Karen Millard 🍁
@klmillard.bsky.social
Canadian reader, writer, small "L" liberal, and cat Mom who would sleep better at night if I could ignore the news from the south, but alas ...
https://kmillard.substack.com
https://kmillard.substack.com
The insanity is mind-blowing.
December 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The insanity is mind-blowing.
My Christmas wish: I don't want to hear *anything* about Donald Trump on Christmas Day.
December 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My Christmas wish: I don't want to hear *anything* about Donald Trump on Christmas Day.
Venezuela and Greenland
Where Do We Go From Here?
kmillard.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"The significance of this appointment is both the US presumption that Greenland is separate to Denmark and the new appointee's assertion that he will help the island become part of the US." www.bbc.com/news/article...
New Trump envoy says he will serve to make Greenland part of US
Denmark warns Washington to respect its sovereignty, while Greenland says it will decide its own future.
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December 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"The significance of this appointment is both the US presumption that Greenland is separate to Denmark and the new appointee's assertion that he will help the island become part of the US." www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump is waiting for an American to be killed, then he will say Venezuela declared war on the US. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
US pursuing third oil tanker near Venezuela, officials say
It would be the second such operation this weekend and the third in less than a week.
www.reuters.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Trump is waiting for an American to be killed, then he will say Venezuela declared war on the US. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Why do people care so much about the Epstein files? You have the word of multiple victims. Do you trust a dead man more than living (and dead) women?
December 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Why do people care so much about the Epstein files? You have the word of multiple victims. Do you trust a dead man more than living (and dead) women?
Happy Winter Solstice. From now on the days get longer!
December 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Happy Winter Solstice. From now on the days get longer!
The eBook copy of my first novel, Emergency Broadcast System, is free for the next 5 days on Amazon if you are looking for a read:
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Emergency Broadcast System
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December 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The eBook copy of my first novel, Emergency Broadcast System, is free for the next 5 days on Amazon if you are looking for a read:
US
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4FFT4Z...
Canada
www.amazon.ca/Emergency-Br...
US
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4FFT4Z...
Canada
www.amazon.ca/Emergency-Br...
Amnesty International has looked into torture in the US. Worth a read.
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Torture State USA
It’s called “the box.” A tiny 2x2 enclosure where people are forced to spend hours exposed to the elements.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Amnesty International has looked into torture in the US. Worth a read.
open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
Trump can take his demands and go f*** himself. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Free the beer and dairy: Trump administration lays out must-do conditions for CUSMA review | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump's point-person on trade laid out a series of conditions Wednesday that Canada must meet in order to extend the Canada-U.S.-Mexico agreement (CUSMA) when it comes up for a r...
www.cbc.ca
December 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Trump can take his demands and go f*** himself. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Surely this qualifies as a declaration of war. www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
Trump orders blockade of 'sanctioned oil tankers' into Venezuela, declares regime 'terrorist organization' | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is ordering a blockade of all "sanctioned oil tankers" into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country's authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro.
www.cbc.ca
December 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Surely this qualifies as a declaration of war. www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
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The Tories are having a hissy fit about Michael Ma crossing the floor. I am rather enjoying it. 😆
December 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The Tories are having a hissy fit about Michael Ma crossing the floor. I am rather enjoying it. 😆
Another Conservative crosses the floor, bringing Liberals 1 MP shy of majority | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Another Conservative crosses the floor, bringing Liberals 1 MP shy of majority | CBC News
Ontario MP Michael Ma announced Thursday that he is leaving the Conservative caucus and joining the Liberals.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Another Conservative crosses the floor, bringing Liberals 1 MP shy of majority | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Just found out my step-brother and his wife had 30 people for US Thanksgiving. I wouldn't have crossed the border, but am still hurt that I wasn't asked.
December 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Just found out my step-brother and his wife had 30 people for US Thanksgiving. I wouldn't have crossed the border, but am still hurt that I wasn't asked.
US farmers need potash. They can't supply their own. So this is even dumber than usual. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Trump's threats to tariff Canadian fertilizer imports could hurt Sask. potash industry | CBC News
Donald Trump’s threats to tariff Canadian fertilizer imports could damage Saskatchewan’s potash industry if demand for the mineral critical in making fertilizer drops off, according to a University of...
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December 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
US farmers need potash. They can't supply their own. So this is even dumber than usual. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Trump Strikes Again
What the National Security Strategy means for Canada
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December 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Trump's boss is happy with the NSS. www.cbc.ca/news/world/r...
Kremlin says Trump's new national security plans 'correspond in many ways to our vision' | CBC News
The Kremlin on Sunday welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's new national security strategy and said it largely accorded with Russia's own perceptions, the first time that Moscow has so fulsomely prai...
www.cbc.ca
December 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Trump's boss is happy with the NSS. www.cbc.ca/news/world/r...
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Why is everyone kissing Trump's a$$? What FIFA should have done was pull out of the US, not give the killer pedophile a "peace prize".
December 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Why is everyone kissing Trump's a$$? What FIFA should have done was pull out of the US, not give the killer pedophile a "peace prize".
WTF?! "FIFA, the sport’s governing body, will be awarding its own “peace prize” and Trump, who has spent months clamoring for a Nobel recognition, is expected to receive this newly-invented bauble."
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Column | The World Cup has always been about politics
The tournament played a role in early 20th century nation building, Jonathan Wilson says in a new book, and it is still political today.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
WTF?! "FIFA, the sport’s governing body, will be awarding its own “peace prize” and Trump, who has spent months clamoring for a Nobel recognition, is expected to receive this newly-invented bauble."
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The weather was supposed to be cold but clear, so I was planning a walk after lunch. I just looked out the window, and it is snowing so hard you can barely see anything! I think I'll wait a while!
December 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The weather was supposed to be cold but clear, so I was planning a walk after lunch. I just looked out the window, and it is snowing so hard you can barely see anything! I think I'll wait a while!
Emergency Broadcast System
Emergency Broadcast System eBook : Millard, Karen: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store
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December 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I have finally gotten together the nerve to publish my first novel on Amazon. It is a near-future story about a world that finally launches a nuclear war, and the survivors.
I understand that the sales of first books is about zero, so any interest would be greatly appreciated! (Link in comments)
I understand that the sales of first books is about zero, so any interest would be greatly appreciated! (Link in comments)
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I have finally gotten together the nerve to publish my first novel on Amazon. It is a near-future story about a world that finally launches a nuclear war, and the survivors.
I understand that the sales of first books is about zero, so any interest would be greatly appreciated! (Link in comments)
I understand that the sales of first books is about zero, so any interest would be greatly appreciated! (Link in comments)
Trump attacks immigrants for months, until finally one of them cracks. His response: we must increase attacks on immigrants. 🙄
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Trump attacks immigrants for months, until finally one of them cracks. His response: we must increase attacks on immigrants. 🙄