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… trying to ‘unbury the lede’
Dean Blundell:
Trump Tried To Slip A “Snapback” Provision Into Canada Deal. Carney Caught It. … Now Trump Is Threatening Military Force.
Two things happened Friday, and they are the same story.
At a little before midnight, Mark Carney pulled Canada’s negotiators out of Washington, killed the trade deal Trump had already announced, and matched the 50% tariffs dollar for dollar.
A few hours earlier, on the tarmac before Air Force One, a reporter asked Donald Trump what he was going to do about Treasury yields, which had blown right through Scott Bessent’s emergency intervention. Trump’s answer: “The ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will.”
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Let me walk you through why those two headlines belong in the same sentence, why Canada has Trump in the most precarious position of his presidency, and why I’ve been telling you this was coming since the spring of 2025.
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Anthony Orrico @ HuffPost:
Trump Sparks Mockery After Suggesting Baffling New Use For The Military
“Is the bond market also 2 weeks away from a nuclear weapon?” one commenter wrote on X.
Dean Blundell:
VIDEO: Mark Carney Just Became The Most Important Leader In The Free World
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Joyce Vance:
Bad FoodIn March 2025, shortly after his return to power, Donald Trump’s administration postponed the compliance deadline for the FDA’s Food Traceability Rule by 30 months. That moved it back from January 20, 2026, to July 20, 2028. We are now paying the price.
At the time, the administration claimed that there were complex supply chain challenges. It used language in an appropriations rider to prevent the use of federal funds for enforcement before the July 2028 date. The primary goal of the Traceability Rule was to enable faster identification and rapid removal of potentially contaminated food from our supply, lessening foodborne illnesses and deaths.
Taylor Farms (the parent company of Taylor Fresh Foods) donated $1 million to MAGA Inc., a pro-Trump super PAC, on March 26, 2025, just days after the Traceability Rule extension. It’s not hard to follow the money.
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Heather Cox Richardson:
Letters from an American – August 22, 2026On Tuesday, August 18, during a debate for a runoff to win the South Carolina Republican senatorial primary, Senator Darline Graham (R-SC) answered a question about Taiwan and the importance of the South China Sea by saying: “I’m not that informed on national security.” She paused, and added: “But I do support the military.”
The audience reacted with boos and gasps. Senators are supposed to manage national security.
…Graham perfectly represents the modern Republican Party. …
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Harry J. Kazianis @ 19FortyFive:
The US Air Force lost nearly 10 percent of its ‘irreplaceable’ B-2 Spirit stealth bomber force and no more can be built
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Cliff Schecter, Ellie Leonard, Kait Justice @ Blue Amp Media:
She Asked the FBI to Crop Trump Out of the PhotoFour FBI interviews, 37 missing pages, and a 1983 case nobody covered.
Kathryn Wilkens @ MEDIAite:
Trump Rally Interrupted by Man Wearing Shirt Saying, ‘Kill Your Local Pedophile’
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Jess Piper:
Abortion is back on the ballot
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Julia Métraux @ Mother Jones:
“This administration is trying to take away one of the most fundamental rights that people with disabilities have fought for.”
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William Vaillancourt @ DailyBeast:
Trump’s Blonde Aide, 35, Sparks Fresh Mystery After Intimate Letters Revealed
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Gary Fields @ AP:
Trump threatens lawsuit against nonprofit that questioned whether National Guard plan lessened crime
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Elyse Wanshel @ HuffPost:
Trump’s New Vision For Reflecting Pool Includes Portrait Of HimselfYou could say the latest installment of the Reflecting Pool saga is very slimy.
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Prem Thakker @ zeteo:
Trump-Appointed Federal Judge Says, ‘To Be American Is to Be a Zionist’Judge Roy Altman boasts about taking ‘10% of the entire federal judiciary in America” on trips to Israel,’ and promotes his genocide-denying book from his chambers.
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Gil Duran:
Nerd Reich Podcast Triumphs On YouTube
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Michael Larabel @ phoronix:
Linus Torvalds Endures A Debug Session From Hell, “Enormously Helped” By AI
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Dolly Parton:
Songteller: Shattered Image
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Mike Ludwig @ truthout: ICE Says 51 People Died in Custody Under Trump. Experts Say That’s an Undercount.
ICE Accountability Project
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, Ximena Bustillo, Jasmine Garsd @ NPR: Deaths of migrants in ICE custody hit record high under Trump
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- February 25: Nurul Amin Shah Alam
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