Nearly every panel I spoke on this year ended with the same question: "What gives you hope?" My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.) The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope? Because Greta is right ..

Trans youth who are hurting in Alberta right now, please know SO many of us see you, care about you, and know you deserve to be protected. We’ve got your back and will do everything we can to keep you safe in the face of attacks from craven, pathetic politicians ❤️

I am announcing my switch to Provincial Politics, because Ms. Smith has once again shown that she will take away #Rights. That needs immediate challenge! I have joined the Alberta Party as a Progressive Conservative This is #OurHomeOurRiding in #CamroseConstituency www.facebook.com/share/v/1aew...

“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

Tomorrow, the Auditor General will release his report into the UCP's Dynalife fiasco. They're hoping to flood the zone this week with citizenship markers and anti-trans legislation. Keep your focus on the targets. And the broader pattern. The UCP is shifting Alberta away from liberal democracy.

Hard not to be both depressed & infuriated about these regressive, science-free, & cruel actions. AB to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Very obviously, NO evidence these MAGA are laws needed.

So we have a provincial government using the notwithstanding clause to (among other things) make it illegal for doctors to provide proven healthcare to patients, given that it was otherwise unconstitutional to do so, in the name of “Protecting Alberta’s Children.” #abpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Oh I think Tanya Fir used the word Danielle Smith ought to be described with...

The UCP touts itself as a small, freedom-loving government. Objectively, using the notwithstanding clause goes against both of those notions. globalnews.ca/news/1153187...

If the UCP's priority is to address the health and well-being of kids, then why haven't they fixed wait times at the Stollery that result in things like chemo sessions being canceled or long-standing classroom complexity issues instead of infringing on the rights of 0.37% of Alberta's population

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

Funny and sad that congress was out on recess for six weeks as to not swear in a single legislator for a vote that then passed unanimously.

The Treasury Department has its own Epstein file containing thousands of bank records. My investigators reviewed a portion of those records last year. I've demanded the Secretary Bessent produce the file for further investigation. He has refused repeatedly.

Let me tell you about the other Epstein files the Trump administration is STILL HIDING — records that aren’t affected by the bill Congress passed today.

'We' deserve this. "Canada receives the award because the new government of Prime Minister Mark Carney has flushed years of climate policies down the drain, and is completely ‘Missing In Action’ at a COP where multilateralism needs to be saved." #MoralCourage #Commitment #Justice #Cimate #Values

Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks: “Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”

The UCP: the NOT WORTH STANDING government. Call the Premier’s office: 780-427-2251 (Edmonton) Toll free: 310-0000 (in Alberta)

This is one of the most sweeping attacks on 2SLGBTQI rights in Canadian history - and it’s happening during Trans Awareness Week. Egale Canada will not back down. We’re already preparing our next phase of legal action and need your support.

The Alberta Government is normalizing the use of the notwithstanding clause in an attempt to ignore the rule of law. Use your voice. Protect the Charter. Stand up for human rights. Democracy depends on it.

More questions that reporters should ask UCP politicians: "Did you get into politics specifically to legislate children's genitals or is it a bonus?" "Do you think about children's genitals a lot when you're not at work, or do you only let yourself do it at the office?" "Can I see your hard drive?"

The UCP's obsession with children's genitals should result in the same kind of shunning that happens to a weird cousin who asks all of the kids at a family BBQ what colour their underpants are. This obsession with what's happening in the pants of children is unhealthy, predatory, and creepy as hell.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: normal adults (who aren't pediatric medical professionals) don't spend ANY amount of time thinking about the genitals of children. They certainly don't bend over backwards to make policing children's genitals part of their job. This obsession is creepy.

There needs to be a law that states that the Notwithstanding Clause can never be used to strip civil/human rights away from ANYONE. Ever.

Today, Alberta introduced Bill 9 and invoked the notwithstanding clause to shield three anti-trans laws from constitutional challenge. These laws deny gender-affirming care to youth, erase 2SLGBTQI identities from schools, and ban trans girls and women from sports.

Remember: the government invoking the Notwithstanding clause in advance of any complete legal process means that they admit that their legislation cannot pass the Oakes test and hence will not be deemed to be a "reasonable limit" to Charter rights, "demonstrably justified in a free and democratic...

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NEW: Alberta's government has opted to use the notwithstanding clause to strip the Charter rights in sections 7 through 15 of transgender children, doctors, teachers, and sporting organizations as part of Bill 9.

I knew that this day was coming. The UCP had been warning for months that they were going to take away the rights of transgender people (not just children but adults too). I thought I was prepared. But I am still very angry that it has happened.

I am frustrated and enraged at the UCP and Danielle Smith, for using the most powerful constitutional hammer we have to vaporize human rights for children and their parents. I am disgusted by these Conservative MLAs. Every single one of them has taken leave of their senses and their humanity.

OK, AB. Listen up. We need to stop waiting for the media or the opposition or the feds to fix things for us. The systems that have allowed us to become complacent are being abused by greedy bigots. We need to stand up for ourselves, use our voices, and shut this shit down. Right the fuck now.

I am pretty sure that when Merv Leitch and Peter Lougheed first created the notwithstanding clause, they didn’t mean it to be deployed to bully and oppress literal school children. #ableg #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Alberta #notwithstandingclause

this abhorrent decision cannot be allowed to stand. it’s long past time the abuse of the notwithstanding clause was addressed.

Nenshi: curious what the premier thinks will happen. It's like opening up a second register at the store and the cashier has to run them both. Smith: we want to eliminate wait lists. Expanding hospital space and CSFs, funding will follow patients. Nenshi: what is the premier doing with family docs?

The Democratic Party would be a lot better if it had embraced Zohran Mamdani the way it's embracing Marjorie Taylor Greene.

It has become very clear that “me too” didn’t go nearly far enough

Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Jared Kushner advised Saudi Crown Prince MBS on how to “weather the storm” after his hit squad slaughtered American journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Let's tell the truth about bear encounters and coexistence. If you've had a bear encounter this year, it was amazing and nothing happened, tell me about it. Email your story (3 sentences or less) and 1 photo to [email protected]. post it on your socials too and tag me and the Minister.

Well hey, the AI bubble’s bursting faster than I thought it would. Hold tight, everyone!

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They thought we were victimizing them with MeToo. That was a playground skirmish compared to what we’re unleashing now. No more silent & invisible. No more afraid of making waves. No more trying to protect the abuser’s feelings. A goddamn hurricane of angry women, coming soon to a world near u

Trained to never make waves, trained to be nice and pleasant. Trained to be quiet, invisible. That’s why they fear angry women so much they try to ridicule us. Angry women don’t take no shit. We need a shit load more angry women. Angry women will also help save the boys too

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called an explosion that damaged a railway line helping to supply close ally Ukraine an "unprecedented act of sabotage."

BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation" As opposed to doing what with their children??

Protesters wrapped crime scene tape around the perimeter of the WH. 😁

“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath 50 reasons to want more walkable cities.

Use of the notwithstanding clause is a betrayal of the duty of a government to its people. If you can't enact your agenda without violating the rights of your citizens, you are either stupid and unimaginative or vicious and cruel.

Oh, so now it's fine to have a war on Christmas

If you invented a robot that sometimes cleaned my house really well & quickly & saved me lots of work—but *often* just moved things around without really cleaning—& *sometimes* added germs *to* the surfaces—such that just to be safe, I always had to clean after it I don’t think I’d buy that robot

Alberta announced it's proceeding with its ill-conceived plan to place health data citizenship markers on driver's licenses. I warned them months ago, citing 7 problems with their scheme. Here's a summary. 🧵 thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...