Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 19/01/2026“Trump’s big bet that countries would ultimately determine that they simply can’t live without America’s markets, and thus would cave to his every whim, was dangerously wrong. [...] China has advanced or rekindled relationships with many of [America’s] allies, hosting a parade of foreign leaders.”substack.comTrump Is Making China Great AgainAmerica’s friends and trading partners are running into the arms of our adversaries. What a mess. 000
Reposted by TanjaThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18/01/2026Trump is severing the linkage between the legislature and the purse, and attempting to concentrate access to capital in the hands of the executive. This is not how a president of the United States observing the Constitution operates.lnk.thebulwark.comHow Trump Turned a Foreign Country Into a PiggybankAnd how Marco Rubio used Trump to hurt Cuba. 55721236
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Conspiracy feeds blew up when Carney said, "new world order." When asked what he meant: "The world is still determining what that order is going to be. [...] The architecture, the multilateral system that has been developing these, is being eroded. The question is, what gets built in its place?"cpac.caPM Carney Announces Deal with China on EVs, Canola Tariffs – January 16, 2026Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a news conference in Beijing, China, following his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Carney announces an agreement with Beijing that would see Chinese tariffs... 100
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Marco Rubio says Cuba is run by "incompetent senile men" as #trump, an incompetent senile man, stands behind him. 100
Reposted by TanjaAlberta Medical Association @albertadoctors.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Today, government introduced Bill 9 legislation invoking the notwithstanding clause to override a court ruling that protects youth access to gender-affirming care. This places government between a patient and their physician, undermining clinical autonomy. www.albertadoctors.org/news/publica... 210670
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 18/11/2025"Donald Trump’s heightened unpopularity might be here to stay." 🤞 #trump 010
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 21/10/2025“Teachers understand this is not a conservative gov. trying to pinch pennies. This is a radical conservative gov. trying to crush public education. If they use the notwithstanding clause to override constitutional rights of workers, we–in the broader labour movement–will respond in kind.” #abpoliyoutube.com"Province-Wide Action" Looms if Smith Forces Teachers Back to WorkYouTube video by Energi Media 194
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Poilievre echoing MAGA during an interview with right-wing podcaster: "We see more and more of the radical left trying to drive their political opponents out of political life.” In the same interview, he undermines a Canadian institution: "The leadership of the RCMP is despicable." #cdnpoli 111
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 10/10/2025“What’s more worrying is her disregard for the broad consensus of Albertans in favour of the amplified voices of a populist, alt-right minority whose vision has little to do with our shared values” #abpoliopen.substack.comNo One Can Fully Know the Mind of Danielle SmithThere’s a lot of rhetoric being spewed in social media calling Danielle Smith “stupid,” but let’s set the record straight: she is far from it. 000
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 08/10/2025"This is an emergency. It is incumbent on us to name the thing we are seeing and be unflinching as we describe it." JVL details Trump's lawless assault on the citizens of Chicago, detaining residents and children, shooting unarmed civilians, arbitrary deployment of chemical agents. #trump #democracythebulwark.comEmergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes NextWe aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon. 010
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 02/10/2025When student Evan bravely stood up at a recent Alberta Next panel to respectfully ask about public education, the moderator cut off his mic–as was the norm for any question that appeared critical–and suggested he be spanked. Give Evan a 📣 #abpoliyoutube.comUninterrupted: YouTube Live with Evan Li and Naheed NenshYouTube video by Naheed Nenshi 033
Reposted by TanjaThe Alberta Teachers’ Association @albertateachers.bsky.social · 30/09/2025This Sunday, on World Teachers' Day, we're gathering to fight for public education. Please join us and get loud for our teachers and students. 📍In Edmonton at the Alberta Legislature at 11:30 AM 📍In Calgary at McDougall Centre at 3:00 PM Thank you for your support. 12525
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 02/10/2025“Contracts are being distributed to Trump’s buddies and people with no experience running detention centers, many of these contracts are no-bid [...] They’re incarcerating people and allowing them to die, not providing medical facilities. There are no standards. It’s horrific.” #trumpthebulwark.comThe “Moral Monsters” Among UsImmigrants are dying now. Will people of good conscience speak up? 000
Reposted by TanjaCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 24/09/2025After Trump's gong show at the UN it was good to see PM Carney invoking Leonard Cohen. "In every moment where there's a crack, where there's a rupture, there is possibility — and it's our responsibility, it's our opportunity as Canada in this moment to find it." www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8-B...youtube.comLeonard Cohen - Anthem (Official Live in London 2008)YouTube video by LeonardCohenVEVO 1534577
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 20/09/2025There's nothing PC about the UCP–💯Wildrose. "Independent MLA Peter Guthrie is questioning why Premier Danielle Smith is focused on blocking the Alberta Party from becoming the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party and says she should be more concerned with protecting the Wildrose name." #abpolicochranenow.comGuthrie says Premier Smith should protect Wildrose name, not challenge PCsIndependent MLA Peter Guthrie is questioning why Premier Danielle Smith is focused on blocking the Alberta Party from becoming the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party and says she should be more co... 000
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Older article, still relevant. "Smith says the hard-line Republican governors of Florida and South Dakota are models for making Alberta 'a little bastion of freedom.' [...] 'I look at the Americans. I look at Ron DeSantis in Florida and Kristi Noem in South Dakota'" #abpolicalgaryherald.comBraid: The premier touts American politicians as models for making Alberta freeDon Braid writes: When Danielle Smith comments on things that concern her, she often seems unaware of a dangerous larger context. 420
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 19/09/2025"'What the [UCP] ad announcement is saying is that they’re less interested in sitting down at the table and figuring out a deal and more concerned about the political optics for them. [...] Unions don’t get the same attention that a premier would get in the public sphere.'” #abpoliedmontonjournal.comDispute between teachers, Alberta government to escalate with ad campaign: expertsA nasty standoff between the Alberta government and its 51,000 teachers is set to turn into an all-out advertising war. 013
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 19/09/2025“When our governments abuse their power by invoking the notwithstanding clause to limit the protections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, it’s not just an attack on queer and trans communities, it is an attack on all Canadians.” #abpolictvnews.caAlberta to use notwithstanding clause on its three transgender laws: memoAlberta Premier Danielle Smith plans to invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause this fall on three laws affecting transgender people. 030
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Shame on the UCP. “'Once again, the onus is placed on girls to be monitored and regulated, reinforcing the idea that female athletes are the ones who need to be verified.' [...] 'Girls are taking a hard hit, while nothing is happening with the boys.'” #abpoliedmontonjournal.comEarly dropoff in girls' school sports linked to new gender confirmation formsProvince's new requirements are already having impacts on girls' sports in junior high 011
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 18/09/2025AB Information and Privacy Commissioner: "'My office was not informed ahead of time about this initiative [...] It is also unclear what the benefit for Albertans would be.'" Meanwhile, Alberta aims to create its own provincial immigration system and withhold social services from newcomers. #abpolictvnews.caAlberta’s privacy commissioner questions move to include citizenship details on driver’s licencesAlberta’s privacy commissioner is raising concerns with a recent government move to add citizenship details to driver’s licences. 041
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 16/09/2025On the backdrop of the Alberta Next panels, where attendees have called for "mass deportation", the UCP is adding citizenship markers–and soon your health care no. too–to IDs. "The absence of information on a card becomes a means by which to profile people." #abpolictvnews.caImmigration lawyer, critics raise concerns about citizenship marker on Alberta IDCritics are questioning what problem the Alberta government’s move to add mandatory citizenship markers to provincial identification aims to solve, and say it opens the door to potential privacy breac... 021
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 10/09/2025💯"The government seems clueless about the psychological harm they’re inflicting on people who face challenges most of us never imagine" #abpolicalgaryherald.comBraid: UCP government's cash clawback and AISH upheaval seem heartlessDanielle Smith's UCP government is imposing draconian change on benefits for disabled, at the same time they claw back cash. 0136
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 08/09/2025"This new policy and challenge process means that any child [...] can be made to suffer the personal humiliation of being forced to prove her sex. It’s a poorly thought-out policy to fix a problem the government has not demonstrated exists." #abpolitheglobeandmail.comOpinion: Alberta’s policy banning trans kids from female sports is ripe for scapegoating and abuseCommunities - not governments - should make the tough decisions about whether trans kids should be allowed to play in female-only leagues 12018
Reposted by TanjaThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/09/2025"This is all the same project: attacking the government and re-engineering it to serve as a weapon against the American people. It’s the greatest act of civilizational self-mutilation since the First World War."thebulwark.comThe CDC. The Fed. The FBI. The National Guard. Do you get it now?Trump is waging war against the American government. When he’s done, he’ll use his government to wage war against Americans. 21530175
Reposted by TanjaSenator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Because you start with scapegoating international students - and you end up here, with people at a government rally in Lloydminster baying for the mass deportation of new Canadians. Let’s stop being mealy-mouthed. This is disgusting. It’s unCanadian. It’s unAlbertan. It’s unacceptable. #AlbertaNextcbc.caAlberta Next Panel hears cheers for deportation, separation in Lloydminster | CBC NewsLoud cheers for mass deportations and Alberta separation were the peaks of an otherwise tame and quiet town hall for Premier Danielle Smith's Alberta Next Panel in Lloydminster. 78130
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 01/09/2025“‘But while they were doing that The Handmaid’s Tale came true and (Premier) Danielle Smith found herself with a nice new blue dress but no job,’ [Margaret Atwood] said.” #abpolitheglobeandmail.comMargaret Atwood responds to Alberta book ban with satirical short storyAtwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale included in ban on school library books containing ‘explicit sexual content’ 011
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 31/08/2025“The error made by the Edmonton Public School Board was trying to comply with this ludicrous order in the first place, instead of telling the minister to get lost.” #abpoliopen.substack.comDanielle Smith and her ministers burrow deeper into their self-dug book-ban and bargaining holesLaugh and the world laughs with you; ban The Handmaid’s Tale and the world laughs at you 110
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 25/08/2025"Nothing spells the breakdown of an international 'rules-based order' quite like the spectacle of two powerful nations privately meeting to carve up a third nation without its consent. And this spectacle was sold to the world as a master class in peaceful diplomacy." #trump 36521
Reposted by TanjaThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22/08/2025"If you want to have a coup against the constitutional order, you want to control the capital city. And if he has control of the policing in the city of Washington...Who's gonna tell him to leave the White House?" @gtconway.bsky.social joins @jvl.bsky.social: 56390183301
Reposted by TanjaCTV News Calgary @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Premier faces backlash over Alberta expense disclosure policy; considers reversal www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...ctvnews.caPremier faces backlash over Alberta expense disclosure policy; considers reversalAlberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government may backtrack on a new expense policy that ends the public disclosure of receipts for government officials, following widespread criticism that the m... 33814
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 10/08/2025"'The fact that someone so high up is sharing these views is consequential [...] It really does matter if the Secretary of Defense is retweeting a video with very particular views about whether women should be able to vote or serve in combat roles or if slavery really isn't all that bad.’" #trumpnpr.orgDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposts video of pastors saying women shouldn't voteSecretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reposted the video profiling Christian Nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson, who opposes same-sex marriage. 000
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 09/08/2025"They point to Trump’s rhetoric – his attacks on diversity initiatives, his hardline stance on immigration and his invocation of 'Western values' – as driving a surge in interest and recruitment. [...] White extremists are committing a growing proportion of U.S. political violence." #trumpreuters.comAmerican Nazis: The Aryan Freedom Network is riding high in Trump eraWith Donald Trump’s return to power, a neo-Nazi group buoyed by his rhetoric is expanding its reach and changing the face of white extremism in America. Its leaders: a Texas couple, both born to Ku Klux Klan leaders. 000
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 07/08/2025"The public spent more than $19,000 for Premier Danielle Smith to travel to Florida in March to speak at a fundraiser for right-wing, fossil fuel-funded non-profit PragerU, according to the government’s travel expense disclosures. […] the event raised well over $1 million for PragerU" #abpolitheprogressreport.caPremier’s Office spent nearly $20K on PragerU fundraiser galaDisclosures show that the Premier's Office spent nearly $20,000 to support a fundraiser by far-right American organization PragerU 011
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 31/07/2025"The USA remains on the CIVICUS Watchlist following attacks on civic freedoms. [...] Authorities have escalated suppression of protesters through military deployments, targeted journalists, criminalised dissent, and undermined civil society through legislative and financial restrictions." #trumpmonitor.civicus.orgUSA Watchlist 2025 - Civicus MonitorUSA remains on CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist 111
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Ont. Crown Attorneys’ Association President: "Conservative MPs, including Pierre Poilievre, have attacked the Crown’s approach to sentencing [...] Canadians have seen political attacks on the justice system south of the border and must do everything they can to safeguard the system’s independence."ctvnews.caCrown attorneys’ group accuses politicians, media of ‘attacks’ on justice systemThe president of the Ontario Crown Attorneys’ Association says “attacks” launched by “politicians, media and members of the public” in response to two high-profile criminal cases amount to “affronts t... 000
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 28/07/2025"At best, [Danielle Smith’s 'Alberta Next' travelling townhall] is a pre-campaign roadshow intended to distract from several major embarrassments. [...] At worst, it’s a shameless effort to shove sovereignty-association, outright separation, or U.S. annexation down the throats of Albertans" #abpolialbertapolitics.caLast night’s Alberta Next town hall ‘couldn’t have been more contrived if it were a one-star Fringe show’ - Alberta PoliticsDespite the United Conservative Party’s best efforts to do so, there’s no way Premier Danielle Smith’s “Alberta Next” travelling townhall tour can be described as a public consultation on this provinc... 042
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Danielle Smith's UCP, in anti-democratic fashion, are actively working to undermine the press, accusing highly credited news sources of making "deliberate" mistakes and trying to "take down" the Premier. This should concern all Albertans. #abpoli substack.com/home/post/p-... 010
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 26/07/2025"queer people are not an ideology; they are people!" - Green Party lawmaker Nyke Slawik 🏳️🌈npr.orgGermany sees anti-Pride events and restricts rainbow flags ahead of LGBTQ+ partiesThe head of parliament banned the rainbow flag from the legislative building. Far-right groups have rallied against the LGBTQ+ community and attacks are on the rise. It all casts a shadow over Pride. 000
Reposted by TanjaHon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 25/07/2025NOW is the time to act!!! Canada’s unity and sovereignty are threatened by outsiders and insiders. Register with #ForeverCanadian at www.forever-canadian.ca and declare how YOU will fight back. We need your support. #ableg #cdnpoliforever-canadian.caForever Canadian Official Campaign WebsiteForever Canadian campaign is a grassroots coalition of Canadians aimed at reinforcing Canadian unity. It is a proactive vehicle to secure Alberta's continued place in Canada. 10148102
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 25/07/2025[1/4] "Republicans love to rant about communism, but they almost never mention the far more imminent threat of fascism — because that’s become their main policy agenda over the past few decades." #trumpmilwaukeeindependent.comRed Scare tactics: Why Republicans label all who oppose their agenda as Communists | Milwaukee Independent 310
Reposted by TanjaThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/07/2025"The Constitution forbids the federal government from using its massive financial, investigative, and law enforcement powers, in the Court’s words, 'to punish or suppress disfavored expression.'" That is exactly what Trump is trying to do here:thebulwark.comThe Threat to Free Speech in Trump’s Unprecedented Wall Street Journal SuitOn the merits, this defamation case should be winnable for the newspaper. But the chilling effect is real and dangerous. 16487164
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 18/07/2025To the Jasper wildfire report, Danielle Smith responded "We hope all jurisdictions take a closer look at their own deficiencies rather than blame others" followed by "The report fails to seriously address the issue of forest management within national parks–a federal responsibility.” #abpolithecanadianpressnews.caPremier criticizes report that says Alberta hindered efforts to fight Jasper fireEDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is criticizing a report into last summer's devastating Jasper wildfire that says her government hindered efforts to fight the blaze that destroyed a third 422
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 18/07/2025A report into Jasper wildfire states: “Provincial involvement added complexity to the response as the Province of Alberta, though not jurisdictionally responsible to lead the incident, regularly requested information and sought to exercise decision-making authority.” #abpoliglobalnews.caAlberta government created command challenges fighting Jasper wildfire: Report | Globalnews.caWhile the report says it wasn't meant to assign blame, it notes that town and Parks Canada worked well together, but things became challenging when the province got involved. 002
Reposted by TanjaPressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 17/07/2025Alberta Premier Danielle Smith floats the idea of tax discounts to motivate women to produce more babies Smith tells Sherwood Park town hall that Hungarian far-right leader Viktor Orbán has an “interesting” idea to boost birth rates and reduce immigrationpressprogress.caAlberta Premier Danielle Smith Floats Tax Discounts to Motivate Women to Produce More BabiesDanielle Smith tells Sherwood Park town hall that Hungarian far-right leader Viktor Orbán has an 'interesting' idea to reduce immigration 8013567
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Danielle Smith's UCP changed the election law and banned tabulators, without cause or data, just anecdotal requests from supporters, and despite feedback that this would be inefficient and costly. Lethbridge estimates their upcoming election at $323,000 more and they have to foot the bill. #abpolictvnews.ca‘Everyone is doing something different’: Lethbridge officials concerned about new election legislationA municipal vote is less than 100 days away, and the City of Lethbridge continues to tweak its election process after the province introduced changes to the Local Authorities Election Act, or Bill 20,... 031
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Danielle Smith, blames the feds, wants to choose who can immigrate to AB. Yet in 2024, the fed immigration minister stated that "Alberta has refused to take part" in discussions and then "shared a letter Smith wrote [contrarily] asking Ottawa for thousands more permanent residency spots." #abpoliedmonton.citynews.ca‘It’s too fast,’ Premier Smith says of immigration amid dispute with Ottawa over 28,000 asylum seekersAlberta’s premier is upset about a federal effort to spread about 200,000 asylum seekers across Canada, but the federal immigration minister has fired back calling Danielle Smith “incoherent” on the m... 2127
Tanja @tanjamm.bsky.social · 17/07/2025“Private philanthropy just can’t do what the might of a national government can to eradicate starvation. Since 2000, the number of children that die before they reach kindergarten has been halved–this coming year is the first year where experts project that the number will increase ...” #trumpthebulwark.comAmerica Paid To Torch Emergency AidTim Miller speaks with Hana Kiros of The Atlantic about her investigation into how American-funded nutrition aid was never delivered. 100
