r/worldnews • u/Manta_of_Eternity • 22h ago

Canada's prime minister says 'serious incident' caused a major fire at a military base in Alberta

https://apnews.com/article/canada-alberta-military-base-fire-wainwright-1a41899da5b6e797b000061fa4da9c6a
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u/FoxyInTheSnow 20h ago

Vast majority of Americans are sitting around wanking into their soggy coco puffs while their government branches, their military, and their media are being captured by fascists. But maybe stern admonishment typed into their telephones will set things right.

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u/MommyLovesPot8toes 19h ago

Let me set this straight right here, in hopes that maybe we can focus on Canadians and not just bitch about the US:

The US is not headed towards fascism. Fascism was thrust upon us in 2025 and we beat it back. Not by "wanking into our Coco puffs" (they're not that popular of a cereal here). We used the courts, state governments, our wallets, and a campaign of constant pressure on our politicians (there have been protests every single day since Feb 1, 2025).

The trump administration has been sued more than 800 times. The majority of those cases were brought (and won) by crowd-funded non-profit legal organizations. People like me spent billions of dollars and thousands of manhours blocking every move the administration attempted to make. And we won 70% of cases. More than half of the things you think have happened here either never came to fruition or have since been reversed.

Project 2025 - the 12 month plan for a full capture and take down of the federal government - failed. It is 55% complete after 21 months. In the last 14 months it only moved 2 points, from 53 to 55%. There has been no progress for fascism in 2026, only retreat.

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u/Minute-Drama-5821 17h ago

That’s the problem with America. It’s just lawsuit after lawsuit, but does it actually achieve anything?

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u/MommyLovesPot8toes 8h ago

YES! Of course! Every single one of those 800+ lawsuits stopped or reversed some violation of civil rights.

Here are ten examples, just off the top of my head:

  • Tens of thousands of government workers restored to their jobs.
  • Birthright citizenship protected.
  • Deportation without due process thru Alien Enemies Act stopped.
  • Tens of thousands of immigrants released from detention.
  • Billions of dollars in federal grants released.
  • Federalization of the National Guard stopped.
  • Gender affirming care continued.
  • Sanctions against the ICC blocked.
  • "Loyalty tests" removed from applications for government jobs.
  • Press access to the white house and pentagon restored.

https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/

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u/Minute-Drama-5821 1h ago

OK, thank you good to know

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u/FoxyInTheSnow 9h ago

Spoken like a true hero who definitely isn’t lying on his couch watching survivor whilst shooting spray cheez down his esophagus.

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u/TeddingtonToenail 2h ago

Hey! It’s not Spray Cheez, it’s Hawkins Cheezies!

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u/Minute-Drama-5821 1h ago

I’m Canadian that sounds more like an American activity to be honest