Andy Grabia
@agrabia.bsky.social
Stand-up Philosopher. King of Nightlandia. My thoughts are sporadic. Suffering from Cassandra Complex. 🦉
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Aaand there you go: Trump’s sudden about-face on the most important Canada-US border crossing came after meeting with the billionaire family that owns the rival bridge. Nice scoop, confirming suspicions of everyone who has followed this file and is familiar with Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/w...
Bridge Owner Lobbied Administration Before Trump Blasted Competing Span to Canada
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Aaand there you go: Trump’s sudden about-face on the most important Canada-US border crossing came after meeting with the billionaire family that owns the rival bridge. Nice scoop, confirming suspicions of everyone who has followed this file and is familiar with Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/w...
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
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“There's a question as to the proceeds of tolls."
This is just a straight up shakedown for payments.
There are no deals to be had with people like this; they will only be broken and leveraged into the next attempt at extortion.
This is just a straight up shakedown for payments.
There are no deals to be had with people like this; they will only be broken and leveraged into the next attempt at extortion.
Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Trump's bonkers US-Canada bridge tantrum: "There's a valid concern on the part of the president that this bridge was allowed to be built, they didn't necessarily use American content. There's a question as to the proceeds of tolls."
February 10, 2026 at 2:18 PM
“There's a question as to the proceeds of tolls."
This is just a straight up shakedown for payments.
There are no deals to be had with people like this; they will only be broken and leveraged into the next attempt at extortion.
This is just a straight up shakedown for payments.
There are no deals to be had with people like this; they will only be broken and leveraged into the next attempt at extortion.
Sigh. They didn't even get the Tory quote right. The actual quote is: "The people demand that knowledge shall not alone be the concern of scholars. The uplifting of the whole people shall be its final goal."
The University of Alberta released their new values statement emphasizing a "spirit of community" that guides every decision they make
In January they slashed 100% of the affiliated child care budget that had been in place for decades despite every union on campus in opposition
In January they slashed 100% of the affiliated child care budget that had been in place for decades despite every union on campus in opposition
February 10, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Sigh. They didn't even get the Tory quote right. The actual quote is: "The people demand that knowledge shall not alone be the concern of scholars. The uplifting of the whole people shall be its final goal."
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Every country surely must understand by now that any agreement they have entered into with the US and any agreement they are currently negotiating is utterly worthless while Trump is president.
February 10, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Every country surely must understand by now that any agreement they have entered into with the US and any agreement they are currently negotiating is utterly worthless while Trump is president.
Football was invented at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. So not only is it Canadian, it’s French Canadian. Pull up a log, you fascist piece of trash.
Megyn Kelly just shouting “FOOTBALL IS OURS” at Piers Morgan about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show is the perfect example of this moment in time. Put it in a time capsule and send it out into space.
February 10, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Football was invented at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. So not only is it Canadian, it’s French Canadian. Pull up a log, you fascist piece of trash.
Congrats to Bill Flanagan. You have Keean Bexte on your side.
A pretty wild development.
The right wing network Counter Signal has formally created a petition in support of the University of Alberta and their decision to end EDI.
www.jotform.com/form/2603959...
The right wing network Counter Signal has formally created a petition in support of the University of Alberta and their decision to end EDI.
www.jotform.com/form/2603959...
END DEI at the U of A
Please click the link to complete this form.
www.jotform.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Congrats to Bill Flanagan. You have Keean Bexte on your side.
I’d say this deserves the 25th amendment, but Fox and about two hundred Republicans are going to embrace this whole-heartedly. What an embarrassing country.
Trump, in the middle of his latest unhinged Truth Social screed, claims that if Canada makes a trade deal with China, "the first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."
February 9, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I’d say this deserves the 25th amendment, but Fox and about two hundred Republicans are going to embrace this whole-heartedly. What an embarrassing country.
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Another way to headline this story is: "88 percent of decided voters in Alberta favour staying in Canada." Or: "Committed support for separatists has not cracked double digits." Or many other ways to show the poll did NOT find 1 in 3 Albertans in favour of separation www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Two-thirds of Albertans would vote to stay in Canada or lean that way, new poll suggests | CBC News
Petition signings and packed town halls haven't swayed a vast majority of Albertans toward separating from Canada, new data suggests. A poll released Monday found that 65 per cent say they would eithe...
www.cbc.ca
February 9, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Another way to headline this story is: "88 percent of decided voters in Alberta favour staying in Canada." Or: "Committed support for separatists has not cracked double digits." Or many other ways to show the poll did NOT find 1 in 3 Albertans in favour of separation www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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I've been saddened today to learn that the University of Alberta is going down MAGA road and wants to abolish Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
So I've written to University President Bill Flanagan, warning him of the legal risks. Because the University may need suing.
So I've written to University President Bill Flanagan, warning him of the legal risks. Because the University may need suing.
February 9, 2026 at 6:43 PM
I've been saddened today to learn that the University of Alberta is going down MAGA road and wants to abolish Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
So I've written to University President Bill Flanagan, warning him of the legal risks. Because the University may need suing.
So I've written to University President Bill Flanagan, warning him of the legal risks. Because the University may need suing.
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
Absolutely shameful. All this president has done is damage the university he’s supposed to protect.
New emails obtained by CBC through access of information show that before announcing the end of EDI at the University of Alberta, the president sent his announcement to the UCP before publication.
How's that for institutional neutrality?
How's that for institutional neutrality?
U of A looks to remove EDI from hiring policy | CBC News
The University of Alberta is proposing to eliminate Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) from its hiring policy, a year after the school initially said it was moving away from the term.
www.cbc.ca
February 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Absolutely shameful. All this president has done is damage the university he’s supposed to protect.
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I cannot emphasize enough that what he's singing here, obscured by beeps, is "If your boyfriend doesn't eat your ass, he'd better fuck off"
February 9, 2026 at 3:05 AM
I cannot emphasize enough that what he's singing here, obscured by beeps, is "If your boyfriend doesn't eat your ass, he'd better fuck off"
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The softest people.
February 9, 2026 at 2:36 AM
The softest people.
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I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
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It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
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He’s just mad the women weren’t younger.
February 9, 2026 at 2:08 AM
He’s just mad the women weren’t younger.
Appreciate the Canadian shoutout, and I know what he was trying to say, but I’m good with not being part of America.
February 9, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Appreciate the Canadian shoutout, and I know what he was trying to say, but I’m good with not being part of America.
Omg the power outage. Amazing.
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Omg the power outage. Amazing.
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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
This is the type of content the ANDP should be making. It’s easily digestible, and highly shareable.
Wonder how this investigation is going? Seems really really quiet.
#abpoli
#Alberta
#corruptcare
#MraicheControversy
#abpoli
#Alberta
#corruptcare
#MraicheControversy
February 8, 2026 at 8:05 PM
This is the type of content the ANDP should be making. It’s easily digestible, and highly shareable.
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Yeah, it sounds extra unsavory when you put it that way
February 7, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Yeah, it sounds extra unsavory when you put it that way
DO IT. EMBRACE THE DARK SIDE.
“Plans to discuss a vote, which could turn the UCP into a separatist party, are afoot at the top levels of the organization.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Braid: Is the UCP still a pro-Canada party? They might take a vote on it
At the top level of the UCP they're pondering whether to hold a vote on the party turning separatist
calgaryherald.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:49 AM
DO IT. EMBRACE THE DARK SIDE.