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Mare (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mare555.bsky.social · 1d

“The policy mirrors the health-care strategy of spending an increasing amount of public money on contracts with private surgery clinics and providers.

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Stories about dubious contracts are already surfacing in both sectors.”
#SupportPublicEducation
#abed
#ableg
#NoToPrivatization

Don Braid @donbraid.bsky.social · 2d

Lavish private-school funding infuriates teachers, spooks government. They wanted to spank Evan Li because he dared mention it. Column. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #abed #ableg #yyc #yeg #apoli #cdnpoli

Braid: Lavish private-school funding infuriates teachers, spooks government

Spanking spat last week was caused by student Evan Li hitting a sore spot on eve of teacher strike — lush funding for private schools.

calgaryherald.com

Mare (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mare555.bsky.social · 4d

The cruelty is the point … oh, that and misogyny as well as disdain for anyone who isn’t a millionaire

TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 4d

Trump's proposed budget for FY26 would eliminate the National Breast & Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP), which provides free or low-cost screening & diagnostic services for uninsured & underinsured individuals.
#BreastCancerAwarenessMonth

Every Story is Unique, Every Journey Matters Breast Cancer
Awareness Month, 2025

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 6d

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls

Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...

people.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 8d

One side of the room Democrats are ready to debate and vote on a CR that protects Americans healthcare for the people but the other side of the room is completely empty the republican speaker walked out on his job for The Billionaires

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Khanna: "We have to understand how abnormal this is. You don't mock someone and put a video out about how they look. You don't ever mock people's ethnicity. How do you negotiate with that? And how have we made this normal?"

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Cory Laran @corylaran.bsky.social · 12d

Speaker Mike Johnson is delaying the swearing in of the new House Member because she’ll be the 218th vote to force the release of the Epstein Files.

He pretends to be a good Christian man while protecting violent child rapists.

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Mare (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mare555.bsky.social · 11d

"A decentralized network of SCSs would reduce both harms — fewer preventable deaths and fewer neighbours forced to witness them."

Mare (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mare555.bsky.social · 11d

#PublicInquiryNOW
#abhealth
#abpoli
#ableg
#CorruptCare

Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social · 11d

With such serious allegations of corruption & hundreds of millions of public healthcare dollars in question, we should be seeing full transparency from the AB government. And yet...

Albertans deserve a full, independent public inquiry NOW!

Watch the full story: edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/09/24/i...

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calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 11d

calgaryherald.com/news/parents...
Cynthia Clark, a concerned parent whose daughter attends a CBE high school, took part in the PIA demonstration.
“Alberta has been a conservative province for generations, that strongly supports a well-funded public education system."
@pialberta.bsky.social
#ABed

'We are waiting, as are all Albertans,' say parents and education advocates ahead of ATA vote on tentative agreement

Alberta education advocates are waiting with bated breath on the results of the upcoming ATA tentative deal vote taking place this weekend.

calgaryherald.com

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Mare (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mare555.bsky.social · 11d

#StopTheHarm
#HarmReductionSavesLives
#SCS
#ABhealth
#ableg

calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 11d

calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
"We regulate alcohol’s harms. For criminalized drugs, we push people into alleys, stairwells & train platforms. The toll is higher, & the logic deadlier.
Closing Calgary’s Sheldon Chumir supervised consumption site w/out alternatives will increase public drug use."

Public deaths, public costs: Why Calgary needs decentralized safe consumption

Decentralizing supervised consumption – smaller sites, mobile units, inhalation booths, wraparound care – restores order and saves lives.

calgaryherald.com

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Mare (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mare555.bsky.social · 11d

October 2nd, 11:30am - 1:30pm
In Calgary at Foothills Hsp & Sheldon Chumir
Please show up and support AB Healthcare workers!

calgaryswsj.bsky.social @calgaryswsj.bsky.social · 11d

hsaa.ca/events/day-u...
Please join a rally near you!

Day of Unity Rallies

Day of Unity rallies are being held at worksites across Alberta as members employed by AHS call for better wages and a better deal.

hsaa.ca

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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 13d

The fact that the UCP are going to stop tracking deaths of Albertans waiting for treatment, tells me that it's going to get worse
I mean, why else would they stop counting 🤷🏼‍♂️

#ableg
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

Alberta health-care wait lists climb past half a million, as Alberta stops tracking deaths of those waiting for treatment

Alberta’s health-care wait lists have swelled beyond half a million patients, and the province has stopped counting how many people die while waiting for treatment creating a lack of disclosure that l...

www.ctvnews.ca

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Deb Haaland @debhaalandnm.bsky.social · 12d

Military service is about courage and sacrifice. That’s what my father, a Marine, and my mother, a Navy veteran, taught me.

But awarding medals for the massacre at Wounded Knee is cruelty, not honor. And reaffirming them today only deepens the injustice. (1/2🧵)

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Mare (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mare555.bsky.social · 12d

please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/te...

Tell the Canadian Government: Stop Funding Companies Supporting Trump’s Human Rights Abuses

GardaWorld — a Canadian-based “private security company” — has million-dollar contracts to execute Trump's racist and inhumane immigration regime, which kidnaps people, tears families apart, and denie...

you.leadnow.ca

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Mare (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mare555.bsky.social · 12d

please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...

Tell Costco: Don't Cave to Extremists—Dispense Mifepristone Now!

Costco has announced that its pharmacies will NOT dispense mifepristone—a safe, FDA-approved abortion pill used in the majority of abortions nationwide. This dangerous decision is a concession to anti...

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 12d

Wounded Knee is a dark stain upon our nation’s history. We must remember it for what it truly was, not for what white nationalists would have it be.

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Tom Morello @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social · Sep 2

“STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE!” is a great new documentary about the life & times of the brilliant Amy Goodman of @democracynow.org.

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Mare (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mare555.bsky.social · 13d

“Constitutional Crisis” sounds so quaint these days

Mare (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mare555.bsky.social · 13d

Incredible waste of funding

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Mare (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mare555.bsky.social · 13d

actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...

Stop the Loopholes! End Canada’s Arms Flow to Israel

Canada is still sending weapons to Israel — even as civilian deaths in Gaza rise and Israel ramps up its assault on Gaza City. Some of those weapons are sent through a loophole that allows Canadian-ma...

actionnetwork.org

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Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social · 14d

Private health care operators keep proving that their priority is in securing profits for themselves and their shareholders.

Albertans deserve public health care that actually puts patient care first.

Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 14d

SCOOP: A consultant advising Alberta Health Services on private surgical facilities simultaneously negotiated with AHS on behalf of a company vying to open such a clinic, according to a confidential report obtained by The Globe.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

Adviser on Alberta’s use of private clinics was also working for company vying for contract, confidential report says

Potential conflicts of interest outlined in document at centre of health procurement controversy

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Mare (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mare555.bsky.social · 13d

“Anything short of a full public inquiry into the CorruptCare scandal is an insult to every single Albertan who depends on our healthcare system.”
#CorruptCare
#ableg
#abhealth

Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social · 14d

“It is increasingly clear that this government is not serious about transparency or accountability by how they continue to try to sweep this scandal under the rug”: FOM's Chris Gallaway

This is our health care & our public funding we're talking about—Albertans deserve an independent public inquiry!

Interim report on AHS procurement investigation still incomplete, unpublished after another missed deadline

The report into allegations of impropriety in procurement and contracting within Alberta's health care system was to be published Sept. 24.

edmontonjournal.com

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Mare (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mare555.bsky.social · 13d

“Judge Wyant is wrapping up interviews & his interim report is expected in the coming days.”
Sounds an awful lot like trump’s vague promises of “in a couple weeks” (and then we never see it ...)

Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social · 14d

The interim report on AB's health care corruption allegations is due today. But even after a months-long delay, Albertans still haven't seen any new info from this government.

We need a fully empowered & independent public inquiry now.

Read our response: www.friendsofmedicare.org/albertans_de...

Blue-filtered photo of a healthcare worker holding a huge stack of files. Overlaid text reads, "Albertans Deserve a Public Inquiry Into Corruption Allegations. Read FOM's response: friendsofmedicare.org/news"

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Mare (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mare555.bsky.social · 14d

Time to repeat #MeToo

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Mare (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mare555.bsky.social · 14d

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‘Learned Nothing and Forgotten Nothing’

Trump’s ignorance and hatreds continue to define his presidency

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