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[CanuckPilot @CanuckPilot]

@ESPNFC @piersmorgan obviously it was the refs! 😘😭

[CanuckPilot @CanuckPilot]

@MCCCANM Good thing you're/we're paid by the minute after push back...

[Ryan Gerritsen🇨🇦🇳🇱 @ryangerritsen]

Gee I wonder why the Pentagon walked away from the Canada-U.S. defence board. The media all day has even tried pretending to be naive as to why.
Well they know exactly why. It’s this man right here who has been for a year purposely sabotaging our relationship. The U.S. has had to listen to Carney for a year telling the world our relationship is over.

[Jim Ferguson @JimFergusonUK]

🚨 XI JINPING TO TRUMP: “WE SHOULD BE PARTNERS, NOT RIVALS”

This was a remarkable moment.

Standing beside President Trump in Beijing, Xi Jinping openly declared:

“China and the United States both stand to gain from cooperation and lose from confrontation.”

Then came the line nobody expected:

“We should be partners, not rivals.”

That is an extraordinary statement considering the years of:

• Trade wars
• Taiwan tensions
• Tech sanctions
• Military build-ups
• Economic confrontation
• Anti-China rhetoric from Washington

Xi also spoke about making 2026 “a historic landmark” for U.S.-China relations.

Translation?

Something much bigger may now be underway behind the scenes.

Because if the world’s two largest powers move from confrontation toward strategic cooperation, the geopolitical map changes overnight.

Markets.
Trade.
Energy.
AI.
Military tensions.
Global alliances.

Everything shifts.

The political establishment spent years framing U.S.-China relations as an unavoidable collision course.

Now suddenly the language coming out of Beijing is partnership, prosperity and cooperation.

That will send shockwaves through the global power structure.

[CanuckPilot @CanuckPilot]

@elonmusk As you do...

[CanuckPilot @CanuckPilot]

@krassenstein Thanks Dr. Brian.

[CanuckPilot @CanuckPilot]

Yup

[mike bski @BskiMike22802]

Dear Senator Sanders,

Oh, this is RICH. This is so perfectly, exquisitely, weapons-grade rich that I had to put down my anatomy exams and just... appreciate it for a moment.

The man who got thrown out of a SOCIALIST HIPPIE COMMUNE in Vermont in 1971 — after THREE DAYS — for refusing to do any actual work while everyone else planted, harvested, and hauled water, is out here telling me the OLIGARCHS want to control everything.

Three. Days. The communists gave you a longer trial period than most employers give to someone who steals from the register.

Here is what Jim Quinn's Law Number Two says, and I want every single person reading this to tattoo it somewhere useful: "If you want to know what liberals are up to, pay attention to what they accuse conservatives of doing."

Senator, you OWN THREE HOMES. A Burlington residence. A D.C. townhouse. A $575,000 vacation lake house in North Hero, Vermont — purchased in 2016, the same year you were touring the country telling college students the system is rigged. Your net worth sits somewhere between $2.5 and $3 million. You have pocketed over $2.5 MILLION in book royalties since 2011. That elevator is clearly not stuck between floors for you, is it.

And then — THEN — during your "Fighting Oligarchy Tour" with AOC, you spent over $550,000 in CAMPAIGN FUNDS on PRIVATE JET TRAVEL. Half a million dollars on luxury jets to lecture working Americans about the dangers of wealth.

When Fox News caught you boarding a Bombardier Challenger 604 — a jet that runs up to $15,000 PER HOUR — you did not apologize. You did not even blink. You looked directly into the camera and said, and I am quoting this verbatim because it is the most accidentally honest thing you have ever said: "You think I'm gonna be sitting on a waiting line at United?"

Senator. THAT IS OLIGARCHIC THINKING. That is TEXTBOOK "the rules apply to you people, not to me." That is the elevator music of every single billionaire you have spent 35 years pretending to oppose. In a battle of wits with your own stated beliefs, you showed up completely unarmed.

Thirty-five years in Congress. You know what your personal legislative output looks like? Eight bills passed. EIGHT. In three and a half DECADES. That works out to 0.23 bills per year. I have produced more graded anatomy exams in a single semester. Your two greatest solo legislative achievements — the ones with your name on top, the thing YOU actually DID — are the naming of a post office in Danville, Vermont, and the naming of a post office in Fair Haven, Vermont.

You named. Two. Post offices.

You are as useful as a screen door on a submarine when it comes to actually passing legislation, but you want me to believe you are the vanguard of the working class. That sounds like a YOU problem.

Quinn's Law #25: "Liberals are great at giving away other people's money." You have been living PROOF of that law for 35 years. You give away everyone else's money — from a vacation home on a lake — while spending half a million on jets because you are far too important to wait in line with the taxpayers funding your lifestyle.

You want to talk about oligarchs controlling the media? You have been IN the media for four decades. You just finished a $75 million documentary. You have a book deal. You have a podcast. You HAVE the megaphone and you are using it to tell people that other people have the megaphone. The gene pool really needed a lifeguard for THAT particular reasoning.

I am a high school science teacher in Northeast Ohio. I support a family of six on a teacher's salary. I am not particularly impressed by a man with three houses, $550,000 in jet receipts, and 0.23 bills per year telling me he stands with the working class. More famous than wise, Senator. More famous than wise.

The hippie commune knew it in 72 hours. How long is it going to take everyone else?

IF you agree: LIKE this post so the algorithm shows it to people who need to read it. SHARE this.

COMMENT below — do YOU think a man with three homes and a half-million dollar private jet habit speaks for working Americans? Tell me.

And if you want MORE of this — the data, the history, the science, the stories — JOIN Bski's Classroom community on X or YouTube.

But what do I know — I am only a science teacher who can actually do math, a retired Army combat medic who knows what genuine sacrifice looks like, and apparently one of the few people left who finds it suspicious that the most vocal enemy of oligarchy just cannot bring himself to wait in line at the airport with the rest of us.

@JoJoFromJerz @GuntherEagleman @catturd2

#MAGA #Veterans #Trump

[Ida Turan 🇮🇷 ایده توران @iranidaturan]

If Trump’s approach to the Iran conflict seems confusing, this perspective might help:

Trump views himself as the architect of a new global order where America is secure, prosperous, and no longer carries the burden of being the world’s policeman.

He believes lasting and low-cost security is achieved when strong, self-reliant partners take responsibility for their own regions based on mutual interests rather than dependency or control.

The current global order, shaped by populist left-leaning governments and great-power competition, has led to a form of soft colonialism: keeping nations dependent to exploit their resources while destabilizing rivals.

Iran is one of the most critical points in the world, due to its strategic location, energy resources, and regional influence. Russia, China, and Europe have long benefited from the status quo, effectively plundering Iran’s resources, while Arab states profit from continued tension with Israel by removing potential competitors.

For the Iranian people, the current regime is a disaster. Yet for much of the world, the status quo serves their interests.

@realDonaldTrump’s vision upends this arrangement. He seeks a genuine win-win outcome: a controlled and stable transition in Iran that removes the threat with minimal long-term damage to the country itself.

He has the military power to destroy the regime rapidly and brutally if he chose to , but he is deliberately pursuing a slower, more measured path with strategic patience. His goal is not just regime change, but to enable a stronger, more stable, and productive Iran to emerge, one that can stand on its own and contribute to a new, balanced global order.

This is not hesitation, it’s not weakness. It is long-term strategic thinking.

Be patient and trust the process.

#FreeIran‌ #ThankYouTrump‌

[Seinfeld’s Pez Dispenser 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 @JoniWagner]

SERIOUS QUESTION for Canadians who choose to boycott the USA because of Trump:

Do you know who owns these companies?

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EVERY DAY Canadians consume American products and services. If you really want to “buy Canadian,” all the best. But the border is a lot more porous than the rhetoric suggests. 🇨🇦🇺🇸

[🇺🇸 Ronald Carter @USronaldcarter]

🚨 This was the most insane single day in American foreign policy in a generation and most people missed half of it..

> Iran agreed to suspend its entire nuclear program — indefinitely..

> Iran agreed to never close the Strait of Hormuz again..

> zero dollars changed hands.. no frozen funds.. no pallets of cash..

> the US naval blockade on Iran stays up until the final deal is signed..

> Trump publicly ordered Israel to stop bombing Lebanon — used the word PROHIBITED in all caps..

> Netanyahu went on live TV and admitted he was acting on a US request..

> Defense Minister Katz got overruled within hours after saying Lebanon ops "have not yet been completed"..

> a 10-day Israel-Lebanon ceasefire took effect overnight.. displaced Lebanese civilians started walking back to their villages..

> oil dropped 12% in minutes.. global equities surged..

> Iran's Foreign Minister declared the Strait of Hormuz "completely open" — first time since March 27..

all of this.. one Friday..

if you're not following me you're finding out about this 48 hours late from someone who read my post..

[CanuckPilot @CanuckPilot]

@elonmusk @cbcwatcher Unfortunately, you are correct @elonmusk

[Rod D. Martin @RodDMartin]

My friend Craig Bergman offers a brilliant take: Unless you live under a rock or are intentionally obtuse, let me explain things. There is no cease-fire.

The reason there is no cease-fire is Iran no longer has a functioning government.

Trump negotiated with one of the larger factions.

There are 24 factions

Not all of them want peace. Not all of them will even negotiate.

So what is Trump doing?

It should be completely obvious to anyone who is not intentionally not wanting to understand.

He is pitting the factions against each other with competing interests for money and power and safety.

And when one of them betrays the other, they will take care of the bad one.

If they don’t, then Trump will randomly target them again and blame them all as if they are one government. That will frustrate them greatly, causing them again to turn on each other because there is no longer any single central authority.

This is absolutely brilliant, but if you think it’s gonna mean peace, if you think the Strait is really going to be open, and if you think Iran has surrendered and decided to play nice, you are delusional.

If you think Trump wants to murder 90 million people you are beneath delusional: you are intentional.

So chill out and watch the show: it is a master class.

And yes, I’m not predicting it. I am telling you what is happening.

This is not a guess. This is not an informed opinion.

I am speaking fact. Watch it happen.

[Jinglai He 🇨🇦 @JinglaiHe]

Here's what Marilyn Gladu says she thinks of Mark Carney: She says Carney is responsible for the economic mess that we're in, has terrible judgement, and can't be trusted at all.

And yet just today, she crossed the floor to the Liberals. You can't even make this up..

[American Debunk @AmericanDebunk]

Trump threatening to “take out the entire country in one night" and bombing Iran's power plants and bridges was actually one of his greatest plays of all time. I'm not exaggerating.

But most people lost their minds over Trump's recent comments and post. And that's because they lack a negotiation filter to make sense of him.

Trump has been aggressively scope-setting--establishing a ceiling so high and gruesome that everything below it would eventually look like a reasonable outcome.

I would even argue that this ceasefire wouldn’t have seemed reasonable at all had we not have had Trump’s Easter post. Think about it.

Imagine Trump never having threatened to blow Iran off the map, and the world spending 48 hours ruminating about it.

A ceasefire would’ve seemed mediocre. Not anymore.

It feels like Trump stopped WWIII. He put the image in everyone’s head that Iran was going to get sent back to the stone age. That didn’t happen, so a ceasefire and more negotiations seem like such a big win.

And here’s another move that nobody is talking about. Each time Trump extended a deadline (and he extended four of them) he wasn’t just buying time. He was letting the architecture get bigger.

Deadline one: US-Iran bilateral. Reopen the strait or face strikes.

Deadline two: Pakistan enters the channel. The conversation is no longer two parties; it’s three.

Deadline three: Pakistan hosts Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey in Islamabad. Now it’s a regional table.

Deadline four: the “Islamabad Accord” framework--a named document with regional backing and two phases.

By the time tonight arrived, Trump hadn’t just been negotiating with Iran. He’d been building a coalition of every major regional stakeholder around a shared interest in the outcome.

Saudi Arabia and the UAE have wanted Iran contained for decades. Egypt and Turkey wanted regional stability and a seat at the table. Pakistan wanted the credibility of brokering a historic deal.

In tonight’s post, Trump did something extraordinary: he announced the ceasefire “on behalf of the United States of America, as President, and also representing the Countries of the Middle East.”

He’s not brokering a US-Iran deal anymore. What he's doing is positioning himself as the representative of a regional coalition--Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan--all behind the framework that’s now being finalized.

The permanent deal, when it comes, won’t be Trump versus Iran. It’ll be Iran versus a bloc that includes every major power in the region, with Trump holding the pen.

Again, Trump went from a Strait of Hormuz negotiation to a Middle East security architecture. A week ago this didn’t seem possible. Even a few days ago it didn’t seem possible. And yet here we are.

Trump kept the ceiling high enough that the deal had room to grow into something much larger than where it started.

Trump is on an all-time run.

[Imtiaz Mahmood @ImtiazMadmood]

Why Socialism Doesn't Work, Explained for a 10-Year-Old.

You're in a class of 30 students. One kid works like crazy and gets an 18 average. Another does nothing and gets a 4. The teacher decides it's unfair and gives everyone the class average: 11.

The one who had 18 stops working. Why bother if it changes nothing? The one who had 4 keeps doing nothing. Why work if you're handed 11 for free?

The next year the class average is 7. Then 5. Then 3.

The teacher doesn't get it. He thinks the problem is that the students aren't supportive enough of each other. So he starts punishing those who don't put in enough effort. He monitors everyone. He decides who studies what. He bans switching classes.

That's exactly what happened. Every time. In every country. No exceptions.

USSR, China, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, Cambodia, Ethiopia, East Germany. 40 attempts. Same result. Every time.

Socialism punishes those who produce and rewards those who don't. Everyone ends up producing nothing. And when no one's producing anymore, the government uses force to make people work.

It's not an accident. It's the design.

- @brivael

[Harmless @HarmlessHQ]

Trump is teaching a thing about modern warfare and I hope other world leaders are paying attention.

When the search and rescue team were unable to locate the ejected airman after hours of searching,

Trump suspended everything, moved away from the public and summoned his security team to an emergency meeting.

He controlled and monitored the search right from Washington for over 7 hours. No media. Just pure commitment.

He was on ground to communicate directly and give orders easily when needed.

He only returned to the public after the safe evacuation of the airman.

This is leadership.
This is passion.
This is commitment.

Trump just showed the world how important the life of a US soldier is.

[Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson]

From my first day in the Air Force to my last I was taught that our military never, ever leaves one of our own behind. Never.

Yesterday’s magnificent operation makes this vet very proud.

[CanuckPilot @CanuckPilot]

@TheMort3za @__Injaneb96 FFS