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Bishop Says Catholic Teaching Does Not Support ‘Open Border Policy’

Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington signaled Friday that Catholic teachings support President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement.

Pope Francis and several bishops have previously taken stances against the president, calling Trump’s mass deportation plans a “disgrace” and stating that Catholic teaching requires countries to be open to migrants. Burbidge stated that although Catholics should affirm the dignity of migrants, nations also have a duty to uphold the rule of law and common good for its citizens.

by Blazingcatfur•February 1, 2025February 1, 2025•0•Camp Of The Saints, Catholic Church, USA

President Trump Signs Sweeping School Choice Executive Order

President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order on Wednesday backing school choice and empowering parents in education.

The order states that it is the policy of the Trump administration to “support parents in choosing and directing the upbringing and education of their children,” and it directs the Department of Education to prioritize school choice programs through discretionary grants.

Sadly most Canadian children will have to attend schools run by perverted communists.

h/t DS

by Blazingcatfur•February 1, 2025February 1, 2025•0•Education, USA

Pentagon Scraps Biden-Era Policy Subsidizing Travel Expenses For Employee Abortions

In a major win for America’s unborn, the Trump Defense Department officially revoked a Biden-era policy that authorized the use of taxpayer money to subsidize agency employees’ abortion-related travel expenses.

In a memo issued Wednesday, Defense Travel Management Office Deputy Director Sarah Moore notified the Pentagon’s Military Advisory Panel that the Biden administration’s policy of effectively using public funds to reimburse service members who traveled to states with pro-abortion laws to terminate their pregnancy is no longer in effect. The directive — which took effect Tuesday — was issued in compliance with President Trump’s executive order reaffirming the Hyde Amendment and “similar laws that prevent Federal funding of elective abortion.”

by Blazingcatfur•February 1, 2025January 31, 2025•0•USA, WTF?

Catholic Organizations and Open Borders

Last week Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington received backlash when she injected politics into her sermon during a prayer meeting with President Trump, Vice President Vance, and their respective families in attendance.

The bishop urged President Trump to be merciful towards gay, lesbian, and transgender children and illegal aliens. Many were outraged by her casual mention of transgender children as if their condition was a natural phenomenon.

by Blazingcatfur•February 1, 2025January 31, 2025•0•Camp Of The Saints, Catholic Church, USA

COOPER: Canada has been no friend to the United States

The front page of the Wednesday National Post featured a long essay by Jordan Peterson on what lousy friends Canadians have been to the Americans. Regular readers of the Western Standard will find little in the substance of his remarks that is new. His Laurentian readers will be shocked.

by Blazingcatfur•January 31, 2025January 31, 2025•0•Canada, USA

Trump’s Latest Order to Federal Workers Will Surely Trigger Libs

President Donald J. Trump issued a new directive to federal workers, which shows the man is serious about reducing the federal workforce by that 10 percent figure. He ordered federal workers to nix their pronoun games from their emails. No more of this he/she/ze/they nonsense. Trump already caused an uproar among this coddled workforce when he ordered them back to office work. He offered them a lofty severance package of 7-9 months pay if they wished to quit, though they must decide next week.

by Blazingcatfur•January 31, 2025January 31, 2025•0•President Trump, USA

Canada Can’t Afford to Play Trade Chicken With the US

Canada and the United States share one of the world’s most extensive and intertwined trading relationships. In 2022, bilateral trade in goods and services exceeded $900 billion annually. Canada exported 75 percent of its goods to the United States. Beyond trade, bilateral investment is immense, with over $1 trillion in two-way direct investment (All amounts in Canadian dollars).

by Blazingcatfur•January 31, 2025January 31, 2025•0•Canada, USA

Briefings to Liberal Government on Chinese Infiltration of Vancouver Port and Canada’s Opioid Scourge Ignored

OTTAWA, Canada – As President Donald Trump readies sweeping tariffs against Canada on Saturday—citing Ottawa’s failure to secure its shared North American borders from fentanyl originating in China—The Bureau has obtained a remarkable December 1999 document from a senior law enforcement official, revealing Ottawa’s longstanding negligence in securing Vancouver’s port against drug trafficking linked to Chinese shipping entities.

Canada’s China Class at work.

h/t XC

by Blazingcatfur•January 31, 2025January 31, 2025•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Crime, USA

Donald Trump is driving a wedge between Canada and the United States. Could we join the EU?

Canada is on the other end of the Atlantic — but that still might not stop it from becoming the 28th member state of the European Union, some experts believe.

As U.S. President Donald Trump‘s talk of tariffs and annexation continues to sour U.S.-Canada relations, some — including, reportedly, Germany’s former foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel — have floated the idea of Canada joining the EU.

by Blazingcatfur•January 31, 2025January 31, 2025•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

Booze, oil and orange juice: How Canada could fight Trump tariffs

Canada has been weighing its options in response to a threat of tariffs from US President Donald Trump.

Trump has said he could levy a 25% tariff on Canadian imports as soon as Saturday.

Tariffs are a central part of the economic vision of the returning US president. He sees them as a way of growing the US economy, protecting jobs and raising tax revenue.

Economists suggest that such a move could have devastating immediate impacts on Canada’s economy – while also leading to higher prices for Americans.

by Blazingcatfur•January 31, 2025January 31, 2025•0•Canada, USA, WTF?

Trump’s press secretary says report of March 1 tariffs ‘false’; Canadian source says no word

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says reporting indicating U.S. President Donald Trump intends to delay imposing tariffs on Canada until March 1 is “false.”

“I was just with the president in the Oval Office, and I can confirm that tomorrow, the Feb. 1 deadline that President Trump put into place… continues,” she said.

“The president will be implementing tomorrow a 25 per cent tariff on Mexico, 25 per cent tariffs on Canada, and a 10 per cent tariff on China for the illegal fentanyl that they have sourced and allowed to distribute into our country which has killed tens of millions of Americans. These are promises made and promises kept by the president.”

by Blazingcatfur•January 31, 2025January 31, 2025•0•Canada, USA

Diversity Is Our Drug Dealer’s Strength …

“Neither & are saying what the drug-border conflict is about out loud, so I guess I’ll do it.

This is about ’s trucking industry & Ontario’s truck driving schools that popped up overnight.”

You have to wonder how many palms are being greased.

h/t XC

by Blazingcatfur•January 31, 2025January 31, 2025•0•Canada, Crime, USA, WTF?

Trump Aides Hunt for 11th-Hour Deal to Dial Back Canada-Mexico Tariffs

President Trump’s advisers are considering several offramps to avoid enacting the universal tariffs on Mexico and Canada that he had pledged, according to people familiar with the matter, even as he reiterated Thursday that the tariffs are coming.

The situation is fluid and Trump still may go through with his vow to slap 25%, across-the-board levies on imports from America’s two largest trading partners. The president has consistently said he would do so by Saturday.

But amid ongoing negotiations with Canada and Mexico, the administration appears undecided on whether to impose tariffs on all imports from those countries, the people familiar with the matter said, adding that administration officials are preparing to opt for more targeted measures instead.

Trump announces he is going ahead with placing 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico.

In response, Canada plans pandemic-scale relief program to plunge the country further into debt and push it to the brink of default.

Buckle up! pic.twitter.com/0BEsBK2bvf

— Pasquale Sasso (@PasqualeSasso) January 30, 2025

by Blazingcatfur•January 31, 2025January 30, 2025•0•Canada, Mexico, USA

A message from the Americans: Quite frankly Canada, we don’t give a damn

There’s long been an assumption, for about a century anyway, that as a nice neighbour, ally and friend, Canada has had a special relationship with the United States.

You can go through the speeches of almost every American president and find testimony to that. We’ve had lots of quarrels but we’ve remained America’s closest companion. The two countries, as Pierre Trudeau once put it, set the standard for enlightened international relations.

Not now.