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@Jeff_Eager It’s bouncing and festering on the bottom. At least that is the optimistic take. Hate to consider it can get worse.

Do Portland people believe the city is recovering?

@RMC19861987 US can withdraw at any time with a 6 month notice. So it’s a re-negotiation if he says it is.

🇺🇸 Trade deal negotiations. Someone’s lying Part2. 🇨🇦 LeBlanc: It's (CUSMA) a review not a renegotiation. 🇺🇸 Howard Lutnick (April 17): It needs to be reimagined & readdressed...there's a huge amount of bad in it. Strong possibility 🇺🇸 will be invoking the withdrawal clause. Economic disaster will ensue for 🇨🇦

@Savsongs60 @TrueNorthStr0ng @MarcNixon24 Not sure why President Rubio would do that

@TrueNorthStr0ng @MarcNixon24 Both Trump and MAGA’s days are numbered and Mark Carney knows it. The next US administration will won’t to keep USMCA and to consign the Trump years to the dust bin of history.

Howard Lutnick says USMCA is OVER. Mark Carney’s BEST deal with the U.S. is about to expire. You voted for this Canada 🇨🇦 elbows Up

@TrueNorthStr0ng @MarcNixon24 Trumps entire 2nd term trade strategy has been bilateral deals at the expense of multilateral agreements. USMCA is dead. Canada can still do a bilateral agreement but won’t be able to ride MEXICO’s coattails this time.

1. USMCA is not over, it's actively being re-negotiated and if you weren't a grifter you'd share that there's tons of bi-partisan support for it to continue. Removing it entirely is a death sentence to the US as well. 2. The deal is the best deal but was not even negotiated by Carney so it's not "his deal", literally makes no sense. 3. If the US tries to actually end USMCA (they won't) they would have done so regardless because their leader is an unhinged moron who thinks other countries pay tariffs I know you're desperate now Marc since Pierre is SUNK like an anchor but this is just downright pathetic lmao.

@judyhamomd @JigglyPants44 That’s some maple syrup thick cope

@JigglyPants44 We 'suck' Lutnick because we have y'all over a barrel and always will. Suck wind.

Howard Lutnick can go fuck himself

@ScottRCarpenter When an anchor gets wrapped up with another anchor, do they sink faster?

With the reality sinking in that western Europe has no energy of its own look for more Europeans to agree that Canada should be a part of of the EU.

@Sigh_in_Canada @cbcwatcher Imports

@cbcwatcher He is full of shit. China is the third largest US trade partner. He can be ignored.

"Canadian Prime Minister Mark “Carney has a problem with us; he gets on a plane and he goes to China,” Lutnick continued. “Does he think China’s… going to buy his stuff? China is an entirely export-driven economy. So what did he do? He came back and said, ‘Oh, we’ll take their electric cars.’ I mean, is this nuts?”"

@Michael57788258 @iealondon Because with a higher income, they can qualify for the higher credit lines.

@iealondon If people in the U.S are doing so much better than us, how come they have higher levels of personal debt than us including more than *double* the amount of credit card debt on average?

🇬🇧 We asked Brits where the UK ranks vs US states in income per person. Average answer: 7th. Wealthier than 43 states. The reality: 51st. Dead last. Below Mississippi. Below Arkansas. Below every single US state. 🧵

@ndag3412 @ClayTravis The 15% states aren’t doing any better at helping people than the 0% states. Arguably worse if you consider public safety.

@ClayTravis The tech oligarchs want to BE THE GOV’T that’s why they will promote arguments including this one that attempt to stymie our current system from effectively helping every day people.

This is 100% true. I’d add in that the wealthiest taxpayers are able to live anywhere now. Covid made many realize how feasible life outside of NYC, LA or Chicago truly was. Shift will only accelerate. Paying 15% of your income to NY or CA vs zero to FL, TN or Texas is crazy.

@guyfelicella Imagine Californians complaining that tourism from Alabama is down 35%. Feature, not a bug.

Oof.. “In my 37 years in the travel industry, I have never seen anything like what the Canadians have pulled off,” That’s what happens when you disrespect Canada, we boycott your ass. You couldn't pay me to go there Get rid of Trump and we'll talk. forbes.com/sites/suzanner…

You are ignoring the most important context. Lots of bands went through early members before getting the lineup that breaks through. Iron Maiden had some success before Dickinson but became stratospheric when he joined. Having most of the band from their prime era is not a tribute. Technically Kevin DuBrow was the only original when Quiet Riot released Metal Health.

Both Iron Maiden & Judas Priest (in 2026) have only ONE original member in their bands. Why does nobody bust their balls about being a cover band or “demand” they retire? Yet Quiet Riot, Foreigner, etc are always targeted? I’m genuinely curious… And I’m in favor of all keeping their BRANDs alive.

@VeryBrexitProbs No, we want them to defend themselves without the US.

MAGA thinks Europe can't defend itself without America. Here's what they don't know. 1. France and Britain have 515 nuclear warheads and 8 nuclear missile submarines. 2. European defence spending hit €481 billion this year. That's more than Russia and China spend combined. The EU's ReArm Europe plan is mobilising another €800 billion. 3. European countries have over 1.7 million active troops. Russia has 1.3 million. 4. EU and UK air forces fly over 1,400 combat aircraft. Their navies have five aircraft carriers, over 60 submarines, more than 120 frigates and destroyers. 5. Europe has over 6,000 artillery pieces and that's before the biggest rearmament wave since the Cold War. Poland alone is adding 212 new howitzers. 6. The British SAS invented modern special forces. The US copied them to build Delta Force. From France's Foreign Legion to Poland's GROM, Europe's elite units are among the deadliest on earth. 7. Europe already has joint military commands ready to fight. The UK leads a 10-nation rapid reaction force across Northern Europe and the Arctic. Finland alone can mobilise 900,000 trained reservists all prepared to fight in arctic conditions. 8. Europe has its own satellite navigation (Galileo), its own defence programme (75 active projects) and is building its own rapid deployment force. The "helpless Europe" story was never about defence. It was about keeping Europe dependent and buying American weapons, relying on American intelligence, following American foreign policy. Thanks to Trump, that now ends.

@FrankVanmeenen Satire

Nato without the US and with Ukraine would be better.

@MousebirdN @KATUNews She did run in the primary before that. Didn’t go well

@KATUNews She didn't have to run a primary race last time. It'll be interesting to watch her actually debate viable candidates

Former Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Friday that she is "thinking about" running for president again in 2028. katu.com/news/nation-wo…

@michelletandler The business was breaking the law

Just spoke with a manager of a restaurant in NYC. She said that since the ICE raids began 100 employees have stopped coming in to work (~30% of their staff.) She said they are hiring ppl without experience to backfill. Thoughts?

@zapatas_mom We are not afraid of them as an option. We are afraid of not having the choice. If people want them, there will be a market for it. But I like my big house and cars.

Americans… this is a good faith question. I’m not baiting or trolling. Why are you so scared of condos and walkable cities? Does not having to drive for your groceries freak you out? What about it makes you uncomfortable? Please be honest.

@KATUNews Anyone in Clackamas or Washington County in the Metro boundary is already paying a separate tax for this. Enough.

Clackamas County leaders have decided not to give Portland the $4 million it requested for homeless shelters in the city, dealing a setback to the latest effort to address the houselessness crisis. katu.com/news/local/cla…

@RodKahx How sad that the best you have is that it might have been used but not really. The operators might have had maple syrup on their pancakes before the rescue. Maybe.

Fun fact. It was a Canadian plane that was used to rescue the downed pilots in Iran. Canadian engineering, test piloted and produced. The Dash 8.

@eedrishassancp0 @LokiJulianus Oh no! Only 13,997 planes left

@LokiJulianus There plan was not kill American soldier but destroy as many American planes as they could...... And so far I'd say mission successful.

I'm kinda confused: why didn't Iran fly out to where they knew the pilot was? Why were they searching for him on foot?

@benryanwriter Let me get this straight. It’s OK to be a pedo on BlueSky but you have to be to left of Bernie? Says everything.

Queer editor James Ball declares Bluesky a “dying social network,” blaming aggressive censoriousness by Blueskyites of perceived ideological enemies: “There's a large cadre that basically cheers on chasing off any lib/centrist/academic who's the punchbag of the day. There's a culture of saying ‘fuck off back to X, then.’ And the anti- bedtime leftists set too much of the culture. “I don't know if it's fixable, especially as I think quite a lot of the people here don't *want* to fix it. But at the rate users are quitting they'll run out of targets soon enough, and the rest of us will lose what is – for a fair few of us I suspect – the last fun/useful social network. Sigh.”