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Donald Trump says he is ‘not happy’ with Keir Starmer for refusing to join the war on Iran saying UK should ‘enthusiastically’ help US clear Strait of Hormuz

Donald Trump today said he was ‘not happy’ with Britain and ‘very surprised’ over its response to the Iran war as he launched a fresh attack on Keir Starmer.

In his latest broadside, the US President said the UK ‘should be involved enthusiastically’ with helping American forces reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Tehran is blockading the vital sea passage out of the Persian Gulf, stemming the flow of oil and gas from the Middle East and pushing up energy prices across the globe.

End of NATO?

More … Trump upset as key U.S. partners shun call for Hormuz warship escorts

More Again … ‘This Is Not Our War’: Europe and U.K. Push Back Against Trump’s Demands

h/t patthedog

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUK, USA

The Fall of Britain — and the Warning for America

Britain’s retreat from its history and identity offers a cautionary tale for an America approaching its 250th birthday.

For reasons too dull to disclose, I didn’t become an American citizen till age 26, 20 years after arriving in the U.S. from Cuba. I had to drive from Washington to Baltimore with a good friend, Tom, who would testify that I was worthy of the honor. The two of us sat outside the immigration office waiting for Tom to be called in first. I was already a rock-solid conservative by then, more so than my buddy, and we got into a deep political argument. When the immigration officer popped her head out and called for Tom, he looked at me and said, “I don’t know now.” Of course he endorsed me. But that’s how challenging it was back then to become a U.S. citizen. Today, you probably don’t even have to speak English.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUK, USA

More Mexicans were deported annually under Biden than by Trump

MEXICO CITY — The Trump administration has launched an unprecedented immigration enforcement operation across the U.S. to deport people there illegally, but data compiled by a Mexican investigative outlet show that deportations of Mexicans were lower last year than in each of the previous four years.

Under the Biden administration, deportations of Mexicans per year reached nearly 300,000. Since President Trump returned to the White House last January, the U.S. has deported a little over 144,000 Mexicans to their homeland by the end of 2025, according to Mexican government data.

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

The Iran war has divided Europe and shattered the Atlantic alliance

The war against Iran unleashed by the United States and Israel two weeks ago brings to the boil the clash of civilisations that has been simmering since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

Despite the efforts of the mullahs to incite the entire Muslim world against the West, that conflict has so far been largely contained. Iran’s sporadic drone and missile strikes on the Gulf states, Saudi Arabia and Jordan have failed to provoke these states to distance themselves from the US, while the “Arab street” has remained quiescent.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"US Israel Iran War", Europe, European Union, USA

Here’s How the Policies of the Radical Left Set an Islamic Terrorist Loose on Virginia

Virginia’s former Republican attorney general, Jason Miyares, posted to social media revealing that a policy from the state’s former Democrat governor Ralph Northam prevented Old Dominion University from learning about the criminal background of the Islamic terrorist Mohamed Bailor Jalloh.

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

Tactical Tourism: How Young Extremists Acquire Skills Abroad

Ibrahim Kayumi and Emir Balat – Muslim Terrorists

When Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, and Emir Balat, 18, were arrested outside New York’s Gracie Mansion carrying improvised explosive devices, the immediate headlines focused on the plot itself. But the more revealing detail may lie in their travel history.

Federal investigators are examining Balat’s extended stay in Istanbul, along with his return from Turkey earlier this year. They are also reviewing Kayumi’s travel to Istanbul and Saudi Arabia in the months preceding the incident. Istanbul in particular has long appeared in Western counterterrorism investigations as a logistical crossroads for individuals moving between Europe, the Middle East, and militant environments beyond.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, USA

Trump’s Iran War Ending Xi Jinping’s ‘China Dream’

American and Israeli strikes have severely degraded Iran’s ability to wage war.

Perhaps more important, they are finishing off Xi Jinping’s most cherished narrative of the “China Dream” of national rejuvenation and dominance. In Beijing these days, just about everyone knows China’s arrogant leader was wrong about the long-term direction of the United States.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", "US Israel Iran War", USA

Pentagon tightens control of Stars and Stripes after blasting it as ‘woke’

The Defense Department outlined a sweeping “modernization” effort for Stars and Stripes, the independent military newspaper, according to an internal memo reviewed by The Washington Post, following up on a promise made in January to overhaul the publication and rid it of “woke distractions.”

The memo, sent by Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen A. Feinberg on March 9, says the newspaper “must modernize to remain relevant and viable” in the digital age. It also introduces an “interim policy” governing the newspaper effective immediately that Feinberg says replaces previous Pentagon instructions. That policy restricts the use of wire services and says that content in the paper, known as Stripes, must be consistent with “good order and discipline,” a phrase used in military justice.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Peak Woke", USA

Top US allies are turning toward China instead. Blame Trump.

The 21st century is more likely to belong to Beijing than to Washington — at least that’s the view from four key U.S. allies.

Swaths of the public in Canada, Germany, France and the U.K. have soured on the U.S., driven by President Donald Trump’s foreign policy decisions, according to recent results from The POLITICO Poll.

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

Israel claims brother of Michigan synagogue attacker was Hezbollah commander

Israel’s military claimed on Sunday that the brother of the recent Michigan synagogue attacker was a Hezbollah commander responsible for managing weapons in a unit that has launched “hundreds of rockets toward Israeli civilians”.

In a statement posted on X, the IDF claimed that Ibrahim Mohamad Ghazali – brother of Ayman Mohamad Ghazali – was a Hezbollah commander within a specialized branch of the Badr unit.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

American Socialists To Join New Cuba Aid Flotilla Despite Hints of Negotiations Aimed at Ousting Communist Leadership

As President Trump tightens the screws on Cuba’s Communist government, its leadership is winning support from Democratic Socialists in America, who are sending an entourage down to the island nation next week to show solidarity with Cuba’s dictatorial regime. The Democratic Socialists of America announced that 20 DSA members will join an international group of humanitarians, the so-called Nuestra América Convoy, which says it is delivering critical aid to Cuba amid an economic and energy crisis caused by America’s blockade of fuel, flights, and other essential supplies.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCuba, USA

I’m a Muslim woman who escaped Islamic radicals in Iraq. Now I see an even more terrifying threat growing in America

When news broke Thursday of the synagogue attack in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, the pattern felt grimly familiar: Another Jewish house of worship, another act of violence.

As I watched the media reports and anxiously waited for casualty numbers, it was clear that despite the different time and different place, the fundamentalist ideology that I grew up with in the Middle East has now taken hold in Middle America.

Antisemitism is rising across the West, with hatred that once lingered along the margins now appearing openly. Jewish communities feel its impact daily, from increased security at synagogues to harassment on college campuses and families hesitating to display their Jewish identity in public.

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

‘A Lot of Life Years Lost’: How NAFTA Shortened American Life Spans

A study tracks how the North American Free Trade Agreement and trade competition with Mexico led to earlier deaths for American factory workers.

The North American Free Trade Agreement, the deal that began integrating the Mexican economy with the United States and Canada in the 1990s, has been a politically charged topic for decades.

Centrist Democrats and Republicans supported the agreement as a way to strengthen the North American economy. But its legacy has been mixed. In some parts of the United States, the agreement shuttered factories and put people out of work as companies moved production to Mexico, where labor was cheaper. President Trump won over unions and other workers as a candidate by labeling NAFTA the “worst agreement ever” and promising to improve or scrap it.

A new paper adds to the understanding of NAFTA’s costs. In it, economists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Chicago found that American workers in communities that were more exposed to competition from Mexican imports saw a significant shortening of their life spans after the trade deal went into effect in 1994.

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

China Owns Canada’s Only Antimony Mine And Shuttered It In Critical Minerals Power Play

In the rugged interior of Newfoundland, an hour’s drive west from the Canadian Forces Base in Gander, sits a dormant mine with profound implications for the nation’s security and prosperity. Beaver Brook could be the largest North American producer of antimony — a critical mineral threaded through the entire spectrum of modern military hardware, from small arms and artillery shells to advanced missile seekers and night-vision goggles.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - China's 24th Province", "Canadian Sovereignty", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA