Petty tension raising antics by D.H.S. target boarder straddling free library seen as symbol of peaceful cooperation between USA & CAN

Oh hey! Did you catch the latest feel-good story about international cooperation, cultural unity, and cross-border harmony?

Yeah—me neither.

Because apparently, in 2025, that’s a threat. The U.S. just made the baffling decision to restrict Canadian access to the Haskell Free Library—a literal, physical embodiment of cooperation. This place straddles the U.S.-Canada border like a monument to sanity, a poetic middle finger to the walls that divide us. And now? The door is shut. The welcome mat rolled up. Why? Bureaucratic flexing.

As someone who believes in collaboration over isolation, this makes my blood boil. This wasn’t a building. It was a symbol. It said: We can share something. We can coexist. We can build something beautiful across a border instead of weaponizing it. And the U.S. looked at that and said, “Huh… better shut it down.”

And just when you think it couldn’t get more cartoonishly petty, in walks Kristi Noem—the Secretary of Homeland Security—who, in what can only be described as a WWE audition, reportedly stood on the U.S. side and shouted, “USA No. 1!” then stepped into Canada and said, “The 51st state!”

That’s not diplomacy. That’s colonial cosplay.

Seriously—this isn’t a crisis. No one's smuggling secrets in overdue paperbacks. This is about ego. This is about a government so allergic to nuance and empathy that even a shared library makes them itch.

I’ve seen a lot of political absurdity in my time, but this? This is weaponized symbolism. It’s a rejection of everything that makes international community work. And as a Canadian, as someone who values art, education, and connection—this move feels like a slap in the face with a rolled-up constitution.

So congratulations, DHS. You managed to turn a library—a literal house of knowledge—into a battleground. You’ve made it clear: it’s not about safety. It’s about supremacy.

I see it…And I won’t forget it.