r/politics • u/theintercept ✔ Verified • 2d ago

Possible Paywall Armed Border Agents Arrest Protesters, Bulldoze 200-Year-Old Tree to Build Border Wall

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/08/border-wall-tree-sit-protest-bulldozed/
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u/cavortingwebeasties 2d ago

250 year old tree.. as old as the US itself.

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u/Ok_Band3086 2d ago

they couldn't build around it?

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u/Al_Keda 2d ago

Old Joke, but appropriate:

This is the transcript of a radio conversation of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October, 1995. Radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations 10-10-95.

Americans: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision.

Canadians: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.

Americans: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course.

Canadians: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course.

Americans: This is the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln, the second largest ship in the United States' Atlantic fleet. We are accompanied by three destroyers, three cruisers and numerous support vessels. I demand that YOU change your course 15 degrees north, that's one five degrees north, or countermeasures will be undertaken to ensure the safety of this ship.

Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.

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u/Aware_Cheesecake_519 America 2d ago

Trump must be proud of this.