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Donald Trump no longer top of mind for many Canadians as worries shift to economy, cost of living, poll finds

Canadians are more worried about the high cost of living and the economy than they are about Donald Trump and his administration, according to the latest Abacus survey, reversing a past trend where the U.S. president was the top concern.

The shift signals a change from the federal election in April when Canadians were more worried about a trade war with the U.S., a factor that helped Prime Minister Mark Carney get elected, explained Abacus chair and CEO David Coletto, because voters believed Carney was better equipped to deal with the American leader.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

Canadians might be surprised at just how low U.S. tariffs on Canada’s exports really are

Economists estimate over 90% of Canadian goods are entering the U.S. tariff free, pushing down the overall rate

The average effective tariff that was being charged on Canadian goods going to the United States was possibly as low as 2.4 per cent to 2.5 per cent, two economic houses suggest.

New reports by Oxford Economics Ltd. and Capital Economics Ltd. suggest the average tariffs being charged on Canadian exports to the U.S. in June were as low as 2.4 per cent and 2.5 per cent, well off a previously forecasted rate from Capital of nine per cent for the month.

This can’t sit well with the Elbow People.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Dearborn Heights’ Arabic Police Patch Snafu Is A Badge Of Surrender

Dearborn Heights, Michigan, Mayor Bill Bazzi announced Friday that the new Arabic police patch was not “official” — but didn’t rule out adopting such a badge of surrender in the future.

A Facebook post from the police department posted earlier this week read: “The Dearborn Heights Police Department [DHPD] is proud to share a new optional patch that our officers may wear as part of their uniform,” according to Fox News.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

Top immigration court rules judges can deny bond to millions of migrants

A Trump administration policy to deny bond hearings to immigrants who entered the country without authorization was upheld by an immigration appellate board Friday, expanding mandatory detention to thousands of people already behind bars and potentially millions more nationwide.

Although the policy is being challenged in federal court, the ruling by the Board of Immigration Appeals is likely to send an immediate chill through immigration courts where judges for decades have released individuals on bond whom they did not deem a flight risk or danger.

Those judges are now bound by the board’s decision. Immigration courts are not part of the judicial branch but fall under the Department of Justice.

The Trump administration understands the destruction mass immigration has caused and are working to fix it.

Canada on the other hand has a ruling class that believes it their right to profit from the harms they inflict on you via open borders.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, USA

Trump Could Ban Iranians from Costco Stores: Report

In a move that underscores the Trump administration’s unusual approach to diplomacy, Iranian delegates to the United Nations may soon need special permission just to fill a shopping cart at Costco or Sam’s Club.

The proposal, detailed in an internal U.S. State Department memo seen by The Associated Press, is part of a broader crackdown on visas and foreign diplomat movement, following the recent denial of entry to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his delegation.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

Mamdani and the Muslim Invasion of New York

Behind Mamdani is the rising Islamic takeover of the city.

In 2023, Mohammed made its appearance on the list of the top 10 most popular names for boys in New York City. Anyone paying attention to this seemingly minor statistic could have predicted the emergence of Zohran Mamdani as the Democrat nominee in the upcoming mayoral election.

Mohammed had appeared as the sixth most common baby among ‘Asians’ in New York City in 2013. By 2017, the name of the genocidal warlord of Islam had become the most common baby name among ‘Asians’ in the city. The rapid growth showed the power of demographics.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

Randall Denley: Premier Ford’s pro-union political theatrics won’t bring more jobs to Ontario

Strong leadership or political theatre? Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s attack Tuesday on international booze corporation Diageo can be seen either way.

The premier was in a fury over the company’s plan to eliminate a Crown Royal whisky bottling plant in Amherstburg, Ont. at the cost of about 200 local jobs, most of them unionized.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart

A group of Navy SEALs emerged from the ink-black ocean on a winter night in early 2019 and crept to a rocky shore in North Korea. They were on a top secret mission so complex and consequential that everything had to go exactly right.

The objective was to plant an electronic device that would let the United States intercept the communications of North Korea’s reclusive leader, Kim Jong-un, amid high-level nuclear talks with President Trump.

The mission had the potential to provide the United States with a stream of valuable intelligence. But it meant putting American commandos on North Korean soil — a move that, if detected, not only could sink negotiations but also could lead to a hostage crisis or an escalating conflict with a nuclear-armed foe.

h/t DS

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inNorth Korea, USA

‘Unemployment rate at its highest since ‘pandemic days’

Canadian economy bled 66,000 jobs in August as unemployment rate at its highest since ‘pandemic days’

Canada’s unemployment rate reached nearly its highest point since 2016 as the economy shed 66,000 jobs in August, according to new data from Statistics Canada.

The unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points in August to 7.1 per cent, a level last seen in May 2016 if the COVID-19 years of 2020 and 2021 were excluded, the data agency said.

The unemployment rate, or the number of people unemployed out of the total population, has been rising consistently this year, up from a 6.6 per cent rate in January.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

Why is Trump renaming the Pentagon? What it says about his ‘warrior ethos’

Returning to the White House this year, President Trump said he wanted to go down in history as a “peacemaker”.

On Friday he was set to announce that the Department of Defense would revert to its original name, the Department of War — an exercise that is expected to cost billions of dollars in signage, stationary and uniform.

The Department of War name was in use from 1789, shortly after the founding of the United States, until the late 1940s, after the Second World War.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

Trump Administration Announces Expansion of Crackdown at Canada’s Border

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday that the Justice Department will expand Joint Task Force (JTF) Alpha to cover the U.S. northern border with Canada and all maritime borders.

“We will receive more resources to prosecute these cases and key figures in cartel, human trafficking and transnational criminals,” Bondi said at a press conference. “We will strengthen our collaboration with foreign law enforcement throughout this world to protect not only their citizens but ours and return these criminals to American soil for prosecution.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

‘Unrestrained’ Chinese Cyberattackers May Have Stolen Data From Almost Every American

Information collected during the yearslong Salt Typhoon attack could allow Beijing’s intelligence services to track targets from the United States and dozens of other countries.

China has hacked into American power grids and companies for decades, stealing sensitive files and intellectual property such as chip designs as it seeks to gain an edge over the United States.

But a sweeping cyberattack by a group known as Salt Typhoon is China’s most ambitious yet, experts and officials have concluded after a year of investigating it. It targeted more than 80 countries and may have stolen information from nearly every American, officials said. They see it as evidence that China’s capabilities rival those of the United States and its allies.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", Cyber War, USA