President Trump has once again demonstrated his unwavering commitment to making America great again by proposing a return to the economic policies that once made the United States the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the world, namely ending the federal income tax.
American Border Patrol agents stationed at the Mexican border were fired upon by a suspected drug cartel in an effort to smuggle illegal migrants into Texas.
The gunfight broke out on Monday near the disputed territory of Fronton, Texas, exactly one week after President Donald Trump returned to office and began his sweeping deportation crackdown.
While the cartel suspected of being responsible for the violence has been shooting across the border for years, NewsNation reports that the crisis in the region has ‘escalated in unprecedented ways since President Trump was elected.’
BREAKING: Border Patrol agents fired upon by suspected cartel members at the border during a human smuggling operation, according to@BillMelugin_
.pic.twitter.com/HIMIa8wBpD— Caveman Gamer (@CavemanGamer99) January 28, 2025
This is incredible. The Biden administration let the whole country freak out for weeks about drones and a possible drone threat when they approved the damn drones. Why did they help create panic instead of telling the truth and calming people down? Lunacy. pic.twitter.com/A48UraHzQe
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) January 28, 2025
h/t XC
Relief plan in works for Canadians, businesses in response to Trump tariff threat: sources
The federal government is planning a stimulus package to help businesses and Canadians if U.S. President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on Canadian goods, but the scale of the relief will depend on the scope of the tariffs, sources tell CTV News.
The sources also say that the aid could reach pandemic-level relief, but the response will be contingent on how big Trump’s tariffs are. Specific programs also have yet to be designed, according to sources.
UPDATE – White House says Trump plans to follow through on vow to slap tariffs on Canada, Mexico on Feb. 1
h/t Mauser
The review ordered by Yvette Cooper — and since rejected by ministers — recommended changes to counterextremism policy to tackle a greater range of threats
Claims of two-tier policing are an extreme right-wing narrative, according to an internal Home Office review that recommended sweeping changes to the UK’s approach to combating extremism.
The Home Office document also cites how right-wing extremists “frequently exploit” the grooming gangs scandal — described as “alleged group-based sexual abuse” — to promote anti-Muslim sentiment.
It recommended that the UK’s approach to tackling extremism should no longer be based on specific ideologies such as Islamism or the far right but “on behaviours and activity of concern”. This is because of the “dizzying range of beliefs and ideologies we see”, it added.
Imagine that, a Labour gov’t report suggesting the far right was exploiting the rape of thousands of children by Muslims.
An atrocity that was deliberately hushed up by Labour politicians.
Millions in federal funding intended to recover the remains of children at a former Indian Residential School in Kamloops,vwere instead allocated for consultants, publicists, and other administrative costs, according to newly revealed documents.
Blacklock’s Reporter says the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations attempted to withhold these financial records under the Access to Information Act.
Jim Acosta "quits" CNN live on air pic.twitter.com/YkLGTH6ltP
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 28, 2025
“Do not give in to the lies” says guy who worked for CNN.
WASHINGTON (AP) — At least 56 senior officials in the top U.S. aid and development agency were placed on leave Monday amid an investigation into an alleged effort to thwart President Donald Trump’s orders.
A current official and a former official at the U.S. Agency for International Development confirmed the reason given for the move Monday. Both spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal.
Several hundred contractors based in Washington and elsewhere also were laid off, the officials said.
The public inquiry studying foreign election meddling has found no evidence that “traitors” in Parliament are plotting with hostile states against Canada’s interest.
In her final report, released Tuesday, Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue wrote that although she has seen a few cases where a foreign state has attempted to curry favour with parliamentarians, “the phenomenon remains marginal and largely ineffective.”
“While the states’ attempts are troubling and there is some concerning conduct by parliamentarians, there is no cause for widespread alarm,” she wrote.
President Donald Trump has said he thinks the US will gain control of Greenland, underlining his persistent claim on the Arctic island, on one occasion pointing to “economic security” as the reason. While the autonomous Danish territory has been quick to say it isn’t for sale, its vast and mostly untapped mineral resources are in great demand.
Jagged grey peaks suddenly appear before us, as the motorboat navigates choppy coastal waters and dramatic fjords at Greenland’s southern tip.
“Those very high pointy mountains, it’s basically a gold belt,” gestures Eldur Olafsson, the chief executive of mining company Amaroq Minerals.
After sailing for two hours we stepped ashore at a remote valley beneath Nalunaq mountain, where the firm is drilling for gold.
After years of speculation about his political aspirations, former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor Mark Carney has officially thrown his hat in the ring to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader and prime minister.
As one of the race’s top three contenders, alongside deputy prime minister and finance minister Chrystia Freeland and Government House Leader Karina Gould, Carney has the endorsement of nearly a dozen current and former cabinet ministers.
“I’m doing this because I love our country,” Carney told a group of supporters and Liberal MPs at his official launch event in Edmonton, Alta., on Jan. 16, later adding “but it could be even better.”
CNN chief domestic correspondent Jim Acosta is expected to leave the cable news network after his show was replaced and he was yanked from all scheduled programming, according to a report.
Last week, the anchor’s 10 a.m. slot on the network was replaced with “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown” due to the network’s schedule rearrangement.
Jim Acosta is out at CNN after 18 years. His biggest contribution to society was getting spanked by DJT on live TV: pic.twitter.com/auCEAUXgOw
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 28, 2025
Ontario NDP rejects Sarah Jama’s bid to rejoin caucus
OTTAWA — It’ll be a party of one for a contentious Ontario MPP.
Ousted by the Ontario NDP caucus just months after winning a byelection, Hamilton Centre MPP Sarah Jama found on Monday that she’ll be running as an independent in the upcoming provincial election after the party rejected her bid to rejoin.
h/t MP
Toronto Jewelry stores are taking a new approach! pic.twitter.com/FC3MXHAHSP
— RTN (@RTNCanada) January 26, 2025
