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Susan Johnston

@itsunderstood

Mostly retired trainer-speaker-writer-type. Staying sane on PEI. Ex-reporter dismayed at what has happened to journalism.

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07.03.2026 16:32 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 3

The US and UK created the Islamic Republic by having their spy agencies depose a popular democratically leader and emplacing a puppet dictator. All because he thought Iranian oil should belong to the Iranian people not US and UK oil companies.

07.03.2026 06:51 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

They're going to write books about all the big brain moves of this gang of imbeciles and among them will be "Spending a year trying to kill renewable energy and then launching a war that sends oil prices soaring"

07.03.2026 03:39 πŸ‘ 8796 πŸ” 1722 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 58

Christofascists running the USA. What a pathetic situation.

07.03.2026 12:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And next, a ballroom!

06.03.2026 01:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Or, perhaps, intended to trigger nuke fears to keep the rest of the world quiet. Shitbags are running the USA.

06.03.2026 01:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Petition e-7124 - Petitions

A petition to review Pete Hoekstra’s conduct is now open for signatures in the House of Commons. Please review and sign.

β€œWe, the undersigned, Residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to formally review the conduct of U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra.”

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

05.03.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

There IS no good news, you idiots!
The US has ruined everything, everywhere, without regard for the consequences.
You are welcome to destroy your society but you didn't have to take the whole world with you.
And your Christofascists can burn forever in whatever version of hell they believe in.

05.03.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is it OK to hate Americans yet?

05.03.2026 20:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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05.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It is officially OK to hate everything about the US government.

05.03.2026 17:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And many now also hate his country..

04.03.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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03.03.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œSocial media disinformation is why Donald Trump is president, and Big Tech has made it clear that they’ll happily continue to lick Trump’s boots as he drives America off a cliff.

β€œThere’s no reason for Canada to follow them.”

03.03.2026 21:39 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

People who don't already hate the USA soon will.

02.03.2026 20:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If there’s a country that needs a regime change, it’s the United States.

02.03.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 197 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 4

Each day there is something new to enrage us. Unbelievable and, yet, unsurprising. The only way to fight the overwhelm is to focus on one thing at a time. For me, it's keeping my country out of the war

02.03.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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02.03.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œ Pathocracy, or how psycopathy takes over a society”.

01.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

NATO countries are SAYING that USA started it.
Note the punctuation.

01.03.2026 23:51 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

America Christian Nationalists woke up this morning pondering, "Who Would Jesus Bomb?"

01.03.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 3570 πŸ” 769 πŸ’¬ 150 πŸ“Œ 22

Thanks for the memory. I went through a phase of reinterpreting rock/pop music as jazz songs and picked it for a workshop. I think what's special is that the lyrics are, simultaneously, clear and vague. Performer and listener each create a story unique to their own experience and current state.

01.03.2026 22:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But when you act like a brainless yob, people will believe the worst about you, even if it's not true. "Hmmm. Sounds like something he'd say."

01.03.2026 21:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

01.03.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 21347 πŸ” 7234 πŸ’¬ 429 πŸ“Œ 270

Come on, Minister.
You should also condemn the USA's illegal, unwarranted and dangerous first strike.
Yes, get Canadians out. But there's no need to take sides in a war we want no part of.

01.03.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also NATO countries: You started it. Sorry.

01.03.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Exploring my anti-Americanism: Cuban Missile Crisis. Civil rights violence. Vietnam War. Travelling with Yanks afraid of anything foreign. Watching them as fellow expats. Noticing transactional, "win at all costs" approach. And bossy!
They earned my disdain and fear long before Trump and aftermath.

01.03.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone who looks good on camera and can read a teleprompter can be a "talking head" (news anchor). Almost none of them are actual journalists. Actual journalism doesn't fly with the popcorn eaters who just want to be entertained.
(I learned that working in TV news.)

01.03.2026 17:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe it was a bad idea to let a foreign owned hedge funds buy a majority of Canadian mainstream news media.

01.03.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

Can you imagine if journalists in Canada had actually exposed right wing extremism instead of trying to mainstream and monetize it for clicks and engagement?

01.03.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0