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Cake day: September 27th, 2023

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  • You know with this administration it can be hard to recognize all the different players so I have a rule of thumb I use.

    If I recognize the name from previous GOP actions (especially the last Trump administration) then they’re someone who saw January 6th happen and are a huge enough asshole that they decided to come back.

    If I don’t recognize the name from previous GOP actions then they’re someone who saw January 6th happen and are a giant enough asshole that they decided now was the time to join the administration.

    That really helps me get a baseline read of the different administration officials.









  • Canada didn’t effectively do more than posture because the tariffs were canceled. He claimed intent to cancel a starlink contract and supported tariffs on energy. I’d give him (and gave him at the time) fair credit for his response. I fucking hate him - but his response was supportive of a unified Canadian response which contrasted with our permanent least favorite premiere fucking Smith who tried to weasel out of tariffs in the hope that Trump might roll back oil tariffs specifically.

    Since push didn’t come to shove we can’t be certain if it was all posturing but I think it was genuine and I’d even say that the posturing he did was likely helpful in showing Trump that we weren’t going to be pushovers.