The contrast between the Biden DOJ run by a judge, and the Trump 2 DOJ run by Trump through his proxies is stark. But the main difference was probably that it was important to Biden that the DOJ be “seen to be independent”, whereas Trump has no such inhibition whatever.
The end result caused by dithering under Garland, a uninhibited corrupt demented person got into the oval office.
Canada is #4 in the world with 100 years of reserves left, while the USA will run out in 2040. Trump has alienated Canada. Canada on the other hand has been seeking to export (gas) direct, rather than via the USA. Canada’s oil is compatible with the refining infrastructure in the USA, so is Venezuala’s oil.
So here is the choice. Invade Canada, (a NATO country), or Venezuala.
My bet is Trump will prod Venezuala until they retaliate, giving him carte blanche to start a war without congressional approval.
Note this. Given the “drill baby drill” policy, proven US reserves will run out within 10 years of the end of the Trump Vance MAGA administration in 2028.
Does Australia still store its strategic petroleum reserve in the USA?
I suggest we look at more strategic, and tactical alternatives, like building some secure tank farms across Australia.
Nope. He’s still restricted from discussing volume 2.
You guys are sooooooo naive. It’s all about fentanyl being run by speedboat to 14 year olds in Miami.
It’s interesting that even though Maduro is, like Trump, just a wannabe mafioso, Venezuela doesn’t even traffic as much coke as other Sth American countries, nor is there any evidence it even manufactures fentanyl. Mexico is your guy for that and home grown. Why no strikes on Mexico? Waste of resources cos no resources. And Don Jr needs that supply line wide open and direct to his one functioning nostril.
P25 and the tech bro militia just stepping up the resource wars, which puts in painful relief the post above about China’s last 6 months of solar production. We’re farked.
they just found $1.5T of lithium in the US, short odds on the US invading themselves
We’ve been increasing our storage capacity. Viva here in Geelong has increased their diesel storage by 90 million litres.
Our crude on the other hand, is still held by the US I believe.
A war may just provide Trump with the excuse to postpone and or cancel the 2028 election as well.
I cannot imagine that the orange cu@t will bow out gracefully with “it’s been an honour to serve, and God bless America” at the end of his current term.
He’d have to start a “war” with Venezuela about 4 days prior to the election in order to use it as a reason to cancel it. They ain’t lasting long against a fully fledged US military operation.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, a move that comes after legal roadblocks held up the effort.
“We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again - Only a question of time!” he said in a social media post Wednesday.
Governors typically control states’ National Guardsmen, and Trump had deployed troops to all three cities against the wishes of state and local Democratic leaders. He said it was necessary as part of a broader crackdown on immigration, crime and protests.
The president has made a crackdown on crime in cities a centerpiece of his second term — and has toyed with the idea of invoking the Insurrection Act to stop his opponents from using the courts to block his plans. He has said he sees his tough-on-crime approach as a winning political issue ahead of next year’s midterm elections.
Troops had already left Los Angeles after the president deployed them earlier this year as part of a broader crackdown on crime and immigration.
In his post, Trump said the troops’ presence was responsible for a drop in crime in the three cities, though they were never on the streets in Chicago and Portland as legal challenges played out. When the Chicago deployment was challenged in court, a Justice Department lawyer said the Guard’s mission would be to protect federal properties and government agents in the field, not “solving all of crime in Chicago.”
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson’s office in a statement said the city’s reduction in crime was due to the efforts of local police and public safety programs. Chicago officials echoed the sentiment, saying in a release Tuesday that the city had 416 homicides in 2025 — the fewest since 2014.
Trump’s push to deploy the troops in Democrat-led cities has been met with legal challenges at nearly every turn.
The Supreme Court in December refused to allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area. The order was not a final ruling but was a significant and rare setback by the high court for the president’s efforts.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker wrote on X Wednesday that Trump “lost in court when Illinois stood up against his attempt to militarize American cities with the National Guard. Now Trump is forced to stand down.”
Hundreds of troops from California and Oregon were deployed to Portland, but a federal judge barred them from going on the streets. A judge permanently blocked the deployment of National Guard troops there in November after a three-day trial.
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said in a statement Wednesday that her office had not yet received “official notification that the remaining federalized Oregon National Guard troops can return home. They were never lawfully deployed to Portland and there was no need for their presence. If President Trump has finally chosen to follow court orders and demobilize our troops, that’s a big win for Oregonians and for the rule of law.”
Trump also loses the court case regarding the National Guard.
Hilarious: that’s about 90 odd million people.
the economy will go straight into a depression…
Interesting that there are 104 million Black and Hispanic people living in the U.S. right now…
A tsunami apparently arriving on a Cuban beach? Or a return to the good old days, Surfing USA via the lens of a reanimated JG Ballard? Either way AI is coming along in leaps and bounds.
I know Trump is (most of the time) against EVs, but that’s probably rolling the calendar back a bit far.
I mean, I don’t know how you are meant to illustrate the concept of mass deportation, but that is not it.
And for the dork arse losers who didn’t follow the link:
