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For those keeping track...
"Alberta Strong and Free": United Conservative Party
"Canada Strong and Free Network": New name for what used to be known as the Manning Centre
"Strong and Free": Alberta's new licence plates
"Truly Strong and Free": Republican Party of Alberta
"Alberta Strong and Free": United Conservative Party
"Canada Strong and Free Network": New name for what used to be known as the Manning Centre
"Strong and Free": Alberta's new licence plates
"Truly Strong and Free": Republican Party of Alberta
October 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
For those keeping track...
"Alberta Strong and Free": United Conservative Party
"Canada Strong and Free Network": New name for what used to be known as the Manning Centre
"Strong and Free": Alberta's new licence plates
"Truly Strong and Free": Republican Party of Alberta
"Alberta Strong and Free": United Conservative Party
"Canada Strong and Free Network": New name for what used to be known as the Manning Centre
"Strong and Free": Alberta's new licence plates
"Truly Strong and Free": Republican Party of Alberta
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Alberta is violating its own freedom of information laws by using illegitimate reasons to withhold records, watchdog finds
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tomcardoso.bsky.social and @robyndoolittle.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tomcardoso.bsky.social and @robyndoolittle.bsky.social
Alberta government violated freedom of information laws, information watchdog finds
Investigation by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner concludes province is ‘non-compliant’ with access to information law
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Alberta is violating its own freedom of information laws by using illegitimate reasons to withhold records, watchdog finds
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tomcardoso.bsky.social and @robyndoolittle.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tomcardoso.bsky.social and @robyndoolittle.bsky.social
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Alberta’s chief electoral officer warns new rules proposed by the UCP bill will basically kneecap a bunch of the work of the election commissioner in investigating complaints and enforcing compliance, including on financial contribution rules and limits. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/alb...
Alberta chief electoral officer warns UCP proposals will hurt investigative ability
EDMONTON - Alberta's chief electoral officer is warning the government that proposed legislation will impair the election commissioner's power to investigate election rule breaking.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
May 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Alberta’s chief electoral officer warns new rules proposed by the UCP bill will basically kneecap a bunch of the work of the election commissioner in investigating complaints and enforcing compliance, including on financial contribution rules and limits. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/alb...
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The report shows this was a government-wide, systemic refusal to process FOIP requests. It's a damning indictment of the UCP's extreme culture of secrecy. And the UCP is further reducing FOIP access, which is yet another red flag re: growing authoritarianism.
oipc.ab.ca/information-...
oipc.ab.ca/information-...
May 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The report shows this was a government-wide, systemic refusal to process FOIP requests. It's a damning indictment of the UCP's extreme culture of secrecy. And the UCP is further reducing FOIP access, which is yet another red flag re: growing authoritarianism.
oipc.ab.ca/information-...
oipc.ab.ca/information-...
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Quelle surprise. Alberta doctors say evidence doesn't support mandatory addiction treatment and they weren't consulted.
The Compassionate Intervention Act presents challenges to doctors and patients. Mandatory addiction treatment has risks and implementing this bill calls for a balanced, rights-based approach. We are committed to working with government to inform this bill. www.albertadoctors.org/news/publica...
Compassionate Intervention Act - Our reaction | AMA
The government has introduced Bill 53 Compassionate Intervention Act for mandatory addiction treatment.
www.albertadoctors.org
May 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Quelle surprise. Alberta doctors say evidence doesn't support mandatory addiction treatment and they weren't consulted.
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I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
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As trucks carrying vital supplies pile up at border with Egypt, hungry children look through rubbish for food.
Dozens of Palestinians starved to death under Israel’s blockade of Gaza
As trucks carrying vital supplies pile up at border with Egypt, hungry children look through rubbish for food.
bit.ly
May 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
As trucks carrying vital supplies pile up at border with Egypt, hungry children look through rubbish for food.
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Meanwhile, in Canada…
May 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Meanwhile, in Canada…
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Here's how it's a pattern. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
Why the UCP Is a Threat to Democracy | The Tyee
Political scientist Jared Wesley makes the case. And explains how Albertans should push back.
thetyee.ca
April 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Here's how it's a pattern. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
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Here's why that's problematic. open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Danielle Smith's Electoral Reforms Are Straight from the Trump Playbook
And it's no accident they were released today.
open.substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Here's why that's problematic. open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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A government under seven (7) different investigations for corruption just introduced a bill that would bring more corporate money into politics.
This is not normal.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This is not normal.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta overhauls election laws to allow corporate donations, change referendum thresholds | CBC News
The Alberta government wants to bring back corporate and union political donations, eliminate vouching for a voter’s identity at election polling stations, and lower the threshold for recalls and refe...
www.cbc.ca
April 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
A government under seven (7) different investigations for corruption just introduced a bill that would bring more corporate money into politics.
This is not normal.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This is not normal.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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This passage from @benjamincarterhett.bsky.social's book on Hitler's rise to power has long haunted me for the way it describes how so many ordinary Germans had their minds & souls gradually rewired by the changing political climate of the 1930s. Watching something similar happen here is terrifying.
April 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This passage from @benjamincarterhett.bsky.social's book on Hitler's rise to power has long haunted me for the way it describes how so many ordinary Germans had their minds & souls gradually rewired by the changing political climate of the 1930s. Watching something similar happen here is terrifying.
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For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other items has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel.
Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare.
Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.
Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare.
Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.
For nearly 60 days, Israel has blocked food from Gaza. Palestinians struggle to feed their families
For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other item has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel.
bit.ly
April 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other items has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel.
Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare.
Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.
Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare.
Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.
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This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
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www.crabmuseum.org/visit
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April 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
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We will be OK...we have hard work ahead, but damn it, we're Canadian
#elbowsup
macleans.ca/economy/why-...
#elbowsup
macleans.ca/economy/why-...
Why Canada's Economy Is Just Fine - Macleans.ca
Instead of chasing after American-style GDP, we should strive for income equality, good health care, fairness and happiness
macleans.ca
April 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We will be OK...we have hard work ahead, but damn it, we're Canadian
#elbowsup
macleans.ca/economy/why-...
#elbowsup
macleans.ca/economy/why-...
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"We can react by seeing all of this for what it is, and naming it by name: incipient state terror. We can react by associating ourselves with others who are repressed before we are. Only in solidarity do we affirm law."
"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
snyder.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"We can react by seeing all of this for what it is, and naming it by name: incipient state terror. We can react by associating ourselves with others who are repressed before we are. Only in solidarity do we affirm law."
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"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
snyder.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
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1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
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“History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.”
— Karl Marx
— Karl Marx
April 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.”
— Karl Marx
— Karl Marx