Trump on terrorist attacks in America: “Like I said, some people will die. When you go to war, some people will die."

Once again, a naval task group deployment to assist with the protection of Gulf shipping is the most likely scenario in the event of a future Cdn mission.

8 years ago:

Trump to Rubio: "Your next one is gonna be Cuba. He's waiting but he says, 'Let's get this one finished first.' We could do them all at the same time, but bad things happen."

There’s a clear intensity gap on independence: 56% strongly oppose, just 13% strongly support. Even so, 53% think Premier Smith would vote to separate. Public perception doesn’t mirror public opinion. #ableg Details: abacusdata.ca/alberta-ind...

Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone. But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.

Premier Danielle Smith says she has been actively campaigning for Alberta to remain in Canada since day one.

Markwayne called Rand Paul a “freaking snake” last week and said he supported his neighbor beating the crap out of him. Let’s see who the chair of the Senate Homeland Security committee is…oh goody it’s Rand Paul.

Trump says he needs to be involved in selecting Iran's next leader, Axios reports reut.rs/4ucsucb

In a different world you could imagine the conspiracy theory "attacked Venezuela in order to gain control of its oil supply as a hedge against an attack they knew they were planning on Iran," but no one can believe that these clowns thought that far ahead.

Corey Lewandowski is expected to leave DHS with Kristi Noem, according to Fox News' Jacqui Heinrich. A Whte House source also says that "t was a combination of her many unfortunate leadership failures. From MN to the ad campaign to the allegations of an affair."

I think he should fly over there, set up a fake board room & do interviews for... The Apprentice: Mullah

America's Next Top Mullah

NEW: Reporting from Postmedia and newly disclosed briefing materials at today’s special Council meeting outline the scope of the provincial property tax increase. Cities like Chestermere will see increases as high as 32%, making this the largest property tax increase in Southern Alberta’s history.

Major public service shakeup taps David Morrison to ‘elevated’ key foreign policy role in the centre www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

Republican Senators continue to want to neuter Congress. Is Congressional check on the Presidency (tariffs, war, etc) only if they are different parties?

ICYMI duanebratt.substack.com/p/usisrael-w...

I didn't realize that Sharia Law was on the verge on occurring in Georgia!

Acting like a 12 yearold trash talking his friends playing video games.

That is not what imminent threat means.

Based on their oversight role in the Epstein case, I expect that former President George W. Bush will be called to testify over Iraq. GOPs job is to provide oversight over past presidents not the current one.

The academic Free Speech Warrior!

A BC court found an Alberta separatist movement leader misappropriated $1.3 million of his elderly aunt and uncle’s money. Their niece says Dennis Modry hasn’t paid it back.

Nice to see the Speaker of the house abdicating the role of Congress in exercising its constitutional authority. First in trade and now in war.

President Donald Trump for the first time acknowledged a personal dimension to his decision to attack Iran, citing the country’s efforts to assassinate him in 2024 as a factor in ordering the joint U.S.-Israeli operation that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. https://wapo.st/46wCLG4

So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for: - Who takes over; - Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation; - How to defend US bases in the region; - Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and - How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed.

For those that like videos, instead of the written word. This is similar to the substack that I just wrote.

US/Israel War and Iran's Nuclear Weapons Program open.substack.com/pub/duanebra...

In the last month, PM Carney has reached a deal with China on canola tariffs and India on uranium exports. In both cases, Carney was joined by Sask Premier Scott Moe. How much damage has this done to any nascent separatist movement in Saskatchewan?

Just days before the United States launched a major military operation in Iran, FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen agents and staff members from a counterintelligence unit tasked with monitoring threats from Iran, according to two sources familiar with the matter. https://cnn.it/3OKIl1o

When FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen FBI agents and staff last week for their role in the classified documents investigation of Donald Trump, he targeted an elite counter espionage unit that investigates threats from foreign adversaries and specializes in Iran www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

JD VANCE: "There's just no way Trump is gonna about this country to get into a multiyear conflict with no end in sight" TRUMP HOURS LATER: "Wars can be fought 'forever,' and very successfully"

On Iran, see the larger context. Five of the seven countries that the Trump admin has militarily attacked since Jan. 2025 are significant oil producers, even though petrostates are rare. It's not a coincidence. I explain why @goodauth.bsky.social goodauthority.org/news/is-oil-...

Over-taxation and under-representation. Our Edmonton provincial government is pushing the biggest property tax hike in Calgary’s history. 1/2

CNN put together a montage of the regime's incoherent talking points about Trump's war on Iran

Mullin is not as dumb as Tuberville. But he sure is in the running.

Just a reminder that Trump didn't just bumble us into an unnecessary war -- he deliberately created the conditions that he's now screaming about

France will bring European nations into nuclear military drills and could allow its neighbors to host nuclear-capable fighter planes for the first time, President Emmanuel Macron announced.

There are no laws in political science... ...but wars will always be harder, more costly, and induce more unintended consequences than anticipated.

This was a fun read.

Tuberville continues to lead the race for dumbest US Senator. Others may, for political purposes, play dumb. But Tuberville is either a great actor or really dumb.

Tuberville on 6 US troops being killed: "It's just unfortunate that happened, but it's war. It's gonna get worse before it gets better."

Tuberville on 6 US troops being killed: "The Democrats up here, they could care less. They've been pushing buttons and running these wars like Vietnam and uhhhhh, in my lifetime. And of course all the Gulf wars. But we didn't try to win those wars."

Trump: "We have right from the beginning projected 4 to 5 weeks, but we have capability to go far longer than that. We'll do whatever. Somebody said, 'the president will get bored.' I don't get bored. There's nothing boring about this."

How is this for timing? Scheduled lecture for today's Intro to IR class was war and terrorism. Will spend most of the class on US/Israel vs Iran war.

Watching Trump joke around in his usual narcissistic way, it's clear he has absolutely no appreciation for the graveness of what he's just unleashed on the world. And joking about giving himself the Medal of Honor when he's put thousands of US service members in harm's way is especially abhorrent.

Trump just held a press conference about war with Iran, and spent much of it talking about drapes and his ballroom. I guess those are the drapes of wrath???