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Canadian support for Donald Trump higher than in last U.S. presidential election, poll finds

The majority of Canadians prefer Kamala Harris over Donald Trump in the U.S. election, but support for the former Republican president has increased here, especially among young men, according to a new poll.

The research, conducted by the Environics Institute in Toronto, also found that more Conservative Party voters prefer Mr. Trump than during the last U.S. presidential campaign, in 2020.

You know it’s the right thing to do when Coyne poops himself.

Jesus H Christ:

– 36% of young (18-34) Canadian men would vote for Trump over Harris.
– 44% of Conservatives would.
– 48% of Conservative men (vs 31% who would vote for Harris).

Today. Not in 2016, when they might not have understood fully what he was about. But now, after all… https://t.co/JMpQO7vRSG

— Andrew Coyne (@acoyne) October 14, 2024

by Blazingcatfur•October 14, 2024October 14, 2024•0•Canada, President Trump, USA

How Joe Biden’s fury at being ‘overthrown’ by Kamala Harris now threatens to derail his VP’s campaign

Lingering anger from Joe Biden’s staffers at him dropping out of the race after a relentless campaign from Democrats to oust him has led to tension with Kamala Harris’ campaign team, a bombshell report reveals.

Biden, 81, has appeared to undercut Harris at least four times in recent weeks during the critical final stages of the 2024 race that could be one of the closest in history.

He made a surprise White House briefing room appearance during one of her rallies and praised Ron DeSantis’ response to the hurricanes that devastated his state, while she accused him of playing politics.

by Blazingcatfur•October 14, 2024October 14, 2024•0•Election 2024, USA

Right-wing site Gateway Pundit acknowledges inquiry cleared two Georgia election workers

The Gateway Pundit, a far-right website, published a note from its editor on Saturday acknowledging that two election workers in Georgia did not engage in ballot fraud in 2020, days after the publication settled a lawsuit brought against it for falsely reporting that they had tampered with election results.

by Blazingcatfur•October 13, 2024October 12, 2024•0•USA, WTF?

Americans Are Leaving Liberal States for Stronger Community Ties

For several decades, political and social commentators have noticed a phenomenon, colloquially known as the “Big Sort,” in which individuals and families have reorganized themselves into local communities along political, cultural, and religious lines. This idea first came to prominence with Bill Bishop’s 2008 book, The Big Sort. Since the convulsions of 2020, and especially since the widespread adoption of remote work, this sorting has intensified.

by Blazingcatfur•October 11, 2024October 11, 2024•0•USA

Trump to propose making interest on car loans tax deductible

DETROIT/WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday will propose making all interest on car loans fully tax-deductible and taking steps to prevent Chinese automakers from selling vehicles in the United States, according to excerpts of a speech seen by Reuters ahead of remarks in Detroit.

Trump will say at the Detroit Economic Club he plans to impose new tariffs to prevent Chinese automakers from building cars in Mexico and exporting them to the United States, part of an effort to appeal to autoworkers in the battleground state of Michigan.

Trump also will say he will formally notify Mexico and Canada of his intent to renegotiate a North American free trade deal to address concerns about Chinese vehicles, according to the prepared remarks. Vice President Kamala Harris has also said she plans to invoke the renegotiation provision if elected.

The reaction to this should be fun. h/t Mauser

by Blazingcatfur•October 10, 2024October 10, 2024•0•"China - Communist Slave State", "EV's - Electric Vehicles", Canada, Election 2024, Free Trade, Mexico, USA

Americans deeply resent the ‘bullet fee’ that the left imposes on them

There are many reasons for Americans to remain angry about the terror attacks of 9/11 in New York City, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon. What galls me the most, however, is that the perpetrators used our own planes to kill so many and do such damage. That painful fact adds, as they say, insult to injury.

by Blazingcatfur•October 10, 2024October 9, 2024•0•USA

The 2024 Presidential Election Really Isn’t That Close

Citing conventional wisdom or an “appeal to authority” will reach out and bite you every time. The proverbial “appeal to authority” in an argument only works when the “authority” is credible.

The conventional wisdom that the 2024 presidential race is razor-close is based on polls. Frankly, pollsters themselves are warning us not to trust their work.

“There are a lot of sh***y polls out there,” said John Anzalone, who has done polling work for Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama. And, added Greg Strimple, a Republican pollster, many hardcore Donald Trump voters aren’t responding to polls at all, especially online polls.

by Blazingcatfur•October 9, 2024October 9, 2024•0•Election 2024, USA

Poll: Two-Thirds of Americans Support Deportations for Illegal Migrants

An Ipsos poll says 66 percent of Americans support the deportation of illegal migrants, which is a central promise of President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign.

The September 20-22 poll of 1,29 adults shows that 90 percent of Republicans and 68 percent of independents support the popular policy of “deporting immigrants who are in the country illegally.” The policy is also favored by 47 percent of Democrats.

by Blazingcatfur•October 9, 2024October 9, 2024•0•Camp Of The Saints, USA

Afghan national in US on Special Immigrant Visa accused of plotting ISIS-inspired Election Day terror attack

An Afghan national allowed into the US shortly after the Harris-Biden administration’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan was charged Tuesday with plotting an ISIS-inspired Election Day terror attack.

Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, was living in Oklahoma City on a Special Immigrant Visa as he took steps to stockpile AK-47 rifles and ammunition to carry out an attack on US soil “in the name of ISIS,” according to the Justice Department.

h/t kiki9

by Blazingcatfur•October 9, 2024October 9, 2024•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

Canada has become an immigration irritant for the U.S.

The federal government is finally acknowledging that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has been too lenient in issuing visas, and that our asylum system is being abused.

Last month, Immigration Minister Marc Miller admitted that Ottawa needed to do a “stronger job” of preventing people who had been given visitor visas from taking advantage of our overly generous policies. He had previously acknowledged that the immigration system had gotten “out of control” and he’s called overseas police checks “unreliable.” He has also said it was “alarming” that increasing numbers of international students were claiming asylum to stay in Canada, and he has drawn attention to India, “where we are seeing people exploiting the visa system.” India was already the main source country for both permanent and temporary residents in Canada; it is now also a source of migrants who are “not legitimate asylum claimants,” according to Mr. Miller.

Mass immigration = Vote harvesting

The Liberal Party means you harm.

by Blazingcatfur•October 8, 2024October 8, 2024•0•"Mass Immigration - Follow the money", "Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

Biden to Jews: ‘No’ to Defending against Iran’s Nuclear Weapons

If there is one rule under international law that is unequivocal, it is that a state that has been attacked by another state has the right to defend itself.

“Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations,” states Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.

This is true for every country – except it seems for Israel. When it comes to the world’s only Jewish state, apparently, the rules do not apply.

I feel a little embarrassed when someone implies Biden is in control. I don’t know who is running the US but it certainly isn’t Joe Biden.

by Blazingcatfur•October 7, 2024October 7, 2024•0•"Oct 7 2023", USA

US to give Israel ‘compensation’ if it hits acceptable targets in Iran – report

The US has reportedly offered Israel a “compensation package” if it refrains from attacking certain targets in Iran, according to a report in Kan11 on Sunday.

Amichai Stein told them that he had received reports from US officials that the US had offered Israel a “compensation package” if it refrained from hitting specific targets in Iran.

I don’t think Joe is being consulted.

by Blazingcatfur•October 7, 2024October 6, 2024•0•"Oct 7 2023", USA

The Russians had money. The Canadian had far-right influencers. The U.S. Department of Justice says it has a criminal case

If it were a movie, it might feel a little too cliched: Russia funnelling money through a maze of shell accounts, a ploy to push stories favourable to a foreign power, and a supergroup of telegenic stars of the right wing media-sphere.

At least, that’s if the allegations laid out in an explosive 32-page American indictment are proven true. The claim is this: that a fledgling Tennessee-based media company took $10 million (U.S.) — provided by Russians who they all claimed was a fictional European businessman — in order to recruit a gaggle of high-profile YouTubers and post videos that, at best, inflamed existing American social divides and in some cases pushed untrue version of news events designed to paint the Kremlin in an advantageous light.

by Blazingcatfur•October 7, 2024October 6, 2024•0•"Foreign Interference", Canada, USA

Botched Plea Deals with 9/11 Plotters Get Worse for Biden Administration

By attempting to renege on the deals, the administration may have taken the death penalty off the table for some of the plotters.

The botched plea deal with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other 9/11 terrorists is a signature Biden-Harris administration moment: a scheme, apparently double-wrapped in incompetence, to spare the Democrats’ presidential candidate — first the senescent one, then the vacuous one — from an unpopular political decision.

by Blazingcatfur•October 6, 2024October 5, 2024•0•9/11, USA, WTF?

Hurricane Helene is America’s Chernobyl moment

The tragedy exposes the weakness of the US military

Hurricane Katrina looms large in American cultural consciousness. As one of the defining events during George W. Bush’s second term as president, the scale of the devastation that struck Louisiana — combined with the inadequacy of the relief effort — earned notoriety even outside the United States. Almost 20 years after the levees broke, another storm has swept in an unprecedented catastrophe: the economic and human cost of Hurricane Helene might be even greater than that of Katrina. So why, then, are so few people acting like that is the case?

In Appalachia, one of the poorest regions in the country, the common belief is that the mountains protect the locals from storms. Unfortunately, this is true only up to a point: when a hurricane like Helene hits — bringing once-in-a-thousand-years levels of rainfall — the mountains become a curse rather than a blessing. Helene has brought the mountains down, triggering mudslides and rockfalls that have destroyed entire towns and obliterated almost every road in a vast radius.

by Blazingcatfur•October 6, 2024October 5, 2024•0•"Mother Nature Hates You", USA