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@ellejp.bsky.social
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Formerly Rural Albertan on Twitter/X. Still rural, still Albertan, always progressive. 🌲🏔️🌊🌎🌾🎗️

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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
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NPR @npr.org · 17/04/2025
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen went to El Salvador to lobby for the release of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, whose deportation has gripped the U.S. He isn't the only lawmaker with such a trip in mind.
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A Maryland senator tried to visit his wrongfully deported constituent in El Salvador
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen went to El Salvador to lobby for the release of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, whose deportation has gripped the U.S. He isn't the only lawmaker with such a trip in mind.
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Jim Mc @jimmc26.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
WAY TO GO! Democratic US Senator Chris Van Hollen flew to El Salvador on Wednesday to press for the release of a US resident mistakenly deported to the Central American country.
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US senator travels to El Salvador over wrongly deported migrant
Democratic US Senator Chris Van Hollen flew to El Salvador on Wednesday to press for the release of a US resident mistakenly deported to the Central American country.A legal US resident, Abrego Garcia...
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ellejp.bsky.social @ellejp.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Time to fire up this Bluesky account! If you support Mark Carney and the Liberal party, I would love to follow you!
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
"NO KINGS LIVE HERE"
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
The markets are crashing, we can't afford eggs anymore, the economy is shrinking, our allies are abandoning us... But we'll always have the Gulf of America.
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🇨🇦NovaScotiaLive🇨🇦 @novascotialive.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
#ElbowsUp Canada! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Toronto pizzeria cuts out U.S. ingredients until Americans make 'more responsible electoral decisions' #Toronto #Canada #BuyLocal #BuyCanadian #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
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Toronto pizzeria cuts out U.S. ingredients until Americans make 'more responsible electoral decisions' | CBC Radio
A Toronto pizza maker says he won’t use U.S. ingredients in his pies for the foreseeable future — or “until our friends from the South make some more responsible electoral decisions.”
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WTFGOP a.k.a on Twitter @Doggintrump @wtfgop.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I’m calling it. We should cancel April Fools Day this year. No prank can top this reality shitshow right now
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Delaney King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Mark Hamill posting rebellious content in a battle against a dictator and his robotic sidekick is the most Star Wars shit ever.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
HERO vs ZERO I'm in a state of shock & still trying to process yesterday's shameful, traitorous debacle in the WH: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. Our standing in the world has plummeted overnight, but the repercussions will be felt forevermore. #SlavaUkraini🇺🇦 #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says if allegations of wrongdoing at Alberta Health Services are true, that's on AHS, not the government. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... w @alannasmith.bsky.social
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith reorganizes staff after allegations of government interference in health agency
Investigators examining allegations that provincial officials interfered in contract and procurement processes
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
SCOOP: AHS in December asked MHCare to prove it was working to fulfill its contract tied to importing medicine, accusing it of doing very little work after receiving millions of dollars. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... w/ @alannasmith.bsky.social
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Alberta’s health authority demanded medical supplier prove it was fulfilling contract, documents show
MHCare Medical Corp. is a key figure in allegations from a former chief executive officer of Alberta Health Services that government officials interfered in contract negotiations
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Hi. DM or email me for my cell. I'm on WhatsApp and Signal at that number. Find me on LinkedIn. We protect our sources. #abpoli #ableg
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Who is Jitendra Prasad? David Staples takes a look at one of the key figures in the AHS allegations: edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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David Staples: Who is J.P. Prasad, Alberta Health Services' COVID hero, now a key figure in AHS lawsuit?
A formerly anonymous procurement manager, Jitendra “J.P.” Prasad, is at the heart of two of the biggest stories in Alberta in the 2020s.
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Premier Danielle Smith on Wednesday confirmed some of the numbers in this story. However, she omitted AHS's internal cost. Instead, she used CIHI's calculation for Alberta. But CIHI includes costs that AHS's internal analysis does not. Apples-to-grapefruits.
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Scoop inside the scoop: AHS's internal costs for some procedures are far less than what it pays some private firms for the same operations.
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
SCOOP: Sam Mraiche, owner of the firm that imported meds from Turkey, is a part owner in two private surgical facilities that last year were negotiating deals with inflated rates compared to competitor, according to documents www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... w/ @alannasmith.bsky.social
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Alberta surgical companies with contracts under scrutiny linked to firm that imported children’s pain meds
Documents show that the company that facilitated purchase of children’s pain medication and a pair of proposed surgical facilities share a common owner
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/02/2025
MUSK LOSES BIG IN GERMANY Germany’s CDU/CSU wins big, while the far-right AfD underperforms in second—despite backing from Elon Musk and JD Vance. AfD is now likely to be completely shut out of the governing coalition.
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RBRN 🇨🇦 ELBOWS UP @rbrn100.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
www.gofundme.com/f/vggge-lega... Save Nate from the SLAPP and help him fight! He is the reason we know about the corruption in the first place. Now they’re trying to silence him!!
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Donate to Legal Defense Fund, organized by Nate Pike
To comply with an Order from the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta, The Breakdown is removing its content … Nate Pike needs your support for Legal Defense Fund
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RBRN 🇨🇦 ELBOWS UP @rbrn100.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
#FireTheUCP #SLAPP #FreedomOfExpression #Grifters #UCPCorruption Stand by Nate!! GoFundMe link in replies www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
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Alberta political web series temporarily shut down by court order
A judge has ordered an Alberta political web series to temporarily turn off its lights following complaints by a medical supplier embroiled in controversy. MHCare and its Edmonton-based CEO, Sam Mriac...
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ellejp.bsky.social @ellejp.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
#SavetheBreakdown #IStandWithNatePike
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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
For the last # of yrs citizens of AB have benefited from the investigative reporting of @natepike.bsky.social thro' @thebreakdownab.bsky.social. By vocation Nate is an advanced paramedic in #yyc, not part of the press corp. I call on mainstream media to stand up in loud support of Mr Pike. #ableg
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ellejp.bsky.social @ellejp.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
I am pissed about this. Devastated. It is more important than ever to have Nate and the Breakdown fighting the good fight and exposing corruption. Please donate to the legal fund and help Nate fight this gag order: www.gofundme.com/f/vggge-lega...
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Donate to Legal Defense Fund, organized by Nate Pike
Hi, my name is Nate Pike and I host the Alberta Politics Podcast, The Breakdown. And I need your help… Nate Pike needs your support for Legal Defense Fund
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
President Zelenskyy: “At the Munich Security Conference, I emphasized that European policy must not just be promising — it must make America want to stand with a strong Europe. Europe must decide its own future with confidence in its strength so that others have no choice but to respect its power.”
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Darcy Warrington @darcywarrington.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Canada is #1. Never #51. @saskndp.bsky.social @carlabecksk.bsky.social @kimbrecknermla.bsky.social @donmcbean.bsky.social @keithjorgenson.bsky.social @erikaritchie.bsky.social @aleanayoung.bsky.social @nathanielteed.bsky.social @salhousser.bsky.social
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Our team reviewed the entire DOGE website. Nothing they have identified constitutes evidence of fraud or corruption—both of which are crimes. Feel free to audit us. The funds were allotted by Congress, and OIGs regularly reviewed expenditures for fraud.
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@Ellies58. 🖇️ 🇨🇦 @ellies58.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT! He’ll say what he has to, to try and get re-elected. Then he’ll hand it all over to Trump and Musk!!!
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Flo Rose 🇨🇦 @florose207.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
You have until the 17th to register to vote. DoFo isn’t going to give it to you automatically.
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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Travelling the world, when people ask where are you from, saying Canada always comes with a smilie on my face and pride in my heart because it means something… decency, friendship and respect. Today we celebrate our flag and country. Tomorrow we do everything we can to defend it.
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KNugent4118 🇨🇦🇨🇦🌊💙 @knugent4118.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Happy Flag Day, Canada Oh Canada Our home and native land True Patriot love in all of us command With glowing hearts We see thee rise The true north Strong and free From far and wide, Oh Canada we stand On guard for thee God keep our land Glorious and free Oh Canada We stand on guard for thee
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ellejp.bsky.social @ellejp.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Happy 60th Anniversary of the Canadian flag 🇨🇦
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
"The payment is at odds with prior comments Premier Danielle Smith made to the Canadian Press in December indicating that the entire $70 million was paid upfront at the time of the initial contract." #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
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AHS made $28-million prepayment for imported drugs two weeks after telling hospitals not to use them
AHS issued a prepayment in July of 2023 that was in part for Parol imported from Turkey that it told hospitals not to use over safety issues
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Stephano Barberis 🍁 @hellostephano.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Honestly, the boring new Con ads featuring Poilievre’s wife feel less patriotic and more like a funeral procession for Canada with her being some odd version of a grim reaper bringing our flag to the funeral site where Canada died. A great balance of creepy and cringey.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
This is our Canada, our flag is a symbol of unity and peace. #OCanada #FlagDay #Canada #CanadaIsUnited #MapleLeaf 🍁Vive 🍁 le 🍁 Canada 🍁🇨🇦🍁
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/02/2025
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she has rejected a request from Louisiana Governor Doug Landry to extradite a New York doctor who was previously indicted by a Louisiana grand jury on felony charges related to her prescribing abortion-related medication to a woman in Louisiana.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul Rejects Extradition Request For New York Doctor Indicted In Louisiana
This is a historic prosecution in the post-Roe era.
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🇨🇦Merlin Ca🇨🇦 @merlinofcanada.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
HAPPY CANADA FLAG DAY!
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 12/02/2025
When do we stop treating UCP ventures to Washington as diplomatic missions, and start recognizing them as field trips? thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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The Dangerous Americanization of Alberta Democracy | The Tyee
Danielle Smith is looking south for inspiration, ideas and laws.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Great reporting here via @jenstden.bsky.social The Online Warriors Calling for a Violent Invasion of Canada via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...
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The Online Warriors Calling for a Violent Invasion of Canada | The Tyee
As Canadian sovereignty is undermined and an election approaches, politicians are calling for an investigation of X.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
2. A memo distributed by NSA leadership to its staff says that on February 10, all NSA websites and internal network pages that contain banned words will be deleted. This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:
Anti-Racism
Racism
Allyship
Bias
DEI
Diversity
Diverse
Confirmation Bias
Equity
Equitableness
Feminism
Gender
Gender Identity
Inclusion
Inclusive
All-Inclusive
Inclusivity
Injustice
Intersectionality
Prejudice
Privilege
Racial Identity
Sexuality
Stereotypes
Pronouns
Transgender
Equality
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
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Larry (BOB) Dallas @larrydallas1977.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Ahem.
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ellejp.bsky.social @ellejp.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
I have zero hope for the USA. The NFL removed the End Racism sign on the field. Trump got cheered, Swift got booed. They are FUBAR. Gawd dammit! Canadians, let’s pull together, push out traitors like Poilievre, Ford, Smith & Moe and work hard to defend all that we stand for♥️🍁🇨🇦
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