The DNA Report is preparing our October 19 Livecast to cover the results of the Smith MAGA ballot, the implications of the vote and the larger political prospects for annexation and democracy in Canada. The DNA Report Livecast will start @ 7pm Alberta time (ABT) one hour before the polls close [6pm PDT/8pm CDT/9pm EDT]. The Livecast will continue until the results are known. We have a team of senior correspondents on hand to share perspectives on the outcomes of the night, to

Trump on October 13 -- public domain image By Gabriel Haythornthwaite, The DNA Report (See: Pax Trumpicana II - The DNA Report) With only 2 days until Alberta’s pre-annexation referendum, The DNA Report continues its analysis of Pax Trumpicana, following on part one which introduced the Trump 2.0 National Security Strategy (NSS) white-paper and the resurgence of American Manifest Destiny annexation designs in North America. Part two continues with a look at the latest crass t

The choice on October 25 should not be about Lula’s limited social democratic tendencies. It is about protecting the Brazilian democratic project from a complete fascistic takeover. Lula PT Rally, October 10, 2026 -- Lula Oficial, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Joseph Bouchard, Common Dreams On October 4, Brazilians handed the far-right their best result in decades. Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, eldest son and political heir of convicted coup plotter and former neofascist Pr

Trump, October 6, 2026 -- public domain image By Gabriel Haythornthwaite, The DNA Report With only 4 days until the Smith MAGA ballot, The DNA Report takes on the weighty subject of the Trump approach to Empire—summed up as Pax Trumpicana—as a broader reference for understanding the American Annexation operation in Canada. Part one of this sketch introduces the geopolitical sea change ushered in by the Trump 2.0 imperial white-paper, the National Security Strategy of the Unit

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon on election night -- image via Paul St-Pierre Plamondon on X By Gabriel Haythornthwaite, The DNA Report With only 8 days until Alberta’s pre-annexation referendum, The DNA Report engages a third round of This Week In Annexation with commentary on the minority government victory of the Parti Québécois (PQ) on October 5. This event, returning the PQ to power with 59 seats after a decade in the political wilderness (they won a pitiful three seats in 2022

A US-backed reactionary wave of the 1960s-1980s brought the rule of the generals. The current one might be called the reign of the clowns. Sign at a rally in Ottawa, Canada after the abduction of Maduro in January, 2026 -- image via X By Roger D. Harris, Common Dreams A reactionary wave is sweeping Latin America. Since the elections of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro in July 2024 and Uruguay’s Yamandú Orsi in November 2024, all seven of the subsequent direct presidential contests

A Brief Survey Of Imperial Takeovers Since 1914 By Gabriel Haythornthwaite, The DNA Report With 9 days until Alberta’s pre-annexation referendum, The DNA Report continues its look at the concept and experience of annexation following the brief historical review posted on September 27. In that review, the ancient origins of annexation were sketched out to distinguish between mere military takeovers and the colonial administration model of the Roman empire (starting in the midd

Ottawa wants Canadians to believe that a new era of strategic independence is underway, but the trade measures increasingly look performative, while the surge in military spending risks doing little to reduce Canada’s underlying dependence on the United States. Image via Prime Minister of Canada, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Umer Azad, Common Dreams There is something almost admirable about the Canadian government’s ability to respond to an American provocation with pr

Donald Trump and Flávio Bolsonaro in the White House's Oval Office, May 2026 -- public domain image By Miguel Enrique Stédile On the last Friday before the first round of Brazil’s presidential elections, the U.S. embassy and consulates in the country remained closed, following a generic order from the State Department regarding ‘security concerns.’ Elections in Brazil proceed peacefully; there are no civil conflicts or military threats, no records of political violence above

Ahead of the US midterm elections, voters need to clearly articulate a radical framework for spending our collective wealth. Police officers applauding Trump, August 2026 -- public domain image By Sonali Kolhatkar A recent New York Times editorial by Tim Wu, a former antitrust adviser for the Biden administration, caught my eye for the criticism it leveled at Democrats for making affordability a central issue ahead of the midterm elections. Wu contends that the party needs to

This Week In Annexation II.2 J.D. Vance at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, 2025 -- public domain image By Gabriel Haythornthwaite, The DNA Report With 19 days to go until the Smith MAGA ballot in Alberta, The DNA Report concludes a second round of This Week in Annexation with a quick review of signs that a Trump-USA takeover threat is not a figment of anyone’s imagination. A Chilling Admission More interesting than PM Mark Carney’s shuttle diplomacy to Europe this month was

President Lee Jae Myung in February, 2026 -- Republic of Korea from Seoul, Republic of Korea, via Wikimedia Commons By Dae-Han Song On 20 September, South Korea’s Lee Administration stated that, contrary to foreign media coverage, it had not rejected Trump’s request for support in the Strait of Hormuz. The New York Times might be forgiven for failing to read between the lines when Lee stated that he would not be deploying combat troops to the Strait of Hormuz but left open t

This Week In Annexation II.1 By Gabriel Haythornthwaite, The DNA Report With 20 days to go until the Smith MAGA ballot in Alberta, The DNA Report begins a second round of This Week in Annexation with a post on banker-PM Mark Carney’s sanctified quest for membership in Fortress Europe, aka the European Union (EU). In a gambit to apparently ‘strengthen’ Canadian sovereignty, Carney has run with the suggestion from European Commission President, Ursula Von der Leyen, that the co

A Historical Look By Gabriel Haythornthwaite, The DNA Report With 23 days until Alberta’s pre-annexation referendum, The DNA Report is engaging the fact that, prior to Herr Trump’s deranged threats to annex Canada as the ‘51st state’, the public here was largely unfamiliar with the term “annexation”. With that in mind, this note offers a sample primer on the history of annexation from ancient times until the 19th century so as to provide a basic understanding of this imperial

Trump Lends A Hand In Siccing Anger Against Immigrants By Gabriel Haythornthwaite, The DNA Report With 24 days until Alberta’s pre-annexation referendum, The DNA Report is taking a first look at the regressive ballot by reviewing the five anti-immigrant questions cooked up and launched by the Governor Smith cabinet on March 31. This review comes as Herr Trump snarled a ‘Truth Social’ statement on September 23 pushing immigrant scapegoating in Canada. The Orange Ogre’s putativ

Public domain image CPUSA responds to Trump's UN speech In a 38-minute tirade before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, President Donald Trump bragged about kidnapping foreign leaders, bombing fishing boats in the Caribbean, starting an unjust war on Iran, and deeming Cuba a failed state. He singled out the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), Democratic Socialists of America and “Antifa” as part of a “coordinated subversive network” allegedly controlled by Cuba. “That’s

This Week in Annexation I.1 BCNDP Premier David Eby calling the snap election -- image via X screenshot By Gabriel Haythornthwaite, The DNA Report With 27 days to go, The DNA Report is continuing This Week in Annexation with another sad news story for the Trumpy faction, this time in BC. Events have been moving very fast in the province today as a leadership collapse in the opposition Conservatives has given way to a snap election. Political pundits have been devouring popcor

Trump delivers remarks at the White House AI Summit, July 23, 2025 -- public domain image By Rezgar Akrawi On 8 September 2026 the researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic, declaring that the two largest companies in the field are ‘gambling with our lives,’ and the people building these systems ‘earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.’ His concern was not an isolated one. Tens of thousands of people, among them leading scientists, have sign

US security agreement signing with Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen during the United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, New York, September 22, 2026 -- public domain image By Vijay Prashad Donald Trump’s campaign to bring Greenland under United States control has often been dismissed as bluster. That is a mistake. Behind the language of a property deal lies a serious attempt to revive an old imperial pri

Canadians Are In Deep Denial Of The American Annexation Operation. Trump shows Carney a model of the proposed “Independence Arch” in the White House, October, 2025 -- public domain image By Gabriel Haythornthwaite, The DNA Report This is only the beginning of the Trump Troubles in Canada. The Orange Menace has gone trade-war apeshit only weeks before Albertan Governor Danielle Smith holds a far-Right pre-annexation referendum on October 19th. Canadians are currently enduring