I donβt think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make whatβs happening now look like childβs play. And people are disappearing.
03.07.2025 18:58 β π 97785 π 38048 π¬ 4492 π 2678
Ooo and a top hat.
03.07.2025 17:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This makes so much sense!
03.07.2025 17:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
A. Always. Unless there is no such option then I'll glom on to said one person/take recharge breaks t
In the loo
03.07.2025 17:03 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Timeline cleansing otter wisdom.
03.07.2025 16:56 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.
-Gene Roddenberry (Pictured)
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02.07.2025 22:23 β π 34 π 9 π¬ 0 π 1
Sickening, revealing stuff from someone with the presidentβs ear
02.07.2025 17:20 β π 14692 π 4856 π¬ 894 π 356
A New Kind of Corner Store | Perspectives Journal
A grocery model that puts affordability and access ahead of margins could nourish something weβre starved for: a little more stability, and a little more imagination.
What if Canada could make groceries more affordable for underserved communities and support Canadian farmers / food workers all while taking power back from Galen Weston and the price-fixing grocery barons?
@vassb.bsky.social says public grocery stores could be a good idea in Canada too:
01.07.2025 18:07 β π 335 π 121 π¬ 15 π 19
01.07.2025 20:21 β π 24379 π 5091 π¬ 626 π 318
The concentration camp on the left has alligators and unbearable heat. The one on the right made people say "never again" until Trump came along.
01.07.2025 14:53 β π 426 π 150 π¬ 14 π 11
Proud that we stand on the side of freedom and democracy. π¨π¦πΊπ¦
"Warmest congratulations to Mark Carney and the entire Canadian people on Canada Day. This day celebrates a nation that has become a shining example of unity, democracy, and the defense of freedom." - Volodymyr Zelenskyy
01.07.2025 16:54 β π 293 π 80 π¬ 6 π 2
This is a friendly reminder that vaccines save lives and they are one of the greatest public health achievements we have ever created. Itβs worked so well that people forget how bad these diseases used to be.
01.07.2025 02:51 β π 252 π 70 π¬ 3 π 2
No, it's a simple recognition that massive wealth in the hands of individuals is often used to constrain the freedom of others, and a functioning society should have checks against unconstrained power. Like taxing billionaires out of existence.
30.06.2025 19:04 β π 84 π 19 π¬ 1 π 1
In the Alberta Next survey on immigration, it literally says we would be able to stop allowing βtypes of immigrants we donβt wantβ if levels get too high. Letβs just let that percolate for a minute.
30.06.2025 19:47 β π 24 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
Of course she does. She only cares about pumping up that 15% bigoted hateful base.
I was at a community event in rural AB this weekend and only relief at the ruling was mentioned. No one said they hoped our government wasted more money fighting the court ruling.
30.06.2025 15:25 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
I'm with you. This is absolutely the most spineless, don't give a f*** about actually Canadians BS, I've heard.
30.06.2025 15:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
If π¨π¦Canada needs to ban exports of oil, gas, potash, hydroelectricity, aluminium and critical minerals to the πΊπΈUSA in order to respond to their trade attacks, then so be it.
The rest of us will then need to share the costs with the affected provinces.
π¨π¦#ElbowsUp
28.06.2025 12:32 β π 307 π 76 π¬ 26 π 2
Please watch this, esp from 1:00-3:00.
Charlie's right. Trump and his gangsters are "building a narrative" using the "right-wing playbook": "creating a convenient enemy, an existential threat that must be dealt with."
*Just like Putin did w Ukraine.*
We and our money are NOT coming back to USA. πΈ
28.06.2025 02:48 β π 86 π 25 π¬ 2 π 1
It is the rhetoric of invasion. On Gaurd!
27.06.2025 20:45 β π 103 π 31 π¬ 3 π 1
What charging for COVID-19 vaccines means for Albertans going forward | CBC News
Alberta's new path makes it an outlier in Canada, prompting questions about why the province has diverged from national recommendations on vaccines, what the timeline is for rolling out the new distri...
UCP doing UCP things.
"Accessing the shot will also be more limited: in the near future, pharmacists like "People are scared," Elfishawi said during an interview at his south Edmonton location, describing the calls he's had from clients β especially seniors."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
28.06.2025 14:27 β π 22 π 13 π¬ 3 π 1
Alberta judge grants temporary injunction blocking a transgender health-care bill | CBC News
Judgement puts on hold a provincial law that bans doctors from providing gender-affirming care to youth.
We are relieved to see the Court of Kingβs Bench of Alberta grant an injunction which restores Alberta physicians' ability to make clinical decisions based on evidence, in consultation with patients and their families.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
28.06.2025 13:51 β π 12 π 6 π¬ 1 π 0
Alberta posts surplus of $8.3B in 2024-25 fiscal year | CBC News
The final numbers are in on last years' Alberta budget, and the bottom-line figure is an $8.3-billion surplus.
The fact that the UCP have a $8.3B surplus and have the lowest per student spending in Canada, have purposely broken our healthcare system, and are taking $200/month away from people living with a disability tells you everything you need to know about their βvaluesβ.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
28.06.2025 04:24 β π 68 π 26 π¬ 7 π 1
IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid
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"Israeli soldiers in Gaza told Haaretz that the army has deliberately fired at Palestinians near aid distribution sites..."
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
27.06.2025 11:20 β π 2857 π 1650 π¬ 155 π 219
One of our best political leaders in Canada. #Manitoba #NDP #WabKinew #cdnpoli
27.06.2025 00:35 β π 235 π 73 π¬ 4 π 1
Bibi Netanyahu being boycotted by UN diplomats. Itβs time for this criminal to face the consequences of his atrocities.
26.06.2025 12:36 β π 1815 π 676 π¬ 62 π 98
βBritish Columbia Premier David Eby says the growing spread of measles across Canada is "the sadly predictable outcome" of the "recklessness" of anti-vaccination politicians.β
**weeps in Albertan**
26.06.2025 16:10 β π 52 π 18 π¬ 3 π 0
Same.
26.06.2025 16:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Why is there no historical context for gender non conforming folks mentioned? That a third or more genders are/were recognized in multiple different cultures pre euro-colonialism?
Lazy and dangerous 'reporting'.
Really just a bigot getting paid to scream his prejudice at anyone reading.
26.06.2025 15:31 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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