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Usual suspects call for Canada to suspend asylum agreement with U.S., saying Trump orders undermine illegal alien benefit shoppers rights

Canada faces calls to suspend asylum agreement with U.S., saying Trump orders undermine migrants’ rights

The federal government is facing calls to suspend a long-standing agreement with the U.S. to return asylum seekers at the border, with immigration experts saying the United States should no longer be considered a safe place for people fleeing persecution.

They say U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive orders that make it easier to deport or detain migrants – including plans to hold 30,000 migrants accused of criminality in Guantanamo Bay – undermine their rights to such an extent that Canada should halt returning asylum seekers to the U.S.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, Canada, USA

Army recruiting shatters records after President Trump election win

The U.S. Army recently announced it shattered previous recruiting records, with December 2024 being the most productive December in 15 years.

The branch reported it enlisted nearly 350 soldiers every day that month, Army officials announced Tuesday on social media.

“Our Recruiters have one of the toughest jobs – inspiring the next generation of #Soldiers to serve. Congratulations and keep up the great work! #BAYCB,” Army recruiting officials wrote in a post on X.

h/t DS

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

Trump lays out exactly how he plans for US to take over Gaza

President Trump on Thursday laid out how his proposed US takeover of the Gaza Strip would unfold, insisting it wouldn’t need military action and would ensure that “stability for the region would reign.”

“The Gaza Strip would be turned over to the United States by Israel at the conclusion of fighting,” Trump stated in an early morning Truth Social post.

“The Palestinians, people like Chuck Schumer, would have already been resettled in far safer and more beautiful communities, with new and modern homes, in the region,” he continued, with a knock on the Democratic New York senator.

Interesting and supportive take by Murray

Even the NYTimes is almost on board …

Trump’s Gaza Plan Has Many Pitfalls, Hamas Among the Biggest

President Trump took the world aback with his declaration that the United States was going to “own” Gaza and move out the Palestinians there to build “the Riviera of the Middle East.” As unrealistic and bizarre as it may seem, Mr. Trump was pointing to a serious challenge: the future of Gaza as a secure, peaceful, even prosperous place.

A former French ambassador to Washington, Gérard Araud, put the dilemma neatly. “Trump’s proposal for Gaza is met with disbelief, opposition and sarcasm, but as he often does, in his brutal and clumsy way, he raises a real question: What to do when two million civilians find themselves in a field of ruins, full of explosives and corpses?”

Of course the Muslim Party of Canada is against Trump’s fabulous plan for Gaza… 

Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal would amount to ‘ethnic cleansing,’ Liberal MPs say

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023", USA

LYTLE: Trudeau fancies himself another King Charles I; Will he keep his head

“Tough trade negotiations are on the horizon, and I don’t trust our sui socked, ersatz, black faced sultan from handling it without adult supervision.”

On January 30, 1649, King Charles I of England was beheaded. People from all ranks of society were shocked. The king, chosen by God, was killed by men.

Charles believed in the divine right of kings and felt no deep connection to Magna Carta, first signed in 1215. And he certainly was not fond of the institution spawned by that odious document — Parliament. He should have kept his thoughts to himself. The High Court of Justice declared that Charles was guilty of “…attempting to uphold in himself an unlimited and tyrannical power to rule according to his will, and to overthrow the rights and liberties of the people.

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

Migrant Anti-Deportation Protests at Los Angeles Spark GOP Push To Criminalize Highway Blockades

As protests against mass deportations continue at Los Angeles and other American cities, Republican members of Congress are growing increasingly irate with crowds forcing the shutdowns of major highways — so much so that one is reintroducing a bill to make the act a federal-level crime.

“I will soon reintroduce legislation to make blocking a highway intentionally a federal crime,” a Republican from Georgia, Congressman Mike Collins, said in a post on X in response to reports from KTLA showing video footage of the 101 freeway at Los Angeles being blocked by protesters on Sunday.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, USA

Taxpayers Spent Over $1 Billion Facilitating The Migrant Pipeline Via Religious ‘Charities’ In 2024

For years, loads of cash, courtesy of U.S. taxpayers, have bolstered migrant resettlement services, often administered by faith-based nonprofits. In fiscal year 2024 alone, the U.S. government spent more than $2.7 billion on “refugee and entrant assistance” programs, and more than $1 billion went to nonprofits connected to four major Christian denominations: Catholic, Lutheran, Episcopal, and the United Methodist Church.

They choose to harm their fellow citizens.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, USA

Are the Protests in Slovakia Due to NGO and USAID Interference?

Newly minted Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been saying all the right things. His immediate maneuvers on DEI and deportations have set a promising tone.

However, his department warrants more tempered optimism than most. For one, his 99-0 Senate confirmation indicates U.S. foreign policy might not have major shakeups in store. More importantly,

Rubio’s hawkish track record suggests regime-change adventurism is firmly on the table.

The analysis thus far has focused on Latin America, where Secretary Rubio has deep personal and political ties, as well as Iran and China. The new Trump administration is maneuvering to end the war in Eastern Europe though, while unrest is simmering nearby in Serbia and Slovakia. The latter especially presents a policy-defining scenario, as it is an EU and NATO member and a direct neighbor of Ukraine.

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

LILLEY: Despite reprieve, tariffs will eventually hit Ontario’s auto industry

“Doug Ford lost his reason for an election,” Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie said Tuesday on the campaign trail.

Crombie was trying to take the wind out of the Progressive Conservative leader’s sails given the 30-day reprieve that U.S. President Donald Trump gave Canada on the threat of 25% tariffs. But Ford wasn’t backing away from the issue, saying the tariff threat from Trump will come again.

Trump made a promise to US autoworkers.

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Terry Newman: What Justin Trudeau isn’t saying

Justin Il Duce Douchebag

On Saturday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau admitted that he and the Liberal party had failed in its negotiations to protect Canadians from 25 per cent tariffs, except that’s not how he framed the situation. Instead, he made it look like his government was powerless to address American concerns about securing our border from potential security threats posed by the crossing of illegal migrants and drugs from Canada into the U.S.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Poilievre promises to hit fentanyl ‘kingpins’ with mandatory life sentences

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said on Wednesday that he will change the Criminal Code if he’s elected so that all drug “kingpins” convicted of trafficking what he’s calling major quantities of fentanyl are hit with a mandatory life sentence in prison.

The policy announcement comes as President Donald Trump presses neighbouring Canada and Mexico to take a harder line on fentanyl to stop the flow of the deadly drug into the U.S. or face big tariffs.

U.S. government data shows comparatively little of the drug is coming over the northern border, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has committed more money and resources — including the appointment of a fentanyl “czar” — to crack down and satisfy Trump’s concerns.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Trump’s Tariffs: This Stuff Isn’t All That Hard, You Know

Free trade is great, except American trade deals are not “free” trade.

One of the better podcasts out there is Patrick Bet David’s Valuetainment show, which I pick up on YouTube a good bit. And, in a segment on Tuesday, Bet David and his guests spent some time talking about the “trade war” with Canada and Mexico that Donald Trump touched off with his demands for cooperation in fighting the scourge of Chinese fentanyl which has poisoned some quarter of a million Americans to death.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

100,000 eggs stolen from one US grocer as bird flu drives up prices

Thieves in the US state of Pennsylvania have stolen more than 100,000 eggs – worth $40,000 (£32,000) – from a single grocer.

The heist targeted the back of a lorry at Pete & Gerry’s Organics in Greencastle on 1 February, police say.

It comes as the price of eggs has risen amid a bird flu epidemic, making them an unexpectedly costly menu option. The national chain Waffle House has just hiked their egg charge.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA, WTF?

Denmark Rethinks Greenland Defense After U.S. Pressure

Trump’s stance is less about territorial ambitions and more about pushing Europe to take responsibility for key regions threatened by Russian and Chinese expansion.

Denmark is adjusting its strategic position on Greenland as U.S. President Donald Trump intensifies pressure on Europe to bolster its defense capabilities, particularly in the Arctic.

While the possibility of the U.S. taking control of Greenland has dominated headlines in recent weeks, Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen’s response reveals a more profound reality: Trump’s stance is less about territorial ambitions and more about pushing Europe to take responsibility for key regions threatened by Russian and Chinese expansion.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGreenland, USA

Canada has less than 30 days to satisfy Donald Trump’s border demands. Here’s what it plans to do

OTTAWA — The clock is ticking.

Canada now has less than 30 days to convince U.S. President Donald Trump not to trigger a trade war that could devastate the Canadian economy.

Key to that effort will be showing progress on $1.5 billion worth of border security measures Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised Trump in an effort to secure a temporary reprieve from U.S. tariffs.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

GOLDSTEIN: Build more pipelines to tariff-proof our economy

If we want to be economic masters in our own house, then “buying Canadian” to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign to attack our sovereignty through a tariff war, while admirably patriotic, isn’t enough.

Nor is there any instant solution to this ongoing threat posed by an aggressive and often irrational Trump administration that we’re going to have to deal with for the next four years, based on its first two weeks in office alone.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA