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Hey there, Midas Canada viewers,

resistors from all over the globe. Today

we're going to look deeper into the

growing level of authoritarian fascism

in the United States, particularly the

latest uh edict coming out of the

criminal from Marago that the United

States is going to demand 5 years worth

of your social media history before

deciding whether to let you into the

country. I mean, my god, as if tourism

hasn't tanked already. As if your states

like the border states and Nevada and

Florida have been crying out for the

fact that they're losing tourists.

You're going to do this. Um, you know

what I've seen on many of the uh reports

in Canada, it's like, oh, it's only

going to be used in very specific

instances. It won't be used against

Canadians. BS. You know, I was talking

to some people who were snowbirds. They

shouldn't have gone, but they had

property and they were going to go down

to Florida. They came to the the border

at Buffalo and they were told to turn

over their phones, their computers, and

their passwords. They weren't getting in

the country until they had been

completely digitally strip searched to

see if they were some kind of threat. Um

Lisa Blackburn, our correspondent from

Nova Scotia, is going to look into this

issue. Um, and she brings that

particularly uh, perfect Lisa Blackburn

flare to the story because, you know, I

think most of us think, well, what do I

have to hide? That's what they tell us.

And it's the same with arbitrary

detention and kidnapping and arrest with

ICE. Oh, they're only going to go after

the bad guys. No. The danger of

authoritarianism is that when you

suspend the rule of law, when you

suspend the privacy rights, when you

suspend the right of people to dissent

and disagree and have controversial

positions, then you are in the realm of

authoritarian gangster regimes. And if

they can do it uh to people of brown

skin, people who are immigrating, people

who are refugees, they can do it to

anyone and they will do it to anyone.

That is the lesson of the fascist

playbook. So, we're going to look at

that issue today uh and what it means

and why the boycott and the resistance

from Canada has to remain strong. Uh

before we get to that, of course, we're

getting so many responses. It's been so

powerful for us here at Midas Canada to

be engaging with people from all over

the world. We've got such great great

commentary. I just want to share a few

of the latest that came in. 69 styling

Brian writes, "Charlie is always what I

need to remind me of the good in the

world. I admit I go down that dark

rabbit hole of fear and sometimes it

gets the better of me. But watching

Midas Canada and Midas Touch brings me

back. That's what we're trying to do

here. This is about a conversation we're

having that we are in this together."

Got this great message just simply, "Hey

Charlie, love you from New York." And it

was followed up with, "Well, we love you

from Chicago." I don't know. Those are

two of my favorite cities that I may

never visit again uh because of what's

happening with Donald Trump. But shout

out to Chicago and New York. NJ Aram

writes, "Elbows up. Solidarity from

India." Thank you for that. Now, Qui

Cold writes, "And I'm not sure where Qui

Cold is, but I'm sitting at -47 Celsius,

windchill minus 53. Can you beat that?"

Nope. And we don't want to beat that

record right now. I think it's about

minus 10 -15 in Northern Ontario. You

can you win that contest. Um we had many

Midas Mighty come out to my band

Grievous Angels show at the legendary

Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto on Sunday.

It was amazing. We even had Midas

Resistors come all the way from Ohio to

participate. So thanks for taking the

drive. Bonnie Jean writes, "Thanks for

the great show at the Horseshoe Tower on

Sunday, Charlie. It was a wonderful time

and thanks for what you're doing for

democracy in the country." Dan

Tubbrites, "Bravo, Charlie. I love what

you're leading. Beyond kicking at the

darkness, you kicked ass with the

grievous angels at the Horseshoe Tavern

on Sunday. Thank you so much." Now,

we've had a we're continuing to get a

lot of response to our writing on the uh

citizens uh volunteer army that the

government is talking about setting up.

You're not seeing this on the national

media. You're not seeing this on those

pundits panels where all the smart

people talk at each other every night

about the high school drama that happens

down on the Reto Canal near Parliament.

Um, but this is important. It was Midas

Canada and Midas Touch working together

that really broke this story and started

this conversation. So, uh, and it's

really generating continuing to generate

a lot of response. People are asking me

for details. There aren't details on the

citizens volunteer army yet. I will get

them to you as soon as we have them.

Maple Hervatica writes, "I'm a retired

58-year-old emergency trauma nurse. I'm

in." Carl writes, "I'm a sobbing

grown-up listening to the comments being

read by Charlie. I am active Canadian

armed forces for 20 years. And I know

that my life would end in combat in just

a few short days if the US armed forces

spearhead north. But if it ends in

protecting brave souls like the ones who

wrote those letters, it would not be a

wasted life at all." Well, Carl, the job

of the resistance

is to make sure that we don't have to

get to that stage. That's why we hold

the line. That's why we continue to

fight for democracy. That's why we

insist on it better from our

politicians. And that's why the boycott

remains strong. Barbara Sprout writes,

"Canada true north strong, proud, and

forever free. Never 51." And in the

words of Bob Marley, "Get up, stand up,

stand up for your rights, and don't give

up the fight." So, Barbara, thank you.

Anyone who quotes Bob Marley is all

right in my books. We've had a lot of

name question uh comments about the name

for this citizens volunteer uh army. I

had suggested the Maple Leaf Battalion.

Russell writes, "I think the new troops

should be called the Royal Canadian

Resistance. Elbows up." Michelle St.

John writes simply best name resistance

seen Sinclair. It's one word. It sums it

up. And Bernie Lavur also shares that.

But he says it should be Gabriel Dumalo,

resistance to Canada. And Gabriel Dumal

was one of the great um resistors during

the Northwest Rebellion. So maybe we put

a name to it. Greg Fman writes,

"Charlie, I grew up in northern

Minnesota and I live in northwest

Wisconsin.

Trust me when I say that if the maggots

ever tried to invade Canada, there would

be a rebellion here in the United

States." Thank you for that, Greg. Uh we

are saying, "Come on, guys. Start

getting rid of these bums cuz it's

getting worse." The authoritarian threat

is increasing. Wake those Democrats up.

Get them to work. Um, I love this one.

This is my favorite one. It's from M.

Fred Holm in Sweden who's trying to

pitch the grip and fighter jets to us.

And I just check this out. Just as

hockey is a national instinct in Canada,

it runs deep in Sweden, too. So, let me

put it in hockey terms. If you were

building your defensive line, would you

pick Pete Hegsith and JD Vance or Borea

Salming? You can dress the first two up

in eyeliner and lipstick if you like,

but they'll never match Bor's Bore's

reliability, the kind that let you sleep

soundly at night. If you know the game,

the choice is obvious. Now, I'm of

course 100% biased as a Swede. But

unlike the F-35 Turkey that's flapping

its wings trying to get up into the air,

the Gripen can actually fly. And as I

see it, it fits your needs perfectly.

Greetings from Sweden in the Democratic

European Union. Thank you for that, Mr.

M. Fred Holm. Borea Saline was a big

part of growing up for us. Um, watching

him with the Leafs. He was the tough,

defend, dependable, reliable suite that

we could always count on. And we are

counting on our democratic, reliable

cousins in the European Union at this

time. Uh, we got tons, we're still

getting tons of comments on regional

expressions, regional accents. Um, sweet

life writes, "Hello, Charlie. In

Newfanland and Labrador, we use the

expression stunned as mess." That would

describe Pierre Paul. He says, "Elbows

up. Stunned as mess. Love that." And

Coco Lemieux, who grew up in Northern

Ontario, and she said, "My dad swore,

but we kids were not allowed to." So,

instead of saying tabernac, we said

tabern or tabwit. And instead of Chris,

we said Kristoff Colom. And instead of

estee, we said Esteifi. I still

occasionally use those swear words. And

it makes me laugh. You know, Koko, we

had the same thing. Um uh well, in

Timmans, the the English use sex words

as swears and the French use uh

religious terms. So the tabernac

tabernac was the tabernacle, the chales,

the chalicees. Uh, and a friend's dad

when he got upset, he would say tabernac

on toast. I've used that a few times and

got the weirdest responses from people.

They're like, "What the hell is this guy

saying?" Maybe it's the part of Timonss

I lived in. Anyways, so we're going to

turn things over to Lisa Blackburn on

this idea now that if you decide you're

going to go travel to Magistan, they can

pull you out of line and they can ask

for five years of your social media

history. and Lisa's decided this was a

good opportunity for her to look at what

she's posted.

>> Hello, Midas Mighty and the Canadian

Resistance. Lisa Blackburn from Nova

Scotia here and I just learned something

recently that sent me down a very

specific rabbit hole and scrolling

through my Facebook history and not in a

nostalgic way. This was more of a what

on earth was I thinking in 2020 way. I

came across a CBC article about the

proposed US Customs and Border

Protection policy that would require

some people entering the country to

produce 5 years of social media content

on demand. Oh boy, that got me thinking

about some of my greatest hits. And a

quick pause here because this is scary

if you don't explain it properly. The

policy would mostly apply to people

entering the US under something called

ESTA.

That's the electronic system for travel

authorization. Now, this isn't a travel

visa. It's basically a pre-screening

system for short visits like tourism or

business. And you already answer some of

those questions when you apply. Things

like where have you traveled recently,

whether you've ever been arrested. But

what's changed, or at least become more

explicit, is that the US authorities now

want to look at up to 5 years of

publicly available social media. So,

they claim to be looking for things tied

to violence, threats, extremism, serious

security concerns. But come on, we all

know what the real search is for, and it

all has to do with the fragile ego of a

certain man in the White House.

Now, millions of Canadians travel to the

US every year, or at least we used to,

for things like vacations, work trips,

conferences, and while most Canadians

once cross the border without even

thinking twice, a significant number

require additional screening. And that

includes people with dual citizenship,

people who have traveled to certain

countries, people applying for longer

stays or workrelated travel. And so

while this doesn't apply to everyone

equally, it does apply to enough people

that it's worth understanding. And let's

be clear, this could mean millions of

people are suddenly under suspicion. The

system has more tentacles than it used

to. And context matters. And that's

where social media gets interesting. So

what are you hiding in plain sight on

social media? Because if someone looked

at it with no context, say a border

agent who's never met you before, they

might raise an eyebrow or two. Now, take

this one. Seasonal, sarcastic, very much

of its time. But yeah, I'm sure this

would be considered problematic to a

border agent told to protect the

homeland. Ah, then there's this one. And

this is where people start to wonder if

political posts could be a problem.

They're not, or they shouldn't be.

Having opinions is not a red flag.

Expressing disagreement not a red flag.

But again, context matters. And

immigration officers are trained to

assess risk, not debate your Facebook

takes. Ah, then we have this

masterpiece. This isn't a threat. This

isn't activism. This is just me enjoying

pop culture and pressing share with

confidence. But remove the cultural

reference, the timing and the intent,

and it's just content floating out there

forever.

And this is the part that actually

matters because social media started as

something casual, a place to joke, vent,

share. But now the American government

wants to treat it as data. And data

without context can be misunderstood and

dangerous. So what do we do with this

information? Well, if you've given up on

travel to the United States, like many

of us have, you go about your life and

post with reckless abandon. But if you

have no choice but to travel to the US

and you're applying for visas, work

permits, or travel authorizations, it's

not unreasonable to do a bit of a quick

self audit. Not to delete your

personality, but just to understand how

something might read without you

standing there explaining it. As for me,

all the content is staying right where

it is. Because if a border agent can't

handle sarcasm, a political opinion, and

a dramatic dog review of dinner service,

then we probably weren't going to be

friends anyway. But hey, thank you to US

Customs and Border Protection for giving

me yet another reason to cancel any

travel plans I might have had to the

States for Midas Touch Canada. Until

next time, I'm Lisa Blackburn. Well,

thank you so much for that, Lisa. What

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