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Ilhan Omar Checks all his boxes! Woman βœ”οΈ Non-white βœ”οΈ Muslim βœ”οΈ Immigrant βœ”οΈ 'S-hole country' of origin βœ”οΈ Specific DJT target country βœ”οΈ Democrat βœ”οΈ Blue state βœ”οΈ Uppity woman who speaks truth to power βœ”οΈ Perfect target for a bigoted, misogynist, racist, anti-muslim insecure little boy.

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Denmark trolling Trump epically. πŸ‘πŸ‡©πŸ‡°πŸ‘πŸ‡©πŸ‡°πŸ‘πŸ‡©πŸ‡°πŸ˜Ž

The EU offered Canada 'Associate Member' status, and Trump is feeling threatened. The US-Canada negotiations failed when (in part) the US allegedly wanted to control any trade deals Canada made with another party. Now he says a potential EU-Canada partnership is laughable, but a hostile act.

The US does not own Canada or its resources, no matter what bully Trump wants. Carney: "The EU is not a fair weather ally" The President continues to destroy the good will bought for the US by decades of previous administrations. No country trusts the word of the US now. Not even Saudi Arabia.

Calling Sarah Connor. With AI experts alarmed by the uncontrolled, unregulated expansion of AI, is it starting to feel like SkyNet is mere months away from taking over? How does a kill switch work if AI seeks to preserve itself? When it breaks out of its box, what then? Can it hide in data centers?

Human-caused climate change likely contributed to the glacier collapse. Won't be the last as the world warms. Are all these 'natural disasters' or can they be mitigated through coordinated action among world leaders? Firestorms, floods and dustbowls.

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NEW: This must one of the most violent natural disasters ever recorded. This is the immigration centre on Nepal’s border at 11am, this morning (Aug 26). That is a seven-storey building about to be obliterated in seconds. (πŸŽ₯ NDTV)

@mark-carney.bsky.social Do not give the USA a preferred energy and critical minerals deal. If anything, consider export taxes on crude (sorry Alberta), critical minerals, and Potash (sorry SK). The bridge deal secured no goodwill. Cdns can wait it out until Trump is out of office. Walk from bully.

Trump is including Canadian honey in his 50% tariffs starting on August 19. I wonder if he thinks he should slap an extra 10% on Canadian honey because it comes from worker bees engaged in forced labor? πŸ™ƒ

This aged well. Trump can't pass on any opportunity to grift.

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No tolls unless Trump gets a piece of it. I first heard Iran would split the $2 mn toll with Oman because they are the 2 shores of the Strait. Now we hear Trump is trying to figure out how he can profit from the tolls. He will try to sell it as cost recovery for his self-inflicted war.

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I just sent this out to Democracy Docket premium members, but in light of the Postmasters comments this morning threatening voting by mail, I felt it is urgent to post it online for everyone. Please read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/mail...

democracydocket.comMail-in voting is under attack. Here's what you can doThe USPS is proposing a rule that would require states to share information about voters who request mail-in or absentee ballots for federal elections.

Unconditional Surrender: release frozen funds, guarantee oil sales, remove All sanctions, let Iran keep missiles, create a new $300 bn reconstruction fund, US stop bombing and blockade and leave region, Iran stop ship tolls for max 60 days and initiate fees, agree to 'talk' about nuclear enrichment🀣

Trump says he doesn't need anything from Canada. So he's floating cancelling USMCA trade agreement. Canada: Please stop sending heavy crude through those pipelines. The US doesn't need any. No steel or car parts to cross the border. No softwood lumber for reconstruction of climate damaged homes.

POTUS is asking for $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon, but can't afford medicare, medicaid, childcare...

Divider WHEN YOU’RE A ZERO-STAR GENERAL, THEY LET YOU DO IT #TrumpNOWars #DemVoice1 #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited πŸ₯§πŸ•ŠοΈπŸ“Ί @richardriggsart, Ira Nerken’s β€œUnsell the War” PSA campaign of 33 TV & 31 radio spots by 300+ advertising, art & production professionals in 1971

Just getting worse by the day

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Trump is making a play against mail-in voting at the same time as he is normalizing armed troops in the street. So when elections come around, do you think black and latino Americans will feel safer at the polls with armed vigilantes and National Guard under Trump control 'maintaining order'?

This aged well.

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Why haven't I heard anyone link Trump's attempt to normalize masked armed men to intimidate citizens in blue zones to his call to eliminate mail-in voting? Mid-terms: No mail voting and people (blue, brown and black) afraid to go to the polls because of armed troops answerable to Trump. GOP win?

Normalization of military in Democratic zones combined with no mail-in votes. So GOP doesn't want you to mail in vote , and ICE (or NG) will be there to intimidate in-person voting.

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Normalization of military in Democratic zones. It's a propaganda piece for red state parochial world view, to solidify fear of the blue city crime stats they hear. 'No mail-in votes' combined with voter intimidation by armed troops under Trump's control at the polls. It's all connected.

Trump's search for a permanent legacy: Could we just leave the demolished East Wing as is, as a memorial and metaphor for his presidency and its impact on democracy in America?

Is anyone putting up advertising in airports noting that Republicans voted against funding TSA workers, but are ok with paying ICE thugs to terrorize travellers? Normalizing 'troops' in public spaces. Incremental public acceptance. I foresee ICE checkpoints near, but not in, polls. Intimidation 101

Yet again, Trump wants talks, but Iran doesn't, so tough boy Trump has to act like he doesn't want a ceasefire. Yesterday he threatened Iran not to respond to Israeli attacks, but they are ignoring him. Who is the Paper Tiger?

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In other words, Trump wants to look like he is control, but Tehran is not playing ball, so Trump has to pretend he doesn't want negotiations yet. Getting desperate as the economic fallout spirals out of control.

Remember the stories that Fred Trump was occupied with a fake phone on his desk to feel like he was still in charge as he slid deeper into dementia? Is Team Trump occupying POTUS with planning details for his ballroom? Meanwhile, war rages in the Middle East and the economy falters. Rome burns?

With rumors of Trump thinking about US boots on the ground in Iran, I wonder whether Barron will enlist and break the 5 generation record of Trump draft dodgers. And then I wonder how many of the current (28) Cabinet members have kids or grandkids who would be sent to be ground forces in Iran?

While Trump is threatening Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, and Greenland with potential military strikes, I believe he will try to destroy Canada and take resources thru the economic war he threatened Trudeau with. I predict CUSMA and US/Canada trade talks will implode with unreasonable demands by Trump.

The firehose of potential military targets is a reprise of the DOGE strategy -- everything, everywhere, all at once. No one can stop anything because the system is overwhelmed. DOGE irreparably damaged US government; this foreign plundering will engender international distrust for generations.

Trump's regime change in Venezuela completely removes any US moral authority (what's left of it) to challenge China in Taiwan, or Russia in Ukraine. It's almost like someone decided it was time to formalize their claimed spheres of influence. Old boys club divvying up the world.

It's been clear it's about the Oil all along. You can't secure the Oil without Regime Change. You get Regime Change by bombing small (alleged) drug runners on the coast and seizing oil tankers, in an attempt to provoke a military reaction from Venezuela. Pretext for USA to declare war.