USA 24 hours of madness😖
Wed AM, #Trump :
“Get rid of the ballots & you’ll have a very peaceful — there won't be a transfer, frankly. There will be a continuation. The ballots are out of control. You know it & you know who knows it better than anyone else? The Democrats...”
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"President Donald #Trump would not commit to providing a peaceful transition of power after Election Day, lending further fuel to concerns he may not relinquish his office should he lose in Nov."
Seemed in line w/@bartongellman dystopia.
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BUT, "The winner of the November 3rd election will be inaugurated on January 20th. There will be an orderly transition just as there has been every four years since 1792," McConnell said today in a tweet.
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And the #GOP shrugged. This AM Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), a member of the Intelligence Committee, told @CNN that "the president says crazy stuff."
"We've always had a peaceful transition of power. It's not going to change," he added.
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In some States early voting has already started, typically with long lines. In Virginia some of the long lines came up against voter-blocking #Trump supporters.
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Meanwhile, #SCOTUS Justice #RuthBaderGinsburg hasn't yet been laid to rest, but @POTUS will soon name an anti-abortion replacement nominee. As the Trumps paid homage to Ginsberg this AM crowds shouted, "Vote him out!" and "Honor her wish!"
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As per off-the-record source, 13 right-wing militias plan armed interruptions of voting on Nov3.
All of this must be shocking and disturbing for the rest of the world, asking, "What is happening to the American democracy?" 🇺🇸
In response, we pray 🙏🏽 for Nov. 3 peace.
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Donald Trump is now addressed the UN General Assembly. He notes the teleprompter isn't working and, "whoever is responsible for this teleprompter is in big trouble."
He reads from printed text on the podium.
"This is the Golden Age of America."
2/ His remarks open by listing his accomplishments domestically since taking office. "In my first term I built the best economy in the history of the world...and this time it's even better."
"The number of illegal aliens entering our country has reached zero...If you come illegally into the U-S you're going to jail...or perhaps further. You know what that means."
3/Trump at UNGA
Says the U.S. was a laughing stock, but not anymore. My administration has negotiated one historic trade agreement after another."
I have ended 7 un-endable wars. I ended 7 wars. " Cambodia/Thailand, Congo/Rwanda, Armenia/Azerbaijian, Albania/Kosovo.
"And I did it in just 7 months. There's never been anything like it."
The UN "did nothing. I never even received a phone call from the U-N."
Canadian PM Mark Carney is addressing the Council on Foreign Relations right now. He opened by describing the very positive relationship Canada and the US shared -- until now.
And looking at Trump impacts on the global geopolitical landscape.
"So, what do we do about it? We think we can thrive for three reasons"
1.) we have what the world wants:
- energy
- we are top % in world's critical minerals
- we are a leading developer of AI and quantum talent
- we have sophisticated pension funds and investors
- we have a govt that can act decisively
2.) Our public square is loud, diverse and free
3.) We recognize what's going on. A rupture. Sharp change.
- build strength at home, cut taxes, increased X-province trade, doubling defense spending, especially in AI
- defend out values
- build alliances abroad
- diverse trade agreements, espec. w/EU
- joining SAFE -- EU defense
- comprehensive approach w/Mexico trade
- we are largest contributor per capita to Ukraine
- support 2-state solution in ME
- forming buyers' clubs for REEs & critical minerals
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"Old Multilateralism" -- how we used to work.
Now, substantial change underway, espec. for REEs, essential minerals, energy.
When you think about Canada, think of a strong soveriegn nation.
We understand what's going on. We have the resources the world needs. We're a reliable partner...with any part of the world.
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LIVE now Carney is talking on stage w/CFR Pres. Froman
Q - 2/3rds Canadian population lives w/in 100 km of US border -- how much can you reorient economy?
Carney: 1st, recog. the need to do it. To be masters in our own house.
Don't want to look at Truth Social daily to see changes in US poilicy
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On Friday, when most of America wasn't paying attention, heading out for the holidays, Trump signed an Exec Order transferring ALL control over foreign aid from State to OMB.
This will destroy American overseas programs. Here's why (MORE)whitehouse.gov/presidential-a…
2/US programs for everything from #famine relief & #HIV care to safe pregnancy efforts & building electricity grids have won America friends in the world & saved 100s of millions of lives. They were nested in the State Dept so our diplomats on the ground can oversee them.
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3/ By moving foreign aid out of State & into OMB, programs for saving starving children, rescuing families from catastrophes, teaching kids to read, stopping epidemics -- ALL of that now falls under the control of Russell Vought.
Who is Vought?
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As #JoeBiden hunkered down in Delaware & Party leaders scrambled to figure out how #Democrats can win the election, I kept thinking of March 31, 1968. On that day the White House put out word of a mysterious speech LBJ would give from the Oval Office.
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2/ In a world without Internet or 24-hour news cycles the buzz in Washington about the event failed to reach the American people until that night. America assumed LBJ’s address would be about the widening war in Vietnam. On live television, a very haggard-looking LBJ began:
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3/ "Good evening, my fellow Americans:
Tonight, I want to speak to you of peace in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
No other question so preoccupies our people. No other dream so absorbs the 250 million human beings who live in that part of the world."
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While #Trump claims no direct connection to #Project2025 it's clear han no #Republican in national power has denounced the Heritage Foundation 887-page manifesto. I put a few hours into scrutinizing the Project's plans for @HHSGov & health agencies. (pages 449-502)
🧵unfolds:
2/Health & Human Services @HHSGov must “respect for the sacred rights of conscience” for Federal workers & healthcare workers broadly who object to #Abortions contraception, gender reassignment & other issues.
“Radical actors inside & outside govt are promoting..."
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3/ “...harmful identity politics that replaces biological sex w/subjective notions of 'gender identity' & bases a person’s worth on his or her race, sex, or other identities. This destructive dogma, under the guise of 'equity,' threatens American’s fundamental liberties..."
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When a society attacks its toiling scientists, ranking the opinions of quacks, religions & charlatans above those of scientific insight and discovery, it is a sorrowful time.
Scientists who have been persecuted for their work...
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2/ -Muhammad ibn Zakariyā Rāzī or Rhazes of Baghdad (860 - 932 AD) beaten into blindness for introducing medical advances from non-Arab countries
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-Michael Servetus (1511-1553) made discoveries in blood circulation. Burned at the stake by Calvin in Geneva
-Henry Oldenburg (1619-1677) promoted sharing scientific insights, labelled a spy, held in the Tower of London
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