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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Def not what I’d expected out of Vegas. The inaugural sky high book club and poli sci lecture series is off to a great start. Think we should pitch it to @southwestair.bsky.social ?

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

The clouds are usually worth the price, but yesterday I got C12 (no view). TY for the sky high chat on James, Huck Finn, dystopian forecasts, and non-violent resistance. @thomasflores.bsky.social (PS Happy bday to E12)

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

From @steveinskeep.bsky.social : If I understand this correctly, the US president has launched a trade war against the world, believes he can force the EU and China to meet his terms, is determined to annex Canada and Greenland, but is powerless before the sovereign might of El Salvador. Is that it?

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fran #DemForce @newpage-fd.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

At least 12 crosswalks in various Silicon Valley cities were hacked this weekend so that when you press the the crosswalk button you hear a message claiming to be from Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg. 🫢😁😁😁 www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

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Hilarious resistance: Silicon Valley crosswalks hacked to imitate and mock Musk and Zuckerberg

Resistance to Trump and his oligarchs comes in many forms. Here’s a new one I just read about and it’s both powerful and hilarious. At least 12 crosswalks in various Silicon Valley cities were hacked ...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/04/2025

Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 01/04/2025

Others have pointed this out already but the Booker's "stunt" is him literally Doing the Job - impassioned speechmaking is supposedly the main reason for Senators to exist and the only reason any of them from before the United States was established are remembered by name

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Senator Cory Booker concludes his record-breaking Senate Floor speech after 25 hours Massive applause for Booker

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

It's not that what's happening in the US now is "like" the Holocaust: they're actually doing the exact same thing. Calling it deportation, doing it some place where the laws are more malleable, that's how the Nazis did it too. The same rhetorical and legal sleight of hands were used.

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Daily routine now: Gratitude list. Coffee. Yoga. News. Inspiration to fight. Fantasies of flight (Spain? Canada?) Freeze. Gratitude list. Bed.

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Thank you for this @chenoweth.bsky.social Everyone should follow their important research on resistance

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I have said this from the start: the pace and scope of change in America resembles a post-coup situation.

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Michael R Harvey @epublicus.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social Authoritarianism scholar Prof. Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins WIRED to answer the Internet's questions about dictators & Fascism. This is excellent and well worth the time to watch. Prof. Ben-Ghiat has the unique gift of concise specificity. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK6f...

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History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

YouTube video by WIRED

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Here’s an idea: Rogue government has installed itself in the US capital. 100,000 federal workers from the former US are unemployed. Sounds like there are 100,000 highly skilled experts looking for a new job could be a good foundation for a new nation…

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Seems Vance is getting off scott free. For now on: Trump-Musk/Vance. Credit where credit’s due.

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

That’s as far as I’ll cut/paste here. Read full at link in first 🧵

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

…(T quote cont)…”now representing a GREAT and POWERFUL STATE within the greatest Nation that the World has ever seen!"🧵

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

…(T quote cont)…”And Canada will be a big part of that. The artificial line of separation drawn many years ago will finally disappear, and we will have the safest and most beautiful Nation anywhere in the World — And your brilliant anthem, “O Canada,” will continue to play, but…🧵

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

…(T quote)…”Canadians’ taxes will be very substantially reduced, they will be more secure, militarily and otherwise, than ever before, there would no longer be a Northern Border problem, and the greatest and most powerful nation in the World will be bigger, better and stronger than ever —…🧵

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

In Trump's own words, "The only thing that makes sense is for Canada to become our cherished Fifty First State. This would make all Tariffs, and everything else, totally disappear. …🧵

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

…a certain quantity of tariff-free U.S. dairy enters Canada, a quantity that was originally negotiated and agreed to by Trump during the USMCA in 2018. 🧵

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

March 11, 2025 - President Trump threatens to “permanently shut down the automobile manufacturing business in Canada” if Canada does not drop a 250% to 390% tariff on U.S. dairy products, which he doesn’t state only kicks in after …🧵

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

March 8th, 2025 - Canada's foreign minister warns European allies that their government considers Canada to be under existential threat. March 9th, 2025 - Mark Carney, the new Canadian Prime Minister, in his acceptance speech, states that Trump is seeking to destroy Canada, and its way of life. 🧵

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

March 7th, 2025 PT II - Trump claims to reporters that he had Canada’s dairy-tariff situation “well taken care of” at the time he left office the first time, “but under Biden, they just kept raising it.” In fact, Canada did not raise its dairy tariffs during the Biden administration. 🧵

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Fact check: What Trump doesn’t mention about Canada’s dairy tariffs | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump correctly noted Friday, as he has before, that Canada has tariffs above 200% on dairy products imported from the US. But Trump again failed to mention a critical fact.

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

3/7 cont This region accounts for 38% of the Canadian economy, and its loss would make Canada's independence functionally impossible. *THIS IS STILL NOT OFFICIALLY VERIFIED*🧵

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

March 7th, 2025 - Unconfirmed Memorandum and maps leaked on twitter reveal Trump is allegedly planning to annex the entirety of the great lakes and Southern Ontario, home to 13,491,332 Canadians. This amounts to 35.25% of Canada's total population and includes its largest city, Toronto.🧵

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

March 5th, 2025 - US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick told Canadian finance minister Dominic LeBlanc that Trump "had come to realize that the relationship between the United States and Canada was governed by a slew of agreements and treaties that were easy to abandon."🧵

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

March 4th, 2025 - In an address to a joint session of congress, Trump states that the US will own Greenland 'one way or the other'. 🧵

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Feb 24th, 2025 - Trump publicly remarks that whoever signed the USMCA agreement is an idiot. He was the one that signed it. March 4th, 5th, and 6th 2025 - Tariffs come into effect. Canada retaliates with it's own tariffs. Tariffs are again postponed until April 1st after a huge market backlash. 🧵

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Feb 9th, 2025 - In a Super Bowl pre-game interview, Trump says that he's serious about his threats, calling it a 'viable consideration for expanding US territory' Feb 10th, 2025 - Trump announces an additional 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada to come into effect March 12th.🧵

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Feb 7th, 2025 - In a closed door meeting with his cabinet, Prime Minister Trudeau is recorded, without his knowledge, telling everyone that he believes very strongly that Trump is serious and that he stated his reason for annexation as Canadian resources. 🧵

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Feb 3rd, 2025 - A one month delay is agreed upon. Trump, in a conversation with Trudeau states that he doesn't think existing border treaties with Canada are valid, and need to be revised. 🧵

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Jan 31st, 2025 - Trump announces a 25% tariff on all Canadian imports to begin the next day. Feb 2nd, 2025 - Trump refers to Canada as its 'Cherished 51st state' and that it should join the US to avoid tariffs. 🧵

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Jan 24th, 2025 - During a press conference in North Carolina, President Trump reiterated his position, stating that Canada "will" become a U.S. state. He claims that under American governance, Canadians would benefit from "lower taxes" and "better health care." apnews.com/article/trum... 🧵

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Trump has begun another trade war. Here's a timeline of how we got here

Long-threatened tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have plunged the country into a trade war abroad — all while on-again, off-again new levies continue to escalate uncertainty.

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Jan 23rd, 2025 - At the World Economic Forum, Trump says that Canada can avoid tariffs and economic collapse if it joins the US. He says this in front of representatives from most countries in the world. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Trump has begun another trade war. Here's a timeline of how we got here

Long-threatened tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have plunged the country into a trade war abroad — all while on-again, off-again new levies continue to escalate uncertainty.

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Jan 14, 2025 - Trump again claims that most Canadians want to be American, despite new polls showing only 10% of us are open to the idea. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movemen... 🧵

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Movements for the annexation of Canada to the United States - Wikipedia

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Dec 18th, 2024 - Trump again falsely states that the majority of Canadians support annexation and that one of his lapdogs, Wayne Gretzky, should have a leadership role in that new scenario. 🧵

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Dec 3rd, 2024 - Trump remarks that he would split Canada into two states once annexed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51st_st... Dec 10th, 2024 - Trump posts that the majority of Canadians support annexation, despite public polling that only 13% of Canadians would consider the idea. 🧵

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51st state - Wikipedia

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Nov 30th, 2024 - Trump publicly calls our Prime Minister 'Governor Trudeau' and instructs his staff to only address him as Governor going forward. He again suggests Canada should join the USA. nypost.com/2025/03/05/u... 🧵

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Trump mocks ‘Governor’ Trudeau, claims he’s exploiting tariff war to ‘stay in power’ after phone call

Trudeau is set to step down as prime minister and Sunday and said in January that he will not run for reelection for his seat in Parliament.

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Nov 29th, 2024 - In a face to face meeting at Mar-a-Lago, Trump threatens the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, that he will be imposing 25% tariffs and that if Canada wants to avoid that, it should join the US as a state. 🧵

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Mugsy Margarit: Nov 30th, 2018 - The United States, Canada and Mexico finalize a trade agreement. Trump personally negotiates the terms and signs the document, celebrating it as 'the greatest trade agreement in history". (This is important.) 🧵

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Continued in 🧵 Original FB post: m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

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Arielle Silver @ariellesilver.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

To digest it all, I literally hand-wrote in my journal the entire timeline outlined in this Canadian Mugsy Margarit’s recount of WTF has been happening with Canada/US. I stand with Canada. 🇨🇦 It’s chaos down here, and this cuts through. All below is from the link in the first🧵

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