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"Sanctions, Asset Freezes, Visa Bans, Tariffs": GOP Senator Readies Bill Against Canada Over Toxic Wildfire Smoke

Summary:

• Questions Swirl Whether Ecoterrorism May Have Accelerated Wildfires 
• Economic Activity Impacted in Some States 
• WaPo Warns Smoke Plume To Worsen 
• GOP Members Blast Canada Over Toxic Smoke; Sanction Bill Against Canada Set To Be Introduced  
• Toxic Smoke Plume Over Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast 
• Canada's Wildfire Management Failures Choke Millions Of Americans With Toxic Smoke

GOP Sen. Prepares Sanctions Bill On Lefties in Canada  

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) appeared on Fox News' The Ingraham Angle, hosted by Laura Ingraham, on Friday and provided new color about his bill to sanction Canada over the toxic wildfire smoke that has created an environmental disaster across parts of the U.S.

Air-quality map as of Saturday morning:

"We're going to put sanctions on them, hold their assets, make sure they don't have visas, and impose tariffs because we have to ensure that the people suffering are compensated," Moreno told Ingraham.

Moreno continued, "This is an abject, avoidable disaster. And the left, who by the way, talks about climate change every single day, this is the worst environmental disaster you could ever imagine!"

"This is totally avoidable. And it's not due to climate change. It's due to leadership change in Canada that's caused this problem," he added. 

Senator Bernie Moreno tells Fox that the US will be sanctioning Canada due to the deteriorating air quality from the wildfires:

We're going to put sanctions on them, holding their assets, making sure they don't have visas, we'll put tariffs because we have to make sure the… pic.twitter.com/3YBnup29mj

— Acyn (@Acyn) July 17, 2026

Where are the Democrats demanding accountability from progressives in Canada for an environmental crisis that could have been mitigated through proper forest management?

Tens of millions of Americans across the Midwest and eastern U.S. are being exposed to toxic wildfire smoke, with a full day outdoors in metro areas resulting in pollution exposure comparable to smoking 10 cigarettes.

Yet the outrage from Democrats, who champion climate issues, is nowhere to be found because they are not allowed to criticize their own.

Trump:

pic.twitter.com/rbe5QvMOTG

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 17, 2026 Toxic Wildfire Smoke Begins To Disrupt Local Economic Activity As GOP Senator Readies Canada Sanctions Bill

The Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang reports that deteriorating air quality across the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast could be "as bad as or worse than during the historic 2023 wildfire event."

"It could get worse before it gets better," Capital Weather warned.

VERY UNHEALTHY: DC among cities with worst air on earth this morning. 😖

Air quality as bad or worse than during historic 2023 wildfire event. Could get worse before it gets better.

We'll have updates through the day: https://t.co/IvQi50uJhU pic.twitter.com/k1bchBctgR

— Capital Weather (@capitalweather) July 17, 2026

Spending a full day outdoors in Washington, D.C., or New York City is equivalent to smoking roughly 10 cigarettes, according to health experts.

The economic toll is already mounting. For example, Six Flags Great America in Illinois closed on Friday because of "hazardous" air quality. 

NEW: Six Flags Great America is CLOSED today, Friday July 17, according to an update on the park website.

Air conditions are still in the “hazardous” category under EPA limits due to Canadian wildfire smoke in the @SFGreat_America area.

The Hurricane Harbor Chicago and… pic.twitter.com/jaPb22huQc

— Marcus Leshock (@marcusleshock) July 17, 2026

More disruptions.

JUST IN: Cedar Point has CLOSED EARLY due to the Canadian wildfire smoke that rolled into the Sandusky, Ohio area today.

The amusement park made the announcement and posted this statement:

“Due to the poor air quality caused by the Canadian wildfires, @CedarPoint will be… pic.twitter.com/PRnFbky980

— Marcus Leshock (@marcusleshock) July 16, 2026

Wildfire smoke in Pennsylvania: What’s closed in the Pittsburgh region? https://t.co/bot8BjCF4Y pic.twitter.com/t1ws1X9ldR

— WPXI (@WPXI) July 17, 2026

Dutch Wonderland amusement park announced it will be closed on Friday due to air quality concerns amid ongoing high Canadian wildfire smoke levels. pic.twitter.com/7xFeqQvka5

— CBS 21 News (@CBS21NEWS) July 17, 2026

"Canada is burning: 700+ active wildfires, 8.2 million acres already destroyed. Smoke choking North America again. This doesn't feel like normal wildfire season anymore. It feels like a war on our forests," Our Country Our Choice wrote on X. Notably, OCOC is run by retired US Army Col. Douglas Macgregor. 

Canada is burning: 700+ active wildfires, 8.2 million acres already destroyed.
Smoke choking North America again.
This doesn’t feel like normal wildfire season anymore.
It feels like a war on our forests. pic.twitter.com/BYq9iAVopw

— Our Country Our Choice (@OCOCReport) July 17, 2026

Could the toxic smoke plume derail World Cup games? 

Wildfire smoke could become one of the biggest weather stories surrounding Sunday’s World Cup Final.

Air quality is already Unhealthy (red) in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Think of it like spending hours downwind of a campfire.

You’re breathing in tiny smoke particles that… pic.twitter.com/fQCsGCKMUF

— MyRadar Weather (@MyRadarWX) July 17, 2026

Earlier, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) said he will "introduce a bill next week to sanction Canada and the responsible Canadian government officials for this atrocity."

Ohio Sen. Moreno To Introduce Bill To Sanction Canada Over Wildfire Smoke 

Tens of millions of Americans are choking on toxic wildfire smoke drifting south from Canada. Years of inadequate forest management, often justified in the name of climate change, have intensified focus on the country's liberal government.

Across the Northeast on Friday morning, an eerie haze blanketed major cities. Even a brief step outside exposed people to air so toxic, it was like smoking multiple cigarettes.

Here's your Friday smoke forecast. Another rough day with poor air quality for millions. Even seeing some smoke sneak down into the Carolinas. pic.twitter.com/gJrHOyJVeL

— Jordan Steele (@JordanSteele) July 17, 2026

"The Canadian parliament & Mark Carney's decision not to do the most basic forest maintenance out of climate activism stupidity is now threatening hundreds of millions of Americans with carcinogens," Daily Signal's Tony Kinnett wrote on X.

On Thursday, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) said he will be "introducing a bill next week to sanction Canada and the responsible Canadian government officials for this atrocity."

I’ll be introducing a bill next week to sanction Canada and the responsible Canadian government officials for this atrocity. https://t.co/wFCVwrPdGr

— Bernie Moreno (@berniemoreno) July 16, 2026

Additionally, four Republican members of the House blasted left-wing Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in a letter, criticizing his liberal government for not doing enough in terms of forest prevention management.

"This is the third consecutive year we have had to write to Canadian officials about a crisis that Canada has the tools to prevent and has chosen not to," wrote Republican Reps. John James (Mich.), Jack Bergman (Mich.), John Moolenaar (Mich.) and Lisa McClain (Mich.).

Time for accountability.

Canada's Wildfire Management Failures Choke Millions Of Americans With Toxic Smoke 

Canada's wildfire management policies are once again falling short, as toxic smoke plumes blanket much of the northeastern US and drive air pollution to dangerously high levels. 

Another wave of dense wildfire smoke is forecast to reach New York and New England on Thursday afternoon and evening before it surges into the Mid-Atlantic on Thursday night.

Thick, unhealthy smoke is expected in D.C. on Friday, with some reaching Virginia and North Carolina. pic.twitter.com/ZDqDEYAgQq

— Ben Noll (@BenNollWeather) July 16, 2026

Air quality readings in cities including Detroit, Milwaukee, and Toledo exceeded 500, well above the 300 threshold considered unsafe. Chicago, Cleveland, Minneapolis, and Toronto also recorded unsafe levels, while conditions in Washington, Philadelphia, and New York deteriorated into unhealthy territory.

BREAKING: Due to Canadian wildfire smoke, Detroit, Chicago and Minneapolis now represent 3 of the 4 worst major cities for air quality on the entire planet. pic.twitter.com/zxyqEV2J4w

— Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) July 16, 2026

WILDFIRE SMOKE has made its way to Chicago this morning.

The air condition is extremely poor, as seen in this shot near Grant Park. You can see how much smoke has made its way down from the Canadian wildfires.

It's going to be a tough day when it comes to doing anything… pic.twitter.com/vXByYP8QI8

— Marcus Leshock (@marcusleshock) July 16, 2026

Detroit, Michigan now has the worst air quality of any major city on Earth due to Canadian wildfire smoke.

If exposed to the current air quality in the city for 24 hours, it would be the equivalent to smoking about 21 cigarettes. pic.twitter.com/xijW3eDhf1

— Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) July 16, 2026

The haze and wildfire smoke made for some surreal shots this morning on the Bay @FOXBaltimore pic.twitter.com/O8qUyPvPDF

— Alex Parker (@ParkerSports) July 16, 2026

Smoke from the northern Minnesota / Canadian wildfires landing at MSP airport. #mnwx @spann pic.twitter.com/yQu7dtArS8

— Brett LaBare (@1labare) July 16, 2026

At this time of year, smoke from Canadian wildfires usually pours into the US, exposing tens of millions of Americans to dangerous air quality.

The recurring cross-border pollution is Canada's repeated failure to address wildfire prevention and mitigation adequately.

Blanket of smoke from the Canadian wildfire rolling into Chicago. pic.twitter.com/Ust87p47f8

— Richard Roeper (@RichardERoeper) July 16, 2026

"Canada continues to fail to manage its forests. Controlled burns, thinning and clearing debris would go a long way toward preventing this from happening every summer," the conservative environmental nonprofit American Conservation Coalition wrote on X. 

Canada continues to fail to manage their forests.

Controlled burns + thinning + clearing debris would go a long way in preventing this from happening every summer. https://t.co/inQwdcONQK

— American Conservation Coalition (@ACC_National) July 16, 2026

It should be investigated whether arson or inadequate forest management has contributed to the wildfire chaos in Canada, which is imposing major health risks on the US. Much of the left-wing media points to climate change, while rarely covering forest management failures.

Tyler Durden Sat, 07/18/2026 - 09:25

Meanwhile In The English Countryside...

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,

A British woman out for a long countryside hike with her daughters found herself being shadowed by a creepy migrant male for miles.

The footage is clinical, relentless, and deeply unsettling. No confrontation is shown. No words are exchanged on camera. Just the steady pursuit across English fields and paths that once felt like the safest places in the country.

This is the England being delivered by successive governments that treat rural communities as dumping grounds for unchecked military aged foreigners.

?? Meanwhile in the English Countryside

Imagine being followed like this on a 10 mile Hike. This is England now. pic.twitter.com/CNMytntV8U

— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) July 17, 2026

In an instagram post, the woman wrote "This is what it's come to. Yesterday, in broad day light; I was out with my 3 little girls and this guy appears from no where, we were literally in the middle of a field and he just popped up and followed us until I managed to get us on the road where he then just stood and watched us."

She added, "My heart was racing as he was pretty close until he saw I was filming. My girls were absolutely petrified, I kept telling them, don't be scared, don't look back, just keep going. No one should be made to feel like this and we should be able to walk around, where we live without having to look over our shoulders, especially in broad day light."

Here are the original clips with a further commentary on the incident from the woman who says the migrant was making sexual noises at them.

View this post on Instagram - A post shared by Alicia King (@aliciaking1985)

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The clip, shared widely this week, lands at the exact moment other stories reveal the same pattern. At Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, male detainees were caught peering into women's bedrooms from outside.

A review by the Chief Inspector of Prisons found groups of men hanging outside the windows of female rooms. Forty-three per cent of the women, who need constant chaperones, said they felt unsafe going outside.

One woman told inspectors: "We cannot go outside because of the males and our time to do things are quick because of them."

The centre was also holding a man assessed as a risk of harm to women and another with impending prosecutions for sexual offences.

Vile illegal migrants caught on camera looking into women's bedroomshttps://t.co/ZnImlTXmaz

— GB News (@GBNEWS) July 14, 2026

The few female asylum seekers there were so distressed by the behaviour that staff escorts became standard. The men, according to the report, asked inspectors why they were not allowed to "mix with female detainees."

This is the same system now preparing to drop large numbers of single adult males into quiet English villages with almost no consultation.

In the tiny Oxfordshire village of Piddington, population around 370, residents recently voted 96 per cent in favour of a symbolic independence referendum. Nearly 180 adults cast ballots. One hundred and seventy-five said yes.

The trigger was the Home Office plan to house up to 1,250 single adult male asylum seekers at a former Ministry of Defence site sitting between Piddington and Upper Arncott.

Utility companies have already been instructed to prepare connections. Work is eyed for late summer. No detailed public proposal or full impact assessment has been published.

Parish Council Chairman Tim McNally described the result as "truly astonishing." He said: "Self-determination is what people want whilst they are being ignored and driven into a corner. This is a natural human instinct and reaction."

Local resident Graham Rixon put it more bluntly: "We're a village of 350 people - there's another village down the road of even less people, and they're going to dump 1,200 people here."

He added that most would probably not speak the language and that "inadequate provision has been made." Another resident, Gwen McEwan from nearby Arncott, called the prospect "frightening."

The site sits next to a children's play area. The nearest shop is more than two miles away with no pavement along the B-road. Residents note that people currently walk the village at night without consequence. That comfort is precisely what is being put at risk.

Similar plans have targeted other small communities. In one case a village of just 150 people faced 121 migrants placed in new-build houses next to a playground and primary school. Teenage girls began taking longer routes home.

In Barnham, Suffolk, a village of 600 faces over 1,000 asylum seekers at a disused RAF site two minutes from a primary school.

Residents have started teaching children to lock doors and stay quiet. Fencing already has holes.

In Crowborough, East Sussex, locals formed volunteer security patrols after hundreds of single male asylum seekers arrived at a former training camp. Women began carrying personal alarms and taking self-defence classes in daylight. One volunteer described the patrols as "a visible presence to provide safety and security. We are a deterrent."

The pattern is consistent. Single adult males, many arriving illegally by boat, are moved out of hotels and into rural sites with minimal infrastructure and even less local say.

Projections show migrants absorbing a large share of new housing while British households remain on long social housing waiting lists.

The policy is sold as ending the "hotel" image. In practice it simply relocates the same pressures onto communities that never asked for them and lack the policing or services to absorb sudden demographic change.

Rural England was once defined by the freedom to walk its paths without looking over your shoulder. That freedom is being eroded by design. The government treats small villages as surplus capacity.

The safety of women and children is treated as secondary to the political imperative of dispersing arrivals as quickly and quietly as possible.

Piddington's near-unanimous vote will not legally detach the village from the United Kingdom. It does something more important. It records, in public, the precise moment ordinary people decided they would no longer pretend this is sustainable.

The English countryside is not a warehouse. The people who live there are not collateral.

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Tyler Durden Sat, 07/18/2026 - 09:20

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