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Mass protests against Trump across US as president holds military parade

Protests against President Donald Trump have taken place in towns and cities across the US in a coordinated event titled “No Kings”.

The demonstrations were held to counter a rare military parade hosted by Trump in Washington DC, and came after days of protests in Los Angeles and elsewhere over his immigration policies.

Lawmakers, union leaders and activists gave speeches in cities including New York, Philadelphia and Houston to crowds waving American flags and placards critical of Trump.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Deep State", Trump Derangement Syndrome, USA

‘Less burnout, more babies’ — meet the young women of Maga

A conservative health podcaster dressed in pearls, a tweed blazer and a miniskirt burst onto the stage at a Dallas conference hall to announce the beginning of a revolution for young American women.

“Less Prozac, more protein. Less burnout, more babies. Less feminism, more femininity,” Alex Clark announced to whoops from the audience. “Look around this room. Let’s be honest: it’s never been hotter to be a conservative.”

Hundreds of young women dressed in pastel dresses and cowboy boots, their perfect curls tied back with bows, hung on her every word.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTrump World, USA

As Leftists Riot, Trump Should Look To Washington And The Whisky Rebellion For Inspiration.

While Donald Trump famously does not drink, alcohol has always played a role in American life, usually ancillary but occasionally central. He could take a lesson from an early instance where it played a central role and how it was handled by our greatest president.

During and after the Revolutionary War, America’s economy was a wreck as the prices of products it exported—fish, lumber, tobacco, and cotton—collapsed with the removal of the British market. It’s estimated that between 1774 and 1790, the economy declined by 41 per cent.

The country ended the war heavily in debt. The federal government owed $54 million, and the states together owed an additional $21 million. During the war, both tried to print their way out of their difficulties. It didn’t work.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

Kelly McParland: Is the United States worth saving — and how?

The Wall Street Journal ran a provocative article this week, under the headline: Is Harvard Worth Saving — and How?

The issue is whether the famed institution’s vital research and educational activities outweigh the moral rot exhibited by its bumbling reaction to an outbreak of virulent antisemitism following the October 7 massacre in Israel. Several members of its editorial board were given space to express their views. It was a worthy enough exercise but perhaps too limited in scope. A more pertinent question would be: is the United States worth saving, and how?

McParland hates Trump’s success.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

LIVE: The Army’s 250th Anniversary and Grand US Military Parade

LIVE: The Army’s 250th Anniversary and Grand US Military Parade

What to expect at Trump’s $45 million military parade celebrating the US Army’s 250th in DC

Hundreds of thousands of revelers are expected to flood the streets of Washington, DC, Saturday to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the US Army.

The multi-million dollar parade — which also happens to be President Trump’s 79th birthday — will feature a dramatic display of around 6,600 soldiers as well as hundreds of vehicles and aircraft, Army officials said.

“We’re going to have a great time; we are going to have a great celebration,” Trump said, touting the festival as a show of US military might.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

Carney’s industrial carbon tax will make tariff pain worse

Self-inflicted wounds can be the most painful and we can’t ignore those injuries during a trade war.

United States President Donald Trump is making good on his threat to double his tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum producers.

“A 50 per cent tariff would completely shut us out of the U.S. market,” said Marty Warren, United Steelworkers national director for Canada.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

USAID official pleads guilty to taking part in $550M bribery scheme: ‘Violated the public trust’

A federal contracting officer and three businessmen pleaded guilty Thursday to participating in a $550 million bribery scheme involving the embattled US Agency for International Development (USAID).

Roderick Watson, of Maryland, is alleged to have received bribes valued in excess of $1 million while working at USAID in exchange for using his position as a trusted overseer of taxpayer money to direct 14 prime federal contracts to two consulting companies, Apprio and Vistant.

Watson, 57, pleaded guilty to bribery of a public official and faces up to 15 years in prison. He’s scheduled to be sentenced in October.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Deep State", USA

Canada to join major European rearmament deal as early as June 23: sources

Prime Minister Mark Carney plans on joining a sweeping European plan in Belgium this month to rearm the continent and provide more military aid to Ukraine, CBC News has learned.

Last month, Carney signalled to CBC’s Power & Politics that he hopes to sign on to the new defence initiative by Canada Day as he tries to move away from relying on the United States for weapons and munitions.

Now sources with knowledge of the matter say Carney is expected to join the rearmament deal as early as June 23, when he meets with European leaders in Brussels at the EU-Canada summit.

I guess this will grant all the NATO deadbeats a new forum in which to make grandiose defence promises that will never be kept. Medals for everyone!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada, Europe, USA

Minnesota Democrat and husband killed after madman posing as cop shoots them, another politician and his wife

A Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband were killed, and another politician and his wife were seriously injured early Saturday in a “politically motivated attack” when a madman posing as a police officer turned up at their homes and opened fire, authorities said.

Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were gunned down in their Brooklyn Park home shortly after 2 a.m.

The pair were killed after the gunman targeted Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, in their Champlin home roughly 5 miles away.

Update: Former appointee of Tim Walz sought in deadly shootings of Minnesota lawmaker, her husband had ‘No Kings’ fliers in car: sources

h/t Hermes

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA, WTF?

Trump Leaves European Leaders Praying for a Low-Drama Summit

The last time European leaders came together for a diplomatic gathering in Canada, it didn’t go so well.

At the Group of 7 meeting in 2018, a photo of a glowering President Trump, arms crossed as he was lectured by the German chancellor, went viral. At the end of the summit, in a tweet, Mr. Trump accused the Canadian prime minister of being “dishonest & weak” for vowing to retaliate against U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs. Then he ripped up the agreement the leaders had just signed.

This year, as the European leaders head to Canada again, with Mr. Trump back in office, they are hoping to avoid something even worse.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Pentagon has plan to take Greenland ‘by force if necessary’

Pete Hegseth revealed the Pentagon has drafted plans to take Greenland and Panama “by force if necessary”.

The defence secretary let slip the existence of the contingency plans during a heated exchange with Democrat Representative Adam Smith.

During a congressional hearing on Thursday, Mr Smith asked Mr Hegseth if it is “the policy of the department of defence that we need to be prepared to take Greenland and Panama by force if necessary”.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGreenland, USA

Trump Overturns California’s Authoritarian Ban On Gas Cars

President Donald Trump overturned California’s authoritarian ban on gas-powered vehicles on Thursday, signing a resolution approved by Congress last month.

California became the first state in the nation to pursue a phase-out of gas-powered cars, attempting to halt all new sales by 2035 and effectively force its citizens to purchase electric vehicles. After Trump’s move, Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., who is currently letting Los Angeles burn by not responding to riots there, signed a reciprocal order reaffirming the ban, while Rob Bonta, the state’s far-left attorney general, filed a lawsuit against the move.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny", USA

The FBI’s Role in America’s Next Jihad

How you let a sleeper cell stay warm.

Have you ever wondered if the FBI is compromised? Weaponized? Crooked—not just against criminals, but against us?

What if I told you they had a jihadi, caught cold—explosives, martyrdom pledges, ISIS communications, blueprints to kill Americans—and they let him go.

Not because they didn’t know. But because they didn’t want to act. Maybe they’ll tell you they were building a bulletproof case. But the reality is—they were protecting a lie.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", FBI, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA, WTF?

U.S. border officials say additional checks of Canada-bound vehicles are here to stay

U.S. border officials told Global News that outbound searches of vehicles heading north into Canada are now the norm and will be happening indefinitely.

Global News was given a behind-the-scenes tour of operations at the Blaine border crossing on Thursday and attended more than five hours of presentations from the port director, agriculture specialist and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA