Pragmatical 🇨🇦
@allij.bsky.social
Pro-science. Pro-critical thought. Pro-democracy. No use for idiots and liars of any political stripe. The centre has to hold or the wheel comes apart. I’ve no use for anyone’s ideological purity tests.
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@allij.bsky.social
· Mar 26
The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.
www.bbc.com
Only 3.5% of the population needed, engaged in non-violent protest, to shift things. In Alberta, that’s 168,221 people; in Canada, 1.4 million; in the US, 12.2 million. Coordinated, regular protests X cities & towns. @cmcalgary.bsky.social @naheednenshi.bsky.social www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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The Trump regime's plan to rig the 2026 election is becoming clearer:
- Send ICE to polling locations to intimidate voters
- Attempt to federalize the elections and seize control of administration in critical states
- Cast doubt on the results and declare they've won
- If needed, seize ballot boxes
- Send ICE to polling locations to intimidate voters
- Attempt to federalize the elections and seize control of administration in critical states
- Cast doubt on the results and declare they've won
- If needed, seize ballot boxes
🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:47 PM
The Trump regime's plan to rig the 2026 election is becoming clearer:
- Send ICE to polling locations to intimidate voters
- Attempt to federalize the elections and seize control of administration in critical states
- Cast doubt on the results and declare they've won
- If needed, seize ballot boxes
- Send ICE to polling locations to intimidate voters
- Attempt to federalize the elections and seize control of administration in critical states
- Cast doubt on the results and declare they've won
- If needed, seize ballot boxes
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Debunk the fearmongering lie!
Reality: "undocumented immigrants have SUBSTANTIALLY lower crime rates than native-born citizens & legal immigrants..."
US citizens:
- 2 X more likely to be arrested for violent crimes
- 2.5 X more likely re drug crimes
- 4 X more likely re property crimes
Reality: "undocumented immigrants have SUBSTANTIALLY lower crime rates than native-born citizens & legal immigrants..."
US citizens:
- 2 X more likely to be arrested for violent crimes
- 2.5 X more likely re drug crimes
- 4 X more likely re property crimes
February 4, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Debunk the fearmongering lie!
Reality: "undocumented immigrants have SUBSTANTIALLY lower crime rates than native-born citizens & legal immigrants..."
US citizens:
- 2 X more likely to be arrested for violent crimes
- 2.5 X more likely re drug crimes
- 4 X more likely re property crimes
Reality: "undocumented immigrants have SUBSTANTIALLY lower crime rates than native-born citizens & legal immigrants..."
US citizens:
- 2 X more likely to be arrested for violent crimes
- 2.5 X more likely re drug crimes
- 4 X more likely re property crimes
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NOT 👇 SURPRISED.......
February 3, 2026 at 10:48 AM
NOT 👇 SURPRISED.......
Taking a page out of the toddler-in-chief’s book, hey Marlaina? #UCP are grifting scum. #ableg #abpoli #canpoli
Premier Danielle Smith says her government will withhold funding to support new judicial appointments in Alberta if the federal government doesn’t give the province a say on who is picked.
globalnews.ca/news/1165081...
#Alberta #abpoli #cdnpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1165081...
#Alberta #abpoli #cdnpoli
Danielle Smith says Alberta will withhold funding for judges without more input on selection | Globalnews.ca
Premier Danielle Smith said her government will withhold funds for new judicial appointments in Alberta if the federal government doesn't give the province a say on who is picked.
globalnews.ca
February 4, 2026 at 3:04 AM
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She keeps getting chances to show some loyalty to Canada -- and keeps turning them away in order to defend Alberta separatists and their cause.
It's who she is. It's time we all started saying it. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/02/o...
It's who she is. It's time we all started saying it. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/02/o...
Yes, Danielle Smith is a separatist
Alberta's premier says she supports "a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada." Her actions tell a much different story — one that makes her position on the issue impossible to ignore.
www.nationalobserver.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:25 PM
She keeps getting chances to show some loyalty to Canada -- and keeps turning them away in order to defend Alberta separatists and their cause.
It's who she is. It's time we all started saying it. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/02/o...
It's who she is. It's time we all started saying it. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/02/o...
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📣📣📣 TONIGHT!!
7pm George Howard Building in Ellicott City.
ICE is trying to open another facility in MD, this time in Elkridge. Come out to EC and tell them we want #iceout of our neighborhoods.
7pm George Howard Building in Ellicott City.
ICE is trying to open another facility in MD, this time in Elkridge. Come out to EC and tell them we want #iceout of our neighborhoods.
February 2, 2026 at 7:04 PM
📣📣📣 TONIGHT!!
7pm George Howard Building in Ellicott City.
ICE is trying to open another facility in MD, this time in Elkridge. Come out to EC and tell them we want #iceout of our neighborhoods.
7pm George Howard Building in Ellicott City.
ICE is trying to open another facility in MD, this time in Elkridge. Come out to EC and tell them we want #iceout of our neighborhoods.
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Report: Even Grok grossed out by how much Elon Musk is in Epstein Files
Report: Even Grok grossed out by how much Elon Musk is in Epstein Files
PALO ALTO, CA - The generative artificial intelligence Grok, which recently made headlines for creating user-directed underage pornography, has expressed "profound uneasiness" at being associated with...
www.thebeaverton.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Report: Even Grok grossed out by how much Elon Musk is in Epstein Files
Trump is a complete and utter dick who is not worthy of the air he breathes (and neither is Stephen Miller).
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!!!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!!!
February 2, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Trump is a complete and utter dick who is not worthy of the air he breathes (and neither is Stephen Miller).
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!!!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!!!
Opinion | Trump Could Interfere With the Midterm Elections. You Can Help Defend Them.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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Excellent analysis by Patrick Lennox as reprinted in the Walrus
#abpoli #cdpoli
thewalrus.ca/danielle-smi...
#abpoli #cdpoli
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Is Danielle Smith a Separatist? | The Walrus
With Alberta’s referendum push, the premier has entered perilous territory
thewalrus.ca
January 31, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Excellent analysis by Patrick Lennox as reprinted in the Walrus
#abpoli #cdpoli
thewalrus.ca/danielle-smi...
#abpoli #cdpoli
thewalrus.ca/danielle-smi...
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.@ABDanielleSmith and @jkenney pass themselves off as conservatives. In fact, they are "authoritarian libertarians," Smith more so than Kenney.
Does this not sound EXACTLY like Smith's UCP govt?
Does this not sound EXACTLY like Smith's UCP govt?
February 1, 2026 at 4:29 PM
.@ABDanielleSmith and @jkenney pass themselves off as conservatives. In fact, they are "authoritarian libertarians," Smith more so than Kenney.
Does this not sound EXACTLY like Smith's UCP govt?
Does this not sound EXACTLY like Smith's UCP govt?
This is what we need to see. The world can’t save America from itself; only America can. This is the way to do it.
In *Texas*
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 1, 2026 at 3:41 PM
This is what we need to see. The world can’t save America from itself; only America can. This is the way to do it.
Trump made me lol tonight. He went on a harangue about Canada “doing a deal” with China and if we do they’ll take over Canada. And then he said “and then they’ll get rid of ice hockey”. Nearly spit out my toothpaste. I heard it on radio CBC 1 news. I’ll post something that’s online if I find it.
February 1, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Trump made me lol tonight. He went on a harangue about Canada “doing a deal” with China and if we do they’ll take over Canada. And then he said “and then they’ll get rid of ice hockey”. Nearly spit out my toothpaste. I heard it on radio CBC 1 news. I’ll post something that’s online if I find it.
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So #Poilievre won his leadership review with a whopping almost 90% approval, and blames the Liberals for separatism. Does that mean that a CPC government would cave to white Christian nationalists just to keep them in the country? YES OF COURSE IT WOULD.
January 31, 2026 at 4:59 PM
So #Poilievre won his leadership review with a whopping almost 90% approval, and blames the Liberals for separatism. Does that mean that a CPC government would cave to white Christian nationalists just to keep them in the country? YES OF COURSE IT WOULD.
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A key figure in Alberta’s separatist movement said Premier Danielle Smith indicated to him that if the province goes it alone, she’d stay on as its leader.
The title she’d prefer? Prime minister. #abpoli
The title she’d prefer? Prime minister. #abpoli
Smith Talked about Leading an Independent Alberta, Says Separatist Leader | The Tyee
Dennis Modry of APP made the claim about the premier to a room full of petition signers.
thetyee.ca
January 30, 2026 at 5:04 PM
A key figure in Alberta’s separatist movement said Premier Danielle Smith indicated to him that if the province goes it alone, she’d stay on as its leader.
The title she’d prefer? Prime minister. #abpoli
The title she’d prefer? Prime minister. #abpoli
The absence of a white Christian nationalist paradise in Canada is the chief “legitimate concern” that #DanielleSmith and half of #UCP MLAs are defending in Alberta separatists. Smith and the UCP are the chief enablers of WCN in this province. Call it out every single chance you get.
January 30, 2026 at 5:10 PM
The absence of a white Christian nationalist paradise in Canada is the chief “legitimate concern” that #DanielleSmith and half of #UCP MLAs are defending in Alberta separatists. Smith and the UCP are the chief enablers of WCN in this province. Call it out every single chance you get.
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Help Needed!
Wonderful people of #Edmonton, a kind & thoughtful person in #yeg & her family's furnace is on the fritz. They can't afford to repair it & have been doing it themselves using Youtube. They're freezing. Can anyone help them? They're out of work for a few more months. #yeggers
Wonderful people of #Edmonton, a kind & thoughtful person in #yeg & her family's furnace is on the fritz. They can't afford to repair it & have been doing it themselves using Youtube. They're freezing. Can anyone help them? They're out of work for a few more months. #yeggers
January 26, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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This is who the separatists are. Huge thanks to my colleague @arnokopecky.bsky.social for getting that on the record. #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/29/n...
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/29/n...
'They're trying to replace us': the conspiracy theories driving the man behind Alberta separatism
Mitch Sylvestre says the Canadian government is criminal, he has fears of a communist takeover and he's 'cured of federalism.' Arno Kopecky spoke with him about the allegations of coordination with US...
www.nationalobserver.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:45 AM
This is who the separatists are. Huge thanks to my colleague @arnokopecky.bsky.social for getting that on the record. #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/29/n...
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/29/n...
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Thanks for that, Steve...
January 29, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Thanks for that, Steve...