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El Chapo cartel kingpin: I’m sorry for flooding US with drugs

A former Mexican cartel kingpin apologised for flooding the US with cocaine and other substances as he pleaded guilty to drug trafficking.

“I recognise the great harm illegal drugs have done to the people in the United States and Mexico,” Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada told a Brooklyn federal court on Monday through an interpreter. “I apologise for all of it, and I take responsibility for my actions.”

Under the leadership of Zambada and Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, prosecutors say the Sinaloa cartel evolved from a regional player into the largest drug trafficking organisation in the world.

He said the magic word! Release him!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA, WTF?

Canada’s Fentanyl Czar Reportedly Told U.S. Officials: ‘I Have No Authority’

WASHINGTON — Ottawa’s newly appointed “fentanyl czar” told U.S. officials in Ottawa he has no authority to influence Canadian federal police or border agencies, according to an official with knowledge of the relevant meetings. For U.S. enforcement experts, the admission underlined what they describe as the emptiness of Justin Trudeau and Mark Carney’s high-profile pledges to crack down on transnational fentanyl production and trafficking by Chinese and Mexican syndicates — and underscored systemic failures in Canada’s response to cartels exploiting the nation’s ports, borders, and infrastructure.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Drugs, USA

How China Influences Elections in America’s Biggest City

The Chinese consulate in Manhattan has mobilized community groups to defeat candidates who don’t fall in line with the authoritarian state.

In New York City, social clubs backed by China undermined a congressional candidate who once challenged the regime on Chinese television.

They helped unseat a state senator for attending a banquet with the president of Taiwan.

And they condemned a City Council candidate on social media for supporting Hong Kong democracy.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", "Foreign Interference", USA

Greg Koabel: National pride Is good. National paranoia is not

We must be wary of turning anti-Americanism into a political program in which everybody loses

In this season of surging Canadian nationalism, it’s worth remembering that defining ourselves in opposition to the United States is both an old reflex and a risky one. While understandable, even necessary in certain contexts, excessive anti-Americanism has sometimes led Canada and Canadians down dangerous, counterproductive paths. No case illustrates this better than that of George Taylor Denison III, a man who let hostility to the United States overtake his judgment, his patriotism, and ultimately, his future.

Pre-Existing Knee-Jerk Anti-Americanism combined with TDS won an election. One our leftist government owned media was only too eager to promote.

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

Trump says imports of wood products may pose national security threat to U.S. — raising fears in B.C.

B.C.’s forestry sector is awaiting the results of a U.S. Commerce Department investigation into the imports of wood products, which could impose further tariffs on the beleaguered industry.

It comes months after U.S. President Donald Trump launched a Section 232 investigation into whether importing timber, lumber and derivative products could pose a national security threat to the U.S.

The prospect of further tariffs on B.C.’s softwood lumber industry in particular — which is already dealing with a high 35 per cent duty imposed by the U.S. — could mean even more mill closures and job losses, experts say.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Immigrant Population in U.S. Drops for the First Time in Decades

For the first time in decades, more immigrants are leaving the United States than arriving, a new study finds, an early indication that President Trump’s hard-line immigration agenda is leading people to depart — whether through deportation or by choice.

An analysis of new census data released on Thursday by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center found that between January and June, the foreign-born population in the United States — both lawful and unlawful residents — declined by nearly 1.5 million. In June, the country was home to 51.9 million immigrants, down from 53.3 million six months earlier.

That’s bad for the folks who love cheap foreign labour.

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

Trump takes aim at cashless bail in series of executive orders

President Donald Trump on Monday signed a series of executive orders aimed at eliminating cashless bail in D.C. and throughout the country as part of his efforts to crack down on crime.

“We’re ending it, but we’re starting by ending it in D.C., and that we have the right to do by federalization,” Trump said during a press conference in the Oval Office.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime, USA

Canadian buyers are fleeing U.S. hotspots, leaving Sunbelt realtors reeling

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Residents in Gold Canyon, Arizona, enjoy stunning views of desert landscapes and panoramic vistas — especially the majestic Superstition Mountains — which is why it’s a highly sought-after area for vacation homes.

In the past, it has been a prime target for Canadians seeking warm retirement or seasonal homes, but not anymore.

Why?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Florida Cops Turn Traffic Stops Into Deportations

LAKE WORTH, Fla.—Master Sgt. Tony Kingery of the Florida Highway Patrol was driving through a commercial district one recent morning looking for immigrants in the U.S. illegally when he spotted a white van missing its front bumper. He tailed the vehicle, flashed his lights and pulled it over.

Kingery told the driver about the bumper and a broken taillight and asked for his driver’s license. The driver, who was Hispanic, didn’t speak English. He handed over a Guatemalan consular identification card.

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

Do you think prices will go down?

With retaliatory tariffs removed, a look at items that will be cheaper for Canadians

A new chapter in the trade dispute with the United States opened this week when Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that retaliatory tariffs on some U.S. exports included in the existing Canada-U.S. trade deal would be rescinded.

“I think this is a positive step because we had the U.S. ambassador last week saying this was a major impediment to making any progress … that Canada had retaliatory tariffs on some goods that were actually covered under the existing trade agreement,” financial analyst Michael Campbell told Global News.

Maybe a little but not much.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

France summons US envoy over antisemitism claims

France says it will summon the US ambassador to Paris, Charles Kushner, over what it says are unacceptable allegations of failing to tackle a surge in antisemitism.

Kushner, who is Jewish and whose son is married to US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka, made the comments in an open letter to French President Emmanuel Macron in the Wall Street Journal.

Echoing Israel’s criticism of France days earlier, Kushner said there had been an explosion of hatred towards Jews in France since the war in Gaza began.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAnti-Semitism, France, USA

Inside sorority rush, the blood sport making college girls millionaires

Kylan Darnell can’t walk out of her sorority house without being stopped by fans. She can’t actually walk out of any house without it happening.

Darnell, 21, is the standard bearer for a lucrative new kind of fame. She is a third-year student at the University of Alabama, a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority and the “Queen of RushTok”, the frenzied corner of TikTok which charts the trials of aspiring sorority girls during their August recruitment, or “rush week” and the campus lives that they go on to lead.

“I love my sorority,” said Darnell. “I’ve definitely met my bridesmaids. And it’s also given me a career.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA, WTF?

How Much Violence and Mayhem in Cities Are Dems Willing to Accept?

Brandon Johnson – Loves Looting

Put aside the political rhetoric coming from Democrats in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles about “authoritarian rule,” “abuse of power,” or “presidential overreach.” What upsets the Democrats far more than their hysterical hyperbole would suggest is that the deployment of National Guard troops and federalizing law enforcement exposes the utter and abject failure of the governments in large American cities to fulfill their basic function of protecting their citizens.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA