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Tue Feb 11, 2025, 11:29 PM Feb 11

Margaret Atwood has written a memoir, which will be out on Nov. 4. Why? "My publishers made me do it," the Canadian

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Margaret Atwood has written a memoir, which will be out on Nov. 4. Why? "My publishers made me do it," the Canadian novelist told @Vogue in a new interview about the book. "When they first proposed it, I said, ‘Oh, that would be so boring.’ I mean, I wrote a book, I wrote another book, I wrote another book…Who’s going to read that?” Here's more on "Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts," plus Atwood's thoughts on what makes a good biography, "The Handmaid's Tale" and its pertinence, and Trump's fixation with making Canada the 51st U.S. state. "I think it’s lovely that the United States has recognized its mistake and wishes to join Canada so they can have a king,” Atwood says, “but it wouldn’t be the 51st state. It would be 10 new states and two territories, which would mean that the Republicans would never get elected again. So he’s welcome to try.”
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Margaret Atwood has written a memoir, which will be out on Nov. 4. Why? "My publishers made me do it," the Canadian (Original Post) applegrove Feb 11 OP
Lol, I love the way she thinks. Dave Bowman Feb 11 #1
If tRump was serious that Canadians want to be 51st state, then tariffs are a hell of a way to thank them Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday #2

Bernardo de La Paz

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2. If tRump was serious that Canadians want to be 51st state, then tariffs are a hell of a way to thank them
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 12:41 AM
Wednesday

tRump to Vance and Thiel: How do you think we can convince more Canadians to join us?

V&T: Treat them well like great friends?

tRump: I have a more genius idea, we'll crush them with tariffs, and more treasury money for our Money bro tax cuts! Then when they join us they'll be so glad for relief, but we'll treat them like Puerto Ricans!

V&T: Yeah, brilliant!


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