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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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The next time you eat at a restaurant and then uncontrollably vomit and diarrhea in your pants, you should send a note of thanks to the Republican and Democratic senators who helped their campaign donors slip this language into their legislation to reopen the government.
Shutdown Deal Kills Food Safety Rules
After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
www.levernews.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The next time you eat at a restaurant and then uncontrollably vomit and diarrhea in your pants, you should send a note of thanks to the Republican and Democratic senators who helped their campaign donors slip this language into their legislation to reopen the government.
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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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When college kids publicly say "Israel's war on Gaza is bad" that is full-blown anti-Semitism that requires the federal government to crack down on all colleges.
When Young Republicans in their 20s and 30s privately praise Hitler and "joke" about the Holocaust, well, that's just freedom baby.
When Young Republicans in their 20s and 30s privately praise Hitler and "joke" about the Holocaust, well, that's just freedom baby.
October 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
When college kids publicly say "Israel's war on Gaza is bad" that is full-blown anti-Semitism that requires the federal government to crack down on all colleges.
When Young Republicans in their 20s and 30s privately praise Hitler and "joke" about the Holocaust, well, that's just freedom baby.
When Young Republicans in their 20s and 30s privately praise Hitler and "joke" about the Holocaust, well, that's just freedom baby.
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
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So, it turns out we're treating fascism just like we've been treating climate change:
– ignore warnings of experts
– buy into bullshit "alternative explanations"
- read "don't worry" media op-eds
– deny it will really be that bad
– start seeing major evidence
– hope somebody does something
– ignore warnings of experts
– buy into bullshit "alternative explanations"
- read "don't worry" media op-eds
– deny it will really be that bad
– start seeing major evidence
– hope somebody does something
June 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
So, it turns out we're treating fascism just like we've been treating climate change:
– ignore warnings of experts
– buy into bullshit "alternative explanations"
- read "don't worry" media op-eds
– deny it will really be that bad
– start seeing major evidence
– hope somebody does something
– ignore warnings of experts
– buy into bullshit "alternative explanations"
- read "don't worry" media op-eds
– deny it will really be that bad
– start seeing major evidence
– hope somebody does something
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Let’s not mince words on exactly what the MAGA movement is.
June 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Let’s not mince words on exactly what the MAGA movement is.
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June 1976: Alberta 'Coal Development Policy' adopted
June 2020: UCP government rescinds it
Feb. 2021: UCP reinstates it
June 2021: AER rejects Grassy Mountain project
March 2022: UCP orders "no new applications" for coal
Sept. 2023: AER accepts new applications for Grassy Mtn
June 2025:
June 2020: UCP government rescinds it
Feb. 2021: UCP reinstates it
June 2021: AER rejects Grassy Mountain project
March 2022: UCP orders "no new applications" for coal
Sept. 2023: AER accepts new applications for Grassy Mtn
June 2025:
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith faces raucous, angry town hall on province's coal policy | CBC News
About 500 people, dressed in cowboy hats, belt buckles, and jeans, packed a community hall in Fort Macleod, Alta., for an event marked by heckling, competing applause and placards.
www.cbc.ca
June 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
June 1976: Alberta 'Coal Development Policy' adopted
June 2020: UCP government rescinds it
Feb. 2021: UCP reinstates it
June 2021: AER rejects Grassy Mountain project
March 2022: UCP orders "no new applications" for coal
Sept. 2023: AER accepts new applications for Grassy Mtn
June 2025:
June 2020: UCP government rescinds it
Feb. 2021: UCP reinstates it
June 2021: AER rejects Grassy Mountain project
March 2022: UCP orders "no new applications" for coal
Sept. 2023: AER accepts new applications for Grassy Mtn
June 2025:
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Where are the Canadian mayors with the courage to accelerate bike lane installations?
June 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Where are the Canadian mayors with the courage to accelerate bike lane installations?
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The province has now issued an interim fish consumption advisory for Crowsnest Lake. Stlll no word from the Minister. #abpoli
Advisories, Corrections and Closures | My Wild Alberta
Get current fishing advisories and waterbody closures for the Province of Alberta.
mywildalberta.ca
June 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The province has now issued an interim fish consumption advisory for Crowsnest Lake. Stlll no word from the Minister. #abpoli
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#YankeeDoodleDani doing everything to crash Alberta economy and make Albertans suffer so she can blame it on the FEDS. She is a Canadian traitor and should be vilified as such
No paywall
archive.ph/2025.05.24-1...
No paywall
archive.ph/2025.05.24-1...
archive.ph
May 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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An Australian coal speculator that is suing the Alberta government for billions of dollars has been found to have violated the Public Lands Act and has been ordered to clean up contamination at a construction site in the Crowsnest Pass.
An Australian Coal Speculator Flouts More Alberta Laws | The Tyee
Evolve Power, formerly Montem Resources, found guilty of contamination violations.
thetyee.ca
May 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
An Australian coal speculator that is suing the Alberta government for billions of dollars has been found to have violated the Public Lands Act and has been ordered to clean up contamination at a construction site in the Crowsnest Pass.
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Stunning incompetence on the part of the Premier. She has no legal authority to make such a pronouncement.
We now have the worst of all possible worlds.
New exploration on a dead project and new life breathed into a dead compensation claim.
Policy making on a radio show is not a good idea. #ableg
We now have the worst of all possible worlds.
New exploration on a dead project and new life breathed into a dead compensation claim.
Policy making on a radio show is not a good idea. #ableg
May 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Stunning incompetence on the part of the Premier. She has no legal authority to make such a pronouncement.
We now have the worst of all possible worlds.
New exploration on a dead project and new life breathed into a dead compensation claim.
Policy making on a radio show is not a good idea. #ableg
We now have the worst of all possible worlds.
New exploration on a dead project and new life breathed into a dead compensation claim.
Policy making on a radio show is not a good idea. #ableg
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So whenever someone asks for Smith's motivations, self-preservation and personal ambition are your best bets.
May 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
So whenever someone asks for Smith's motivations, self-preservation and personal ambition are your best bets.
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This is wrong, so I said so.
An Alberta Energy Regulator's Close Ties to Danielle Smith via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...
An Alberta Energy Regulator's Close Ties to Danielle Smith via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...
An Alberta Energy Regulator’s Close Ties to Danielle Smith | The Tyee
David Yager calls himself the premier’s ‘special adviser.’ He also serves as board director for the supposedly arm’s-length AER.
thetyee.ca
May 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This is wrong, so I said so.
An Alberta Energy Regulator's Close Ties to Danielle Smith via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...
An Alberta Energy Regulator's Close Ties to Danielle Smith via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...
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If there’s a global recession - increasingly likely due to Trump’s tariffs - WTI will wobble. Layoffs will have to be blamed on someone. That someone will be the federal govt, and it will be used as a fake-grievance ballot question for the UCP.
May 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
If there’s a global recession - increasingly likely due to Trump’s tariffs - WTI will wobble. Layoffs will have to be blamed on someone. That someone will be the federal govt, and it will be used as a fake-grievance ballot question for the UCP.
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Maida 4th Be With You
May 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Maida 4th Be With You
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This is the worst kept secret in Alberta politics. And it is yet another reason a public inquiry is required. This goes well beyond the technicalities of government procurement. The bigger questions surround political interference, patronage, and corruption.
Alberta Justice Minister has personal relationship with man whose businesses are tied to AHS investigation www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... Amery and Mraiche are long-time friends and related by marriage. And Amery is involved in the AHS scandal in several ways.
Alberta Justice Minister has personal relationship with man whose businesses are tied to AHS investigation
Mickey Amery told The Globe and Mail that he is a long-time friend of Sam Mraiche and ‘loosely related’ to him through marriage
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This is the worst kept secret in Alberta politics. And it is yet another reason a public inquiry is required. This goes well beyond the technicalities of government procurement. The bigger questions surround political interference, patronage, and corruption.
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The same minister just tabled a bill to push more dark money into Alberta elections.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Alberta Justice Minister has personal relationship with man whose businesses are tied to AHS investigation
Mickey Amery told The Globe and Mail that he is a long-time friend of Sam Mraiche and ‘loosely related’ to him through marriage
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The same minister just tabled a bill to push more dark money into Alberta elections.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...