John Muller
@mrjohnmuller.bsky.social
Friend, actor, musician, medium-sized mammal (he/him)
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I saw a segment on the CBC yesterday where they were seriously discussing the spectre of invasion, using words like "regime" and "imperialism", when typically I see language that is way more normalizing.
The threat is real. We can't afford to not take it seriously. I think that fact is sinking in.
The threat is real. We can't afford to not take it seriously. I think that fact is sinking in.
When the Globe and Mail editorial board is warning that the Venezuela invasion represents a threat to Canada you know how serious the menace is from the gangster fascist regime.
January 4, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I saw a segment on the CBC yesterday where they were seriously discussing the spectre of invasion, using words like "regime" and "imperialism", when typically I see language that is way more normalizing.
The threat is real. We can't afford to not take it seriously. I think that fact is sinking in.
The threat is real. We can't afford to not take it seriously. I think that fact is sinking in.
Reposted by John Muller
PRESIDENT OF CUBA 🇨🇺: “An act of state terrorism… the object of imperialist desire is Venezuelan oil… down with imperialism!”
PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA 🇨🇴: “To keep the Epstein list from coming out (Trump) kills fishermen… this invasion is about oil, driven by greed & violence.”
PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA 🇨🇴: “To keep the Epstein list from coming out (Trump) kills fishermen… this invasion is about oil, driven by greed & violence.”
January 4, 2026 at 1:58 PM
PRESIDENT OF CUBA 🇨🇺: “An act of state terrorism… the object of imperialist desire is Venezuelan oil… down with imperialism!”
PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA 🇨🇴: “To keep the Epstein list from coming out (Trump) kills fishermen… this invasion is about oil, driven by greed & violence.”
PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA 🇨🇴: “To keep the Epstein list from coming out (Trump) kills fishermen… this invasion is about oil, driven by greed & violence.”
Let this be a lesson for every quisling who is thinking about selling out their country to try and curry favour with the Trump regime.
It will not play out the way you think.
It will not play out the way you think.
Ms. Machado had “gone out of her way to please [Trump], calling him a ‘champion of freedom,’ mimicking his talking points on election fraud in the United States and even dedicating her Peace Prize to him.
“It was in vain.”
@nytimes.com 🇻🇪
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/w...
“It was in vain.”
@nytimes.com 🇻🇪
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/w...
January 4, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Let this be a lesson for every quisling who is thinking about selling out their country to try and curry favour with the Trump regime.
It will not play out the way you think.
It will not play out the way you think.
Canadian social media is full of middle-aged normies who are champing at the bit for us to develop a nuclear deterrent against potential invasion by Trump. That's.....not usual.
Americans really have no idea just how much we will never, ever trust them ever again. Permanent, irreperable damage.
Americans really have no idea just how much we will never, ever trust them ever again. Permanent, irreperable damage.
January 4, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Canadian social media is full of middle-aged normies who are champing at the bit for us to develop a nuclear deterrent against potential invasion by Trump. That's.....not usual.
Americans really have no idea just how much we will never, ever trust them ever again. Permanent, irreperable damage.
Americans really have no idea just how much we will never, ever trust them ever again. Permanent, irreperable damage.
I don't think it's a question of "if" the regime in the US will ever invade Canada, or try and pull off a coup d'état.
It's just a question of "when".
It's just a question of "when".
January 4, 2026 at 1:07 PM
I don't think it's a question of "if" the regime in the US will ever invade Canada, or try and pull off a coup d'état.
It's just a question of "when".
It's just a question of "when".
"Not the time to comment on the legality of recent actions".
lmao oh god we are so cooked.
lmao oh god we are so cooked.
This is PM of Greece.
Greece is an elected member of the UN Security Council.
Greece is an elected member of the UN Security Council.
January 4, 2026 at 11:29 AM
"Not the time to comment on the legality of recent actions".
lmao oh god we are so cooked.
lmao oh god we are so cooked.
The regime in the US is playing out like a bank robbery on an international scale. They're yelling "stick em up!" across the hemisphere, blowing up random boats and taking political hostages to let us all know they mean business.
US troops won’t enter Venezuela if Maduro’s VP “does what we want,” Trump tells the New York Post.
January 3, 2026 at 7:15 PM
The regime in the US is playing out like a bank robbery on an international scale. They're yelling "stick em up!" across the hemisphere, blowing up random boats and taking political hostages to let us all know they mean business.
I challenge Americans to reflect on how they would feel if Xi Jinping bombed the US, kidnapped Trump and Melania, and put them on trial in China.
Despite all of Trumps despicable crimes, I don't actually think all that many of you would be cool with it!
The "but Maduro..." apologia is pure cope.
Despite all of Trumps despicable crimes, I don't actually think all that many of you would be cool with it!
The "but Maduro..." apologia is pure cope.
If we can capture another country's president, can another country come and capture ours? Asking for a friend.
January 3, 2026 at 6:48 PM
I challenge Americans to reflect on how they would feel if Xi Jinping bombed the US, kidnapped Trump and Melania, and put them on trial in China.
Despite all of Trumps despicable crimes, I don't actually think all that many of you would be cool with it!
The "but Maduro..." apologia is pure cope.
Despite all of Trumps despicable crimes, I don't actually think all that many of you would be cool with it!
The "but Maduro..." apologia is pure cope.
That 5% GDP defense spending target starting to look like underkill, tbh.
January 3, 2026 at 6:11 PM
That 5% GDP defense spending target starting to look like underkill, tbh.
Everyone living in Canada needs to seriously internalize and come to terms with the fact that we could be actually be at war with the regime in the US at any moment. It's not hyperbole or fearmongering, it's Fascism. And Fascism comes for us all, eventually.
This press conference should be a wakeup call to anyone who (still) doesn't think Trump and America represent a clear threat to Canada's sovereignty and independence.
Cuba is clearly next. Then who?
Cuba is clearly next. Then who?
January 3, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Everyone living in Canada needs to seriously internalize and come to terms with the fact that we could be actually be at war with the regime in the US at any moment. It's not hyperbole or fearmongering, it's Fascism. And Fascism comes for us all, eventually.
Consent machine go whrrrrrrrrr
This is the wild part about the whole Trump experience, even when he says politically disastrous things, reporters rush in to fill in the blanks and steelman his arguments. As soon as they cut away from him saying “we’ll run it,” they cut to someone saying “obviously he didn't mean that.”
January 3, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Consent machine go whrrrrrrrrr
So this is just pure, uncut, imperialist plundering. Not even *trying* to come up with a justification.
Just "we take over your country, because we can, and take all your shit, because we can, and fuck you if you try and do something about it".
Not great!
Just "we take over your country, because we can, and take all your shit, because we can, and fuck you if you try and do something about it".
Not great!
Q: Is it possible that the US ends up administering Venezuela for years?
TRUMP: Well, you know, it won't cost us anything because the money coming out of the ground is very substantial
TRUMP: Well, you know, it won't cost us anything because the money coming out of the ground is very substantial
January 3, 2026 at 5:43 PM
So this is just pure, uncut, imperialist plundering. Not even *trying* to come up with a justification.
Just "we take over your country, because we can, and take all your shit, because we can, and fuck you if you try and do something about it".
Not great!
Just "we take over your country, because we can, and take all your shit, because we can, and fuck you if you try and do something about it".
Not great!
Reposted by John Muller
The time honoured Canadian tradition of sitting in one's bathrobe, numbly watching the United States sleepwalk into something evil and stupid
January 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
The time honoured Canadian tradition of sitting in one's bathrobe, numbly watching the United States sleepwalk into something evil and stupid
Look, at some point, we are all going to need to team up and stop Trump. It's just a question of how many of us he picks off before that.
Trump on Sheinbaum: "The cartels are running Mexico. She's not running Mexico. We could be politically correct & nice and say, 'Oh, yes, she is.' No no. And I've asked her number times, 'Would you like us to take out the cartels?' ... something is gonna have to be done with Mexico."
January 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Look, at some point, we are all going to need to team up and stop Trump. It's just a question of how many of us he picks off before that.
We just had a whole news cycle last week where world leaders acted shocked and outraged by the idea that Ukraine might target Putin, even though it didn't happen, and even though they are actually at war.
Are we gonna see the same smoke for Trump straight-up kidnapping the President of Venezuela?
Are we gonna see the same smoke for Trump straight-up kidnapping the President of Venezuela?
January 3, 2026 at 1:32 PM
We just had a whole news cycle last week where world leaders acted shocked and outraged by the idea that Ukraine might target Putin, even though it didn't happen, and even though they are actually at war.
Are we gonna see the same smoke for Trump straight-up kidnapping the President of Venezuela?
Are we gonna see the same smoke for Trump straight-up kidnapping the President of Venezuela?
Reposted by John Muller
Good morning from Canada, a country whose border Trump has called an “imaginary” “artificial line” established by an illegitimate treaty. I’d like to be spared your nuanced “Were Trump voter’s racist with fascist inclinations or just low information voters with fascist inclinations?” debate today.
January 3, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Good morning from Canada, a country whose border Trump has called an “imaginary” “artificial line” established by an illegitimate treaty. I’d like to be spared your nuanced “Were Trump voter’s racist with fascist inclinations or just low information voters with fascist inclinations?” debate today.
Let's imagine for a moment that instead of Venezuela, Trump just invaded Canada, bombed Toronto, kidnapped Mark Carney, and installed Danielle Smith as provisional PM with the mandate to increase oil production for the US.
Because make no mistake, if he can do it there, he could do it here.
Because make no mistake, if he can do it there, he could do it here.
Trump's regime has murdered people in the water. He has seized ships on the high seas. He has invaded a country and kidnapped their leader.
All bets are off with the United States.
Canada needs to build alliances with Europe and to be ready on the home front.
All bets are off with the United States.
Canada needs to build alliances with Europe and to be ready on the home front.
January 3, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Let's imagine for a moment that instead of Venezuela, Trump just invaded Canada, bombed Toronto, kidnapped Mark Carney, and installed Danielle Smith as provisional PM with the mandate to increase oil production for the US.
Because make no mistake, if he can do it there, he could do it here.
Because make no mistake, if he can do it there, he could do it here.
Ditto for Canada.
After this, the EU should absolutely proceed on the assumption that Trump meant what he said about Greenland. Nothing is off the table anymore.
January 3, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Ditto for Canada.
ICE really is a microcosm of the Trump regime, and should have been our warning for how things would play out on the world stage.
Kidnappings. Disappearings. Murder. Blatant criminality. All targeted at non-whites. The former US is engaging in Fascism at home, and Imperialism abroad.
Kidnappings. Disappearings. Murder. Blatant criminality. All targeted at non-whites. The former US is engaging in Fascism at home, and Imperialism abroad.
Reuters: Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodriguez says the Venezuelan gov does not know the whereabouts of Maduro or his wife Cilia Flores.
"We demand immediate proof of life of President Nicolas Maduro and the first combatant Cilia Flores," Rodriguez said.
"We demand immediate proof of life of President Nicolas Maduro and the first combatant Cilia Flores," Rodriguez said.
January 3, 2026 at 12:03 PM
ICE really is a microcosm of the Trump regime, and should have been our warning for how things would play out on the world stage.
Kidnappings. Disappearings. Murder. Blatant criminality. All targeted at non-whites. The former US is engaging in Fascism at home, and Imperialism abroad.
Kidnappings. Disappearings. Murder. Blatant criminality. All targeted at non-whites. The former US is engaging in Fascism at home, and Imperialism abroad.
Seriously, Canadians, make some noise on this. Write your MPs.
This shouldn't need to be said, but it is *not to our advantage* if the US is allowed to randomly invade sovereign countries, kidnap their leadership, and seize their resources.
It's Venezuela today, it could easily be Canada tomorrow.
This shouldn't need to be said, but it is *not to our advantage* if the US is allowed to randomly invade sovereign countries, kidnap their leadership, and seize their resources.
It's Venezuela today, it could easily be Canada tomorrow.
I call on @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social and @mark-carney.bsky.social to officially condemn the reckless and illegal attacks launched by the US against Venezuela.
Under Trump, the former US is a depraved Fascist menace, which threatens all of us. The world needs to act to contain their aggression.
Under Trump, the former US is a depraved Fascist menace, which threatens all of us. The world needs to act to contain their aggression.
January 3, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Seriously, Canadians, make some noise on this. Write your MPs.
This shouldn't need to be said, but it is *not to our advantage* if the US is allowed to randomly invade sovereign countries, kidnap their leadership, and seize their resources.
It's Venezuela today, it could easily be Canada tomorrow.
This shouldn't need to be said, but it is *not to our advantage* if the US is allowed to randomly invade sovereign countries, kidnap their leadership, and seize their resources.
It's Venezuela today, it could easily be Canada tomorrow.
I call on @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social and @mark-carney.bsky.social to officially condemn the reckless and illegal attacks launched by the US against Venezuela.
Under Trump, the former US is a depraved Fascist menace, which threatens all of us. The world needs to act to contain their aggression.
Under Trump, the former US is a depraved Fascist menace, which threatens all of us. The world needs to act to contain their aggression.
January 3, 2026 at 10:44 AM
I call on @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social and @mark-carney.bsky.social to officially condemn the reckless and illegal attacks launched by the US against Venezuela.
Under Trump, the former US is a depraved Fascist menace, which threatens all of us. The world needs to act to contain their aggression.
Under Trump, the former US is a depraved Fascist menace, which threatens all of us. The world needs to act to contain their aggression.
Good morning everyone! The US is doing regime change in South America.
I'm sure this will not have any negative ripple effects, no sir-eee.
Anyway, a biiiiiig "fuck you!" to everyone who let Trump get back into power. Fuuuuuuuck yoooooou!
I'm sure this will not have any negative ripple effects, no sir-eee.
Anyway, a biiiiiig "fuck you!" to everyone who let Trump get back into power. Fuuuuuuuck yoooooou!
US appears to have begun bombing Venezuela - massive air strikes reported in Caracas and other parts of the country after large explosions reported at a military base.
Maduro gov has now officially blamed US.
Maduro gov has now officially blamed US.
January 3, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Good morning everyone! The US is doing regime change in South America.
I'm sure this will not have any negative ripple effects, no sir-eee.
Anyway, a biiiiiig "fuck you!" to everyone who let Trump get back into power. Fuuuuuuuck yoooooou!
I'm sure this will not have any negative ripple effects, no sir-eee.
Anyway, a biiiiiig "fuck you!" to everyone who let Trump get back into power. Fuuuuuuuck yoooooou!
2025 was the year the world passed the tipping-point in terms of the economics of renewables. That in itself is reason for hope.
From here on out, it is just fundamentally cheaper and more efficient to produce electricity with green tech. Fossil fuels are on their way to becoming a niche commodity.
From here on out, it is just fundamentally cheaper and more efficient to produce electricity with green tech. Fossil fuels are on their way to becoming a niche commodity.
Climate advocates lost some political battles in North America last year, but technology and economics are winning the war everywhere else.
2026 will make the inevitability of the energy transition even more difficult to ignore.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/02/o...
2026 will make the inevitability of the energy transition even more difficult to ignore.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/02/o...
How to (still) be a climate optimist
2025 was a year defined by climate policy retreats in North America — and climate technology expansion in the rest of the world. Good news: Nothing stops this train.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
2025 was the year the world passed the tipping-point in terms of the economics of renewables. That in itself is reason for hope.
From here on out, it is just fundamentally cheaper and more efficient to produce electricity with green tech. Fossil fuels are on their way to becoming a niche commodity.
From here on out, it is just fundamentally cheaper and more efficient to produce electricity with green tech. Fossil fuels are on their way to becoming a niche commodity.
I have anxiety about 2026, but I also have significant optimism, thanks to seeing how unified and mobilized Canada became last year in the face of fascist US aggression.
No matter how messy or contentious it may be, multicultural democracy will *always* be superior to authoritarian ethnostatism.
No matter how messy or contentious it may be, multicultural democracy will *always* be superior to authoritarian ethnostatism.
What to expect from year two of the American war?
1. More chaos.
2. Bad faith. Trump's word means as little as Putin's.
3. Resilience. Canadians understand the mission.
4. An overt threat to Canada? We shall see.
But we shall hold the line.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pd0...
1. More chaos.
2. Bad faith. Trump's word means as little as Putin's.
3. Resilience. Canadians understand the mission.
4. An overt threat to Canada? We shall see.
But we shall hold the line.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pd0...
WHAT COMES NEXT IN THE AMERICAN WAR ???
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:21 PM
I have anxiety about 2026, but I also have significant optimism, thanks to seeing how unified and mobilized Canada became last year in the face of fascist US aggression.
No matter how messy or contentious it may be, multicultural democracy will *always* be superior to authoritarian ethnostatism.
No matter how messy or contentious it may be, multicultural democracy will *always* be superior to authoritarian ethnostatism.
Reposted by John Muller
one of my recent preoccupations is the visceral hostility the MAGA right has for the histories and traditions of the United States. these are people who spit on the Declaration and salute third-rate European despots!
It's striking that progressives like Tim Walz and Zohran Mamdani evoke the middle American attitude that, "Yes, we can fix these social problems because we're Americans and it's the right thing to do!" While the "America first" right only emulates failed and failing nation-states elsewhere.
January 2, 2026 at 12:45 AM
one of my recent preoccupations is the visceral hostility the MAGA right has for the histories and traditions of the United States. these are people who spit on the Declaration and salute third-rate European despots!