r/politics • u/tetaniclemur • 5d ago

No Paywall Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Declares a National Emergency to Secure America’s Bulk-Power System

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/08/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-declares-a-national-emergency-to-secure-americas-bulk-power-system/
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u/Canadian_mk11 Canada 5d ago

Geneva? Never heard of her.

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u/ill4two Guam 5d ago

the checklist?

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u/Son_of_Biyombo 5d ago

The suggestions?

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u/WaffleToasterings 5d ago

I would play Rimworld again.

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u/periodicsheep Canada 5d ago

it isn’t against the geneva convention the first time

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u/Edwardteech 5d ago

Its not a war crime the first time.

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u/livinginthelurk 5d ago

First time, no crime, time for us to shine.

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u/Level-Location1679 4d ago

"war crimes once, shame on you, war crimes twice, you can't commit war crimes again"

George Washington, defining the 2 term limit for US presidents

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u/CatsPlusTats 5d ago

Yeah we haven't had an Alberta Eugenics Board since... 1972

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u/SEmpls 5d ago

I live right below Alberta and I always assumed that was still around because everyone I see from there kinda looks alike and is a little bit mean.

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u/Jove_ I voted 5d ago

You’d be mean too if you had to go back home to Alberta

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u/JBredditaccount 5d ago

The separatists are just trying to be less grumpy, but in the dumbest way possible? "From now on, we're going home to America!"

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u/StephanXX Oregon 5d ago

Sho goes to school in Canada, you wouldn't have met her.

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u/ScarInternational161 Michigan 5d ago

I heard tale a bunch of folks jumped off a ship named Lincoln, who know where they are headed now that a lady named Liberty has been trussed up and gagged....

Let me know if you find Geneva, eh?

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u/Bikes_Bocks_Rocks 5d ago

More like Geneva suggestion