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Jett Thunders

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Air guitarist, once ran to be a “senator-in-waiting”.

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Jett Thunders @jettthunders.bsky.social · 21h
The “separatist movement” is just one big and bloated Ponzi scheme. One promise after another, with no substantive ability to honour any of them.
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CJSW 90.9FM @cjsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
CJSW's Brave New Airwaves is making it's way around the city! Check out the events happening throughout the month, including Karaoke, a screening of Born in Flames, and our Halloween Party (more details to come!)
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Native Calgarian Podcast 🪶🧡>🇨🇦 @nativecalgarian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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I have an anonymous Indigenous student (who I know and can verify to be a real person) create a template to submit a complaint to the University of Calgary. 

The document outlines how the Sept 29 event at U of C might have broken multiple university policies.
Although free speech is protected, the university itself notes  that there are legal and policy limits to free expression, especially when it crosses into hate speech, discrimination, or harassment.
Letter calls for an immediate and thorough investigation into the organizers, participants, and university departments involved, alongside collaborative efforts with Indigenous students, faculty, and Elders to address anti-Indigenous racism on campus.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQX2qL6rKqoey8KftS7yKIHOu9oIltzgCGZtKWpypgH5lIF7paI-PeJ8GbcODx3qHpmO0Y1GoYxNfsY/pub
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
PEN America responds to action taken today by the Department of Education dismissing complaints about book bans and referring to them as a “hoax”: "All students deserve to see themselves and the world around them reflected in the books shelved within their public schools.“ pen.org/press-releas...
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PEN America Criticizes "Alarming" and "Dismissive" Language on Book Bans by U.S. Education Department - PEN America
Kasey Meehan, director, Freedom to Read, at PEN America, said: "For over three years we have countered rhetoric that book bans occurring in public schools are a “hoax.” They are absolutely not. This k...
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 03/10/2026
Oh wow In May, I reported Alberta separatists were using an app developed by GOP operatives with ties to US ambassador Pete Hoekstra @theglobeandmail.com now reports the same operatives flew to Calgary on a private jet for a secret meeting with separatist leaders: pressprogress.ca/alberta-sepa...
The pitch began with a prayer.
On an afternoon in late January, Mitch Sylvestre, the leader of Alberta's most prominent separatist organization, gathered with three of his lieutenants in a boardroom not far from the executive hangars at the Calgary International Airport, where private jets shuttle in and out of the city away from prying eyes.
It was a few hours before thousands of Albertans would gather near the city centre at a rally to launch the separatist campaign. But this meeting, convened behind closed doors a half-hour drive away, was invite only.
The Alberta Prosperity Project chose the location to accommodate its guests, Republican political strategists from Michigan who helped Donald Trump win the state in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
The American delegation travelled to Calgary to sell them on software developed for Republicans to get out the vote - and how it could be used to wrench Alberta from Confederation.
"They were young Christians. Capable, intelligent people," Mr. Sylvestre said. "We prayed before we started the meeting.""There is no secrecy'
One of the key figures behind the Michigan software company has expressed strong views on Alberta.
On July 1, Mr. Born wrote on social media: "On this Canada Day, I hope this is the last year Alberta is part of Canada." He has also called for U.S. annexation of the province.
A hunter, outdoorsman and commercial real estate agent in Grand Rapids, Mr. Born is the stepson of J.C. Huizenga, a wealthy Republican donor and founder of National Heritage Academies, a network of conservative charter schools in the U.S.
Mr. Wierda is the nephew of Erik Prince, who founded and ran the private military contractor Blackwater before it was sold to investors in 2010, and Betsy DeVos, the education secretary during Mr. Trump's first term.
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"I don't want to be political so I'm going to be neutral about an issue" is a political opinion unfortunately
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Ann Petersen-Kane @anniegirl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The UCP is planning to cheat on Oct 19th. They are setting up the means by which they can manipulate the referendum. We all knew they would. #ableg #abpoli As divisive separation vote nears, UCP suddenly changes voter list rules, hampering scrutineers albertapolitics.substack.com/p/as-divisiv...
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As divisive separation vote nears, UCP suddenly changes voter list rules, hampering scrutineers
Opposition NDP accuses government of trying ‘to help their separatist friends’
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 18/09/2026
“The night before I broke a pretty wild story last week, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was at a conference in Edmonton promoting AI data centres. Then my story went live on Friday ...” @drewanderson.bsky.social writes about his scoop that’s causing a stir in Alberta. 🧵
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Normally we drop Alberta Unbound episodes on Mondays. But this panel with @jaredwesley.ca, @carterab.bsky.social and Avnish Nanda was too powerful and urgent to wait. A strategic look at fighting the noxious nine. @5xforcanada.bsky.social #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #AlbertaUnbound #notothenine
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Saying No to the Nine
Alberta Unbound · Episode
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Water Not Coal has released a copy of a letter with concerns about Elections Alberta, including... - 2 directors being fired without cause - Multiple changes to how their petition was being verified mid process - A service manager & 4 supervisors quitting with concerns the process was compromised.
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 16/09/2026
Israeli airstrikes continue to hit #Gaza every day, killing and injuring people across the Strip. In the last 24 hours, our teams have treated 11 people, including five children, wounded by airstrikes.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 16/09/2026
Put plainly: immigrants in Alberta pay provincial and federal taxes to support health and education services in this province. Vote "no" to the idea of making them pay even more for less.
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404 Media @404media.co · 16/09/2026
While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Full investigation by @josephcox.bsky.social and @wired.com’s @dmehro.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/hackers-stol...
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Jett Thunders @jettthunders.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…
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Allan Lorde @allanlorde.com · 13/09/2026
100%. For those unfamiliar, Van Halen had a line in their rider that essentially said “no brown M&Ms.” It was a way to see if the promoter had actually read the contract. They had a shitload of gear to tour with, so if they’re skipping one thing, it’s guaranteed they’re skipping something essential.
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Jett Thunders @jettthunders.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A.I. is this generation’s Enron.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 11/09/2026
SCOOP: A leaked document indicates Alberta is considering rewriting laws, creating new Crown corporations to take over the natural gas system and build new gas pipelines and taking on costly legal battles — in large part so AI data centres can have access to power, @drewanderson.bsky.social reports.
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Leaked doc suggests Alberta has sprawling plans to pave the way for AI data centres, more oil production
Rewriting laws, creating Crown corporations that could rival TC Energy, building new natural gas pipelines and increasing prices for consumers: what a leaked document says about Alberta’s AI data centre and oil push
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Hey Calgary! Today! Sign pickup! #Calgary @albertasvoice.ca #notothenine Confederation Park - 2807 10 St NW, Calgary 4-7 pm
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
'An American litigation funder is threatening to call in more than $100 million in alleged debt from Alberta separatist leader and lawyer Jeffrey Rath and his firm, Global News has learned.' globalnews.ca/news/1204911...
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Alberta separatist leader Rath faces $109M debt claim from US investors  | Globalnews.ca
An American litigation funder is threatening to call in more than $100 million in alleged debt from Alberta separatist leader and lawyer Jeffrey Rath and his firm
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Bruce McAllister is a senior advisor to Alberta's premier. He hosted the anti-immigrant Alberta Next Panels. He attacked Senator Paula Simons for calling out the racist referendum questions. Now he's openly supporting an extremist white nationalist party's racist anti-immigration policy.
Bruce McAllister: Finally someone on a major stage saying it out loud instead of hiding behind slogans. Shout it from the rooftops please Alice!
You can’t run a welfare state, bring in millions who need support, and keep energy prices this high without the books blowing up. It’s also tearing up the social fabric and native culture. People are waking up. Now watch the mainstream media ignore all of it - while twisting themselves into pretzels labelling her alt-right anyway.Shannon Phillips: The AfD is the far-right party in Germany that German intelligence services have classified as extremists, Bruce. 

Multiple intelligence services have documented AfD ties to the Kremlin. 

@ABDanielleSmith
 maybe come back from holidays to check in on Bruce. He’s unwell. 
#ableg
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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Remembering Sister Rosetta Tharpe, born in 1915 in Cotton Plant, Arkansas. Here she's performing "Didn't It Rain" at a train depot in Manchester, England in 1964. She's often called the "Godmother of Rock & Roll" and influenced future music icons like Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Elvis Presley.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Changes Lives. Some States, including MISSOURI, Gut It Anyway. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/b...
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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Changes Lives. Some States Gut It Anyway.
The crown jewel of the singer’s philanthropic efforts has handed out hundreds of millions of books to children over the past 31 years. But it isn’t immune to funding cuts.
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Lake America
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Both birds are Canadian. USians poisoned and shot all the bald eagles down there and they had to be repopulated by Canada. So this is actually a picture of Canadians playing. 🍁🇨🇦 #cdnpoli
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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Since we’re considering trade reprisals — I wrote last year about how easy it would be for Canada to make toilet paper completely unavailable to Americans. It could be done without any tariffs or embargoes. It may be happening already. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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404 Media @404media.co · 26/08/2026
Garrett Langley, Flock’s CEO, told cops that a 404 Media story about cops using Flock to track someone who self-administered an abortion was "entirely false." He's lying.
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Flock’s CEO Is Lying to Cops About 404 Media's Reporting on Abortion Case
Garrett Langley, Flock’s CEO, told cops that a 404 Media story about cops using Flock to track someone who self-administered an abortion was "entirely false." He's lying.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.
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True Oak @trueoak.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Remember that when you use any of these 50+ accepted forms of ID to vote in the October Referendum, Question 5 is about taking away the ability to use those 50+ accepted forms of ID. #ABpoli #ABleg #NoToTheNine
Highlighted text: 5. Do you support the Government of Alberta introducing a law requiring individuals to provide proof of citizenship, such as a passport, birth certificate or citizenship card, to vote in an Alberta provincial election?

Source: https://www.elections.ab.ca/elections/referendum/
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daviss @daviss.org · 22/08/2026
Jake Lang arrived at Minneapolis City Hall today with private security in seperate vehicles driving through a group of protesters on the sidewalk. Bizarre scenes of private security seemingly directing MPD and pushing them out of the way.
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Benjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Both the Economist and others suggest this study demonstrates that AI can help students. So I contacted the lead researcher to figure out how many. Answer: Out of ~26,000 kids, a total of 20. And five months after starting to use AI, only four continued to spend 65 minutes on homework. Four.
Graph of student exam scores correlated to homework completion time for to groups, students using AI and those that did not. There is a slight spike for studens using AI who also maintained extensive homework completion time. As described in post, the number of students falling into this bucket was 20 out of 26,000.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Thomson Reuters, which owns news agency Reuters, has signed a $125M deal giving ICE access to its databases of personal data. USA Today has partnered with Palantir to gain "actionable intelligence" on its audiences. The media should be opponents of Trump's police state — not collaborators.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A veritable TrumpDucken of Scandal and much like the Reflecting Pool scandal reflects Trump’s obsessions: decoration, retribution and scandal. But it also reveals something scarier to me: the war in Iran is placing us in significant danger that is being underestimated by the Administration.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Harris left Chartwell in 2022 but not before making a killing AND overseeing LTCs during the COVID-19 pandemic where we lost so many seniors because of Chartwell's incompetency and cruelty. 
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Mike Harris is raking in profits from long-term care system he helped create
Twenty-five years ago, Mike Harris and his Progressive Conservative party ousted Rae’s NDP government in Ontario, starting the so-called “Common Sense Revolution.”
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Periodic reminder that approximately 2/3 of the equity in Postmedia is owned by the American hedge fund Chatham Asset Management.
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Jett Thunders @jettthunders.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Is this why fitted sheets are so hard to fold? They are haunted?
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
RFK Jr has no training in any scientific field. He's a history major who got a law degree and worked as an environmental advocate but has never spent any meaningful time doing science, or understanding how science is done. This isn't "an alternative scientific view". It's just kooky opinions.
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Jett Thunders @jettthunders.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
“They lied about the whole thing. That is why you don’t rush a political indictment before you have all the facts and evidence just because you are trying to please your cult leader. They even presented false evidence to the grand jury. Pirro should be disbarred.”
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
As Danielle Smith moves on her plan to expand private, for profit healthcare... Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists is raising the alarm over the fact that they weren't even consulted on the changes. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Secret anti-protest group for university administrators, police, and government representatives? It’s more likely than you think!
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Canadian universities set up a secret network to crack down on student Palestine demonstrators ⋆ The Breach
Universities in Canada coordinated to spy on and violently clear student encampments. Then, they deleted the evidence
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 31/07/2026
Breaking: Man who keeps shitting himself in public tough to pin down on international trade deal
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Breaking: Man who keeps shitting himself in public tough to pin down on international trade deal
“I wonder why diaper grandpa keeps changing his mind on CUSMA?” Luke and the Panel (Ian MacIntyre and Janel Comeau) talk about the latest in the Trade War, the debate about whether Conservatives are p...
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 29/07/2026
Now that he's running for Toronto mayor, I do hope reporters will ask him about this on the campaign trail. www.readtheorchard.org/p/former-mp-...
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Former MP used fabricated documents to accuse reporter David Pugliese of being a Russian asset
A July report that solicited input from leading experts in typography and graphology determined that the the documents Chris Alexander submitted to a parliamentary committee are forgeries.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
You can't make up what goes on in Alberta politics. A third party advertiser offers citizenship and land in a sovereign Alberta for a $1,000 donation plus a chance to win a van. Separatist Site Offers Donors a Piece of the 'Republic of Alberta' via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...
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Separatist Site Offers Donors a Piece of the ‘Republic of Alberta’ | The Tyee
For a $1,000 contribution, a consortium seems to promise land and citizenship opportunities. ‘Unethical,’ says an expert.
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Jett Thunders @jettthunders.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Here is how Flock cameras are tracking people, not cars Watch more and subscribe here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xSe...
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I will say, I have yet to see a single tough-on-crime Conservative complain about her previously being out on bail, her lenient sentence, the fact that she seems to be continually breaching the terms of her house arrest so she can "work" for Rebel "News," or this latest affront. Not. One. Peep.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 22/07/2026
Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich, who is a convicted criminal, is asking a judge to grant her an exemption to her house arrest sentence so she can visit the Trump White House, go on a 7-day Caribbean cruise with Rebel Media and meet Deuce Bigalow Male Gigolo star Rob Schneider in Arizona
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Convoy leader Tamara Lich asking court's permission to visit White House, go on cruise | CBC News
Tamara Lich, a key figure in the 2022 convoy protest that paralyzed downtown Ottawa for nearly a month, is back in town Wednesday to ask a court for permission to travel internationally, including goi...
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Really good reporting by my colleague @rorywh.bsky.social here. #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/21/n...
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Former Smith advisers awarded $300,000 referendum contract by Alberta government
The contract was for the creation of a website, albertareferendum2026.ca, which belongs to the Government of Alberta and provides information on the province's upcoming referendum.
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Jett Thunders @jettthunders.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
“You know, the Canadians, don’t want anybody to have cars or air conditioning, just suffering…” Warning: You will be dumber after watching this.
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