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Charmaine de Silva retweeted
Democrats have flipped SC-1, the GOP seat now held by Rep. Nancy Mace R-SC.
The winner was Nancy Lacore, a retired Vice Admiral who was Chief of the Navy Reserve. She was fired by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in August 2025.
Charmaine de Silva retweeted
Absolutely heartbreaking.
Edmonton police charge two people after 25-day-old baby dies as a result of severe malnutrition and dehydration.
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Please help my friend and former colleague Kevin Li on his road to recovery. gofund.me/ccd734fb4
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Tonight, I make a solemn promise to every single Texan. Whether you voted for me or Governor Abbott, or felt so betrayed by a broken politics that you did not vote at all.
Hear what Texas said today, loud and clear: Your government belongs to you. And as your governor, I will never forget it. There will be no special set of rules for the wealthy and powerful. No looking the other way when someone in my own party does wrong.
The trust you have placed in me tonight is not a blank check. It is a sacred responsibility. And I intend to earn it every single day.
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Americans don’t want tariffs. The polls and voters are clear. Do not make a deal with a repudiated and departing president that normalizes tariffs that Americans and Canadians don’t want. Do not put Canada at an economic disadvantage with a tariff-accepting deal.
Charmaine de Silva retweeted
FYI: tonight, Congresswoman Sarah McBride will become the first openly-trans person reelected to Congress.
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BREAKING: Democrat Annie Andrews wins U.S. Senate race in South Carolina, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4iE47PD
ALT BREAKING: Democrat Annie Andrews wins U.S. Senate race in South Carolina, NBC News projects. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elections/south-carolina-senate-results
Charmaine de Silva retweeted
History made: Chris Pappas wins in New Hampshire and Democrats are sending the first openly gay man to the U.S Senate.
Charmaine de Silva retweeted
Notice how nobody insulted him.
NOBODY HAS INSULTED HIM O
They have spent the whole day insulting, slandering, tarnishing, and dehumanising a young woman of 20 who was not even the pilot controlling the plane.
BREAKING:
Jeff Gregory, a 55-year-old pilot from Pennsylvania, has been identified as the pilot of the LearJet 60 that crashed yesterday in Palm Beach County, Florida.
Jeff had 2 decades of flying experience, according to those familiar with him.
His family are devout Christians and active in their local church.
He leaves behind a beautiful wife and several wonderful children.
Please pray for his family and friends.
Charmaine de Silva retweeted
As a former Marine and police officer, I’ve seen people freeze or fall apart under pressure. I listened to 20-year-old Nathalia Gadelha on Learjet N722BD as it dove at over 20,000 feet per minute in an overspeed. She never stopped transmitting clear, critical information even though she had to know she was going to die. That young co-pilot stayed on the radio to the end. Most people twice her age wouldn’t have.
Charmaine de Silva retweeted
Unearthed video: Bill Clinton praises the 2007 University of Michigan senior speaker, Abdul El-Sayed, on his commencement speech
"I don't want to embarrass your senior speaker. But I wish every person in the world who believes that we are fated to have a clash of civilizations and cannot reach across the religious divides could've heard you speak today. I just wish every person in the world could've heard you speak today."
Charmaine de Silva retweeted
She was falling 27,000 feet in a minute in an iced-up jet. In about 35 seconds she declared a mayday, gave her tail number, descent rate, overspeed and a 60-degree bank. That's the job. Then she died with eight other people, and you're grading her tone. Fuck you.
A pilot should not:
🔘become hysterical
🔘speak too quickly to be intelligible
🔘say, "We're going to crash into the ground!"
🔘scream like a little girl
🔘hyperventilate
🔘scream like a little girl again
A pilot needs a certain disposition. This is not it. That's the reality.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The aircraft was in an uncontrolled overspeed dive exceeding 20,000 ft/min from cruising altitude. Expecting calm is unrealistic; male pilots have screamed in CVRs facing death, e.g. Western 2605.
fox13news.com/news/were-gonn…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_A…
Charmaine de Silva retweeted
Breaking: Jennifer Whiteside is the new interim leader of the BC NDP. #bcpoli
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In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to:
Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Fund
alzresearch.org/giving/
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Caregiver Resources
alzfdn.org/donate/
Photo Credit: Tommy Garcia
Thank you, Sunita.
For the past two years, Sunita has served Vancouver-Langara as MLA, and she has done it with real heart. I got to know her through my work in the Jewish community, and what began as a working relationship grew into a genuine friendship.
Sunita is one of the warmest, most caring people I know in public life. She works incredibly hard, and she has a rare gift for connecting with people, whoever they are and wherever they come from. I'll never forget her coming straight from Victoria to our CLEAR Alzheimer's dinner to speak to the families we support. It meant a great deal to me.
We ran against each other this fall, but that never changed how I feel about her. Thank you for your service to this community and for your friendship. Vancouver-Langara is better for the work you've done.
@SunitaDhirBC
