Keri K. W. 🇨🇦
@kerikw.bsky.social
Lover of creation, poetry, music, photography, prayer and Ragdoll cats. Grateful to minister at a progressive and Affirming UCC congregation. 🌈 Covid cautious. 😷 Hopeful that we can resist autocracy in Canada. (she/her)
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Trump talks about how he has the right policy but blames the mind of the public for rejecting it. That isn't democracy; it's authoritarian populism. In a democracy, the public judges the leaders. In autocracies, autocrats judge the public. #holdfast
Trump to House Republicans: "Most of you are in this business longer than me. That makes me smarter than you. Because look where I am, right? No it doesn't. But I wish you could explain to me what the hell is going on with the mind of the public because we have the right policy."
January 6, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Trump talks about how he has the right policy but blames the mind of the public for rejecting it. That isn't democracy; it's authoritarian populism. In a democracy, the public judges the leaders. In autocracies, autocrats judge the public. #holdfast
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and to many who don't!
Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
January 6, 2026 at 1:36 AM
and to many who don't!
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Its an election year w an unpopular incumbent & an angry as hell voter populace. You better believe that Dems up & down the ballot & across the country and gonna do some version of "he wants to run another country but cant even take care of your needs first" attacks like we started seeing yesterday
I think public opinion will ultimately turn toward people being in favor of capturing Maduro, with regime change remaining unpopular. But Trump campaigned on 2 big things in 2024: (1) lower prices and (2) no more wars. He has broken both of those promises, & that will have political/electoral costs.
January 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Its an election year w an unpopular incumbent & an angry as hell voter populace. You better believe that Dems up & down the ballot & across the country and gonna do some version of "he wants to run another country but cant even take care of your needs first" attacks like we started seeing yesterday
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The US “openly flaunting international law sends a signal to all of us that every president and every prime minister is potentially a target of US military action. There doesn’t seem to be any constraints on what the Trump administration would consider.” — former Canadian ambassador to Venezuela
January 4, 2026 at 1:34 AM
The US “openly flaunting international law sends a signal to all of us that every president and every prime minister is potentially a target of US military action. There doesn’t seem to be any constraints on what the Trump administration would consider.” — former Canadian ambassador to Venezuela
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Laura Tingle with a bit of Australian understatement:
“It’s not really legal to nick someone else’s head of state.”
“It’s not really legal to nick someone else’s head of state.”
January 3, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Laura Tingle with a bit of Australian understatement:
“It’s not really legal to nick someone else’s head of state.”
“It’s not really legal to nick someone else’s head of state.”
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A national disgrace.
January 3, 2026 at 7:11 PM
A national disgrace.
yep.
For years, I have posted this quote from 1984 to explain Trump
Still accurate
Still accurate
January 3, 2026 at 8:06 PM
yep.
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The US has attacked a country, kidnapped its head of state, and is seizing its oil. Trump has invoked the Monroe Doctrine.
This is a moment for Canada to stand up: condemn this act of imperialism. Reject impunity and the politics of brute force.
This is a moment for Canada to stand up: condemn this act of imperialism. Reject impunity and the politics of brute force.
January 3, 2026 at 6:31 PM
The US has attacked a country, kidnapped its head of state, and is seizing its oil. Trump has invoked the Monroe Doctrine.
This is a moment for Canada to stand up: condemn this act of imperialism. Reject impunity and the politics of brute force.
This is a moment for Canada to stand up: condemn this act of imperialism. Reject impunity and the politics of brute force.
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Albertans best pay attention to what is happening in Venezuela right now. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Trump’s Coup Plans for Venezuela Are Bad News for Alberta’s Oilsands | The Tyee
A US-engineered regime change would flood the market with cheap, easily accessed bitumen.
thetyee.ca
November 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Albertans best pay attention to what is happening in Venezuela right now. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
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Katie Miller, political advisor/spouse of White House deputy chief of staff for policy and advisor in homeland security Stephen Miller, quotes someone saying "Canada just lost all leverage with the USA" and adds "Free trade is over" #venezuela #cdnpolitics
January 3, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Katie Miller, political advisor/spouse of White House deputy chief of staff for policy and advisor in homeland security Stephen Miller, quotes someone saying "Canada just lost all leverage with the USA" and adds "Free trade is over" #venezuela #cdnpolitics
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Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
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"This is the age of gangsters. And Canada must be ready to rise to the threat."
@mark-carney.bsky.social must act decisively and quickly to protect not just Canadian interests, but Canada itself.
@mark-carney.bsky.social must act decisively and quickly to protect not just Canadian interests, but Canada itself.
Canada needs to take see the invasion of Venezuela for what it is - a deliberate attack on the international rules based order. We have a bandit nation on our border and we need to be ready for whatever comes next.
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Venezuela - The Lesson for Canada
Make no mistake, the attack on Venezuela by the Trump regime is not about removing a rogue leader; it is a deliberate attack on international law.
charlieangus.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
"This is the age of gangsters. And Canada must be ready to rise to the threat."
@mark-carney.bsky.social must act decisively and quickly to protect not just Canadian interests, but Canada itself.
@mark-carney.bsky.social must act decisively and quickly to protect not just Canadian interests, but Canada itself.
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The Trump administration is lying to Congress and ignoring our constitutionally required approval for military action. This is what dictators do.
This war is not just unjustified—it is unauthorized.
This war is not just unjustified—it is unauthorized.
January 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
The Trump administration is lying to Congress and ignoring our constitutionally required approval for military action. This is what dictators do.
This war is not just unjustified—it is unauthorized.
This war is not just unjustified—it is unauthorized.
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The 1989 occupation of Panama involved 27,000 U.S. military personnel. Venezuela has 12 times the land area of Panama, 6.5 times the population, and a much larger array of armed and criminal groups.
January 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
The 1989 occupation of Panama involved 27,000 U.S. military personnel. Venezuela has 12 times the land area of Panama, 6.5 times the population, and a much larger array of armed and criminal groups.
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Rep. Seth Moulton: "This is insane. What the hell are we doing? ... this is illegal."
January 3, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Rep. Seth Moulton: "This is insane. What the hell are we doing? ... this is illegal."
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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it's darkly humorous to listen to Trump and his cronies reference the fact that Maduro was indicted in SDNY as evidence he's a dictator and overall bad guy
January 3, 2026 at 3:43 PM
it's darkly humorous to listen to Trump and his cronies reference the fact that Maduro was indicted in SDNY as evidence he's a dictator and overall bad guy
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“Remove justice and what are kingdoms but gangs of criminals on a large scale” - St Augustine
January 3, 2026 at 4:27 PM
“Remove justice and what are kingdoms but gangs of criminals on a large scale” - St Augustine
Exactly.
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Exactly.
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The Trump regime is accusing Maduro of doing the same drug trafficking crimes that former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández did before Trump pardoned him.
January 3, 2026 at 3:26 PM
The Trump regime is accusing Maduro of doing the same drug trafficking crimes that former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández did before Trump pardoned him.
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JUST IN—Yván Gil Pinto, Venezuela's Minster of Foreign Affairs, posted an official statement to Telegram. t.me/YvanGilPinto...
"The Bolivarian Government calls on all social and political forces in the country to activate mobilization plans and repudiate this imperialist attack."
Full translation:
"The Bolivarian Government calls on all social and political forces in the country to activate mobilization plans and repudiate this imperialist attack."
Full translation:
January 3, 2026 at 7:51 AM
JUST IN—Yván Gil Pinto, Venezuela's Minster of Foreign Affairs, posted an official statement to Telegram. t.me/YvanGilPinto...
"The Bolivarian Government calls on all social and political forces in the country to activate mobilization plans and repudiate this imperialist attack."
Full translation:
"The Bolivarian Government calls on all social and political forces in the country to activate mobilization plans and repudiate this imperialist attack."
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