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Mike Manto

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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Christians Against Christo-fascism. Most of us, whether people of faith, agnostic or atheist, share the same basic moral values, and don’t need to be hit over the head with a Bible - in this book I use the Bible to show that ‘Christian’ nationalism is far from Jesus. michaelmanto.substack.com/p/jck
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Jesus & Captain Kirk
An argument for the truth of Jesus and the relevance of His message today.
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Dr Elisabeth Kosters @elisabethkosters.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Please take 15 minutes to listen to former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien’s speech in Gander at the 9/11 memorial event today . He was our PM on 9/11. A brilliant speech. Every word matters. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Jean Chrétien says ‘we bow to no one’ in fiery 9/11 speech in Gander, N.L. | CBC News
Former Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien drew thunderous applause on Friday during a fiery and patriotic speech in Gander, N.L, where many had gathered at a sports arena to commemorate the 25th an...
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Doug Wilson and Christian nationalism presents a grotesque and perverse version of Christianity to the world. #christiannationalism #christofascism #dougwilson michaelmanto.substack.com/p/christian-...
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Doug Wilson, Creep for Christ
Wilson's use of the Old Testament is a perversion of the faith of Christ
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Star Trek was original and ground-breaking, daring to envision a future where poverty is abolished, where people don’t go without food, medical treatment and education for lack money. That's why it was cancelled for being too 'lib'. #christiannationalism michaelmanto.substack.com/p/star-trek-...
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Star Trek cancelled because it was too woke
They’re in good company. So was Jesus.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
As a huge Star Trek fan, I enjoyed this article in The Guardian on its 60th anniversary today. #startrek www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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‘I suggested maybe a lighter touch’: William Shatner on Star Trek at 60
The actor and others involved with the phenomenon speak about the legacy and progressivism of a much-loved science fiction TV series as it reaches an important milestone
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Canadian here. Trump can sign an EO declaring that the moon is made of blue cheese for all we care. It doesn't matter what he calls Lake Ontario. It's still Lake Ontario. And it's still the Gulf of Mexico.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
This one had me laughing so hard, I just had to share it.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
This piece about #Greenland and possible US invasion in TheWalrus is well worth the read. #trump #elbowsup #never51 #resist thewalrus.ca/i-went-to-gr...
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I Went to Greenland and Saw a Warning for Canada | The Walrus
How the resource-rich Arctic territory braced for invasion
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
It was my wife's idea. She started the recording but missed the first commandment, and I typed it out later. Maybe someone else has #1 and will share it here.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Thanks Charlie. It was a great event and your speech was very encouraging. I appreciated the practical ideas you shared on how all of us can work together to resist fascism and defend democracy. I've transcribed your 10 commandments of resistance here: bsky.app/profile/mike...
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I've transcribed the 10 commandments that Charlie shared here. bsky.app/profile/mike...
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I was at this event and recorded the 10 commandments of resistance. I've transcribed them here on substack: bsky.app/profile/mike...
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
10. I pledge to be an active disrupter if we are invaded. I will refuse to obey orders from those who would undermine our sovereignty, and will engage in acts of resistance and mass disobedience to frustrate invaders, demoralize enemy soldiers and make it impossible for tyrants to govern us.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
9. I pledge to be a non-cooperator with tyranny. If a company I work for has contracts with tyrants, I will do my best to voice my opposition, to slow the work or refuse all-together. Our labour is power. We need to push companies and institutions to take a stand.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
8. I pledge to form local small groups, and to recruit the fence sitters. Small group solidarity supports courage, and we can’t do this alone.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
6. I pledge to boycott everything I can coming from the United States, and to support regional food sovereignty by buying local whenever possible. 7. I pledge to become an active blocker to disinformation and hate.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
5. I pledge to remain true to the values of inclusiveness, fairness, and respect for indigenous rights, and will do my best to make sure that no one is singled out because of the sex, gender, race or religious background.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
3. I pledge to upgrade my skills to help my community and my country, whether in emergency preparedness, first aid or other training. 4. I pledge to show up for my community and country, by voting, by participating in democratic activities, including resistance against anti-democratic threats.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The 10 Cmds of Canadian Resistance 1. (sorry, I didn't get my video started in time to catch #1) 2. . I pledge to respond to the best of my abilities to help in times of national disasters: floods, fires or threats to our borders, and to answer my countries call.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
#cdnpoli #resist #elbowsup #fascism #Trump #Never51 #Canadastrong The fundraiser for Ukraine in Grimsby last night was sold out. Charlie Angus spoke at length on how to resist fascism and keep Canada strong and free. He share 10 commandments of resistance that I've transcribed below (see comments)
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
It makes me so angry that MAGA Trumpers don't care about the thousands of kids killed in Gaza, thousands of innocent civilians in the MidEast being killed and starved - and they continue to support Trump no matter what - but they are triggered by the price of gas going up. That's what gets to them.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I guess I'm just a confused socialist...
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Great, thanks for the reminder. I'm going to try and make it up there tomorrow.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
As a Canadian I completely agree. Progressive taxes are a good thing. It's so twisted that Republicans in the USA are okay with spending billions on war to kill poor people overseas, but enabling poor kids get an education and feed the struggling, well - you're a despicable socialist!! #resist
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Canuck here. I honestly could care less what Trump says. It'll be something different in 5 minutes anyway. We aren't feeling much of any effects up here, and we are still NOT buying American and moving more of our trade over to China and EU. We used to vacation in the US a lot, but no more. BYE!
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
While I don't disagree, your point is good, but it's not just spineless men. I see and know lots of spineless women too. Cowardice isn't just an issue for men. It's a human issue.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
He's not really stupid ... his apparent stupidity is just part of the strategy in the brilliant 3-dimensional chess game he's playing... right?
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Yes, I totally ago. Like Norway as well, who chose to resist the Nazis even though they knew the odds were not great. I'm tired of Europe waffling. We need to get serious about helping Ukraine and stop doing just half measures.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
So true! Just as Martin Luther King said decades ago, highlighting the hypocrisy: "The problem is that we all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free enterprise capitalism for the poor". He often critiqued government subsidies for corporations while leaving the poor to struggle.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
In the right-wing, anti-feminist ‘womansphere’, influencers are telling women to stay-at-home, have babies, and be Republican. In this article from Oct 2025, the Guardian explores why fascists in America are attacking women's rights. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why strongmen rely on women at home
Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women’s unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
When you worship power, compassion looks like a sin. Christians Against Christian Nationalism #christiannationalism #christofascists #resist Toxic Faith, Part 2 michaelmanto.substack.com/p/creeps-for...
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Toxic Faith - Part 2
Rejecting compassion and embracing cruelty is a dangerous departure from the faith of Jesus
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Christian nationalists are betraying the core values of the Christian faith in their war on #immigration. #christiannationalism #christofascists #resist Toxic Faith - Part 1 open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
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Toxic Faith - Part 1
Christian nationalism & immigration
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
I bought a copy a couple weeks ago. It's very well written 'hard' sci-fi by a scientist.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
MAGA's War on Empathy, by Hillary Clinton. #MAGA #ChristianNationalism www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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MAGA’s War on Empathy
This crisis in Minneapolis reveals a deep moral rot at the heart of Trump’s movement.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Also, John Pavlovitz strongly warns of the dangers of Christian Nationalism and that it must be stopped. He's well worth reading. johnpavlovitz.substack.com?r=1llkbv&utm...
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The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz | Substack
Authentic words for everyone trying to figure out the best way to be human. Click to read The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz. John has an important message concerning the danger of Christian Nationalism. #resist #Christofascist #christiannationalism johnpavlovitz.substack.com?r=1llkbv&utm...
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The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz | Substack
Authentic words for everyone trying to figure out the best way to be human. Click to read The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
In other words, say something we don't like and we can shoot you. And listen to a politician who calls us something we don't like, we can shoot you.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
That's exactly what he's saying.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
#elbowsup #resist By calling Trump's bluff, Mark #Carney in #Davos essentially pointed out the obvious: the tyrant has no clothes, and called on world leaders to stop going along with the pretense. Trump only has power if we bend the knee to get along with him out of fear.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Mr. Carney, your Davos speech was brilliant and pitch perfect. You said what had to be said, and you make us proud to be Canadian. We won't bend the knee to tyrants, and he can threaten all the tariffs he wants. We'll hang tough.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Canuck here. Bessent is either stupid or lying. (Both?) We are expanding our trading options since Trump has threatened us and Greenland. We are also moving much closer to the EU. The EU is the 3rd largest economy in the world, so we'll be just fine without America, thank you. We're angry as hell.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Doug Wilson and his minions hold extremely dangerous ideas. For starters, slavery wasn't so bad and that 'blacks were better off as slaves.' It's sick beyond words and we need to be shouting it from the rooftops. michaelmanto.substack.com/p/make-slave...
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Make Slavery Great Again
Leading Christian Nationalists think slavery was a good thing
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Of course they are. They plan to bring slavery back - probably by a different name - like 'prisoner reform'. Supporters are already saying slavery wasn't so bad, and that 'blacks were better off as slaves.' michaelmanto.substack.com/p/make-slave...
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Make Slavery Great Again
Leading Christian Nationalists think slavery was a good thing
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
This new satire is about school kids who dress as fairies to protest against 'bullies'. It spreads across the US, attracting the wrath of a narcissist president who orders ICE to arrest the kids. Using lots of humour, it's a bold tale against Trump and fascism. www.amazon.com/dp/B0GDMCPNT4
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
This political satire, 'Wally & the Anti-fascist Fairy' is about exactly that. A school walkout protesting 'bullies' and spreads across the country, attracting the attention of a narcissist president who orders ICE to arrest the kids. www.amazon.com/dp/B0GDMCPNT4
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Wally & the Anti-fascist Fairy: a political satire
Wally & the Anti-fascist Fairy: a political satire - Kindle edition by Wahl, M.J.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Wally & the Anti-fascist Fairy: a political satire.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Thanks. We in Canada are rooting for the good folks in Minnesota. I hope the general strike is huge and widespread. Trump needs to be stopped. We are taking his threats against Canada seriously, and don't want his Nazi thugs up here.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Yes, agreed. I'm not hiding behind white privilege - whites will be rounded up too. My intention is just that the racist ICE Gestapo focus more on people of colour.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Canadian here. I loved Carney's speech and am so glad he's our PM. He said what we are all thinking. If the payback comes, so be it. We don't bow down to bullies or lick Nazi boots. We need to be like Norway in 1940, who resisted Hitler even though they knew they would lose a military confrontation.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
The problem has always been the people who obey. People who follow orders, excusing it as 'I'm just following orders - I can't be blamed.' The common defense by Nazis at the Nuremburg trials was 'I was just following orders'.
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Mike Manto @mikemanto.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
The Nazis in power will bring slavery back by, first, minimizing and re-writing its history. 'It wasn't so bad. Don't exaggerate'. Then re-introduce full fledge slavery through the private prison system: arrest black and brown people, then send them out to work as prisoners via 'reform' programs.
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