US’s Rubio shrugs off market falls at Nato press conference – as it happened

US secretary of state says ‘markets will adjust’ during press conference following Nato summit in Brussels

the Guardian

⬆️ Solving #foreignMeddling demands restructuring of political & social DNA of #Canada to prioritize national security

#US has registry of foreign agents.

Canada's security complacency & out-of-date act governing its #CanadianSecurityIntelligenceService stem from its relative safety, largely protected from foreign threats by its geography: US to south, and surrounded by 3 oceans— "I mean, nobody is going to invade Canada," said a former #CSIS director and NSA to two PMs

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68038175

Why is Canada so vulnerable to foreign meddling?

A public inquiry launching on Monday could be a reckoning in the country on national security matters.

BBC News
B.C. tourism sector worried as Canada left off China’s green list for group tours

China pointed to allegations it interfered in Canadian politics for why Canada was left off its list of approved group travel destinations as it lifts pandemic travel restrictions.

Global News
B.C. MP says she’s yet to hear from RCMP about probe into foreign meddling

"I would love to hear from them so I can understand what is involved in terms of that investigation related to myself being targeted," Vancouver East MP Jenny Kwan said.

Global News

@mutter01
An example of a countrtry that had stamped out an illicit trade and with the intervention of the US seems to have revived it. And a host of other problems also.

Don't buy the line that the USA lost in #Afghanistan either, #destabilisation *is* their goal.

There are so many example of #foreignMeddling, interventions, regimeChange etc.

Regrettably #MichaelParenti's War on Yugoslavia speech (1999, 1:17:26) could have been written yesterday.
@augieray

@strypey
Do not underestimate the toxic impact of #politicalDonations and #foreignMeddling.

Last we checked, #NationBuilder is #CloudFlare, so there is a great value proposition in #DDoS'ing #politicalParties, and then swooping in to save the day.

Also many parties at least in #Australia appear to be #astroTurf that don't offer anything truely different and appear to simply be trying to corner the market with a particular branding/#naming strategy.

@lightweight

Australia once self-identified as the "clever country".

That phrase has completely disappeared. Today we tracked down the exact moment the phrase vanished from the national consciousness…

It was the day we voted in #TonyAbbott as PM over Kevin Rudd.

#KevinRuddCoup #KevinRudd #cleverCountry #australia #auspol #smearCampaigns #NBN #sovereignWealthFund #miningTax #rupertMurdoch #foreignMeddling