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🇨🇦 loves dogs and cats. Rural but liberal. Canadian first and foremost.
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Forever Canada petition opposing Alberta separation has signature goal verified nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/01/f... #nationlnewswatch via @natnewswatch
Forever Canada petition opposing Alberta separation has signature…
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December 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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🇨🇦 ALBERTA'S #UCP: A PARTY UNTETHERED FROM REALITY 🇨🇦
#DanielleSmith faces a revolt.
Her own party is drifting into a world wildly divergent from the concerns of average #Albertans.
The AGM wasn't a celebration; it was a fracture.
Kathy Kerr reports.
#AbLeg #UCPAGM #Alberta #AbPoli #POLITICS
🇨🇦 ALBERTA'S #UCP: A PARTY UNTETHERED FROM REALITY 🇨🇦
#DanielleSmith faces a revolt.
Her own party is drifting into a world wildly divergent from the concerns of average #Albertans.
The AGM wasn't a celebration; it was a fracture.
Kathy Kerr reports.
#AbLeg #UCPAGM #Alberta #AbPoli #POLITICS
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
1/8
🇨🇦 ALBERTA'S #UCP: A PARTY UNTETHERED FROM REALITY 🇨🇦
#DanielleSmith faces a revolt.
Her own party is drifting into a world wildly divergent from the concerns of average #Albertans.
The AGM wasn't a celebration; it was a fracture.
Kathy Kerr reports.
#AbLeg #UCPAGM #Alberta #AbPoli #POLITICS
🇨🇦 ALBERTA'S #UCP: A PARTY UNTETHERED FROM REALITY 🇨🇦
#DanielleSmith faces a revolt.
Her own party is drifting into a world wildly divergent from the concerns of average #Albertans.
The AGM wasn't a celebration; it was a fracture.
Kathy Kerr reports.
#AbLeg #UCPAGM #Alberta #AbPoli #POLITICS
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Franklin the Turtle stands for LOVE. For kindness, empathy, and inclusivity.
December 2, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Franklin the Turtle stands for LOVE. For kindness, empathy, and inclusivity.
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@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
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You can find a signing location here.
Operation Total Recall — Organize Local Recall Campaigns
Grassroots hub to organize riding-by-riding recall efforts for the 44 Alberta MLAs who supported using the Notwithstanding Clause against not just teachers, but all Alberta workers. Find your MLA, join your local team, and take action.
operationtotalrecall.ca
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
You can find a signing location here.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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There's a lot of changes with our refocusing of healthcare and now our new two tier healthcare model.
So I issued a sole-source contract to author a book all Albertans, regardless of age or political stripe, will be able to read.
Perfect gift for the holidays!
#abpoli #abhealth
So I issued a sole-source contract to author a book all Albertans, regardless of age or political stripe, will be able to read.
Perfect gift for the holidays!
#abpoli #abhealth
December 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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"...we've got a long period of this administration ahead." "....the use of force really concerns me. I think the groundwork that's being set is for the use of force against Americans in our states, and we're already seeing signs of that."
Frank Kendell, Center For American Progress, Sr. Fellow
Frank Kendell, Center For American Progress, Sr. Fellow
December 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"...we've got a long period of this administration ahead." "....the use of force really concerns me. I think the groundwork that's being set is for the use of force against Americans in our states, and we're already seeing signs of that."
Frank Kendell, Center For American Progress, Sr. Fellow
Frank Kendell, Center For American Progress, Sr. Fellow
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1/8
🇨🇦 🚨 DANIELLE SMITH'S DEEP TIES TO SAM MRAICHE 🚨 🇨🇦
Election night, May 2023. As results rolled in, Premier #DanielleSmith waited in a hotel suite.
Who was with her?
According to an investigation, businessman #SamMraiche was there, deep in the inner circle.
#AbLeg #Alberta #CdnPoli #AbPoli
🇨🇦 🚨 DANIELLE SMITH'S DEEP TIES TO SAM MRAICHE 🚨 🇨🇦
Election night, May 2023. As results rolled in, Premier #DanielleSmith waited in a hotel suite.
Who was with her?
According to an investigation, businessman #SamMraiche was there, deep in the inner circle.
#AbLeg #Alberta #CdnPoli #AbPoli
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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🇨🇦 🚨 DANIELLE SMITH'S DEEP TIES TO SAM MRAICHE 🚨 🇨🇦
Election night, May 2023. As results rolled in, Premier #DanielleSmith waited in a hotel suite.
Who was with her?
According to an investigation, businessman #SamMraiche was there, deep in the inner circle.
#AbLeg #Alberta #CdnPoli #AbPoli
🇨🇦 🚨 DANIELLE SMITH'S DEEP TIES TO SAM MRAICHE 🚨 🇨🇦
Election night, May 2023. As results rolled in, Premier #DanielleSmith waited in a hotel suite.
Who was with her?
According to an investigation, businessman #SamMraiche was there, deep in the inner circle.
#AbLeg #Alberta #CdnPoli #AbPoli
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But..but..PP keeps saying “Canada is broken!” 🙄
December 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
But..but..PP keeps saying “Canada is broken!” 🙄
We need to stop Premier Smith’s plan for Two-Tier Healthcare. There is a better option. A Canadian option that works. Let's defend and promote Universal Public Healthcare. notwotier.ca
URGENT – Stop Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s Plan to End Universal Healthcare
We have to defend and promote Universal Public Healthcare before it's too late.
notwotier.ca
November 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
We need to stop Premier Smith’s plan for Two-Tier Healthcare. There is a better option. A Canadian option that works. Let's defend and promote Universal Public Healthcare. notwotier.ca
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(🚨) BREAKING: Hegseth Actually Committed *Multiple* War Crimes on *Multiple* Dates, As Did the Soldiers Who Followed His Criminal Orders
US military carried out second strike killing survivors on a suspected drug boat that had already been attacked, sources say | CNN Politics
The US military carried out a follow-up strike on a suspected drug vessel operating in the Caribbean on September 2 after an initial attack did not kill everyone on board, sources familiar with the ma...
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November 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
(🚨) BREAKING: Hegseth Actually Committed *Multiple* War Crimes on *Multiple* Dates, As Did the Soldiers Who Followed His Criminal Orders
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A Maine woman retired early to be a caregiver for her terminally ill mother.
Now she’s facing cancer herself, and because ACA subsidies won’t be extended, she is losing her healthcare.
Her costs are going up for $49,000 a year.
This isn’t healthcare, it’s eugenics.
Medicare for all.
Now she’s facing cancer herself, and because ACA subsidies won’t be extended, she is losing her healthcare.
Her costs are going up for $49,000 a year.
This isn’t healthcare, it’s eugenics.
Medicare for all.
November 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A Maine woman retired early to be a caregiver for her terminally ill mother.
Now she’s facing cancer herself, and because ACA subsidies won’t be extended, she is losing her healthcare.
Her costs are going up for $49,000 a year.
This isn’t healthcare, it’s eugenics.
Medicare for all.
Now she’s facing cancer herself, and because ACA subsidies won’t be extended, she is losing her healthcare.
Her costs are going up for $49,000 a year.
This isn’t healthcare, it’s eugenics.
Medicare for all.
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Seconds after I submitted my chapter for @duanebratt.bsky.social & @jlisayoung.bsky.social 's new book on the Smith govt, @carrietait.bsky.social et al. published their latest piece on the CorruptCare scandal.
Below is a table from my chapter with R. Mendoza. How many conditions do you spot?
Below is a table from my chapter with R. Mendoza. How many conditions do you spot?
November 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Seconds after I submitted my chapter for @duanebratt.bsky.social & @jlisayoung.bsky.social 's new book on the Smith govt, @carrietait.bsky.social et al. published their latest piece on the CorruptCare scandal.
Below is a table from my chapter with R. Mendoza. How many conditions do you spot?
Below is a table from my chapter with R. Mendoza. How many conditions do you spot?
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Six Indiana state senators who have refused to go along with Trump’s redistricting scheme have been subjected to swatting incidents. This is mob rule and it has to end.
November 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Six Indiana state senators who have refused to go along with Trump’s redistricting scheme have been subjected to swatting incidents. This is mob rule and it has to end.
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We must remake the world such that the International Criminal Court has much more muscle – including jurisdiction over American and Russian politicians.
A boy can dream.
A boy can dream.
November 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
We must remake the world such that the International Criminal Court has much more muscle – including jurisdiction over American and Russian politicians.
A boy can dream.
A boy can dream.
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November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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During WWII a German vessel fired upon sailors floating in the sea after the Greek vessel Peleus was sunk. The officers were tried and convicted in the Peleus War Crimes trial.
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
During WWII a German vessel fired upon sailors floating in the sea after the Greek vessel Peleus was sunk. The officers were tried and convicted in the Peleus War Crimes trial.
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“The Globe identified more than 60 civil proceedings in which Mr. Mraiche or his companies were participants.”
SIXTY civil cases, a gambling addiction, and cozy ties with government.
Gumshoe Carrie Tait reports on a very sticky web, in which the UCP seems irrevocably ensnared.
SIXTY civil cases, a gambling addiction, and cozy ties with government.
Gumshoe Carrie Tait reports on a very sticky web, in which the UCP seems irrevocably ensnared.
On Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Sam Mraiche
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w/ @tomcardoso.bsky.social @markmackinnon.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social
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Who is Sam Mraiche? Inside Alberta’s health care controversy
A Globe investigation into the provincial health agency’s dealings with a company whose contracts have come under scrutiny
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“The Globe identified more than 60 civil proceedings in which Mr. Mraiche or his companies were participants.”
SIXTY civil cases, a gambling addiction, and cozy ties with government.
Gumshoe Carrie Tait reports on a very sticky web, in which the UCP seems irrevocably ensnared.
SIXTY civil cases, a gambling addiction, and cozy ties with government.
Gumshoe Carrie Tait reports on a very sticky web, in which the UCP seems irrevocably ensnared.
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Beautiful 💕 Toronto 🇨🇦
Canadian musical Choir — ChoirChoirChoir and 7,000 friends Singalong Tribute to Montreal’s own Leonard Cohen — Hallelujah #Toronto #Canada August 2025
Incredible 😊 ❤️
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Incredible 😊 ❤️
youtu.be/jrESYefdqjo?...
‘Hallelujah’ sung by 7000+ strangers in Toronto | Our Biggest Choir EVER!
YouTube video by Choir! Choir! Choir!
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November 29, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Beautiful 💕 Toronto 🇨🇦
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“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 AM
“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
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November 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM