democrats could never get away with] who has been on the job since 2012 as the #nonpartisan chief arbiter of the chamber’s historic & complicated rules.

    But #GOP leaders had already been struggling to rally support for the change. Several GOP senators warn it would harm rural #hospitals that depend on the funds. Hospital orgs have warned it could lead to hospital closures.

    #law #Medicaid #insurance #Trump

  21. #Republicans even called for challenging, or firing, the #parliamentarian, [something #Democrats could never get away with] who has been on the job since 2012 as the #nonpartisan chief arbiter of the chamber’s historic & complicated rules.

    But #GOP leaders had already been struggling to rally support for the change. Several GOP senators warn it would harm rural #hospitals that depend on the funds. Hospital orgs have warned it could lead to hospital closures.

    #law #Medicaid #insurance #Trump

  22. #Republicans scrambled to respond, many politically attacking the #nonpartisan #parliamentarian, while #Democrats said it would be devastating to the #GOP package.

    Sen. #RonWyden, the top Democrat on the #Senate #Finance Committee, said the GOP proposal would have been as much as a $250 billion cut to the #healthcare program, “massive #Medicaid cuts that hurt #kids, #seniors, Americans with #disabilities & working families.”

    #law #USpol #insurance #poverty #Trump

  23. #Republicans scrambled to respond, many politically attacking the #nonpartisan #parliamentarian, while #Democrats said it would be devastating to the #GOP package.

    Sen. #RonWyden, the top Democrat on the #Senate #Finance Committee, said the GOP proposal would have been as much as a $250 billion cut to the #healthcare program, “massive #Medicaid cuts that hurt #kids, #seniors, Americans with #disabilities & working families.”

    #law #USpol #insurance #poverty #Trump

  24. #Republicans scrambled to respond, many politically attacking the #nonpartisan #parliamentarian, while #Democrats said it would be devastating to the #GOP package.

    Sen. #RonWyden, the top Democrat on the #Senate #Finance Committee, said the GOP proposal would have been as much as a $250 billion cut to the #healthcare program, “massive #Medicaid cuts that hurt #kids, #seniors, Americans with #disabilities & working families.”

    #law #USpol #insurance #poverty #Trump

  25. #Republicans scrambled to respond, many politically attacking the #nonpartisan #parliamentarian, while #Democrats said it would be devastating to the #GOP package.

    Sen. #RonWyden, the top Democrat on the #Senate #Finance Committee, said the GOP proposal would have been as much as a $250 billion cut to the #healthcare program, “massive #Medicaid cuts that hurt #kids, #seniors, Americans with #disabilities & working families.”

    #law #USpol #insurance #poverty #Trump

  26. #Republicans scrambled to respond, many politically attacking the #nonpartisan #parliamentarian, while #Democrats said it would be devastating to the #GOP package.

    Sen. #RonWyden, the top Democrat on the #Senate #Finance Committee, said the GOP proposal would have been as much as a $250 billion cut to the #healthcare program, “massive #Medicaid cuts that hurt #kids, #seniors, Americans with #disabilities & working families.”

    #law #USpol #insurance #poverty #Trump

  27. #Trump accelerating efforts 2 transform #nonpartisan #merit based federal #workforce into 1 that demands rewards #loyalty 2 #president, according 2 #civilservants #publicservice experts, #employment #attorneys. Ongoing shift would ditch decades-old rules that were intended 2 ensure that federal #hiring #retention #promotion decisions R based largely on employees’ #skills #knowledge #experience, say the workers, experts and #attorneys.#maga #politics #government #scheduleF msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tr

  28. #Trump enjoys strong support among many active-duty service members & #veterans who appreciate his vocal backing [outwardly if not actual] & admire his unvarnished #bravado, according to polls & analysts. Yet some career officers said the president clearly does not understand the ethos of service or the #nonpartisan tradition of the American #ArmedForces.

    #AmericanAutocracy #MilitaryState #ForeignPolicy #authoritarianism #propaganda

  29. #Trump enjoys strong support among many active-duty service members & #veterans who appreciate his vocal backing [outwardly if not actual] & admire his unvarnished #bravado, according to polls & analysts. Yet some career officers said the president clearly does not understand the ethos of service or the #nonpartisan tradition of the American #ArmedForces.

    #AmericanAutocracy #MilitaryState #ForeignPolicy #authoritarianism #propaganda

  30. #Trump enjoys strong support among many active-duty service members & #veterans who appreciate his vocal backing [outwardly if not actual] & admire his unvarnished #bravado, according to polls & analysts. Yet some career officers said the president clearly does not understand the ethos of service or the #nonpartisan tradition of the American #ArmedForces.

    #AmericanAutocracy #MilitaryState #ForeignPolicy #authoritarianism #propaganda

  31. #Trump enjoys strong support among many active-duty service members & #veterans who appreciate his vocal backing [outwardly if not actual] & admire his unvarnished #bravado, according to polls & analysts. Yet some career officers said the president clearly does not understand the ethos of service or the #nonpartisan tradition of the American #ArmedForces.

    #AmericanAutocracy #MilitaryState #ForeignPolicy #authoritarianism #propaganda

  32. #Trump enjoys strong support among many active-duty service members & #veterans who appreciate his vocal backing [outwardly if not actual] & admire his unvarnished #bravado, according to polls & analysts. Yet some career officers said the president clearly does not understand the ethos of service or the #nonpartisan tradition of the American #ArmedForces.

    #AmericanAutocracy #MilitaryState #ForeignPolicy #authoritarianism #propaganda

  33. #Military members boo #Newsom, #Biden & the #press during #Trump speech

    Members of a crowd filled with members of the military & their families booed & jeered Trump’s political rivals & the press Tues at the president’s prompting during his address at #FortBragg in North Carolina.

    The response from attendees, most of whom were wearing military fatigues, was a jarring sight given the military’s history as a traditionally #nonpartisan entity.

    #USpol #radicalization #law
    thehill.com/homenews/administr

  34. Former #SCOTUS Justice #DavidSouter died on Thursday at his New Hampshire home, the court said in a statement on Friday. He was 85.

    #law #judiciary #JudicialIndependence #nonpartisan
    reuters.com/world/us/former-us

    🧵Excerpts from a beautiful piece written in the NYT by David J. Garrow in 1994 on Souter’s remarkable contribution in Planned Parenthood v. Casey in which the #SupremeCourt upheld the right to #abortion as established by #RoeVWade:

  35. Such #CivilServants in #nonpartisan roles traditionally have had #JobProtections that shielded them from the political whims of whoever was in the White House.

    But #Trump & many of his backers have long believed the #ConspiracyTheories that a "deep state" of Washington bureaucrats was undercutting his agenda.

    Toward the end of his first term, Trump signed an EO establishing a #ScheduleF category for federal employees.

    #law #labor #CivilService #Project2025 #autocracy #AbuseOfPower

  36. Such #CivilServants in #nonpartisan roles traditionally have had #JobProtections that shielded them from the political whims of whoever was in the White House.

    But #Trump & many of his backers have long believed the #ConspiracyTheories that a "deep state" of Washington bureaucrats was undercutting his agenda.

    Toward the end of his first term, Trump signed an EO establishing a #ScheduleF category for federal employees.

    #law #labor #CivilService #Project2025 #autocracy #AbuseOfPower

  37. Such #CivilServants in #nonpartisan roles traditionally have had #JobProtections that shielded them from the political whims of whoever was in the White House.

    But #Trump & many of his backers have long believed the #ConspiracyTheories that a "deep state" of Washington bureaucrats was undercutting his agenda.

    Toward the end of his first term, Trump signed an EO establishing a #ScheduleF category for federal employees.

    #law #labor #CivilService #Project2025 #autocracy #AbuseOfPower

  38. Such #CivilServants in #nonpartisan roles traditionally have had #JobProtections that shielded them from the political whims of whoever was in the White House.

    But #Trump & many of his backers have long believed the #ConspiracyTheories that a "deep state" of Washington bureaucrats was undercutting his agenda.

    Toward the end of his first term, Trump signed an EO establishing a #ScheduleF category for federal employees.

    #law #labor #CivilService #Project2025 #autocracy #AbuseOfPower

  39. Such #CivilServants in #nonpartisan roles traditionally have had #JobProtections that shielded them from the political whims of whoever was in the White House.

    But #Trump & many of his backers have long believed the #ConspiracyTheories that a "deep state" of Washington bureaucrats was undercutting his agenda.

    Toward the end of his first term, Trump signed an EO establishing a #ScheduleF category for federal employees.

    #law #labor #CivilService #Project2025 #autocracy #AbuseOfPower