Didn’t the USA have a trade agreement with Canada (NAFTA) which Trump ripped up during his first presidency? And then during that same presidency didn’t Canada and the USA negotiate a new one (USMCA), which Trump ripped up during his second presidency?

They came to an agreement with Canada too, and Iran, before they suddenly decided they didn’t. Agreements with the USA aren’t worth much.

Netanyahu and the Israeli right are determined to keep that conflation of Israeli and Jewish going, through their accusations of antisemitism against anyone who criticizes them. It’s harmful for Jews everywhere, but they don’t care.

Watts confirmed New Zealand had exited the group after the move was reported by Carbon News.

He said he did not think it would have a significant impact on New Zealand’s international reputation.

Reputation among rich assholes? Because it certainly makes NZ look worse to the rest of us.

That’s a shame. He’s consistently an excellent interviewer, asking intelligent and relevant questions, giving people time to speak in depth, and listening to what they have to say. We could do with many more journalists like him. Sad to see him go.

Ah, it has been a few years since I was last traumatized by this. Is it time again?

They used to like to preach about how others should take personal responsibility. But it never rubbed off on them.

I seem to remember he took a poster off the wall to keep as a souvenir, so they killed him. Don’t touch the posters, people.

Seems like in the USA everyone gets treated badly all of the time, except the very richest.

Only poor people should pay taxes, in the Republican mind.

This guy is a Nazi using Nazi language to do Nazi things. It’s only a matter of time before they get to exterminating the “rats”.

No one is immune to a concerted propaganda campaign. American propaganda has just been a bit more extreme than most, for a bit longer.

You have 10 minutes to clear your desk and get out. Not a team player!

The investment in demonizing scapegoat groups does seem to pay off for the far right. It helps them sell their own ideology as a solution for people’s woes, if they can convince people their problems are caused by the designated scapegoats. It effectively distracts people from the plunder of their lives by rich kleptocrats, while filling them with the kind of misdirected hatred that fascism thrives on.

Sinema.

And it sounds like mainstream Democrats are aligning with Republicans on this. What a surprise!

MAGA’s razor:

Just assume it’s both malice and stupidity.

Deranged paranoid fascist liar. Loved by tens of millions.

Hmm, they sound nice.

That’s a difficult choice. So many good candidates. But we’re still nicer than that, for now.