Here’s What Caused Trump to Fire DHS Secretary Kristi Noem

Okay, so for weeks, there’s been some palace intrigue regarding Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. Is she going to get the boot? Has the ongoing public relations war between the public, press, and DHS vis-à-vis the ICE surges eroded trust? Not the case, until now. On March 3, Noem testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee and revealed something that the president reportedly did not want known. In fact, rumor has it that he’s now mulling Noem’s replacement, which is how much this irritated him. National Review had the scoop earlier this morning, which was later confirmed by the president. Markwayne Mullin will be replacing Noem at the end of the month

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

Andrew Griffith: The stakeholders who cheered on the Liberals’ devastating immigration expansion

In October 2024, then-prime minister Justin Trudeau announced an about-face on mass immigration, admitting: “We didn’t get the balance quite right.”

Trudeau’s mea culpa ranks among the starkest understatements in recent political memory: record-breaking immigration levels contributed to a severe housing shortage, strained public services to the breaking point, suppressed wage growth and, in the process, shattered Canada’s once-stable pro-immigration consensus.

Never believe academics, the corporate class or politicians when it comes to immigration.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Mass Immigration - Follow the money", "Mass Immigration is Class War", "Mass Immigration Weaponized As Electoral Strategy", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Pakistani man on trial in Brooklyn for Trump assassination plot says he was recruited by Iran

A Pakistani businessman accused of plotting to kill Donald Trump told a federal jury on Wednesday that he was coerced into the scheme by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, which he said had threatened his family to secure his participation.

Asif Merchant, 47, took the unusual step of testifying in his own defense at Brooklyn federal court, where he faces terrorism and murder-for-hire charges. Speaking through an Urdu translator, he told jurors he went along with the plot only out of fear for his wife and adopted daughter in Tehran.

“I was not wanting to do this so willingly,” he said.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Trump Derangement Syndrome, USA

Are Canada’s ‘red flag’ gun laws working? No one can say

“Red flag” orders were billed as a faster, simpler way to keep Canadian communities safe by temporarily removing legal firearms from the hands of those who might do themselves — or others — harm. They were part of a suite of gun control measures introduced in the wake of 2020’s Portapique, N.S., mass shooting, the deadliest in the country’s history.

But more than two years after the orders finally became federal law, it’s unclear if they are working as designed — because no one appears to be keeping track of when, where or how often they are being implemented.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGun Control, Gun Rights

Why Do Israel and Trump Stand More or Less Alone?

I am staggered by the idiocy, rage, and just plain old-fashioned antisemitism that rends the news of the world today.

First, let’s start with the wild anti-Israel snarling of the media today. Not more than a few days or even hours after the Iranian murder regime has mowed down tens of thousands of its people on the streets of Tehran because they asked for a government that would rule by law instead of by hate, the Trump administration took steps for mercy and law.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"US Israel Iran War"

John Ivison: Carney’s global deals are paper-thin until we see real results

The Greek myth of Pygmalion is based on a sculptor who fell so deeply in love with the beautiful sculpture he created that it came to life.

The so-called Pygmalion effect is a psychological phenomenon in which higher expectations lead to improved performance.

It is an intriguing prospect, but wishful thinking is probably not the best basis for a system of government.

h/t Mauser

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

Iran’s New Proxy: Sudan

At first glance, such rhetoric might appear to be the product of wartime propaganda. It is not.

The video reveals something far more troubling: the survival of Iran’s ideological and proxy doctrine inside elements aligned with Sudan’s armed forces. Even as Iran faces economic strain and growing regional pressure, the strategic model it developed over decades — cultivating ideological allies and proxy networks — continues to spread.

Sudan’s civil war may now be providing fertile ground for its revival.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIran, Sudan

GUNTER: Liberals ride Chretien’s coattails with over-60 demographic

Political analysts and organizers used to be obsessed with the “gender gap” between male and female voters. If a candidate or party did noticeably better among men, that was seen as a bad thing.

There is, of course, often still a gender gap. In the 2024 U.S. presidential election then-candidate Donald Trump did so much better among male voters under 35 and among Hispanic men that their support contributed considerably to his win.

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

Canadians want floor-crossing MPs to face ‘immediate’ byelections: poll

A majority of Canadians say members of Parliament should not be allowed to cross the floor to another party and should face an “immediate” byelection if they do so, a new poll suggests.

However, Wednesday’s Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News found Canadians’ displeasure with floor-crossing MPs has not hurt the overall approval for Prime Minister Mark Carney or his Liberal government.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canadian Politics"

Liberals reach 49% voter support and the party’s biggest lead in 10 years: Leger poll

OTTAWA — Nearly half of Canadians say they would vote Liberal if an election were called today, giving Prime Minister Mark Carney’s party its largest lead since 2016.

Forty-nine per cent of decided voters would vote for the Liberals, while 35 per cent would vote Conservative, according to the Postmedia-Leger poll that was taken between Feb. 27 to March 2. That’s a two-point jump for the Liberals and a three-point drop for the Conservatives since late January.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canadian Politics"