The Optimist
@kathryncrooks.bsky.social
🇨🇦 loves dogs and cats. Rural but liberal. Canadian first and foremost.
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Residents of #Calgary #YYC in the Calgary-Cross riding who are appalled by Mickey Amery's harmful support of the notwithstanding clause, you are not alone. We're organizing to make our voices heard. Join us! #ableg #abpoli #OperationTotalRecall #RecallMickey #RecallThemAll
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November 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Residents of #Calgary #YYC in the Calgary-Cross riding who are appalled by Mickey Amery's harmful support of the notwithstanding clause, you are not alone. We're organizing to make our voices heard. Join us! #ableg #abpoli #OperationTotalRecall #RecallMickey #RecallThemAll
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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Happy Thursday, Canada 🍁
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Happy Thursday, Canada 🍁
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They put $3,000,000 into his face and thought filling his head with
MAGA was a good strategy.
MAGA was a good strategy.
November 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
They put $3,000,000 into his face and thought filling his head with
MAGA was a good strategy.
MAGA was a good strategy.
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I've always loved the movie Cool Runnings. Congratulations to the Jamaican bobsled team!
Jamaican bobsleigh team captures historic gold medal at Whistler competition
Victory comes just weeks after country was devastated by Hurricane Melissa
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www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Victory comes just weeks after country was devastated by Hurricane Melissa
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#TheMoment Jamaica's bobsled team made history in Whistler
Shane Pitter and Junior Harris, members of the four-man Jamaican bobsled team, tell The National about the moment they made history, winning their first international competition at the North American...
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I've always loved the movie Cool Runnings. Congratulations to the Jamaican bobsled team!
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November 27, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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"I know the member opposite likes to think himself as judge, jury and executioner, but we do have due process in this province," Smith said.
So that's why she invoked the Notwithstanding Clause to deny affected trans youth the ability to challenge her laws in court, right?
What a fucking hypocrite.
So that's why she invoked the Notwithstanding Clause to deny affected trans youth the ability to challenge her laws in court, right?
What a fucking hypocrite.
Alberta's Smith says UCP caucus not afraid to defend record in face of recall efforts
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her United Conservative Party caucus isn't afraid to defend its record as it faces more than a dozen recall campaigns.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
"I know the member opposite likes to think himself as judge, jury and executioner, but we do have due process in this province," Smith said.
So that's why she invoked the Notwithstanding Clause to deny affected trans youth the ability to challenge her laws in court, right?
What a fucking hypocrite.
So that's why she invoked the Notwithstanding Clause to deny affected trans youth the ability to challenge her laws in court, right?
What a fucking hypocrite.
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Good interview. @robbreakenridge.bsky.social does a nice job of introducing citizen initiatives & Corb an equally good job of explaining why we need clear legislation to prohibit coal mining activities in the eastern slopes.
#ableg #abpoli @cpawssab.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlGm...
#ableg #abpoli @cpawssab.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlGm...
PODCAST: Corb Lund on why Albertans deserve as say over coal mining along the Eastern Slopes
YouTube video by Rob Breakenridge Show
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Good interview. @robbreakenridge.bsky.social does a nice job of introducing citizen initiatives & Corb an equally good job of explaining why we need clear legislation to prohibit coal mining activities in the eastern slopes.
#ableg #abpoli @cpawssab.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlGm...
#ableg #abpoli @cpawssab.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlGm...
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Carney: We know that this decades-long process of our ever-closer economic relationship between Canada and the US has ended. And as a consequence of that, many of our strengths have become our vulnerabilities, particularly in those industries that are most tightly integrated with the US….
November 27, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Carney: We know that this decades-long process of our ever-closer economic relationship between Canada and the US has ended. And as a consequence of that, many of our strengths have become our vulnerabilities, particularly in those industries that are most tightly integrated with the US….
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So it's terrible for Canada to spend 54 million in ads targeting Trump's policies before an election, but it's perfectly fine for Trump to give 20 billion to Argentina before their election to ensure their MAGA-friendly president retained his power.
This guy really puts the ass in ambassador.
This guy really puts the ass in ambassador.
November 27, 2025 at 7:23 AM
So it's terrible for Canada to spend 54 million in ads targeting Trump's policies before an election, but it's perfectly fine for Trump to give 20 billion to Argentina before their election to ensure their MAGA-friendly president retained his power.
This guy really puts the ass in ambassador.
This guy really puts the ass in ambassador.
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When America Has Your Back
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Cartoon by Kevin KAL Kallaugher
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Cartoon by Kevin KAL Kallaugher
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
When America Has Your Back
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Cartoon by Kevin KAL Kallaugher
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Cartoon by Kevin KAL Kallaugher
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NDP - How did the government get advice that a company that had only been in existence for three months was world renowned and then hand them $70 milllion?
UCP - Let's do lunch! #cdnpoli
UCP - Let's do lunch! #cdnpoli
November 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
NDP - How did the government get advice that a company that had only been in existence for three months was world renowned and then hand them $70 milllion?
UCP - Let's do lunch! #cdnpoli
UCP - Let's do lunch! #cdnpoli
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"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Okay, there needs to be a Grammy category for this. And this needs to be the winner.
What do you get when you mix the best selling single of the king of pop with the lately departed queen of MAGA?
This is what we get: a parody of Billie Jean about #mtg #maga #marjorietaylorgreene 🎶🕺
youtu.be/Xr0_HN9KNCs
This is what we get: a parody of Billie Jean about #mtg #maga #marjorietaylorgreene 🎶🕺
youtu.be/Xr0_HN9KNCs
"MTG Has Broken Cover" - Marsh Family parody of "Billie Jean" by MJ about Marjorie Taylor Greene
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Okay, there needs to be a Grammy category for this. And this needs to be the winner.
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This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
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Its taken us 4 days to catch this guy and many fruitless chases.
Boy did he need catching! Fingers crossed for him. He's in our hospital now ❤️
Boy did he need catching! Fingers crossed for him. He's in our hospital now ❤️
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Its taken us 4 days to catch this guy and many fruitless chases.
Boy did he need catching! Fingers crossed for him. He's in our hospital now ❤️
Boy did he need catching! Fingers crossed for him. He's in our hospital now ❤️
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Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
November 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Hey everyone in the area, let’s give the newly Canadian rubber duck museum some proud Canadian love! ❤️✊🇨🇦
#BuyCanadianRubberMuseumDucks
Hey everyone in the area, let’s give the newly Canadian rubber duck museum some proud Canadian love! ❤️✊🇨🇦
#BuyCanadianRubberMuseumDucks
This American rubber duck museum is moving to B.C. due to tariffs, drop in tourism | CBC News
Quirky Point Roberts-based Rubber Duck Museum is coming to Tsawwassen Mills mall in B.C. after increasing tariffs and decreasing tourism have made business in the U.S. exclave unsustainable.
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Hey everyone in the area, let’s give the newly Canadian rubber duck museum some proud Canadian love! ❤️✊🇨🇦
#BuyCanadianRubberMuseumDucks
Hey everyone in the area, let’s give the newly Canadian rubber duck museum some proud Canadian love! ❤️✊🇨🇦
#BuyCanadianRubberMuseumDucks