J.D. Tuccille

To remain Canadian, our northern neighbors should become a little more American Canada long relied on the U.S. for protection. Now it needs to rediscover self-reliance.

Canadians understandably resent Trump’s annexation chatter and plan to resist. Standing in the way are their country's weak armed forces, restrictions on private arms, and a history of deference to authority.
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Democrats did themselves no favors by veering hard to the left Democrats frequently refer to Republicans as "extremists" and even "anti-American" for the alleged radicalness of their views. Given the thumping the

Economics likely spelled doom for Harris, but extreme ideology sealed her party’s fate.
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J.D. Tuccille: Trump’s DOGE could be America's only hope for taming bloated government And they'd better get on it. According to experts, U.S. has about 20 years for corrective action after which no amount of future tax increases or spending cuts could avoid the government defaulting on...

DOGE will have no enforcement authority and looks like a Hail-Mary pass of a reform effort. But maybe — hopefully — it can succeed in tackling the bloated U.S. government where others failed.
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Me: "Hey, Microsoft Office! Where the hell are you?"
Office: "Holy shit! We didn't think we'd see you again."
Me: "Wut?"
Office: "Never mind. But you need to do a full reinstall for no apparent reason. You don't need to bother if you're not sticking around..."
Me: "STFU and get back on my laptop."

It's good that Congress is finally acknowledging that decades of deficits (every year since 2001) and spiraling debt is a looming problem. Whether anything will be done to fix the problem is another matter.
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