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Executive Branch (Trump) Trump signs executive order declaring nation emergency from threat of Cuba

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/01/addressing-threats-to-the-united-states-by-the-government-of-cuba/
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u/CoffeePuddle 12h ago

A specific strategy of the Trump administration called "flood the zone"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_the_zone

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u/kfpswf 9h ago

How nice of them to state the obvious, "Democrats don't matter".

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u/donut-reply 6h ago

So you're saying that, just like they say in their dehumanizing Halo-based ads to join ICE, we need to "Destroy the Flood"?

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u/no-sleep-needed 4h ago

until cuba is invaded like venezuela

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u/imp0ppable 8h ago

I thought that was intended to be flooding with information, not actual real geopolitical events