Mike McRae 🇨🇦

@mikemcrae@mstdn.social
196 Followers
528 Following
986 Posts
Magna Bay, BC, CA
Husband, dad, grandfather, dog dad.
Retired Search & Rescue Team Leader
Mike McRae 🇨🇦1d ago
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸1d ago

#TheAmericanFascist wants to Tariff everything from Canada again. Time to implement the Digital Services Tax, and no take backs this time.

(edit: and here's an idea, match it to whatever cumulative number of percentage Trump has on Canada? 50% steel plus 50% copper plus 35% everything else. Sounds like 135% DST to me by his math!)

#CanPoli #cdnpoli #tradewar #theAmericanFascist #Trump

Mike McRae 🇨🇦5d ago
Qasim Rashid, Esq.5d ago

The people mocking Mamdani for eating with his hands have no issue with white people eating burgers chicken & fries with their hands

The people mocking Mamdani for identifying as African American despite being born in Uganda have now issue with a white billionaire identifying as African American

The people mocking Mamdani for saying America can do better had no issue with making President the white guy who ran on “America isn’t great”

It’s not patriotism they’ve embraced—it’s white supremacy.

Mike McRae 🇨🇦6d ago
Qasim Rashid, Esq.6d ago

And to those saying Texans "deserved it" because they voted red, y'all need to chill.

Notwithstanding that Texas is a voter suppression state, our compassion cannot ever be limited to our fellow human beings. Let's be and demand better.

Mike McRae 🇨🇦Jul 5
Ham on WryJul 2

Canada is ranked the 5th freest country in the world. America is ranked 57th.

Happy Canada Day!!!

#canada #canadaday #freedom #america #news

Mike McRae 🇨🇦Jul 2
Ham on WryJul 2

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Happy Canada Day to those who live in the best country in the world!

And without ever needing to brag about it.

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Bonne fête du Canada à ceux qui vivent dans le meilleur pays du monde !

Et sans jamais avoir besoin de s'en vanter.
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#canada #canadaday

Mike McRae 🇨🇦Jul 1
MEActNOWJul 1

⚠️ This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century:

- Zeke Hausfather
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/30/climate/china-clean-energy-power.html

China's Clean Energy Boom Could Win the Race to Power the Future

Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security.

The New York Times
Mike McRae 🇨🇦Jul 1
JRJun 30

Happy Canada Day’s Eve!

Remember to leave arts and crafts for the ghost of Mr Dressup.

Otherwise you’re in big, big trouble.

#CanadaDay #MrDressup

Mike McRae 🇨🇦Jun 29

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/29/at-least-66-children-dead-of-malnutrition-in-gaza-as-israel-tightens-siege

There are no gods and Trump needs to transition to his next life asap. Fuck.

At least 66 children dead of malnutrition in Gaza amid Israel’s war

UNICEF says the number of malnourished children in the Gaza Strip is rising at an ‘alarming rate’.

Al Jazeera
Mike McRae 🇨🇦Jun 29
Steve Dragswolf 🪶Jun 28

"Those findings hold true for Chantu William, a young Tsilhqot'in language speaker and second generation residential school survivor who says learning her language growing up supported her mental health and identity as an Indigenous person."

Indigenous people's health tightly tied to speaking their own languages, review finds https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/indigenous-health-outcomes-indigenous-language-revitalization-1.7569554 #Indigenous #health #language

Indigenous people's health tightly tied to speaking their own languages, review finds | CBC News

Researchers analyzed 262 academic and community-based studies from Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand, and determined 78 per cent of them connected Indigenous language vitality with improved health. 

CBC
Mike McRae 🇨🇦Jun 29
Tiffany LiJun 29

“He’s easily bruising. He has bone pain. He looks pale .… He has also lost his appetite …. His mom is terrified that these are symptoms that his leukemia situation might be deteriorating.”

A 6-year-old with cancer is languishing in a U.S. detention camp. Who will answer for this cruelty?

https://www.chron.com/news/politics/article/family-files-for-release-in-lawsuit-considered-20396546.php

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🤬Mr.Mark🤬Jun 23
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Show threadDavidJun 23

@markmetz Please edit to add alt text:

Photo of Forrest Gump looking like he's about to come to a profound realization, above which is the heading "And just like that," and below, the caption:

Nobody's talking about:

  • the largest protests in American history;
  • Trump being in the Epstein files;
  • the assassination of a politician in Minnesota;
  • crowd size at Trump's birthday parade;
  • the surfacing possibilities of the 2024 election rigging;
  • federal thugs abducting American citizens;
  • a spending bill that adds trillions to the national debt, makes it legal for Trump to ignore the courts;
  • Trump's record low polling numbers.
Show threadGeofCoxJun 23

@deFractal @markmetz

It's amazing how quickly all fascists turn to war, isn't it ?

Either they're already in the army (Franco, Pinochet) or they start a war as soon as they can anyway (Mussolini, Hitler).

Distraction ? Bullying ? Hatefulness ? Uniform fetish ?

Show threadSu_GJun 23

@GeofCox @deFractal @markmetz

Poisonous pedagogy & daddy issues. 😐

Show threadFelixJun 23
@deFractal @markmetz thank you
Show threadxs4me2Jun 23

@markmetz

Wagging the dog… every single day again Trump needs a new news flash. It is how serial liars operate…

Show threadStoneface VimesJun 23
@markmetz and imagine. All it took to achieve this was opening hostilities against a middle eastern state.
Is your government going to shit? Just have a war.
Show threadSu_GJun 23

@markmetz

I do believe it’s “Trump's record low polling numbers.” In the 40s & falling I read somewhere. 😐

Show threadSamson - tief In BerlinJun 23
@markmetz
"Stupid is as stupid does."
Show threadArbresJun 23
@markmetz
https://www.c-span.org/clip/public-affairs-event/user-clip-trump-admits-they-rigged-the-election/5150039
Show threadZoidberg For PresidentJun 23
@markmetz You mispelled "fascism".
Show threadOnePlanet 💖🇺🇸 🌎Jun 23

@markmetz

Distraction indeed

Show threadkcpJun 23
@markmetz bombing Iran is a nice distraction for him to take the narrative away from his other problems
Show threadVirginia HollowayJun 23

@markmetz

“the surfacing possibilities of the 2024 election rigging”.

Not surprised, but I had not seen this news. Can someone provide a link?

Show threadBrian GrinterJun 23

@VirginiaHolloway @markmetz

https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/global-trends/did-kamala-harris-lose-the-us-election-due-to-faulty-machines-company-denies-2024-rigging-claims/articleshow/121866437.cms

Did Kamala Harris lose the US election due to faulty machines? Company denies 2024 rigging claims

Kamala Harris 2024 Election result: A lawsuit in Rockland County, New York, has revived questions about the 2024 US presidential election. Dozens of ballots appeared to register no vote for Kamala Harris, despite otherwise being complete. Voting machine firm ES&S is under scrutiny, with experts questioning untested software changes and missing votes. While the suit wont affect Donald Trumps certified victory, it could shake trust in the system. A court hearing in September could finally determine whether this was error—or something more serious.

Economic Times
Show threadMisterMooJun 23
@markmetz At least we know no one has to talk about his record low polling numbers in order for him to continue to have record low polling numbers.
Show threadchild of baphometJun 23
@markmetz unless you're on mastodon, then literally everyone is posting about how nobody is posting about it.
Show threadHudsonJun 23
@markmetz If I destroy the whole forest nobody will notice all the trees I’ve cut down.
Show thread🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 🐧 🥦Jun 23
@markmetz Sadly, most of the media are collaborators with Hitler Americanus.
Show thread🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 🐧 🥦Jun 23
@markmetz Alt Text?
Show threadAndreasJun 23
@markmetz
I guess he refers to the media in Germany and the EU ...
Show threadQueen of Chaos (Anarschism)Jun 23

@markmetz

What 2024 election rigging?

Show threadThee Mighty PeculiaJun 23
@CosmickTrigger @markmetz Yeah, that one is another embarrassing conspiracy theory. I’d cross it off of the otherwise solid meme.
Show threadBob Blaskiewicz 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱Jun 23

@markmetz

No, people are still talking about these things. And chill with the 2024 election conspiracy theories. It's Q-level stupid, but coming from the left.

Show threadAnneJun 23
@markmetz oh, I think people are still talking about all of those things, even if they have dropped from the news cycle…
Show thread(((Cindy Weinstein)))Jun 23

@markmetz

I see your point but I don't think it's quite true. Perhaps many media outlets are incapable of talking about more than one thing at once, but I have been reading a lot about the following: the continued fascist invasion of L.A., people's newfound support of Medicaid (and fear about its cuts), the Senate parliamentarian's decisions that aspects of the bill can't be passed by a simple majority, et al.

Show threadcyJun 23
Uhh... stop watching... network news? Stop watching the news and go see what your neighbors are up to. Yes it's your business. No staying "informed" doesn't matter. GO while you still can!