Sam Hersh
@SamHersh01
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Joined June 2014
Despite promising to expand public transit funding in the last election, @MarkJCarney and his government decided to quietly cut funding, leading cities further towards a transit death spiral. From me and @ttcriders in the National Observer: https://t.co/awuGVX8Wok
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If the federal government truly believes in building communities that work for everyone, it needs to stop treating transit as secondary and start treating it as what it is: vital national infrastru...
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Its been wild seeing the amount of fake clips being shared online of the situation in Venezuela either AI or being shared out of context from years ago of ppl "celebrating" the bombing of their country. Below is actual news coverage. We live in a time of massive disinformation.
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The US has attacked a country, kidnapped its head of state, and is seizing its oil. Trump has invoked the Monroe Doctrine. This is a moment for Canada to stand up: condemn this act of imperialism. Reject impunity and the politics of brute force. State clearly that we will not
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We have a Liberal Party who refuses to condemn Trump and a Conservative Party that actively cheers on his lawlessness. This is the corporate party consensus.
Congratulations to President Trump on successfully arresting narco-terrorist and socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro, who should live out his days in prison. The legitimate winner of the most recent Venezuelan elections, Edmundo GonzĂĄlez, should take office along with the
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Canadian #ICC Judge Prost has spoken about the emotional & practical toll of US sanctions against her. Ottawa won't condemn these sanctions. The reason, I've had confirmed, is bc it is afraid of US anger at calling sanctions out. A sad state of affairs.
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Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
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Everyone should be mortified by this response. Whatever you think of Maduro it is pretty clear that the US violated international law and we are just going along with it though i suppose that's consistent with our recent actions.
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Canada's truly shocking response to the US launching an illegal war on Venezuela and abducting President Maduro: we condemn Maduro and call on all parties to "respect international law". Refuses to even name Trump's attacks much less condemn them. Horrific and deeply embarassing.
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We can't even condemn the illegal bombing of a foreign nation and kidnapping of the head of state. What an absolute joke. The US is a rogue state. Elbows up.
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I'm glad there is at least one Canadian political party with the moral fortitude to condemn Trump's reckless warfare. Still nothing from Carney or Anand after 6 hours - will they condemn it or is Carney too afraid to get on his buddy's bad side?
If true, this is a flagrant breach of international law and the rules-based system the US claims to support. Canada must strongly condemn it and call for the immediate cessation of aggression by the US against the sovereign state of Venezuela.
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There is a push to characterise Starmer as 'decent' but not good at politics. I encountered him in person at a compositing meeting at the 2019 Labour conference and found him conniving, two-faced and lacking convictions. And bad at politics.
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My man - a good start for Mamdani. Hope this is the beginning of the end of the IHRA definition here in Canada too - a definition that is constantly weaponized to criminalize any speech opposing Israeli government policies.
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This rules. Congrats to the Liberal Party of Canada on becoming right wing enough to earn the endorsement of the guy you beat literally two elections ago.
This year, my end of year essays will take the form of free advice from a former politician. It is worth what you pay for it I guess. First up, advice for the Prime Minister. https://t.co/2kw6DKkEho
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Zohran Mamdani becomes the mayor of New York City after taking the oath of office at an historic, decommissioned subway station in Manhattan. Mamdani was sworn in as the first Muslim leader of Americaâs biggest city, placing his hand on a Quran as he took his oath.
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Israel becomes the first country in the world to ban the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders. Let that sink in. File under "Things you do when you are committing genocide"...
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Opportunistically cutting government services always ends up costing everyone else more. A cautionary tale for @MarkJCarney who im sure will take the lesson.
BREAKING: DOGE was a massive failure, it slashed incredibly helpful programs, and gov't spending ended up increasing $453 BILLION. It didn't save, it COST us money. And then disappeared. Poof!
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In March of this past year, it was revealed that both the United States and Israel reached out to Sudan, Somalia and Somaliland to discuss the relocation of Palestinians from Gaza to their land. Hereâs what Somalilandâs foreign minister had to say:
The Prime Minister announced today the official recognition of the Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state. Prime Minister Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Sa'ar, and the President of the Republic of Somaliland signed a joint and mutual declaration.
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What climate policy won't @MarkJCarney backtrack on? Pierre Poilievre ran on getting rid of the single-use plastic ban, Carney is simply implementing the Conservative agenda. https://t.co/tPkODvWJlJ
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Indigo is not some small Jewish-owned mom and pop shop, its a multimillion dollar corporation, whose CEO actively and materially supports IDF soldiers. Protesting Indigo is not antisemitism and comparing it to Kristalnacht belittles the real harm those Jews actually faced.
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I am calling on the Minister to summon the Israeli Ambassador and demand a formal written explanation. Anything less risks normalizing the mistreatment of Canadian parliamentarians and citizens abroad.
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To equate Palestine solidarity marches and people opposing genocide to the "Ku Klux Klan" is truly Orwellian, racist and does a great disservice to the actual real threat of rising antisemitism and belittles the history of anti-Black racism. What a ridiculous op-ed.
I wrote about the intimidation marches in Jewish neighbourhoods last month, but todayâs Globe editorial gets impact right: âan act of aggression and intimidation, an echo of the Ku Klux Klan marching through a Black neighbourhoodâ https://t.co/ZnUS2v2oNP
https://t.co/1BSuFKA5G1
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