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In The Globe and Mail, columnist Andrew Coyne contrasts the American July 4 with the Canadian July 1:
Maggie Haberman talks about Carney
Interesting chart here
TrumpWatch- every week I collect posts about the world's most anticipated event.
In The Globe and Mail, columnist Andrew Coyne contrasts the American July 4 with the Canadian July 1:
...I’m old enough to remember the Bicentennial, and the year-long buzz of good feeling that accompanied it, even in a country reeling from inflation, Vietnam and Watergate.
Yet this year’s semi-quincentennial finds the United States in a much darker mood: sour, divided and doubting itself as it has on few occasions in its history. ...There’s no mystery why this is the case. Donald Trump is not only easily the worst president of all time, he is the worst it is possible to imagine, a leader whose instinct in every situation is to say and do, not only the wrong thing, but the worst possible thing.
If it were only the incompetence, or the corruption, or the baseless attacks on America’s allies and the truckling to its foes, or the disdain for civil liberties and disregard for the rule of law, or the assaults, literal and figurative, on women and minorities, or the fiscal profligacy or the economic illiteracy - if it were only all of these, it would still not match, in its depressive effect on Americans, his mounting attempt to destroy American democracy, the better to install himself as a kind of king, around whom all of the country is expected to revolve.
The anniversary is a case in point. In his cartoonish vanity, Mr. Trump has done everything he can to make the celebration of the country a celebration of himself, and thus to make it impossible for those disinclined to celebrate the latter to celebrate the former. In the most patriotic county on earth, he has succeeded in discrediting patriotism. He has polluted the Fourth of July.br> Canada represents the opposite paradox. Objectively, we have a great deal to be gloomy about. We are beset by crises on every front. ..And Canadians’ response to all this? We’re more than bullish. We’re positively beaming. Forty-seven per cent of Canadians now say the country is on the right track, up from 26 per cent two years ago. Eighty-four per cent say they’re proud to be Canadian, including 82 per cent in Alberta and 81 per cent in Quebec.
Pride in Canadian institutions is similarly up across the board...
We have our own divisions, God knows, but nothing like as toxic or as entrenched as they have become in the United States. It is hard to escape the impression that, for many of Mr. Trump’s supporters, the primary if not only factor in their support is the anxiety he arouses in his, and their, opponents. They are prepared to bring the country down, if necessary, to “own the libs.”
It helps, in the end, to have a common enemy. Nothing has done greater service to Canadian pride and patriotism in recent times than the second coming of Mr. Trump, in all his malevolence. Whatever else we might disagree on, we can all agree we don’t want him. That we can still agree on that is a thing worth celebrating in itself.
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Because if Donald Trump has demonstrated anything, it's that he'll honour his agreements when given what he wants. Honest to Zeus, guys...
— Dale Smith (@journodale.bsky.social) July 3, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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Maggie Haberman talks about Carney
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Interesting chart here
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TrumpWatch- every week I collect posts about the world's most anticipated event.
This week I'm posting these a day early because the world is hoping July 4 will really be our Independence Day!
World Cup Stories
What a game that was!
- appearance of livestock parasites - the return of vanquished diseases - mysterious lesions appear on his body - the local waters are changing colors - dangerous weather threatens his events Folks… I think he’s being smited. 😳
— Judge You Harshly 🦋✌️🤟🖖🌈 (@judgeyouharshly.bsky.social) July 3, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Trump to deliver speech in 105 degree heat on July 4. Anyone else rooting for the heat?! 😀
— Dean Obeidallah (@deanobeidallah.bsky.social) July 3, 2026 at 5:41 AM
The entire city is on edge right now. It’s 96 degrees, we’re interrupted every 5 min by the sound of low-flying fighter jets, and the president has managed to ruin July 4th. Quietly muttering to myself: “just wait until IT happens. Everyone will be so happy when IT happens. It’ll be incredible…”
— Dave Karpf (@davekarpf.bsky.social) July 3, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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SMDH
— KQ5 (@kq5.bsky.social) June 28, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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— Miaganga (@miaganga.bsky.social) June 22, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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World Cup Stories
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What a game that was!
Vozinha said a few days ago how proud he was to be playing in the World Cup against Messi. He didn't expect to win, but he wanted to share with the world how happy he was just to be able to play. And then Capo Verde did almost win. Against Argentina! The world will never forget this game.
I hadn't realized that growing grass for a World Cup stadium is an art:
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I hadn't realized that growing grass for a World Cup stadium is an art:
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Hey, look, Messi is great and clearly the greatest of all-time at soccer, but Serena won a grand slam while she was pregnant.
— Charlotte Clymer (@charlotteclymer.bsky.social) July 3, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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