"We seek a peaceful world, a prosperous world, a free world, a world of good neighbors, living on terms of equality and mutual respect, as Canada and the United States have lived for generations." Harry S. Truman, 11 June 1947, (Canadian Parliament)https://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3mv5u47ybyc2uReally NYT, headline should read “President of the USA Wants to Buy Your Vote”. Absolutely lame, call the man out for what he really is! An incompetent, self serving corrupt wannabe fascist. Do this every day until he and his minions are gone - don’t you get it the USA is in an existential crisis! https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/us/politics/trump-dividend-5000-dollar-checks.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share10 Sep 2026 10:34 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5u47ybyc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3mv3hc4raxs2gReading this article & considering the sum total of all of Trump's unprovoked actions taken against Canada since early 2025; it should now be absolutely clear that Trump's end-state is a subservient Canada embedded within a North American economic system dominated by the USA & him. https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/the-states-on-the-front-lines-of-the-trade-war-with-canada-9dc4da9009 Sep 2026 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3hc4raxs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3muvp5glmd226https://substack.com/@canadianreturnee/note/c-331410405?r=49h1ht&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action07 Sep 2026 04:44 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvp5glmd226https://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3muuqvd435s2ohttps://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/jeffrey-sachs-the-world-order-built?r=49h1ht&utm_medium=ios06 Sep 2026 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuqvd435s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3muuqcief422ohttps://substack.com/@justindeschamps/note/c-326587767?r=49h1ht&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action06 Sep 2026 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuqcief422ohttps://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3munqjgisg22qhttps://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/the-coming-trump-depression?r=49h1ht&utm_medium=ios04 Sep 2026 00:48 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3munqjgisg22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3mumvc74zr22tCanadian success should not be measured against US economic values. Canada has always made different choices reflecting a more egalitarian system, including a greater tolerance for regulating capital. This is the fundamental tension marking both internal debates and our relations with the USA. https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-is-canada-other-than-the-un-america-39cc0761?st=Abhvdf03 Sep 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumvc74zr22thttps://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3mumebixokc2lhttps://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/canada-doesnt-want-to-be-the-next-venezuela-334d9b08?st=QpeQAg03 Sep 2026 11:36 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumebixokc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3mume7xgxmc2m"...worst scenario...dissolution of CUSMA...Canada’s real gross domestic product would fall by 1.6 per cent, or $402 billion, over the next decade relative to the status quo baseline...'severe but not cataclysmic impact on Canada’s overall economy, although perhaps cataclysmic for some sectors'..." https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/article/us-cusma-exit-would-be-severe-but-not-cataclysmic-for-canada-deloitte-report/03 Sep 2026 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mume7xgxmc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3mulsxd5a322fWondering How Nuts Trump’s Tariffs Are? Consider Aluminum. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/opinion/trump-aluminum-tariffs-canada.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share03 Sep 2026 06:26 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulsxd5a322fhttps://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3mulrmv6tzs2fTrump Isn’t Just Trolling Canada. He’s Helping Push It Apart. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/opinion/canada-alberta-separatists-trump-maga.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share03 Sep 2026 06:02 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulrmv6tzs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3mujriefl4s2fhttps://www.cnn.com/2026/09/02/politics/trump-lake-america-canada-polls?cid=ios_app02 Sep 2026 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujriefl4s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3muivw7rfws27My favourite US centric current events source: Ian Masters’ Background Briefing podcast! www.backgroundbriefing.org https://www.backgroundbriefing02 Sep 2026 02:41 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3muivw7rfws27https://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3muh574wukk2xRussian Sanctions Are Fueling a Canadian Car Theft Epidemic https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/world/canada/canada-car-theft-russia-sanctions.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share01 Sep 2026 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3muh574wukk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3mu7ev43m622tDimitri Soudas: Donald Trump is inadvertently reminding Quebec why it needs Canada https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/dimitri-soudas-trump-is-reminding-quebec-why-canada-matters-and-the-quebec-paradox-the-rest-of-canada-needs-to-get/29 Aug 2026 07:42 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7ev43m622thttps://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3mu7es66tt22t“…he persuaded people he could magically lower grocery prices and he wouldn’t get America into any foreign wars. But since he was elected in 2024, he appears rather freed from the obligations of persuasion and is instead using the coercive levers of government to achieve his aims.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/opinion/democrats-fighters-trump-republicans.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share29 Aug 2026 07:40 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7es66tt22thttps://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3mu342e2m2k2lhttps://spencerfernando.com/2026/08/26/those-who-do-trumps-bidding-have-chosen-to-subordinate-their-sense-of-ethics-to-the-demands-of-a-deeply-unethical-leader/27 Aug 2026 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu342e2m2k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3mu2rmepyvs25"It comes down to this: Canada and the United States have a free trade agreement. The Trump administration wants to violate it by hitting Canada with a bunch of tariffs. We don’t want that." https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-how-to-explain-trumps-trade-war-against-canada-to-americans/27 Aug 2026 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2rmepyvs25https://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3mu25r4s57227“Mr. Trump cannot allow Canada to abandon the negotiations. Like it or not, Washington needs a resilient Canadian manufacturing sector working in concert with America’s companies in the much bigger and more consequential battle against Chinese market dominance.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/opinion/us-canada-trade-cars-trucks-china.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share27 Aug 2026 05:51 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu25r4s57227https://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3mu25jhbbbk27“And Canada is not exactly responsible for the legitimate problems with American trade policy in recent decades. It is the largest buyer of American exports.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/opinion/trump-tariffs-illegal-canada.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share27 Aug 2026 05:47 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu25jhbbbk27https://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3mu25535fds27“..this isn’t about wine sales or how Canada manages its forests or reviving U.S. manufacturing… It’s about whether Canada is willing to go from being an ally and a partner, in a relationship governed by treaties and rules, to being a vassal, subject to Washington fiat” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/opinion/canada-trump-tariffs-south-park.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share27 Aug 2026 05:40 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu25535fds27https://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3mtzjm4wtac2whttps://www.wsj.com/opinion/u-s-canada-steel-aluminum-tariffs-8f7cabf1?st=bxaaUE26 Aug 2026 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzjm4wtac2whttps://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3mtzedrotc22b“CNN’s Jim Sciutto asked Trump whether the US had been the one to make late-stage demands. The president seemed to have no recollection of these events. ‘That sounds like me’ he said, adding, ‘They have to pay a fair amount. And if they don’t pay a fair amount, we won’t make a deal. That’s fine.’” https://newrepublic.com/post/214760/trump-forget-canada-trade-talks26 Aug 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzedrotc22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/miterstomp.bsky.social/post/3mty7gzeisk2oBrave New World? ALPR now in Canada (ie. Flock or panopti.ca). Although marketed as public safety tools, there are serious concerns about the risks. Could private data (ie. your daily activity) end up with other institutions or governments, some of whom may not respect or be subject to Cdn law? https://flockcameralocations.com/locations/canada26 Aug 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:iwgpuoe6mc65ducy7guwmht6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mty7gzeisk2o