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Mike Manto
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The Daily Latte: https://michaelmanto.substack.com/
Theologian & author, "Jesus and Captain Kirk", the relevance of faith today: https://michaelmanto.substack.com/p/jck
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JD Vance has been at it again, telling lies about #Canada. In another gem from Tod Maffin, he brings the receipts that prove JD is either stupid, or intentionally lying. (Most likely both).

#cdnpoli #NoMapleMAGA #JDVance
#CanadaStrong #Never51 #TrueNorth
www.youtube.com/shorts/yjVzQ...
JD Vance is an idiot, and I have the data to prove it. 
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
mikemanto.bsky.social
Tod Maffin's new website is worth checking out. It reports the real facts about Canada, not the lies that JD Vance and his Maple MAGA buddy Poilievre would prefer to tell.
#cdnpoli #NeverPP #NoMapleMAGA #Poilievre
#CanadaStrong #Never51 #TrueNorth

canadaisnotbroken.org
Canada Is Not Broken. | Notion
See Canada as it is. Not as it’s been sold to you.
canadaisnotbroken.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
mikemanto.bsky.social
Poilievre's message that Canada is broken is bull. Our country may not be perfect, but it's pretty darn good, and there's no other place I'd rather be. I love Tod Maffin's answer to PP.
#cdnpoli #NeverPP #NoMapleMAGA #Poilievre
#CanadaStrong #Never51 #TrueNorth
www.youtube.com/shorts/iuoYe...
Canada is not broken.
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
mikemanto.bsky.social
Here's a great quote from a great liberal President.
rbreich.bsky.social Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25d
Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security.

Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.

Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952
November 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
mikemanto.bsky.social
"Quiet, piggy!"
#quietpiggy
I guess we're never going to get our free gas...
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
mikemanto.bsky.social
@coffeewithaliens.bsky.social

Here's some #coffee #humour to put a smile on your face after you've become sufficiently depressed over today's dose of dystopian news.
#humor (for my American friends who can't spell)
#coffeedrinkers
#coffeehumor
#writersky
#authorsky
#indiesky
#booksky
November 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
mikemanto.bsky.social
Christian Nationalism isn't Christian, despite the fact that they cherry pick a few Old Testament verses to support their crazy claims. It's in the news again, so I'm re-upping this post.
#ChristianNationalist #christiannationalism #DougWilson #Evangelical
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Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson
There's nothing remotely Christian about it
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October 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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#fascism
#trump
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Anchor Light Publications (@anchorlightpublications)
Have you ever notice how you can drive by the same trees or signs until you stop noticing them, until one disappears? That's part of the #Project2025 plan. Overwhelming you with constant chaos until...
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October 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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This is brilliant.
#resist
#fascism

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The Dangerous Ones (@thedangerousones)
This. Is. Brilliant.
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October 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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These days it can be scary to stand up and speak out publicly, but it is vital that everyone plays a role in saving democracy. Here are some ways to speak out and stay safe.
Silence Is Not an Option
But you can still speak out and stay safe.
mindyschwartz.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
mikemanto.bsky.social
In speech to generals, Trump claims Canada is having a hard time and returns to 51st state rhetoric. It will no longer be a just talk once he gets the generals behind him.
#never51
#elbowsup
#boycottusa
#canadastrong
#CanadaSky
#never51state
#canadaunited
#political
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
Trump returns to ’51st state’ rhetoric in speech to U.S. military officials
U.S. President Donald Trump returned to his talk of annexing Canada during an unprecedented speech to top military leaders on Tuesday.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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The Narativ: "If senior officers accept this, the prep work begins...and capability gets built for formal deployment.
If they refuse—the doctrine dies in staff work before reaching operations.
The answer will come in what gets built in the 72 hours after Quantico"
www.narativ.org/p/breaking-n...
BREAKING NEWS: TRUMP ORDERS GENERALS TO PREPARE FOR DOMESTIC DEPLOYMENT
At Quantico, president outlines doctrine for military in U.S. cities—Chicago named as target, QRF for “civil disturbances,” retaliatory force authorized
www.narativ.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
mikemanto.bsky.social
MAGA-fied Christianity.
This article from The Atlantic is worth the read. An important warning Christians need to heed.
#MAGA
#ChristianNationalist
#magachurch #christofascism #christiannationalism #theobros

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Fully MAGA-fied Christianity
Politics, especially culture-war politics, now provides many fundamentalists and evangelicals with a sense of community and a common enemy.
www.theatlantic.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Now We Call It White Christian Nationalism. It Used to Just Be Called the KKK
Exploring white Christian nationalism's connections to white supremacist beliefs
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September 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump Might Be Losing His Race Against Time
The president is gambling that he can consolidate authority before the public turns too sharply against him.
www.theatlantic.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
mikemanto.bsky.social
A passionate warning to a 'church' in America that's fallen into Christian Nationalism...
#ChristianNationalist
#magachurch #christofascism #christiannationalism #theobros
#dougwilson
September 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
mikemanto.bsky.social
Some leading Christian Nationalists think slavery was good for Blacks. Here's why we mustn't laugh that off.
#ChristianNationalist
#magachurch #christofascism #christiannationalism #theobros
#dougwilson #petehegseth #misogyny
#DougWilson #patriarchy
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Make Slavery Great Again
Leading Christian Nationalists think slavery was a good thing
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September 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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This is an excellent article examining the strange (but true) connection between fascism and patriarchy, and why the Trump admin is so set on rolling back women's rights.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

#ChristianNationalist
#christofascism #christiannationalism #theobros
#misogyny #patriarchy
From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why strongmen rely on women at home
Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women’s unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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#maga
#liberalism
#christiannationalism
#resist
#democracy

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Intelligence, Liberalism, and Why Conservatives Can’t Keep Up
The science is in, and it doesn't look good for right wingnuts!
open.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Reposted by Mike Manto
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News Report 6Feb1939. #censorship
#NaziGermany #USPolitics #fascism #JimmyKimmel #BoycottDisney
September 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
mikemanto.bsky.social
#elbowsup
This is so true.
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This Is Not the Time to Make Nice
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Carney announced an invitation for Kevin Roberts, the architect of Project 2025, to meet with his Liberal Cabinet ahead of Parliament's return.
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September 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Sixty-three-year-old Russian pastor Nikolai Romanyuk received a 4-year prison sentence for calling not to "fight for any tsar" back in 2022. He was found guilty of "calls for evasion of mobilization" and "activities against the security of the Russian Federation."
September 4, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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“CrossPolitic, whose hosts are close associates of Idaho-based pastor Douglas Wilson, has in recent weeks hosted a theocratic Canadian pastor [Jacob Reaume] who has called for his country to be absorbed by the US” & Steve Turley. By Jason Wilson, 9/3/25 … 1/ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Podcast of Hegseth church network airs far-right and Christian nationalist views
CrossPolitic has in recent weeks hosted pastors who have opposed liberal democracy and pushed authoritarian ideas
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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September 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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This captures it...
This is where the excessive greed that prioritizes profit over people and planet will take us.
#capitalism
#fascism
#MAGA
August 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM