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Alaska state resolution set to affirm Canadian sovereignty in rejection of U.S. threats

Republican Rep. Chuck Kopp of Alaska, which shares a border with the Yukon and is separated from the contiguous U.S. by Canada, says the state doesn’t support the president’s trade war and annexation bid against Canada.

He has proposed a joint resolution in the state legislature that would affirm Canada’s sovereignty and recognize the enduring, centuries-old ties between Alaska and Canada.

Alaska state resolution set to affirm Canadian sovereignty in rejection of U.S. threatshttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-alaska-state-resolution-set-to-affirm-canadian-sovereignty-in/Open linkView original on biglemmowski.win
lemmy.world

Imagine Alaska seceding to Canada because the angry orange turd couldn't help himself 😂

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Rhaedasreply
fedia.io

"We can have Canada as a 51st state!"

"Now we're down to 49 states, you dumb ass."

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NatakuNoxreply
lemmy.world

Puerto Rico has been removed from the chat and blocked... Admin notes just has the word "brown!"

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Match!!reply
pawb.social

You've been misinformed by a hostile media. There have been 5 referendums since 2012 about statehood and they've all been in favor of statehood (if not by much), and the subsequent House bills to introduce the measure have all been stalled or killed in committee.

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DaddleDewreply
lemmy.world

NGL, I can imagine Russia making a move for it and Trump letting them do it.

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Daddy putin wouldn't like that. I would to move to alaska before that deal went down. I already want to jack up this broken ass country and swap in a new hemi v8 country

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lemm.ee

I'll be honest; didn't expect that from Alaska but then again they're sorta up there on their own, doing whatever...

Good though. Good. Maybe when the West Coast secedes and founds its own (superior!) country, well let Alaska join us. Maybe.

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I live in Washington/BC and I can tell you, Alaska would starve if Canada didn’t allow use of its roads and facilities. I’m not surprised they sided with Canada and the west coast and east coast will too. Trump is a fucking moron.

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lemmy.world

Alaska is a very different kind of conservative state. They like the ability to do whatever they want as long as it benefits them even if it goes against the national Republican agenda.

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Bleysreply
lemmy.world

Also economically it’s beneficial for Alaska to be a unique US state in terms of tourism and resource offerings. If Canada joined the US, Alaska loses a big aspect of their unique identity to BC/Yukon/NT.

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we can cut them off badly... that's the only reason they are pretending to be kind

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Ledericasreply
lemm.ee

they are also far removed from the main GOP in the states, so they are less affected by thier craziness.

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lemmy.today

So they aren't idiots. Far as I can tell with MAGATs, they do stupid things even if it catches themselves on fire.

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Alaskans even have a form of UBI through the oil industry. It’s a state with more pragmatic people running it I suppose.

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Well, we got places like Wassila (AKA Mobile Alaska) that have entirely drank the koolaid. One week there and you will be thanking god for fentanyl. Its not as bad but we still got crazies.

We got mostly republicans and office yet we also got Ranked Choice Voting which the GOP opposes.

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lemm.ee

Alaska could join Canada couldn't it? Damn ... it may be worth getting an Alaskan mailing address.

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My bet is that Putin demands Alaska as a token of good faith in order for HitlerPig to join the new alliance with Russia, China, and North Korea, and HitlerPig gives it to him. He'll also give Taiwan to China for the same reason.

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This is why Trump wants Greenland, to balance off the loss of oil and other reserves when Putin claims Alaska again, like he said he will.

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They are trying to get Canada to stop charging road tolls on US products travelling through Canada to get to them

This is a prerequisite to any trade deal and their threat of just shipping it by boat from California to Alaska didn’t work

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Probably cause they know they'd be one of the first states to get badly economically blockaded if Trumo tries to start shit.

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I prefer the cold over heat and hiking so if Alaska becomes part of Canada, hmmmm.

Downside, so many frigg'n mosquitoes.

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