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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 6h
vincehill.substack.com/p/grading-th... A worthwhile analysis of the brochure and its questions.
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Grading the Government’s Referendum Website & Brochure
Alberta's referendum site promises to inform voters. Read it the way a Social Studies student reads a source, and it looks more like a campaign.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h
Trump’s sons have recently invested in dozens of defense companies. Those companies have now raked in a staggering $6 BILLION in current or future government contracts. Corruption? Or coincidence? You be the judge.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 7h
The FCC is considering a request from conservative group Club for Growth to relax restrictions on political robocalls, including AI-generated calls to cellphones, ahead of the midterms. apnews.com/article/fcc-...
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FCC considers allowing more political robocalls before midterms, including those created with AI
The Federal Communications Commission is considering a request to loosen rules on political robocalls, including those with AI-generated voices.
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James David Payne @jimmydp01.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
After crude cratered (again), the Trudeau government started bandaging the hemorrhaging of the plans for a 100-year boom ...
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 7h
prairiesexposed.substack.com/p/jeffrey-ra... Will this cause Danielle Smith to double down on her efforts to be more callous, more racist, more mean-spirited, and more anti-democratic in order to get back into his good graces? Why have we normalized the agendas of these sociopaths!!
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Jeffrey Rath’s Alberta Takeover: The Separatist Who Seems to Think He Already Runs the UCP
There is something increasingly remarkable about Jeffrey Rath’s political messaging in Alberta.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 9h
Once again, for the politicians, business leaders, and journalists still actively posting on X/Twitter: why? You're using a platform that's owned by someone who's trying to break up your country. The juice isn't worth the squeeze.
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Aida 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🐾🌊🦋🗽💙🐸 @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social · 10h
FYI #Pinks #USDemocracy
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Kate @georgiasmum.bsky.social · 7h
They might take a little page outta the students of France. Now, that’s pissed off.
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Chickadee 🇨🇦 @rusty-17.bsky.social · 8h
They need to go away like, go away forever. Forever and ever. Amen.
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 12h
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 7h
open.substack.com/pub/womenofa... “Remember that time Danielle Smith claimed she didn’t really know the guy who allegedly scammed AHS for $50 million, allegedly with the help of a guy she also didn’t know who was a senior procurement officer in AHS…” yadda, yadda, yadda
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We’ve heard this story from Danielle before
They say the best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour. That’s bad news for Alberta; again.
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 10h
prairiesexposed.substack.com/p/danielle-s... So many things Danielle Smith didn’t know…like the 2.9 million voters list hack even though members of her staff were at the Centurion workshop on how best to use the hacked names. Now she says she didn’t know a UCP separatist leader schemed with the US.
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Danielle Smith’s “I Didn’t Know” Defence Is Wearing Thin — Who Is Really Running Alberta?
Danielle Smith would like Albertans to believe that she is standing firmly on one side of the country’s most consequential political question: she supports Alberta remaining in Canada, opposes separat...
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 11h
albertapolitics.substack.com/p/less-than-... Danielle Smith’s UCP government is proficient at nothing but creating hardship and chaos in Alberta. Her attempts at turning the province into a MAGA state is causing pain, misery and death - yes, DEATH! The referendum “gong show” indeed!
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Less than 2 weeks to Danielle Smith’s separation referendum and the gong show continues
Elections Alberta says at least 3,000 mail-in ballots can’t be counted as received
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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DESANTIS TARGETS CANADA & SCREWS FLORIDA
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Two plus two equals fish
In my second day at We Unify, everyone had an answer.
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
abresistance.substack.com/p/the-nine-r...
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The Nine Referendum Questions
Some things to think about before voting.
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
prairiesexposed.substack.com/p/when-god-g... “If I say, “I believe the government should do X,” you can disagree. If a pastor says, “God requires the government to do X,” the argument suddenly becomes: who are you to disagree with God? That is a profoundly different form of persuasion.”
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When God Gets a Vote: Alberta’s Long, Uncomfortable Marriage Between Religion and Politics
Alberta has spent a century learning how to turn faith into political power.
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/danielle-s... Albertans have been told for decades, maybe even generations, that Ottawa is the enemy when the real enemy was provincial govt after provincial govt. surrendering control to American O&G corps. Elevated to the status of a deity, O&G must be worshipped.
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Danielle Smith Says Ottawa Tried to Kill Alberta Oil. The Data Says the Opposite.
Alberta’s real problem isn’t an industry under attack. It’s a political story increasingly contradicted by reality.
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
prairiesexposed.substack.com/p/danielle-s... Danielle Smith is a liar.
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Danielle Smith Says Alberta Is Staying in Canada. Then Why Is Her Government Silent as Separatists Court Washington?
Danielle Smith wants Albertans to believe two things at the same time: that she is firmly committed to keeping Alberta inside Canada, and that her government’s referendum is simply about giving Albert...
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
nancyunfiltered.substack.com/p/the-bluepr... “…Christians…have never tried to tell me how I should worship, whom I should love, what books someone else’s child may read, what medical decisions another woman should make, or whether their interpretation of scripture should become public policy…”
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The Blueprint Was Already Here
Story time.
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
prairiesexposed.substack.com/p/alberta-wo... Minimum wage in Alberta is the lowest in Canada. It’s not a living wage in the wealthiest province in the country. A living wage makes all communities more prosperous.
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Alberta Workers Have Waited Long Enough: It’s Time for a $20 Minimum Wage
For Alberta workers earning the minimum wage, October 2026 brought another reminder of just how far the province has fallen behind the rest of Canada.
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What Separatists Offered the US, and Smith's Strange Blinders via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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What Separatists Offered the US, and Smith’s Strange Blinders | The Tyee
Alberta’s premier claims top-secret clearance. How was she blindsided by latest bombshell news?
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
prairiesexposed.substack.com/p/how-many-u... The UCP govt’s enormous cabinet is the largest in decades of governments in Alberta. They no longer serve the people of Alberta and now serve themselves.
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How Many UCP MLAs Can Afford to Speak Out? The Cabinet Question Alberta Cannot Ignore
As questions continue to swirl around Alberta’s separatist movement, another question is increasingly being raised by Albertans themselves: Why won’t more UCP MLAs simply say where they stand?
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/canadas-so... Bartering Alberta’s water, oil, and land in exchange for MAGAmerica’s help in funding separation is a treasonous act. Separatists want to deliver ownership of Alberta to the US & make us a vassal territory! How much $$ are they getting paid for this?
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Canada’s Sovereignty Problem Is Real Thanks to Alberta Separatists
Watch now (19 mins) | UBC political scientist Stewart Prest says the line is crossed when separatists ask a foreign power to help break up the country
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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The Separatists’ Secret Plan to Sell Out Alberta
YouTube video by Real Talk Ryan Jespersen
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
open.substack.com/pub/theorcha... The UCP is a Christian (and it pains me to use the word “Christian” ) Nationalist community swimming collectively in a cesspool of fear turned to hate for anything or anybody different from members of their inbred society of ignorance.
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SCOOP: UCP mulls trans bathroom ban, abortion, secession debates at 2026 AGM
These policy resolutions were proposed by party members. Not all of them will necessarily make it to the convention floor in November.
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Jim Douglas 🇨🇦 @jimsdouglas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My federal riding is very similar. The vote is sometimes very close to precisely split three ways. FPTP means that it's possible to be elected with not much more than 30% of the vote. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Mo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Moody%E2%80%94Coquitlam_(federal_electoral_district)
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Stewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 06/10/2026
I used to use Quebec Centre in 2015 in class as an example of a riding with an unusually low vote share for an example of how distorted FPTP can be relative to vote share, but we're basically seeing the same outcome at the provincial level tonight.
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Stewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 06/10/2026
Forming government with ~28% of the vote makes a mockery of any pretence to majority rule.
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Stewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 06/10/2026
I know the main headline here is PQ back in power and possibly a referendum to follow, but the 1a headline is absolutely that first past the post is not a great fit for politics in Quebec (and other provinces) at the moment.
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Congratulations to Kyle Campbell, who was officially sworn in as the MLA for Calgary-Shaw today! Kyle is a strong Albertan, a proud Canadian, and an incredible community leader, steeped in service. I’m thrilled to officially welcome him to Alberta’s New Democrat Caucus!
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Smith knew She's lying again And what about her own visits with Orangina #ableg #abpoli
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 06/10/2026
Edmonton people, if you need another reason to come to my book launch on Oct. 13, where I will be joined on stage by the incomparable @daniparadis.bsky.social, we have procured a life-sized cardboard cutout of the premier. Tickets: the-aviary.net/events/jerem...
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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This, as they used to say, beggars belief, aka ...
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Watching Québec shoot itself in the foot tonight makes me wonder if David Eby in B.C. should’ve waited. The choices people will make out of spite are mind-blowing. Sometimes the protest vote ends up protesting your own interests. 🤦🏽‍♂️
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Julia Hayter @ndpjulia.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
$4 million spent on this brochure… added to the $200 million referendum price tag. This money could have been spent on public education, healthcare and cost of living. Let’s Save Canada and vote!
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
charlieangus.substack.com/p/this-is-ho... If there isn’t a law about citizens colluding with foreign agents to break Canada apart, there should be one. @mark-carney.bsky.social
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This Is How the City Falls
The fabled ancient cities were not destroyed by the power of the siege engines, but by trickery and traitors on the inside.
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
stewartprest.substack.com/p/canadas-tr... “Our government must act. Passivity implies a kind of resigned consent, and this is not something we can afford to resign ourselves to. If the government fails to act—quickly, politely but definitively…from the very top…Canadians must insist on it.”
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Canada’s Treason Problem
In my view, one of the best things about Canada is how the country found a way to settle fundamental differences—including debates over the future of the country—through democratic means.
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
pressprogress.ca/inside-the-f... Until the effects of data centres can be rendered harmless to environments and people’s health, a moratorium is needed.
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Inside The Fight Against Data Centres in Canada
Mississauga is one of a growing number of municipalities pushing back against data centres in their communities.
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
albertapolitics.substack.com/p/danielle-s... Danielle Smith knows everything she needs to know about the separatist meeting with MAGA in the US. She just need to keep enabling them in Alberta and it’s money in the bag for her.
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Danielle Smith knows nothing about those separatist ‘negotiations’ in D.C.? So what good is her ‘Top Secret’ security clearance?
After all, Alberta’s Premier demanded ‘Top Secret’ access to know about foreign interference in her separation referendum
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
prairiesexposed.substack.com/p/danielle-s... Danielle Smith keeps showing up in the separatist orbit because the “within Canada” part is a distraction. She tells people what they want to hear while behind her words, she enables separatists.
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Danielle Smith’s $99 Question: If Alberta Is “Sovereign Within Canada,” Why Does the Premier Keep Showing Up in the Separatist Orbit?
What’s that old saying?
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The US interfered in Germany's election. They interfered in Brazil. A US defence corp. strategy targeted the PQ in Quebec. And now we learn traitors were in Washington offering to trade Canada's freshwater for help in breaking up our country. @laura-babcock.bsky.social youtu.be/IrHcKO60-D4?...
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CANADA BETRAYED - SECRET WHITE HOUSE MEETINGS !!!
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026
what an asshole
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
youtube.com/shorts/R36mC... And Trump works on behalf of Russia.
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Ukraine receives a new package of NASAMS missiles, says Zelenskyy #shorts
YouTube video by UATV English
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump voter: "I’m angry. I feel betrayed. Everything he said was an empty promise, and everything has just gotten more expensive."
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Ritz 🍁 @ritzmotu.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
lol I do so want her & the UCP gone. I don't want them to get a free pass or get-away... for starters, no right to a Cdn or MLA pension... Plus restitution for all the harms caused by their ill-conceived, harmful policies & backroom deals. Tall order I know, but one can hope... #ableg #abpoli
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The point is raised that Christian Nationalism is a major driver of the separatist movement. What they want is Christian theocracy in Alberta. A theocracy = tyranny. There’s freedom only for the upper levels in a religious dictatorship. #AlbertaReferendum markhamhislop.substack.com/p/alberta-se...
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Alberta Separatism May Not Legally Be Treason, But...
Watch now (20 mins) | The political scientist rejects the legal charge of treason, but warns of foreign interference, Christian nationalism and a possible “Stop the Steal” backlash after the Oct. 19 r...
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
dougfirby.substack.com/p/when-its-o... Danielle Smith, the Alberta/Canada traitor, won’t let it be over.
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When it’s over, it really should be over
A no vote on separation should allow Albertans to put the issue to bed
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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
nancyunfiltered.substack.com/p/selling-al... Canadians can guess who the devil is.
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Selling Alberta’s Soul To The Devil
I came home to Alberta knowing we were down to two weeks, and I was ready to get to work.
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
BREAKING: Trump announces he will withhold federal funding from Ohio if they vote blue in November… Isn’t EXTORTION, a typical mob tactic?! RICO. CHARGES. FORTHCOMING. 😎✨
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