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LMAO, Skippy - who are the folks - aside from you - who were so credulous as to think that Trump of all people was coming to save you?

(Also, we know that you're in Trump's pocket, Skippy. Excellent evidence of all your graft here: www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...)
Poilievre hits at Carney while responding to Trump tariffs Jenna Benchetrit Poilievre is in Kingston, Ont., to make an announcement, but first addressed Trump’s tariff announcement from last night. “Yesterday, many Canadians watched with anger and anxiety as President Trump once again attacked our country and our jobs,” said Poilievre. “Until yesterday, many Canadians, including me, still held out hope that President Trump might come to his senses and spare us from additional tariffs,” he added. The Conservative leader then took aim at his Liberal opponent, suggesting that the phone call between Carney and Trump last week was not actually as productive as the two had said it was. “Unfortunately, Canada has not been spared. There is no progress. And there was nothing constructive or productive about Trump’s tariff announcement.”
April 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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"Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run" by Adam Serwer
This sort of reaction, where a self-styled civil-rights organization endorses depriving people of their basic rights of speech and due process because they find the target unsympathetic, is what the Trumpists are counting on. Trumpists are counting on as many people as possible shutting off their conscience, because the administration has picked a target it hopes few will defend. They are counting on the public deciding that free speech and due process are optional for this category of people or that one, and that they will be safe, as they have done nothing wrong. The Trump administration wishes to lull people into this complacency until it is too late to react. This kind of arrogance has a poor track record historically. Despots are always in need of powerful enemies to justify an insatiable drive for absolute power. Where none exist, they will invent them. Mass graves across the world are full of those who believed they had nothing to fear.
March 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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They have no thoughts, I have no prayers so all I can offer Collins and the rest of them is vibes.

Also you probably saw Courtney Milan's v. good thread about American Exceptionalism skewing folks' understanding of how they're seen in the world. But for others - it's worth a read
Bluesky thread from Courtney Milan I'm also mad that their country (and ours, and Mexico's) are under threat. I also think, and I'm having trouble articulating this at the moment, that American exceptionalism is interfering with some people's ability to process what is happening because not so deep down, they feel that other countries either don't matter, or secretly wish they were America. It is very hard for certain people to understand that not everyone thinks that America is the greatest country in the world; that they also believe they live in a country as free as ourse, and that they love their country and do not want it to be America. American exceptionalism is the bill of goods they sold you so that you wouldn't realize that other countries give workers rights, reasonable minimum wages, and health care that isn't job dependent. Lois Wiener replies to Courtney Milan: "And that this country has long been in the vanguard of taking those rights away from others."
March 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM