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Formerly Rural Albertan on Twitter/X. Still rural, still Albertan, always progressive. πŸŒ²πŸ”οΈπŸŒŠπŸŒŽπŸŒΎπŸŽ—οΈ

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Post image 17.04.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 29133    πŸ” 7670    πŸ’¬ 384    πŸ“Œ 239
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A Maryland senator tried to visit his wrongfully deported constituent in El Salvador Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen went to El Salvador to lobby for the release of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, whose deportation has gripped the U.S. He isn't the only lawmaker with such a trip in mind.

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen went to El Salvador to lobby for the release of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, whose deportation has gripped the U.S. He isn't the only lawmaker with such a trip in mind.

17.04.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 10151    πŸ” 1923    πŸ’¬ 409    πŸ“Œ 85
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US senator travels to El Salvador over wrongly deported migrant Democratic US Senator Chris Van HollenΒ flewΒ toΒ El SalvadorΒ on Wednesday to press for the release of a US resident mistakenly deported to the Central American country.A legal US resident, Abrego Garcia...

WAY TO GO!

Democratic US Senator Chris Van Hollen flew to El Salvador on Wednesday to press for the release of a US resident mistakenly deported to the Central American country.

16.04.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1167    πŸ” 173    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 3

Time to fire up this Bluesky account! If you support Mark Carney and the Liberal party, I would love to follow you!

17.04.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"NO KINGS LIVE HERE"

07.03.2025 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 48799    πŸ” 8609    πŸ’¬ 1648    πŸ“Œ 584
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The markets are crashing, we can't afford eggs anymore, the economy is shrinking, our allies are abandoning us...

But we'll always have the Gulf of America.

03.03.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 31634    πŸ” 7377    πŸ’¬ 1365    πŸ“Œ 446

#ElbowsUp Canada! πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

03.03.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 387    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 4
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Toronto pizzeria cuts out U.S. ingredients until Americans make 'more responsible electoral decisions' | CBC Radio A Toronto pizza maker says he won’t use U.S. ingredients in his pies for the foreseeable future β€” or β€œuntil our friends from the South make some more responsible electoral decisions.”

Toronto pizzeria cuts out U.S. ingredients until Americans make 'more responsible electoral decisions' #Toronto #Canada #BuyLocal #BuyCanadian #cdnpoli

www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

04.03.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1756    πŸ” 376    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 39

I’m calling it. We should cancel April Fools Day this year. No prank can top this reality shitshow right now

04.03.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 260    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

Mark Hamill posting rebellious content in a battle against a dictator and his robotic sidekick is the most Star Wars shit ever.

24.02.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 18650    πŸ” 2235    πŸ’¬ 220    πŸ“Œ 106

After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.

24.02.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 78910    πŸ” 12947    πŸ’¬ 1954    πŸ“Œ 514
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HERO vs ZERO
I'm in a state of shock & still trying to process yesterday's shameful, traitorous debacle in the WH: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. Our standing in the world has plummeted overnight, but the repercussions will be felt forevermore.
#SlavaUkrainiπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ #ShameOnUSπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

02.03.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 97210    πŸ” 16193    πŸ’¬ 2915    πŸ“Œ 547
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith reorganizes staff after allegations of government interference in health agency Investigators examining allegations that provincial officials interfered in contract and procurement processes

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says if allegations of wrongdoing at Alberta Health Services are true, that's on AHS, not the government.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... w @alannasmith.bsky.social

20.02.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 8
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Alberta’s health authority demanded medical supplier prove it was fulfilling contract, documents show MHCare Medical Corp. is a key figure in allegations from a former chief executive officer of Alberta Health Services that government officials interfered in contract negotiations

SCOOP: AHS in December asked MHCare to prove it was working to fulfill its contract tied to importing medicine, accusing it of doing very little work after receiving millions of dollars.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... w/ @alannasmith.bsky.social

20.02.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 291    πŸ” 147    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 26

Hi. DM or email me for my cell. I'm on WhatsApp and Signal at that number. Find me on LinkedIn. We protect our sources. #abpoli #ableg

20.02.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4
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David Staples: Who is J.P. Prasad, Alberta Health Services' COVID hero, now a key figure in AHS lawsuit? A formerly anonymous procurement manager, Jitendra β€œJ.P.” Prasad, is at the heart of two of the biggest stories in Alberta in the 2020s.

Who is Jitendra Prasad? David Staples takes a look at one of the key figures in the AHS allegations: edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

21.02.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

Premier Danielle Smith on Wednesday confirmed some of the numbers in this story. However, she omitted AHS's internal cost. Instead, she used CIHI's calculation for Alberta.

But CIHI includes costs that AHS's internal analysis does not. Apples-to-grapefruits.

21.02.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 176    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

Scoop inside the scoop: AHS's internal costs for some procedures are far less than what it pays some private firms for the same operations.

21.02.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 199    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 9
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Alberta surgical companies with contracts under scrutiny linked to firm that imported children’s pain meds Documents show that the company that facilitated purchase of children’s pain medication and a pair of proposed surgical facilities share a common owner

SCOOP: Sam Mraiche, owner of the firm that imported meds from Turkey, is a part owner in two private surgical facilities that last year were negotiating deals with inflated rates compared to competitor, according to documents
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... w/ @alannasmith.bsky.social

21.02.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 534    πŸ” 287    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 45
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MUSK LOSES BIG IN GERMANY

Germany’s CDU/CSU wins big, while the far-right AfD underperforms in secondβ€”despite backing from Elon Musk and JD Vance.

AfD is now likely to be completely shut out of the governing coalition.

23.02.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 21394    πŸ” 4222    πŸ’¬ 1362    πŸ“Œ 607
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Donate to Legal Defense Fund, organized by Nate Pike To comply with an Order from the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta, The Breakdown is removing its content … Nate Pike needs your support for Legal Defense Fund

www.gofundme.com/f/vggge-lega... Save Nate from the SLAPP and help him fight! He is the reason we know about the corruption in the first place. Now they’re trying to silence him!!

19.02.2025 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Alberta political web series temporarily shut down by court order A judge has ordered an Alberta political web series to temporarily turn off its lights following complaints by a medical supplier embroiled in controversy. MHCare and its Edmonton-based CEO, Sam Mriac...

#FireTheUCP #SLAPP #FreedomOfExpression #Grifters #UCPCorruption Stand by Nate!! GoFundMe link in replies www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

19.02.2025 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

#SavetheBreakdown
#IStandWithNatePike

18.02.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For the last # of yrs citizens of AB have benefited from the investigative reporting of @natepike.bsky.social thro' @thebreakdownab.bsky.social.
By vocation Nate is an advanced paramedic in #yyc, not part of the press corp.
I call on mainstream media to stand up in loud support of Mr Pike.
#ableg

17.02.2025 06:20 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

I am pissed about this. Devastated. It is more important than ever to have Nate and the Breakdown fighting the good fight and exposing corruption. Please donate to the legal fund and help Nate fight this gag order: www.gofundme.com/f/vggge-lega...

17.02.2025 06:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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President Zelenskyy: β€œAt the Munich Security Conference, I emphasized that European policy must not just be promising β€” it must make America want to stand with a strong Europe. Europe must decide its own future with confidence in its strength so that others have no choice but to respect its power.”

15.02.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 12118    πŸ” 2741    πŸ’¬ 312    πŸ“Œ 114
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Canada is #1.

Never #51.

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15.02.2025 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 153    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Our team reviewed the entire DOGE website. Nothing they have identified constitutes evidence of fraud or corruptionβ€”both of which are crimes. Feel free to audit us. The funds were allotted by Congress, and OIGs regularly reviewed expenditures for fraud.

15.02.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 33832    πŸ” 7430    πŸ’¬ 496    πŸ“Œ 200

ABSOLUTELY CORRECT! He’ll say what he has to, to try and get re-elected. Then he’ll hand it all over to Trump and Musk!!!

15.02.2025 05:45 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

You have until the 17th to register to vote. DoFo isn’t going to give it to you automatically.

15.02.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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