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Short Take Politics
‘Trump-a-Palooza’
An embarrassment is having a mid-term Republican Convention no one wants to attend because it is a MAGA convention and there are no Republicans attending. Republicans believe in the Constitution. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/republicans-gather-in-dallas-for-two-day-midterm-convention-billed-as-trump-a-palooza
Losing in Iran
It’s not just Iran but the Houthis. War-by-whim escalates. https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260911-iran-backed-houthis-seize-near-control-of-vital-bab-el-mandeb-shipping-lane?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bluesky&utm_source=shorty&utm_slink=f24.my%2FC9g8
About that trade war with Canada
A difference of opinion? an incongruity? the unpleasantness? — it's now been going on for more than 19 months. When does Prime Minister Carney shut down “The Straight of Our Moose”, otherwise known a the Welland Canal. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-trump-trade-war-analysis-9.7341…
