Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 5h"Mark’s combination of industry, regulatory, and government experience will be invaluable to the success of the board secretariat." I.e. he knows how to be corrupt in a way that will profit us. 000
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 10/10/2026...of an asshole to surrender the entire province and everyone in it to the Americans out of sheer spite for a fraction of a fraction of people living in it. 100
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Hell to the fucking no I don't share your "hope". Yeah, we got fucked over by the UCP ever since they rebranded from the Wild Rose party, and yeah, I'm pissed at *some* of the Albertans, especially the bargain-bin quislings that genuinely do support the secession, but I'm not nearly that much... 100
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 10/10/2026As with any politician, ignore what she's saying and pay attention for what they're doing. The Albexit referendum didn't field itself. 091
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Eh, almost three quarters of Alberta's oil and gas is foreign-owned. Despite the propaganda, just about all we get out of it is bills for abandoned wells. 100
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 10/10/2026And, of course, the conservative and conservative-presenting governments in Alberta have spent the past decades making sure that the province's economy doesn't hinge on selling {or just giving away} oil and gas and literally nothing else. 100
Reposted by Rob GrugerClare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I've teamed up with Forward Weekly to make some Danielle Smith videos ahead of the referendum in October, and this is the first! What a dream! She's the absolute worst and I love playing her so much. youtu.be/N83XOC79s_8?...youtu.beA Public Service Announcement from Premier Smith #satireYouTube video by Forward Canada 915343
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Because heaven forfend we have supervised injection sites. It's much better to kidnap people out of bougie's sight. 011
Reposted by Rob GrugerEllenA + Orcas @eamcur25.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Hire “ up to 100,000 workers”. Union? Permanent? Trained? Apprenticeships? How about the AI you are implementing that cuts jobs? Healthcare workers losing jobs because of privatisation by your favourite con premiers? We don’t believe you. 041
Reposted by Rob Grugerbev024.bsky.social @bev024.bsky.social · 20/07/2026youtube.com/watch?v=_6WW...youtube.comI’m no crypto bro #scammer #becareful #politics #alberta #canada #cryptobro YouTube video by Lisab0923 011
Reposted by Rob GrugerHeather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Just enjoying my morning coffee. 🧡☕️ 1920046
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Carney might not be kissing Trump's diapers {AFAIK}, but that doesn't mean we can't hold him responsible for the harm he's remorselessly and selfishly causing in plenty of other ways. Trump isn't the only evil in the world. 100
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Kings, wannabe and otherwise, don't recognize concessions. They accept tribute from their lessers. 000
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Speaking as an Albertan struggling under Marlaina's regime, and as a Canadian burning to death from climate change, I'd say as far as blame goes... 030
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 09/07/2026For a minute, I legitimately thought this was a @clareblackwood.bsky.social thumbnail. 170
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 05/07/2026"Workhorses" my ass. Damn near nobody wants either them or their slop. 101
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 03/07/2026...a pipeline they'll pay for they might not even get to see in their their own lifetimes. Bit of a rant, but it had to be said, I think. 180
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 03/07/2026...you'll find that far more Albertans care about the sabotage of public healthcare, constant flirting with bankruptcy and vanishing education {complete with book bans, minority scapegoating and other old reliables of would-be dictators} than the vague promise of money coming from... 170
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 03/07/2026...to prevent erosion of the Us-vs-Them rhetoric, and any concessions to the UCP party, and premier Marlaina Smith specifically are simply taken with the cavalier attitude of "thanks, sucker" of a career grifter. If you want to increase your popularity in Alberta... 170
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 03/07/2026...exercise in futility. The UCP doesn't *want* the pipeline to be built, doubly so with federal assistance, because the entirety, and I say that without hyperbole, of their platform is grievance against the foggy concept of "the Ottawa". Any aid directed towards Albertans gets blocked... 1100
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 03/07/2026I am aware there is next to no chance that you'll read this, but it can't hurt to point it out and maybe some social media intern will. If {and by God, IF, given your recent track record} the goal of this concession was to try to make friendly with the UCP government, it was an... 181
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Although you occasionally get a wannabe country trying to repeal it. Looking at you, #alberta. 010
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 18/06/2026And UCP policies have nothing to do with causing any community, let alone specific ones primarily populated by a specific type of people be more squalid than others. Doesn't Bruce McAllister have children to beat instead of complaining about being criticized? 010
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Your choice, as per UCP: Pay for healthcare or get no healthcare. 000
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 15/06/2026So, can we start fining the billboard owner until they decide to comply with the law? 000
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Shouldn't you take your separatist drivel over to Twitter? 000
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Not Alberta. Alberta's ruling party. Big difference. 000
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Do we get to use some of that economic growth to pay off billions in recent provincial debt? 000
Reposted by Rob GrugerDeirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 04/06/2026"UCP doubles payments for surgeries, says government 'must start somewhere' to lower healthcare costs." This is why we can't do satire anymore. #ableg #abpoli womenofabpoli.substack.com/p/surgical-c...womenofabpoli.substack.comSurgical costs balloon under UCP cover upAs Danielle Smith and the UCP play politics with everything, it's okay to feel like we're being gaslit; because we are. 57543
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 01/06/2026"The government in Ottawa is taking away our grievances!" 020
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 01/06/2026The party of Albertan conservatives has been dead for years. The UCP just hollowed out its carcass and has been wearing its face like a flesh mask until it's rotted through so much, they can't even pretend anymore. #alberta #abpol 020
Reposted by Rob GrugerClare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Danielle Smith Is Holding A Referendum Whether You Whiny Losers Like It Or Not youtu.be/N_q4WLMdUQQyoutu.beDanielle Smith Is Holding A Referendum Whether You Whiny Losers Like It Or NotYouTube video by Clare Blackwood 912540
Rob Gruger @robgruger.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Cartoonists who draw hacksaws for people snoring have nothing on cat snores. 010
Reposted by Rob GrugerRobert Johnston @robert1johnston.bsky.social · 18/05/2026ALBERTANS: please SIGN the "Water Not Coal" petition to stop further coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rockies! Share this info widely! Petition signing sites across Alberta; www.waternotcoal.ca #abpoli #Edmonton #yeg #Alberta #Calgary #Lethbridge #medhat #RedDeer #Canmore #Banff #yycwaternotcoal.caWater Not Coal | Corb Lund's Petition To Protect Alberta's RockiesJoin Corb Lund and thousands of Albertans to prohibit coal mining in the Rocky Mountains. Sign the citizen initiative petition. 054
Reposted by Rob GrugerMandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 16/05/2026open.substack.com/pub/jonauger... In the new MAGA-powered Alberta, prove again and again you are disabled and then prove it again and some more and maybe there will be income assistance. Maybe.open.substack.com“YOU CAN EARN YOUR WAY INTO INCLUSION”THE PHRASE THAT NOW HAUNTS ALBERTA’S DISABILITY DEBATE 053
Reposted by Rob GrugerThe Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 13/05/2026The Beaverton interviews an Alberta Separatist. thebeaverton.com/2026/05/the-... 6460112
Reposted by Rob GrugerBonnie Critchley @bonniecritchley.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Judge someone by their actions, not their words. #WordsAreCheap and #ActionsSayAll. Not everything I do is on social media, but I am doing what I said I'd do, and that is work to stand up for my #Neighbours. I'm working hard to bring old school #ProgressiveConservatives back! #ABPoli 1195
Reposted by Rob GrugerHazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Another example of Danielle Smith and the UCP "fixing" questions on surveys. #abpoli Interesting discrepancies in the Alberta survey dataset open.substack.com/pub/maidinca...open.substack.comInteresting discrepancies in the Alberta survey datasetSeveral respondents claimed they could not submit written comments unless they selected agreement-based responses. We decided to take a closer look before releasing the full dataset publicly. 32317
Reposted by Rob GrugerJock Rutherford 🌻🇨🇦 @jockr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/04/2026Alberta allows windfall oil and gas payments to ranchers — on public land | The Narwhal thenarwhal.ca/alberta-grazing-oilthenarwhal.caAlberta allows windfall oil and gas payments to ranchers — on public land | The NarwhalTaxpayers have footed the bill for millions of dollars in payments on behalf of oil and gas country to ranchers renting public land at below-market rates, according to The Narwhal's analysis 002
