I had Uber passengers from Canada recently.
After the trip, she handed me $25.
I replied, "In lieu of the tip, can you take me home with you?"
They laughed because they know: when Jane Fonda visited Vietnam, the people there assured her that "We don't hate Americans. We don't like your president."
Why should we let a convicted FELON terrorize our country and the whole world? Executive orders are NOT laws. He is imploding the US from within.
We the People need to stop this nonsense and start rebuilding our societal institutions in the way we want them to function. No more whining, but Action.
Disappointing feeling, isn't it? I'm on the same type of book. Different chapter. Much darker and foreboding. Undoubtedly, a horror story. I only hope it is fiction. We stick together and we'll win. Thanks for sharing.
Not my city or my neighborhood - they went Liberal.
But I am afraid so many of family and friends outside Toronto went for the CPC lies & misinformation and the idea that “the Liberals have been in power too long.”
No one says we’ve been healthy too long - let’s try cancer for a change.
Sometimes preaching change is enough, it gets people thinking about what they don't like. The counter messaging needs to be even stronger though; it was surprising to me that Peel and York went PC with all the BIPOC folks in those areas. Talk about voting against your interests, yeesh.
I agree but it happens all the time. Look at all the Latinx who voted for 45! I have racialized family members in the US who canvassed for him. The safety issue was about deporting other people, not them. Until ICE came for everyone 🤷♀️
IDK ppl can be pretty delusional until it’s too late
Thanks. Good point. It is almost like that, isn't it? Wow. I suppose that means no one really trusts the government? I am hoping to vote out all the reps and senators and start with a new batch that isn't already being blackmailed into playing the 'game'. Gotta get money out of campaigning.
Absolutely agree - limit on contributions and spending makes the difference. In the US they spend $10 billion on ads in an election and the idea of anyone becoming president is absolute fiction. It’s insane.
IMO, the fact that 80% of posts on social media were in favor of Poilievre while less than 30% of the electorate viewed him as favored leader says a lot. Covert influences had a lot to do with the results.
He's a good man, this Coach Walz fellow. 35% of the eligible who didn't show up to vote should be the ones on the front lines of the necessary rebellion.
Give an example of how the US has gone full blown fascist? Did they arrest a president and try to keep him off the ballot with lawsuits and hoaxes? Did they censor speech they disliked and label it misinformation? Did they throw J6ers in jail without due process? Why yes they did. Under Biden.
YES! Our election results were a victory but FAR from a resounding victory. poiLIEvre's CPC were defeated by a slim margin in the popular vote. Literally just over 8 million Canadians opted for Maple-maga which is deeply concerning.
You probably know this, but it looks like Canada is on that very long slide into he'll that we did. Billionaires will steal your country. Be extremely selective on your consumption dollars.
Canadians are no where close to succumbing to that bullshit…The pure idiocy and ignorance of Americans gave the USA to Drumpf. We voted and succeeded NOT to go down the conservative rabbit hole.
You wrote "Canadians are no where close to succumbing..." A popular vote difference of only 2.4% is very close. The Cons even without poiLIEvre are quite ideologically similar to the GOP.
Education will be key, I worked the election and people were genuinely excited and eager to vote. I will admit the few that had issues with ‘anything’ were very Poilievre/MAGAlike.
In the popular vote: LPC = 43.7% & CPC = 41.3% - a difference of only 2.4%. Given poiLIEvre's political & ideological similarities to tRump, it's appalling that so many voters opted for tRump-Maple. Canadian voters aren't really that much different than their flawed American counterparts...
...When Biden won in the USA in 2020, the popular vote in his favor was only 4.5% higher - meaning the electoral college votes were tight and could easily flip in future elections. A similar trend is evident in the Cdn election except worse - 2.4% vs. 4.5% - meaning that many individual ridings...
It’s sort of true. Conservatives in Canada are more like Republicans of old. That is not to say there aren’t MAGAt-adjacent but they represent about 12% of Canadians, and around 30% of Conservatives. That said, I still believe that the right outcome occurred
I wish the rest of our Democrats knew this is wrong.
Tim Walz is a good person. Imagining the good he could've done as VP is heartbreaking. But the deciders in the country prefer cruelty.
Why is the blame always on the vote splitting, but never on the reasons why it'd be an issue:
* That first past the post is waaaay outdated and needs to go, now.
* That there are still way too many people who think the new Cons are the same as the old Cons
* Foreign owned news/socials swaying voters
This from a guy who coulda and shoulda been our VP but got cheated cause of RW media very bias over a female president espc like kamala Harris who would have really made America as good as Biden left it before that lunatic destroyer Trump kill our country's image and reputation big time etc
We did our boycott though SM. More importantly watching people cheer the shaving the heads of prisoners was horrific. Make corporations who give him $$ hurt.
Michigan needs to secede and join our Canadian brothers and sisters. We already have Tim Horton's, Molson, & Labatt's here along with a tunnel and two bridges across the river. We love poutine, ice hockey, and kmow the difference between "Canadian" and "peameal" bacon! 😉
Awesome, but you need better Canadian beer.
Preferably from a company that didn't donate to the Heritage Foundation (project 2025) ;).
The rest works, though.
I'd forgotten that those Canadian beer companies had been bought out. Of course, I'm old enough to remember Carling Black Label ("Hey, Mabel!"), Don Cherry & Hockey Night in Canada, and my dad somehow getting Craven menthols over the border. 🤭
While Tim's Molson's and Labatt's are/were Canadian brands, they are no longer owned by Canadians. 😔 Better craft beers now in Toronto alone. The bacon though... you are right. Come on over.
I forgot about butter tarts and bacon marmalade (tho some Welsh ladies might like a word about the jam!). I taught History of Jazz at U Windsor as a VAP in 2012 and still have a current NEXUS card. 🙂 You never know where life will take you!
I know; fearful that it will be like cutting the tail off a chameleon when he goes. Alternatively, the rest may fold like a cheap tent in the breeze. Either way, a chaotic power grab will ensue. 😵💫
Silencing Gov. Walz to campaign with Mark Cuban and Liz Cheney cost us a win for the good guys, and another defeat for the orange disgrace.... just sayin'. Nicely done, Canada.
Why aren't Waltz, Newsom, other democrat governors banning federal law enforcement and making Trade Deals with other countries.
What is Trump going to do, stomp his feet?
It's so obvious. We are the only democratic country where people are addicted to lying, hate-coded current-events chatter stations, forums, podcasts. In Canada 1/2 the country doesn't get all their info from Fox, Alex Jones & Truth Social or RW FB posts like they do here so radicalization thrives.
Just Wait to see what happens
May 1st. It's Mayday on steroids. Not just a celebration of International Workers Day but people yelling
MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
As in help! America's
GOING DOWN!
Governor Walz, I consider you to be the de-facto Leader of the Democratic Party right now, in lieu of the lukewarm, ineffectual 'leadership' coming from Jeffries & Schumer on Capitol Hill. I hope you'll give *serious* thought to running for President in 2028, 'cause I look forward to voting for you.
Family members watching in Australia are pumped for their upcoming election…they are so proud Canadians showed up. Not all of us (typical all over the world) but enough of us.
The results of the Canadian election equate to Stalingrad in WWII that will likely break Felon47’s presidential neck (not to foretell what happened in the Führer bunker in April 1945).
It’s beyond me how some people see what’s happening here in America & still say “yes, that is exactly what I want”. Unfortunately it’s hidden under the guise of “well he won’t do THAT” when “that” is exactly what will happen.
I'm thinking "how much you want to bet he won't? Will you bet your house? Your job? Your children's lives? Because that's what you're actually betting. Don't fuck with Nazis because they will cash in your chips for you."
You reap what you sow. The rest of the world, (obviously more educated and detached from the USA) warned, we yelled and screamed at you people not to fall for the Con, but you did!
I don’t think there are much differences in educational attainment but Canada’s system seems to have more protections in place. Including mandatory retirement age for our senators, more limits on lobbying, our judges are not elected, etc.
It’s impossible. Ports and borders are controlled federally. States would have to eject all border agents who are the ones collecting the tariffs. This likely would result in federal enforcement with the military.
Stay safe walz you are appreciated here from a trans woman in Tennessee. I hope you got the best defenses you can against the attacks trump threats to people like you and also Canada and I hope for Canadas safety too much love to both from the bottom of my heart I hope to1dayMoveBack2MyBirthState.
Yes and as Canadians we should expect that evildoers will still look for ways to skew the results the next time around. Paper ballots can be lost or burned, counting can be recorded wrongly, data storage and transmission can be interfered with. And social media can corrupt.
Ballots are the last step in the chain. Lots of misinformation online that sways lots of people. the Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections task force found evidence of China trying to influence our elections, against a conservative candidate & against Carney
AOC/Walz, Walz/AOC, AOC/Buttigieg, Booker/Walz, Walz/Booker, Booker/AOC, Booker/Walz, Booker/Buttigieg... the list goes on. What the Democratic Party needs and what the country needs. I worry about losing any of them in their current roles, though.
Trump knows next to nothing about Canada and for damn sure doesn’t appreciate the deep bonds and ties that exist across the border between friends and family, or on a more commercial level between business partners an associates of all kinds. It’s truly tragic what has happened here. And for what?
Yeah, was listening to a podcast today with a guy from Bloomberg who said the only people who support Trump’s trade “policies” (if they can be called such) were MAGA influencers.
It’s such a frustration that you can’t go in an fix stupid typos, punctuation, etc. but instead have to delete the post. And, if it already has responses or reposts, well, it’s already a done deal and would be disrespectful to trash it.
I think the GOP should be shitting bricks about now…by summer when the prices are sky high and the shelves bare, maybe the maggots will storm the white house and actually complete the task of taking down the clown🙄
100 days
100 campaign lies
100 anti-human policy moves
100 million tax dollars spent by Trump on golf
100 billion dollars taken away from the needy
100 Republican Project 2025 fascists pushing us into slavery
100 protests that have done little to change anything
FYI federal elections in Canada use paper and pencil or pen ballots. No chance of Musk shenanigans. There are ballots counted by hand with scrutineers from the parties at each table. It takes longer and the process is designed by Elections Canada.
I would happily vote for him. He’s a regular guy who happens to be intelligent and has common sense. He is empathetic and gets good things done in Minnesota!
Agree 100%, and I think he could do well with planning and preparation. The last race ended up a bit of a fiasco with Harris and him being thrust into it kind of at the last minute.
Yeah, unlike this country, which has too many feckless beings amongst us! Knew exactly what the convicted felon/rapist was about, yet STILL voted for this highly UNQUALIFIED fool to destroy our country from within! Basically doing the bidding for russia, china, & all our other enemies! Good job 🇺🇸!👎🏼👎🏼
Sure did. We were worried it’d go the other way though. None of us can be complacent. We have the power of the vote, and we need to exercise it every damn time. 🇨🇦
If trump didn't cheat & the election was all above board ( which I doubt) reality is that if we voted for Waltz P, and Harris VP, we probably would have won.
Before the trump administration spouted out about DEI, I had no clue how many men truly hated me for being smarter than them.
As a Canadian. No we didn’t. Mark Carney is a central banker. The exact kind of person being protested at occupy. He will continue to make life less affordable for working class Canadians.
Pierre was definitely the best option, at least for working class Canadians. Under the last 10 years the liberal government and NDP have reduced Canadas GDP to be on par with the least wealthy American states. And on top of that our houses are twice as expensive.
Yeah except Pierre isn’t a fascist. He’s a moderate conservative politician who has been in government most of his adult life. But you just did the exact same thing Canadian voters did. In the face of a real issue that was brought to the table, your response was “but Trump”
That logic just doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. The liberals have been in office for a decade the buying power and wealth of Canadians has decreased. The entailment of this is that whatever he was voting against was not helping working class Canadians.
Canada still thinks that MOST American people are pretty awesome. We won't hold it against you provided you AREN'T supporting the orange convicted felon President who's also a compulsive liar. We feel bad for all of you because he's NOT qualified to be President of anything!/
Trump asks Canadians to vote for him? That only means one thing. Pierre Poilievre is compromised. Canadians are doing great at recognizing their dictator in advance. Americans, not so great.
Wrong country. Mark Carney is the reason our banks have such tight regulations which is why we did so much better in the 2008 crash. Never lost a single bank.
That still is that almost half the voters voted for the Cons. 😥 In my province, 65% 🤦♀️. Meanwhile, my fitbit report for says I walked 38 miles last week door knocking for my Liberal candidate.
My god, just watching the The Rachel Maddow Show, and I’m absolutely stunned at the abuse of a US mom and her daughters, who were terrorized by federal agents - their money and possessions scoffed.
No, Canada wants nothing to do with this mess. I pray you all survive, and we’re left alone.
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Happy to see Liberal victory.
Sad for Canada still.
It took that as “dissolve quietly into the ether.”
Classic miscommunication.
Elbows up USA. 🇺🇸
After the trip, she handed me $25.
I replied, "In lieu of the tip, can you take me home with you?"
They laughed because they know: when Jane Fonda visited Vietnam, the people there assured her that "We don't hate Americans. We don't like your president."
We the People need to stop this nonsense and start rebuilding our societal institutions in the way we want them to function. No more whining, but Action.
But I am afraid so many of family and friends outside Toronto went for the CPC lies & misinformation and the idea that “the Liberals have been in power too long.”
No one says we’ve been healthy too long - let’s try cancer for a change.
IDK ppl can be pretty delusional until it’s too late
Our independent Elections Canada organization is critical to clean voting. And we limit how much corporations can contribute.
Much more work needs to be done.
While you're at it, exactly how much money in waste was found out of the trillions promised?
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1915232212309737685
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1915222894378147970
A libertarian is just an authoritarian in denial.
Just pushes misinformation and straight out lies.
Will waste as much time as you give him.
You are making a case against yourself and you don't even realize it.
https://youtu.be/923SiDdLSic?si=NAdjbHmJG-UYi-gI
Back to work, elbows up!
(please @bsky.app add an edit button)
In 2020 the rigging wasn’t enough.
Pay attention to reality vs what information comes from the internet. Russians love to manipulate the latter.
America. WTF?
Tim Walz is a good person. Imagining the good he could've done as VP is heartbreaking. But the deciders in the country prefer cruelty.
Canada Strong! 🇨🇦
* That first past the post is waaaay outdated and needs to go, now.
* That there are still way too many people who think the new Cons are the same as the old Cons
* Foreign owned news/socials swaying voters
https://youtu.be/Dp_hOP5B5dI?si=RkBPiSf64J7XAQih
Preferably from a company that didn't donate to the Heritage Foundation (project 2025) ;).
The rest works, though.
Capitol switchboard (202) 224-3121.
Email them through their websites.
Tell them this:
1. Call for impeachment. Loudly. Daily.
2. Go see your constituents in the concentration camps in El Salvador.
Or don’t ask for money…
(Please repost)
What is Trump going to do, stomp his feet?
Who’s willing to do that in the USA?
Gulag #47 is now on day 100 … Americans? Anxiously demonstrating but doing nothing physically to remove him!
https://bsky.app/profile/cherfan75.bsky.social/post/3lnyjpjgfw22l
https://www.thenerdreich.com/curtis-yarvin-fears-his-authoritarian-fantasy-is-flopping/
Just as people worldwide are becoming!!!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/21/curtis-yarvin-trump
I grew up close to the Saskatchewan border and I love me some Canadians! 🇨🇦😘
So proud of them.
May 1st. It's Mayday on steroids. Not just a celebration of International Workers Day but people yelling
MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
As in help! America's
GOING DOWN!
Democracy is under attack — and if we don’t rise now, we may not get another chance.
Join the May Day protest TODAY.
Stand up. Speak out. Fight back.
Please share!
https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/
#MayDay2025 #ProtectDemocracy #NowOrNever
https://youtu.be/nOwPr6kGHRE?si=J7Dc0fuOErvGD5xF
If push came to shove, hypothetically, of course…
Canada knows right and wrong and holds them accountable.
US? Nah, fuck it, let's just betray everything right and good in the world. Let it burn.
A Trans surgery is actually covered by healthcare.
https://www.lawtimesnews.com/practice-areas/insurance/ontario-court-of-appeal-says-gender-affirming-surgery-is-insured-service/392287
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
At least we have countries to seek asylum from this regime.
Asking for a friend ...
#Hegseth #ESTP
#Trump #ESTP
#PDiddy #ESTP
#Mussolini #ESTP
ESTP The Opportunist
https://www.canada.ca/en/privy-council/news/2025/04/transnational-repression-operation0.html
AOC/Walz, Walz/AOC, AOC/Buttigieg, Booker/Walz, Walz/Booker, Booker/AOC, Booker/Walz, Booker/Buttigieg... the list goes on. What the Democratic Party needs and what the country needs. I worry about losing any of them in their current roles, though.
Please tell me this is indicative of the upcoming elections in the US!
This tariff thing is to get other leaders to kiss his fat azz. That’s the entire point.
Donald Trump is a pathetic human being and his followers are worse.
People that mindlessly follow like a dog with their nose up Donald Trumps arse.
It’s such a frustration that you can’t go in an fix stupid typos, punctuation, etc. but instead have to delete the post. And, if it already has responses or reposts, well, it’s already a done deal and would be disrespectful to trash it.
trump is the scumbag that'll do anything for money and notoriety.
musk, theil and the tech bros
Now, he also wants to be Pope. 😆
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EWCJ5vnceRM
100 campaign lies
100 anti-human policy moves
100 million tax dollars spent by Trump on golf
100 billion dollars taken away from the needy
100 Republican Project 2025 fascists pushing us into slavery
100 protests that have done little to change anything
MAGA is not listening to us.
Anger
Before the trump administration spouted out about DEI, I had no clue how many men truly hated me for being smarter than them.
Trumpist Whitmer would probably rather stick around with her savior Donald, if tonight’s performance is any indicator.
We'll call the new province 'Horizontal Saskatchewan'
Capital city of Horizontal Saskatchewan will be Duluth MN.
They are accually cutting regulations on the banks again.
How insane is that?
Don’t you think it’s odd though that whenever there’s an economic crisis, every single country claims they’re handling it better than all the others?
Stay strong!
We will defeat him.
No, Canada wants nothing to do with this mess. I pray you all survive, and we’re left alone.