We’ve been giving regular updates on the progress of Trump’s deportation plan, and numbers are already promising. Hundreds of illegal immigrant criminals have been arrested, and the White House reports they are being flown out of the country.
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Pro-Hamas Foreign Students Are About to Be Deported
Within moments of returning to the Oval Office on Monday, President Donald Trump got to work signing a flurry of executive orders. One of them is focused on “protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and other national security and public safety threats.”
h/t DS
‘Canada is not for sale’ hat offers tough lesson in domestic manufacturing
TORONTO — The weeks since Liam Mooney and Emma Cochrane dreamt up a viral hat meant to fend off any notion that Canada will be taken over by the U.S. has been more of a crash course in manufacturing than in politics.
The pair of Ottawa-based marketers behind the “Canada is not for sale” hats made famous by Ontario Premier Doug Ford last week say they’ve realized how difficult it is to produce a ball cap fully made in Canada.
“Imagine you’re a snake and you’re trying to consume a giant bowling ball. That’s what we’ve been experiencing here,” said Mooney, co-founder of business consultancy Jackpine Dynamic Branding.
The hit that Canada’s garment industry took was called “Free Trade”.
Perhaps an economic union with the U.S. is not a bad idea after all
Canadians younger than 55 do not have a deep emotional attachment to Canada, according to an Angus Reid survey, and their attachment is conditional on the country providing a good standard of living. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (and Jean Chrétien before him) were maybe right to characterize Canada as a postnational state. Canadians may thus be willing to integrate with the U.S., as President Donald Trump has repeatedly mused, if they become convinced it would raise their quality of life.
Trump Orders ‘Full and Complete’ Release of JFK, RFK, and Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Files
President Trump is following through on his pledge of a “full” release of documents related to the assassinations of President Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
On Thursday, Mr. Trump signed an executive order directing the release of the documents.
“That’s a big one, huh?” the president said. “A lot of people have been waiting for this for years — for decades. And everything will be revealed.”
I bet Kathy Shaidle would have enjoyed this. @fancypants_s https://t.co/POPiZ8Nqis
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) January 23, 2025
No, Women Should Not Be in Combat
One of the outstanding moments from Pete Hegseth’s self-defense against the Democrat Party Deep State (DPDS) was his assertion that women are not suited for combat roles.
This writer has the luxury of being the only male civilian in a large military family (including both “Mom’s side” and “Dad’s side”), then marrying into another large military family. Our reunions are at a small-town American Legion Hall, because we pretty much own the place. Large, scary-looking hardware from World War II and Korea is parked out front.
Mexico erects tent city on US border in preparation for mass deportations
Mexico’s government is reportedly preparing for President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts by erecting tent cities along the southern border to house those who are removed from the United States.
Trump tells World Economic Forum U.S. doesn’t need Canadian oil, gas, autos or lumber
U.S. President Donald Trump says his country does not need to import Canadian oil, gas, autos or lumber.
“We’re going to be demanding respect from other nations … Canada has been very tough to deal with over the years,” he told the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, appearing via video conference before an audience of the world’s most powerful business and political leaders.
Canada bracing for possible influx of asylum claimants after Trump immigration orders
Canadian refugee advocates, federal government departments and immigration lawyers are bracing for a potential influx of asylum claimants following U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive orders this week.
But as they prepare, they all say they have no idea what exactly to expect.
“With Trump, crystal balls are hard to keep clear,” said Gabriela Ramo, past chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s immigration section.
Roxham Road 2.0 comin up.
Incompatible culture warns about President Trump’s “Muslim ban”
Rights groups warn Trump executive order would restore Muslim ‘travel ban’
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) – U.S. civil rights groups are warning that an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Monday lays the groundwork for reinstatement of a ban on travelers from predominantly Muslim or Arab countries.
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) said the new order relied on the same statutory authority used to justify Trump’s 2017 travel ban and offered even “wider latitude to use ideological exclusion to deny visa requests and remove individuals” who had already entered the country. It unveiled a new 24-hour hotline (844-232-9955) to help those affected.
ICE arrests irate Haitian gang member, murder and rape suspects in Boston: ‘F–k Trump, Biden forever!’
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers hit the ground running this week, arresting multiple violent offenders in sanctuary cities, including a hostile Haitian gang member with a lengthy rap sheet who said he “ain’t going back to Haiti” and raged “F–k Trump, Biden forever!”
ICE officers in Boston made eight noteworthy arrests, including multiple MS-13 gang members, murder and rape suspects and the Haitian gang member, with 18 recent convictions, according to Fox News, who rode along with ICE for the arrests.
Holy Smokes: Bill Melugin is embedded with ICE in Boston as they detain violent illegals.
One of those threats is this illegal alien from Haiti:
“I'm not going back to Haiti! — So you feel me? Yo Biden forever, bro. Thank Obama for everything that he did for me, bro!"
ICE… pic.twitter.com/hCQFpivHQs
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) January 23, 2025
Bell: Danielle Smith calls their bluff, gets support from Team Canada
Boy, it is a good thing Alberta Premier Danielle Smith didn’t listen to the self-styled smart set.
It is a good thing Smith stood her ground and ignored the voices telling her to sign on to Team Canada and forget about standing up for Alberta and the oilpatch.
You want some good news.
Canadian military ready to deploy at border if needed: top soldier
Canada’s top soldier says the military is prepared to deploy helicopters or surveillance equipment to help secure the border with the United States if asked.
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened 25-per-cent tariffs on goods from Canada as early as Feb. 1 over his concerns the country has failed to stem illegal migration and fentanyl smuggling into American territory.
Does China ‘operate’ Panama Canal, as Trump says?
During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump doubled down on his assertion that China runs the Panama Canal.
“China is operating the Panama Canal and we didn’t give it to China. We gave it to Panama and we’re taking it back,” he said.
The 51-mile (82km) Panama Canal cuts across the Central American nation and is the main link between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
The ChiComs do influence operations despite what the Beebs China squish says.
The US is right to be concerned about China’s influence over the Panama Canal
Trump targets Canada’s digital services tax with America First trade policy
One of U.S. President Donald Trump’s freshly signed executive orders puts the Liberal government’s digital services tax into the sights of America’s Commerce, Treasury and Trade departments, threatening to further irritate the trade relationship between the two countries.
The America First Trade Policy, signed into force by Trump Monday evening, seeks to ensure America’s trading relationships bring maximum benefit to “American workers, manufacturers, farmers, ranchers, entrepreneurs and businesses.”
It directs his secretaries of the Treasury and Commerce departments as well as the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to investigate whether foreign countries are subjecting U.S. “citizens or corporations to discriminatory or extraterritorial taxes.”