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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

And yeah, it's this piece, out this morning. "The federal government that serves us is being starved while the federal government that serves the Trump agenda and the oligarchy is glutting itself on taxpayer money...."

theguardian.com

The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit

The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

i think if you tweet "a whole civilization will die tonight" you shouldn't go to the hague, the hague should get to come to you

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

This is what it felt like moving to Canada.... The generally lower baseline stress level around me was immediately noticeable, and it felt like getting a big breath of fresh air for the first time.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Trying to add my voice through my protest shirt designs... More here: www.etsy.com/shop/WestCoa...

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Pick. A. Side. If you turn away from what's happening and have ANY political power, you've made your choice. You're supporting the killing and kidnapping of innocent people. And people around the US -- and the world -- are bearing witness.

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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 23/01/2026

This is unconscionable. ICE is using cruel, inhumane tactics—now, using children as bait in order to abduct their families—and we cannot allow it to continue.

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

While living in CA in the first Trump term, I made myself a bumper sticker to support international families like mine. I just recreated it as a car magnet that can be adapted to feature any country's flags! Lots more custom items available here too: www.etsy.com/ca/shop/West.... Ships from the US.

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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 06/10/2025

Trump sent troops from the National Guard to Chicago days ago, and they have unleashed havoc on the city. Troops have thrown gas canisters at protesters, deployed tear gas on streets w/ no warning, and raided apartments in the middle of the night, zip-tying children & separating them from families.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 06/10/2025

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States. America is on the brink of martial law. Do not be silent.

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Government of British Columbia @governmentofbc.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

BC is fast-tracking US doctor & nurse recruitment — and it's working. • Since March, 2,962 healthcare professionals have expressed interest in moving to BC • No extra exams for many international MDs Know someone ready for a change? Their next chapter starts here: bchealthcareers.ca

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Gov. Bob Ferguson @governorferguson.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I sent her a response today: Washington state will not be bullied or intimidated by threats and legally baseless accusations.

First page of a letter from Gov Ferguson to AG Bondi

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

A lot of this country’s problems boil down to straight white men who see themselves as some sort of default “normal” but any variation on that as “an identity” that is “political”

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James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Laughing in front of cages designed to hold migrants and refugees, many of whom came to this country fleeing extreme violence and poverty, and hoping to raise their children in a more compassionate country. And many of whom followed all the legal procedures to enter the country.

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Beaver Bones Robertson @darickr.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

"Back in the early 1950s, Germans who lived through the Nazi era warned Chicago journalist Milton Mayer that they had “become used to being governed by surprise” and told him how each step toward Hitler’s eventual tyranny was incremental." www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Interesting to find this old article from 2017 and think about it in the context of TODAY. time.com/4703586/nazi... #iceprotest #losangeles #nationalguard #marines #fascism

2017 2:00 PM EDT

Whitman is the Ford Foundation Professor of

Comparative and Foreign Law at Yale Law School and the

author most recently of Hitler's American Model.

American Nazis parade on East 86th St. in New York City around

1939. Universal History Archive/UIG/Getty Images

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To say America today is verging on Nazism T feels like scaremongering. Yes, white nationalism lives in the White House. Yes, President Donald Trump leans authoritarian. Yes, the alt-right says many ugly things. But for all the economic pains of many Americans, there is no Great Depression gnawing away at democracy's foundations. No paramilitary force is killing people in the streets. Fascism and Nazism have not arrived in the United States.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

The illegitimate, lawless, and authoritarian regime in control of the government of the United States is at war with the people of the United States.

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Did you know that homeschooled children have significantly higher rates of past-year prescription opioid misuse, benzodiazepine use, tobacco use and non-marijuana illicit drug use, and past-month nicotine dependence than low dropout risk children?

rlstollar.com

Ten Homeschooling Parent Myths Debunked

Here are 10 common myths promoted by homeschooling parents—as well as the realities.

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Life with fibromyalgia 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

My little friend who spent 20 minutes on my arm as I walked around the Butterfly Garden 🦋

A woman smiling, with a butterfly sitting on her shoulder

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

"If you do not hold the line at this crucial moment — this is the moment when you are strongest — you will only get weaker over time... I have said this over and over since 2016. Without facts, you can't have truth. Without truth, you can't have trust. Without these, we have no shared reality."

pbs.org

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa discusses state of U.S. democracy

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and journalist Maria Ressa has long fought for global press freedom. Her book, "How To Stand Up To A Dictator," detailed her experience running the news site Rappler under t...

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Voting for the first time today in Canada, as a new Canadian citizen!! 🎉🇨🇦 I'm voting for a strong southern border 😉. Because FUCK TRUMP.

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Winston Churchill, on Canada: "no state, no country, no band of men can more truly be described as the linchpin of peace and world progress". 🇨🇦

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/04/2025

New in PN: RFK Jr. is wrong about autism "The Trump administration's attack on difference, the idea that people who are different are a tragedy and a burden and that they have nothing to contribute — that is fascism. And it is a danger to almost everyone."

publicnotice.co

RFK Jr. is wrong about autism

His lies endanger neurodivergent people — and everyone else.

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

The inconsistency and hypocrisy is mind-numbing.

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

As someone born and raised in California, and now a new Canadian citizen, I agree with Charlie Angus here. The governor of California should use his influence and time to try to protect the people of California from Trump policies, instead of begging for tourism dollars.

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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

It's important for people to understand that we're on a trajectory that eventually leads to political prisoners (first non-citizens, then citizens) being sent to these camps.

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

We need due process in normal circumstances, but we ESPECIALLY need it for the cruelty and incompetence of this administration. 💔

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

As a mom and an ESL teacher to immigrants/refugees, this breaks my heart.

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

"The biggest thing for me is like, ...if you don't want us in your country, if we're all getting deported, why are you keeping us in here for this long? Why is it that me, as a Canadian citizen with a Canadian passport, offered to pay for her flight home, yet I was still here for two weeks?"

npr.org

Jasmine Mooney left ICE detention on a mission: 'People are gonna listen to you'

Canadian actress and entrepreneur Jasmine Mooney was detained by immigration authorities for 12 days after trying to apply for a visa at the U.S.-Mexico border. She spoke to NPR about her experience.

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Americans are so accustomed to inflammatory political language, which makes it harder for them to realize the significance of this type of speech coming from the Canadian government about the US. The US has done irreparable damage to its relationship with Canada. #dualcitizen 🇨🇦🇺🇸

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

If you're scooping up students off the street for writing op-eds, you're secret police, and should be treated accordingly.

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Although I'm much more in line with the NDP and Green parties here, I feel like the liberals have the candidate with the economic expertise and experience that is needed for this historic time of tension between Canada and the US.

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

As someone who has received extensive health care in both the US and Canada, this is a great description of the contrast.

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

It's hard to accept this is really happening, living in BC within sight of the US.... but it's currently not safe for my Canadian-citizen spouse to enter the US. Possible detention for weeks in inhumane conditions with no information... instead of just denying entry? That's psychological warfare.

ctvnews.ca

Weekslong lockups of tourists at U.S. borders spark fears of travelling to America

Lennon Tyler and her German fiancé often took road trips to Mexico when he vacationed in the United States since it was only a day’s drive from her home in Las Vegas, one of the perks of their long-di...

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

The bald eagles were busy at their nest again today, so I'm hoping for eggs soon. 🤩 It's been 4 years since they've used this particular nest... #victoria #bc #canada #baldeagle #nest #viewfrommywindow

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Today's view of the bald eagle nest: The female was busy eating, even swallowing an entire bone... The male left, then returned with moss and sticks and started re-arranging the nest. #baldeagles #nest #spring

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Problembear @problembear.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Most profound statement I’ve seen today…..

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I wake up like this, but I also vibe like this all day long, and then sing myself to sleep. My fibromyalgia hates the Trump administration and won't let me forget it. #fibromyalgia #flareup #stress #trump

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Canadians are feeling angry and deeply betrayed by their neighbor and former friend. Here's a summary of the events of the past 3 months that have ruptured the most stable and long-lasting national friendship in the world 🇨🇦/🇺🇸. Credit to OP Mugsy Margarit What a fucking mess. #elbowsup #canada

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Anyway Gavin Newsom’s podcast is premised on this concept “I will bring on people I disagree with and have conversations with them and that’s good for Discourse” and then he invites Charlie Kirk, Steve Bannon, and Michael Savage. This is the thing about “Discourse among people who disagree:” /1

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

BC 🇨🇦 is "changing its licensing rules so U.S.-trained doctors can begin practising in B.C. right away, without any need for further assessment, exams or training." And even better, Canada recently introduced expedited immigration for medical professionals! Come to Victoria and be my family doctor!

cbc.ca

B.C. aims to poach U.S. doctors and nurses by highlighting 'uncertainty and chaos' south of the border | CBC News

The province says it is also celebrating the recruitment of 1,001 new family doctors in two years under a new payment model.

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Becca @ca2bcbecca.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

If criticism of the Israeli government's actions in Gaza can be called "anti-Semitic," then it's a very small step to calling criticism of the Trump administration "anti-American". Fyi, they are ok with illegally detaining/deporting a green card holder with an 8-months-pregnant US citizen wife...

cbc.ca

Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests detained, threatened with deportation | CBC News

Federal immigration authorities arrested a Palestinian activist Saturday who played a prominent role in Columbia University's protests against Israel, a significant escalation in the Trump administrat...

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