Some sober analysis here. Highly recommended reading on how teachers went from being part of the solution to to part of the problem.

🪧 Alberta teachers on strike! I took a deep dive into the issues fueling the teachers strike and the roots of Danielle Smith’s UCP’s animosity towards teachers and the ATA: daveberta.substack.com/p/teachers-o...

Danielle Smith keeps saying she wants a new pipeline. But her actions suggest what she's really after is a renewed fight with Canada -- even if it ends up costing her the pipeline she claims to care so much about. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/09/o...

The condemnation has been uniform, broad & clear. He must go. Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary www.npr.org/sections/sho... "As physicians committed to evidence-based care, we are alarmed by the direction of HHS under Secretary Kennedy."

Pluralists engage the public to forge the public good. Populists tell the public what's in the public interest and manufacture consent. That's what makes the AlbertaNext process so unique compared to previous roadshows, like the Fair Deal Panel. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

This👇! "What these people do, is that they search, they find one paper or two papers that make an outlandish claim based on bad data that hundreds or thousands or tens of thousands of other papers refute." Claim Covid vaccines persist is ‘absolutely impossible’ www.statnews.com/2025/09/20/d...

The United States Department of Justice has hit rock bottom, abandoning any respect and commitment to Law & Order & the U.S. Constitution. They have lost all respect from those they took an oath to protect. The DOJ once enforced Law & Order in the U.S. has become a criminal organization.

This has been the hallmark of MAGA-getting your followers to say things that are untrue publicly. It’s shameful

No, just looking for every teacher to do what libraries do. My guess is they are trying to create a burden while setting up surveillance and intimating elem teachers are serving up inappropriate material

A victim of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has revealed how a group of survivors is compiling a client list of their own.

Also as of Sept. 1 any outside presenters and/or sexual health education resources or resources discussing sexual orientation and gender identity have to be first approved by the Alberta govt. I have asked for the lists of approved resources/groups. #Abed #Ableg

So much Alberta education news right now. First, the Alberta government is revising its rules meant to keep explicit material out of schools #AbEd #Ableg www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Man, I don't even want to go to the US anymore, and I was born there, and I currently live there, and I am currently there right now, in my house.

The efforts by social conservative groups to influence Alberta school trustee elections are more concerted than in previous municipal election campaigns. This worries some public education advocates. #AbEd #Yeg

Not only will we continue to demand the release of the unredacted (other than that of the victims), Epstein files, we demand the victims be heard! We don't care what a convicted sex trafficker has to say. The only voices that matter are those of the victims. 1/2

Organizations disinvited from CDC vaccine workgroups medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08... - American Medical Association - American Academy of Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases Society of America, et al Removal "irresponsible, dangerous to our nation's health, & will further undermine public trust..."

Undocumented immigrants aren’t showing up to work because they face a double threat: 📌 ICE could roll up to the job site, because it’s easier to target hardworking people than go after real criminals. 📌 When the work’s done, some employers refuse to pay and threaten to call ICE.

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COLBERT: You warned everyone…he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid, alienate our allies, give tax cuts to the rich. I know you're not here to say 'I told you so' but would you like to? HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.

This kind of stuff is very unhelpful but that’s why Dan Williams was put in the role. He’s the guy you bring in to break stuff and start culture war fights. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

"We won't back down." Boycott everything American. Europe and Asia it is time to help us. #USABoycott.

It's a good reminder that the Chief Electoral Officer reports to the legislature, not to the government. The office is independent, neutral, bound by law, and is supposed to be free from political interference.

Grateful to see the Chief Electoral Officer resist pressure from the premier and justice minister. globalnews.ca/news/1131020...

Amery, Smith tinker with unexploded ordnance. Amateurs with no moral compass. Where can Alberta find a decent justice minister after this, Denis, Madu, Shandro, ffs?

💸📺 Government coal lawsuit payments, the Alberta Party’s PC-inspired return, and the federal NDP leadership race. There was lots to talk about when I joined former Lethbridge Mayor Chris Spearman and host Michael Higgins on CTV’s Alberta Primetime this week. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/vid...

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Significant variables of COVID-related conspiracy theory belief (eg): - lower education - lower trust - lower life satisfaction - "right-wing political orientation, higher religiosity, & more negative attitudes toward immigration & immigrants" Study: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Ahhh indeed. Nensh says the quiet part out loud.

Teachers don’t want to strike. They want to teach. But the UCP has pushed them to the brink by refusing to invest in classrooms, ignoring basic needs, and treating bargaining like a political game. Supporting public education means supporting the people who make it possible. #BetterisPossible

Alberta Teachers’ Association members have voted 95 per cent in favour of strike action. The association has about 51,000 members in public, Catholic and Francophone schools. #AbEd #AbLeg

The #UCP and @ABDanielleSmith Will own this but they want to destroy public education anyway. Majority of Alberta teachers v... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#AlberticPathetic Alberta lifts ban on American liquor imports — but local demand for U.S. booze isn't the same Danielle Smith Traitor. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Dave identified 9 ridings that have experienced population growth > 20% since 2017: Airdrie-Cochrane (+24%) YYC-Foothills (+26.1%) YYC-North East (+62%) YYC-Shaw (+23%) YYC-South East (+40%) YEG-Ellerslie (+41%) YEG-South (+50%) YEG-South West (+43%) YEG-West Henday (+27%) TWO NEW RIDINGS.

Sure sounds like Alberta separatists want to have their cake and eat it too. Pensions, passports, and paleoconservative politicians in Parliament – apparently no problem! albertapolitics.ca/2025/05/sure...

Bunk used to justify distrust. Researchers find rampant misinformation at government meetings during the height of the pandemic publichealth.uci.edu/2025/05/22/r... "Misinformation about vaccines & disease prevention continue to be pervasive in our society & can be harmful to people & communities”

Criminally convicted, disgraced former Calgary councillor Joe Magliocca was "endorsed" by disgraced councillor Sean Chu and disgraced former Alberta Justice Minister Jonathan Denis. That's a lot of disgrace

"letters of support for his client. . . from. . .former Alberta justice minister Jonathan Denis." Who's surprised.

It’s not just Newark: Nearly all air traffic control facilities in the U.S. are understaffed.

Art of the Deal!!

Prime Minister Carney is in Washington. Already the head games have started A fog of disinformation is pumping from the White House. We have seen these tactics before. Canada is not dealing with an honest partner. I trust the PM will look to the long game in dealing with this hostile regime.

Just got off the phone with Mrs Sicknick and just more slaps in the face with this settlement. She asked "why did my son die" (in response to all the whitewashing that is being done about January 6th) if it was a day of love, why is my son dead" Total miscarriage of justice

SCOOP: sources tell me that the State Dept plans to eliminate its only office to counter foreign disinformation, as soon as today, delivering a win to foreign governments like Russia, Iran, and China—and the office's mostly conservative critics. www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...

Can’t change, won’t change

I watch PP rallies and it breaks my heart so many Canadians are in Hate Club. #cdnpoli

BREAKING: Putin supporter breaks Trump supporter’s NHL record In other words, who gives a fuck? 🤔