As the only (I think?) local reporter in Tumbler Ridge, Trent Ernst has been heroically covering the tragedy unfolding in his town. Most of his reporting is happening on Facebook, which you can find here, along with links to his Patreon. www.facebook.com/tumblerridge...
OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
Also worth noting that rural (and largely conservative-voting) areas have also been at the forefront of pushback to AI data centres!
Let this be a lesson to those you with a tendency to write-off rural conservative areas.
*glares at people complaining about paywalls when they should ABSOLUTELY know better*
I feel the same way about chocolate ice cream tbh.
Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Imagine having Bruce Springsteen AND Billy Bragg release songs about how much you fucking suck and how much the people fighting you rule you within the same 48 hours
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
MnNEAT has created these communication tools to help nonspeakers, or those who may lose speech due to stress, invoke their rights if they are stopped by ICE. As always, please be very careful when taking something out of a bag or wallet in front of police or ICE. mnneat.wixstudio.com/mnneat/safet...
Fellow Canadians on here, let's take some action to support the spirit of Shawn's thoughts below. One small, easy thing we can do is make donations to mutual aid groups. You can find a long list of local organizations in Minneapolis at the below link.
www.standwithminnesota.com
Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
Drop the names of any Canadian companies you’ve seen working with ICE in the comments.
I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.
Would love to gather any and all other names.
The first Minnesota murder, they refused to let a medical professional help the woman they shot. The second Minnesota murder, they simply shot the medical professional.
The thing about Doug Ford, he’s only against the trump’s tariffs that hit Ontario. He has said he’s a trump supporter otherwise & continually shows that.
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
In Weimar Germany, the opposition was the Center Party — and it was crushed.
There’s a lesson there.
The guy was being held down on the ground by like 6 scumbags and he was shot point blank while doubled over on his knees after the piece of shit pistol whipped him several times. Now you don’t have to watch.
we are going to win
As an Indigenous person, watching Trump make plans to invade an Indigenous territory is fucking terrifying. Everyone is making this about Denmark, but it will be Inuit facing this new wave of violent colonization.
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
I've seen SO many people who should absolutely know better saying stuff like "this is just to distract people from the Epstein files!"
My siblings in Christ, imperial powers don't do imperialism to "distract" from other things.
babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes
(And we were on track to elect the outright fascist party for a LONG time before Trump's tariffs and annexation sabre-rattling)
This is essentially what is happening in Canada right now, post-election where we (barely) staved off the outright fascist party by re-electing the neoliberal centrist party.
Okay so what I’m reading here, if this account is to be believed, is that Lizza and Nuzzi are complicit in withholding major dark political actions that have had insane implications for like, everybody. Journalistic malpractice doesn’t even begin to cover it
So Olivia Nuzzi is clearly a piece of shit who can never work in journalism again after this.
And, also, Ryan Lizza is clearly a piece of shit who should never work in journalism again after this either.
We're all agree on that, right?
