Trump says he has commuted sentence of former Rep. George Santos

The weather is certainly nicer now than in the past couple of Octobers. I am finding the humidity to be much lower.

It’s time to take my dog on the (no flags) beach in Troncones.

Hey, call me crazy, but I wish only Canadians and legal immigrants could protest in Canada.

I won’t call you crazy but I will point something out to you.

Section 2 of the Canadian constitution says

2. Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms:

freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication.

It sounds like you want to limit Section 2 so that some people in Canada would not have the protections of the Canadian constitution.

I’m quite sure that Maxime Bernier would have common cause with you, but I doubt that even Pierre Poilievre would agree.

Sigh, but the question was about foreigners protesting in another land.

The entire Revolutionary War for Independence was "foreigners protesting in a another land". Mexicans will likely join in the protest. We're pretty much unified in our total revulsion of the Pedophile-in-Chief and wannabe dictator.

Surprised no one is happy the orange man who gave up his billionaire lifestyle to save the world brokered peace in Gaza this week…

YOU do not pay attention, do you. NuttyYahoo let Felon 47 have a trophy.

LOOK at the pictures, there is NOT ONE building left standing in Gaza. therefore, no more war.

If you are waiting for the Democratic party to save you , you will be waiting for a long time. The Dems really elected Trump by sheltering Biden and cronies from public scrutiny until it was too late. Energy is best spent one year from elections on electing q solid base to oppose the Orange Man and crew!

I am not waiting for a party to "save" me.

Authoritarians despise huge protests because history proves they work. I have attended every protest in my US city over the past six months, and each one has been bigger and louder than the previous one. All we have to defend the world's oldest democracy are our voices and our bodies to show up en masse. As long as I am able, I will suit up, show up, vote and donate to good candidates.

How does a protest “work?” POTUS will resign before the end of his term? Genuinely want to know what successful protest achieves.

Surprised no one is happy the orange man who gave up his billionaire lifestyle to save the world brokered peace in Gaza this week…

If you were a patriot then you would also be a champion of DEMOCRACY, and democracy works because We The People have the power to give to and take away from the politicians who REPRESENT us. They aren't appointed for life, but this is the current goal of the RAPEublicans and their oligarch masters, including Putin who has them dancing his song like marionettes, and useful idiots like you acting like this is normal and what you voted for. The nation is in crisis. Either step up or step aside.

It takes a special kind of stupid to believe the Pedophile-in-Chief gave up anything but his boring life in NYC with a trophy wife who doesn't love him. He's used the office to enrich himself illegally, more than doubling his worth selling away the interests of the nation to the highest bidder. And you support his treachery and treason, so guess what that makes you.

America Needs a Mass Movement—Now
Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

By David Brooks

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/11/autocracy-resistance-social-movement/684336/?gift=PzXTN1_z3K89dehlfG-QqMhyYV_fIlPL0-AD3u4N3bo&...

How does a protest “work?” POTUS will resign before the end of his term? Genuinely want to know what successful protest achieves.

Surprised no one is happy the orange man who gave up his billionaire lifestyle to save the world brokered peace in Gaza this week…

How do mass protests "work"? With pressure. When enabling politicians don't get reelected. When life gets unbearable for enough people that they feel they have nothing to lose.

When do mass protests not "work"? When people become complacent. When they accept the unacceptable. When it's too late.

Trump is not in charge. He's a delusional, weak old man who is a bottomless pit of attention seeking. He's happily benefiting financially from the authoritarian regime but he's not calling the shots. There are far smarter and determined people who have studied the dismantling of a democratic government. Those are the ones I fear and against whom I protest.

Genuinely want to know what successful protest achieves.

Sigh. This is what large protests achieve:
-pressure on the administration who may be fearful that large-scale riots and violence will break out, although that likely is what Trump is hoping for
-pressure on Congressmembers who may be fearful of losing their cushy seats
-pressure on mainstream media who may realize that their soft coverage of Trump doesn't reflect the national mood
-pressure on the courts whose judges read the papers and watch cable news too
-reassuring people on the fence that they are not alone in their opposition to this authoritarian regime.
-reassuring the public that the 1st amendment still exists, however tenuously

Protests achieve all that and more.

Surprised no one is happy the orange man who gave up his billionaire lifestyle to save the world brokered peace in Gaza this week…

Trump may not be sleeping in his gauche Trump Tower but he has in no way given up his billionaire lifestyle. And now he's upgrading his faded Trump 757 plane for a new, plush Qatari 747. That's serious corruption. In fact he's used the office to corruptly enrich himself many times over just in the last 9 months. (And I bet you still think he donates his salary to charity. How naive of you.)

The "peace" in Gaza isn't peace but a ceasefire. Progress yes but not close to peace. Even Netanyahu isn't really on board, having skipped the signing ceremony. These tensions have been ongoing for thousands of years and are not likely to stop now, considering this "peace" plan is threadbare and doesn't address any of the underlying problems.

Think it through Surfdude. It's important.

If you are waiting for the Democratic party to save you , you will be waiting for a long time. The Dems really elected Trump by sheltering Biden and cronies from public scrutiny until it was too late. Energy is best spent one year from elections on electing q solid base to oppose the Orange Man and crew!

I am not waiting for a party to "save" me.

Authoritarians despise huge protests because history proves they work. I have attended every protest in my US city over the past six months, and each one has been bigger and louder than the previous one. All we have to defend the world's oldest democracy are our voices and our bodies to show up en masse. As long as I am able, I will suit up, show up, vote and donate to good candidates.

How does a protest “work?” POTUS will resign before the end of his term? Genuinely want to know what successful protest achieves.

Surprised no one is happy the orange man who gave up his billionaire lifestyle to save the world brokered peace in Gaza this week…

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5553477-duffy-claims-no-kings-protests-are-part-of-antifa/

If you are waiting for the Democratic party to save you , you will be waiting for a long time. The Dems really elected Trump by sheltering Biden and cronies from public scrutiny until it was too late. Energy is best spent one year from elections on electing q solid base to oppose the Orange Man and crew!

I am not waiting for a party to "save" me.

Authoritarians despise huge protests because history proves they work. I have attended every protest in my US city over the past six months, and each one has been bigger and louder than the previous one. All we have to defend the world's oldest democracy are our voices and our bodies to show up en masse. As long as I am able, I will suit up, show up, vote and donate to good candidates.

I think of the topic of public participation as being more nuanced. It is easy for a person to not participate in collective action but behave in a similar manner individually. I have known many people who would never participate in some constructive collective action yet express their offensive views to anyone who will listen.

Some express their views so loudly that even others who don’t want to hear them are exposed to it. In Mexico I find this most commonly as some person in a restaurant, on transit, or in a public airport expresses their views in English or sometimes in French.

Be the change you want to see.

That is attributed to Mahatma Gandhi.

I, along with some others I know, do volunteer work during extended stays in Mexico. I do mine with dog rescue organizations, helping the homeless, hungry, ill, and injured. If there were a public event urging more support for spay and neuter programs, I would be comfortable participating.

Others do their volunteer work among the homeless and hungry people in conjunction with a local faith organization. I suspect that they would be comfortable participating in a public display for support of reducing homeless and hunger.

Yet others I know come to Mexico many months of the year and take from Mexico without making personal contributions to it.

I have a shirt that reads in part, “decoloniazate” (decolonize yourself). I wear it both in Mexico and in Canada. As a person who comes from non-Indigenous heritage, I believe it is important that I “decolonize myself” as it is important that colonized people reassert their pre-colonial autonomy.

Rob, what do you think of Canadians protesting in Mexico because they think they know what everyone wants? I also spend about 5 months in Mexico, but I wouldn't go to a protest because it is not my country and I find it rude and kind of arrogant. Nothing like a smart Canadian or American (a US person) telling use Mexican people how to behave.That's just me. I would go to a cooking demonstration though. And full disclosure, I might have bought several "save the bay get rid of pier t shirts (for the cause) a number of years back, but even then I only wore them in Canada. Public Health care in Canada....give me a break. That's a whole other topic on another board. Thanks for this board Rob, I've been reading it for over 30 years??? Can't be.

Our visitors pay taxes here on every purchase, so they deserve to have their voices heard. In the former British colonies now known as the United States, "taxation without representation" was the battle cry for their revolution against King George III's monarchy, and I believe it's a tenet worth honoring. While they're banned from being involved with Mexican politicians and political campaigns (apparently except the foreigners in charge of Por Los Niños charity who allow themselves to be used for political purposes by local politicians), they're welcome to stand up against fascism, tyranny and authoritarianism, especially regarding contemporary events in our neighboring country to the north. They will find their cause is widely supported by most Mexicans.

I am happy to remain a citizen and maintain my residence in Canada. I live in Canada about seven months of the year and live in Mexico about five months.