Matt Hodgson
@mhodgson6.bsky.social
Criminal defense lawyer
Former Naval Officer
Twitter refugee
Movie and book nerd
Springsteen super-fan
Student of History. Hoping to avoid repeating it.
ELBOWS UP
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Former Naval Officer
Twitter refugee
Movie and book nerd
Springsteen super-fan
Student of History. Hoping to avoid repeating it.
ELBOWS UP
👊🇨🇦🔥
General Strike! Awesome. This needs to start happening nationwide.
‘ICE Out of Minnesota’ day is this Friday. Here’s what you need to know. • Minnesota Reformer
Minnesota’s unions, progressive faith leaders and community activists are calling a general strike on Friday, encouraging Minnesotans to stay home from work, school and refrain from shopping — suspens...
minnesotareformer.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:50 PM
General Strike! Awesome. This needs to start happening nationwide.
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This is how New Jersey does it: Bruce Springsteen tells ICE "Get the F out" as he urges people to "stand against heavily armed mass federal troops invading an American city using Gestapo tactics against our fellow citizens." He then dedicated the song “The Promised Land” to Renee Good.
January 19, 2026 at 12:48 PM
This is how New Jersey does it: Bruce Springsteen tells ICE "Get the F out" as he urges people to "stand against heavily armed mass federal troops invading an American city using Gestapo tactics against our fellow citizens." He then dedicated the song “The Promised Land” to Renee Good.
Reposted by Matt Hodgson
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Striking reporting on Canadian defence planning. 'The Dep't of National Defence began discussing the creation of a civil-defence capability around the time Mr Trump suggested he would use “economic force” to persuade Canadians to join the United States' www.economist.com/the-americas...
Canada’s armed forces are planning for threats from America
They started rebuilding in 2025, before Donald Trump’s most recent bid for hemispheric dominance
www.economist.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Striking reporting on Canadian defence planning. 'The Dep't of National Defence began discussing the creation of a civil-defence capability around the time Mr Trump suggested he would use “economic force” to persuade Canadians to join the United States' www.economist.com/the-americas...
I hope this is true. It should be. American made and maintained military equipment is now an obvious liability for Canada.
SOURCE: "There is Zero Chance Canada Buys F-35s From the United States, Now. ZERO."
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
SOURCE: "There is Zero Chance Canada Buys F-35s From the United States, Now. ZERO."
Why the F-35 Is Dead, the Gripen Is Coming, and Trump Just Forced a Line in the Sand
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:43 PM
I hope this is true. It should be. American made and maintained military equipment is now an obvious liability for Canada.
These old men in power do not care what happens to the rest of us after they die.
January 6, 2026 at 4:40 PM
These old men in power do not care what happens to the rest of us after they die.
Fellow Canadians! This is who he is. Down with Socialism? A system he benefits from every day? Fuck this guy and every Canadian falling for what increasingly looks like an American-backed de-stabilization effort in Alberta. This twerp would look the other way as the Yanks invaded, just to be PM.
January 3, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Fellow Canadians! This is who he is. Down with Socialism? A system he benefits from every day? Fuck this guy and every Canadian falling for what increasingly looks like an American-backed de-stabilization effort in Alberta. This twerp would look the other way as the Yanks invaded, just to be PM.
“…this violation of international law, is strategically mad. Outside the White House and Magaland, the only cheering will be in the Kremlin and in Beijing.” The end to the peaceful world order we grew up under.
This is the moment that Donald Trump unleashed anarchy
This is the moment that Donald Trump unleashed anarchy
This is the moment that Donald Trump unleashed anarchy
www.independent.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 12:09 PM
“…this violation of international law, is strategically mad. Outside the White House and Magaland, the only cheering will be in the Kremlin and in Beijing.” The end to the peaceful world order we grew up under.
American-owned media, coupled with the toxic effects of social media algorithms, have shifted the 'news' rightward significantly. I've seen the shift reflected in friends.
The American takeover of Canadian news, shifting right.
www.linkedin.com/posts/raybwi...
www.linkedin.com/posts/raybwi...
The Quiet Takeover: How Canadian Media Shifted Right | Ray Williams
Something has fundamentally changed in Canadian media. Walk into any Tim Hortons or coffee shop, scroll through your Facebook feed, or pick up a local newspaper, and you'll notice a stark transformati...
www.linkedin.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
American-owned media, coupled with the toxic effects of social media algorithms, have shifted the 'news' rightward significantly. I've seen the shift reflected in friends.
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In an internal email, 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi said new editor in chief Bari Weiss had “spiked” the story and said the government was using silence to “VETO” stories.
CBS Abruptly Pulls ‘60 Minutes’ Segment On Migrants Sent To El Salvador Prison—What To Know
In an internal email, 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi said new editor in chief Bari Weiss had “spiked” the story and said the government was using silence to “VETO” stories.
www.forbes.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:40 AM
In an internal email, 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi said new editor in chief Bari Weiss had “spiked” the story and said the government was using silence to “VETO” stories.
This vacuous know-nothing is going to blow up the world order and revive European right-wing nationalism, then die and leave us to clean up the carnage in the ensuing decades, (if there's anybody left to clean it up). Fucking tragic. Thanks, US voters!
The NSS That Could Destroy the NATO Alliance
The latest U.S. National Security Strategy doesn’t just sideline Europe—it seeks to reshape its politics, backing nationalist parties and challenging the European Union in ways that could push the tra...
www.csis.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This vacuous know-nothing is going to blow up the world order and revive European right-wing nationalism, then die and leave us to clean up the carnage in the ensuing decades, (if there's anybody left to clean it up). Fucking tragic. Thanks, US voters!
If the US were at war, we'd be describing a war crime. But they're not at war. So its murder.
December 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If the US were at war, we'd be describing a war crime. But they're not at war. So its murder.
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This admiral refused to carry out illegal orders.
A professional soldier will never execute an illegal order.
A professional soldier will never execute an illegal order.
December 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This admiral refused to carry out illegal orders.
A professional soldier will never execute an illegal order.
A professional soldier will never execute an illegal order.
Europe should leave all options on the table. The US is selling out (literally!) the continent and its allies. Damned right they should be looking at this.
Europe Might Leave America Hanging By Dumping $2.34 Trillion In U.S. Debt If Trump Sells Out Ukraine
This doesn’t sound good... Daily Express European nations are reportedly weighing the "nuclear option" of destabilizing the American economy should Donald Trump abandon Ukraine and compromise continen...
www.dailykos.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Europe should leave all options on the table. The US is selling out (literally!) the continent and its allies. Damned right they should be looking at this.
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This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
These people are disturbed.
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body - New Jersey Globe
A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the
newjerseyglobe.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
These people are disturbed.
He doesn't outright name Poilievre or Danielle Smith, but its clear who he's talking about.
Opinion: Time for Canada to step up against the United States
"Canada needs to wake up to U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration of economic war on Canada," writes Fred Honsberger.
www.saltwire.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
He doesn't outright name Poilievre or Danielle Smith, but its clear who he's talking about.
Momentum building to dig into Epstein dossier…..my thoughts go out to the many innocent Venezuelans who are about to be killed by the American military, simply because a pedophile wants to change the subject.
November 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Momentum building to dig into Epstein dossier…..my thoughts go out to the many innocent Venezuelans who are about to be killed by the American military, simply because a pedophile wants to change the subject.
America's secret police. Unfettered. Undisciplined. Unaccountable.
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
America's secret police. Unfettered. Undisciplined. Unaccountable.
Han Solo addressing climate crisis, something that's sometimes overlooked with all the other atrocities coming out of the US.
Harrison Ford says Trump’s assault on climate policy ‘scares the shit out of me’
Indiana Jones star calls US president one of history’s greatest criminals for attacks on science and boosting of fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Han Solo addressing climate crisis, something that's sometimes overlooked with all the other atrocities coming out of the US.
Thoughts, @hugh258.bsky.social ? I hear officers in the arena were trying to get JAGs to sign off on strikes without success as well.
This is really bad and some highly illegal AF shit is happening/about to happen.
www.latintimes.com/us-troops-re...
www.latintimes.com/us-troops-re...
U.S. Troops Reportedly Required To Sign NDA Before Taking Part In Campaign In The Caribbean
U.S. troops are being required to sign non-disclosure agreements before taking part in the military campaign in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, according to a new report.
www.latintimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Thoughts, @hugh258.bsky.social ? I hear officers in the arena were trying to get JAGs to sign off on strikes without success as well.
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I’ve got serious constitutional questions now
October 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I’ve got serious constitutional questions now
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The seeds are being planted to rig the midterms. It’s becoming more explicit.
(Also note the gratuitous shot at the NBA, aka Black athletes who oppose him)
(Also note the gratuitous shot at the NBA, aka Black athletes who oppose him)
October 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The seeds are being planted to rig the midterms. It’s becoming more explicit.
(Also note the gratuitous shot at the NBA, aka Black athletes who oppose him)
(Also note the gratuitous shot at the NBA, aka Black athletes who oppose him)
This was a good one. (although as a loyal Canadian kid, I still cheered for the Brits. 😄)
SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kings
YouTube video by tennesseejed93
www.youtube.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This was a good one. (although as a loyal Canadian kid, I still cheered for the Brits. 😄)
"Plenary Authority"....EVERYBODY should be educating themselves as to just what this means.
October 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
"Plenary Authority"....EVERYBODY should be educating themselves as to just what this means.