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Andrew
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Me 👀🤟 Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world - Nelson Mandela. We are all bots on social media. Interests: policy, music, movies, economics, federalism, disability rights and access, survey design, trivia, celiac
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"The Coast Guard pilot was initially fired and told to take a commercial flight home when they reached their destination. They eventually reinstated the pilot because no one else was available to fly them home." 🤦‍♀️
February 13, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Quote from one of the chatty ladies at work today, "You better care about your wife's feelings because she tells you what your feelings are." 😆
a man in a purple suit says yes that is correct on the screen
Alt: SNL meme: Keenan Thompson a purple suit dressed as Prince says, yes that is correct on the screen
media.tenor.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Missed step 2, Congress gives the executive all their power
Trying to understand: the Constitution gives Congress the power to impose tariffs. The President imposes tariffs without Congress. Congress passes a law rescinding his tariffs. The President then vetos that law. Seems like something’s wrong here.
February 13, 2026 at 5:02 AM
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Wow. That’s 9 routes they’ve ended over all since last March.

Westjet has removed 10 routes from the USA and has reduced service by nearly 30%.
February 13, 2026 at 4:59 AM
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#Canada these seditious fuckers need some investigation
February 12, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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Air Transat suspending all flights to U.S. as of this spring montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
February 12, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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I declare gravity illegal
February 12, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Same playbook as Trump, which he learned from Roy Cohen.
I still can’t believe that Pam Bondi deflected from answering questions on the Epstein files by yelling about the Dow. Truly mind boggling.
February 12, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 7:07 PM
For all the #ItsAlwaysSunnyinPhiladelphia fans out there. This one made me laugh 😄 😁 #GlenHowerton #DennisReynolds
February 12, 2026 at 4:36 AM
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Bookmarking the fact that Bondi yelled "Don't you ever accuse me of a crime" at the hearing today.

Just a hunch that we'll want to revisit that audio at a later date.
February 11, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The fix is in
February 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Wow, all 8 Tennessee Republicans. I guess Tennessee whiskey isn't that important to them #CdnSky #CanadaSky #Uspoli #boycottUS
JUST NOW: 6 House Republicans joined Dems to make things less expensive for Americans.

Bacon-NE
Fitzpatrick-PA
Hurd-CO
Kiley-CA
Massie-KY
Newhouse-WA

(All 8 Tennessee Republicans voted to keep things more expensive)

www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/p...
February 12, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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I've never known anyone who was obsessed with immigration who wasn't an out and out loser and an absolute racist bigot.

I'm saying it because it's simply not said enough.
February 11, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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THEY ARE BUYING UP WAREHOUSES TO HOLD HUMAN BEINGS IN DETENTION INDEFINITELY.

I feel crazy at how everyone is acting like this is normal. These are concentration camps being built right before our eyes. These buildings are not meant to house human beings. People will be caged like cattle and die.
February 10, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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@sprawlcalgary.bsky.social just did an excellent episode on how expensive and bad for service it is to operate Calgary Transit over such a huge geographic area, but sure, let's keep sprawling endlessly outward. www.sprawlcalgary.com/calgary-tran...
Spread thin: How urban sprawl is stretching Calgary Transit to the max | The Sprawl
A new city council tackles an old problem.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Rescinding the RCG base zone will not only put affordability and construction jobs at risk, it threatens transit funding as well. $860 million on the table potentially lost because of bad policy and ideology over substance.
Today #yyccc was told that a full repeal of blanket rezoning puts over $800 million in federal funding at risk, including $251 million in transit funding. In addition, it will jeopardize #yyc being awarded its share of $20 billion in transit funding. We quite literally can't afford to be NIMBYs.
February 11, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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Since many of the councillors and the mayor ran their campaigns on repealing rezoning, they will be loathe to changing course now, and Calgary will suffer for decades to come. Just a colossally bad situation.

This is what populism at a municipal level gets you.
Today #yyccc was told that a full repeal of blanket rezoning puts over $800 million in federal funding at risk, including $251 million in transit funding. In addition, it will jeopardize #yyc being awarded its share of $20 billion in transit funding. We quite literally can't afford to be NIMBYs.
February 11, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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Today #yyccc was told that a full repeal of blanket rezoning puts over $800 million in federal funding at risk, including $251 million in transit funding. In addition, it will jeopardize #yyc being awarded its share of $20 billion in transit funding. We quite literally can't afford to be NIMBYs.
February 11, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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To some Calgary city councillors, it appears to be the strongest signal yet that the CMHC won't look kindly upon a repeal of citywide rezoning (with CMHC letter). #yyc #calgary

buff.ly/u2fjyVu
CHMC letter to Calgary city council: Don't reintroduce exclusionary zoning - LiveWire Calgary
It’s the Calgary citywide rezoning / Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) story that won’t go away. In the latest turn of events, city administration and councillors received a letter late Monday that has…
livewirecalgary.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:38 PM
If anyone has some eggs, the traitorous separatists are behind Walmart at Westbrook Mall #yyc #Ableg #Abpoli they really do look like absolute losers 😆
Failboat Egg GIF
Alt: Failboat Egg GIF. Dude holding a cartoon of eggs, pulling one out.
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February 11, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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"This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing nonresidential social assistance to children and youth, the elderly, persons with disabilities, and all other individuals and families."

(The other group is the rest of us.)
February 11, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Well it is Italy 🇮🇹 😆
February 11, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 8:28 PM