Michel Béchard 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇩🇰🇪🇺

Passionate about PSE, innovation & Habs / Cinephile & music fan / Happy outdoors / Former Ontarian & Albertan / Now calling La Belle Province home / Francophone

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Trump's racism should be no surprise.

His company got caught committing racial housing discrimination.

He spread lies about the exonerated Central Park 5.

He entered politics with the racist birther lie.

There's a reason Trump was once endorsed by David Duke and the KKK's newspaper.

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

If Elon Musk paid my ultra-millionaire tax, we could fully cover free community college in America.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

THE INSANELY RIGGED ECONOMY

Yesterday, while tens of millions of families were struggling to pay for rent, food, healthcare, childcare and gas, seven of Trump's oligarchic friends became $210 billion richer. Not last week. Not over the past decade. In less than 24 hours, these 7 men, the wealthiest people on earth, became $210 billion richer.

Incredibly, since Trump was elected on November 5, 2024, these 7 men, all Big Tech Oligarchs, have become more than $1.5 trillion richer and are now collectively worth over $2.8 trillion. Meanwhile, we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of any other wealthy nation, young adults have a lower standard of living than their parents and over 20% of our seniors are trying to survive on an annual income of $15,000 a year or less.

Yes. We are living in an oligarchy.

A Good Day for Trump’s Friends:

Yesterday, Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, got $164.8 billion richer and is now worth $1.4 trillion. He’s worth $1.1 trillion more than on Election Day.

Yesterday, Larry Page, the second wealthiest man in the world, gained $7.61 billion in wealth and is now worth $314 billion. He’s worth $161 billion more than on Election Day.

Yesterday, Sergey Brin, the third richest man in the world, got $7.01 billion richer and is now worth $292 billion. He’s worth $148 billion more than on Election Day.

Yesterday, Jeff Bezos, the fourth richest man in the world, gained $6.96 billion in wealth and is now worth $267 billion. He’s worth $46 billion more than on Election Day.

Yesterday, Larry Ellison, the fifth wealthiest man in the world, gained $8.92 billion in wealth and is now worth $247 billion. He’s worth $63 billion more than on Election Day.

Yesterday, Michael Dell, the sixth richest man in the world, got $5.86 billion richer and is now worth $218 billion. He’s worth $101 billion more than on Election Day.

Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg, the seventh richest man in the world, gained $9.16 billion in wealth and is now worth $211 billion. He’s worth $8 billion more than on Election Day.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said it best: “Call it democracy or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all of God’s children.”

[The Shallow State @OurShallowState]

His name is no longer on the Kennedy Center, but there's a tarp over it so he can avoid humiliation. The ballroom, always an excuse for a bunker, is an endless eyesore, and not privately funded as claimed - but they want to fund it from taxpayers, so he can avoid humiliation. The blue reflecting pool isn't blue anymore - the algae are growing, as algae does, but they're dumping hydrogen peroxide into it so he can avoid humiliation. His attempt to get artists to play for his birthday, failed - which was a massive embarrassment, forcing him to say he was the one who cancelled it, said to avoid humiliation. The Iran war is a whopping defeat, a surrender, and a global disaster, and they're trying to figure out how to help him spin it so he can avoid humiliation.
This is the Trump 2.0 presidency. Thin bluster and fake bravado designed to disguise humiliations.
How humiliating.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

The richest man on Earth dismantled the organization that feeds the poorest children on earth.

The definition of evil is being a trillionaire in a world where millions of children are starving.

[The Shallow State @OurShallowState]

The Venn diagram that shows Trump's brain and reality no longer has any portion that intersects.

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

Reminder: both of their fathers are convicted felons.

[Michel Béchard 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇩🇰🇪🇺 @mgbechard]

@thomasjuneau @nords41 T’es sévère, Thomas. Mais c’est pas faut, comme conclusion.

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

It’s also worth noting, of course, that Trump was president at the time and had personally appointed the FBI director.

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

Caption this montage of Trump dozing off photos!

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

Bands that played for Obama.

U2, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, The Grateful Dead, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Booker T. & the M.G.'s. Wynton Marsalis, Herbie Hancock, Trombone Shorty, Buddy Guy, Beyoncé, U2, Usher, and many more.

Donald Trump: Vanilla Ice, Kid Rock.

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

That’s quite clear now that Europe is preparing for a future without the US. Where America is no longer the center of the Western alliance.

Trump spent years demanding loyalty from allies. Instead, Europe is slowly building systems designed to function without Washington, FP. 1/

[@scottjshapiro.bsky.social @scottjshapiro]

DO YOU SING?

[Michel Béchard 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇩🇰🇪🇺 @mgbechard]

@ArponBasu Safe travels! And btw, you’re the reason I subscribe to The Athletic.👍🏻

[Michel Béchard 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇩🇰🇪🇺 @mgbechard]

@thomasjuneau Love the handshake line!
Tellement un bel aspect du hockey.

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

Samuel Alito’s son has worked as a lawyer inside Trump’s Treasury Department since early last year. The administration hid it.

No public resume, no LinkedIn, no mention on the Treasury website, outdated bar listings. Four former officials confirmed it.

The public was never told.

Here is why that matters.

Philip Alito served as an attorney-adviser in Treasury’s general counsel office, briefed on department matters across the board, while the Supreme Court took up a case in which the Treasury Department was a named defendant.

The department never disclosed the connection in court.

Justice Alito did not recuse.

The federal recusal law is plain. A justice must step aside in any case where his impartiality might reasonably be questioned.

That is the test.

Not whether anyone can prove influence but whether a reasonable person looking at this would doubt it. A justice ruling on cases involving the very agency that employs his son fails that test on its face.

And Treasury sits at the center of many upcoming issues, including the fight over Trump’s $1.776 billion dollar fund to reward the January 6th rioters he pardoned. That fight could be headed to the Court too.

This is exactly why the honor system has failed.

The Supreme Court is the only court in America with no enforceable code of conduct. I support withholding funding from the Court until the justices adopt a binding code with real recusal review.

Congress holds the power of the purse.

We should use it.

https://t.co/t2aZrXpaoU

[Chris Meloni @Chris_Meloni]

President Loser

[Marc-Olivier Beaudoin @MOBeaudoin1]

Certains partisans du #CH me sidèrent.

Le club le plus jeune de la NHL, à l'an 4 de sa reconstruction, était supposé se battre jusqu'à la toute fin pour participer aux séries.

Ils ont terminé 6e au classement général.

Ont battu les 5e en première ronde.

Ont battu les 4e en deuxième ronde.

Et oui, ils ont frappé un mur en finale de conférence. EN FINALE DE CONFÉRENCE. À l'an 4 de leur reconstruction. Après avoir disputé 14 matchs enlevants pendant que leur adversaire a eu près de 2 semaines pour remplir le réservoir.

Vous pensiez quoi, que ça allait être une balade dans le parc?

Au minimum, ce jeune groupe-là va avoir joué 19 matchs de séries cette saison. 19!! C'est fou l'expérience qu'ils ont gagné à travers ça. À quel point ça va leur servir au cours des prochaines saisons!

Les jeunes vont continuer à se développer. D'autres espoirs de qualité viendront graduellement se greffer au groupe (Hage, Zharovsky, Reinbacher et peut-être d'autres).

Et KH le sait, la priorité, c'est un 2e centre. Il a les éléments pour en acquérir un.

Ce club là a LARGEMENT dépassé les attentes. Sa progression est hallucinante.

Et une maudite bonne nouvelle par-dessus tout ça: Le Canadien a un solide gardien #1 devant le filet. Jakub Dobes est extrêmement impressionnant.

Bref, si on regarde la forêt au lieu de se coller le nez sur l'arbre, on y voit pas mal plus de positif. Je comprends évidemment la déception des partisans. Vous avez le droit. C'est justifié. Mais avant d'envoyer les joueurs et l'entraîneur sous le bus, pensez au chemin complet qu'ils ont parcouru cette saison. Ça met les choses en perspective. Et c'est encourageant en tabarouette pour la suite!

Ceci dit, pour citer Stan des Boys: "C'est pas fini mon batince!"

#Habs #Canadiens

[Bruce Arthur @bruce_arthur]

Exceptional

[Michel Béchard 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇩🇰🇪🇺 @mgbechard]

@GagnonFrancois JP!! Grand homme de mon village natal loin dans l’Nord de l’Ontario!!