Mike Dunn

As an American journalist, I really wish the institutions that trumpet a free press had more to say about this administration funding the assassination of our comrades

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the thing about "drain the swamp" is that Trump was able to replace special interest lobbyists and foreign agents as the focus of anti-corruption ire with dedicated public servants who do things like maintain school, hospital, and library infrastructure.

Students/public fought for some type of ceasefire and were treated as anti-semites and terrorist sympathizers. Now the mainstream is granting us its ok after all the shit we took and are still taking to demand to end a genocide
These protests were used a pretext for clamping down on civil rights

Updated #UCPayToPlay scandal-in-a-tweet:

Premier Smith's former chief of staff allegedly pressured health officials to cut half a billion dollars in contracts to a businessman whose sister was his landlord and who bought them all luxury NHL tickets. And they fired the person ready to reveal it.

Seems like this is fairly under the radar today.

Nothing can change what's happened, but we can change our diplomatic response, and that's a start.

They're screaming at Muppets.

What are the odds the FBI just doesn't investigate this at all?

BREAKING

The Mayor of Palm Springs has confirmed to the LA Times that an explosion at a fertility clinic this morning was caused by a bomb in or near a vehicle.

At least one person has been killed.

‘It’s Outrageous That You Banned American Products From Your Shelves’ U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra opens up about U.S.-Canada tensions and the signals he hopes to see from new Prime Minister Mark Carney.

American thin-skinned bullshit like this is *exhausting*. Legitimate officials pretend that America is anything other than the aggressor in this situation, belittling us and reinforcing your own propaganda. And then you're upset when we don't just take it lying down.

Jump shot was a fckng brick this morning. So annoying.

Forcing the world to line the pockets of arms manufacturers.

Which is the bigger racket? Weapons or oil?

Player accused of sexual assault told teammates ‘we all need to say the same thing,’ trial hears World junior players maintained in texts between themselves that the woman behind the allegations in the Hockey Canada case had consented to sexual activity

I'll tell you one thing : I've never told my friends "We gotta keep our stories straight and all say the same thing" unless my friends and I were preparing to lie about something we definitely shouldn't have been doing.

The truth does not require memorizing.

Geopolitics as a living, breathing Veep episode is incredibly tiresome.

Danielle Smith's Electoral Reforms Are Straight from the Trump Playbook And it's no accident they were released today.

In the dead of night, the UCP passed the most comprehensive set of anti democratic reforms in Alberta history.

No public consultation. No meaningful debate.

How bad is Bill 54?

Not horrible if you like Trump-style democracy.

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U of A cuts funding to university-affiliated daycares, effective January 2026 - The Gateway Beginning in January 2026, the U of A will withdraw funding to six university-affiliated daycares in and around North Campus.

The University of Alberta has slashed funding to their affiliated daycares despite the funding only making up .0154% of its operating budget.

These facilities are vital to the community and lives will be permanently changed by this callous decision.

This

Deportation for honking his horn at an undercover ICE officer

Hasan Piker’s ICE detainment is a cautionary tale for multiple reasons The progressive Twitch star's account of his experience shows unchecked power, and what *not* to do if detained.

“I could explain Hasan Piker’s politics to you, but that’s entirely irrelevant. The bold, all caps, underlined point is that a high profile, US-born American citizen was detained on Sunday by ICE for, it would seem, the crime of speech.”

Alberta a 'very attractive' target for foreign interference: CSIS presentation Alberta's resources, economy, and sizable ethnic communities make it a "very attractive" target to foreign powers to exert their influence.

You don't suppose they'd mess with a sovereignty referendum, do you?

Perhaps something to ask the Premier as she paves the way for the vote.

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one lesson the Trump folks have learned is that the media will almost never say someone is “corrupt” or did something “illegal” — they’ll only ever say that questions have been raised. which means that it makes more sense to do something blatantly illegal than to stop halfway

I appreciate the consultation with infectious disease experts in this piece, but as far as Alberta goes these days, might as well ask a political scientist why our province gets to have the 2nd most measles.

Cases of measles to date:

BC - 8
Saskatchewan - 27
Alberta - 326

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it's homer j Simpson's drivers license! he was born on may 12, 1956

it's homer's birthday

You know what's been great, with the balance of something incredibly lame?

Not hearing Poilievre's voice over the past couple weeks, but having to hear Danielle Smith fill the void.

This is reacting to total policy failure by demonizing and punishing the people that it failed.

Stockholm City Council rejects US Embassy demands to end DEI programming The Stockholm City Council has rejected the U.S. Embassy’s demands that it comply with the Trump administration’s rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion policies.

STOCKHOLM — “The Stockholm City Council has rejected the U.S. Embassy’s demands that it comply with the Trump administration’s rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion policies.”

Wow.

Imagine thinking you could demand compliance to your twisted fascist garbage from a sovereign nation.