Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that Canada would move faster to reduce its economic reliance on the United States as retaliatory tariffs took effect on about $20 billion worth of U.S. goods and the country braced for President Donald Trump's response. https://to.pbs.org/468WaMC

Carney says Canada moving from U.S. reliance as tariffs take effect

Carney defended the retaliation, saying Canada was matching the latest U.S. measures dollar for dollar while supporting affected workers and industries and accelerating efforts to expand trade with ot...

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13 days. No bed. No shower. No toothbrush. That's what ICE did to Rami after grabbing him off the street. Hear his story in Episode 3 of Fractured, a new docuseries exposing the human consequences of ICE enforcement. Watch the full episode here: act.link/gi-iLNwlO

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Dutch sanctions against goods from illegal settlements on the Westbank are starting this month. The UK decided to do this too. Now US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee is threatening the UK only. Why? www.bbc.com/news/live/cm...

UK expected to announce sanctions on Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is expected to impose restrictions on products and services this afternoon - a move opposed by Israel and the US.

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Why democracy needs teeth.

A string of absolutely bonkers Truth Social posts from Trump in the span of about 10 minutes

——————- THEY’RE HERE www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/20...

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Venice Festival: ICE Crackdown Laid Bare Oscar-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras hopes a new documentary about U.S. immigration raids will help ‘denormalise‘ violence under…Trump's ‌mass deportation campaign. The 25-minute doc.…follows volunteers in Mpls as they track the movements of ICE agents…”

“President Trump said he was joking when he promised to end the Russia-Ukraine war in the first 24 hours of his 2nd term.” NBC: tinyurl.com/2c345p8n Fact check: It wasn’t ‘in jest.’ Here are 53 times Trump said he’d end Ukraine war within 24 hours or before taking office CNN: tinyurl.com/y7wmfu5t

Luba Howard@marynlm.bsky.social · 2d ago

They Went to Ukraine on the ‘Peace Express.’ Detours Are Likely Ahead. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/w...

I see that Von Der Leyen's big announcement today about major new EU investments and aid for Greenland has been received well in the White House.

Brussels has proposed doubling direct EU aid to Greenland under the bloc's next budget as military exercises kick off.

EU pledges more than $200m to Greenland amid Trump threats

Brussels has proposed doubling direct EU aid to Greenland under the bloc's next budget as military exercises kick off.

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"And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human."

1,277,500 sunrises, 1,277,500 sunsets experienced. The oldest olive tree in the world is on the island of Crete, about 3500 years old. 💚☘️🌿🌱🌲🌳🍀💚

Fuckery of the GOP.

AfD candidate thanks Elon Musk for his 'support', Musk celebrates the pro-Russia, Nazi linked party's victory. In 2024, Musk also wrote: "Only the AfD can save Germany"

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Pro-Russia, Nazi linked, Musk endorsed right extremists won the Saxony-Anhalt election short of a majority. At least two candidates under investigation for Nazi links. AfD backs ending Russian sanctions, ending aid to Ukraine, leaving the EU, expelling migrants, and restoring Nord Stream gas.

Elon Musk loves this neo-Nazi party ascending in Germany, because...of course. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

Far-right AfD win in Germany is ‘grave moment’ for Europe, politicians warn

Mainstream politicians express alarm while lead candidate in Saxony-Anhalt welcomes congratulations from Elon Musk

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Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.

Kevin Rowland and Dexy's Midnight Runners are very unhappy that Nigel Farage used their music at the Reform party conference.

Cool (you should pardon the expression) interactive article shows you how much hotter summers are now than they were 30-40 years ago. Not just your imagination. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | Summer Has Gotten Much Hotter. See How Bad It Is Where You Live. (Gift Article)

The notion of enduring the summer rather than embracing it has spread far beyond the Sun Belt.

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#AI #USPol I gifted this article. wapo.st/4xYms0t

How the data center backlash is growing in U.S. statehouses

Legislation is being introduced at a record pace as growing public opposition to data centers drives more proposals to restrict the tech giants.

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The title really says it all.

🇺🇸‼️ NATO conducts first-ever drills against Russian submarines without the US, - Politico Near Iceland, for the first time, no American ships or aircraft are participating in the exercises. The maneuvers were led by a French commander, and forces from Germany, Canada and Belgium were involved.

The Trump administration and Musk being in effect pro-AI child porn seems like a good thing for Democrats to point out.

FC@effcons.bsky.social · 4d ago

Elon Musk Loses Bid To Block MN Law Against AI Child Porn www.joemygod.com/2026/09/musk...

this sounds less like a plan to help stay-at-home parents and more like a one to punish working ones www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...

Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones

The proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.

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While our troops are putting their lives on the line, veterans' services are being cut and our communities are struggling to afford everything—Trump is attempting to desecrate the hallowed ground of Arlington National Cemetery. No to the Arch de Trump and this overreach of power once again!

A Ruby-throated hummingbird tasting the coral bells. #FlowerPower #BirdOfTheDay

we have immigrant concentration camps, diarrhea lettuce, zillion dollar gas, suicidal soldiers, measles resurgence, national park land sold to the highest bidder and teachers crowdfunding school supplies, but the real problems facing our country are a muslim senate candidate and an influencer

BREAKING: The world's most sensitive dark matter detector has announced it has spotted something it can't easily explain: a single event that's tantalizingly consistent with a type of theorized dark matter particle. Very early days yet, but pretty wild. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

World’s biggest dark matter detector spots a single weird particle

It’s far too early to declare a discovery, physicists with the LZ detector say

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went and tried the shirt that hides you from AI surveillance cameras, made this little video about it: www.404media.co/this-digital...