This thread appears to be an authentic account of a real direct personal experience, but I just read it as a metaphor for society.

I was just wondering yesterday if any of the NFL players would be speaking up against the rise of fascism in their own country. There was that thing a while ago about taking a knee during the anthem but Trump quashed that one fairly forcefully. This new fascist regime is largely built on racism...

Regime strategy of "Flood the Zone with Bullshit" seems to be working well today. Must be a day ending in "why?"

Project 2025 was what, if not a plan? Guess how much of it they already accomplished in one year. I challenge anyone like Chelie who gets so many RTs and likes on their skeets to RT this so people aren't left ignorant.

holy shit. Trump's "Executive Board of Peace" is being set up to replace/undermine the United Nations. It's not just about imposing the "20-point" plan on Gaza. It'll be to legitimize things like invading Venezuela and kidnapping Maduro - because obviously if they're making the rules, it's okay.

I happened to be on Times of Israel site, and saw the interview with “Les Nouveaux Antisémites” (“The New Antisemites”) author, who 'went undercover' in 'radical left' movements in France. It is revealed she did the similar thing for her previous book, "to investigate the woke movement." <facepalm>

Minneapolis can still laugh

This is Minneapolis: The growing mutual aid network in Mpls is messy but also NEXT LEVEL right now. I cannot believe the urgency and volume of requests that are being met in MINUTES/hours. If we can get to the other side of this, I hope we can continue supporting each other ongoing. ❤️

Carney's cuts on public services sounds like a mini-version of the DOGE department. Wonder what his motivation is and where this leads.

big things happening

I very much agree with this. Also, when you are doing activism, if you don't seem as professional as certain people might expect and/or demand, you are empowering others with your example. "Manager mindset" is a serious class-conditioned thing in activism; you need to throw off those who enforce it

"Last night, Prisoners for Palestine announced the end of their hunger strike as Elbit Systems UK was denied a crucial government contract, a key demand of the strike. 22-year-old Umer Khalid is still on strike." #UK #HungerStrike #Palestine

We have a 'Yellow Snowfall Warning' in Ottawa. Meteorologist: "Don't eat the yellow snow, kids"

As of December, a new consortium has been approved by Government of Canada to operate CNL Canadian #Nuclear Laboratories. It is three US-based multi-national corporations, all with past or present involvement in nuclear weapons manufacturing: BWXT, Amentum, and Battelle. #ElbowsUp sovereignty?

The danger of fascism being normalized in all corners of the political spectrum.

Two 'This is Minneapolis under ICE' posts. From @wrigleyfield.bsky.social & @lauragmitchell.com

"White House says Tr*mp does not want to execute Democrats" They sure know how to get the headlines. #FloodTheZone

History: Trump said it himself, 2014 “You know what solves it? When the economy crashes, when the country goes to total hell and everything is a disaster. Then you’ll have a [chuckles], you know, you’ll have riots to go back to where we used to be when we were great" via @sarahkendzior.bsky.social

I learned recently there are videos from 2014 or so where he openly admitted he would invade countries and be sure to take control of their oil. He was commenting on how he would have done Iraq, but he proved recently in Venezuela that he meant what he said back then. And no one stopped him, eh?

When people say the ICE murderer of Renee Good was all about hating women because of the language he used... do they say the same thing here, or nah?

“she’s lost over 10 kilograms [22 lbs] now. She looks very different from the photographs “Her face is very gaunt, cheekbones are very prominent. She’s physically exhausted, very tired" "she’s aware that she’s deteriorating and physically dying, you know, that her body could fail her at any moment"

"Nobody thought we were going to be invading Venezuela a few months ago." To paraphrase someone I was reading recently: Nobody WHO YOU THINK MATTERS thought the US would invade Venezuela. Of course there were people who thought that. Ok, now you can finish your talk to educate all us ignoramuses

Is it worth stressing how there seems to be a big divide? A lot of people seem to really revel in calling Tr*mp a moron and looking down on him. Then there are other people who think he's quite a skilled con-man who does what he does quite purposefully and intentionally and gets desired results.

I'll state simply that way too many think Trump and his regime don't do these things strategically, and that their misunderstanding is not at all helpful to resisting the regime. No need to debate that.

Already seen a few tweets today of people mad about other people posting various Twitter (formerly X) content on here, but this one must be worth it: Coach attempts to pull goalie after 7 goals, but goalie won't come off, also backup is hiding in the tunnel away from coach. x.com/GinoHard_/st...

Along the lines of something @sarahkendzior.bsky.social might say, there are pseudo-revelations now in the media and from top political-opposition representatives, that Trump lies. The pseudo-revelation not being acknowledged so much yet, is how there haven't been many effective responses to that.

How about "Less talk, more do"

I think we need Malcolm Gladwell to come in here and tell us all the reasons that split-second decision by the ICE agent to shoot are way more complicated than we can understand - that we need to read a book to understand it all and placate our anger by being more nuanced and pseudo-intellectual. /s

BREAKING: Ottawa judge rules that "FEED ME" graffiti on National Holocaust Monument wasn't antisemitic hate, overruling attempts to define this opposition to Israel's genocide of Gaza as a hate crime. I wrote this ⬇️ earlier as part of a zine, "Israel's Starvation of Gaza: Some Canadian Connections"

If USA told the population - through actions, not words - that the January 6th coup attempt wasn't a big deal, by not doing anything to ensure Trump was accountable for it... then a lot of people probably came to think it wasn't that big a deal. Like, in a democracy, surely a coup would be punished

'aha' moment

I started off commenting that the Genocide Convention, defines genocide as being against a "national, ethnical, racial or religious group" so this description amy not fit -- but the article addresses that point before getting into the main point, the warning to prevent genocide of transpeople in USA

we need more little anarchists!

lol when i ask myself who are the group on this site with the most unhinged takes

Or maybe this is a normal statement... And what is remarkable is that many others aren't standing up and saying similar things? Remember the Overton window before they bash down your door.

Forbes policy same as BBC policy: Do not say "kidnapped", use "captured". Forbes goes one further: also say he was "ousted", lol.

Media always say ~ "Maduro was sworn in for a 3rd term following an election widely condemned by international observers & the opposition as fraudulent." Now they can say "Maduro was deposed in a US military operation widely condemned by world leaders & legal experts as violating international law"

One of the details from this story, 'Cop pleads guilty to selling drugs, including to fellow police officers': "An officer applying to transfer to another police force asked him about getting a specific anti-anxiety medication — a controlled substance — to get through a required lie detector test".

This morning on CBC radio I heard that Venezuela hasn't been selling it's oil on the open market since 2005 due to the USA sanctions. I don't think that's correct, AFAIK the 2005 sanctions were solely the US not selling weapons to Venezuela. I think I have it correct here ⬇️ re: relevant sanctions.

International law: yes, no, or ride the fence.

Canadian national broadcaster has been running stories for weeks about "What happens when Venezuela's oil starts running again" so maybe in general terms the cat was already out of the bag.

For some reason, people want to make up conspiracies rather than acknowledge that "Full Spectrum Dominance" is more than simply rhetoric, but is a material result of USA spending more on military than the next top nine countries combined.

"as I’ve shrunken away from ‘fighting the good fight’ & watched myself lose all grasp of the point of speeches & protests & articles in the grand scheme of things, something has grown more clear to me, the more muddled my ambitions have become. A sort of revelation" counterpunch.org/2026/01/01/m...

“She’s essentially willing to do what we think is necessary to make Venezuela great again,” Trump told reporters re: Venezuelan VP Rodríguez. How many journalists were remembering how often Trump lies, when they repeated this? They only had to wait until afternoon to find out what she'd say herself

CBC quotes Heather Exner-Pirot, director of energy, natural resources & environment at right-wing Macdonald-Laurier Institute: oil production in Venezuela has "atrophied" due to nationalization, mismanagement and corruption. But graph tells correlation with Obama (2015) & Trump (2017/18) sanctions:

As expected, Twitter is chock full of antisemitic conspiracy theories claiming Jews and/or Israel are behind the attack in Venezuela. This is just the new reality. Something we used to see mainly on 4chan is now everywhere. From conspiracy theories to a totalizing ideology.

At the US Embassy to Canada today "protesters in Ottawa were calling for the federal government to support the right to self-determination for the Venezuelan people and for the U.S. to back away." #cdnpoli "it’s up to the people and their right to self-determination to be able to govern themselves"

To cut through a lot of the talk: What information do you need to DO SOMETHING effective?

Joint Statement- Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay and Spain on the Events in Venezuela Jan 4, 2026 1. We express our profound concern and firmly reject the military actions undertaken unilaterally in Venezuelan territory. These actions contravene fundamental principles of international law

If words mean anything, it'd seem Trump actually made a deal with his NATO buddies, because they are the leaders who aren't criticizing his blatant violation of international law. China and Russia actually each did say something strongly opposing it.