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The Tune has Changed, but the Waltz Continues
Why do we pretend that nothing about America has changed?
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On the recent tariff walk-back, or why everyone is missing the forest for the trees on Canada-U.S. relations
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They are using phrenology type pseudo science to literalize their long held belief that annoyance is the same as violence
Whistles are now WMDs, according to the "high IQ" crowd.
January 25, 2026 at 8:33 PM
They are using phrenology type pseudo science to literalize their long held belief that annoyance is the same as violence
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Thread. Many liberals are understandably much more comfortable in a technocratic environment where liberal values are largely assumed by all political actors.
What we have now is liberalism in exile, and we have to fight to win back the country from hostile powers. A different world.
What we have now is liberalism in exile, and we have to fight to win back the country from hostile powers. A different world.
yeah this is something i've seen a lot of in elite liberal circles: a kind of collapse of internal morale in the face of electoral losses. klein's interview with coates is probably the exemplar here. but it's a sign i think of how (elite) liberals assumed history had ended and lost their way
I think the most charitable way you can interpret a lot of Matty's commentary over the last few years is as the product of total despair.
January 25, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Thread. Many liberals are understandably much more comfortable in a technocratic environment where liberal values are largely assumed by all political actors.
What we have now is liberalism in exile, and we have to fight to win back the country from hostile powers. A different world.
What we have now is liberalism in exile, and we have to fight to win back the country from hostile powers. A different world.
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A Swedish city's one-year project is testing how various public services would function in the scenario of a digital blackout
theconversation.com/europe-wants...
theconversation.com/europe-wants...
Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet technology
As the US increases political pressure on Europe, it’s possible to imagine the continent losing access to key computing services.
theconversation.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:13 PM
A Swedish city's one-year project is testing how various public services would function in the scenario of a digital blackout
theconversation.com/europe-wants...
theconversation.com/europe-wants...
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I want to live in a world where I don’t have to constantly post this.
January 25, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I want to live in a world where I don’t have to constantly post this.
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Poor Amanda Waller got the Tony Stark Award For Excellence In Getting Character Assassinated in the 2020s.
January 25, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Poor Amanda Waller got the Tony Stark Award For Excellence In Getting Character Assassinated in the 2020s.
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which is a huge contrast to the reactionary insurgents, who settled on what they believed in first, and figured out *how* to fight for it second
we must do the same
we must do the same
January 25, 2026 at 6:59 PM
which is a huge contrast to the reactionary insurgents, who settled on what they believed in first, and figured out *how* to fight for it second
we must do the same
we must do the same
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this sense that the only thing to do is just chase polls, chase the next election, make the median voter into their god
they now struggle to conceive of the possibility that liberalism has its own internal wellsprings--that is a *project* to be *fought for*
they now struggle to conceive of the possibility that liberalism has its own internal wellsprings--that is a *project* to be *fought for*
January 25, 2026 at 6:58 PM
this sense that the only thing to do is just chase polls, chase the next election, make the median voter into their god
they now struggle to conceive of the possibility that liberalism has its own internal wellsprings--that is a *project* to be *fought for*
they now struggle to conceive of the possibility that liberalism has its own internal wellsprings--that is a *project* to be *fought for*
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yeah this is something i've seen a lot of in elite liberal circles: a kind of collapse of internal morale in the face of electoral losses. klein's interview with coates is probably the exemplar here. but it's a sign i think of how (elite) liberals assumed history had ended and lost their way
I think the most charitable way you can interpret a lot of Matty's commentary over the last few years is as the product of total despair.
You sure that’s the most indefensible part Matt
January 25, 2026 at 6:57 PM
yeah this is something i've seen a lot of in elite liberal circles: a kind of collapse of internal morale in the face of electoral losses. klein's interview with coates is probably the exemplar here. but it's a sign i think of how (elite) liberals assumed history had ended and lost their way
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hard to fathom. this wasn't a crackdown, it was a nationwide massacre.
"As many as 30,000 people could have been killed in the streets of Iran on Jan. 8 and 9 alone, two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health told TIME—indicating a dramatic surge in the death toll."
time.com/7357635/more...
time.com/7357635/more...
Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30,000: Local Officials
According to two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health who spoke with TIME.
time.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:44 PM
hard to fathom. this wasn't a crackdown, it was a nationwide massacre.
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Saw a lot of Canadians decry the USAID cuts on here. When I called my MP's office asking us to pick up some slack, they said I was the only constituent who had raised the issue.
Then we cut further in Carney's budget.
Then we cut further in Carney's budget.
Western countries are hitting refugees twice: they are making it harder to claim asylum *and* they are cutting aid to troubled regions.
I went to Sudan, the world's worst humanitarian situation, where the UN refugee agency has had to cut half its staff. Please have a read: as.ft.com/r/df593f1e-e...
I went to Sudan, the world's worst humanitarian situation, where the UN refugee agency has had to cut half its staff. Please have a read: as.ft.com/r/df593f1e-e...
Adapt, shrink or die: the global crisis in humanitarian aid
[FREE TO READ] On the road in Sudan with the UN’s outgoing High Commissioner for Refugees
as.ft.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Saw a lot of Canadians decry the USAID cuts on here. When I called my MP's office asking us to pick up some slack, they said I was the only constituent who had raised the issue.
Then we cut further in Carney's budget.
Then we cut further in Carney's budget.
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the atlantic has been like this for a long time but man, it really blows that the flagship publication for american liberalism has abandoned *liberalism* wholesale because of trans athletes and woke student governments
International law no longer serves as an instrument of global stability—and the U.S. should use this moment to argue for a different approach to the rules of war, John Yoo argues.
A New International Law Can Rise From the Ashes
The United States should use this moment to argue for a different approach to the rules of war.
bit.ly
January 25, 2026 at 4:40 PM
the atlantic has been like this for a long time but man, it really blows that the flagship publication for american liberalism has abandoned *liberalism* wholesale because of trans athletes and woke student governments
The thing that pisses me off about sentiments like this is what Canadian institutions could hardly have been more inert in the face of right wing populism.
We’ve been letting these mutants engineer our downfall right in the open for years without lifting a finger and to them this is Communist China
We’ve been letting these mutants engineer our downfall right in the open for years without lifting a finger and to them this is Communist China
fuck. off.
"Meanwhile, the modes through which Europe and Canada have sought to suppress populism involve harsh restrictions on speech, elite collusion and other expression of managerial illiberalism"
"Meanwhile, the modes through which Europe and Canada have sought to suppress populism involve harsh restrictions on speech, elite collusion and other expression of managerial illiberalism"
January 25, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The thing that pisses me off about sentiments like this is what Canadian institutions could hardly have been more inert in the face of right wing populism.
We’ve been letting these mutants engineer our downfall right in the open for years without lifting a finger and to them this is Communist China
We’ve been letting these mutants engineer our downfall right in the open for years without lifting a finger and to them this is Communist China
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So much work goes into finding labels that let them say good things are bad
January 25, 2026 at 2:07 PM
So much work goes into finding labels that let them say good things are bad
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Looking back at this now is so crazy. Abbott had the guard stopping and interrogating any Biden DHS agents. The supreme court ruled they had to let feds take down the concertina wire and they just kept putting up more. Biden's response was to go to the border to campaign
for an example of what actual insurrection by a state government looks like, recall back to late 2024 when Governor Abbott ordered the state Guard to physically block federal personnel from accessing the Eagle Pass border crossing
www.migrationpolicy.org/article/stan...
www.migrationpolicy.org/article/stan...
Standoff at Eagle Pass: A High-Stakes U.S. Border Enforcement Showdown Comes to a Small Texas Park
Rising tensions between Texas and the federal government have sparked fears of a constitutional crisis after the state deployed its National Guard to prevent the U.S. Border Patrol from conducting ope...
www.migrationpolicy.org
January 25, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Looking back at this now is so crazy. Abbott had the guard stopping and interrogating any Biden DHS agents. The supreme court ruled they had to let feds take down the concertina wire and they just kept putting up more. Biden's response was to go to the border to campaign
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Anyway in light of events, i will not be taking lessons in liberalism and free speech management from these idiots
January 25, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Anyway in light of events, i will not be taking lessons in liberalism and free speech management from these idiots
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It does piss me off that americans will say shit like this when we basically protestors chill out until they tried to block the ambassador bridge
fuck. off.
"Meanwhile, the modes through which Europe and Canada have sought to suppress populism involve harsh restrictions on speech, elite collusion and other expression of managerial illiberalism"
"Meanwhile, the modes through which Europe and Canada have sought to suppress populism involve harsh restrictions on speech, elite collusion and other expression of managerial illiberalism"
January 25, 2026 at 2:15 PM
It does piss me off that americans will say shit like this when we basically protestors chill out until they tried to block the ambassador bridge
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honestly i don't think Canada falls into this category anymore to the White House, primarily because Vance believes we fell into ruin via immigration
These guys will cheer any move against Cuba or Mexico btw. It's only the fact that they perceive Canada, Europe and Greenland as monolithic white countries that they hold fire and tut Trump.
January 25, 2026 at 2:16 PM
honestly i don't think Canada falls into this category anymore to the White House, primarily because Vance believes we fell into ruin via immigration
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"If you just roll over and don't shoot back, normal politics will soon resume"- establishment US commentators
Your tyrannical government is currently slaughtering your own people, maybe focus on that before scolding Canadians and Europeans for finally taking your imperialism seriously.
Your tyrannical government is currently slaughtering your own people, maybe focus on that before scolding Canadians and Europeans for finally taking your imperialism seriously.
"So even though I am still betting on the American future, I wouldn’t ask Mark Carney or any other leaders to simply keep the faith. I would just ask them to consider every step away from us in light of the potential destination and the powers waiting there."
YOU ARE TRYING TO ANNEX US
YOU ARE TRYING TO ANNEX US
January 25, 2026 at 2:15 PM
"If you just roll over and don't shoot back, normal politics will soon resume"- establishment US commentators
Your tyrannical government is currently slaughtering your own people, maybe focus on that before scolding Canadians and Europeans for finally taking your imperialism seriously.
Your tyrannical government is currently slaughtering your own people, maybe focus on that before scolding Canadians and Europeans for finally taking your imperialism seriously.
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Do you think opinion page conservatives are so angry and bitter because they know in their hearts that ideological affirmative action and the logic of the circus freakshow are the only reasons they get to publish?
January 25, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Do you think opinion page conservatives are so angry and bitter because they know in their hearts that ideological affirmative action and the logic of the circus freakshow are the only reasons they get to publish?
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i'll take Douthat on free speech seriously the minute the federal death squads in America are gone
The gall of lecturing about "harsh restrictions on speech" from a country whose government will attempt to punish every opposition stance or criticism
January 25, 2026 at 1:37 PM
i'll take Douthat on free speech seriously the minute the federal death squads in America are gone
No they’re not
January 25, 2026 at 1:29 PM
No they’re not
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lmfao
January 25, 2026 at 12:56 PM
lmfao
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ham burned
January 25, 2026 at 12:41 PM
ham burned
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