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miterstomp.bsky.social @miterstomp.bsky.social · 14h

David Rothkopf puts it clearly for Americans, I paraphrase: The last person you want to have flying your plane is a visibly dying 80 year old narcissist!

davidrothkopf.substack.com

DSR Daily Live with Mary Trump

A recording from David Rothkopf and The DSR Network's live video

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miterstomp.bsky.social @miterstomp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

referencing potash Angus zeros in on bizarre US indifference "Such an insane announcement should have caused massive outrage across the US political spectrum. There should have been a thousand questions asked about the motivation to gamble with the American farm economy to target a democratic ally."

charlieangus.substack.com

AGENT KRASNOV HOSTS A WEDDING

The issue of a foreign oligarch fronting cash for the president’s son is as outrageous as it gets.

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miterstomp.bsky.social @miterstomp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"..overly generous to attribute strategic intent to the Trump administration when it rolls out stupidity at scale..The counter-plan..demands that we focus on the consequences of the Trump administration’s stupidity, and seek to build a broad coalition of those dedicated to addressing this challenge"

theguardian.com

Canada is seeking new global neighbours – no wonder, as Trump rolls out stupidities at scale | David Moscrop

As the White House doles out threats and insults, it would be easy to hold out for better times. Mark Carney is right to court the EU instead, says Canadian columnist David Moscrop

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miterstomp.bsky.social @miterstomp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“NATO armies are not ready for this kind of modern war. They’ve only heard about the war in Ukraine from TV or social media, and they don’t understand just how much everything has changed.”

wsj.com

In the Baltics, NATO Forces Are Trying to Learn the New Way of War

As Canadian-led troops in Latvia adapt lessons from the war in Ukraine, a big gap remains.

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miterstomp.bsky.social @miterstomp.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Really NYT, headline should read “President of the USA Wants to Buy Your Vote”. Absolutely lame, call the man out for what he really is! An incompetent, self serving corrupt wannabe fascist. Do this every day until he and his minions are gone - don’t you get it the USA is in an existential crisis!

nytimes.com

Trump Floats $5,000 ‘Trump Dividend’ Checks if Republicans Win the Midterms

In his convention speech, the president floated a $5,000 “Trump Dividend” for every adult American if Republicans keep control of Congress. The idea, like many others, may not come to pass.

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miterstomp.bsky.social @miterstomp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Reading this article & considering the sum total of all of Trump's unprovoked actions taken against Canada since early 2025; it should now be absolutely clear that Trump's end-state is a subservient Canada embedded within a North American economic system dominated by the USA & him.

wsj.com

The States on the Front Lines of the Trade War With Canada

The latest Canadian tariffs on $20 billion of U.S. exports went into effect Tuesday. A handful of U.S. states are likely to feel a big effect.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The last time I looked (and it was a while ago), the US content in a Bombardier jet was higher than the US content in a Gulfstream jet. (In both cases, the planes are predominantly US content.)

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/09/2026

As of September 3, the official White House website features a page titled “arcade,” where users can play games like Rio Run, in which the player—a pixelated, white, and balding Border Patrol agent—collects “border crossers” and adds them to a line of orange-jumpsuited figures trailing behind him.

motherjones.com

The White House made an arcade game out of deporting people

It’s part of a long American history of gaming as propaganda.

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miterstomp.bsky.social @miterstomp.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Canadian success should not be measured against US economic values. Canada has always made different choices reflecting a more egalitarian system, including a greater tolerance for regulating capital. This is the fundamental tension marking both internal debates and our relations with the USA.

wsj.com

Opinion | What Is Canada, Other Than the Un-America?

Many of the special things our northern neighbors cherish, we in the U.S. can also count as our own.

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miterstomp.bsky.social @miterstomp.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"...worst scenario...dissolution of CUSMA...Canada’s real gross domestic product would fall by 1.6 per cent, or $402 billion, over the next decade relative to the status quo baseline...'severe but not cataclysmic impact on Canada’s overall economy, although perhaps cataclysmic for some sectors'..."

ctvnews.ca

U.S. CUSMA exit would be 'severe but not cataclysmic' for Canada: Deloitte report

Boosting trade with a more diverse array of international partners would only plug part of the hole in Canada’s economy if the U.S. were to withdraw from the North American trade pact, says a new Delo...

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Pat @pat112.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Liberals sweep 3 federal byelections in Ontario, Quebec and B.C. Poilievre is broken, even after all the lies he has spoken, and the far right extremists he has been courting , Incels, mgtows, anti-vaxxers , anti-science, MAGAs & sucjh #Cdnpoli #Poilievre www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

cbc.ca

Liberals sweep 3 federal byelections in Ontario, Quebec and B.C. | CBC

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/09/2026

Even if the courts ultimately reject Trump's assault on postal voting, the confusion he’s sowing could, to a degree, subvert the election.

motherjones.com

How Trump can use chaos to cheat in the midterms

Even if his attempts at restricting mail-in voting fail, the uncertainty may scare off voters.

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FT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 02/09/2026

Donald Trump cites his “very good relationship with Kim Jong Un”, hereditary ruler of a brutal totalitarian regime. This is the sort of world the US president believes in: one in which power, alone, matters and chaos is an opportunity. Read Martin Wolf in today's #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/nArGLiF

Bar chart comparing North and South Korea across six World Bank governance indicators in 2024. South Korea scores substantially higher on rule of law, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, voice and accountability, and control of corruption, while the gap in political stability is much smaller.

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The Economist @economist.com · 02/09/2026

It is possible that “we may shortly pass a kind of tipping point where the dynamical effects of climate change” have become overwhelmingly strong, warns Tim Palmer in a guest essay

bit.ly

The world may have less time than it thinks on climate change

If it is affecting circulation patterns that determine how and where anticyclones form, it could accelerate alarmingly, warns Tim Palmer

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miterstomp.bsky.social @miterstomp.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My favourite US centric current events source: Ian Masters’ Background Briefing podcast! www.backgroundbriefing.org

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miterstomp.bsky.social @miterstomp.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

“…he persuaded people he could magically lower grocery prices and he wouldn’t get America into any foreign wars. But since he was elected in 2024, he appears rather freed from the obligations of persuasion and is instead using the coercive levers of government to achieve his aims.”

nytimes.com

Opinion | ‘Trump Voters Are Finally Starting to Sour on Him’

Democrats want fighters. A former Republican has ideas.

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miterstomp.bsky.social @miterstomp.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"It comes down to this: Canada and the United States have a free trade agreement. The Trump administration wants to violate it by hitting Canada with a bunch of tariffs. We don’t want that." www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

theglobeandmail.com

Opinion: Americans don’t understand Trump’s trade war against Canada. Here’s how to explain it to them

Canada wants to keep free trade between two long-time allies, the U.S. doesn’t

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miterstomp.bsky.social @miterstomp.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

“Mr. Trump cannot allow Canada to abandon the negotiations. Like it or not, Washington needs a resilient Canadian manufacturing sector working in concert with America’s companies in the much bigger and more consequential battle against Chinese market dominance.”

nytimes.com

Opinion | The Real Winner of the Trade War With Canada

China is the real problem, and Washington needs all the allies it can find.

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miterstomp.bsky.social @miterstomp.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

“And Canada is not exactly responsible for the legitimate problems with American trade policy in recent decades. It is the largest buyer of American exports.”

nytimes.com

Opinion | The Ludicrous Argument Behind Trump’s Tariffs

Mr. Trump is breaking the law. Congress and the judiciary need to respond.

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miterstomp.bsky.social @miterstomp.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

“..this isn’t about wine sales or how Canada manages its forests or reviving U.S. manufacturing… It’s about whether Canada is willing to go from being an ally and a partner, in a relationship governed by treaties and rules, to being a vassal, subject to Washington fiat”

nytimes.com

Opinion | ‘You Aren’t Going to Like What Comes After America’

Remember when ‘blame Canada’ was a joke?

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miterstomp.bsky.social @miterstomp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

“CNN’s Jim Sciutto asked Trump whether the US had been the one to make late-stage demands. The president seemed to have no recollection of these events. ‘That sounds like me’ he said, adding, ‘They have to pay a fair amount. And if they don’t pay a fair amount, we won’t make a deal. That’s fine.’”

newrepublic.com

Trump, 80, Appears to Forget That He Blew Up Canada Trade Talks

Seems pretty concerning that the president has little to no recollection of things that happened only last week.

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miterstomp.bsky.social @miterstomp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Brave New World? ALPR now in Canada (ie. Flock or panopti.ca). Although marketed as public safety tools, there are serious concerns about the risks. Could private data (ie. your daily activity) end up with other institutions or governments, some of whom may not respect or be subject to Cdn law?

flockcameralocations.com

Flock Camera Locations — Live Map of 119,000+ Flock Safety Cameras & ALPRs

Find Flock camera locations near you. A free, live map of Flock Safety cameras and automated license plate readers (ALPRs) across the US, built on open, community-reported data.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Before Europeans arrived, these were some of the names for The Great Lakes: Superior: gichi-gami (great sea) Erie: erielhonan (long tail) Michigan: michigami (long body of water) Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water) Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea)

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Lake Ontario's name comes from the Wyandot word Ontarí'io, which is typically translated as "beautiful lake". The Kanienʼkéha called it Katarokwi. Samuel de Champlain called it Lac de St. Louis. The name Lacus Ontario was first recorded in 1660 by Francis Creuxius.

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miterstomp.bsky.social @miterstomp.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Their goal of destabilizing Canada is a serious threat all Canadians need to keep top of mind. The unprecedented global upheaval they have caused, their disdain for other nations, and their imperialistic ambitions are significant risks, even more so while in their death throes.

theglobeandmail.com

Opinion: Trump thinks tariffs will tear Canada apart. The evidence proves him wrong

Canadian solidarity, while strong, is not something governments can simply assume; it must be built by informing Canadians of what is at stake

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miterstomp.bsky.social @miterstomp.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Now’s the time to start setting relatively limited duties on key exports that the USA can’t easily replace; then, use the revenue to support the diversification of Canadian businesses negatively impacted by USA’s unilateral trade agreement violations. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

theglobeandmail.com

Opinion: With Trump, a better trade deal was never possible. Our options have always been bad or worse

Ottawa will never get a deal as good as the pre-2025 status quo

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