Well, yes.For the life of me I can't comprehend the demand for so many Year 2025 in Review pieces. We were there, mostly conscious - why do we need reminding?
— Giles Wilkes (@gilesyb.bsky.social) December 30, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Samuel Wynn Warde / The Art of Living👏👏 Canada is quietly but firmly putting the bully in the corner. "[Felon's] worldview crashed into a wall of reality in 2025 when Canada, America’s polite northern neighbor, finally decided to stop apologizing and start fighting back."
— strea3m.bsky.social (@strea3m.bsky.social) December 28, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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Canada Flips the Script, Hits Trump Where It Hurts the MostWarde then summarizes Trump's attempted bullying, Canada's pivot to Europe, and diplomatic initiatives in Greenland. He ends with this:
The Art of the Self-Own
Donald Trump has always operated with the sophisticated geopolitical strategy of a mob boss collecting protection money. He assumes that leverage is a one-way street where the loud dictate terms and the quiet submit.
This worldview crashed into a wall of reality in 2025 when Canada, America’s polite northern neighbor, finally decided to stop apologizing and start fighting back.
.... Mark Carney, the technocrat who replaced Justin Trudeau, understands something Trump never will: leverage isn’t just about size; it’s about stability.
Trump thrives on chaos, but supply chains, defense contracts, and economies run on predictability. By offering stability to Europe and Greenland, and by imposing the cost of chaos on American industry, Canada has flipped the script.
Trump wanted to make Canada the 51st state. Instead, he forced it to become a European power and united the Canadian people against him in a way no domestic politician ever could.
Trump fucked around, and now, spectacularly, he is finding out.
CBC also has a number of 2025 roundup pieces, like these:
Canada 🇨🇦 Elbows up in 2025: How a year of Canadian boycotts on U.S. products played out Canadians hit the U.S. where it hurts: booze, travel and orange juice Natalie Stechyson · CBC News · Posted: Dec 30, 2025 3:00 AM CST | www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
— NewJukeboxCafe 🇨🇦 (@newjukeboxcafe.bsky.social) December 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Here is a fascinating year-end IPolitics interview with Defense Minister David McGuinty. The whole interview is worth reading but this was the most important exchange, I thought:Another Canadian MVP for 2025 is definitely Charlie Angus. I really appreciate of all the work he has put into organizing, and towards building antifascist media in Canada. Critically important, especially as the regime in the US expands their censorship and propaganda. Thanks Charlie! Keep it up!
— John Muller (@mrjohnmuller.bsky.social) December 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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...Can you give me a status update on Canada’s security relationship with the U.S.? The prime minister has said repeatedly that our pre-existing security partnership with the U.S. is over, but the government has left the door open to joining Donald Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ program, and we’re also still looking at buying American F-35s.
How would you define the relationship right now?
I want you to think of security and defence in terms of a home that is built with a foundation. One side of the foundation is in the United States, while the other part is across the border in Canada.
Now, imagine 50 rows of cinderblocks that hold the house up on both sides of the border. The first 30 or 40 rows are cinderblocks that uphold defence, security and, to a certain extent, intelligence. I have seen no daylight, cracks, shifting or movement in that foundation at all.
In my conversations with U.S. Secretary Pete Hegseth, particularly when I spent two hours face-to-face with him at the Pentagon and in subsequent communications, we are moving in lockstep. That doesn’t mean we’re not going to continue to have important negotiations on fiscal and financial matters, but we’re going to continue to manage this relationship well.
We have no choice. That’s what we’re going to do, and that’s what I’m trying to do on the defence side.
How have you found Secretary Hegseth to deal with, on a personal level?
I’ve found him serious. I’ve found him disciplined with his team. I’ve found that we were able to find a couple core areas to work together on, including this question of a continental shield.
We have continental and international responsibilities. On the continental side, we’re continuing to cooperate, and nowhere is that more apparent than in the NORAD modernization efforts we’re pursuing. We’re making enormous progress in ensuring that a system that has been in place for 80 years and has kept us safe remains strong.
We’re moving forward together. We’re continuing to make progress, and that’s how we’re managing this as we go forward...
And of course, The Beaverton:
Its not all light and laughter -- here are the worst Canadian stories of this year.Why has NO ONE ELSE ever done a podcast that recaps the year's events!?!? - Poilievre's slow-motion implosion! - The Jays (nearly) won it all! - Mark Carney is Prime Minister, I guess! Available on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you get your podcasts!
— The Beaverton (@thebeaverton.com) December 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Canada needs to stop with the anti-trans provincial laws:
Celeste writes:2025 has been a devastating year for trans people in Canada. Here's a year in review of all anti-trans legal developments out here since the beginning of the year. celeste.lgbt/en/2025/12/2...
— Celeste Trianon (@celeste.lgbt) December 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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If there’s one way to summarize what 2025 has been like for trans people in Canada, it’s that shit’s been going down. Anti-trans laws have truly evolved from fringe idea to a core part of right-wing policy-making — despite the fact that lives are at stake.
Canada needs to become a haven for US refugees. I thought it was terrible that we sent these poor families back:Safety in Sport Act was allegedly about protecting girls from transgender girls in contact sports and so that girls could prosper in elite (or elite pathway) sports. None of that applies in this case. The purpose is hate against transgender people.
— Duane Bratt (@duanebratt.bsky.social) December 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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We need to give our heads a shake - the United States is no longer a safe third country for anyone.Natch, when desperate migrants cross our border in deepest winter and two of their blameless children are sent to hospital with frostbite, the doyenne of the 🍁gun cult reacts with true Christmas charity: “What a crock. Complete abuse of our system.” Are there no poorhouses? Are there no gaols? 🎄🙄🎄
— David Hamer (@davidhamer1951.bsky.social) December 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Finally, Canada needs to get our citizens back from those DHS concentration camps:
Over 400 Canadians have been detained by MAGA. Crickets from our leaders. @amnesty.org has released a damning investigation into torture and abuse at ICE detention centres. This is a @meidascanada.ca investigation into torture state USA. @meidastouch.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxKz...
— Charlie Angus (@charlieangus104.bsky.social) December 17, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Speaking of the US, I think we can conclude that the United States is NOT taking the right direction now:
At year end, the dividing line in politics today is defined by dignity. Dignity is something that can't be taken away. It can only be surrendered voluntarily. We saw the most powerful business leaders willing to surrender dignity while everyday Americans stood tall.
— Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) December 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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— George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 (@gtconway.bsky.social) December 30, 2025 at 8:35 AMThe only quiet days I can remember are the weekends when everyone thought he might be dead.
But I have also seen stories of judges and grand juries refusing to indict people who are speaking up against ICE, and other stories of people being released from the camps - this gives me a little hope:50 ICE agents swarming a public library to arrest one person. This isn’t policing — it’s authoritarian spectacle. Armed intimidation, fear as policy, and taxpayer money burned to terrorize communities. This is fascism in plain sight. #TrumpWatch #Resist
— Trump Watch 👀 (@trumpwatch.bsky.social) December 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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TIKTOKER SHOT BY ICE HAS INDICTMENT THROWN OUT Carlitos Ricardo Parias was shot in the elbow by ICE during an immigration arrest in October. A judge tossed the indictment after finding the government violated his constitutional rights, and it looks intentional. 1/2
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) December 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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A federal judge handed Trump a massive loss...canceling Kilmar Ábrego García’s trial over apparent bogus DOJ charges. A hearing next month will determine if the case is retaliatory, potentially leading to a full dismissal. García was released from a detention center early last week. More to come.
— mikestarace.bsky.social (@mikestarace.bsky.social) December 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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An Irish grandma who was released from ICE custody after nearly five months has described the appalling conditions she faced in detention, including "feces on the wall" and "horrific" food. share.newsbreak.com/ggx315bo?s=i16
— Anti-Trumpism (@forabettertomorrow.bsky.social) December 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Good to see this young man reunited with his mom💜 she didn’t give up! — For the record, you have to be one heartless SOB to steal and imprison an autistic child. ICE agents should be increasingly more ashamed with every passing day. youtube.com/post/UgkxBwh...
— ResistNow2StopFascism (@greeneyedgoldie.bsky.social) November 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Two brothers in Virginia were finally released from ICE custody after weeks that tore their family apart. Their story shows how easily everyday life can turn into detention — and how critical community support is. Read: www.pilotonline.com/2025/11/11/i...
— Ashley DeAzevedo (@afuashley.bsky.social) November 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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NYC public school student granted asylum, released from ICE detention
— New York Daily News (@nydailynews.com) December 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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After 243 days in ICE detention, activist and whistleblower Alma Bowman is home. Alma was finally released from the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, two days before Thanksgiving, and reunited with her family after spending eight months detained by ICE.
— Center for Constitutional Rights (@ccrjustice.org) December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Willian Giménez González, Chicago day laborer and beloved worker leader in Chicago, has been released from ICE custody. I spoke to him about his 47-day detention, and what solidarity looks like in this moment. "I owe my freedom to being organized," he says.
— Sarah Lazare (@sarahlazare.bsky.social) December 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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It took hours and pressure from local officials before David Leussler's friend was found and released from ICE detention. "But it will take pressure from those that believe in free speech, and the rule of law, before the release of our beloved country," Leussler writes.
— Minnesota Star Tribune (@startribune.com) December 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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NEW! Our incredible legal team at @immcouncil.org just secured a victory in federal court, reinforcing a ruling blocking blocking ICE from taking unaccompanied children into ICE detention on their 18th birthday, and re-detaining previously-released teenagers. Proud to work with such awesome lawyers!
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) December 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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BREAKING: Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry, a Pakistan-born US army veteran and husband of a former Washington congressional candidate, will be released from ICE detention.
— The Stranger (@thestranger.com) December 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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This is a useful chart too, because it shows how pointless and mean US immigration enforcement is now:'They will not silence me': Prominent activist released from ICE detention after 9 months www.rawstory.com/ice-detentio... GOOD ON HER!!!!
— JMHLO (@jmhlo.bsky.social) December 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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I thought this was a pretty good summary:NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) November 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Kalen Dion is not wrong. 😳👇
— Bill Madden (@maddenifico.bsky.social) December 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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