@FrankeJames 🇨🇦

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B.C. Author of 4 🏆 books on ☀️💨 climate change, ✍️ free expression vs 🇨🇦 govt 🤐 censorship on dirty 🛢️, everyday 🏋️ ethics & disability ♿️ rights. The latest: Freeing Teresa | Follows are 2-way streets. No bios or few posts = bots| US 🇺🇸 family |No DMs🚫 thanks 😊

Gift 🎁 article Costly Conflicts with Canada and Iran 🇮🇷 [War] Loom Over Trump’s Midterm Pitch “Trump has reserved his fiercest attacks for Canada in the wake of trade talks collapsing last month. Both countries have slapped each other with new duties…” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/b...

Trump’s Midterm Pitch Clouded by Iran War and Canada Tariffs (Gift Article)

A worsening trade war and a spike in oil prices could create new economic risks as the president prepares to rally Republicans for the midterms.

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Gift 🎁 article Canada's 🇨🇦 retaliatory tariffs set to come into effect as 🇺🇸 Trump insults, threatens, and denigrates our country 🕛https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/world/canada/tariffs-trade-war-carney-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1._VA.BZDH.1iD6UgKN3Mmv&smid=bs-share

Canada’s Retaliatory Tariffs Set to Take Effect as Trump Threatens to Escalate (Gift Article)

New Canadian levies of up to 50 percent are expected to begin Tuesday, even as Washington warns of a new round of American tariffs.

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“Nearly 1 in 3 Americans voted by mail in the last presidential race, and states have broad authority over how elections are conducted. But since his re-election, Mr. Trump, who voted by mail himself twice this year, has pushed to … severely restrict the option” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/u...

Trump’s War on Mail-In Ballots Has Voters Baffled. That May Be the Point. (Gift Article)

From Oregon to Florida, officials are at once reassuring voters that their ballots are safe and encouraging them to use drop boxes or vote in person.

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Gift 🎁 article “It smacks of McCarthyism because it seeks to demonize individuals for seemingly fictional and illusory reasons,” said Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut. “The question is whether there’s selective targeting.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/h...

Inside the D.O.J.’s Investigation of Fauci and Other Virus Scientists (Gift Article)

As Dr. Anthony Fauci has faced public scrutiny from congressional Republicans, the D.O.J. has pursued a quieter and more expansive effort against a wider circle of researchers.

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Trump forced America into a war the people do NOT support. And now, under his leadership, our troops are paying the price. Trump’s illegal war is a catastrophe. Republicans MUST join with Democrats and VOTE to stop it.

🎉 WIN: A right-wing group tried to force Michigan to place a proposed constitutional amendment requiring proof of citizenship to vote on the November ballot. The Supreme Court just denied the request. Here’s why the amendment is likely dead:

Supreme Court denies right-wing group’s bid to force Michigan proof-of-citizenship measure on November ballot

The denial, issued by Justice Brett Brett Kavanaugh, likely means the measure is dead.

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