On Day One of his second Presidency, Donald Trump took action to stem what is arguably the most catastrophic ongoing crisis the previous administration of Joe Biden has engendered: the opened floodgates of illegal immigration at our southern border.
Author: Blazingcatfur
Aschaffenburg knife attack threatens anti-AfD firewall
An important rule for building walls is to know when you are walling someone out and when you are walling yourself in. Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s conservative CDU and likely next chancellor, is about to find this out the hard way. After two people — including a two-year-old child — were killed in a stabbing incident in the Bavarian town of Aschaffenburg and three more seriously injured, the German public is understandably angry.
Transgender inmates panic as Donald Trump’s executive order sends them packing to men’s prisons
Hundreds of transgender federal prisoners are living in fear after a ’roundup’ that will send them packing to men’s lockups following a day-one executive order from President Donald Trump.
Now lawyers are desperately trying to find a way to fight the order, saying the prisoners will have ‘a target on their backs’ as they move in with hardened male inmates.
h/t Mauser
Belgian Public Broadcaster Airs Trump Speech With Delay to “Allow Time for Analysis”
The French-language channel gives space to leftist and Islamist parties, but censors ‘right-wing’ views to “avoid normalising” them.
French-language Belgian television (RTBF) distinguished itself on the occasion of Donald Trump’s inauguration by broadcasting his speech not live but with a delay that was supposed to allow ‘politically dangerous remarks’ to be examined. The decision is sparking controversy over the relevance of the media cordon sanitaire rule that has been in force in Belgium since the 1990s.
Canada’s $52B EV gamble didn’t pay off, observers say
OTTAWA — With tides turning south of the border and electric vehicle sales not meeting expectations, Canada’s big bet on EV manufacturing may have been all for naught.
Since 2020, the federal government entered into deals with 13 manufacturers that, according to a June report by the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO), now represent $52.5 billion in various government investments and subsidies across the EV supply chain.
Trudeau touts Liberals’ defence spending as Trump proposes 5% NATO target
Federal ministers appear to remain optimistic about Ottawa’s defence spending in the wake of President Donald Trump’s proposal to raise NATO targets from 2% to 5%.
Trump speaking via video conference at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday said the United States has for too long been carrying the weight for its ally nations.
Trump to WEF: America First
On Thursday, Donald Trump delivered to the World Economic Forum his speech for his second inauguration, this time as leader of the free world—a duty no Democrat president has embraced since JFK. President Trump did not bother to fly to Davos because he has better things to do than waste 8 hours flying there and 8 hours back. He sent a video.
He not only says and acts America First, he lives it.
‘Painful’: How Canada could actually cut off oil to the United States
As Canadian politicians try to come up with a response to Donald Trump’s tariff threat, a sticking point has emerged over a significant Canadian retaliatory option: limiting exports of Canadian oil and gas to the U.S.
The majority of Canada’s oil exports, largely produced in Alberta, go to the United States. And Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has flatly refused to entertain the option of cutting off that supply to American refineries if Trump slaps a 25-per-cent tariff on all Canadian goods, including gas and oil.
WTF?
The laughing, the crying, the inability to get off the couch, the sense of despair and the desire to flee the county now that Trump is president is how the Five Stages of Grief work.
Once you cycle through them, you may be able to accept what is, unburdened by what was. pic.twitter.com/e6czvluCzg
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) January 23, 2025
HUNTER: Border Patrol shooter had been student at University of Waterloo
One of the shooters was a tweedy, unkempt nerd with long, messy hair, and a penchant for math — and violence.
On Monday morning, Felix Bauckholt was a nobody. By the early afternoon, he had drawn the interest of the U.S. Border Patrol. And by dusk, he was toe-tagged in the morgue.
WTF?
This message is for Elon Muss.
I’m concerned for his well-being and worried she wants to stuff him into a cauldron or worse. Please tell Mr. Muss to be careful. pic.twitter.com/IUcCV5KgZV
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) January 24, 2025
Trump Pardons Biden-Targeted Pro-Life Activists
“It’s a great honor to sign this,” President Trump said.
President Trump signed an executive order today that pardoned pro-life advocates who were prosecuted during the Biden administration for peacefully protesting abortion clinics.
New York, Chicago, Los Angeles: the Failing-Mayors Trifecta
Has there been a time in recent memory when the mayors of America’s biggest cities are as collectively unpopular as they are right now? Karen Bass in Los Angeles, Brandon Johnson in Chicago, and Eric Adams in New York are all in their first terms, yet in their short time in office they have squandered so much of the support that got them elected that they now sport disapproval ratings that would have made President Biden blush. Bass and Johnson already face recall efforts, and the leaders of New York’s city council have discussed how they might remove Adams from office amid his legal troubles. Though their circumstances differ, the three mayors are alike in one key respect: they were elected in one-party progressive towns where reform has become increasingly difficult because large groups of citizens vote based on demographic categories like race, ethnicity, or gender, and then discover that they don’t like the results of the policies they chose. What, if anything, will voters learn from these mayors’ failures?
Growing calls for big grocers to be held accountable for overcharging customers by selling underweighted meat
After Deborah Eakins read the recent CBC News investigation about Loblaw, Sobeys and Walmart grocery stores overcharging customers by selling underweighted meat, she weighed her ground beef.
To her surprise, the meat, bought at Sobeys-owned Pete’s Frootique in the Halifax area, appeared to have been weighed with the hard plastic packaging.
CBC News purchased three packages of ground beef from the same store and got the same results. The calculated overcharge was $1.23 — six per cent on the $21.29 bill.
No one ever goes to jail in Canada for cheating the proles.
Azerbaijan Continues to Illegally Hold, Torture Armenian Hostages
Azerbaijan’s government authorities refuse to release the Armenian hostages whom they have illegally held and abused since they captured them in 2020 and 2023.
On January 17, Azerbaijan began trials of 16 Armenian captives — including the former leaders of Artsakh (Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh) — in military courtrooms, to which international media and observers have been denied access.