or something ultra specific that is super easy to source from any other country, to exclusively hurt the american businesses

That was part of what went into how Canada chose the targets of out first rounds of counter-tariffs.

Product categories that we also make here, or can easily get elsewhere or can comfortably do without for an extended period of time.

That combined with a consumer led boycott of anything "made in the USA " and even staunch Republicans like Mitch McConnell are starting to push back against Trump.

Cult leader is accurate.

Every time I read news about Trump I always wonder what his end goal is.

I interpret it as some combination of staying out of prison, getting richer, serving the demands of those who have blackmail on him and self aggrandization.

The “free speech absolutists” just wanted to call black people the N-word,

They are able to say it already (and they still do amongst themselves).

What they wanted is to be able to say it in public without consequences.

It’s also going to end up spilling over into the cemeteries.

And into other countries.

Google scans YouTube videos for information about what products appear in them

Yes, but not specifically looking for products. They’re scanning to try to learn everything about the video with the goal of better matching suggestions to the interests (as determined by watch history) of viewers.

The intention is (as always) to increase viewer session time because the more time viewers spend on the platform, the more ads they see and ultimately the more money YouTube makes.

Of course, that scanning and view history can also be used to target ads with the goal of increasing ad click-thru and conversion (ultimately also driving the profit goal)

Coming soon to a “democracy” near you…

If you got any idea how to rally a bunch of spineless

I don’t understand Americans and how to motivate them.

I would hope an actual American would have a better idea about that than this Canadian dude…

its embarrassing how many of us are for the craziness.

It should also be embarrassing how few of you are actively fighting back against the collapse of your own country.

Those few hundred person protests? They should be millions. And they should be constant.

That’s the only way you’ll reclaim your country from the fascists who are taking it over and destroying ~250 years of progress.

It would be cool if you and your fellow citizens (millions of you, not just the handful who have been shouting into the wind so far) got together and did something to prevent that implosion.

They aren’t really. At least not in any great numbers.

And that’s part of the problem.

There are dozens of things that have happened in the last 2 months that Americans should be protesting.

Millions of them.

Constantly.

And I filmed from the sidelines.

And lived to tell the tale far and wide.

the police did technically identify themselves as police

Verbally and with noting to help back up that claim.

Where is the good guy with a gun?

In a coffee shop cosplaying as a tough guy.

It’s a full time job keeping track of all of Trump’s lies.

And not one that is good for the 'ol mental health.

And they just shut up and do it? Fucking useless agencies.

Seriously. Aren’t they supposed to use their “particular set of skills” to protect the country from enemies both foreign and domestic, or something like that?

It’s a start.

I was worried that the Americans would just keep sitting on their hands like so many did during the last election.

And Canada appears to have reduced happiness, I suspect due in part to our proximity to the USA.