Reposted by ShannonThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 08/02/2026This infographic is pretty impressive. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 210455
Reposted by ShannonJim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 08/02/2026BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors 9504416316767
Reposted by ShannonJeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 07/01/2026youtu.be/YcwumixuYIs?...youtu.beProsecutor issues MUST-SEE response to ICE shooting in MinneapolisYouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen 184
Reposted by ShannonAruna D’Souza @arunadsouza.bsky.social · 31/12/2025My dad, 85 years old, suffering from the effects of a 2 year struggle with cancer, and chief of surgery at the Chinook Regional Hospital for decades, was moved from an already overcrowded space to an “overcapacity room” while he recovers from a stomach bleed and pneumonia. This is the room. 🧵🧵🧵 5289165
Reposted by ShannonThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 02/01/2026“Despite your tax money going to external consultants to support Dr. Oberg, the report is presumably collecting dust on some minister’s desk.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...edmontonjournal.comOpinion: Where is Alberta's promised 'seamless patient experience?'The ED is the catch-all for every health system failure. 38849
Reposted by ShannonParksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Take a read👇 After three years of UCP govt meddling the HC system is more: - chaotic - fragmented - dysfunctional - lethaledmontonjournal.comOpinion: Where is Alberta's promised 'seamless patient experience?'The ED is the catch-all for every health system failure. 36936
Reposted by ShannonParksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 26/12/2025This is a tragic event, and my heart goes out to the pt's family. globalnews.ca/news/1... 1/14globalnews.caEdmonton father dies in hospital E.R. waiting to see a doctor | Globalnews.caOn Monday, Dec. 22, Prashant Sreekumar, 44, had severe chest pains while at work. A client drove him to the Grey Nuns Hospital where he died waiting to see a doctor. 713261
Reposted by ShannonFred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 14/12/2025We sadly know Zoe Weissman because of Parkland. In fact, our families are so close, that she has been there for my wife and I after Parkland and helped with our foundation Orange Ribbons For Jaime. America, are you ok with this? 853262880
Reposted by ShannonThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Smith finally said it out loud... She doesn't believe that government should be providing any services to Albertans, she believes that private companies should be used universally to provide services. Faith groups should take care of the vulnerable. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 165440312
Reposted by ShannonCarrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 29/11/2025On Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Sam Mraiche www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w/ @tomcardoso.bsky.social @markmackinnon.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.socialtheglobeandmail.comWho is Sam Mraiche? Inside Alberta’s health care controversyA Globe investigation into the provincial health agency’s dealings with a company whose contracts have come under scrutiny 1116779
Reposted by ShannonThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 27/11/2025“Albertans who fail to renew their health card on time will lose AHCIP coverage. “Insured services may be declined until coverage is reinstated. Emergency services are still provided, but the patient may be billed if uninsured,” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...medicinehatnews.comRenewing health cards won't cost money, but failing to do so will cost coverage - Medicine Hat Newszmason@medicinehatnews.com The UCP government is proposing a set of changes to the Alberta health card under Bill 11, sweeping health-care legislation tabled Monday. Amendments to the Health Insurance... 5011777
Reposted by ShannonDanielle Smith, Premier of Alberta (Parody) @abdanielsmith.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Deny. Deflect. Distract. Destroy. My UCP is hard at work covering our tracks for our own incompetence and mismanagement that cost Alberta taxpayers over $100 million dollars! Read: calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #abpoli #ableg #UCPCorruptioncalgaryherald.comBraid: Whodunit? Government blames ex-AHS boss in case of missing notebooksPremier Danielle Smith's attempt to blame ex-AHS boss Athana Mentzelopoulos for destruction of key notebooks doesn't hold up. 43616
Reposted by Shannon🌽 Tales from the Cornfield 🌽 @childrenofthecorn.bsky.social · 23/11/2025 8528571072
Reposted by ShannonThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 20/11/2025This is a UCP MLA calling for a referendum on abortion inside of the legislature. They’re coming for abortion. Under his eye. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 68256149
Reposted by ShannonThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 18/11/2025“This is definitely two-tiered medicine,” said Braden Manns, a professor of health policy at the University of Calgary.” A new plan from the UCP would massivley expand private for profit family care. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...theglobeandmail.comAlberta plans to allow doctors to deliver public and private servicesDraft legislation would establish a model for medicine unlike any other in Canada 148647
Reposted by ShannonThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 19/11/2025“it “begs the question of whether the terminations were for legitimate performance reasons or if this is political interference in the prosecutorial function.” On the same day that Smith overrides the courts, concerns are again raised about interference. edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/q...edmontonjournal.comQuestions swirl as Edmonton chief prosecutor and deputy out of jobsEdmonton's top Crown prosecutor and a deputy are out of their jobs, with little explanation being offered either publicly or to their former colleagues. 38444
Reposted by ShannonThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 19/11/2025“When a government grants itself license to override physician judgment and patient consent, who - at any stage of life — will be next?” The AMA raising very serious concerns about the UCP’s invocation of the notwithstanding clause. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 9371210
Reposted by ShannonThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 19/11/2025It’s worth remembering that the UCP aren’t just robbing Albertans of their charter rights… Amery openly conceded that these laws also violate the Alberta Human Rights Act and the Alberta Bill of Rights. That the UCP just rewrote. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 17273141
Reposted by ShannonMondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 17/11/2025The shift strong-arms doctors but hasn’t saved money or shortened waits .. "Both said they resent being directed to help establish the for-profit surgery industry in Alberta when there are clear signs it is undermining the timely care of patients in the public system." thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...thetyee.caInsiders Detail Ways Alberta’s For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing | The TyeeThe shift strong-arms doctors but hasn’t saved money or shortened waits for critical operations, sources say. A Tyee investigation. 02412
Reposted by ShannonThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 17/11/2025WOW! Smith really is rattled about recall! Despite the gofundme myth being debunked & even unions making it clear they aren’t organizing anything, Smith announced that she’s looking at ways to make recall rules less accessible! You know, the recall rules she just re-wrote #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 35333115
Reposted by ShannonMondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Saving lives should be the priority. Safe supply and supervised injection sites save lives! 0227
Reposted by ShannonEuan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 16/11/2025NEW Two federal expert reviews provided unanimous support in 2023 for rapidly scaling up safe supply, including compassion clubs. Instead of informing the public, the government silenced the reports, and DULF got closed & arrested. Who killed the expert reviews? drugdatadecoded.ca/who-killed-t...drugdatadecoded.caWho killed the Safer Supply Expert Reviews?The Fifth Estate is reporting that two federally commissioned expert reviews provided unanimous support for rapidly scaling up safe supply, including compassion clubs, but the government silenced the ... 02720
Reposted by ShannonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Increase in productivity since 1979: 87% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power. 248120833816
Reposted by ShannonBlue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 06/11/2025I always find it interesting how the story changes when a lawyer gets to court. They can say anything they want outside of court without accountability but the rules are vastly different in court where you can get seriously penalized for lying. 498206937620
Reposted by ShannonMaureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 07/11/2025No major flu deaths surge expected in Scotland after 80% vaccine uptake and in cleaner hospitals talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/07/n...talkingupscotlandtwo.comNo major flu deaths surge expected in Scotland after 80% vaccine uptake and in cleaner hospitalsThe national flu immunisation programme for 2025 to 2026 slideset Professor John Robertson OBA The above is from the Over 5 million under 65s with a long-term health condition could miss out flu va… 713812696
Reposted by ShannonPlant Powered A-ron🌱🌎💙🌊 @plantpowered1971.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Great lesson here!! 24518129
Reposted by ShannonCarolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 04/11/2025The vaccine guidance process may be messy — but the science isn’t. A massive review (511 studies) published in the NEJM shows: 💉 Covid shots cut hospitalizations 46%(XBB1.5 variant) & 68%(KP.2 variant) 👶 RSV: 68%+ protection (>60yo) 🤧 Flu: 48% adults; 67% kids Low side effects #BlueSky #MedSkynejm.orgUpdated Evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza Vaccines for 2025–2026 | NEJMChanges in the vaccine advisory process in the United States have disrupted immunization guidance, which reinforces the need for independent evidence review to inform decisions regarding immunizati... 14912
Reposted by ShannonThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 30/10/2025But moving to the teachers strike! 60% of Albertans supported the teachers. And this is prior to Smith’s revocation of their charter rights. It’s hard to imagine that number going anywhere but up… /6 15012
Reposted by ShannonThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 30/10/2025But how are the approval rates? Smith is on the decline, and for the first time (that we know of), Nenshi is above her by 5 points. /4 24310
Reposted by ShannonThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 30/10/2025A growing number of Albertans feel that the province is moving in the wrong direction with 61% feeling the province needs to be turned around! 1339
Reposted by ShannonThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 30/10/2025The Alberta President of the Canadian Bar Association has entered the chat… Calling out not only the preemptive use of the notwithstanding clause but also the limited debate as threats to the rule of law. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 11338159
Reposted by ShannonThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/10/2025And everyone who screamed about Hunter is silent. Endless corruption. www.reuters.com/investigatio... 27698234006
Reposted by ShannonMondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 28/10/2025" In 1998, Lougheed advocated for a constitutional amendment to prohibit the pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause, prohibiting the legislature’s use of Section 33 until “all rights of appeal are exhausted and a final judicial determination is rendered.”" Absolutely not what Smith said. 53218
Reposted by ShannonLarDog @lhar58.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Waste money here but nothing for clssrooms Great www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caN.B. business in trademark tangle with Alberta government over licence plates | CBC NewsPart of the Canadian national anthem is turning out to be a possible legal headache for the Alberta government. 145
Reposted by ShannonMondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Kind of common sense, which UCP lacks. “If five per cent of Albertans are deterred (by the $100 vaccine fee), that ends up costing all of us taxpayers a significant amount of money. By our estimates, it would exceed $65 million just on hospital costs,” www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...ctvnews.caFree vaccines cheaper than consequences of low vaccination rate: Alberta Medical AssociationIf saving money is the Alberta government’s priority, the most cost-effective route is distributing the COVID-19 vaccine widely and freely – not charging $100 for it, says the Alberta Medical Associat... 18630
Reposted by ShannonThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 23/10/2025This is bonkers. MLA’s have been forbidden from speaking to their constituents? How is this in any way a representative democracy? #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 11222103
Reposted by ShannonThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Every public health expert - “We need to reduce barriers to entry for vaccines and increase availability!” UCP - “So you’re saying we should open up a month and a half window to rebook vaccines for a year from now?” Experts - *Sob uncontrollably* #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 28279134
Reposted by ShannonThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 18/10/2025In December of 2022, the Govt of Canada offered 96,000 bottles of Australian Tylenol (the real brand) to Alberta. It wasn’t AHS that refused. It was the govt, saying that wouldn’t be enough. How many bottles were actually used in hospitals? 9,000. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 10384189
Reposted by ShannonDavid Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · 18/10/2025🚨 This is inexplicable news to share. If in Alberta and you want flu and covid shots for NEXT year (2026-2027), you have only until December 15 of THIS year to order them. This is not incompetence. It’s a deliberate choice to prevent as many people .. bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr... 1/2bookvaccine.alberta.ca 40413315
Reposted by ShannonThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Rakhi Pancholi came out swinging on the Wyant Report and highlighted all of its flaws and shortcomings… It’s worth remembering she’s a lawyer as she takes Danielle Smith’s spin apart. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 9274139
Reposted by ShannonThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Seconds after proposing a "complexity cap" instead of addressing class sizes, Smith was asked what that means... Her response? "I don't know" So we're back to doing complex policy via "Dani free associates words" again. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 34336114
Reposted by ShannonLynnZ 🦋 @zizij.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Young Republican leaders joked about gas chambers. Used racial slurs. Called rape “epic.” Praised slavery. And said outright: “We love Hitler.” Not anonymous trolls—these are vice chairs, national committeewomen, and future Republican party leaders #Project2025 www.politico.com/news/2025/10...politico.com‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chatThousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape. 53517
Reposted by ShannonCarolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 10/10/2025💉 NEW: Annual COVID boosters save lives — even if you’ve had the virus before. A new NEJM study shows updated shots cut ER visits by 29%, hospitalizations by 39%, and deaths by 64% — in all age groups, with or without risk factors. Protection is protection. #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #SciSky 🧪shorturl.atAnnual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study ShowsA new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination 25524
Reposted by ShannonThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 09/10/2025From the DM’s… Meanwhile, in the land of privately owned, for profit care… Allegedly long term care homes have stopped using overnight adult diapers and are only using daytime ones because they’re cheaper. Even though they allegedly compromise care. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 87544
Reposted by ShannonThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Some big bombshells in our new episode with Dr Paul Parks! Including that Danielle Smith was warned by many experts her healthcare "refocusing" would only make healthcare in Alberta much, much worse! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 10198103
