SKY news network is ripped apart for blaming TRUMP and DOGE for suffering in Myanmar earthquake

Sky News is coming under fire from Trump supporters after the news network published a column linking the devastation caused by Myanmar’s catastrophic earthquake and humanitarian crisis to President Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

At the heart of the uproar is a 1,200-word dispatch filed by International Affairs Editor Dominic Waghorn, whose commentary argued how the US government’s dismantling of USAID under Trump had compounded the disaster’s fallout.

‘The Myanmar quake is the first major disaster to suffer the brunt of Donald Trump’s USAID cuts,’ Waghorn wrote, pointing to the administration’s controversial closure of America’s international aid agency as a contributing factor to the scale of the suffering.

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h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Canadian Banks Tied to Chinese Fentanyl Laundering Risk U.S. Treasury Sanctions After Cartel Terror Designation

WASHINGTON — In an explosive, sweeping interview, former senior State Department investigator David Asher—closely connected to the Trump administration’s financial and national security apparatus—warned that Canadian banks could soon face a “new universe” of regulatory scrutiny, including from the U.S. Treasury, due to the recent designation of Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.

h/t Armaros

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Trump says he ‘couldn’t care less’ about higher car prices

Donald Trump has said he “couldn’t care less” if carmakers raise prices after his 25% tariffs on foreign-made vehicles comes into effect.

Some analysts have warned that Trump’s charges on businesses importing vehicles could lead to the temporary shutdown of significant car production in the US, increase prices, and strain relations with allies.

But speaking to NBC News on Saturday, the US president said he hoped foreign carmakers raise prices as it means “people are gonna buy American-made cars. We have plenty”.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

The week that Gazans dared to reject Hamas — ‘We’re hostages too’

For four consecutive days, protesters in Gaza have risked their lives by taking to the streets, demanding an end to the war and the removal of Hamas, in the largest demonstrations of their kind since the start of the war.

With Israel blocking access to Gaza for international journalists, it is not possible to independently verify the scale of the protests. However, videos show protesters in the hundreds at demonstrations across different locations, suggesting the overall number is in the thousands.

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

What one shabby TTC stop says about the city’s ability to get anything done

A lot of subway riders travelling downtown recently will have noticed something astonishing about St. Patrick subway station: It’s starting to look something like it is supposed to. The new green tiles are being installed on the walls.

This might not seem like something to take notice of — subway tiles in a subway station is kind of the default look. And yet, at St. Patrick, for a long, long time, it has not been the look. Instead, the walls were stripped bare to expose ribs of circular steel girders mounted on concrete, with spraypaint on the structural walls visible underneath and pipes of various kinds exposed above.

8 years…

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Toronto - Canada's version of a Democrat run city"

Head of Prince Harry’s Sentebale charity says his and Meghan’s brand is ‘toxic’ – and claims prince’s team asked her to defend Duchess of Sussex against negative publicity

The head of an African charity set up to help children with HIV has issued a devastating broadside against Harry and Meghan – describing the couple’s brand as ‘toxic’.

In a sensational interview, Dr Sophie Chandauka, chair of Sentebale – the organisation the Duke of Sussex co-founded – claimed she first felt tension between Harry and herself a year ago.

At one point she was asked by his team to defend Meghan against negative publicity, but she refused.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Woke Royals"

Alberta Premier Smith Says She Had ‘Meaningful’ Talk With US Media Personality Ben Shapiro in Latest Diplomatic Push

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she had a “meaningful fireside chat” with U.S. media personality Ben Shapiro during a non-profit conservative fundraiser in Florida this week, where she says she advocated for tariff-free trade between Canada and the United States.

Smith was a featured speaker at the PragerU 2025 East Coast Gala in Florida on March 27, where she shared the stage with Ben Shapiro, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of U.S. media company The Daily Wire. She said she talked about the current trade tensions between Canada and the United States, and shared Alberta’s “message” with a large American audience.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Labour council tries to ban Christian street preachers

A Labour-run council has been accused of violating free speech by attempting to ban Christian street preachers.

Rushmoor borough council, in Surrey, sought an injunction to ban Christians from preaching, praying and handing out leaflets in the town centres of Farnborough and Aldershot.

The local authority claimed preachers were being “offensive” and caused “alarm and distress” to passers-by.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Tsk Tsk … Liberals

Explicit Canadian emails target bourbon maker as Trump’s trade war intensifies

Standing next to half a dozen white oak barrels full of aging Kentucky bourbon, on the floor of his small Louisville, Ky., distillery, Victor Yarbrough holds up his laptop and starts reading his emails.

As the co-founder of Brough Brothers Distillery, he’s visibly taken aback by what’s landed in his inbox. And as a polite businessman, there’s some of it he will not say out loud.

There are roughly 50 emails in total, and most of them negative. Some of them are angry; a few are even explicit.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA, WTF?

The D.C. Swamp’s Bid To Take Out Hegseth Is A Disgrace

It’s become fairly obvious over the past week that there is a highly political campaign to take down Pete Hegseth as America’s defense secretary.

Since the emergence of so-called “Signalgate,” Democrats and media hacktivists alike — many of whom opposed Hegseth’s appointment from the beginning — have orchestrated a seemingly coordinated campaign calling for the Army veteran to lose his post over the incident. From the profanity-laden statement issued by Illinois’ junior senator to the unhinged op-ed authored by man-child David French, the flurry of faux leftist outrage amplified by America’s corporate press has been nothing short of remarkable.

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

It was the woke elites who ‘purged’ America’s museums, not Donald Trump

This month’s Doublespeak Award goes to the BBC. President Trump is spearheading a ‘purge’ of America’s top museums, it breathlessly reports. The madman in the White House has instructed the Smithsonian Institution to put back all ‘memorials and statues’ that were ‘improperly removed’ from federal property in recent years, the Beeb says. Hold up. Call me a stickler for linguistic accuracy, but isn’t a purge when you tear monuments down, not when you put them back up?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Peak Woke"