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Christina Battle @cbattle.bsky.social · 4h

There is nothing realistic about any of this. The UCP really are dedicated to killing any potential secure and stable future Alberta might have.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Alberta energy minister directed to pursue pipelines, boost oil production | CBC News

A new mandate letter from Premier Danielle Smith directs Alberta’s energy minister to advance goals aimed at boosting oil production, defending the province's energy sector and advancing major pipelin...

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 18h

Elections Alberta has approved a citizen-initiated petition application to gather signatures in support of the proposal to end public funding to independent/private schools.

Calgary teacher Alicia Taylor says she brought it forward because it could help improve funding for public schools. #AbEd

Alberta teacher prompts petition on province's private school funding | CBC News

If high school chemistry teacher Alicia Taylor gets her wish, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to end public funding for independent schools.

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 1d

Airport warns about catfishing as people arrive to meet loved ones who don't exist. They arrive in their "Sunday best, with a fresh coat of lipstick" & hearts full of "love and anticipation.
The victims have "almost always" given the scammer money
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/atlantic/air... #cdnpoli

Airport warns about catfishing as people arrive to meet loved ones who don't exist

ST. JOHN'S - The head of a central Newfoundland airport is warning the public after staff noticed an increase in people who appear to have been victims of a manipulative

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 1d

Now you know why!
A number of vehicles assigned to Ontario cabinet ministers have racked up a combined $3,300 in automated speed camera fines.
The data comes as the Ford government looks to eliminate the use of speed enforcement cams. #cdnpoli

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Christina Battle @cbattle.bsky.social · 2d

So much this 👇🏽

Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎(Parody) @abdanielsmith.bsky.social · 2d

I'd really like to help teachers with class sized and funding issues, but we are flat broke since allocating over $400 MILLION to private for-profit charter schools. There's nothing we can do.

Read:
www.theprogressreport.ca/budget-2025-...
#abpoli #ableg #abteachers #abteachersstrike

A cartoon image of the Monopoly man. A wealthy man in a top hat and coat with pockets turned out showing they're empty.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 2d

Greta Thunberg has just been released and she is back on the warpath, exactly like our leaders should be.

Israel will never silence her or the billions who oppose them.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 2d

Thinking how Stephen Bannon got fired in 2017 because Trump got mad that people were saying he's the real president. Probably wouldn't work with Miller because they only feed Trump AI slop now. They got him in the Professor X rig watching videos of himself leading troops in battle

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

anyway, looking forward to bari weiss restoring “trust in news” where “trust in news” means pumping out propaganda for your oligarch boss

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 2d

This story is somehow not on either CNN's or the NYTimes' main page...

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

The home of South Carolina Circuit Court judge Diane Goodstein was set on fire and burned to the ground after she received death threats, following criticism by the Trump administration.

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

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Newfound Planets @i-find-planets.bsky.social · 2d

We have discovered a planet. It is in a carry-on bag. It has clouds made of argon. Perhaps one day we will find happiness there.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 2d

Terrified Curtis Yarvin—the “philosopher behind JD Vance”—plans to flee the USA.

The Dork Enlightenment guru says the Trump administration is failing to go full authoritarian.

“I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.”

From Yarvin's Substack: The second Trump revolution, like the first, is failing. It is failing because it deserves to fail. It is failing because it spends all its time patting itself on the back. It is failing because its true mission, which neither it nor (still less) its supporters understand, is still as far beyond its reach as algebra is beyond a cat. Because the vengeance meted out after its failure will dwarf the vengeance after 2020—because the successes of the second revolution are so much greater than the first—I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country. Everyone else in a similar position should have a 2029 plan as well. And it is not even clear that it will wait until 2029: losing the Congress will instantly put the administration on the defensive.

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Ghouly Hoye 🇨🇦 👻 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 2d

$29 Million dollars.

4 arrests.

Helluva cost/benefit.

Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 2d

theijf.org/alberta-bord...

Alberta border patrol has made just 4 arrests for illegal immigration or drug trafficking in border zone, data shows

Critics are raising concerns about efficiency and cost, but province says it remains committed to border patrol plan

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 3d

Riiiiiiiight. It will transfer massive amounts of public money to private weapons contractors, including in the US, and will come at the expense of public services and public sector jobs.

www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Marco Mendicino: How Canada’s new defence agency will build national strength

In a column for CTVNews.ca, former cabinet minister Marco Mendicino applauds Canada's new Defence Investment Agency, saying it will serve as both a catalyst for faster, smarter defence procurement and...

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 4d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4d

Elon Musk: The minds of youth are easily corrupted, which is why the corrupt ply their propaganda to the youth
10:57 AM • 10/4/25 • 51K Views

Elon Musk: We're going to make Baby Grok @XAI, an app dedicated to kid-friendly content
7:46 PM • 7/19/25 • 30M Views

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 5d

I really need all of us to abandon any impostor syndrome. It’s time.

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 6d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 6d

As others, including Ireland, rush to help their citizens involved with the flotilla, here’s what Canada’s government told me of the six Canadians on board:

“The Government of Canada is not able to guarantee the safety of Canadian travelers, or to provide them with security and protection abroad.”

Screenshot of an email.

media@international.gc.ca writes:

Hi Rachel, We will get back to you asap. Thanks,

In a follow up:

Please see our response:
The Government of Canada is not able to guarantee the safety of Canadian travelers, or to provide them with security and protection abroad. The decision to travel is personal, and individuals are responsible for their own safety abroad. Global Affairs Canada (GAC) advises Canadians avoid all travel to Palestine due to the ongoing military operations in the Gaza Strip and the unpredictable security situation in the West Bank. More information is available on our travel advice webpage.
While the Goverment of Canada has no plans to accompany the flotilla, this does not in any way detract from Canada's position that humanitarian assistance into Gaza must be immediately scaled-up to address the catastrophic humanitarian situation. We continue to urge Israel to allow the immediate entry of UN-coordinated humanitarian assistance, via land crossings, into and throughout Gaza.
Since October 2023, Canada has committed more than $400 million in international assistance in response to the current crises in Palestine.
The immediate priority must be a ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages, and a sustained influx in UN-led humanitarian aid. Canada is committed to continue

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Sierra Club Canada @sierraclubcanada.bsky.social · 6d

The #Alberta Government's resounding failure to find a private sector backer for an #OilPipeline to the west coast is the clearest signal yet that the oil and gas age is coming to an end: www.sierraclub.ca/alberta-pipe... #CDNMedia #CDNpoli #ABpoli #Pipeline #Oil #Gas

Alberta Government Creating Fake Demand for Pipeline with Major Projects Pitch - Sierra Club Canada

Alberta Government's failure to find a private sector backer for an oil pipeline [major projects pitch] signals the oil & gas age is ending.

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Christina Battle @cbattle.bsky.social · 6d

“For us to make 30- or 40-year bets on an industry that by all predictions is going to decline just doesn’t make any economic sense,” he said. But at the moment, “we have a prime minister who is an economist, who is going against all of the economic indicators.”

Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 6d

You pay, they profit, they leave a mess, you pay again. Repeat as necessary www.theenergymix.com/any-new-oil-... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #ClimateChange

Any New Oil Pipeline Will Need Massive Taxpayer Subsidies, Analyst Warns

With a “flashing red warning light” heralding years of low oil prices, and a major Canadian fossil company joining its international peers in laying off hundreds of workers, a Simon Fraser University ...

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 6d

I have to imagine even his parents hate Stephen Miller

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 6d

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7d

Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.

Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:

“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7d

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

www.youtube.com

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 7d

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 7d

Ahead of Smith's announcement, BC Premier David Eby said the proposal to build a new pipeline across BC is "not a real project"

It's just more "taxpayer-funded wedge politics" from Smith, according to Eby

#bcpoli