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Most politicians can say nothing in a lot less time
Trump administration 2024-2028
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They have, I've seen a bunch of them...mostly former RSM's.
lenaitch
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And that's kinda my point. Observers say the US system of checks and balances can be to the point of gridlock, but everybody seems to be sitting on their hands. I read somewhere that he is basing the scope of his EOs on some 'national emergency' legislation the Executive was granted some years ago. If so, be careful what you wish for.
Understood, but I'm not hearing about anything about EOs being debated, confirmed or whatever, even if they are ultimately passed. Maybe they are and I'm just not seeing it.
Most at least try to give some appearance or nod to some manner of bipartisan cooperation, even if they don't mean it.
EOs aren’t subject to any debate or legislative review. They’re simply the President, in a formal way, issuing written direction purporting to be based on existing executive authority. The challenge is when EOs exceed that lawful authority, and that’s where we see matters go to the courts. The EO claiming to eliminate birthright citizenship, for instance, s immediately attracted court challenges on 14th amendment grounds.
Congress doesn’t directly enter into it a specific EO. They could conceivably legislate constraints to executive powers in many cases.
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Washington BANS Britain from sharing US intelligence with Ukraine
Donald Trump 's decision to freeze American military aid to Kyiv yesterday brought warnings that Ukraine could run out of weapons in as little as two to three months' time.
China says it is ready for 'any type of war' with US
The comments come in response to US tariffs and as Beijing boosts defence spending by 7.2%.
www.bbc.com
The timeline keeps getting darker. It's insane that it's only been 44 days, only 1342 more to go.
Brad Sallows
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See here. Presidents have been (arguably) misusing emergency declaration powers since the 1976 act was passed. It's a known problem; there are articles out there by people arguing for reform.
A guest on a news show recently emphasized that all you need to produce an EO is "a piece of paper and a sharpie". That understates the research and preparation done beforehand, but his point was that compared to the legal effort of challenging an EO, producing one is nothing. Then the opposing team goes judge-shopping for stays and nationwide injunctions (another power, this time of the courts, that some reformers want to curb). Eventually matters trickle through courts and are decided on the merits. Another point he made was that these processes explain what we observe: administrations launch a barrage of EOs early knowing that most will take time to resolve, but that they are going to win some - many, if their research is good - of them. A third point was that the stays and injunctive relief mean very little despite the braying of media that the executive is being pwned by the courts. What matters is what eventually happens in the higher courts, particularly the USSC.
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In case you're interested, text of The Speech here (also archived here) ....
Transcript of President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — A transcript of President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, as transcribed by The Associated Press: Speaker Johnson, Vice President Vance, the first lady of the United States, members of the United States Congress, thank you very...
halifax.citynews.ca
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The speech seemed pretty sketchy to me...
On one side of the room, the crowd mindlessly cheers for Trump, it doesn't matter what he says, the yes men stay in line cheering all the way.
The other side of the room, a bunch of people sit quietly, looking like they are about to cry, but also, doing basically nothing, while being belittled and mocked by Trump. One person speaks up, they are quickly removed, there is clearly little support for them.
It seems like each one of these events the US looks more and more like it's a very serious crisis... If nothing else, the country is completed divided with no common ground, it seems like they are long past compromising and working with each other at this point. Completely different and incompatible visions.
On one side of the room, the crowd mindlessly cheers for Trump, it doesn't matter what he says, the yes men stay in line cheering all the way.
The other side of the room, a bunch of people sit quietly, looking like they are about to cry, but also, doing basically nothing, while being belittled and mocked by Trump. One person speaks up, they are quickly removed, there is clearly little support for them.
It seems like each one of these events the US looks more and more like it's a very serious crisis... If nothing else, the country is completed divided with no common ground, it seems like they are long past compromising and working with each other at this point. Completely different and incompatible visions.
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I think they are going to find out the hard way that they are more global connected than they realize.
www.wired.com
NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’
An internal email obtained by WIRED shows that NOAA workers received orders to pause “ALL INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS.”
HavokFour
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Don't forget Kennedy's influence:
www.mprnews.org
RFK Jr. canceled flu vaccine meetings. What does that mean for fall shots?
Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm, the head of the University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, joined Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer to talk about the implications of axing the meeting.
www.mprnews.org
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Don't forget Kennedy's influence:
RFK Jr. canceled flu vaccine meetings. What does that mean for fall shots?
Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm, the head of the University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, joined Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer to talk about the implications of axing the meeting.
You mean influenza?
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Look at it this way -- when we are all wiped out down here by small pox and crippled by Polio - the CAF can pick up a shit ton of high end military gear - and make us the 13th Province.Don't forget Kennedy's influence:
RFK Jr. canceled flu vaccine meetings. What does that mean for fall shots?
Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm, the head of the University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, joined Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer to talk about the implications of axing the meeting.
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What's interesting is comparing Canada’s and Mexico's approaches when dealing with the Trump Administration.
www.aljazeera.com
IMO, Mexico is looking to steal Canadian business and jobs. I believe their tactics for dealing with the Trump Administration will be far more effective.
‘Cool head’: How Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum is handling Trump and tariffs
Unlike Canada’s Trudeau, Sheinbaum has been more diplomatic while insisting on protecting Mexican interests. Here’s why.
IMO, Mexico is looking to steal Canadian business and jobs. I believe their tactics for dealing with the Trump Administration will be far more effective.
Czech_pivo
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She is going this route because the ‘facts’ are not in her side - fentanyl is pouring into the US from Mexico. Trumps thumping of the chest about this issue is real when it concerns Mexico. They have to take the quiet, meek approach because they don’t have a leg to stand on.What's interesting is comparing Canada’s and Mexico's approaches when dealing with the Trump Administration.
‘Cool head’: How Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum is handling Trump and tariffs
Unlike Canada’s Trudeau, Sheinbaum has been more diplomatic while insisting on protecting Mexican interests. Here’s why.
IMO, Mexico is looking to steal Canadian business and jobs. I believe their tactics for dealing with the Trump Administration will be far more effective.
We, Canada need to point out the incredible stupidity of Trumps approach with us.
The two cases are not comparable in my humble opinion.
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# of seizures is not necessarily a reflection of how large or small a problem is. Rather, it's a reflection of how many resources have been allocated to tackling the problem.
Canada has been an organized crime haven for ages, it's well documented:
Port of Montreal: a long history of crime—and a lack of adequate responses
Organized crime and the inability on the part of elected leaders and bureaucrats to take the issue seriously has made Canada the source for stolen vehicle used car lots around the Middle East and Africa.
www.hilltimes.com
It's just that not much has been done about it.
That being said, this isn't really about Fentanyl though. In our case, it's about getting rid of the Libs and getting the Chinese influence out of the Canadian Government. The Americans want a change of political direction in Ottawa and they are going to Squeeze Canadians to do it.
And seizures are a US responsibility. They haven’t really redirected anything north. That should tell everyone how serious this problem really is at our border.
And aside from mentioning cartels operating inn Canada they haven’t made much noise about that either. The goal posts keep moving.Canada has been an organized crime haven for ages, it's well documented:
Port of Montreal: a long history of crime—and a lack of adequate responses
Organized crime and the inability on the part of elected leaders and bureaucrats to take the issue seriously has made Canada the source for stolen vehicle used car lots around the Middle East and Africa.
It's just that not much has been done about it.
I don’t think they give a f**k about our political direction. Trump hasn’t really been flattering to the CPC. He could care less who is in power.
I can buy the Chinese Angle but even then.
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Why would the US spend their own resources when they can coerce us to? The entire Trump Admin argument is that they shouldn't be be spending money subsidizing others security so in what World would it make more sense for them to spend more and allocate more resources if that's their objective?
The Americans have been making noise about this and other security issues for years/decades. We have been long considered Defence & Security laggards and our actions have always been reactionary and doing the absolute bare minimum.
We aren't in sync with them with a number of security issues and it's not just fentanyl either. Arctic Security, BMD, Military Spending, Foreign Policy, etc.
That's because every Party in Canada is complicit in the above. Our intransigence to their concerns is universal and isn't a Liberal or Conservative or NDP issue.
You should buy it, it's a major dissatisfier in Washington.
Again. That argument shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how the border works. If they think there is such a massive amount coming in they should be allocating more resources to the northern border but they are not. Because they know we are not the problem. Securing their border is there responsibility if that is the case. The border issue is just an excuse to be able to declare an emergency to get his tariffs out legally.
Sure. That isn’t the argument though.
I’ve said it before. It does not matter what we do. These tariffs were happening regardless of any of that.
That’s not what your premise was or what you said. You said it was about getting rid of the libs.
I said I buy it. But it is likely not enough of a reason to declare an emergency legally
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Don't try to put logic or reality into what Trump says or does.
He says whatever jumps into his head - then doubles down on it.