@StephenRees@mas.toFrom Open Media
Sign Canada’s Digital Sovereignty Charter
Canadian democracy is under threat. Algorithms and deceptive content are shaping what we see, think, and share, while foreign tech giants collect our data without limits.
Our current laws and digital systems aren’t strong enough to protect us. This leaves Canadian voices, our choices, and our digital identities at risk. Parliament must step up and champion Canada’s Digital Sovereignty Charter now
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSubstack-based investigative outlet Democracy for Sale says it now has nearly 50,000 subscribers and 1,500 paying readers; its stories had 3M views in 2025 (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/newsletters
@scott@carfree.cityHeadline: “$1 million to help people pay rent amid immigration surge”
14th paragraph: “the Minneapolis Police Department has amassed $4.3 million in overtime so far this year”
That’s municipal priorities in the U.S. for you.
https://hachyderm.io/@rationaldoge/1160…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com"Alejandro Was Murdered": Colombian Fisherman's Family Files Claim Against U.S. over Boat Strike (Democracy Now)
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/5/boat_strikes
http://www.memeorandum.com/251205/p122#a251205p122
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialTrump is clear about democracy in Venezuela, he doesn't want that... It's all about power, oil and control.
FOX & FRIENDS: What do you think is next for the Venezuelan people now that you have removed Maduro so he can face American justice?
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
@cdarwin@c.imRright now it is unlikely that Trump gets a "rally around the flag" boost for his seizing of Maduro as
1) it didn’t happen with his invasion of cities or his attack on Iran
2) the country just isn’t on board some kind of extended military campaign in Venezuela
3) it increasingly feels like Trump has no real plan for what comes next in Venezuela, and like Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, thought the government would just fall and he could waltz into the Capital.
@LillyHerself@Mastodon.social➡️ Isn't it about time people start paying a little more attention to George Monbiot?
He is on the side of 🌱 survival, and if we don't start paying attention to his analysis of our time now, future historians (if our civilisation survives at all) will wonder why he was not listened to more.
As voters, we must hurry and elect as many people as possible who think like Monbiot, or
👋🏼 goodbye democracy, goodbye environment.
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caThe Fascist regime has shot an innocent person in her car as she was backing away and appeared to be leaving.
The video of the incident is being censored and removed from many platforms.
Now is the time for decentralized video services.
#PeerTube #Spectra #Video #Democracy
https://spectra.video/w/prG3ByddFSwWBkCRt9hKyB
@chrisnelder@mastodon.energyI've now had AI bots impersonate high-profile people I know and engage me in a DM chat that was initially passable on both Bluesky and Mastodon. Be careful out there folks. And if the account is new with few followers, that's a big tell.
https://www.
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza
@boris@cosocial.ca“[open social] must be funded like infrastructure, not consumer apps. In fact, given the scale of hybrid threats, it should be funded from defense budgets, not innovation leftovers.
The strategic layer of democracy is the information layer. And right now, it is outsourced.” @seabass.bsky.social
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@memeorandum@universeodon.comWhich country is the banana republic now? (Keith B. Richburg/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/31/trump-immunity-law-protest-democracy/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p37#a251231p37
@cdarwin@c.imNew York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Vermont independent Senator Bernie Sanders
joined striking Starbucks workers
on the picket line Monday to demand the coffee giant reach a fair contract with its unionized workforce after years of delay tactics.
Speaking outside a store in Brooklyn,
Mamdani said New York is a
“union town,”
and vowed to continue joining pickets even after he is sworn in as mayor on January 1.
Responding to a question from Democra…
@servelan@newsie.socialJudge ‘Doubts the Lawfulness’ of Trump’s Voter Purge Database But Won’t Block It For Now - Democracy Docket
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/judge-doubts-the-lawfulness-of-trumps-voter-purge-database-but-wont-block-it-for-now/
@hex@kolektiva.socialAfter #Trump finally crashes and burns (I'm still saying I don't think he makes it to the mid terms, and I think it's more than possible he won't make it to the end of the year) we'll hear a lot of people say, "the system worked!" Today people are already talking about "saving democracy" by fighting back. This will become a big rally cry to vote (for Democrats, specifically), and the complete failure of the system will be held up as the best evidence for even greater investment in it.
I just want to point out that American democracy gave nuclear weapons to a pedophile, who, before being elected was already a well known sexual predator, and who made the campaign promise to commit genocide. He then preceded to commit genocide. And like, I don't care that he's "only" kidnaped and disappeared a few thousand brown people. That's still genocide. Even if you don't kill every member of a targeted group, any attempt to do so is still "committing genocide." Trump said he would commit genocide, then he hired all the "let's go do a race war" guys he could find and *paid* them to go do a race war. And, even now as this deranged monster is crashing out, he is still authorized to use the world's largest nuclear arsenal.
He committed genocide during his first term when his administration separated migrant parents and children, then adopted those children out to other parents. That's technically genocide. The point was to destroy the very people been sending right wing terror squads after.
There was a peaceful hand over of power to a known Russian asset *twice*, and the second time he'd already committed *at least one* act of genocide *and* destroyed cultural heritage sites (oh yeah, he also destroyed indigenous grave sites, in case you forgot, during his first term).
All of this was allowed because the system is set up to protect exactly these types of people, because *exactly* these types of people are *the entire power structure*.
Going back to that system means going back to exactly the system that gave nuclear weapons to a pedophile *TWICE*.
I'm already seeing the attempts to pull people back, the congratulations as we enter the final phase, the belief that getting Trump out will let us all get back to normal. Normal. The normal that lead here in the first place. I can already see the brunch reservations being made. When Trump is over, we will be told we won. We will be told that it's time to go back to sleep.
When they tell you everything worked, everything is better, that we can stop because we won, tell them "fuck you! Never again means never again." Destroy every system that ever gave these people power, that ever protected them from consequences, that ever let them hide what they were doing.
These democrats funded a genocide abroad and laid the groundwork for genocide at home. They protected these predators, for years. The whole power structure is guilty. As these files implicate so many powerful people, they're trying to shove everything back in the box. After all the suffering, after we've finally made it clear that we are the once with the power, only now they're willing to sacrifice Trump to calm us all down.
No, that's a good start but it can't be the end.
Winning can't be enough to quench that rage. Keep it burning. When this is over, let victory fan that anger until every institution that made this possible lies in ashes. Burn it all down and salt the earth. Taking down Trump is a great start, but it's not time to give up until this isn't possible again.
#USPol
@cheryanne@aus.socialIn November, the Whitlam Institute convened a major national symposium marking the 50th Anniversary of the 1975 Dismissal. The event brought together leading historians, legal scholars, policymakers and commentators to reflect on the Dismissal’s enduring impact on Australian democracy.
The full keynote addresses and panel discussions are now available to watch online, providing a lasting public resource on one of the most significant moments in Australia’s political history.
Watc…
@bici@mastodon.social"The only way to deal with rapists is to put a gun to their head. The United States is the greatest threat to freedom and democracy in the world today. Preserving freedom and democracy is worth paying any price. It is not subject to deals."
https://www.
@cdarwin@c.imWe are not in an era where democracy is “challenged.”
We are in an era where democracy is under siege.
Authoritarianism isn’t knocking…it’s battering the door.
Propaganda isn’t creeping…it’s flooding.
The public isn’t outraged…they’re exhausted.
This isn’t a moment for:
“Be Inspired.”
“Stay Hopeful.”
“Vote Blue.”
“We’ll Be Fine.”
This is a moment for:
“DO. NOT. LET. GO. OF DEMOCRACY.”
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caKhamenei is preparing to flee to Russia like Assad if protests there escalate.
But tell me again, Americans, that massive protests in the USA would not be successful in removing Trump and his inner circle from power.
Yes, tell me again that it just won’t work, and that winning Congress in 11 months will definitely fix things.
All my life I have listened to American Presidents and people say that they were defenders of freedom… protectors of democracy…
And yet now, when it comes to their own freedom and democracy, they choose silence?
#delusional #usa #iran #russia #democracy #freedom #protest
https://journa.host/@timkmak/115842916219158862
@unixviking@social.linux.pizzaPostscript: What I and most Europeans don't understand: don't Americans understand what is happening to their country? That democracy and freedom are being destroyed and a terrorist state is emerging? The whole world hates the US now! Why are there still no mass protests, no coup by the army? Trump is a corrupt, criminal, mentally ill, fascist criminal, murderer, and narcissist who openly enriches himself and ruins the country! Everything, absolutely everything he accuses his opponen…
@cdarwin@c.im🔥Dems win special election in Texas, narrowing Republicans majority.
⭐️Friends, there are now just 37 days until the special election in Georgia to fill the seat vacated by Marjorie Taylor Greene.
20 Republicans are running.
One Democrat is running.
I’m that Democrat.
This is how we win.
This is how we take back the House -- and put a check on Trump's rampage against our Democracy.
I’m Shawn Harris.
I’m a Democrat. Husband. Father. Reti…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot"There is no serious question that if #Trump so ordered it, Microsoft could deliberately shut down all services to the Scottish Government and our public sector and the Government must now react as if this is just as much a risk to our democracy as if it was discovered that Putin could send the same order to the same effect" -- @…
@cdarwin@c.imProtests intensified in Minnesota after federal immigration agents killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse who worked in the Minneapolis Veterans Health Care System, on Saturday.
Democracy Now!'s John Hamilton reports from the scene of Pretti's killing, where protesters clashed with federal agents.
“We’ve seen everything from people that are unconscious, that have fainted, tear-gassed, bruised, bloody noses, can’t breathe,”
said Melissa, a local resident.
@hippyjo@c.imUkraine update: Russia losing on all fronts except for the information war.
Now, more than ever, we need to fight the lies with careful questions and clear analysis.
Useful idiots for the Kremlin are all around us. It matters not whether the idiot is aware of how they serve the Kremlin, the result is the same.
Giorgio reports from the trenches of democracy in Ukraine. He provides video, images, and written reporting from the scene so you can see the truth.
Support Uk…
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialThe Supreme Court's been nothing but partisan - giving complete free reign to Trump.
Now, on tariffs & SNAP food funding, we're about to see if the court is absolute evil.
▶️ New Rule: Democracy's Last Line of Defense | Real Time with Bill Maher
https://youtube.com/watch?v=f6MX…
@StephenRees@mas.toFair Vote Canada is pleased to announce the Teacher Resources section of our website. The first teacher resource has now been added.
A Fair Vote? Rights, Responsibilities, and Decision-Making in a Democracy is an exciting new resource for Grade 5 Social Studies teachers, which was developed by the Elementary Teachers of Toronto and Fair Vote Canada.
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.canote to anyone listening:
If you're a Carney supporter but can't handle legitimate criticism of his policies or his actions (or inactions) then please consider what it means to be in a democracy.
The Liberal Party of Canada is not the only choice in Canada now, and never has been.
That's OK!
#canpoli #cdnpoli #canada
@tomkalei@machteburch.social"Everything else is tactical distraction. The strategic layer of democracy is the information layer. And right now, it is outsourced."
and
"Decentralized Social Media should be funded from a European defense fund."
writes @… about social media.
@cdarwin@c.imDemocracy Now! speaks to William Hartung about his new book
“The Trillion Dollar War Machine”
and who profits from the United States’ runaway military spending that fuels foreign wars.
Hartung says that U.S. policy is “based on profit”
and calls for a rethinking of our foreign entanglements.
“We haven’t won a war in this century.
We’ve caused immense harm.
We’ve spent $8 trillion,” he says
@cdarwin@c.im"Trump has all his work done for him by placid European centrists who went along with the policy of trashing international law."
https://bsky.app/profile/democracynow.org/post/3md7h7tlw7v2f
@cdarwin@c.imDemocratic lawmakers repeatedly called on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign
as they confronted her on Trump’s immigration crackdown during a heated House Homeland Security Committee hearing Thursday.
Congressmember Delia Ramirez, announced that she would begin taking steps for her impeachment.
The Department of Homeland Securityis “operating as a criminal organization” under Noem’s leadership, Ramirez tells Democracy Now!
“She thinks that she is above…
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caThe most beautiful democratic act happening right now in Canada is in Alberta, yes Alberta, where constituents are using the new - easier to reach - petitioning and recall rules enacted by the current UCP government to launch recall campaigns on UCP Members of the Legislature.
This is the 3rd one to be approved to move on to the signature-gathering stage!
*chefskiss*
#ABPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Democracy
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/nolan-dyck-recall-petition-9.6988293?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.ioHey Fedi, as a marketer I want to say: ALL OF YOU HAVE THE POWER TO INFLUENCE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
We can shape social movements and public opinion with the things we say. Communication CAN change minds and make improvements that feel “impossible” real and tangible. That’s how the right got as far as it did, with strong and consistent messaging.
Now, let’s be practical. HOW we talk about the events that happen matters as much as WHAT we talk about.
If we want to make a difference and mobilize people towards progressive stances while our democracy and freedom are under attack - we need to use effective language and messaging.
Don’t give airtime to conservative values and MAGA lies. Instead, appeal to the values we believe in and help shape the conversation in ways that benefit people like us who want a better future.
I’ll share some resources in the thread with actionable advice.
#USpol #politics #communications #change #socialJustice #USA
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caFull disclosure for Canadian folks.
Yes I am an #NDP member.
I have also been a Green Party (Federal) member. #gpc
I have always been on the orange/green fence. This post explains my history and current thinking about parties and this moment in Canada.
I had never been a member of any party, then I voted in the GPC leadership race with Annamie Paul and Dimitri Lascarsis because I wanted to make a difference more than just talking online…
When that party disintegrated, I left, but had got the taste… so then I joined the BCNDP to participate in their leadership campaign after Horgan. I supported the upstart Appadurai who got disqualified… but she made a splash and a very very important point!
So I stuck around… and now I am going to vote in the Federal NDP leadership because I see a couple really good candidates that could push Canada in a #democraticSocialist direction.
I encourage others to do the same. Canada and Canadians need real options right now. Liberal, NDP, and others. Be involved. Become a member even if you don’t think you’ll stick. Be involved.
After the leadership vote I will likely let my membership lapse and go back to being a free agent… towing a party line is not my style…
But it is important in this moment in the world to fight for what you believe in, so that’s why I am voting in the NDP leadership.
I know I will be voting for one or more of these depending how the voting works.
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#canpoli #cdnpoli #canada #liberalparty #democracy #beinvolved
