Mare (she/her) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Supporting 2SLBGTQI+ folks
All Human Rights: Health, Water, Housing, Healthy Planet
Uninvited guest on Treaty 7 Lands
All Human Rights: Health, Water, Housing, Healthy Planet
Uninvited guest on Treaty 7 Lands
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“I want to underline that unity of opposition & big-tent politics do not mean adopting right-wing talking points, or appeasing the aggressor. In 2026, we need less talk about stats & more concrete communications in which Dems state how they will help …”
“I want to underline that unity of opposition & big-tent politics do not mean adopting right-wing talking points, or appeasing the aggressor. In 2026, we need less talk about stats & more concrete communications in which Dems state how they will help …”
Flip the Script: People Want More Democracy, Not Less
Bold and principled responses, rather than accommodation of autocrats, are the ticket to democratic successes
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“I want to underline that unity of opposition & big-tent politics do not mean adopting right-wing talking points, or appeasing the aggressor. In 2026, we need less talk about stats & more concrete communications in which Dems state how they will help …”
“I want to underline that unity of opposition & big-tent politics do not mean adopting right-wing talking points, or appeasing the aggressor. In 2026, we need less talk about stats & more concrete communications in which Dems state how they will help …”
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
“Our government should keep track of how its policies impact real people. When it doesn’t, it’s left to journalists to uncover what’s happening and report it in verifiable and painstaking detail …”
@propublica.org is one of the most important nonprofit organizations to support
@propublica.org is one of the most important nonprofit organizations to support
1/ ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom focused on revealing injustices and abuses of power. Our stories are often fueled by tips and evidence from readers like you.
Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how your tips help shape investigations: 👇
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December 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
“Our government should keep track of how its policies impact real people. When it doesn’t, it’s left to journalists to uncover what’s happening and report it in verifiable and painstaking detail …”
@propublica.org is one of the most important nonprofit organizations to support
@propublica.org is one of the most important nonprofit organizations to support
A warning
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🇨🇦 🚨 SMITH SIGNALS SHIFT ON NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE 🚨 🇨🇦
👉 #DanielleSmith warns she will override judges who stray from Alberta's values. 👈
She claims "ideology" is tainting the judiciary after a decade of federal appointments.
Matthew Black reports..
#AbLeg #CdnPoli #CharterRights #Autocracy
🇨🇦 🚨 SMITH SIGNALS SHIFT ON NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE 🚨 🇨🇦
👉 #DanielleSmith warns she will override judges who stray from Alberta's values. 👈
She claims "ideology" is tainting the judiciary after a decade of federal appointments.
Matthew Black reports..
#AbLeg #CdnPoli #CharterRights #Autocracy
December 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
A warning
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🇨🇦 🚨 SMITH SLAMS GATE SHUT ON DIRECT DEMOCRACY 🚨 🇨🇦
Just days after passing Bill 14 to "remove gatekeepers," the UCP quietly hiked the referendum petition fee from $500 to $25,000 via cabinet order.
The hypocrisy is breathtaking.
Breakenridge reports...
#AbLeg #CdnPoli #DanielleSmith #AbPoli
🇨🇦 🚨 SMITH SLAMS GATE SHUT ON DIRECT DEMOCRACY 🚨 🇨🇦
Just days after passing Bill 14 to "remove gatekeepers," the UCP quietly hiked the referendum petition fee from $500 to $25,000 via cabinet order.
The hypocrisy is breathtaking.
Breakenridge reports...
#AbLeg #CdnPoli #DanielleSmith #AbPoli
December 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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🇨🇦 🚨 SMITH SLAMS GATE SHUT ON DIRECT DEMOCRACY 🚨 🇨🇦
Just days after passing Bill 14 to "remove gatekeepers," the UCP quietly hiked the referendum petition fee from $500 to $25,000 via cabinet order.
The hypocrisy is breathtaking.
Breakenridge reports...
#AbLeg #CdnPoli #DanielleSmith #AbPoli
🇨🇦 🚨 SMITH SLAMS GATE SHUT ON DIRECT DEMOCRACY 🚨 🇨🇦
Just days after passing Bill 14 to "remove gatekeepers," the UCP quietly hiked the referendum petition fee from $500 to $25,000 via cabinet order.
The hypocrisy is breathtaking.
Breakenridge reports...
#AbLeg #CdnPoli #DanielleSmith #AbPoli
Still relevant today.
Remembering the Banner Mine tragedy means remembering the men whose lives were erased twice — first by the system that exploited them, and then by the history that forgot them.
We will remember them—because history erased them.
We have to. 😢🕊
#KeepItWoke
#DedicatedToTam✡️🕊
We will remember them—because history erased them.
We have to. 😢🕊
#KeepItWoke
#DedicatedToTam✡️🕊
December 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Still relevant today.
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
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“Now, once again, we are watching a minority trying to impose its will on the majority, with leaders like Vice President J.D. Vance trying to rewrite American history.”
#FFRF
“Now, once again, we are watching a minority trying to impose its will on the majority, with leaders like Vice President J.D. Vance trying to rewrite American history.”
#FFRF
December 21, 2025
Speaking today at Turning Point USA’s annual “AmericaFest” conference, Vice President J.D.
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December 22, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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“Now, once again, we are watching a minority trying to impose its will on the majority, with leaders like Vice President J.D. Vance trying to rewrite American history.”
#FFRF
“Now, once again, we are watching a minority trying to impose its will on the majority, with leaders like Vice President J.D. Vance trying to rewrite American history.”
#FFRF
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"The law gives Uthmeier power to call anything "lewd" (a word with no legal definition) and prosecute performers, shut down venues, and revoke liquor licenses.
But here's what we know: Drag is protected free speech."
Please sign & share.
"The law gives Uthmeier power to call anything "lewd" (a word with no legal definition) and prosecute performers, shut down venues, and revoke liquor licenses.
But here's what we know: Drag is protected free speech."
Please sign & share.
AG Uthmeier: Stop attacking drag performers and violating our First Amendment rights!
Drag is protected speech. Federal courts already said this law is probably unconstitutional. Uthmeier is only enforcing it because of a legal loophole—not because it's suddenly okay.
The law is intent...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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"The law gives Uthmeier power to call anything "lewd" (a word with no legal definition) and prosecute performers, shut down venues, and revoke liquor licenses.
But here's what we know: Drag is protected free speech."
Please sign & share.
"The law gives Uthmeier power to call anything "lewd" (a word with no legal definition) and prosecute performers, shut down venues, and revoke liquor licenses.
But here's what we know: Drag is protected free speech."
Please sign & share.
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RFK Jr. has cancelled federal grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics, claiming the work they fund “no longer aligns with departmental priorities.” Those grants weren’t about ideology.
December 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
RFK Jr. has cancelled federal grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics, claiming the work they fund “no longer aligns with departmental priorities.” Those grants weren’t about ideology.
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The Christmas cheer from Dr. Parks is not the only thing that’s spreading.
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We are told the system is "coping." Govt PR teams assure us that "fluctuations" are normal. Look at these graphs and tell me where the "normal" is.
This is real time data from our 14 largest hospitals sites in AB.
The red bars represent dangerous overcrowding.
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This is real time data from our 14 largest hospitals sites in AB.
The red bars represent dangerous overcrowding.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The Christmas cheer from Dr. Parks is not the only thing that’s spreading.
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Hegseth repeatedly misled the public about this strike.
The boat was headed for Suriname, not the U.S.
It wasn't carrying fentanyl.
The survivors didn't "radio for backup."
This strike was illegal, and Hegseth is trying to cover up what happened by refusing to release video.
The boat was headed for Suriname, not the U.S.
It wasn't carrying fentanyl.
The survivors didn't "radio for backup."
This strike was illegal, and Hegseth is trying to cover up what happened by refusing to release video.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the Pentagon will not publicly release unedited video of a strike that killed two survivors of an initial attack on a boat allegedly carrying cocaine in the Caribbean. https://to.pbs.org/4pZJb8p
December 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"These figures are being released as AB’s hospitals & ER are already struggling with capacity, while also being hit hard by an especially bad flu season. A plan to reduce frostbite amputations should be a key part of reducing demand on our overstretched hospitals this winter."
#housing
#abhealth
#housing
#abhealth
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said Gallaway, ED of Friends of Medicare. “In what world is amputating a finger or a foot an ‘improved outcome for vulnerable Albertans’!? The Minister’s statement is beyond offensive, as is his lack of action.”
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#abhealth
#ableg
said Gallaway, ED of Friends of Medicare. “In what world is amputating a finger or a foot an ‘improved outcome for vulnerable Albertans’!? The Minister’s statement is beyond offensive, as is his lack of action.”
#HousingIsAHumanRight
#abhealth
#ableg
Record Frostbite Amputations are a Crisis, Not a Success Story
Record Frostbite Amputations are a Crisis, Not a Success Story
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December 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Alberta has passed Bill 11: two-tier health care letting doctors charge unlimited fees at private clinics.
Other provinces may follow.
Click below to send a letter to Health Minister Michel & your MP urging them to enforce the Canada Health Act.
SHARE if you oppose US-style health care.
Other provinces may follow.
Click below to send a letter to Health Minister Michel & your MP urging them to enforce the Canada Health Act.
SHARE if you oppose US-style health care.
Alberta’s two-tier health care law threatens us all
Send a letter urging federal action on Bill 11
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December 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Alberta has passed Bill 11: two-tier health care letting doctors charge unlimited fees at private clinics.
Other provinces may follow.
Click below to send a letter to Health Minister Michel & your MP urging them to enforce the Canada Health Act.
SHARE if you oppose US-style health care.
Other provinces may follow.
Click below to send a letter to Health Minister Michel & your MP urging them to enforce the Canada Health Act.
SHARE if you oppose US-style health care.
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Friends of Medicare hears the stories of how the slow creep of private health care is impacting Albertans & health care workers. Yesterday, the AB gov't passed Bill 11 paving the way for two-tier health care - a violation of the Canada Health Act. Take action here: win.newmode.net/stopalbertas...
December 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Friends of Medicare hears the stories of how the slow creep of private health care is impacting Albertans & health care workers. Yesterday, the AB gov't passed Bill 11 paving the way for two-tier health care - a violation of the Canada Health Act. Take action here: win.newmode.net/stopalbertas...
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Mercredi said Treaty 8 First Nations are “not stakeholders. We are rights-holders with sovereignty, jurisdiction & authority over our lands and waters.”
"...any new attempts at development by Alberta & Canada “will result in immediate action,” including court action."
Mercredi said Treaty 8 First Nations are “not stakeholders. We are rights-holders with sovereignty, jurisdiction & authority over our lands and waters.”
"...any new attempts at development by Alberta & Canada “will result in immediate action,” including court action."
Ottawa’s Indigenous advisers weren’t told of pipeline deal with Alberta: chief
A member of the major projects office’s Indigenous advisory council says he and his colleagues were not told in advance of the agreement the federal government signed with Alberta opening a path to a ...
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December 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Mercredi said Treaty 8 First Nations are “not stakeholders. We are rights-holders with sovereignty, jurisdiction & authority over our lands and waters.”
"...any new attempts at development by Alberta & Canada “will result in immediate action,” including court action."
Mercredi said Treaty 8 First Nations are “not stakeholders. We are rights-holders with sovereignty, jurisdiction & authority over our lands and waters.”
"...any new attempts at development by Alberta & Canada “will result in immediate action,” including court action."
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The Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation on B.C.’s central coast is condemning what it calls an “egregious” misuse of its protected cultural symbol, after an AB-based oil advocate launched a campaign to rename the cancelled N Gateway pipeline the Spirit Bear Pipeline.
The Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation on B.C.’s central coast is condemning what it calls an “egregious” misuse of its protected cultural symbol, after an AB-based oil advocate launched a campaign to rename the cancelled N Gateway pipeline the Spirit Bear Pipeline.
B.C. First Nation denounces ‘Spirit Bear Pipeline’ name as offensive misuse of cultural symbol - Vancouver Island Free Daily
Kitasoo Xai’xais says proposed rebranding of Northern Gateway project exploits protected mark
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December 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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The Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation on B.C.’s central coast is condemning what it calls an “egregious” misuse of its protected cultural symbol, after an AB-based oil advocate launched a campaign to rename the cancelled N Gateway pipeline the Spirit Bear Pipeline.
The Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation on B.C.’s central coast is condemning what it calls an “egregious” misuse of its protected cultural symbol, after an AB-based oil advocate launched a campaign to rename the cancelled N Gateway pipeline the Spirit Bear Pipeline.
The Absence of Decency
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Definition of cowardice: "Rep Sen. Markwayne Mullin defended Trump, saying 'I don’t think they’re controversial. Because he was respectful to him, he said he was once a really good actor & all that…I didn’t think it was distasteful at all.”
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Definition of cowardice: "Rep Sen. Markwayne Mullin defended Trump, saying 'I don’t think they’re controversial. Because he was respectful to him, he said he was once a really good actor & all that…I didn’t think it was distasteful at all.”
The Absence of Decency
Obama: Trump:
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December 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The Absence of Decency
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Definition of cowardice: "Rep Sen. Markwayne Mullin defended Trump, saying 'I don’t think they’re controversial. Because he was respectful to him, he said he was once a really good actor & all that…I didn’t think it was distasteful at all.”
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Definition of cowardice: "Rep Sen. Markwayne Mullin defended Trump, saying 'I don’t think they’re controversial. Because he was respectful to him, he said he was once a really good actor & all that…I didn’t think it was distasteful at all.”
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Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
link.propublica.net/view/61c375b... "...2 decades earlier I’d written a piece as part of a Pulitzer Prize-winning series for @nytimes.com abt how histories written by people in power — most of them white — tend to erase, minimize & misrepresent the experiences & contributions of those who are not"
We initially set out to write a David-vs.-Goliath narrative about the town’s response to the crisis. But, as I write in the series, there came a turning point at which we realized there were more enduring questions and challenges facing Albany than COVID-19. They were about race and power.
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December 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
link.propublica.net/view/61c375b... "...2 decades earlier I’d written a piece as part of a Pulitzer Prize-winning series for @nytimes.com abt how histories written by people in power — most of them white — tend to erase, minimize & misrepresent the experiences & contributions of those who are not"
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Thank you, CKUA, for this remembrance of Tim Williams:
CKUA Remembers Tim Williams - Read - CKUA
The CKUA community was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Tim Williams on Friday, November 28. The Calgary-based guitarist and singer-songwriter had long been revered as a master guitarist…
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December 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Thank you, CKUA, for this remembrance of Tim Williams: