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LessAspin

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28. Maple MAGAt-prop
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 08:35 AM
Yesterday

NEW: US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra hosted over a dozen far-right activists and right-wing media personalities at his ‘Fourth of July’ party in Ottawa this weekend

The US Embassy says Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich, who was convicted on criminal charges last year, was accredited as a journalist

PressProgress (@pressprogress.ca) 2026-07-06T18:56:07.938Z




If you think the USG is not backing the efforts to stage renewed attempts like this (including in Ireland), Pete Hoekstra has just disabused you of that.

emptywheel (@emptywheel.bsky.social) 2026-07-06T21:15:19.379Z

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