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  Trump Plans On Blaming Canada For “Election Meddling” In His Upcoming Midterm Wipeout Depending on which week you check in, Canada is a fentanyl cartel, a trade cheat, a Chinese puppet, a European turncoat and a threat to American democracy. https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/trump-plans-on-blaming-canada-for #Canada #Trump #Fail

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  Trump Banned $1 Billion in Canadian Goods Yesterday. Half of It Doesn't Exist. The Other Half Doesn’t Matter. This isn’t a tariff. A tariff makes something more expensive. This is an outright ban. The White House removed the 50% tariff from a short list of Canadian products “to offset the burden to U.S. commerce wh What kind of country needs an emergency carve-out for toilet paper, cement and road salt. #Canada #Tarrif #Tarrifs #Trump #TACO #Fail

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  Oakland police released from federal oversight after 23 years The longest-running consent decree over a police department in U.S. history. The Riders case exposed brutal beatings and corruption. After many setbacks and new scandals, a federal judge ruled the city can finally take back full control of OPD. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/oakland-police-oversight-scandal-22456766.php #Oakland #Police #OPD

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  Oakland police released from federal oversight after 23 years After federal court oversight, OPD’s accountability mechanisms include its own Internal Affairs Bureau, the city’s civilian-run Police Commission, and the mayor’s office. https://oaklandside.org/2026/09/29/oakland-police-federal-oversight-ends/ #Oakland #Police #OPD

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  Trump’s Own Watchdog Just Confirmed The Use Of Torture Cages In US Concentration Camps. The rreport that says the flagship camp of the mass deportation program did not meet the standard for humane treatment. Amnesty’s conclusion was one word: torture. https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-trumps-own-watchdog-just #ICE #Torture #ConcentrationCamps

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  World Cup cost the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority $11 million. Local governments oversaw the infrastructure so that FIFA could harvest $15 billion in revenue. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/world-cup-vta-cost-22391608.php #WorldCup #FIFA #Sport #Sports #Transit #Fail

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  It’s So Hot That Japan Needs a New Word for It Kokushobi, a term that means “cruel heat day,” as temperatures reached 104 degrees. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/weather/japan-excessive-heat-kokushobi.html?unlocked_article_code=1.z1A.3i6_.vWGbvoRZx2Ef

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  The “peace” president has embroiled the U.S. in more than 20 military interventions, armed conflicts, and wars. Under the U.S. Constitution, it’s Congress that has the authority to declare war, not the president https://theintercept.com/2026/03/30/trump-secret-wars/ #USA #War #TACO

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  Waymos stalled and snarled traffic after SF’s fireworks show Some Waymos ran out of battery power and had to be towed https://sfstandard.com/2026/07/05/waymo-sf-gridlock-fourth-of-july-2026/ #Waymo #Traffic #SanFrancisco #SF #July4 #Fireworks

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  Nearly 30,000 curbside parking spaces could disappear as NYC replaces sidewalk trash bags with giant Empire Bins. Manhattan will feel the biggest impact, losing more than 6% of its street parking overall, with the Upper East Side and Upper West Side each expected to lose roughly one in every 10 curbside spaces. https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/you-wont-believe-how-many-parking-spaces-in-nyc-will-be-converted-into-trash-bin-sites-by-2031-070626 #NYC #Rats #Trash #Parking

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  Golden Gate Bridge fireworks turn into foggy bust as traffic, transit snarl San Francisco Fireworks disappeared almost as soon as they launched, leaving only faint flashes inside a thick marine layer. https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/sf-fireworks-traffic-22332962.php #SanFrancisco #SF #July4 #Fireworks

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  Happy Flag Code Violation Day to all who celebrate! #USA #Flag

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  In 2014, Alexander Rose of the Long Now Foundation assembled a 3,000-book "Manual of Civilization" aimed at rebooting society after collapse. https://longnow.org/ideas/how-can-we-create-a-manual-for-civilization/ #Books #Bookstodon #Civilization

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  Donald Trump Needs to Be Removed That means the responsibility resides not just with the Republicans but with every elected member of Congress—to speak up and demand the invocation of the 25th to remove Trump from power. One by one, step by step, a growing collective force can lead to this necessary change. Failing to do so makes them complicit with whatever horrors may come next. https://www.americaamerica.news/p/donald-trump-needs-to-be-removed #Iran #USA #War

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  On Tuesday evening, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta rejected Trump’s claim of presidential immunity regarding his actions on January 6, ruling that he can be held liable for the violence that day. https://newrepublic.com/post/208459/trump-legal-loss-january-6 #Trump #NoKings #8647