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Max Fawcett

@maxfawcett.bsky.social
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Lead columnist for Canada's National Observer. Also: Mariners fan, crypto skeptic and descendant of Canada's worst prime minister (no, not him)

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 1h
This eventual outcome has long been obvious to any good-faith observer of the right's supposed concerns about free speech. Me in 2017: www.insidehighered.com/advice/2017/...
Weaponizing Free Speech
By targeting the comments of presumably left-wing professors, the right is using free speech as part of their long-term strategy of delegitimizing higher education itself, writes Victor Ray.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h
“.. Since the final F-150 Lightning rolled off the assembly line in December, it has become one of the most coveted cars in America ..” @bloomberg.com $F www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 15h
C’mon now www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
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Alberta Premier Smith calls out federal interference in Edmonton housing rules
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith spent a majority of her time on a call-in radio show today defending her government’s decision to roll back some Edmonton housing rules.
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 4h
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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 14h
In 1939-40, he'd be urging Poland, France, and Britain to surrender
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 15h
C’mon now www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
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Alberta Premier Smith calls out federal interference in Edmonton housing rules
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith spent a majority of her time on a call-in radio show today defending her government’s decision to roll back some Edmonton housing rules.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 22h
Really enjoyed my chat with @readtheorchard.org about his new book on Danielle Smith. #abpoli YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5XK... Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
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Who is Danielle Smith, really? | Power Lines with Max Fawcett
YouTube video by National Observer
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026
a grandmotherly woman just got booted from the Trump rally for protesting, and she went out like a hero talking trash and flipping the double bird
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/10/2026
If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Can’t wait to see how the recent decision to reduce duties on Chinese solar panels impacts these economics.
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It's not hard. Both Yglesias moderates and Khanna leftists give MAGA politicians legitimacy because they want MAGA's base. Ossoff simply does not give a shit about the MAGA base, which allows him to speak with fierce clarity about MAGA politicians. He is willing to bet on an anti-MAGA majority.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Mac & Charlie Crying in Smoking Jackets - Sunny
ALT: Mac & Charlie Crying in Smoking Jackets - Sunny
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Everyone who takes even a passing interest in energy policy in Canada should read this.
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 10/10/2026
the cuck american president: stop attacking russian oil the gigachad ukranian military: we will burn their refineries
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onion person @junlper.beer · 09/10/2026
elon musk has more empathy for lines of code than a majority of humanity
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ossoff is acting like Trump/MAGA/GOP and what they’ve done to the country is Actually Bad. Charismatic and well spoken, which sure helps. But no “my friends across the aisle,” no acting like the imaginary “Baileys” are the only ones who matter, no “don’t talk values, only kitchen table.” That’s it.
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Steve @scdallav.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Inshallah
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I think this analysis is correct. Reports out of Russia for the last six weeks show huge diesel shortages and long lines of cars trying to get it. Russia doesn't have the diesel Trump says he's buying for them. This is all for another purpose, which is psy ops.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Small world!
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Don't forget the treachery!
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Of course he did.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I mean:
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I know we focus a lot on the various failings of Jeff Rath and Mitch Sylvestre -- and we should! -- but Dennis Modry isn't any better. From earlier this year: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Family seeking $1.3M owed by Alberta separatist leader Dennis Modry after court order | CBC News
Relatives of a prominent Alberta separatist who met with U.S. officials are upset that he has failed to pay back more than $1.3 million that he owes from a court order issued almost a year ago. A B.C....
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Behold, the biggest brain in the Alberta separatist movement.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Paging Danielle Smith nationalnewswatch.com/2026/10/08/a...
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Alberta's economic prospects depend on immigration, chamber says as…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"The separatists sound like traitors to me, especially when this country is locked in a trade war with the very administration the separatists are playing footsie with." Even Lorne Gunter gets it. ca.news.yahoo.com/lorne-gunter...
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Lorne Gunter: 'Selling out' — Alberta separatists seek help from south of border
Separatists also reportedly discussed with the Americans giving them preferential access to our critical minerals
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Brendan McEwen @brendanmcewen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
God bless @maxfawcett.bsky.social for this article. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/08/o...
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The Quebec election was yet another example of our electoral system’s flaws. Mark Carney should fix them
It was more than a decade ago when former prime minister Justin Trudeau promised to change Canada's electoral system. Mark Carney should finish the job.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Behold, the biggest brain in the Alberta separatist movement.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Question 9 is especially hilarious to me because it effectively hands BC a veto over....pipeline construction.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 09/10/2026
In an excellent article for the Observer, @maxfawcett.bsky.social explains why Mark Carney should use his political capital to deliver proportional representation. Quebec just proved how first-past-the-post distorts results across parties. Read it here! www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/08/o...
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The Quebec election was yet another example of our electoral system’s flaws. Mark Carney should fix them
It was more than a decade ago when former prime minister Justin Trudeau promised to change Canada's electoral system. Mark Carney should finish the job.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I remain concerned that the premier will use any potential problems on referendum day/on Elections Alberta's part to justify *another* referendum -- one that would presumably keep the separatists off her back for a little while longer. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/17/o...
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Danielle Smith is sowing the seeds of a democratic legitimacy crisis
Forget about banning American imports. In Alberta, the government is actively importing as many aspects of their political culture as possible. The latest: election denialism.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The good thing about our system is that judges aren’t appointed on that basis and don’t rule on it either.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
OSSOFF: Mike Collins is one of the most extreme members of Congress. He's a Trump puppet election denier. I want to hear if Mike still believes the 2020 election was stolen. What do you say Mike? COLLINS: ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I remain concerned that the premier will use any potential problems on referendum day/on Elections Alberta's part to justify *another* referendum -- one that would presumably keep the separatists off her back for a little while longer. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/17/o...
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Danielle Smith is sowing the seeds of a democratic legitimacy crisis
Forget about banning American imports. In Alberta, the government is actively importing as many aspects of their political culture as possible. The latest: election denialism.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This would sink a presidency in any other era. I would bet most Americans will never hear it even happened.
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Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy
The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ossoff is definitely not listening to Yglesias/Klein/PodSave reactionary centrist crowd, he does not think his marginal voter is a white-supremacist, and that is what makes him such an attractive candidate to the vast majority of US who are not white-supremacists.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Dems in array
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I think their voice was distorted, yet again, by a system that produces false majorities and rewards division.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yes. This isn’t a moral question. It’s one of whether all votes should be counted and weighted equally or not — and whether we want our democracy to actually represent the will of the people.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Should a party that gets 13% of the vote receive 0% of the seats? How about one with 7% of the vote getting 13% of the seats?
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Crockett, who has yet to formally endorse Talarico? Hard pass for me.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I LOVE it.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ossoff has the juice.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Not a coincidence that the same bros all tend to fundamentally misunderstand/misread George Orwell’s writing.
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is objectively psychotic and every member of Congress and Senate should be ashamed if they don’t try to remove him from office before this happens
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Radio Rwanda
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Atomicology @atomicology.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"The success of NIMBYs has come at an incredibly high price for younger and new Canadians, who have to contend with rising rents and ludicrously high home prices in our big (and increasingly, not-so-big) cities." @maxfawcett.bsky.social nails it here. Resistance to change foments a housing crisis.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Conservatives are the biggest gatekeepers when it comes to housing supply and affordability in Canada, as I wrote three years ago. Danielle Smith and the UCP just proved my point, again. www.nationalobserver.com/2023/06/12/o...
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Are Poilievre’s conservative allies the real gatekeepers?
Pierre Poilievre likes to rail against "gatekeepers" and the role they play in Canada's ultra-high housing costs — and he has a point. It's one he should bring up with the conservative politicians who...
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