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Canadian Socialist in Alberta.
I like paying taxes so you can go to the hospital.

#LandBack #EveryChildMatters #FreePalestine #ReadBannedBooks
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It's kinda beautiful that pretty much all of the most self righteous purity testing lefty AbLeg posters aren't over here because they simply could not will themselves to stop posting for their 10k+ bot followers on the Nazi website
December 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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🧵 Nate imposed a "collective agreement" on teachers.
Nate told teachers they’ll earn what the #UCP says.
Nate locked in these restrictions until 2028.
Nate will remain an MLA until 2027.
Nate could be removed.
Nate should be removed.
5/6
November 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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This created political drama between the Liberals’ MOU and the Conservatives’ motion tomorrow about the pipeline is written like a Canadian political drama to distract you from this:
#cdnpoli #abpoli #Canadasky
It’s naked corruption and a decimation of the rule of law:

“Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to grant cabinet ministers the power to exempt any individual or company from any federal law on the books — except for the Criminal Code — for up to six years. “ #cdnpoli

apple.news/Ai261EfiGREW...
Mark Carney is quietly giving sweeping new powers to his ministers — Toronto Star
Sneaking a change of this magnitude into a 600-page bill that will not get parliamentary scrutiny raises a red flag, Althia Raj writes.
apple.news
December 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Your brain is not a computer.
Your thoughts are not algorithmic.

Don’t let Silicon Valley limit your understanding of your own mind with inaccurate metaphors.
November 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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'You shouldn't criticize Mark Carney because that's how you get Pierre Poilievre' is...exactly how you get Pierre Poilievre.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!
December 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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People often ask: what can ordinary people do to stop populists like Trump and Smith from running roughshod over democratic norms?

Populists rely on the widespread perception that their actions are supported by "the majority" and "common people."

Anything that punctures that myth helps. +
December 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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🚨about $47 MILLION LOST: The Sam Mraiche/AHS Scandal.

Infographic breaks down the Globe & Mail investigation: $600M+ in contracts, political resignations, and the ongoing RCMP & Auditor-General probes.
#ableg #abpoli #UCPCorruption #CorruptCare #UCPayToPlay #DodgyContracts #CdnPoli #RecallThemALL
December 1, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Okay I feel better now; my psychic-implosion will be postponed until the next news cycle.
#RecallTheUPC #abpoli #UCPCorruption
BREAKING:🚨🚨🚨 #RecallLaGrange has had her paperwork approved. She joins #RecallSingh who also has had paperwork approved. Is that dancing I hear throughout Alberta? This Hunger Games , Alberta Recall Edition is really heating up. #RecallThemALL #TotalRecall #UCPCorruption #ABleg #ABpoli
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Seriously the rise of sadistic authoritarianism is getting to me guys. How do I self-care this stress away when I'm not raging against the machine?
(I know I know, bubble baths don't compensate for attacks on healthcare. Just feeling desperate.)
#RecallTheUC, #abpoli #RecallThemAll #alberta
November 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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If you are outraged about a pipeline that is likely never to built, then consider volunteering for a Recall the UCP campaign in your or an adjacent riding.

#Alberta #abpoli #ableg #yyc #yeg #Canada #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #RecallThemAll #RecallTheUCP
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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In Minnesota police set up a sting operation to catch child sex traffickers.

They caught 16 men. No immigrants. No trans people. All US Citizen Men.

One was an ICE fascist who said, "I'm ICE boys" when arrested, perhaps expecting to get special attention. He was arrested anyway.

So much winning.
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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The official United States government response to this is to work with Russia to cook up a plan for Ukraine to surrender its land and weapons.

Alliance, friendship, hope, and trust, rewarded with senseless, evil betrayal.
Children helping clear the rubble. 19 dead so far
November 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is the dumbest timeline
It’s worth remembering that the UCP aren’t just robbing Albertans of their charter rights…

Amery openly conceded that these laws also violate the Alberta Human Rights Act and the Alberta Bill of Rights.

That the UCP just rewrote.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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“it “begs the question of whether the terminations were for legitimate performance reasons or if this is political interference in the prosecutorial function.”

On the same day that Smith overrides the courts, concerns are again raised about interference.

edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/q...
Questions swirl as Edmonton chief prosecutor and deputy out of jobs
Edmonton's top Crown prosecutor and a deputy are out of their jobs, with little explanation being offered either publicly or to their former colleagues.
edmontonjournal.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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“Alberta nursing-care staff will walk off the job this weekend, forcing the cancellation of some elective surgeries, after the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) served strike notice early Wednesday.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Strike notice served by union representing Alberta nursing care staff | CBC News
Alberta nursing-care staff will walk off the job this weekend, forcing the cancellation of some elective surgeries, after the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) served strike notice early We...
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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During the same week that the UCP is expanding privatization, the auditor general finds that government interference cost taxpayers over $100 million.

How can anyone deny it’s the government that’s the problem?

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Alberta wasted more than $100M in lab privatization effort: Auditor general report
dynalifey
edmontonjournal.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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What did the Hated 8 Dems have in common besides voting against the American people last night? They all received donations from American Airlines PAC. Their vote was not about a vote on ACA or even SNAP. Their goal was to get American Airlines at full capacity again. Bought and paid for #ProudBlue
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
When I'm stressed out, I make memes.
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(Thanks to @drrobwray.bsky.social for the post though! Even if I'm stressed out. :S)
November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Lately, everything I read scares me.
The official statement from the MAGA White House as the US hits a rapidly increasing all-time high $38 trillion national debt, is:

“At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.”
October 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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“It’s disingenuous for Smith to say that AHS is solely responsible for all the problems.

AHS no longer has any independence. At all times it is overseen and wholly controlled by government.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

calgaryherald.com/news/braid-j...
Braid: Judge's report on health procurement scandal finds official had conflict of interest
As judge find conflict of inters, Premier Danielle Smith continues to deny any responsibility for health procurement scandal.
calgaryherald.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Why are these accounts here? They are quote farming. They WANT you to post things like "Fuck you ICE!!!" and "Trump can suck my dick!!!"

That gives them fun little posts for Fox News to demonstrate the "angry left."

DO NOT give them what they want. Block and be done.

bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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NDP House Leader Christina Gray ripped into the flaws of the Eyant report as well today…

She highlighted the shortcomings of the report, how that was by design to allow Smith and her cabinet to avoid accountability & that the judge felt he wasn’t able to get full answers.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
October 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM