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March 27, 2025

DU in support of Canada

March 27, 2025

The United Auto Workers union endorses TSF's 25% tariffs on imported cars and parts.

A major step in the right direction

“The UAW and the working class in general couldn’t care less about party politics; working people expect leaders to work together to deliver results. The UAW has been clear: we will work with any politician, regardless of party, who is willing to reverse decades of working-class people going backwards in the most profitable times in our nation’s history,” UAW President Shawn Fain said in a statement on Wednesday.

“These tariffs are a major step in the right direction for autoworkers and blue-collar communities across the country, and it is now on the automakers, from the Big Three to Volkswagen and beyond, to bring back good union jobs to the U.S.,” Fain added.

https://thehill.com/policy/international/5216751-canadian-pm-mark-carney-trump-new-auto-tariffs-direct-attack/
March 26, 2025

Squirrel: Trump to announce auto tariffs amid scrutiny over Signal leak

Donald Trump will hold a press conference to announce tariffs on the auto industry today at 4pm, according to the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

Wednesday’s press conference will be in the Oval Office.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/mar/26/donald-trump-signal-white-house-security-leak-jeffrey-goldberg-tulsi-gabbard-kash-patel-john-ratcliffe-us-politics-latest-news?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-67e439a08f084978da0324ac#block-67e439a08f084978da0324ac
March 26, 2025

Joe Rogan says he will 'never' return to Canada and 'prefers Russia'

Podcaster Joe Rogan has stunned his fans after announcing he would “rather go to Russia” than ever return to Canada.

The 57-year-old confirmed in a recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience that he would not be attending the UFC 315 event, due to be held in Montreal, Canada, on 11 May, because he does “not go there anymore”.

“I won’t be there,” Rogan said during his UFC London Fight Companion podcast on Saturday. “I don’t go to Canada anymore. I don’t. I’d rather go to Russia.”

While some claim this is simply because he does not enjoy travelling to overseas UFC events anymore and was also absent from UFC 297 which took place in Toronto in January 2024, others cite his support of Mr Trump as the deciding factor.

https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/us-politics/joe-rogan-says-he-will-never-return-to-canada-and-prefers-russia/news-story/570aab36b07bd7212e47f5d48353ccc8
March 26, 2025

I still believe Donald J Trump is not long for this earth.

Most likely, after months of chaos, The Felon will have a convenient cardiac arrest, and Vance will step up to introduce a New Order. Then those who backed JD will be in for a nasty surprise. Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Castro, Khomeini - The first rule of dictatorship is to dispose of the enablers. If I was Peter Thiel, I would be booking a one way ticket back to ZA.

March 25, 2025

Speaker Johnson: "I think it would be a terrible mistake ..."

“I think it would be a terrible mistake for there to be adverse consequences on any of the people that were involved in that call,” Johnson said.

“They were trying to do a good job, the mission was accomplished with precision.”

They were trying to do a good job!!

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/mar/25/donald-trump-military-intelligence-breach-signal-failure-blunder-journalist-atlantic-live-news?page=with%3Ablock-67e2a6188f0862ba9f1c3bd8&filterKeyEvents=false#liveblog-navigation
March 25, 2025

Group chat planning for Houthi strike was 'mistake,' Johnson says

Source: Politico

The speaker said the White House would “make sure it doesn’t happen again.”

SpeakerMike Johnson said Monday that top White House national security officials made a “mistake” in sharing secret war plans over an unsecured Signal chat — including, inadvertently, with a journalist — but said he believed the matter would be quickly addressed.

“Clearly, I think the White House has acknowledged it’s a mistake,” Johnson told reporters Tuesday, adding that he expected that “it will tighten up and make sure it doesn’t happen again.”

Johnson said he had just spoken with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office while attending a White House event with Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry.

The text exchanges mistakenly sent to and reported by Atlantic Editor Jeffrey Goldberg involved Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, national security adviser Mike Waltz and Vice President JD Vance, among others, discussing impending strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen who have threatened shipping lanes to and from the Suez Canal.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/03/24/congress/mike-johnson-signal-chat-mistake-houthi-strike-00246179

March 23, 2025

Canada: PM calls snap election - "We have to look out for each other."

Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has called a snap election, firing the starting gun on a contest that is widely expected to focus on the strained relationship with the US amid threats to Canada’s economic and political future.

“We are facing the most significant crisis of our lifetime because of President Trump’s unjustified trade actions and his threats to our sovereignty,” he said.

“He wants to break us, so America can own us. We will not let this happen. We’re over the shock of the betrayal, but we can never forget the lessons. We have to look out for ourselves. We have to look out for each other.”

https://www.irishtimes.com/world/canada/2025/03/23/canada-election-mark-carney/

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