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Debbie Benson YEG
@dbenson77.bsky.social
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Progressive Canadian; Retired Teacher; Opinions are my own, willing to listen to other perspectives, open to learning! She/Her 🇨🇦 🌈 🌎
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Susan Waters @stsuous.bsky.social · 6h
But how much are they willing to spend on a pipeline to no where, that’s not needed and has no provincial support?
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3h
Some cases take on outsized importance, with issues that transcend the decision the parties ask the courts to make. This is one of those cases. The stakes are high: the integrity of the Justice Department and the ability of a president to corrupt the rule of law. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Slow Death Facing The Comey Prosecution
This morning at 10 a.m., former FBI Director Jim Comey was arraigned in federal court.
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🇨🇦🇨🇦 Proud Canadian 🇨🇦🇨🇦 @beppil007.bsky.social · 14h
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Any Canadians thinking about travelling to the US or buying US products, please read this article. Do not support this inhuman regime. Whatever discretionary spending you have, #BuyCanadian or elsewhere. We have tremendous power with #BoycottUSA

Use it. 🇨🇦✊
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Across Myanmar and in the refugee camps along its borders, the suffering unleashed by the United States’ gutting of its foreign aid program has been severe and deadly, particu...
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Sarah Hoffman @shoffmanab.bsky.social · 6h
The health mandate letters are out and it’s clear the UCP cares more about privatization and Corrupt Care than you.

While the UCP are siphoning public funds to private operators and charging people for vaccines, over one million Albertans still don’t have a family doctor. #abhealth #ableg #abpoli
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 5h
Make no mistake. This nonsense about Antifa is directly tied to the 2026 and 2028 elections. It’s the “crisis” they will use as justification to shut down key voting centers.
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Debbie Benson YEG @dbenson77.bsky.social · 1h
The CPC has no original plans or ideas! They copy Trump’s cruel policies and think Canadians will put up with this! A party of morons!

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Conservatives want to end birthright citizenship for children of temporary residents
The Conservatives are calling for a new limit on birthright citizenship, a measure they say would mirror the rules in peer countries and curb the risk of abuse of the immigration system.
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Debbie Benson YEG @dbenson77.bsky.social · 2h
As long as tax dollars are not being spent to build it. She needs to find a private company and I think you are right. At this point in time there is no company that thinks they will get enough profit for investing in a pipeline. But Dani is going to try, instead of dealing with the teacher strike!
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Debbie Benson YEG @dbenson77.bsky.social · 2h
He spent 1.3B for a pipeline that was basically not built to nowhere. Those tax dollars were vaporized and UCP voters don’t hold them accountable for it! Frustrating! 🤬😡
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LibsLikeMe @danihere.bsky.social · 2h
Trump trying to say acetaminophen 😂😂😂https://m.youtube.com/shorts/MYc9HOriXbg
Him trying to pronounce acetaminophen
YouTube video by Josh Johnson
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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 23h
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 4h
If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"
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Debbie Benson YEG @dbenson77.bsky.social · 5h
No! AB govt needs to fund education and stop tax money going to support, prop up and advertise for oil and gas!

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta education minister says striking teachers will need to make ‘trade-offs’  | CBC News
Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says the Alberta government won’t spend beyond $2.6 billion over four years in new spending to resolve a contract dispute with striking teachers.
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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 1d
Happy Banned Books Week! 🗃️

For more information on Book Bans, check out this recent report from @penamerica.bsky.social

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Read Banned Books under a shelf of books.
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White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 23h
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Nate "the Late" Carney @inapproprinate.bsky.social · 1d
Six former surgeons general say Kennedy is "endangering" the nation's health
The former officials condemned Kennedy's "dangerous and discredited" rhetoric about vaccines.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."
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Jori M. @jorinyc.bsky.social · 11h
If You’re Thinking of Snagging a Prime Day Deal, Stop and Read This First truthout.org/articles/if-...
If You’re Thinking of Snagging an Amazon Prime Day Deal, Stop and Read This First
Amazon’s emissions are rapidly rising, and its Prime Day deliveries play a significant role in stoking climate change.
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 1d
Great NEWS for #ForeverCanadian

Court agreed that canvassers’ affidavits are not required. No one should have to pay for participating in a democratic process.

Now you can hand in your petitions without affidavits.

Thank you Elections Alberta for agreeing with this decision.
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17h
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d
Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d
President Donald Trump's administration and Republicans caught heat from political observers on Tuesday after reports indicated that a major airport would "go dark" for five hours because it didn't have enough air traffic controllers.
'Thanks Donald': GOP catches heat as major airport tower set to 'go dark' for hours
President Donald Trump's administration and Republicans caught heat from political observers on Tuesday after reports indicated that a major airport would "go dark" for five hours because it didn't have enough air traffic controllers. CNN aviation and transportation correspondent Pete Muntean report...
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Snopes @snopes.com · 1d
In a July Facebook post, Alisa Kasmer, Stephen Miller’s cousin, wrote, "I am living with the deep pain of watching someone I once loved become the face of evil." You can read her full post here: www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...
Stephen Miller's cousin Alisa Kasmer said he has 'become the face of evil'
We verified Kasmer shared a post about Miller in July 2025, and confirmed their familial relationship using an obituary and public records.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d
Update from the war zone in Portland.
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Martin Z. Olszynski @molszyns.bsky.social · 29d
They desperately want Albertans to forget the very well-documented ‘hustle in the oil patch’: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Hustle in the oil patch: Inside a looming financial and environmental crisis
Just a few years after the boom, energy companies are shedding distressed wells for next to nothing. It’s a brisk trade in junk assets — and it’s going virtually unchecked by regulators. Who will pay ...
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