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sifill.bsky.social • 1 day ago

This makes me furious.

Reposted from New York Times Pitchbot

Good stuff

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skaryfair.bsky.social•1 day ago

I feel dumber after reading that headline.

cruising71.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Stop giving air to this shit

thelittlesparrow.bsky.social•1 day ago

Imagine how us Canadians feel? We are ready to fight. And we will. For as long as it takes

bridgetteboudreau.bsky.social•1 day ago

JFC — traditional media is lost.

jac028.bsky.social•1 day ago

Next week, they’ll tell us there are Nazis in Canada, just like Ukraine. 😔😞

trendlessness.bsky.social•1 day ago

What makes it even more odd is that they are endorsed by Nazis. It's kind of confusing.

ladygabriola.bsky.social•1 day ago

Elbows Up!

carolinemandell.bsky.social•1 day ago

Normalcy bias: He’ll annex Canada but apportion electoral votes fairly. Ridiculous.

tashajeanslife.bsky.social•17 hours ago

I have two words for DT, F*** off. Thank you 👍🏻

bizob.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump claims that we don’t need anything from Canada, but that we should absorb the country? He is mentally and intellectually unfit!

basedmrsroosevelt.bsky.social•5 hours ago

As if there’d ever be free elections again in that scenario

nighswander.bsky.social•1 day ago

There is no scenario where Canadians would get to vote, but if we did - no way are we going to vote for those weaklings!

vjm4democracy.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Makes Canadians furious too.

We are boycotting all US goods and travel as much as we can.

#ElbowsUp #SorryNotSorry

green4don.bsky.social•1 day ago

Why would Canada be added as one state? Each province would add itself as a state with 2 Senators each. Quebec will never join the U.S., they aren't really happy in Canada. Who knows about the territories? So, 20+ Canadian Senators and 45+ Canadian Representatives. Still, never going to happen.

gloria6262.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Trump is STUPID

lampshadeoh.bsky.social•23 hours ago

That’s assuming we will ever be able to vote again.

c-n-e.bsky.social•22 hours ago

And also assuming that they won’t hack voting machines like they did in November in Pennsylvania…

cloudbusterrob.bsky.social•1 day ago

We couldn’t even win a war in Afghanistan ffs. Is anybody at the White House or the NYT even remotely in touch with reality? Trump will grow wings and fly to Yellowknife before Canada becomes the 51st state. JFC.

curatednews.bsky.social•21 hours ago

😆😳🤯😵‍💫

irish-norgie.bsky.social•1 day ago

He won’t let them vote. They’re Canadian. Their new babies would be American but the SCOTUS is reviewing that now.

ksjackson-levine.bsky.social•1 day ago

Canada is a sovereign nation FFS!

latebloomerhere.bsky.social•1 day ago

Mood....

kerrbear29.bsky.social•1 day ago

This assumes we would have a free and fair election again.

cripesamighty.bsky.social•15 hours ago

This assumes 'elections'.
Hahahaha...

rcarmstrong.bsky.social•1 day ago

Even as an intellectual exercise this is horrible.

hrh-dmk.bsky.social•1 day ago

We are NOT amused. Canada is NOT FOR SALE. We will fight to keep our sovereignty, as any threatened country’s citizens would.

s-tumbleweed.bsky.social•1 day ago

We are sorry prez lardass started this shit storm. I know I didn’t vote for him. EVER! The sooner he’s out of office, the better for all of us. And again, I’m sorry.

meerareads.bsky.social•1 day ago

“Austria as the next German state? In electoral terms, Hitler’s idea favors the SPD”

“Ukraine as the next Russian oblast? In electoral terms, Putin’s idea favors the CPRF”

What in the ever loving whole grained FUCK is going on.

csdavis9.bsky.social•1 day ago

👇

storylibrarian.bsky.social•1 day ago

I believe everyone is referring to the actual NYT paragraph that Pitchbot posted.

kmanseau.bsky.social•13 hours ago

That’s what I’m trying to understand! So was it an actual headline / paragraph from the real NYT?

storylibrarian.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Yeah, it's their exact font/style

meerareads.bsky.social•1 day ago

Okay. Here’s a real article from AP to get upset about instead. Link & everything so you can verify it yourself.

https://apnews.com/article/how-canada-could-become-us-state-42360e10ded96c0046fd11eaaf55ab88?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

cassalalia.bsky.social•1 day ago

The New York Times article is real

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/us/politics/canada-trump-51st-state.html

kineta.bsky.social•18 hours ago

The pitchbot took a screenshot of a real article. This is a real NYT article.

jandom.bsky.social•1 day ago

Makes YOU furious?!
Every Canadian is dumbfounded and ENRAGED!

njsmith.bsky.social•1 day ago

Pitchbot is satire. Perfectly mimics NYT’s tone.

andyheppelle.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thanks @mark-carney.bsky.social , Canadian Prime Minister🇨🇦 & thanks Jeff Douglas for “no we are not the 51st State”🇨🇦 #TheTrueNorth🇨🇦 #StrongandFree🇨🇦 #OhCanada🇨🇦 we stand on guard for thee.
We love friends, neighbors and NATO allies who #StandwithCanada too! I am #proudlyCanadian🇨🇦 https://youtu.be/_OzbmriDgQc

besa1.bsky.social•1 day ago

Maybe China should suggest that the US be a much cherished province of China.

drahmeyer.bsky.social•14 hours ago

That is so fucked up!

jenminicooper.bsky.social•1 day ago

This makes me afraid.
And I wish they wouldn’t normalize the idea.

whoinworldwitw.bsky.social•18 hours ago

The @nytimes.com best for picking up dog poo and starting fires.

lovemynycbubble.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sovereign nations can be taken if the bigger bully wants to. It's why Trump called Putin brilliant for entering Ukraine. There's no morality for a privileged bully. He wants it.

elle7420.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Outrageous doesn’t start to describe the audacity to lay this shit at the dem’s door unless it pertains to the traitorous dems who plan to vote with the enemy for cloture.

kmanseau.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wtf??? NO ONE should be encouraging this lunacy

kmanseau.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh wait, a commenter below says this is a parody account. Sorry, “pitchbot” you suck; not funny

kineta.bsky.social•18 hours ago

The pitchbot shared a real headline. This is the dumbass Nee York Times, which is putting the pitchbot out of business 🙃

American MSM sucks and has been propping up Trump since he started the birtherism bs.

kmanseau.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Oh man, I guess I’m too old/ new to this style of media to understand? The NYT Pitchbot says on its profile that it’s a parody. But does it/he sometimes share actual headlines? Thanks so much for dealing with a newby

kineta.bsky.social•10 hours ago

No prob! Sometimes the pitchbot does post screenshots of real headlines, especially since the pitchbot is supposed to pitch outrageous headlines in the voice of some of NYTs most notorious columnists.

heidiotoo.bsky.social•1 day ago

These people, my God.

jeneestan.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is a disgusting normalization of invading one of our strongest and closest allies. Speculating on it being helpful to dems? WTF! Keep Canada independent! 🇨🇦

pottersville.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm grateful that the New York Times and the Washington Post have paywalls to protect us from their content

oldhoundderby.bsky.social•1 day ago

No way would Canada ever be given statehood. We’d end up as a territory like Puerto Rico.

Fortunately, it won’t be happening.

sarahfree.bsky.social•1 day ago

These publications are the main reason the Overton Window shifts

rltjr.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Me too. It’s a road to ruin.

tedit.bsky.social•1 day ago

Now imagine how it makes Canadians feel.

bittergrounds.bsky.social•1 day ago

Canadian here. This has made Canadians beyond furious. But, we'll always have a place in our hearts for those who have the courage to stand up and say "this isn't right".

craigerflights.bsky.social•1 day ago

If US troops deploy facing north, I will shoot them in the back myself.

bittergrounds.bsky.social•1 day ago

I suspect that will happen more than Trump or Elon realises. He's killing the USA.

doixuan.bsky.social•1 day ago

This isn't right.
And fuck Trump!

jeannienh.bsky.social•1 day ago

Gagging

trentevans.bsky.social•1 day ago

I feel the very last vestiges of life force draining from my body. Good God.

leftspeakup.bsky.social•1 day ago

Next title will be, "Actually Fascism Isn't All That Fun."

omg-wtf-gtfo.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Oh come on! A little mental exercise about how invading allies might be a good thing is perfect for a nothing-happening Friday afternoon!

/s

dmax12345.bsky.social•1 day ago

Interestingly, in all of this talk of adding new states in Trump world, nobody ever mentions adding an island filled with people who are already American citizens, many of who would love for their land to be a state I wonder why? 🤔

dmax12345.bsky.social•1 day ago

They only seem to care about taking over a land that has never been a part of the U.S. that is filled with people who are growing increasingly hostile to the U.S. with every day that passes.

lmhinh.bsky.social•1 day ago

They’re also forgetting about DC. The residents have been demanding statehood.

dmax12345.bsky.social•1 day ago

Same question about why that isn’t mentioned? Hmmm…

nicolas.grumpycoder.net•1 day ago

And once again I am baffled as to how they believe Canadians would get the right to vote.

magysmiles.bsky.social•1 day ago

They would just figure out a way to gerrymander that too.

deborahmiller.bsky.social•1 day ago

Don’t take the bait

craigrcarl.bsky.social•17 hours ago

I'd settle for Puerto Rico and D.C. adding two stars.

mlbosin.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Elections do not matter anymore. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise!

willyboy60.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s a satire

meerareads.bsky.social•1 day ago

The president has been saying this for at least a month. I understand that this particular screenshot might be intended as satire but the threat it describes is not.

https://apnews.com/article/how-canada-could-become-us-state-42360e10ded96c0046fd11eaaf55ab88?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

willyboy60.bsky.social•1 day ago

The NYT “pitchbot” website proposes ridiculous headlines. It’s a satire on the feckless NYT. C’mon. We all agree with you but don’t become humourless

mcharter.bsky.social•1 day ago

Link to NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/us/politics/canada-trump-51st-state.html

sherriab58.bsky.social•14 hours ago

They need to call it what it is. He wants to start a war with Canada, Greenland and Panama. My kids won’t be participating. We won’t be supporting a war.

tatianar312.bsky.social•1 day ago

Can a newspaper be morally bankrupt?

qglpolicywonk.bsky.social•1 day ago

As someone who grew up in the northern border & works bi-nationally 🇨🇦 is taking this seriously as a real expansionist threat. Tonight CBC did an hour on the topic. We should also be taking it seriously, just as tariffs are real, we need to develop a strategy to confront this as well.

robertasaidthat.bsky.social•1 day ago

He needs to stop trying to steal other countries. That’s what Putin does…

krismbeal.bsky.social•1 day ago

Livid.

drmarinaarcher.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Byron Donalds said the quiet part out loud. He said they would not be a "state." They would be more like..."a territory."

NYT - feckless and complicit.

noncynic.bsky.social•9 hours ago

There is only one way to analyze such insane commentary, whether NYT or Fox "news," etc:

EVERYTHING IS AN ATTEMPT AT MANIPULATION.
Truth means nothing.
It's about power for fascism.

Always ask:
- What's the purpose of the nonsense?
- Who are they trying to manipulate?

madoccassia.bsky.social•1 day ago

These are inexplicably terrible ideas. Doesn't matter if they're attributable to stupidity, cupidity, psychopathy, or galloping senility; they are, individually and collectively, grounds for removal from office.

s-tumbleweed.bsky.social•1 day ago

I like the sound of that!

juliaringma.bsky.social•1 day ago

Canadian here. Some of us mostly roll our eyes. We understand he is a delusional solipsist who does everything mostly for attention with no plan beyond the moment.

glynnisi18.bsky.social•1 day ago

Same. Not funny.

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