Jeremy Appel 🍉
@readtheorchard.org
Independent journalist in amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton).
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She’s in the Epstein files www.thestar.com/news/world/u...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress
Greene’s resignation followed a public fallout with Trump, after the congresswoman criticized him for his stance on the Epstein files, foreign policy and health care.
www.thestar.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
She’s in the Epstein files www.thestar.com/news/world/u...
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Folks, Zohran Mamdani—smart guy, reminds me of a young me—you know what he said, I told him, “Zohran, I’m gonna do it, I’m gonna say the shahada,” and he said to me “Mr. President, you should say a third line confirming your belief in the wilayat of Ali,” should we do it folks? Should we say it?
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Folks, Zohran Mamdani—smart guy, reminds me of a young me—you know what he said, I told him, “Zohran, I’m gonna do it, I’m gonna say the shahada,” and he said to me “Mr. President, you should say a third line confirming your belief in the wilayat of Ali,” should we do it folks? Should we say it?
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The nerve these people have
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The nerve these people have
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After the $100M privatization boondoggle...
"...AHS took over provincial laboratory testing and returned Alberta to a fully public model. By December, 2023, patient waiting times were reduced by 76%."
The same day as this report is released, UCP announced more privatization.
"...AHS took over provincial laboratory testing and returned Alberta to a fully public model. By December, 2023, patient waiting times were reduced by 76%."
The same day as this report is released, UCP announced more privatization.
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 AM
After the $100M privatization boondoggle...
"...AHS took over provincial laboratory testing and returned Alberta to a fully public model. By December, 2023, patient waiting times were reduced by 76%."
The same day as this report is released, UCP announced more privatization.
"...AHS took over provincial laboratory testing and returned Alberta to a fully public model. By December, 2023, patient waiting times were reduced by 76%."
The same day as this report is released, UCP announced more privatization.
NEW: In the latest episode of Headlines, I talk about Alberta’s impending health-care strike, Jeffrey Epstein, Saudi investments in AI and more.
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Headlines - 11/19/25
Health-care workers to strike; former oil lobbyist represents Alberta at COP30; Alaska tribal nations want input on Canadian mine; Epstein files caveats; Saudis invest in Musk's AI.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM
NEW: In the latest episode of Headlines, I talk about Alberta’s impending health-care strike, Jeffrey Epstein, Saudi investments in AI and more.
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I hear a clip from this episode was used in the latest Canadaland series on how everyone is antisemitic.
I’d suggest listening to the full interview rather than Jesse Brown’s blabbering, but I’m a bit biased.
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I’d suggest listening to the full interview rather than Jesse Brown’s blabbering, but I’m a bit biased.
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Shree Paradkar
Listen now | The Toronto Star's racial and social justice columnist talks about whether the Canadian media industry has learned anything since 9/11.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I hear a clip from this episode was used in the latest Canadaland series on how everyone is antisemitic.
I’d suggest listening to the full interview rather than Jesse Brown’s blabbering, but I’m a bit biased.
open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
I’d suggest listening to the full interview rather than Jesse Brown’s blabbering, but I’m a bit biased.
open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
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ICYMI: Me on Alberta's Bill 9, which invokes the notwithstanding clause to force through three pieces of anti-trans legislation.
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The lies Danielle Smith is telling to overturn trans kids’ rights | Xtra Magazine
The Alberta government is invoking the Notwithstanding Clause to protect its three anti-trans laws from being challenged in the courts
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November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
ICYMI: Me on Alberta's Bill 9, which invokes the notwithstanding clause to force through three pieces of anti-trans legislation.
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xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
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This is the lady who wrote Michelle Obama's "When they go low, we go high" speech
I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
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From the JewsOfConscience community on Reddit: Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz speaking to the Jewish Federation and lamenting that young people are learning the wrong lessons from Holocaust e...
Explore this post and more from the JewsOfConscience community
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November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is the lady who wrote Michelle Obama's "When they go low, we go high" speech
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As MPPs vote on Bill 33, check out @royinori.bsky.social's analysis of what it would mean for colleges and universities thelocal.to/bill-33-onta...
Doug Ford Is Trying to Control How Universities Operate | The Local
Ontario’s Bill 33 mandates merit-based admissions and gives the province unprecedented power over university and college operations. Is it part of a broader right-wing crackdown on campuses?
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November 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
As MPPs vote on Bill 33, check out @royinori.bsky.social's analysis of what it would mean for colleges and universities thelocal.to/bill-33-onta...
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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During the 2025 federal election, influencers accounted for 47% of political content, compared with 28% from news outlets and 18% from politicians, found the Media Ecosystem Observatory. @jenstden.bsky.social reports. #CdnMedia #CanPoli
Canadians Are Turning to Influencers for Information on Politics | The Tyee
A study shows that social media creators have overtaken news media and party campaigns.
thetyee.ca
November 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
During the 2025 federal election, influencers accounted for 47% of political content, compared with 28% from news outlets and 18% from politicians, found the Media Ecosystem Observatory. @jenstden.bsky.social reports. #CdnMedia #CanPoli
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This is government in the doctor's office, government in locker rooms, government in kids' private lives
Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges | CBC News
The Alberta government has tabled legislation that seeks to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield a suite of bills that affects transgender youth and adults from legal challenges.
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This is government in the doctor's office, government in locker rooms, government in kids' private lives
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Breaking news: Former Democratic treasury secretary Larry Summers is “deeply ashamed” of his years-long communication with Jeffrey Epstein and will be “stepping back from public commitments,” he said in a statement Monday night.
Larry Summers stepping back from ‘public commitments’ over Epstein emails
A longtime Democratic adviser, Summers has had significant influence over economic policymaking for decades.
wapo.st
November 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Breaking news: Former Democratic treasury secretary Larry Summers is “deeply ashamed” of his years-long communication with Jeffrey Epstein and will be “stepping back from public commitments,” he said in a statement Monday night.
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While Alberta considers how to allow oilsands companies to release treated wastewater into the Athabasca River, the federal government has yet to table its own law around clean drinking water for First Nations. thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oils...
‘Unacceptable’: Alberta wants to treat and release oilsands waste | The Narwhal
Alberta is working on plans to treat and release oilsands wastewater into the Athabasca River. First Nations downstream don’t want that to happen
thenarwhal.ca
November 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
While Alberta considers how to allow oilsands companies to release treated wastewater into the Athabasca River, the federal government has yet to table its own law around clean drinking water for First Nations. thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oils...
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Trump says he will sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia
Trump says he will sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia
The president's comments, which could antagonize Israel, come a day before he welcomes Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Trump says he will sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia
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Israel is reprising against South Africa for denouncing its genocide, and to do so, it commits another war crime (forcible transfer of population).
South Africa vows to block mysterious flights with Palestinians from Gaza
It denounced the flights as an orchestrated operation of ethnic cleansing from Palestinian territories
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Israel is reprising against South Africa for denouncing its genocide, and to do so, it commits another war crime (forcible transfer of population).
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The best part of ending a piece of writing is closing all the tabs
November 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The best part of ending a piece of writing is closing all the tabs
NEW: For @nationalobserver.com, I wrote about some of the energy policies up for debate at the UCP AGM in a couple of weeks, including bringing coal-fired electricity back.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/n...
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Alberta UCP to vote on opposing climate policies, emissions caps
At this year’s convention, the UCP riding association in Sherwood Park, an Edmonton suburb, is calling on the Alberta government to reverse all “net-zero laws, regulations, policies and agreements,” w...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
NEW: For @nationalobserver.com, I wrote about some of the energy policies up for debate at the UCP AGM in a couple of weeks, including bringing coal-fired electricity back.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/n...
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A contentious union drive, the departure of almost all the staff seeking a first contract and fierce criticism from some former employees have embroiled Vancouver’s Massy Books in controversy for almost a year.
@isaacphannay.bsky.social unpacks the details here: thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
@isaacphannay.bsky.social unpacks the details here: thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Inside the Labour Struggle at Massy Books | The Tyee
Nearly a year after unionizing, the beloved bookstore has few staff and no contract.
thetyee.ca
November 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
A contentious union drive, the departure of almost all the staff seeking a first contract and fierce criticism from some former employees have embroiled Vancouver’s Massy Books in controversy for almost a year.
@isaacphannay.bsky.social unpacks the details here: thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
@isaacphannay.bsky.social unpacks the details here: thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
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"Raising the Palestinian flag at City Hall does not threaten anyone’s safety. What threatens safety—ours and others’—is refusing to recognize each other’s humanity."
“Are all humans human? Or are some more human than others?” ~Romeo Dallaire
A beautiful moment of grief, love, solidarity and hope with the raising of the Palestinian flag at Calgary City Hall.
A beautiful moment of grief, love, solidarity and hope with the raising of the Palestinian flag at Calgary City Hall.
November 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"Raising the Palestinian flag at City Hall does not threaten anyone’s safety. What threatens safety—ours and others’—is refusing to recognize each other’s humanity."