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Margaret Atwood takes aim at Alberta’s school library books ban with satirical story | Globalnews.ca Margaret Atwood is taking aim at Alberta's controversial ban on school library books containing sexual content with a new, satirical short story.

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Goran World - yesterday As someone who grew up under an authoritarian regime, I can offer one crucial piece of advice: time is everything. If you don’t stand up now—if you don’t protest, resist, disrupt, and refuse to comply—you may lose your country forever. Authoritarianism thrives on silence, hesitation, and fear. The longer people wait, the more entrenched the regime becomes, making resistance exponentially harder. Every moment of inaction is a moment the regime uses to tighten its grip. History has shown that those who act early have the best chance of reclaiming their freedom. The time to fight back is now.

Top comment on the recent NYT story on DOGE’s young aides

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A reverse Robin Hood...

Republicans aren’t even pretending to care about deficits or fiscal responsibility anymore.

It’s all about making their cronies and donors richer

Anyone who can’t see that is either willfully blind—or dumb as a stump.

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

Happy June!!

A multicultural mess?

You mean the kind of vibrant, diverse society that scares the hell out of guys who peak on Reddit and cry over women having rights?

Heaven forbid fragile white men lose their monopoly on failure and mediocrity.

EU's Von der Leyen announces 500 mln euro package to lure top researchers to Europe European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Monday a 500 million euros ($566.6 million) incentive package to boost European science research, as Europe hopes to lure top U.S. scientists disgruntled with President Donald Trump.

The European Union and France on Monday announced half a billion euros worth of incentives to lure scientists to the continent

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If you wanted to dismantle the U.S. economy and global influence on behalf of Russia…
you’d do exactly what Trump is doing.

Intentional or not, the effect is the same:

He’s Putin’s biggest asset.

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DELEGITIMIZE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

Claims every election he loses is rigged.

Pushes for mass voter purges.

Encourages violence against political opponents.

Wants to jail journalists and weaponize the DOJ.

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BLOCK IMMIGRANTS, STRANGLE INNOVATION

Slashed legal immigration, including skilled STEM workers.

Attacked international students and green card holders.

U.S. tech needs brains. Trump slammed the door.

Tech stagnation = Putin’s win.

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SABOTAGE CLEAN ENERGY, BOOST PUTIN’S OIL

Rolled back climate regulations.

Tried to kill EV tax credits.

Promoted fossil fuels at every turn—while Russia’s main export is… oil.

It’s not hard to connect the dots.

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GUT DOMESTIC STABILITY

Incited a violent insurrection.

Promised pardons for violent offenders.

Encourages civil unrest, threatens martial law, and promises mass deportations—economic kryptonite.

Investors don’t bet on chaos.

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EMBRACE DICTATORS, UNDERMINE DEMOCRACIES

Praised Putin, Xi, Erdogan, and Kim.

Dismissed CIA findings on Russian interference.

Tried to extort Ukraine while blocking aid.

You don’t do this by accident.

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BLOAT THE DEFICIT, DESTROY CREDIBILITY

2017 tax cuts gave trillions to billionaires, not workers.

Pushed tariffs that hurt U.S. farmers—then bailed them out with taxpayer money.

Constantly attacked the Fed, spooking markets.

He made economic chaos a strategy.

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WEAKEN NATO & EU TIES

Repeatedly threatened to leave NATO.

Called the EU a “foe.”

Mocked leaders of Germany, France, and Canada—while cozying up to Putin and Kim Jong-Un.

Destabilizing the West’s united front? Check.

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DESTABILIZE GLOBAL TRADE

Withdrew from the TPP, strengthening China.

Imposed chaotic tariffs on allies (Canada, EU, Japan) while praising adversaries.

Threatened to leave WTO & NAFTA—systems that ensured decades of U.S. economic dominance.

1/ If Trump were deliberately trying to destroy the U.S. economy for Putin, what would he do?
Isolate allies, tank trust in democracy, gut institutions, and reward dictators.
So basically everything he is doing now.

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Start a soft civil war:
States refusing federal orders (legal "nullification")

Mass lawsuits (states, cities, even citizens suing the fed gov)

Cities ignoring fed authority

At this point it's a standoff, not a shooting war — yet.

State National Guards refusing to deploy if ordered by POTUS.

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States could refuse federal cooperation (example: National Guard units, police agencies, bureaucratic compliance).

Governors could start operating semi-independently — or even call for constitutional conventions to bypass D.C. altogether.

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Congress would be forced to respond — impeachment, contempt proceedings, emergency court rulings.

If Congress refuses to act — even when the executive ignores the judiciary — it means the system has fully broken down at the federal level.

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If Marshals refuse, the judge can deputize others:
- Local sheriffs
- State police
- Even private citizens under emergency authority (posse comitatus).
In fact, refusal makes it worse — it signals an executive branch defying the judiciary, which is a direct assault on the U.S. Constitution.

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You’re right — the AG doesn’t issue the order, the judge does. The Marshals enforce it. If they refuse under executive pressure, it’s no longer a legal dispute; it’s a constitutional collapse. Executive defiance of judicial authority is the red line.

You’re absolutely right — citizens are not supposed to be deported. That’s the whole point: she was a citizen, and it still happened.

Maybe the best way to describe it is an illegal expulsion or a wrongful deportation — both terms highlight the serious violation of her rights.

The State of Free Speech in America : Up First from NPR The first amendment is a cornerstone of American democracy. This week on The Sunday Story, we hear from people who feel their right to free speech might be changing under the Trump Administration. NPR...

Free speech is thriving.
As long as you don’t say the wrong thing, read the wrong book, teach the wrong history, or post the wrong job.

Free speech is alive.
Just don't teach, protest, publish, or leak.
npr.org/2025/04/13/1244593145/free-speech-first-amendment-trump-america

Hey Chuck... Trump can't read. Your letter is useless.

Why was the judge furious? Because the fascist administration made a deliberate choice to defy the court. They deported American citizens during pending court proceedings — before the judge could even rule — and then tried to dismiss it all as a 'moot point' after flying them out of the country.

2/ Manosphere vs Shoresy
The Manosphere teaches young men to whine, blame, and fake dominance.
Shoresy teaches:
- Work hard.
- Chirp better.
- Stay loyal.
- Respect women.
- Never be soft — but never be a dick either

Americans want to buy Nike. Not make them.

Don't forget about the American chocolate.