It’s official! You’ll see ELDER, Sarah on the ballot for mayor in Calgary’s October 20th municipal election! Get involved in my campaign now at sarahelder.ca #yyc #yyccc #ableg #abpoli

My name is @sarahelder and I'm running to be the next Mayor of Calgary. Learn more about me and my campaign and sign up to get involved at sarahelder.ca now! #yyc #yyccc #ableg #abpoli

Elbows up, Canada! Order yours now on MadamePremier.ca #ElbowsUp #cdnpoli

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I’m afraid we will all end up weeping at some point over the next four years either alone or collectively…

I made these Canadian political Valentine’s for @madamepremier.bsky.social and I hope you enjoy them!

This Substack post from @drjaredwesley.bsky.social on the anatomy of a political scandal is top tier one of the best posts I’ve read in a long time. open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...

A headline of the year contender for you @paulisci.bsky.social!

Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives have long been pushing to defund and dismantle the CBC. Today at 9am PST, @madamepremier.bsky.social and I are discussing the importance of the CBC and how you can help us fight to defend them. Visit DefendtheCBC.ca to learn more

@cafreeland.bsky.social is a bold woman of substance & @sarahelder.bsky.social’s #BriefingNote interview w/Catherine Tsalikis will send you running to your local bookstore or #library. My takeaways: Listen to women. Read women. Read about women. Elect women. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

The next sitting of the House of Commons is scheduled to start January 27th and is set to go through June 20th. There’s no date in this letter so *when* this motion of non-confidence is brought forward could be anytime in that window. He’s not giving a date.

A great #cdnpoli #podcast for your listening pleasure!

Gisèle Pelicot has allowed us all to shout out loud: she did it, and we can do it. Gisèle Pelicot is us | Judith Godrèche

Here’s why I think Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shouldn’t resign & something called the glass cliff. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

I’ve rebranded my podcast The Briefing Note & am shaking things up! I’m sharing short podcasts on politics & culture along with longer conversations. My first episode is out now & yes, Doug Ford is the hero I need in this moment. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the…#cdnpolil#cdnpoliticscs

I made some new things today… You can find them both along with many, many more cool things on madamepremier.com.

banner day on the internet when someone tells me “educate yourself” about … the topic on which I wrote an entire book

Topic of conversation at aquacise today: breast cancer screening and mammograms. (So many things get sorted out in that hand-me-down dry sauna at Inglewood pool.) Black women in particular, are more likely to get breast cancer at younger ages and be diagnosed with more aggressive tumors. 1/

A motorist was killed Monday in a traffic accident with a police officer responding to a bomb threat at the home of Congresswoman Majorie Taylor Greene, authorities said.

Attn: Issues Managers. You deal with a lot. Hopefully mostly unseen if it’s going your way but I thought you would appreciate your very own mug. You can snap yours up here www.madamepremier.com/products/mad...

I have a warning for myself and everyone here… If we don’t hear alternative views, even the most abhorrent, we will be woefully unprepared as well as ignorant as to what’s happening in the world.

Dinner last night:

Your regular reminder that we do large-scale redistribution all the time in 🇺🇸 politics. We just don’t clutch pearls & fret about fairness, moral hazard, cost, the working man, non-universality, & personal responsibility unless it involves things like student loan debt relief.

Good lessons for politicos and government comms folks. And academics.

Vito the pug has been crowned best in show at the 92nd annual National Dog Show – the first time a pug has won the title in at least two decades. Read more: cnn.it/3ZsDftp

Something, something, Alberta and Norway comparison…

Women arrested by Taliban for begging report rape and killings in Afghan jails

“If Russia is allowed to succeed in Ukraine, its aggressive appetite will continue to grow. This is highly relevant to Canada, which is Russia’s neighbour in the Arctic.”—Ukrainian Consul General of Toronto @OlehNikolenko_‬⁩ www.thewhig.com/opinion/russ...

Join me @madamepremier.bsky.social for my March Book Club! We’re reading @caroloff.bsky.social’s new book At A Loss For Words. Sign up here www.eventbrite.ca/e/madame-pre...

For posterity: some of children’s artwork that Cllr Montague found “intimidating” and ordered removed at today’s Council presentation on his amendment to re-introduce gas to future construction. Imagine how intimidated those lil kids felt coming to City Hall to present about their climate future.

This was my bus stop this morning, what’s wrong with this picture?

If I was Prime Minister Trudeau, I would call Alberta Premier Smith and say that political differences aside, with the incoming Trump administration, we need a Team Canada approach and she is uniquely positioned to help lead Canada’s negotiations with Trump.

Can someone explain if this person is supportive of stealing Indigenous children from their communities and cultures or is it just really poor judgement? I took this yesterday afternoon in Calgary. You can also make out the support for AR 15s, “freedom” and anti-vaccine and Trudeau stickers.

Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the I have yet to see a video featuring men speaking to men about their role and why they need to work within their own communities to stop the abuse of women.

I’ll take allegiance to Trump for 1000, please. These articles are gaslighting us.

My daughter's 5th grade homework kept me up last night. Here are my thoughts on how populism is redefining freedom and democracy in Alberta, Canada, and beyond. open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...

Meta is ‘reckless’ in ‘need-to-know situations’, Canada warns Australia as it braces for early bushfire season

We have a very active community of politically engaged Canadian women and our allies happening in a private WhatsApp group chat. If you would like to join, please let me know.