Nikki Davidson

There is nothing about this that is acceptable (or ethical). But then, there really isn't much that this government does that IS acceptable.

‘My husband’s an adviser to me, and that’s allowed because he’s married to me,’ Alberta Premier Danielle Smith insists - Alberta Politics Last month, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith replied snippily to a reporter’s question at a news conference that it was quite proper for her husband to take part in discussions about the province’s pass...

‘My husband’s an adviser to me, and that’s allowed because he’s married to me,’ Alberta Premier Danielle Smith insists But ‘Danielle Smith is full of it,’ says former premier Rachel Notley’s husband, Lou Arab. albertapolitics.ca/2025/07/my-h...

Three Alberta separatism myths No, we wouldn’t be able to force the rest of Canada to build pipelines.

I've been hesitant to write something like this because I didn't want to give oxygen to Alberta separatists. The conversation alone is dangerous.

But with the threshold to a separation referendum lowered so dramatically, we can't let myths out there go unchecked. www.coreyhogan.ca/p/three-albe...

When you leave a tip it doesn't necessarily go to the workers who served you.

That's because Alberta is one of the only provinces that has no laws protecting workers’ tips. It's great to see business owners and people in the industry speaking in support of my private members Bill 210!

‘It’s become almost the norm’: Misinformation ramping up during election, expert says

‘It’s become almost the norm’: Misinformation ramping up during election, expert www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/alb...

Me: "...if you feel like something is playing to your rage, playing to your grievances, those kinds of emotional responses should be a red flag to pause & to double check the veracity..."

Danielle Smith is Mark Carney's secret weapon In a recent interview with far-right U.S. media site Breitbart, Smith handed Carney a gift-wrapped sledgehammer in the form of an admission that Pierre Poilievre would be "in sync" with Trump.

Danielle Smith is one of Pierre Poilievre's biggest fans. She also just torpedoed his election campaign.

Whoopsie daisy.

#cdnpoli #abpoli

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/23/o...

Americans may not get Myers’ “elbows up” gesture but Canadians and Gordie Howe fans sure do.

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin

HANG IT IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA!!!!

Let's do this, Canada! Game on!

Muzzling of The Breakdown should concern all media in Alberta The popular Alberta politics web show has been ordered shut down as part of a $6-million libel lawsuit from well-connected businessman Sam Mraiche.

NEW: A couple days ago, Breakdown host Nate Pike announced that he was being court ordered to wipe the Alberta politics show from the web as part of a libel lawsuit from a well-connected Alberta businessman.

This development should concern all journalists.

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Ivan Jablonka, historian: 'Trump's agenda is driving a masculinist counter-revolution' OP-ED. Donald Trump's second term ushers in a new era associating aggressive masculinity with nationalism and violence, driven by a spirit of revenge against the feminist achievements of the past 50 y...

A "manosphere" authoritarianism? Yep.

"Donald Trump's second term ushers in a new era associating aggressive masculinity with nationalism and violence, driven by a spirit of revenge against the feminist achievements..."
– Ivan Jablonka

www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...

With the silencing of critics, like @thebreakdownab.bsky.social, we are heading further down this path.

Congrats, America.
You elected a dick-tator.

#uspolitics
#napoleoncomplex

I love that he is a great human as well as a brilliant author.

Anything by TJ Klune. Just finished Somewhere Beyond the Sea and it was beautiful. Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese. And also any book by @guygavrielkay.bsky.social . My hands down favorite book ever remains The Lions of al-Rassan.

Danielle Smith lies.

(A story in two pictures)

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Danielle Smith denies accountability in AHS scandal That's libertarianism for you: it's me, me, me, right up until someone demands answers.

Mood: Premier (or her lawyers via her communications staff) release messed up statement on alleged corrupt AHS procurement practices on a Saturday, messing with my day off.
#ableg #abpoli #AHS

Four days it took her to say anything. And then she says … she will do nothing. 

Not good enough. Her own office is implicated. The investigation can’t be delivered to the people being investigated. How dumb does she think Albertans are? /1