@tvmojoe.bsky.social:
And now they’ve got a soldier doing YMCA, and it’s officially a taxpayer supported Trump rally.
@stephenmaher.bsky.social July 4, 2026:
This is a good day to talk about our southern neighbours and their revolution, not out of a desire to insult them on a day that should be full of hotdogs, bunting and fireworks, but because our history is shared and we too often let their version of events into our brains. 1/19
A lot of sensible Americans see Trump’s kingly behaviour as an affront to the memory of the noble patriots who established their republic 250 years ago. That makes sense if you think the revolution was good, and the founding fathers wise and just. 2/19
Ancestral Canadians did not think that, and I’m not sure we should think it now, because it is also our history, and the version the Americans tell is propagandistic and omits important things that puts the revolution in a different light. 3/19
250 years ago today, in Philadelphia, the rebels signed the Declaration of Independence, which contains these words: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.” 4/19
Those words were written by Thomas Jefferson, a Virginia planter who did not recognize the inalienable rights of the children he fathered by his enslaved servant, Sally Hemmings. 5/19
Hemmings was the daughter and grandaughter of enslaved people who were impregnated by their owners. He started raping her (how could she consent?) when she was a teenager. This was all secret until some detective work by historian Annette Gordon-Reed. 6/19
Washington and Franklin were also enslavers. Here is an ad Washington placed when one of his slaves escaped to freedom. 7/19
That woman lived the rest of her life free, thankfully, and so did other Washington and Jefferson slaves who the British took to Nova Scotia, infuriating the first president. 8/19
Should we take seriously the revolutionaries talk about liberty, which our neighbours talk about to this day? It is to laugh. As English writer Samuel Johnson wrote: “How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of Negroes?” 9/19
We should ignore all of that kind of talk and consider instead the real reason for the revolution: the desire to seize land that belonged to Indigenous people, which is not something our neighbours will talk about at their parties today. 10/19
At the time of the revolution, Europeans lived in a strip of land near the coast. Toronto did not yet exist. After the Seven Years war, when the British conquered New France, they were broke, so they wanted no more fighting. 11/19
In 1763, the British issued a royal proclamation recognizing Indigenous title to their land and drawing a line down the Appalachians, banning new settlement in the territory of the Shawnee and other Indigenous nations in what is now Ohio. 12/19
(The proclamation is still part of the Canadian constitutional order.) This was bad news for Washington, who claimed 20,000 acres of land belonging to Indigenous people. The Quebec Act of 1774 formalized the rule, which Washington had hoped was temporary. 13/19
That, more than a tax on tea, was the reason for the revolution. During the revolution, most Indigenous nations, who knew the Yanks wanted their land, sided with the British. The Americans attacked them. The image here is of the Gnadenhutten massacre. t.co/DvCASXwext 14/19
That massacre set a pattern that continued for a century, as the Americans pushed west, speaking of liberty, killing Indigenous people and taking their land.
And that’s why, in my view, the racist Alberta separatist cry babies want to destroy Canada and join Nazi USA. It started in Ohio. x.com/rebeccanagle… 15/19
Rebecca Nagle (@rebeccanagle) on X
The US built its first big army for one reason: to take Indigenous land.
New from The Preamble ⬇️ https://t.co/z2YsXrVAQux.com
This mass murder is at the heart of the American project, and was openly celebrated. t.co/E7MqmUFaBp 16/19
Canadians should know this history, what I think of as the real history of the revolution, because it led to the creation of Canada in a way. I’m grateful to the Toronto Star for giving me some space to write about it today. t.co/5re4gUxMvt 17/19
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/trump-is-closer-to-the-vision-of-americas-founding-fathers-than-canadians-think/article_5ba58932-9329-450e-8ff6-ea02418ae130.htmlt.co
I love many things about the United States, cherish my friendships with Americans, don’t want to insult them, but it is our history as much as it is their history. 18/19
We do a terrible job of making sure Canadians know our own story in the face of propagandistic US history making, partly because we prefer to be polite, an inclination I share. Sorry if I hurt anyone’s feelings and I hope our neighbours have a good party today! 19/19
One of things I love about USA is this tune: Mercy Mercy Mercy www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4rX… 20/19
Cannonball Adderley Quintet – “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” (1966)
YouTube video by Anthony Valente’s Jazz Channelwww.youtube.com
@amirattaran.bsky.social:
250 years of America being a violent and racist country. Yippee!
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont…
@betulina.bsky.social:
A “white” descendent of Jefferson, Lucian Truscott IV, has written extensively about his work to include Hemings’ descendents in the historical record of Monticello, J’s estate.
@jimmytwohands.bsky.social:
If you don’t die from heat stroke during the day, you’ll die from smoke inhalation when they light off 800,000 fireworks at night
@formeresq.bsky.social:
I can’t wait for the entire dc beltway to get emphysema from 800,000 fireworks going off in less than an hour in one place
@jawalker.bsky.social:
800,000 fireworks set to go off at The Mall on Saturday and there’s a genuine chance, especially given his terrific track record, that Trump ends up setting Capitol Hill on fire. (He’ll then blame vandals with box cutters or some shit).
@context776.bsky.social:
Then there’s the unmitigated air pollution in the nation’s capital caused by polluter Donald Trump’s taxpayer-funded fireworks.
@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social:
I think this is more missions than we flew over Germany in World War II.Ever sadistic Trump, increasing profits for himself and his oil and gas rich pals by wasting jet fuel.
@raxkingisdead.bsky.social:
just shockingly hostile to the people and their pets, wildlife, birdswho live in DC
@adriennemassanari.bsky.social:
Let us not forget that over 800,000 fireworks will then be ignited at 11 pm and air quality will plummet further. A completely disgusting showing befitting a completely vile and inhumane administration.
@sunbirdie.bsky.social:
Why, I don’t see how anything could possibly go wrong with this? A nine hour continuous air show over the White House and heavily populated area, during thunderstorms and then cap it off with over 800,000 fireworks (God forbid we shouldn’t set a record over China).
@magicapple.bsky.social:
Are they still going to set off 800,000+ fireworks and destroy the air quality around DC so people without air conditioning can’t open windows?
That would track.
@thelasttheorist.bsky.social:
There’s also the not-inconsiderable danger of bringing 800,000 fireworks shells to a single location, in extreme heat and probably with very complicated logistical problems. Maybe also multiple crews who haven’t worked together before. It’s a lot of boom.
@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social:
Fireworks are always set off by the pool. The fencing happens every year. What is different is that last year was less than 8,000 fireworks and this year is supposed to be 851,000.
@valdrielvt.bsky.social:
Yeah inconsideration aside, why do they think this is a good idea? We already know what a few fireworks do to the environment.. 800,000+ of them?? And where are they getting this money, anyway? (Taxpayers probably)
@mayteramarble.bsky.social:
I have been thinking all week about how we are vastly underestimating the potential hilarity of a Trump-selected contractor setting off 800,000 fireworks
@paleofuture.bsky.social:
This is going to be a disaster
@anysusan.bsky.social:
Between this and the 800,000 fireworks, feeling terrible for all D.C. residents and pets who have to endure this.
@amandajsummers.bsky.social:
Wait. Hold up. 8 hours of planes followed by 800,000 fireworks, in 100+ degree heat plus DC humidity?
@ladymitopinion.bsky.social:
Dog owners are not a fan of this day
@actwithcourage.bsky.social:
Nor cat Folk, either, not to mention ER personnel, firefighters and Police/sheriffs
@steve-oneill.bsky.social:
Horse owners as well.
We have enough well armed neighbors that they’ve accommodated to gunfire but fireworks in the dark are another level.
@mochene.bsky.social:
Hot, dry, 800,000 fireworks too?! Gonna blow them off the map.
@prowl.bsky.social:
All I’m saying is that If It Happens because someone who thinks safety guidelines are woke drops a lit cigarette into 800,000 fireworks, I will not survive the laughing fit that follows.
@yourcanadiangf.bsky.social:
Twice I’ve been at a fireworks show where things went wrong. Once the “launch structure” fell over and launched fireworks straight at the crowd sitting on the football field. 2nd all the fireworks ignited at once. image what could go wrong with nearly a million chances to screw up.
@jben1990.bsky.social:
Seven straight hours of military flyovers? Good Lord!
It’s not as potentially disastrous as the “800,000 fireworks over 30 minutes” fireworks show, but it’s still bound to be disruptive.
@bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social:
And how do they handle the noise from 800,000 fireworks? Ugh
@fortunasaga.com:
The logistics part of my mind is beyond skeptical of the numbers for the fireworks display.
Let’s do some back of the envelope math
They’re claiming they’re going to set off about 800,000 fireworks. That’s about 10% of the entirety of the Esparto CA fireworks disaster that killed 7.
… They say they’re going to launch 100,000 lbs worth of explosives. Based on some conversions I could find online that’s equal to about 50 tons of TNT. For reference the MOAB (mother of all bombs) has an explosive equivalence of about 11 tons of TNT.
So the people that can’t handle basic carpentry think they are going to safely detonate the equivalent of five MOABs worth of explosives in our capital and everything’s going to go well?
Trump stupid f arch replica that’s already falling apart
It’s either going to be a disaster or… Much more likely… they’re lying about the show. The show is an idea that they had but everyone involved had no idea how complicated it would be and they’re either going to cancel it due to “weather” or launch a few thousand and call it 800 thousand.
FREE SPEECH IS THE MOST AMERICAN THING THERE IS Of Thee We Sing by Steve Brodner, Jul 04, 2026, The Greater Quiet
@HalforNY__:
I believe Cheney Orr @orr_photo just captured one of THE defining photos of the era.
@musicologyduck.bsky.social:
the list of reasons to stay inside today just gets longer
Photo above by Cheney Orr: @orr_photo
@cactiwrangler.bsky.social:
another patriot has fallen to swamp ass
Cosplaying losers forget that sweat shows through on khaki pants as we can see in this image of an adult baby dressed up as a brooks brothers fascist walking through a subway station in D.C.
@boidle.bsky.social:
Seems like most attendees are journalists or people mocking the event on social media.
@tombusiahn.bsky.social:
I read one report of many evangelicals seeking converts also.
@nadiah-at-home.bsky.social:
I read that too! Can you imagine anything you’d like more on a hot and disappointing day more than being accosted by strangers who want to talk to you about Jesus?
@boidle.bsky.social:
Evangelical: “Excuse me, have you heard the good news?”
Hot, disappointed tourist: “Oh, are they letting us have more than one bottle of water now?”
@nadiah-at-home.bsky.social:
Evangelical: “Even better. We’re here to talk to you about the man who called Himself the Living Water.”
@orthotrot.bsky.social:
Bruce Lee? He flowed like water!
Mark Carney, Danielle Smith, Doug Ford and Stevie Harper are missing.
@crownsblue.bsky.social July 4, 2026:
Rapist Donald Trump pay your survivor E. Carroll her 50 million dollars
@context776.bsky.social July 4, 2026:
Rapist Donald Trump’s latest attempt to dodge the $5.8 million payment a New York court ruled he owes E. Jean Carroll was swiftly slapped down Friday as “yet another play for time,” court records show.
