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Tom Engel

@tomengel7.bsky.social

Lawyer (criminal defence, civil rights), Past President Canadian Prison Law Association, Chair Criminal Trial Lawyers' Association's Policing Committee, North River Ranger, Lead Vocals UC Law Gastroelectric Kazoo Band

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Iranian warship sunk by the US was sailing home after taking part in an exhibition hosted by India Officials in New Delhi say that an Iranian warship that was sunk by a U.S. submarine near Sri Lanka had participated in naval exercises hosted by India before heading out into international waters in ...

If this is true, this is what war criminal Pete Hegseth meant by "no rules of engagement" & "no mercy". Outright cowardice.

#IranWar #Hegseth

apnews.com/article/iran...

05.03.2026 22:47 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

2. ... Although the allegations brought to his superiors shortly after the offence, “his professional trajectory within the RCMP continued upward,” Court said. Dalman was later promoted to North District’s specialized Emergency Response Team.

Of course he was!
#ThinBlueLine #CodeOfSilence

05.03.2026 00:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Probation for Mountie Who Ordered Witnesses to Destroy Evidence | The Tyee Bystanders said police told them to delete videos of the arrest of Dale Culver, who died in police custody.

1. “He failed to [collect & preserve evidence]. Instead, he attempted to obstruct justice by directing a civilian witness to delete video footage from their cellphone.”
Court found Dalman guilty of obstruction & declared he had lied on the stand. ...
#Police
thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

05.03.2026 00:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Rules of engagement - Wikipedia

When Hegseth said "No Rules of Engagement" in their war with Iran, that is chilling.

#Iran
#IranWar2026
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_o....

04.03.2026 19:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Tribune archive: Trump told 14-year-old girls, 'In a couple of years, I'll be dating you' Donald Trump appears to have a pattern of trying to charm young girls with a line about dating him.

Tribune archive: Trump told 14-year-old girls, ‘In a couple of years, I’ll be dating you’
#TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
www.latimes.com/nation/ct-do....

03.03.2026 22:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Why in the world is Melania Trump leading a UN security council meeting? | Arwa Mahdawi The first lady is a Trump and therefore automatically qualified to do anything her heart desires

While DEI may be dead, WTF hiring is very much alive. Being Wealthy, Trumpy, &/or Fox News-famous seem to be the only qualifications you need for success in Trump’s USA. E.g., the entire administration: a horrifying hodgepodge of unqualified sycophants.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

03.03.2026 22:13 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Remember this?

“If you take out Saddam, I guarantee you it will have enormously positive impact in the region"

A million people died, an entire society was destroyed in a War based on a complete lie.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ignores @premthakker.bsky.social’s question about the Palestinian American teen who was killed by Israeli settlers.

More on zeteo.com

02.03.2026 21:09 — 👍 248    🔁 67    💬 7    📌 2

Important story here. The UCP's conscious decision to ignore advice and to not promote vaccines is, as forewarned, producing record flu death rates.

02.03.2026 18:20 — 👍 72    🔁 53    💬 2    📌 2
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You couldn’t make this up.
And if you did, everyone would say it’s too much.

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Why Was The Atlantic’s David Frum Working With Israel’s Ambassador? Hacked emails reveal the magazine editor’s shady work with Israel’s U.N. ambassador.

World Press Freedom Canada's keynote speaker for its awards ceremony this year is David Frum. Hacked emails show he wrote speeches for Israel's UN ambassador and then a profile of the same ambassador. newrepublic.com/post/201498/... 1

02.03.2026 23:37 — 👍 78    🔁 44    💬 6    📌 5

Also, for the folks who may not remember the year 2003:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

03.03.2026 00:28 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Our @premthakker.bsky.social was reporting from the Capitol today, where Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared to admit there was no actual “imminent threat” and Israel is what really brought US into the war on Iran

03.03.2026 02:20 — 👍 256    🔁 97    💬 5    📌 1
Quote from Washington Times editorial board

"[Radical liberals] don't realize that, when they express contempt for the man who holds the country's highest office, they reveal their contempt for the Americans who put him there."

Quote from Washington Times editorial board "[Radical liberals] don't realize that, when they express contempt for the man who holds the country's highest office, they reveal their contempt for the Americans who put him there."

Uh no...we definitely realize it.

02.03.2026 11:57 — 👍 43903    🔁 6862    💬 4763    📌 1830
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‘Yahoos’: Preston Manning Claps Back at Alberta Secession Leader | The Tyee Jeff Rath claimed Manning and influential allies have tried to silence and subvert the separatist movement.

ICYMI - The Wrath of Rath.

'Yahoos': Preston Manning Claps Back at Alberta Secession Leader via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

03.03.2026 00:45 — 👍 18    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 1
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Trump admin offers scant evidence on Iranian threat in ‘America First’ war War powers legislation talks reignite as Democrats push back on Trump's justification for 'preemptive' strikes on Iran.

"US Secretary of State Rubio said close ally Israel was planning to attack Iran. In which event, the administration expected Iran to strike US assets, therefore justifying launching a preemptive attack."
A naked pretext.
#Iran

aje.news/5k82r3

aje.news/5k82r3

03.03.2026 13:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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UK ‘took far too long’ to let US use its airbases to attack Iran, Trump says US president also ‘very disappointed’ in Keir Starmer over UK government’s deal to hand Chagos Islands to Mauritius

"That’s probably never happened between our countries before. It sounds like he was worried about the legality.”

Yeah, unlike the Trump administration, which doesn't give a shit about that.

#Iran

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

03.03.2026 05:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‘It is vindication:’ Guilty verdict of Thunder Bay police sergeant sparks hope for change within the force Former Thunder Bay Police Service (TBPS) records clerk Jamie Cunningham was in the courtroom on Feb. 20 when police sergeant Michael Dimini was found guilty of breach of trust and obstruction of justi...

"Justice Block’s decision described Dimini’s actions as ‘militantly illegal police conduct’ -- in relation to a November 2020 incident where he entered a woman’s apartment without a warrant and made edits to another officer’s report."
#Police
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

02.03.2026 15:42 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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‘Yahoos’: Preston Manning Claps Back at Alberta Secession Leader | The Tyee Jeff Rath claimed Manning and influential allies have tried to silence and subvert the separatist movement.

Manning has responded by calling Rath’s comments “highly inaccurate,” & telling The Tyee that Rath’s appearances on CBC and other media create an impression that “western secession is mainly being pushed by an ill-informed group of cowboy yahoos.”
#abpoli

thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

02.03.2026 13:43 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0
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Woman sentenced to 8 years for killing of girl found in hockey bag A woman who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of an eight-year-old girl found dead in a hockey bag in central Alberta has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

Edmonton Police Chief Driechel's & lawyer Hankewich's attack on the Crown condemned by KB Justice Fraser. In fact, it backfired: Fraser said he found the police commentary “reprehensible” & it was a mitigating factor in the sentencing decision.
#Police #CriminalLaw
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

28.02.2026 22:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Peace ‘within reach’ as Iran agrees no nuclear material stockpile: Oman FM Oman's Foreign Minister says most recent indirect talks between US, Iran 'really advanced, substantially'.

As per the modus operandi of Netanyahu & Trump, the perfect time to attack.
#Iran

aje.news/5xby3o

28.02.2026 21:57 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Alberta Premier defends fall referendum plans Danielle Smith stumbles when asked about costs of providing health care and education to newcomers; NDP says referendum proposals designed to inflame

“Alberta said health care costs, excluding those tied to hospitals, clock in at $100-million a year for non-permanent residents.”

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

28.02.2026 21:43 — 👍 46    🔁 17    💬 28    📌 9
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World reacts to US, Israel attack on Iran, Tehran retaliation EU urges 'maximum restraint'; mediator Oman warns US 'not to get sucked in' further into conflict.

Norway: "the attack breached standards of international law. The attack is ⁠described by Israel as a preventive strike, but ⁠that requires an immediately imminent threat."

What does Mark Carney say to that?
#Iran

aje.news/7kibf5

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

28.02.2026 21:50 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump vies for Bush’s crown for worst foreign policy decision in history The US president upended half a century of US foreign policy in an eight-minute video with another act of Middle Eastern regime change

Ruben Gallego, a Democratic senator for Arizona and Iraq war veteran, responded on social media: “Draft dodger is willing to sacrifice working-class kids. How charitable of him.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

28.02.2026 18:44 — 👍 139    🔁 60    💬 8    📌 3
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Global impunity fuels Israel’s illegal push to annex West Bank: Amnesty Rights group slams international failure to deter Israel’s escalating annexation, apartheid policies in the West Bank.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/...

26.02.2026 21:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Took a young man to the hospital. His right hand was severely infected and smelled. He is homeless, and just let a cut slide.

As he had no ID, he was unable to access any doctor's office or pharmacy. After seven days in the hospital, his right arm was amputated.

25.02.2026 22:49 — 👍 19    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 2
The Liberal immigration minister, Lena Diab, is failing Canadians.

Mark Carney personally appointed this Liberal immigration minister, and now her own colleagues are questioning her competence.

The Liberal government's immigration crisis has already wrecked Canada’s healthcare system, blown up the housing market, and taken job opportunities from Canadians.

This is why Conservatives are calling on Mark Carney to:

IMMEDIATELY FIRE his incompetent immigration minister!

We should be putting our youth first as they face down an unemployment crisis, yet the Liberals are expanding immigration streams that push our young people further away from jobs.

Join Conservatives in calling on Mark Carney to FIRE Lena so we can restore order to Canada’s once world renowned immigration system that the Liberals destroyed.

Thank you for standing up for Canadians.

Team Pierre

The Liberal immigration minister, Lena Diab, is failing Canadians. Mark Carney personally appointed this Liberal immigration minister, and now her own colleagues are questioning her competence. The Liberal government's immigration crisis has already wrecked Canada’s healthcare system, blown up the housing market, and taken job opportunities from Canadians. This is why Conservatives are calling on Mark Carney to: IMMEDIATELY FIRE his incompetent immigration minister! We should be putting our youth first as they face down an unemployment crisis, yet the Liberals are expanding immigration streams that push our young people further away from jobs. Join Conservatives in calling on Mark Carney to FIRE Lena so we can restore order to Canada’s once world renowned immigration system that the Liberals destroyed. Thank you for standing up for Canadians. Team Pierre

Demonizing immigrants must be gaining traction for the Conservative Party of Canada. Also, the federal CPC and Alberta's UCP must be sharing the same political comms strategist, who appears to be either an American who has worked for the Trump regime or a Canadian Trump regime acolyte.

25.02.2026 20:42 — 👍 54    🔁 31    💬 7    📌 0
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Calgary cancer patients lose access to after-hours oncology support line | CBC News A Calgarian living with terminal cancer is calling on health officials in Alberta to restore access to after-hours specialist care for patients of the province’s largest cancer centre.

Yet again, Alberta is actively rolling back cancer care.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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US offers diplomatic services in West Bank settlement for first time. Critics warn it’s ‘normalizing annexation’ | CNN The US embassy in Israel has announced its first-ever event offering diplomatic services in a Jewish settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

“Five months after President Trump said that he is against annexation, his representatives on the ground are providing services inside Israeli settlements, effectively treating all the land as part of Israel. Normalizing annexation step by step.”

www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/m...

25.02.2026 15:32 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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Immigration and medical assistance in dying on agenda as Alberta legislature resumes The Alberta legislature is set to reconvene today, with the government’s new budget to be tabled Thursday.

"Another bill is to prohibit MAID in Alberta for select groups, including people with a mental illness as their sole underlying condition."

Will the UCP use the notwithstanding clause for this?
#abpoli

www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

25.02.2026 13:56 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0