And reader context added lol
Trump administration 2024-2028
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PrairieFella
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In other news, for a country that was founded for it's opposition to monarchy...a holiday on the King's Birthday!
daftandbarmy
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Little bit of situating the estimate there, if they aren’t even able to address security challenges identified through objective assessment.
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Looks like DOGE survives a court challenge again.
Judge denies Democrat-led effort to block DOGE access, citing lack of proven harm
A Wasington, D.C.-based federal judge has declined to block billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing government data or firing federal employees.
www.foxnews.com
Judge Chutkan declined to immediately grant a temporary restraining order on an emergency basis, but the case will continue to move forward on an expedited schedule for a decision on its merits. She has signalled some concern with Musk and his role:Looks like DOGE survives a court challenge again.
Judge denies Democrat-led effort to block DOGE access, citing lack of proven harm
A Wasington, D.C.-based federal judge has declined to block billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing government data or firing federal employees.
This will be an interesting one to continue to watch.
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Oh stop it with your context, you!
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It may be time for Americans who believe in democracy & international norms to show it in the street like Georgians have been doing for months now.
… or like how Ukrainians took their country back from oligarchs in 2013/14.
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But who will be the second shooter?
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I love how people are going on about the United States being "undemocratic" when the Canadian system and the current Canadian Govt is way less democratic, by every objective measure 
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I read this manual has been pretty popular lately,
www.france24.com
Trump resistance? A 1940s US sabotage manual goes viral
Since the inauguration of Donald Trump in January, tens of thousands of people have downloaded the “Simple Sabotage Field Manual”, a guide written by a US intelligence agent in 1944 to help the allied…
www.france24.com
daftandbarmy
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I love how people are going on about the United States being "undemocratic" when the Canadian system and the current Canadian Govt is way less democratic, by every objective measure
Agreed... we are being acclimatized to being run by an oligarchy*, probably...
Economist Democracy Index and “Freedom Convoy” challenges Canada to build an inclusive democracy – or slide into American-style problems
Economist Democracy Index and “Freedom Convoy” challenges Canada to build aninclusive democracy – or slide into American-style problems
The Economist Intelligence Unit just released its annual Democracy Index. This year, Canada has fallen from 5th to 12th.
The top five democracies in the world – Norway, New Zealand, Finland, Sweden and Iceland – all use proportional representation (PR).
In fact, eight of the top ten countries use PR.
Commenting on Canada’s fall, the report issues a stark warning that our political problems are looking increasingly like those which have become entrenched in the United States:
“Is Canada becoming more like America?
“The sharp decline in the North America average score in 2021 was driven mainly by a deterioration in Canada… New survey data show a worrying trend of disaffection among Canada’s citizens with traditional democratic institutions and increased levels of support for non-democratic alternatives, such as rule by experts or the military.
Canada’s citizens feel that they have little control over their lives, a sentiment that has been compounded by pandemic-related restrictions on individual freedoms.
Canada’s worsening score raises questions about whether it might begin to suffer from some of the same afflictions as its US neighbour, such as extremely low levels of public trust in political parties and government institutions.”
It’s frighteningly easy to see where this could go. If our politics becomes even more infused with the polarization that has crippled the United States (which also uses a winner-take-all system), even more Canadians will feel shut out and afraid.
We will see a hardening of “us vs them”.
Party war rooms will scramble with greater fervor to push voters into already overstuffed, power-hungry tents, with messages about the urgency of defeating the enemy (your neighbour).
* Oligarchy is a form of government in which power rests with a small number of people. These people may or may not be distinguished by one or several characteristics, such as nobility, fame, wealth, education, or corporate, religious, political, or military control. Oligarchy - Wikipedia
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That Canada has problems does not change the state of democratic backsliding in the US. This is not normal for a democracy.I love how people are going on about the United States being "undemocratic" when the Canadian system and the current Canadian Govt is way less democratic, by every objective measure
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Nothing that dramatic, and may not have to wait long. Betting pool has natural causes between a guy on Gomer Pyle and the doctor on the Love Boat.