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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of August 24

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    hobbes64
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    How Canada can save Americans and defeat America As Canada is learning (the hard way), the "art" of all of Trump's deals can be summed up in a single word: "renege" This post from Cory Doctorow...

    How Canada can save Americans and defeat America

    As Canada is learning (the hard way), the "art" of all of Trump's deals can be summed up in a single word: "renege"

    This post from Cory Doctorow has to be read slightly carefully, or at least fully, because near the beginning it isn't completely clear if he is criticizing Candian PM Carney or praising him. But yes he's heavily critical of Carney. And of course savagely critical of Trump and US Tech companies.

    But he lays out a way for Canada to get out from under some unfair practices related to digital rights and trade.

    Freeing Americans from the tyranny of their own tech companies has the power to create a partisan army of American Canada weebs who will fight for Canada when – not if – Trump gets mad at Canada. That's the best defense Canada can have – common cause and solidarity with the people of America, who share a common enemy in Trump, the least popular president in history, who is looting billions and letting his cronies destroy Americas' lives.

    That's some real elbows up stuff. True Carneyism has never been tried – especially by Carney. It's long past time someone gave it a go.

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      That is a fantastic article.

      That is a fantastic article.

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