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It's not an unfair reaction to the main entrance being closed, but it is a little sad. The northern border used to be so much more flexible and I don't see any
by nemomarx 5mo ago
It's not an unfair reaction to the main entrance being closed, but it is a little sad.
The northern border used to be so much more flexible and I don't see any real benefits from doing all this.
- daveguy 5mo agoTo a wannabe authoritarian, fear and uncertainty are benefits. They love to flex in shitty ways.
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- Beannation 5mo agoI really hope we get back to times where we were really best friends. It was good for both countries and was a model for international relationships/partnerships.
- bluGill 5mo agoWrite your congressman. If congress decides the people care things will change, but when they hear nothing they don't care.
- Beannation 5mo agoIm Canadian, so I cant do much to affect American policy. I'm generally happy with how Canada's politicians are handling this situation. I do hope more Americans do what you say, it is why democracy exists.
- throwaway27448 5mo ago> If congress decides the people care things will change Hah
- bluGill 5mo agoMidterm elections are coming up.
- amanaplanacanal 5mo agoI think they are afraid they are going to get creamed in November, but for some reason they are more afraid of the president. They might not be wrong about this, the president is known for siccing the department of Justice on his political enemies.
- cmrdporcupine 5mo agoAs a Canadian watching from a distance the fact that the administration and its congressional allies etc don't seem to be concerned at all about what is going to happen in November gives me a lot of apprehension about what they might know that is not being stated publicly. Midterms coming up and prosecuting an endless "war" that doubles gas prices, and not seeming concerned at all about the blowback? What's up with that?
- SpicyLemonZest 5mo agoOnce you accept that Trump is literally senile, a lot of things click into place. Why does he seem unable to predict obvious consequences of the actions he takes? Why does he fixate on random mean words and repeat them with no regard for normal political strategy? Why does he randomly fall asleep on camera? When he says that he has no reason to worry because the polls show everyone loves him, I think he genuinely believes that.
- cmrdporcupine 5mo agoThat's a given, but what is the excuse for Bessent and so on, who are clearly very smart. Just in a really bad way.
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- otikik 5mo agoThey will care more if you pay them instead, though.
- nemomarx 5mo agoGiven how cheap some politicians are, a pro Canadian lobby could do wonders. If AIPAC can get so much influence for so little why not.
- mothballed 5mo agoAIPAC bought the KY-04 seat by pumping so much money into shows demented boomers watch that they completely upset the usual primary voters in the state by getting truckload of demented people to show up from a 30 second sound blurb played over and over that Massie was selling out Kentucky to the democrats. This despite the fact the votes from last term's primary voters basically did not change at all. It's actually mind blowing how effective AIPAC is. They managed to upset one of the most popular Republicans in the US house by a genius campaign at non-voting demented boomers by tricking them to believe probably the most conservative guy in the entire congress is secretly a Democrat.
- asteroidburger 5mo agoThe nice thing about having a rep that supports my ideals is I don't really see the need to. It won't change anything, and I don't need to convince them.
- bluGill 5mo agoIt is important because they need to decide priority. And if they are not strong supporters they may even change their opinion to get votes next fall if they see the political winds. (I don't know your representative, some are more swayed by the winds that others)
- Beannation 5mo agomid terms will be fun, and scary to watch. Consequential times....
- moltar 4mo agoCountries can’t be best friends. Each country will always act in self interest.
- brightball 5mo agoIt's apparently a response due to a noticeable increase in apprehensions over the last 6 years. https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-107501 https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-107501
- Scoundreller 5mo agoFunnelling “problems” to known points is better than pushing those problems to any of a bazillion other points. But i guess ticking “we did something” checkboxes keeps the paycheck deposits flowing.
- mothballed 5mo agoApprehensions on the northern border usually want to be found, as asylum claims. Anyone who wants to cross illegally at the northern border could easily do so since forever. So in this case the bazillion other points land in Canada, since those that wanted to illegal into the US from the North always could. That's a "win" for the US from the perspective of the administration.
- Scoundreller 5mo ago> Apprehensions on the northern border usually want to be found, as asylum claims Not anymore, not right away anyway: > The new terms allow each country to expel asylum seekers who apply for protection within 14 days of crossing the U.S.-Canada border between ports of entry. https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/us-canada-expand-safe-third-country-agreement/ https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/us-canada-ex...
- buckle8017 5mo agoCanada allowed millions of temporary foreign workers in. Unfortunately the border actually needs to be more sealed.
- Scoundreller 5mo agoThese moves annoy a lot of people (or cost money) and manages to go from a 0.00000001% to a 0.000000010001% sealed border. Once again, borders doing what they do best: waste honest people’s resources.
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- recursivecaveat 4mo agoYou realize that the library is not like a portal right? It's just a building that happens to be on the invisible line. If you wanted to cross the border you could just travel to any point along the countless miles of uninhabited wilderness outside the town and walk across.
- derbOac 5mo agoIt's more than a little sad to me.