Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has suggested North America could be renamed ‘Mexican America’ in response to Donald Trump’s pledge to rename the Gulf of Mexico the ‘Gulf of America’. Sheinbaum used a map from 1607 to demonstrate an early portrayal of North America, including the United States. The comments came after Trump talked about a broad expansionist agenda that could include taking control of the Panama canal, Greenland and Canada.
One time I heard a Canadian newscaster call the US “the lower provinces” lol. Seems like it must be a common term if they used it so casually on the news.
So glad we now live on an episode of the Jerry Springer show, so much better than the last 4 years…
But… but… The democrats and genocide though!
The Democrats did enable genocide though.
Doesn’t mean Trump was going to be any better.
While I respect what you are saying, now was not the time for people to be spouting all of that when a literal orange idiot, who everybody knows has a rabid fan base cult that would vote for him even if he shit and pissed on them, was running. It was just stupid. If Kamala had won, then immediately on inauguration day, we could all start voicing our opinions just as loudly as those people were doing before a major election. We would’ve had a whole 4 years to get together to do this to drive the point home further.
But no. We were too busy trying to get people to not vote at all, or to vote third party. This is the direct result of that.
Do I think Democrats are great? No, not really, especially now. It would have been a hell of a lot better than this god damn shit though.
Oh well. Too late now.
*EDIT
To add to the void, this is one of the major reason I feel like actual progress isn’t made. We have way too many people/groups vying for one thing or the other instead of banding together and tackling one major issue at a time. It’s hard to get things done when every group only cares about THEIR specific issue.Bro, it is likely 100,000 people (mostly women and children) are dead.
Civilian infrastructure has been deliberately targeted, all the hospitals bombed, graveyards deliberately razed, universities have had their antiquities looted and then demolished, all water infrastructure deliberately destroyed, all fisheries/bakeries/food production facilities deliberately destroyed, etc.
There are numerous instances of literal war crimes including murder captured on camera.
Multiple reports from numerous organisations that Israel is deliberately obstructing aid into Gaza.
There are random “kill zones” declared and randomly moved around which the IDF use to murder everyone within it.
From the Israeli organisation, Breaking the Silence:
https://mailchi.mp/breakingthesilence/there-is-no-liberty-in-occupation-7226978?e=d4bcf62320
"Last week, we got another detailed, chilling insight into the ways in which we fight in Gaza with a new collection of testimonies being reported in Haaretz - all from soldiers who served in the same, very large, kill zone north of the Netzarim corridor, which bisects Gaza.
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Unarmed civilians posthumously labeled as terrorists by the hundreds, all while restrictions on shooting are near nonexistent. “Anyone approaching whatever line was decided at that moment is considered a threat – no permission needed to shoot,” one soldier said.
“After shootings, bodies are not collected, attracting packs of dogs who come to eat them. In Gaza, people know that wherever you see these dogs, that’s where you must not go,” said another soldier.
Another soldier described an occasion where a teen who crossed into the kill zone was shot dozens of times: "We responded as if it was a large militant raid. […] For about a minute or two, we just kept shooting at the body. People around me were shooting and laughing. […] "When someone pointed out he was unarmed and looked like a civilian, everyone shouted him down. The commander said: ‘Anyone crossing the line is a terrorist, no exceptions, no civilians. Everyone’s a terrorist.’”
One reservist described a case in which an IDF helicopter fired a missile at an unarmed adult and two children who had crossed this ever-changing border. “We had them under complete surveillance with the drone and weapons aimed at them – they couldn’t do anything,” he said."
In Jerusalem and the West Bank, Israelis are literally ethnically cleansing Armenians and Palestinians out of the Armenian quarter and other areas. No Hamas there. Just plain ethnic cleansing.
Israel could not have maintained its campaign for than a few months without American support.
The Israeli government was secretly sabotaging its own negotiations and Biden’s peace plan.
The idea that people shouldn’t be able to talk about this and try and hold people accountable is some spineless shit.
The reality is that even if Arab Americans voted at the same rate as 2020, the outcome would not have changed.
The Green vote was historically insignificant.
Blaming people who were raising the Genocide in Gaza is some spineless blame shifting.
Incumbent governments around the world, regardless of political orientation, have been getting tossed out of power due to inflation and cost of living pressures.
and those numbers will skyrocket with Republicans in power as weapons flood into Israel.
Let’s not pretend Republicans aren’t going to actively make the situation 1000x worse compared to the dems.
Greenland? poor guys taking care of their ice lifes having to deal with insane americans
To be fair, Mexico is run by a bunch of drug cartels.
Unlike our “Free” (trademark) beautiful United States, in which we just wage war to make profit
I know it’s popular to whataboutism this shit, but neither is right.
Relevance?
When is a violent bunch of psychopaths at your doorsteps NOT relevant?
Climate change is rather important too but I wouldn’t bring it up when asked about my opinion on ice cream.
