Duane Bratt
@duanebratt.bsky.social
Mount Royal University Political Science Prof, retired lacrosse coach (now I coach coaches!), Husband, and Dad to 2 adult children and 1 grandchild
But your administration told the Supreme Court that revenue was only incidental to using tariffs to combat an emergency.
Trump: "We're gonna issue a dividend to our middle income people and lower income people of about $2,000, and we're gonna use the remaining tariffs to lower our debt."
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
But your administration told the Supreme Court that revenue was only incidental to using tariffs to combat an emergency.
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Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
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Newly elected City Councillor Reed Clarke just announced that he has left the Better Edmonton Party and will sit at council as an Independent Councillor.
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Newly elected City Councillor Reed Clarke just announced that he has left the Better Edmonton Party and will sit at council as an Independent Councillor.
On Alberta at Noon talking recall.
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
On Alberta at Noon talking recall.
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This is the Canadian Premier League soccer finals and we have a bicycle kick goal in the middle of a blizzard … and that’s the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen 😂
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This is the Canadian Premier League soccer finals and we have a bicycle kick goal in the middle of a blizzard … and that’s the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen 😂
Carney is announcing the second list of major projects on Thursday (just before the Grey Cup). We have no idea what is on the list, but the announcement is in Prince Rupert, BC.
November 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Carney is announcing the second list of major projects on Thursday (just before the Grey Cup). We have no idea what is on the list, but the announcement is in Prince Rupert, BC.
A reminder: Canadian Charter Section 24.(1) Anyone whose rights or freedoms, as guaranteed by this Charter, have been infringed or denied may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to obtain such remedy as the court considers appropriate and just in the circumstances.
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
A reminder: Canadian Charter Section 24.(1) Anyone whose rights or freedoms, as guaranteed by this Charter, have been infringed or denied may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to obtain such remedy as the court considers appropriate and just in the circumstances.
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Trump pardons Giuliani and other allies for trying to overturn the 2020 election. Since he can only grant clemency for federal crimes, the pardons will not protect them from state charges. @aliwatkins73.bsky.social @ashleyahn88.bsky.social @glennthrush.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Trump pardons Giuliani and other allies for trying to overturn the 2020 election. Since he can only grant clemency for federal crimes, the pardons will not protect them from state charges. @aliwatkins73.bsky.social @ashleyahn88.bsky.social @glennthrush.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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Read an excerpt of our new book, No I in Team: Party Loyalty in Canadian Politics, in today's Toronto Star. (Gift link in comments.)
www.thestar.com/news/insight...
www.thestar.com/news/insight...
‘Would you like to be a cabinet minister?’ The delicate, secretive business of politicians crossing the floor
Partisan actors often notice when a member of a different caucus seems umcomfortable, and possibly amenable to recruiting. But the next steps are tricky, a new book explains.
www.thestar.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Read an excerpt of our new book, No I in Team: Party Loyalty in Canadian Politics, in today's Toronto Star. (Gift link in comments.)
www.thestar.com/news/insight...
www.thestar.com/news/insight...
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Alberta - "Do you feel this use of the notwithstanding clause (Forcing teachers back to work) was..."
Inappropriate: 50%
Appropriate: 33%
Neither: 10%
Leger / Nov 2, 2025 / n=1002 / Online
Inappropriate: 50%
Appropriate: 33%
Neither: 10%
Leger / Nov 2, 2025 / n=1002 / Online
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Alberta - "Do you feel this use of the notwithstanding clause (Forcing teachers back to work) was..."
Inappropriate: 50%
Appropriate: 33%
Neither: 10%
Leger / Nov 2, 2025 / n=1002 / Online
Inappropriate: 50%
Appropriate: 33%
Neither: 10%
Leger / Nov 2, 2025 / n=1002 / Online
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Alberta - Support For Forcing Teachers Back To Work:
Oppose: 47%
Support: 39%
Neutral: 10%
Leger / Nov 2, 2025 / n=1002 / Online
Oppose: 47%
Support: 39%
Neutral: 10%
Leger / Nov 2, 2025 / n=1002 / Online
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Alberta - Support For Forcing Teachers Back To Work:
Oppose: 47%
Support: 39%
Neutral: 10%
Leger / Nov 2, 2025 / n=1002 / Online
Oppose: 47%
Support: 39%
Neutral: 10%
Leger / Nov 2, 2025 / n=1002 / Online
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Alberta - "Who do you believe is handling the situation better?"
Alberta Teachers Association: 42%
Gov't of Alberta: 25%
Both equally: 9%
Neither: 16%
Leger / Nov 2, 2025 / n=1002 / Online
Alberta Teachers Association: 42%
Gov't of Alberta: 25%
Both equally: 9%
Neither: 16%
Leger / Nov 2, 2025 / n=1002 / Online
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Alberta - "Who do you believe is handling the situation better?"
Alberta Teachers Association: 42%
Gov't of Alberta: 25%
Both equally: 9%
Neither: 16%
Leger / Nov 2, 2025 / n=1002 / Online
Alberta Teachers Association: 42%
Gov't of Alberta: 25%
Both equally: 9%
Neither: 16%
Leger / Nov 2, 2025 / n=1002 / Online
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(None of these are guaranteed to become policy, they're only resolutions to be debated, but last year all of them passed and around a third were implemented in some way)
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
(None of these are guaranteed to become policy, they're only resolutions to be debated, but last year all of them passed and around a third were implemented in some way)
Here are the governance/policy resolutions to be debated/voted on at the UCP AGM. Struck by how many reference Charter rights. I guess Charter rights are very important to UCP members. unitedconservative.ca/wp-content/u...
unitedconservative.ca
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Here are the governance/policy resolutions to be debated/voted on at the UCP AGM. Struck by how many reference Charter rights. I guess Charter rights are very important to UCP members. unitedconservative.ca/wp-content/u...
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#BREAKING: Justice Jackson has issued an "administrative" stay, temporarily pausing a district court order that would've required the USDA to continue using contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
November 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
#BREAKING: Justice Jackson has issued an "administrative" stay, temporarily pausing a district court order that would've required the USDA to continue using contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
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🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a lower court order requiring full SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown, allowing Trump to continue with partial payments instead.
November 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a lower court order requiring full SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown, allowing Trump to continue with partial payments instead.
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Watch to the end
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Watch to the end
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Will you look at how many polls in Matt Jeneroux's Edmonton riding went Liberal in the last election.
Closest Conservative win in the city; 5%. (narrower than Griesbach flipping from NDP, and South East, where mayor/ex-MP Sohi ran for Libs)
map via X's @RealAlbanianPat
Closest Conservative win in the city; 5%. (narrower than Griesbach flipping from NDP, and South East, where mayor/ex-MP Sohi ran for Libs)
map via X's @RealAlbanianPat
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Will you look at how many polls in Matt Jeneroux's Edmonton riding went Liberal in the last election.
Closest Conservative win in the city; 5%. (narrower than Griesbach flipping from NDP, and South East, where mayor/ex-MP Sohi ran for Libs)
map via X's @RealAlbanianPat
Closest Conservative win in the city; 5%. (narrower than Griesbach flipping from NDP, and South East, where mayor/ex-MP Sohi ran for Libs)
map via X's @RealAlbanianPat
Sorry misread David Akin's tweet, Rayes sat as an independent after Poilievre's leadership win in 2022. Not this week. I have deleted the original tweet. But two CPC MPs in 48 hours leaving the caucus is still bad. But not as bad as three.
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Sorry misread David Akin's tweet, Rayes sat as an independent after Poilievre's leadership win in 2022. Not this week. I have deleted the original tweet. But two CPC MPs in 48 hours leaving the caucus is still bad. But not as bad as three.
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3 MPs have now quit on Pierre Poilievre: Alain Rayes to sit as an Independent; d’Entremont to the Liberals; Jeneroux to leave the House. #cdnpoli
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
3 MPs have now quit on Pierre Poilievre: Alain Rayes to sit as an Independent; d’Entremont to the Liberals; Jeneroux to leave the House. #cdnpoli
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NEW: Edmonton Riverbend Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux is resigning his seat. He posted this statement to social media.
November 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
NEW: Edmonton Riverbend Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux is resigning his seat. He posted this statement to social media.
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Today, The New York Times has published a story eviscerating Danielle Smith and her provincial government's response to the measles crisis in Alberta.
Interestingly, Deena Hinshaw is interviewed for what appears to be the first time since she was fired.
Interestingly, Deena Hinshaw is interviewed for what appears to be the first time since she was fired.
November 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Today, The New York Times has published a story eviscerating Danielle Smith and her provincial government's response to the measles crisis in Alberta.
Interestingly, Deena Hinshaw is interviewed for what appears to be the first time since she was fired.
Interestingly, Deena Hinshaw is interviewed for what appears to be the first time since she was fired.
But that is not communism (which is Mamdani). Instead it is a mob boss looking for a piece of the action.
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
But that is not communism (which is Mamdani). Instead it is a mob boss looking for a piece of the action.