Steven Nuss
@stevennuss.bsky.social
PhD student at SFU, studying Canadian/comparative political behaviour, political psychology, and methods | Views are my own | Country music lover | Dog dad | He/Him | YYC/YVR.
From @althiaraj.bsky.social’s reporting yesterday — on Wednesday, the Conservative *forgot* to introduce their budget amendment?! Remarkable. #cdnpoli
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
From @althiaraj.bsky.social’s reporting yesterday — on Wednesday, the Conservative *forgot* to introduce their budget amendment?! Remarkable. #cdnpoli
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"Conservative Alberta MP Matt Jeneroux announced Thursday he is resigning from the House of Commons, according to statement shared with CBC News, a decision that comes after rumours swirled this week that he was considering crossing the floor to the Liberals."
Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux announces resignation from Parliament | CBC News
Conservative Alberta MP Matt Jeneroux announced Thursday he is resigning from the House of Commons, according to statement shared with CBC News, a decision that comes after rumours swirled this week t...
www.cbc.ca
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"Conservative Alberta MP Matt Jeneroux announced Thursday he is resigning from the House of Commons, according to statement shared with CBC News, a decision that comes after rumours swirled this week that he was considering crossing the floor to the Liberals."
One additional observation for @dhopkins1776.bsky.social: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
November 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
One additional observation for @dhopkins1776.bsky.social: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Dick Cheney published his APSR with Aage R. Clausen. As a grad student, Clausen worked on the American Voter (1960) and is credited with inventing the feeling thermometer. In terms of coauthorship, Cheney is two degrees of separation from Converse and Miller. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Dick Cheney published his APSR with Aage R. Clausen. As a grad student, Clausen worked on the American Voter (1960) and is credited with inventing the feeling thermometer. In terms of coauthorship, Cheney is two degrees of separation from Converse and Miller. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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UCP members vote in committee to replace auditor general Doug Wylie, forcing rush to complete health procurement report. He isn't sure he can finish before a newbie takes over. Column
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg #UCP
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg #UCP
Braid: UCP dumps auditor general as he races to finish health scandal report
A UCP committee votes to replace auditor general Doug Wylie, the key person investigating the health contract scandal, writes Don Braid.
calgaryherald.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Heartbreaking, but what an incredible run. Go Jays! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
November 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Heartbreaking, but what an incredible run. Go Jays! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
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None of this is correct. Good thing we have a steady hand on "nuclear"
October 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
None of this is correct. Good thing we have a steady hand on "nuclear"
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NEW: Elections Calgary confirms Jeromy Farkas is Calgary's next mayor after a recount requested by runner-up Sonya Sharp. The margin between Farkas and Sharp grew from 581 to 616 votes following the recount.
October 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
NEW: Elections Calgary confirms Jeromy Farkas is Calgary's next mayor after a recount requested by runner-up Sonya Sharp. The margin between Farkas and Sharp grew from 581 to 616 votes following the recount.
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oh my god, The Tweet is exactly ten years old tonight
![screenshot of a Justin Klugh tweet from October 28, 2015:
JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t2bjwvguncd35fna7ruckjtw/bafkreiczbp37nmuosnvgyrbv3nfdxupczam3ezjeri5cpio36htjuyiisy@jpeg)
October 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
oh my god, The Tweet is exactly ten years old tonight
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Let's be clear about what happened today.
Premier Smith introduced a bill to strip Albertans of Charter rights,
denied MLAs the opportunity to debate it and the courts the ability to scrutinize it,
and did all of this from her seat on a jet to Saudi Arabia.
Premier Smith introduced a bill to strip Albertans of Charter rights,
denied MLAs the opportunity to debate it and the courts the ability to scrutinize it,
and did all of this from her seat on a jet to Saudi Arabia.
The UCP government has invoked time allocation and on a bill removing Albertans' Charter rights.
And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.
Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.
Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Alberta Strong and Free, Notwithstanding
The UCP's Bill 2 skirts the legislature and the courts, leaving it up to the public to push back swiftly
open.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Let's be clear about what happened today.
Premier Smith introduced a bill to strip Albertans of Charter rights,
denied MLAs the opportunity to debate it and the courts the ability to scrutinize it,
and did all of this from her seat on a jet to Saudi Arabia.
Premier Smith introduced a bill to strip Albertans of Charter rights,
denied MLAs the opportunity to debate it and the courts the ability to scrutinize it,
and did all of this from her seat on a jet to Saudi Arabia.
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It will be interesting to see how overriding charter rights, forcing a rejected labour deal on workers, and threatening substantial fines will impact Alberta's plan to add and recruit 3,000 new teachers over the next 3 years.
October 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
It will be interesting to see how overriding charter rights, forcing a rejected labour deal on workers, and threatening substantial fines will impact Alberta's plan to add and recruit 3,000 new teachers over the next 3 years.
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Looking ahead to next week and the prospect that the UCP will introduce back-to-work legislation to end the teachers' strike...
Rumour has it they are considering invoking both time allocation and the notwithstanding clause.
Here's why that's doubly dubious.+
Rumour has it they are considering invoking both time allocation and the notwithstanding clause.
Here's why that's doubly dubious.+
October 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Looking ahead to next week and the prospect that the UCP will introduce back-to-work legislation to end the teachers' strike...
Rumour has it they are considering invoking both time allocation and the notwithstanding clause.
Here's why that's doubly dubious.+
Rumour has it they are considering invoking both time allocation and the notwithstanding clause.
Here's why that's doubly dubious.+
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In many countries, mainstream politicians are adopting rhetoric and policies that typical of the far-right.
Our new paper (w/ @dziblatt.bsky.social and E Dinas), out now in the @bjpols.bsky.social, finds that doing so erodes norms more than when far-right politicians make similar statements.
1/3
Our new paper (w/ @dziblatt.bsky.social and E Dinas), out now in the @bjpols.bsky.social, finds that doing so erodes norms more than when far-right politicians make similar statements.
1/3
NEW -
How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms - cup.org/4lfeHvD
"we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians"
- @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms - cup.org/4lfeHvD
"we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians"
- @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
August 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In many countries, mainstream politicians are adopting rhetoric and policies that typical of the far-right.
Our new paper (w/ @dziblatt.bsky.social and E Dinas), out now in the @bjpols.bsky.social, finds that doing so erodes norms more than when far-right politicians make similar statements.
1/3
Our new paper (w/ @dziblatt.bsky.social and E Dinas), out now in the @bjpols.bsky.social, finds that doing so erodes norms more than when far-right politicians make similar statements.
1/3
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The second place winner, Kevin Chen, is from Calgary. 🎹🎶
Eric Lu, a 27-year-old American classical pianist, won the top prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, beating out 180 competitors.
Eric Lu, an American, Wins International Chopin Piano Competition
In Warsaw, a 27-year-old pianist from Massachusetts beat out 180 competitors to win what some call the Olympics of the piano world.
nyti.ms
October 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The second place winner, Kevin Chen, is from Calgary. 🎹🎶
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The reporter called up a professor to weigh in and was told: “The ethical conflict is just so basic and fundamental, you don’t need a law professor to explain it.”
Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X
October 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The reporter called up a professor to weigh in and was told: “The ethical conflict is just so basic and fundamental, you don’t need a law professor to explain it.”
Even by Trump's own corrupt, authoritarian standards, this is pretty brazen. Wow.
Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X
October 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Even by Trump's own corrupt, authoritarian standards, this is pretty brazen. Wow.
Hazel Mae deserves some sort of award for reporting at this celebration. My god.
October 21, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Hazel Mae deserves some sort of award for reporting at this celebration. My god.
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For the past year, I've been doing an embedded "ethnographic" study of Calgary's election. As a consequence, I've mostly kept quiet about it. It'll still be months before I have qualitative results to share, but in the meantime, here are some results from our pre-election survey. #yyccc #yycvote
October 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Well, I can’t wait for Friday. Go Jays! 🇨🇦⚾️
a blue jays mascot is standing on a baseball field .
ALT: a blue jays mascot is standing on a baseball field .
media.tenor.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Well, I can’t wait for Friday. Go Jays! 🇨🇦⚾️
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Those of you standing in long lines for municipal elections in Alberta today:
1) stay in line; your voice matters
2) the long lines are a direct consequence of the conspiracy-driven policy changes brought forward by the UCP government (and not your beleaguered election workers); be kind
1) stay in line; your voice matters
2) the long lines are a direct consequence of the conspiracy-driven policy changes brought forward by the UCP government (and not your beleaguered election workers); be kind
October 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Those of you standing in long lines for municipal elections in Alberta today:
1) stay in line; your voice matters
2) the long lines are a direct consequence of the conspiracy-driven policy changes brought forward by the UCP government (and not your beleaguered election workers); be kind
1) stay in line; your voice matters
2) the long lines are a direct consequence of the conspiracy-driven policy changes brought forward by the UCP government (and not your beleaguered election workers); be kind
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kind of a metaphor, this
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
kind of a metaphor, this
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Probably not great!
probably the first time in history since the 18th century where the leaders of all the major powers -- trump, xi, putin, modi, erdogan etc -- are all personalist regimes. not sure what this means but worth noting
October 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Probably not great!
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October 19, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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