Earlier this week, Canada’s “prime minister” and foremost blackface enthusiast Justin Trudeau threatened retaliation in response to Trump’s proposed 25% tariff (itself a response to the lax Canadian border), evoking a number of stories that included Trump’s previous suggestion Canada should simply become our 51st state. Which I genuinely thought was a joke. But yesterday morning, a little after midnight, our president doubled down on Truth Social: “It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada,” he wrote. “I look forward to seeing the Governor again soon so that we may continue our in depth talks on Tariffs and Trade, the results of which will be truly spectacular for all!” A whimsical response to Justin’s Big Boy posturing, or are we really being primed for a unified North America? Unclear, but in any case there’s no mistaking it: he’s back.

Yesterday — nearly two years after we broke Operation Choke Point 2.0 — NYT published a not entirely fair piece on debanking in crypto, characterizing the issue as a “political cudgel” that newly ascendant Bitcoin bros are leveraging in backroom DC discussions. Listen, I’m grateful for the coverage, but the implication that debanking crypto businesses is justifiable because of their “track record of scams, fraud and high-risk financial practices” is insane. Ever hear about this guy Bernie Madoff, whose pyramid scheme defrauded investors of $18 billion? Did the government not just facilitate $200 billion in pandemic relief fraud? What about that time in 2008 when hedge funds wiped out $11 trillion of American wealth? Crypto deserves scrutiny, but “it’s used for scams” is not an argument against crypto — it implies the entire financial industry, along with every dollar-loving normie, should be debanked. Jesus, get a grip (and stay poor).

Legacy media is pointing out that RFK Jr.’s proposal to crack down on unhealthy food additives as Trump’s HHS Director ironically puts him at odds with the Trump-voting, rural Americans who make these ingredients for a living. For example, one author pointed to a mill in Central Illinois that manufactures high-fructose corn syrup, and argued banning this ingredient would devastate a rural area that voted heavily for Trump. While I appreciate the sudden concern about the rural working class (and look forward to the next wave of coverage focused on illegal Venezuelans paid under the table at pennies on the dollar), I think it’s a bit unfounded. ‘Corn syrup layoffs’ are just Central Illinois’s version of AI yeeting away laptop jobs. In both cases, new opportunities will arise, and America will be more productive — and less fat — as a result. Laid-off corn mill employee? No, brother. That’s a future raw milk salesman.

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