Karen Millard 🍁
@klmillard.bsky.social
Canadian reader, writer, small "L" liberal, and cat Mom who would sleep better at night if I could ignore the news from the south, but alas ...
https://kmillard.substack.com
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Not to defend Trump, but the part of the White House being torn down is not the main house, but the extension added in 1902. Not good, but not as bad as the residence.
October 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Not to defend Trump, but the part of the White House being torn down is not the main house, but the extension added in 1902. Not good, but not as bad as the residence.
For those in the US who are not concerned about the government, because they are "safe": the author of the poem below was white, pro-Hitler and anti-Semitic (at first). He ended up in a concentration camp in 1938 anyway, which altered his views.
October 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
For those in the US who are not concerned about the government, because they are "safe": the author of the poem below was white, pro-Hitler and anti-Semitic (at first). He ended up in a concentration camp in 1938 anyway, which altered his views.
Forget deals with the US. The world needs to go on as though they don't exist.
September 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Forget deals with the US. The world needs to go on as though they don't exist.
If the US really wants to get rid of Trump ...
September 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
If the US really wants to get rid of Trump ...
The Bluewater Bridge, from my home town of Sarnia, ON to Port Huron, MI
September 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The Bluewater Bridge, from my home town of Sarnia, ON to Port Huron, MI
Hopefully he will live to change his mind.
September 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Hopefully he will live to change his mind.
Stop praying and start taking action.
August 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Stop praying and start taking action.
August 19 is World Humanitarian Day, and this year even more than most I think it is important to take a minute to think of our fellow humans, many of whom are suffering.
August 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
August 19 is World Humanitarian Day, and this year even more than most I think it is important to take a minute to think of our fellow humans, many of whom are suffering.
France and the UK did the same thing, and Trump is dealing with them. This is just one more excuse.
July 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
France and the UK did the same thing, and Trump is dealing with them. This is just one more excuse.
This isn't the first time CBS has given in to the right wing.
July 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This isn't the first time CBS has given in to the right wing.
Meanwhile, he hits his "friends" with severe tariffs sooner than that for doing ... oh, right ... nothing at all.
July 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Meanwhile, he hits his "friends" with severe tariffs sooner than that for doing ... oh, right ... nothing at all.
I'm fine with just not doing business with the USA. Ever.
June 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I'm fine with just not doing business with the USA. Ever.
Does he sound panicky to you? He sounds panicky to me.
June 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Does he sound panicky to you? He sounds panicky to me.
My cat, Sajja, half asleep and looking like he's had a hard week. (He hasn't).
June 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
My cat, Sajja, half asleep and looking like he's had a hard week. (He hasn't).
What rubber bullets do to you.
June 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
What rubber bullets do to you.
Why Canada has a problem with the US increasing steel and aluminum tariffs:
June 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Why Canada has a problem with the US increasing steel and aluminum tariffs:
I was at the Grandmothers Against Genocide protest this morning. The response was mostly positive, thought we got a few frowns and one woman gave us the finger.
May 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I was at the Grandmothers Against Genocide protest this morning. The response was mostly positive, thought we got a few frowns and one woman gave us the finger.
Hoekstra said Trump wasn't talking about the 51st state crap any more, and we should "get over it". Apparently his boss didn't get the message.
May 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Hoekstra said Trump wasn't talking about the 51st state crap any more, and we should "get over it". Apparently his boss didn't get the message.