Queer-liberal: Today’s tonic: “COVID-19 misinformation cost at least 2,800 lives and $300M, new report says”

Today’s tonic:  COVID-19 misinformation cost at least 2,800 lives and $300M, new report says The report — released by the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA), an independent research organization that receives federal funding — examined how misinformation affected COVID infections, hospitalizations and deaths between March and November of 2021. The

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Queer-liberal: Tonight’s tonic: “Shine a brighter light on contract government – Ottawa’s becoming addicted to consulting firms.”

Tonight’s tonic: “Shine a brighter light on contract government – Ottawa’s becoming addicted to consulting firms. Other countries have rung the alarm. It’s time for the same to happen here.”  Journalist Paul Wells outlines the facts about the Trudeau government’s addiction to hiring consultants to tell them what they want

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Queer-liberal: Today’s tonic: “From Musk to Truss, 2022 was the year reckless populists came crashing down to Earth”

Today’s tonic: “From Musk to Truss, 2022 was the year reckless populists came crashing down to Earth”  Let’s not forget idiots Trump and Bolsonaro too.  Although we’ll have to wait in Canada until next year to let Pierre Poilievre and Danielle Smith know what we think of him!  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/16/musk-truss-2022-year-populists-crashed-to-earth  #Politics 

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Queer-liberal: Tonight’s tonic: “Danielle Smith’s sovereignty act eats at our trust in democracy. Why aren’t Conservatives calling her out?” 

Tonight’s tonic: “Danielle Smith’s sovereignty act eats at our trust in democracy. Why aren’t Conservatives calling her out?”  http://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2022/12/03/danielle-smiths-sovereignty-act-eats-at-our-trust-in-democracy-why-arent-conservatives-calling-her-out.html  #cdnpoli #abpoli #democracy 

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Queer-liberal: Tonight’s tonic: Tina Kotek becomes the 2nd ever out lesbian elected as a U.S. governor, after Maura Healey won in Massachusetts earlier this week…

Tonight’s tonic: @TinaKotek becomes the 2nd ever out lesbian elected as a U.S. governor. The 1st @Maura_Healey was declared the winner in Massachusetts on Tuesday night. Both strong awesome women.   https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/11/politics/tina-kotek-christine-drazan-oregon-governor-race-result/index.html   #USPolitics #LGBTQ

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Queer-liberal: Today’s tonic: Democrats do historically well for an incumbent party in US midterms as Trumpian liars/election deniers lose in most parts of the country

Today’s tonic: Democrats do historically well for an incumbent party in US midterms as Trumpian liars/election deniers lose in most parts of the country. The majority of Americans are not the idiots they’ve been playing on TV in recent months   https://www.salon.com/2022/11/09/are-still-angry-over-the-roe-overturn–abortion-rights-win-big-across-the-us/   #USPolitics

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