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.

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.

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.

Don't look away.

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

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”

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.

"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...

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

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.

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?

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...

Life with fibromyalgia 🤦🏼‍♀️

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

"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."

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

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". 🇨🇦

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.

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."

The inconsistency and hypocrisy is mind-numbing.

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.

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.

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

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

"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?"

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 🇨🇦🇺🇸

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Most profound statement I’ve seen today…..

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

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

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

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!

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...

This is a powerful speech about what we are facing, and what needs to be done now to rise to the occasion.

Our country is caught in a geopolitical hijacking. U.S. President Donald Trump would be happy to join a hostile nation, Russia, in an over-the-pole alliance, with Canada caught in the middle. From the Arctic to the 49th parallel, we would find ourselves staring at unfriendly, grasping forces.

I wish this didn't seem so plausible.

The bald eagles seem to disagree about how to re-organize the sticks in the nest as they start their spring cleaning routine. Relatable stuff. #baldeagle #nest #viewfrommywindow #victoria #bc

This reflects my experience growing up in fundamentalist Christian circles in California in the 80s and 90s. It really was an alternate reality that was constructed, along with deep distrust of "outside" information. I'm lucky to have escaped that mental trap...and also to have escaped to Canada. 🇨🇦

A new poll suggests that more than a quarter of Canadians — 27 per cent — now see the United States as an "enemy" country, while another 30 per cent still say they consider the U.S. an ally.

Currently trying to hold onto my sanity, listening to this: 💔 "The king's a clown No one is laughing, it's not a drill Don't look outside The world is ending Faster faster faster faster fast... We're too far gone Nothing I say will mean anything Just drink, fuck, dance Right through disaster."