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Does the Press Understand the First Amendment?

The corporate “news” media is caterwauling because President Trump has banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. He first announced the ban on Friday, and it became effective Saturday morning when “journalists” from all three outlets were denied access to the executive mansion. Predictably, they all insist that Trump is violating their First Amendment rights. This is where the confusion comes in. The First Amendment reads as follows: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press …” This doesn’t mean they have reserved seats in the White House briefing room.

by Blazingcatfur•September 21, 2026September 21, 2026•0•The Media

Canada’s Intel Agency Again Flags China as ‘Most Active’ Foreign Meddler

Canada’s spy agency says China is the “most active state” conducting foreign interference in Canada, and warns that Beijing is likely to continue targeting Canadian democratic institutions.

In its Sept. 3 report on foreign interference (FI), the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) said Chinese officials and proxies are responsible for planning, organizing, and carrying out interference activities in Canada.

by Blazingcatfur•September 21, 2026September 21, 2026•0•"Canada - China's 24th Province", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Key ally urges Trump to back US farmers amid anger over rising prices

Donald Trump is facing growing calls, including from within his own party, to boost support for US farmers as his administration faces mounting anger over its treatment of the agricultural sector.

Republican senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa called on the US president to place an embargo on diesel exports this weekend and help farmers grapple with high prices.

Grassley, who is largely aligned with Trump, suggested the embargo in multiple social media posts, calling on the president to issue a 1970s-style embargo on diesel and agricultural products to help farmers.

by Blazingcatfur•September 21, 2026September 21, 2026•0•USA

The Corporate Takeover of Canada’s Apartments Is Worse than You Think

Driving around Herongate in Ottawa, I saw the usual signs of a low-income neighbourhood: social housing, worn apartment buildings, modest townhomes. I parked at the plain, low-rise community centre and followed the handwritten “Tenants Meeting →” signs on the cinder-block walls, carried along by lively chatter that led me to a room full of people. Residents had gathered because they were being evicted from their homes. One hundred and five families were at risk—more than 500 people.

The space was packed: elders, parents, young people, children, able-bodied and disabled alike. Later, I would learn that 93 percent of the community was racialized, with roots in Africa, the Arab world, and Asia. This was the most diverse neighbourhood I had ever visited in the city, and its residents were being displaced by Timbercreek—a financial firm dressed up as a landlord, with close to $12 billion under management.

I agree Canada’s rental property market is being exploited, but the Walrus is so left it ruins an important story by crying Capitalist racism at every turn rather than speak to real causes like the LPC’s exploitation of immigration policy.

by Blazingcatfur•September 21, 2026September 21, 2026•0•"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", "Mass Immigration - Follow the money"

The Next Frontier for Autonomous Vehicles Is Burying Your Garbage

Inside a cool, dimly lighted trailer where the quiet is broken mostly by the crackle of radio traffic, Abrin Vasquez drives a 40-ton bulldozer hundreds of yards away.

Vasquez is remotely piloting a Caterpillar dozer spreading trash across the Marana Regional Landfill near Tucson, Ariz. He used to be out in the heat running the machine from the cab, a potentially dangerous job in the landfill’s rough, trash-filled terrain. Now, he is safely away from that in the control trailer, doing the same job from a virtual cab.

“It was challenging at first, but it’s just a matter of getting used to it,” said Vasquez, 25. He spent two years operating the dozer in the landfill, where treading uneven ground can be physically punishing work. “I don’t feel the bumps now,” he said.

by Blazingcatfur•September 21, 2026September 20, 2026•0•"AI - Artificial Intelligence"

Parliament returns with a big agenda and a fight brewing between Carney and labour unions

OTTAWA – Parliament is set to return after a three-month long summer break on Monday and the Liberal government’s agenda will be jammed packed this fall.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is running high in the polls, and his government maintains a majority of seats in the House of Commons, which gives the Liberal leader ample room to implement his policies.

Canada is no longer a democratic country and only a a fool believes it is. https://t.co/pBoW7aE2KC

— Mr. Bill K. 🇨🇦🏴🇺🇲 (@KieserBill) September 20, 2026

by Blazingcatfur•September 21, 2026September 21, 2026•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

European spy chiefs warn Moscow is planning more decisive action against Nato

European intelligence officials have raised the possibility of an imminent Russian test of Nato, with one saying a potential attack could come in a matter of “months, not years”.

The warnings come after Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, told parliament that intelligence assessments suggested Russia might launch an attack with drones or missiles on Nato territory in the coming months, as part of efforts to prove that “article 5 is more theoretical than practical”.

by Blazingcatfur•September 21, 2026September 21, 2026•0•NATO, Russia

Taxpayer watchdog tells Ottawa to slash debt, spending as MPs return

OTTAWA — Time to put away the chequebook and pick up a pair of scissors.

That’s the message the Canadian Taxpayers Federation has for Parliamentarians returning to Ottawa on Monday, as the House of Commons begins its fall session.

by Blazingcatfur•September 21, 2026September 21, 2026•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

The Gospel according to Popeye?

Toyota in the spotlight over “blasphemous” SUV advert in South Africa

Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) has come under fire over the wording used in an online banner used to promote its new Land Cruiser FJ.

According to the Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB), a consumer filed a formal complaint against the manufacturer over an advertisement used for its new SUV.

The complainant took issue with the text used in the banner image displayed on TSAM’s website page for the Land Cruiser FJ, which reads “I Am What I Am.”

by Blazingcatfur•September 21, 2026September 21, 2026•0•WTF?

How COVID-era ‘freedom’ politics still shape — and challenge — Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives

OTTAWA — Earlier this month, with MPs still on summer break, a group of Canadians with a deep distrust of the federal government descended on a parliamentary committee room to tell politicians they felt lied to.

The men and women from across the country came to Conservative MP Dean Allison’s event about COVID-19 vaccines, the injuries and deaths they believe were caused by them, and the vaccine injury support program, which the government recently took back from the private contractor overseeing it.

The Star hates you as it hates freedom.

by Blazingcatfur•September 21, 2026September 21, 2026•0•WTF?

White House TV pool announces boycott in solidarity with banned outlets

Major television networks in the White House TV press pool have said they will boycott covering President Donald Trump to stand in solidarity with CNN after the president banned the outlet on Friday.

In a joint statement on Monday, ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox News said that they will not provide coverage of Trump after he banned CNN from the White House. The president also revoked credentials from MS Now and Politico journalists.

by Blazingcatfur•September 21, 2026September 21, 2026•0•USA

LILLEY: While the world burns, the UN looks away

The world woke up Sunday morning to intensified fighting between Ukraine and Russia, North Korea firing ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan and the real possibility of war between the U.S. and Iran resuming.

by Blazingcatfur•September 21, 2026September 21, 2026•0•United Nations

Belleville shooter identified

Investigators have identified the wounded suspect in the shooting incident that unfolded near a Belleville, Ont., synagogue Sunday night, and the local police officer who was also wounded.

The suspect has been named as Sean Ward, 29, of neighbouring Quinte West. The officer, who remains in hospital in critical but stable condition, is Const. Jeff Smith.

No confirmation of motive.

by Blazingcatfur•September 21, 2026September 21, 2026•0•WTF?

Is this how the world ends? Extinction scenarios are taking over the AI debate.

At a beachfront resort in San Juan, Puerto Rico, SpaceX founder Elon Musk joined a three-hour discussion on humanity’s dire fate if artificial intelligence started to rapidly improve.

The afternoon panel was part of a private conference hosted in early 2015 by the Future of Life Institute, a new nonprofit whose founders — mostly outsiders to AI — believed the nascent technology would grow so powerful it could render humans extinct.

China isn’t going to slow down development, that’s something only a Carney would pretend to believe.

Pure Gold and how I feel – watch to end of this super short clip! #AInonsense 😄 pic.twitter.com/JOLftNkFMw

— Ivor Cummins (@FatEmperor) September 21, 2026

by Blazingcatfur•September 21, 2026September 21, 2026•0•"AI - Artificial Intelligence"

Your tax dollars at work … Ontario school board teaches race hatred

this is one of the cult-indoctrination slides contained in an all-staff Sept. 14 meeting for teachers at a York Region District elementary school. pic.twitter.com/ASwHmajXEm

— Jonathan Kay (@jonkay) September 17, 2026

Ontario teachers told they serve white supremacist system that must be destroyed

Ford should be turfed if he refuses to have those responsible for this vile race hate fired.

by Blazingcatfur•September 21, 2026September 21, 2026•0•"Anti-White Racism", "Critical Race Theory" Crackpot Communism, "DEI - Diversity Equity Inclusion", WTF?