Brittlestar must have done this for you @sproudfoot.bsky.social

If Rajan Sawhney and Rob Anderson didn't like the @theglobeandmail.com cartoon, they are going to melt down like Chernobyl when they read "Dark Phoenix". @hollyhoye.bsky.social

I’m dead

Live by the stats...die by the stats @robsonfletcher.com

I swear, the man wakes up and chooses every horseman of the apocalypse before breakfast.

Pipeline announcements, Dani-dollars, and now a drag brunch. Our premier has a busy agenda. edmonton.taproot.events/calendar/202...

A dubious distinction

The UCP have proven to be a very big mistake! We demand a refund!

Corb Lund: “I requested to have editorial control over the framing of my question and she looked me in the eye and said well, we have a particular outcome we want for these questions so we frame them a certain way.” WOW there it is

Seems like the point of politics in Alberta is to win a fight instead of, you know, helping citizens.

I'm just glad many people could devote the appropriate time on social media this weekend to the importance of concert noise while steering clear of nonsense like Alberta communities dealing with flooding and water supply alerts.

This isn't a slip of the tongue or an off-handed remark. The premier's office sends Bruce McAllister onstage and online to say vile things because they want him to.

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SCOOP: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w @tomcardoso.bsky.social

It is mind blowing that the Minister of Finance has no idea how much this fall's 10 referendums will cost, and that his best guess is "the same amount as a general election." Just as scary as the government having no prepared analysis for what separation would cost before calling a vote on it.

Rejected government talking point: with this $100 you can buy yourself a really nice pair of bootstraps to pull yourself up with.

For all the focus on solar cost reductions, I think under appreciated is the part of that that is literally using less stuff to make the same total Watts of panel (follow the orange curve). And how much "easier" it is to see improvements like this in the bottom line when the resource rises each day

More taxpayer dollars being thrown off the hypothetical speeding train. We are being robbed, only the thieves get to make laws without debate.

The thing I really like about this message is that the mayors aren’t acknowledging Alberta’s ‘legitimate grievances.’

Why Hasn't Alberta Been Calculating the Cost of Separation? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/06...

Dear Ms. Smith... A new guest op-ed/open letter by AB Resistance Founder Marg Toker! open.substack.com/pub/thebreak... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

With 142 days until super-referendum day I find myself slipping into the Anger phase of the SARA cycle (shock, anger, resentment/resistance, acceptance). The premier's actions are so loud I can't hear a word she's saying. The pundits sound punchy and the spin doctors are guilty of malpractice. 🤯

Serious stuff

Separating Edmonton - from the Alberta Status Quo aaronpaquette.ca/blog-2-1/sep...

Alberta: voting machines? We don't need no stinkin' voting machines.

Amazingly brazen trick she's trying to pull, campaigning against the referendum she spearheaded.

A wickedly clever post. I remain, as ever, in awe of @carrietait.bsky.social

In this instance, no choice speaks volumes more than a choice. And that's fine! It's good to know where a party stands- or doesn't- and I look forward to the premier trying to pitch a future in Canada that the party leadership is not interested in. Fun months ahead!

With all the talk about the UCPs $50M non-binding questionnaire... it shouldn't be forgotten almost 3M ABs had their private information leaked...

Canada needs more Wab Kinew and less Danielle Smith.

Gunfire near the White House and the country reacted like someone said the copier’s jammed again.

📊Alberta provincial voting intentions from the Angus Reid Institute: 🔵UCP 46% 🟠NDP 45% 🟣PTPA 4% → 338canada.com/alberta/2026... [Angus Reid Institute, May 22-24, 2026, n=800] #ABpoli

Interesting nugget in Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech today, in that he addressed the people who aren't exactly separatists but have said they'll vote that way to send a message. He points out how that went during Brexit, calling it "a very dangerous bluff.” www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

---> Judge rules search of devices belonging to podcasters involved in AHS controversy was justified www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tuthanhha.bsky.social

"...a sort of demonic, mewling, turducken of a referendum question..." Shannon Proudfoot is the Raymond Chandler of Canadian journalism.

How do I choose a question and not the answer to the question? Choose from 1 or 2: 1) would you like fries with that? 2) would you like an apple fritter?

Has anyone pushed back and said the separatist signatures have not been verified by Elections AB?

What is the level of reading comprehension to be able to grasp Smith’s separatist referendum question? College level. What could possibly go wrong? #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Need to hear from all of those business leaders who voted for Danielle Smith & the UCP for "the economy". How much of your organization's investment potential will be eroded with this never-ending referendum nonsense? How much political risk is included in your organization's risk register, now?

"You can't light a fire and then claim you're not responsible for the smoke." Legendary entrepreneur @arlenedickinson.bsky.social says Premier Danielle Smith is fuelling separatist sentiment in Alberta. Do you agree with her? 👀 FULL: rtrj.info/052026Arlene 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/052026 #RealTalkRJ

Bang on. So much for Danielle Smith's nonsense about a judge's ruling being anti-democratic. Pot meet kettle. She's the sham from head to toe. She's a travesty. She's a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham.

Can I be the first to point out that people who release results of a vote they didn’t have, claiming results they want to see, by definition shouldn’t be in charge of any vote about anything. Especially one as existentially important as separation. #ableg

Live footage of the UCP at a committee meeting:

If even MartyUpNorth is calling it not good, it's not good.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the UCP Caucus Communications staff today.

So much of what the UCP does is a sham. Hospital contracts, electoral boundary commission, the APP, the provincial police farce... on and on.

This entire referendum idea on separation is now so F*CKED up, it needs to be completely scrapped.

Can there be any doubt that the UCP is the separatist party despite Dani’s bullshit “sovereign Alberta within a united Canada?”

Eight of us weigh in on the court's separatist petition ruling. thewalrus.ca/alberta-sepa...