Inside Danielle Smith’s Baffling Oil Agenda I can't say this strongly enough, @ABDanielleSmith's mandate letter to @brianjean is batsh*t crazy. *2x oil production *5 pipelines *Regulatory reform to make it all happen And that'snot even all of it! #ableg youtu.be/OPhkiy8GXds

The next time Danielle #Smithnwesson claims she’s just trying to protect vulnerable kids, remember this: She exploited a child She exploited a family She did not retract a false story until media got involved She did not apologize She will do or say anything that serves her political goals.

Signed. transactionalberta.ca

Hello, @albertandp.ca! If you want to win over rural AB, here’s your issue.

Why? Because "we're all in it together" -- or more precisely, "we all must join in and sacrifice some of our immediate individual interests in the name of long-term collective welfare" -- is diametrically opposed to hierarchy & domination, which are the fundamentals of authoritarian psychology.

Danielle Smith wants you to think she’s protecting children, but invoking the notwithstanding clause is a confession: that was always a lie. She’s using the power of the government to suspend the rights of children.

Priceless. youtube.com/shorts/RhWGV...

But, rather than say this TO me, and engage in discussion, you blocked me. It’s your account, and you have every right to block folks. But I would have thought you’d reserve that for people being abusive, not just those who have a different perspective. Again, disappointing.

So I’m not the only one who noticed. Was the Army trolling Trump? Cause if they weren’t, it was a horrifyingly bad presentation.

Slapping labels on people is so tiresome.

US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )

Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/

Growing up in Calgary of the 70s, it was highly unusual for anyone to have air conditioning at home. For 10 really hot days you just waited for the cool evening air to bring relief. Last year we got air conditioning. Because the cool evening air is increasingly unbreathable.

A helpful contribution to the discussion of Alberta alienation. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/ecd195a...

Don’t tell me he’s governing like a Conservative. youtu.be/tBWAIULf_lI?...

Is somebody gonna tell the US Ambassador? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/w...

Alright, now we’re going BACK TO SCHOOL!!!

Oh my sweet summer child. Rule 1 of international affairs: Nations don’t have friends. They have interests. The US would only “help” a sovereign AB if it’s in their interest to do so: - by weakening Canada - and by AB becoming a vassal of the US.

I'm back and I'm already VERY INCENSED about something from the National Post. This piece, with its shitty clickbait headline attacking the Canadian government's tiny pushback amid an ongoing genocide, is written by the National Post's EDITOR IN CHIEF!!! He rarely writes articles... (cont)

What she says.

🛎️🛎️🛎️🛎️🛎️

3/ TIER has been a bipartisan policy initiated by Stelmach’s conservatives and has survived six premiers (Stelmach, Redford, Hancock, Prentice, Notley, and Kenney). TIER has driven innovation, emission reduction, and investment in Alberta.

Paddington Bear might be up there. Though he keeps a sandwich in case of hunger.

No notes.

Jason Kenney is absolutely singing the praises of Poilievre. So…he’s definitely in the race to replace him.

Impressive: the effort undertaken by Elections Canada to collect every vote.

Moving the goalposts: they now blame the annexation threat on Trudeau, and their false assertion that trade with Canada is somehow “unfair” because they don’t understand trade deficits. This is chicken-shit cowardice, & they’re about to get a lesson from a PM smarter than the lot of them. #elbowsup

He’s a brilliant economist, a central banker…and a fan of the Clash. Seriously. substack.com/@franann61/n...

Remember: Humpty Dumpty was pushed. youtu.be/mQUr8Wnp4aQ?...

“The actual events and history show that the Harper government’s initial response to the Global Financial Crisis was an unmitigated disaster that nearly cost Harper his government, and that his policies showed consistently poor judgment.” open.substack.com/pub/dougaldl...

They have self-inflicted a huge wound, and there are paths through politics to force change. Our govt's job: through strategic and targeted retaliatory measures, in concert with allies, stick our fingers in that wound and make it hurt like hell. No quarter.

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."–Aristotle

How to deal with a bully:

I keep hoping the real Mark Carney will show up. The one who will show HOW we will Build Big Things. The one that will level with us, and say that defending our country will be costly and painful, but worth it. The one with the grand vision. Still waiting.

Ok this is now in the “I’m really worried too many folks will stay home” phase.

Proud to stand with my colleagues and with Albertans and Canadians from coast to coast to coast. O Canada!

If reporters have the chance to put her on the record, it would be great to have Smith confirm that she will acknowledge the legitimate authority of the next prime minister, whoever that might be. Doing so would require her to respect the mandate conferred on that government by Canadians.

Elbows up, Canada.

This is the minimum that is to be expected.

FYI: most of the Geneva Conventions are in response to Canadian actions during WWI and WWII. I was wondering how long it was going to take before our vets in Alberta got noisy. They enlisted to serve Canada, not Alberta.

I really need for people to see that the whole cycle of the last few years-- the dangers of the left hysterically exaggerated ("cancel culture") in order to give cover to, sand the rough edges off, distract attention from, the advance of fascism --is a template, a script that's been run repeatedly.

Read for the clearest, most cogent outline of what constitutes traditional conservatism, and you see how contemporary right wing populist parties are anything but conservative. Those who deny evidence in service of ideology are the extremists. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Every time he says this, Canada should expel a diplomat.

How angry are Canadians with the US right now?

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