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janhoglundjanhoglund@mastodon.nu
Nov 4, 2026, 3:52 PM
“Masked cops. A personal ballroom. A family crypto empire. A war started on a whim and lost on a blockade. An Attorney General who used to be the President’s defence lawyer. A sex trafficking cover-up run out of the Justice Department. A country that does all of that and then shakes hands and says no hard feelings isn’t healing. …America needs to empty the clip on that corruption and criminality at scale if it's going to be taken seriously again.”
—Dean Blundell
#trump #usa
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Deb Nam-Kranednkboston@apobangpo.space
Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 PM
@janhoglund This is what I'm saying. And these people are war criminals.
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AnnieBuddyAnnieBuddy@thecanadian.social
Nov 4, 2026, 5:01 PM
@dnkboston @janhoglund
I am still not crossing the border.
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Deb Nam-Kranednkboston@apobangpo.space
Nov 4, 2026, 5:05 PM
@AnnieBuddy You mean to come into the United States? Yeah, no, don't. Wait until it's safer.
@janhoglund
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NovaNaturalist🇨🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱🇺🇦NovaNaturalist@cosocial.ca
Nov 5, 2026, 3:17 AM
@dnkboston @AnnieBuddy @janhoglund let us know when you've repealed your insane gun laws.
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Deb Nam-Kranednkboston@apobangpo.space
Nov 5, 2026, 9:47 AM
@NovaNaturalist My state has good gun laws actually @AnnieBuddy @janhoglund
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NovaNaturalist🇨🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱🇺🇦NovaNaturalist@cosocial.ca
Nov 5, 2026, 10:45 AM
@dnkboston @AnnieBuddy @janhoglund
Massachusetts?
247 gun deaths in 2021 - population 7M
Compare UK:
24 gun deaths (in 2024) - population 70M
Your "good actually" gun laws are leading to 100x the death rate as the UK.
As I said, let us know when you've repealed your *insane* gun laws.
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Deb Nam-Kranednkboston@apobangpo.space
Nov 5, 2026, 11:02 AM
@NovaNaturalist I'm in the unusual position of having to defend Massachusetts. How unpleasant! But we do have very strong gun laws, and we just voted to keep them that way. The majority of gun violence in this state is from guns smuggled in from other states.
But whatever. I think people should boycott the US until Trump is gone.
@AnnieBuddy @janhoglund
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NovaNaturalist🇨🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱🇺🇦NovaNaturalist@cosocial.ca
Nov 5, 2026, 2:24 PM
@dnkboston
Oh for sure - when I checked the figures I realised Massachusetts has better gun death rates than many other US states, but on international comparisons, Massachusetts has the same gun death rates as Serbia, Peru and Argentina. Is that where Massachusetts want to be?
I don't think Americans truly realise how desensitised to gun violence they are. I appreciate you are not aligning yourself with the NRA - but
Your gun laws are truly insane.
@AnnieBuddy @janhoglund
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Deb Nam-Kranednkboston@apobangpo.space
Nov 5, 2026, 2:38 PM
@NovaNaturalist Nationally, yes, our laws are insane. And it's frightening that we got to the point where pro-gun groups could get a question on the ballot to loosen them.
I stand by my statement that MA has good laws. What bothers me is how armed up our police forces are. We aren't quite as militarized as other states, but we're not not militarized.
I'm GenX; I remember when there weren't so many guns. I'm thankful my children never had to practice lockdown drills.
@AnnieBuddy @janhoglund
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Rick the CardRickD_Card@socialbc.ca
Nov 5, 2026, 5:47 PM
@AnnieBuddy @dnkboston @janhoglund
👍
and I'm still not spending money on US stuff
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Deb Nam-Kranednkboston@apobangpo.space
Nov 5, 2026, 6:11 PM
@RickD_Card If you all can avoid spending money on US tech stuff, please share with the rest of us.
And fine, boycott us until you're satisfied with our changes. I don't blame you.
@AnnieBuddy @janhoglund
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Rick the CardRickD_Card@socialbc.ca
Nov 5, 2026, 6:18 PM
@dnkboston @AnnieBuddy @janhoglund
Well, I started by boycotting and then realised if I spend in Canada that will encourage growth in our country rather than in others. It makes us much more resilient to any future shocks. Whenever I spend money now I just look where it's going.
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Deb Nam-Kranednkboston@apobangpo.space
Nov 5, 2026, 6:20 PM
@RickD_Card I approve :-)
@AnnieBuddy @janhoglund
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Rick the CardRickD_Card@socialbc.ca
Nov 5, 2026, 6:33 PM
@dnkboston @AnnieBuddy @janhoglund
The thing that really pisses me off though is that there was a huge outcry here back when free trade was being discussed. The only people who wanted it was the rich jerks and their bought politicians so it got pushed through.
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Deb Nam-Kranednkboston@apobangpo.space
Nov 5, 2026, 6:38 PM
@RickD_Card You mean with NAFTA?
@AnnieBuddy @janhoglund
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Rick the CardRickD_Card@socialbc.ca
Nov 5, 2026, 6:47 PM
@dnkboston @AnnieBuddy @janhoglund
Yep.
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AnnieBuddyAnnieBuddy@thecanadian.social
Nov 5, 2026, 6:39 PM
@RickD_Card @dnkboston @janhoglund
I was young, but I could do the very simple math and see who it would help and who it would hurt. The only way free trade exists is if people are able to move freely, without borders. Big arguments with my step father who was a former trade commissioner.
Otherwise, it is just taking advantage of cheaper labour
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Deb Nam-Kranednkboston@apobangpo.space
Nov 5, 2026, 6:42 PM
@AnnieBuddy "Free trade" is destined to be a disaster if you don't have the same wages. Simple. There might still be reasons manufacturers would want to move to other regions--some things might be more sensitive to weather, land might cost less to build a factory on. But everyone understood it was wages.
And then to not help people get new skills when their jobs were taken away...they've been dreaming of robot replacements since the 80s.
@RickD_Card @janhoglund
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AnnieBuddyAnnieBuddy@thecanadian.social
Nov 5, 2026, 6:45 PM
@dnkboston @RickD_Card @janhoglund
Proximity to the resources they use used to be a factor, but cheap oil made that irrelevant
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AnnieBuddyAnnieBuddy@thecanadian.social
Nov 5, 2026, 6:44 PM
@RickD_Card @dnkboston @janhoglund
And then there was the push to at least include some human rights elements into the agreements, but, oh no, that would be harmful to the bottom line. Can't have that, instead we will just ship your jobs and lifestyles over there.
Well, the jobs. We'll keep the part that was your lifestyle.
Greed.
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Deb Nam-Kranednkboston@apobangpo.space
Nov 5, 2026, 6:48 PM
@AnnieBuddy You say "human rights" in this context, and I'm thinking about hand waving at China, "capitalism will liberate them", hand waving some more, most favored nation status, escalation of crackdowns.
@RickD_Card @janhoglund
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ZenHeathen 🇨🇦ZenHeathen@beige.party
Nov 5, 2026, 5:52 PM
@AnnieBuddy @dnkboston @janhoglund And I think as far as trade and defense agreements and such go, there should be no return of trust until we can see changes to laws to ensure such a thing cannot happen so easily ever again.
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Deb Nam-Kranednkboston@apobangpo.space
Nov 5, 2026, 6:13 PM
@ZenHeathen Again, I agree with you. Unfortunately, that is going to be extremely difficult.
Much of what Trump did was illegal--Congress has the power of the purse, but they gave him a blank check. The only thing I can think to do is make sure that people have to suffer consequences for violating the constitution.
@AnnieBuddy @janhoglund
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datum (n=1)datum@zeroes.ca
Nov 4, 2026, 4:52 PM
RE: https://mastodon.nu/@janhoglund/117558972081808895
- Everywhere in the world except the USA: "they did a bad thing. Throw the book at them!"
- USA: "they did a bad thing. Empty the clip on that."
Somehow this seems telling.
@janhoglund
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amaliaamalia22@mastodon.social
Nov 4, 2026, 4:54 PM
@janhoglund ASAP!
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JustRosy 🇺🇦JustRosy@universeodon.com
Nov 5, 2026, 1:48 AM
@janhoglund Ironic how, just 6 years ago, we couldn't pay cops to wear masks. Maybe we should have made them out of camouflage cloth or something. Talk about drama queens! Can't go out without their camo on, lol!!!
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Al Pastormorgan@sfba.social
Nov 5, 2026, 2:07 AM
@janhoglund my spouse, "I think we should do both. I mean, we can walk and chew gum at the same time."
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Dark Phoenix 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈Darkphoenix@universeodon.com
Nov 5, 2026, 2:47 AM
@janhoglund without true punishment, (especially financial and/or incarceration), there is no incentive for the evil to change their behavior.
If this is true, then, according to the Constitution, it applies to the President, just as much as it applies to you or me. We need to make his treason excruciatingly painful.
I think that he should spend the rest of his parasitic existence with cable service that only offers far left networks, and being cared for by an AI POC who exhibits EVERY stereotypical behavior in opposition to his idiocy.
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Bebadefabobebadefabo@mastodon.social
Nov 5, 2026, 3:42 AM
@janhoglund not holding the administration accountable is enabler behavior.
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