Walz: After one of these mass shootings, Donald Trump said 'people just need to know how to get over it.' And my opponent said, it's a 'fact a life.' Where do you have to be in your life that that's the first thing that comes out of your mouth?

“If you’re defending the suffering in Gaza…then I’m sorry, but you’re a sociopath.” Incredibly powerful and utterly compelling closing comments by Mehdi Hasan.

I grew up on a small Saskatchewan mixed farm. My foundational education in grades 1-8 occurred in a one room rural schoolhouse. My sisters and I travelled 4 miles from our farm to this school by horse-dawn buggy in summer & van in winter (1/12)

The Sask Party constantly rails against equalization. Since 2007 they’ve taken over $50B (~$3B a year) in fed transfers - health, crop insurance, social funding, housing, ag income stabilizer, COVID support, and childcare. They complain, but keep cashing Ottawa's checks. #skpoli

Surrey-Guildford is on track to flip from Conservative to NDP. And the NDP is doing so well in late-counted ballots that Kelowna Centre might be in play, too — which would give the NDP a 48-seat majority. chadskelton.com/2024/10/ndp-on… #bcpoli

i am me Vote for the NDP who have pledged to put $2 billion into k-12 public education. $1 invested has an ROI of $7. Or Vote for the Sask Party to put $4 billion into an irrigation for 50ish producers with a ROI of $450 million over 50 years. The choice is clear. Vote 🧡NDP. #skpoli

I finally got the answer as to why the #skpoli NDP have their head in the sand on climate and the energy transition that is taking place all over the world. It's cynical and cowardly. It's not the number one issue in any major country yet climate policy is implemented.

Saskatoon Westview just flipped after mail in votes counted!! #yxe #SaskVotes2024 #SaskatoonWestview

One million Canadians now have access to dental care they couldn't afford! This is what real progress looks like. But make no mistake— Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives would take this away. We can’t afford to lose it. #cdnpoli #DentalCare cbc.ca/news/politics/…

COMMUNITY NOTES: It is landlords, developers, real estate speculators, and banks that DOUBLED housing costs in nine years, not NDPers and Liberals. Other than 3.5% of the housing stock which is publicly owned, government does not set the price of housing in Canada.

In the long run, the way forward for the Dems is to transition from a centralized management party into a participatory membership party. The path forward is the 4 Ms: Meeting Halls, Membership Cards, Maps, and Mutual Aid

Dems have spent the past 8 years destroying the one movement that could have saved them. Bernie's class first populism won over exactly the type of voters (Latinos, working class, bros, Joe Rogan!) that Dems now repel. dropsitenews.com/p/bernie-would…

Must read by ⁦Jim Stanford⁩⁩ on how corporations use lax competition laws and algorithmic pricing to open up a fresh hell for workers and consumers. via ⁦Toronto Star⁩ #Cdnpoli #Uber thestar.com/business/opini…

Have an essay in The Nation today on the 4 Ms that could rejuvenate the Democratic Party in the wake of Tuesday’s calamity: Membership cards, Maps, Meeting halls, and Mutual aid: thenation.com/?post_type=art…

While a lot of people want us to think about the war in Gaza in terms of World War Two, perhaps it's a more fitting allegory to think of it as World War One -- and the dying grasps of an old emptire desperately trying to hold onto its power. A thread.

Mayor Chad of Regina. Alexander Quon Wayne Mantyka Evan Bray #ReginaVotes

Bill Kristal and now James Carville think Harris should have campaigned more like Warren and Sanders on the economy but, sure, blame the left (!) for her defeat. She didn’t run a left wing campaign. As even center right folks now admit.

Before the eyes of the world: Israel is dropping bombs near Beirut’s International Airport as planes full of civilians prepare to take off. Imagine the global uproar if such a scene took place in Ukraine. But since it’s happening in Lebanon, no one even bats an eyelash.

Red alert, folks. If you care about the CBC, it's time to face up to this.

In today’s throne speech, the Government of #Saskatchewan committed to “ensuring that its investments produce results”. If this is an honest commitment, then the #Sask Party will commit to scrapping the WIRP, otherwise known as the Diefenbaker Irrigation Project. #skpoli 🧵