The messaging coming from the White House increasingly reflects an “America, fuck yeah!” approach to international politics
– a phrase from the theme tune of "Team America: World Police",
the 2004 satire by the creators of South Park, which mocked the thrusting militarism of the Bush administration’s war on terror.
For those who don’t remember,
the film follows a crack squad of puppet soldiers as they blast their way around the world,
pursuing bad guy…
Gallup: 70% of Americans oppose local data center construction, citing water and electricity issues, with opposition higher among Democrats than Republicans (Tim Craig/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026
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Canada is fast-tracking citizenship for #trans Americans at risk
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Is Latin America Ready to Abandon Cuba? (Simon Romero/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/world/americas/cuba-support-latin-america-conservative.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260314/p10#a260314p10
Inter American Press Association: press freedom in the Americas suffered a "dramatic deterioration" in 2025; the US has "restrictions" on freedom of speech (Astrid Sušrez/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/americas-pr
At least 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are on board with Trump’s new military alliance.
They are calling it the America’s Counter Cartel Coalition.
Latin America’s top right-wing leaders are involved,
including El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele and Argentina’s Javier Milei.
They met in Florida for the event, on March 7.
The United States has promised to use lethal force to destroy cartels and narco-traffickers in those nations.
Kristi Noem,…
Trump landed in Beijing last night with Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Jensen Huang, and 15 other American CEOs in tow
— the most powerful collection of corporate America ever to board Air Force One
— while at home Republicans scrambled to explain away his statement that he does not think about Americans’ financial situation.
Mike Johnson, asked directly whether that was the right message, said he did not know the context in which Trump made that comment.
The context was a p…
Amid war, Trump says he doesn’t ‘think about Americans’ financial situation’
The president said he is only concerned about Iran not having a nuclear weapon. “I don’t think about anybody,” he added.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/20
Our annual ranking of military budgets shows the biggest shift since 2001
By one measure, America’s allies now outspend it on defence
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2026/05/11/by-one-measure-americas-allies-now-out…
Automatic military draft registration to start in Dec.
Chip in to help America's youth says HELL NO.
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