W. Andy Knight
knight54.bsky.social
W. Andy Knight
@knight54.bsky.social

2021-22 Fulbright Distinguished Chair in International & Area Studies @YaleU; Past UA Provost Fellow Black Excellence & Leadership; University of Alberta Distinguished Professor, FRSC, LLD

Political science 64%
Sociology 15%
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Good morning! This is my first post of Bluesky. I am officially getting off twitter. I hate what Musk has done to that platform.

Trump (bone spurs) is a loser. Kelly is an American hero and patriot. Trump is a felon. Let’s watch as this plays out.
This is not just about the Trump regime’s gross mistreatment of an American patriot and US senator. It is designed to intimidate anyone who would question Trump‘s lawlessness and his likely plan to eventually use our military against his civilian opponents.
Pentagon says it might recall Sen. Mark Kelly to military service for court martial over ‘illegal orders’ video | CNN Politics
The Pentagon said Monday that it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired US Navy captain, in light of “serious allegations of misconduct” the department has received against him, and co...
www.cnn.com

Lisa Hannah shares her thoughts about building back the sense of community and belonging in the midst of hurricane Melissa in Jamaica.
Unbelievable.

Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.

Canada is not playing around. It is demonstrating its ability to diversify away from the USA.

One of my pen and ink portait sketches - found in one of my sketch books. For me sketch books are like diaries in which observations are made with the intent of someday producing a full
manuscript that relates the whole story.

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I'm wondering if Kegseth is hell-bent on going after Mark Kelly because he outranked him. Small men do that kind of thing.

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This is not just about the Trump regime’s gross mistreatment of an American patriot and US senator. It is designed to intimidate anyone who would question Trump‘s lawlessness and his likely plan to eventually use our military against his civilian opponents.
Pentagon says it might recall Sen. Mark Kelly to military service for court martial over ‘illegal orders’ video | CNN Politics
The Pentagon said Monday that it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired US Navy captain, in light of “serious allegations of misconduct” the department has received against him, and co...
www.cnn.com

People should not let the snake oil salesman in the White House fool them with misinformation and outright lies.

He is a felon.
Someone has to remind him that he swore an oath to defend the Constitution, which includes obeying our laws.

Carney has got to be careful!
Danielle Smith just suckered Mark Carney into reviving the Northern Gateway pipeline.
This is the antithesis of "nation-building."
There is no economic, political or environmental case for Stephen Harper's dream.
This won't end well.
For Canada or Carney.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Ottawa, Alberta agree to broad outlines of energy deal, including path to pipeline | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have agreed to the broad outlines of a memorandum of understanding that would give Alberta special exemptions from federal environmental l...
www.cbc.ca

How is that even possible?
How would an MLA know which constituents vote in a provincial elections? This information is privileged only to Elections Alberta.

Also, any elector can initiate a recall, irrelevant of whether they vote. UCP wrote this law.

#ableg
Wait WHAT?!?

Dale Nally somehow audited the voting records of Albertans and is using that as a metric for who can initiate recall?

And now all of the applicant statements and member statements have been removed from Elections Alberta?

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Let’s not forget that the current president of the USA is a felon.
Aa handful of complicit sycophants does not count as "many great legal scholars." Also, they urged people to disobey illegal orders, which is part of their training and required by law.

Alan Dershowitz is a charismatic figure? Since when? If the vast majority are where Dershowitz is, all I can say is God help AMERICA.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"

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Garcia: The oversight committee and Democrats launched our official oversight immigration enforcement dashboard. The dashboard that allows our committee to investigate and document and archive for the public record, possible misconducts by federal agents, ICE, and DHS.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"

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If the President doesn’t want to be called a Russian asset, perhaps he should stop acting like a Russian asset.

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If anyone needs to be reinstated back into service to be court martialed, it's
Gen Mike Flynn

#TraitorFlynn
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."

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How would an MLA know which constituents vote in a provincial elections? This information is privileged only to Elections Alberta.

Also, any elector can initiate a recall, irrelevant of whether they vote. UCP wrote this law.

#ableg
Wait WHAT?!?

Dale Nally somehow audited the voting records of Albertans and is using that as a metric for who can initiate recall?

And now all of the applicant statements and member statements have been removed from Elections Alberta?

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Danielle Smith just suckered Mark Carney into reviving the Northern Gateway pipeline.
This is the antithesis of "nation-building."
There is no economic, political or environmental case for Stephen Harper's dream.
This won't end well.
For Canada or Carney.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Ottawa, Alberta agree to broad outlines of energy deal, including path to pipeline | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have agreed to the broad outlines of a memorandum of understanding that would give Alberta special exemptions from federal environmental l...
www.cbc.ca

If you haven’t yet tuned into blacktalk podcast, check it out. Here is an episode on Pan Africanism. blacktalk.ca/episodes/
blacktalk.ca
Trump wrongly indicted me. I’ll rightly impeach him.

Impeachment isn’t just an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent — but is it working?

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Flipping through an old sketch book from my McMaster University days, I came across this pen and ink drawing. Now trying to recall the exercise.