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James Halls @topsey.bsky.social · 17h

Doug Ford is, sadly, for Ontarians, a far better politician than Trump. He is doing by stealth over time what Trump tries to do today by bluster. The only reason Ford is a thorn in Trump's side is because, like so many Americans are finding, Ford thought Trump would never come for him

NPR @npr.org · 18h

In his first campaign to lead Ontario, Ford started out as a Trump-style populist. But tariffs changed his view and he is now a consistent thorn in the U.S. president's side. n.pr/47pwo6T

Who is Doug Ford, the Canadian politician pushing Trump's buttons?

In his first campaign to lead Ontario, Ford started out as a Trump-style populist. But tariffs changed his view and he is now a consistent thorn in the U.S. president's side.

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James Halls @topsey.bsky.social · 1d

The people on this airplane have a sense of duty and self-sacrifice that Donald Trump will never understand. They are NOAA employees flying their plane through the middle of the category 4 Hurricane Melissa south of Jamaica. And they aren't getting paid.

I wish them safe flying and a safe return

NOAA flight 42 flying south of Jamaica through the heart of the category 4 Hurricane Melissa. From a screen cap from flightradar24.com at about 7:40pm EDT on Oct 26th

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James Halls @topsey.bsky.social · 1d

Trolls busy with Wikipedia evidently. The transcript however 😁... From the Reagan Library. www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe... It will be slightly harder to completely "vanish", but save a copy just in case

Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade

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James Halls @topsey.bsky.social · 2d

The world is burning, and you offered that wanna be Mussolini to the south of us to restart the Keystone XL pipeline? That's like pouring gasoline on a fire. No pipelines of any kind.

James Halls @topsey.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not a big baseball fan, so I guess we'll find out in the morning. However, Doug Ford said it was going to run over the weekend, so unless it gets pulled by the networks...

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James Halls @topsey.bsky.social · 2d

I love the whine of drones in the morning. It sounds like victory.

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James Halls @topsey.bsky.social · 2d

The 10% increase is because the Reagan anti-tariff ad ran last night during the World Series. Apparently it's supposed to run tonight too. What do you suppose Trump will do? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Trump says he's hiking 'tariff on Canada' by 10% 'over and above' what it pays now | CBC News

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced on social media he will be increasing “the Tariff on Canada” by 10 per cent “over and above what they are paying now" because of an advertisement by the Ontar...

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James Halls @topsey.bsky.social · 2d

I'm thinking Don Trump has never heard of the Streisand Effect. You just keep that story in the news cycle, Don Trump. The longer you do, the more Americans will hear that President Reagan thought tariffs were a bad thing

NPR @npr.org · 2d

The ad, which used the words of former President Ronald Reagan to criticize U.S. tariffs, aired during a World Series game. Trump said that Ontario's premier didn't act quickly enough to pull the ad.

Trump threatens Canada with 10% extra import tax over anti-tariffs ad

The ad, which used the words of former President Ronald Reagan to criticize U.S. tariffs, aired during a World Series game. Trump said that Ontario's premier didn't act quickly enough to pull the ad.

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James Halls @topsey.bsky.social · 3d

I can't believe nobody has posted the link to the video from the Reagan Library. Reagan trashes Trump's policies from the grave. Note it states in the video description that there are neither use nor access restrictions. 5 minutes of time worth spending. youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc?...

President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

YouTube video by Reagan Library

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James Halls @topsey.bsky.social · 3d

Trump has just caused the Streisand Effect with what President Reagan said back in 1987. It's a 5 minute video, and Reagan completely trashes Trump's use of tariffs.
The Reagan Library has posted (in 2017) the video with neither use nor access restrictions youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc?...

President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

YouTube video by Reagan Library

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James Halls @topsey.bsky.social · 3d

Given how plain sight it is and how they are acting progressively more crazy, I'm vaguely hopeful that after the midterms, you'll (we'll) find ourselves with a President Jeffries in just over a year. At least if I remember the US line of succession correctly