Didn't know about the fact that MTG picked her retirement date as 2 days after she qualifies for congressional retirement benefits, but not surprised. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

#COP30 "exposed the world as it is — haltingly and slowly tackling climate pollution, and fragmented by rising economic nationalism and protectionism, rather than the united, optimistic community of nations that produced the Paris climate agreement 10 years ago." www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy

You know, I think I could live with getting mail once or twice a week, if some of that money was redirected to healthcare and education. But if it goes towards Doug’s Skills Development petty cash box or Danielle’s pipelines in all directions, I’m out. www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/202...

Just waiting for the hallucinating AI to inject some weird terms or punctuation that will enable a sharp-eyed opposition lawyer to note a way to invalidate/bypass the legislation... #ableg #abpoli

Good that this is being called out in national media - it would also be good if the federal government paid attention to this as Albertans are going to suffer. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

Allowing doctors to practise in both public and private systems solves what exactly? What Alberta is proposing may sound good superficially but makes no sense in the Canadian context, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

The crux of Alberta's surgical facility scandal is that organizations were taking public money for private gain Now, allowing physicians and partners to openly accept private money is a way of shielding everyone from this criticism Hey, it's all above board now. Leave us alone

Part II: The Age of Disruption — Alberta's Attack on the Idea of Canada Time to plant my flag. Danielle Smith is the stalking horse for Trump's MAGA movement and a threat to Canadian democracy. #ableg #bcpoli #cdnpoli markhamhislop.substack.com/p/part-ii-th...

The mob wants its cut

🎶Like an Ostrich Convoy (Ba-dum dum) Slow-rolling down the road cause a farm fucked up the avian flu 🎶Like an Ostrich Convoy (Ba-dum dum) It’s the same stupid fuckers who clogged up Ottawa some years ago All butthurt cuz big birds got culled…

Artists & Art lovers! Time to get geared up for the biggest art event of the year on Bluesky! Last year we had close to 1500 artists from 25 countries posting original work daily from December 1-24

How did working from home become just another perk to be negotiated for? https://macleans.ca/society/return-to-office-mandates-are-about-control/

"Beginning in 2018, Conservatives across the country — Ontario’s Doug Ford, Saskatchewan’s Scott Moe, Quebec’s Francois Legault, and now Alberta’s Danielle Smith — have invoked the notwithstanding clause a combined twelve times" Cons don't believe in silly things like the "Charter of Rights"

Now if only I could justify buying these jackets

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Oh my goddddddd

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

Albertans paid the price for the UCP’s $125 million dollar political experiment with public health care. Wait times grew, errors increased, and patients suffered from waiting too long for routine appointments and delaying cancer treatment. youtube.com/shorts/vRrj3...

A grim read - the U.S. and other countries facilitating modern day slavery www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e4386cd...

Wow! Stunning

Great turnout for Trans Day of Remembrance and the rally against Bill 9! 🏳️‍⚧️✊️🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵 #abpoli #ableg #transrightsarehumanrights #recallthemall #notonotwithstanding

And like Brexit, a referendum in Alberta seems particularly ripe for Russian meddling to undermine 🇨🇦. Especially with so many credulous conservatives already lapping up disinfo. Fascist Russia is already at war with Western democracies and this is a golden opportunity from Putin’s point of view.

BREAKING: The UN climate talks COP30 have been evacuated due to a fire breaking out inside the venue in Belém, Brazil.

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ Huge crowds are out tonight at McDougall Centre in Calgary to rally against anti-trans Bill 9 and the Notwithstanding Clause. #transrightsarehumanrights #ableg #abpoli #canpoli transactionalberta.ca savethecharter.ca

This is a UCP MLA calling for a referendum on abortion inside of the legislature. They’re coming for abortion. Under his eye. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

“Smith gives the example that a surgeon might be limited to performing 1,000 surgeries annually, due to health system funding constraints, but could possibly perform even more if given the flexibility to do so privately.” That’s almost 3 surgeries a day, 7 days a week. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Comedy is now legal on the everything app

‘This is the Alberta government saying that the rights of trans kids to receive life-saving health care, go by their own pronouns at school or play on sport teams don’t matter as much as the Smith government’s right to dictate their lives.’ By @melwoods.me thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Personally, I'm all for this petition - show me where to sign! #ableg #abpoli

The UCP has abandoned conservatism. Not just Lougheed's brand. Klein's brand, too. The party lost its grip years ago. It's time for conservatives in this province to speak up about it. www.readtheline.ca/p/jared-wesl...

“Albertans don’t agree on a lot these days,” says pollster Janet Brown, “but our research shows they overwhelmingly want the oil and gas industry to pay their bills.” #ableg #abpoli @nagwanyyc.bsky.social @naheednenshi.bsky.social responsibleenergyab.ca/new-poll-sup...

I just heard the absolutely dreadful news about Mani. The driving force of probably the most important band in my life. I can't believe it.

This is a great point Universal healthcare is the real, tangible service Canadians, and Albertans get in return for paying our taxes I can guarantee Albertans will pay the same in taxes but we will get less & this will negatively impact our health & livelihoods #ableg #abpoli

45 years ago today Bad Religion performing live at USC Fraternity house, Los Angeles, November 20, 1980. Left to right: Brett Gurewitz, Greg Graffin, Jay Ziskrout and Jay Bentley. Photo by Gary Leonard #punk #punks #punkrock #badrelegion #otd #history #punkrockhistory

The Calgary Medical Students Association and the U of A Medical Students Association have written an open letter to the Smith government “imploring” them to reconsider 2 tiered healthcare in Alberta. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

If Danielle Smith wants Albertans to pay to see a doctor, she should call the election. Albertans have had enough of the UCP, and they want change. Alberta's New Democrats are ready. youtube.com/shorts/NNaXV...

Yay - I've got tickets for Silversun Pickups in March. First live performance outside of Calgary Folkfest in a while. 😃

China overtakes US as Germany's top trading partner The shift reflects the growing impact of US tariffs and trade barriers, as China a clean energy leader is far better and not a treaty breaker or an invader #Cdnpoli #Uspoli #Economy #China www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202510/24/...

“When a government grants itself license to override physician judgment and patient consent, who - at any stage of life — will be next?” The AMA raising very serious concerns about the UCP’s invocation of the notwithstanding clause. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

It’s worth remembering that the UCP aren’t just robbing Albertans of their charter rights… Amery openly conceded that these laws also violate the Alberta Human Rights Act and the Alberta Bill of Rights. That the UCP just rewrote. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

They could. They didn't have to. But they did it anyway. Why did the UCP use the notwithstanding clause to strip trans folks of their Charter rights? Laziness? Impatience? Vengence? Motives matter little. The impact is by design: maximal harm in minimal time. open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...

I don't want to hear Danielle Smith ever describe herself as a libertarian again.

I won't consider Starlink for the same reason I won't buy a Tesla and why I'm no longer on the former Twitter: I won't willingly give money to (or be an advertising base for) a Nazi salute-throwing fascist who actively tried to destroy our democracy

That’s 4 invocations of Notwithstanding Clause for Danielle Smith within a month, with this these of transgender policy bills set to stand regardless of the Charter rights they violate. The premier mused about Alberta behaving more like Quebec in Confederation. This is one way to do it.

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