Trump’s ‘militarized’ immigration enforcement should make Canada reconsider if the U.S. is a safe country, critics argue

Trump’s ‘militarized’ immigration enforcement should make Canada reconsider if the U.S. is a safe country, critics argue

The Trump administration has been accused of widespread human rights violations stemming from its “militarized immigration enforcement” in a new report that critics say Ottawa — and all Canadians — should heed.

Based on field research, Amnesty International USA documented incidents where officials with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection and other federal agencies were alleged to have breached the rights of migrants, bystanders and protesters.


We need Canadian ICE.

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MACLEOD: Fortress America leaves Ottawa behind — Alberta must align directly with Washington

MACLEOD: Fortress America leaves Ottawa behind — Alberta must align directly with Washington

A much larger story is developing around Greenland, Venezuela, Panama, Cuba, and Canada than any one trade dispute or diplomatic quarrel. Taken all together, a definite pattern emerges.

The US appears increasingly determined to protect a North American strategic perimeter built around four interests: secure energy, secure critical minerals, secure transportation routes, and no hostile military or intelligence infrastructure within the continent. In Canada, China is touching on each one.

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Is Abdul El-Sayed America’s next Obama?

Is Abdul El-Sayed America’s next Obama?

Twenty years ago, as America fought in the Middle East, a junior Democratic senator from the Midwest, a forty-something man with a Muslim name, decided he was going to run for president. Against the odds, Barack Hussein Obama of Illinois, who’d dabbled in Marxist academia and whose father was born in Kenya, went on to become the first non-white commander-in-chief.

Two decades on, as America fights another war in the Middle East, an even more unconventional Midwestern Democrat is rapidly advancing. Dr Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, whose father was born in Egypt, is currently the favourite to win his senate race in Michigan in November – even as Republican campaigners spend millions of dollars branding him a terrorist sympathiser.

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The Panama Canal, Venezuela, Greenland: Is Cuba Next?

The Panama Canal, Venezuela, Greenland: Is Cuba Next?

Liberals and the foreign policy establishment scoffed at President Trump when he bluntly announced that he was reviving the Monroe Doctrine to enhance U.S. hemispheric security. In their view, the Monroe Doctrine was an anachronism that belonged to earlier periods of American history. The Obama administration announced in 2013, in Secretary of State John Kerry’s phrase, that “the era of the Monroe Doctrine is over.” Late last year, American Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Michael Rubin called Trump’s revival of the Doctrine “dangerous,” explaining that “globalization moots the Monroe Doctrine.” Ed Kilgore in New York magazine echoed Rubin’s sentiments. Stewart Patrick, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, wrote that Trump’s approach to the Western Hemisphere is “counterproductive to U.S. foreign policy and the global order.” Other “experts” have called it shortsighted, a return of U.S. imperialism, and a gift to China.

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Judge orders Trump White House to restore access to CNN, MS Now and Politico

Judge orders Trump White House to restore access to CNN, MS Now and Politico

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore ⁠White House ⁠access ​to journalists from CNN, MS Now and Politico, ⁠saying his ban on the three media outlets was ⁠likely unconstitutional.

US district judge Tim Kelly issued his order in a lawsuit that the news organizations filed ‌contesting the ban that the president announced ​on 18 September.

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Carney prepared for risk that Trump might order military action against Canada: report

Carney prepared for risk that Trump might order military action against Canada: report

Prime Minister Mark Carney over the past year has prepared for the unlikely risk that President Donald Trump might order military action against Canada, a news report says.

The New York Times, citing an interview with Mr. Carney, said he had described the probability of such action as “extreme tail risk.” It’s a term used in finance and risk management, and refers to a very rare event that would cause enormous damage but is so unlikely that people tend to ignore or underestimate it.”

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At the UN, a tale of two world orders — and the growing divide between Canada and Trump’s America

At the UN, a tale of two world orders — and the growing divide between Canada and Trump’s America

Mark Carney was in the room when two starkly different visions of the world order were laid before the United Nations General Assembly.

One came from the secretary-general of the UN, António Guterres. The other came from Donald Trump.

It was immediately evident, within the span of two hours, which world view would be embraced by Canada’s prime minister. Another day, another milepost in Canada’s increasing distance from Trump’s United States.

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Here’s what Trump’s Greenland deal means for the US

Here’s what Trump’s Greenland deal means for the US

President Trump signed a deal with the leaders of Greenland and Denmark to pave the way for a larger U.S. military presence on the Arctic island and end a monthslong standoff that has soured Washington’s relations with European allies.

The three leaders met Tuesday at a signing ceremony on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The agreement builds on a 1951 treaty between the U.S. and Denmark, but adds provisions including a more significant buy-in from Greenland as a self-governing territory.

Here are the highlights

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Trump ‘no longer working’ in best interest of Americans, ̷T̷r̷u̷d̷e̷a̷u̷ HORSE’S ASS says in U.S. speech

Trump ‘no longer working’ in best interest of Americans,  ̷T̷r̷u̷d̷e̷a̷u̷  HORSE’S ASS says in U.S. speech

OTTAWA — Former prime minister Justin Trudeau said the U.S. is an “extremely unpredictable” partner because President Donald Trump’s administration is “no longer working” in the best interest of Americans.

The former prime minister shared his thoughts on the current Trump administration as part of a question and answer session with Brown University President Christina Paxson in Rhode Island on Tuesday.

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U.S. President Donald Trump says, “Canada is destroying itself by allowing millions and millions of people into the Country.”

U.S. President Donald Trump says, “Canada is destroying itself by allowing millions and millions of people into the Country.”

U.S. President Donald Trump says, “Canada is destroying itself by allowing millions and millions of people into the Country.”

He made the statement on his Truth Social platform Wednesday morning, accusing Canada of allowing people in who are “essentially unchecked and unvetted” and ”causing problems that will soon be too big to handle.”

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Trump says he backs diesel export ban to curb soaring energy costs

Trump says he backs diesel export ban to curb soaring energy costs

Donald Trump on Tuesday said he backed ⁠the idea of a ban on diesel exports, which some US politicians are calling for ⁠as a way ⁠to curb ​the soaring cost of energy.

Diesel prices have rallied in Europe and the US to ⁠record highs as wars in Iran and Ukraine sharply cut exports from some of the biggest producers ⁠such as Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. A gallon of diesel fuel in the US was $6.53 on Tuesday, the highest average on record and over 75% higher than a year ago.

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US to open two new military bases in Greenland

US to open two new military bases in Greenland

The US will open two military bases in Greenland after Donald Trump struck a deal on the security of the island, it has been revealed.

Last week, the US president announced a broad agreement with Denmark after months of threatening to take the semi-autonomous Arctic territory by force.

Details have emerged suggesting that a Cold War-era military base at Narsarsuaq in southern Greenland would be reopened.

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I Can’t Bring Myself to Care About What Happens to Illegal Aliens or Those Who Defend Them

I Can’t Bring Myself to Care About What Happens to Illegal Aliens or Those Who Defend Them

Most people I went to high school with did not go to college. Unless you grew up someplace incredibly wealthy, I bet it’s the same for you. It wasn’t expected of me; it wasn’t even really discussed because the concept was foreign to my family, and I only ended up going full time after a few years of floundering, drinking, and job after job I hated and was miserable doing.

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