Jeremy Appel 🍉

The UCP is clawing back the Canada Disability Benefit from people on #AISH but the premier has a bottomless travel budget to the US to spread hateful propaganda.
#ABpoli

People went apeshit when Alison Redford spent $45K to attend Nelson Mandela's funeral.

Good work Jeremy.
AB tax $$ supporting a MAGA agenda.
Ms Smith might as well be wearing the stars and stripes.

Premier’s Office spent nearly $20K on PragerU fundraiser gala Disclosures show that the Premier's Office spent nearly $20,000 to support a fundraiser by far-right American organization PragerU

Rob Anderson, the premier's chief of staff, was by far the biggest spender on the PragerU trip, expensing more than double what the premier spent.

www.theprogressreport.ca/premier-prag...

Premier’s Office spent nearly $20K on PragerU fundraiser gala Disclosures show that the Premier's Office spent nearly $20,000 to support a fundraiser by far-right American organization PragerU

SCOOP: Alberta taxpayers paid almost $20K for Premier Danielle Smith to speak alongside Ben Shapiro at a PragerU fundraiser in March, according to travel expense disclosures.

www.theprogressreport.ca/premier-prag...

How the UCP covered up police violence against the U of C Palestine encampment The Orchard has obtained hundreds of pages of correspondence from the university's executive leadership team, campus security, Calgary police and the provincial government. Part II of II.

Very hard to say if the resignation is related, but the timing is interesting and IMO it’s beyond a fireable offence.

There were other big revelations around this time, e.g. @readtheorchard.org reporting:
www.readtheorchard.org/p/how-the-uc...

Calgary police "image recognition" software identifies individuals in photos & videos posted online Documents show that two years after being caught using Clearview AI facial recognition software, Calgary police signed contracts for AI software that scours photos and videos for individuals. Have pol...

The FOIPs that compose this scoop from @drugdatadecoded.ca cost him more than $1K. If you have the means, support his vital work.

drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...

Microsoft storing Israeli intelligence trove used to attack Palestinians Microsoft developed a customized version of its cloud platform for Israel’s Unit 8200, which is housing audio files of millions of calls by Palestinians.

Revealed: Microsoft storing Israeli intelligence trove used to attack Palestinians

The tech giant developed a customized version of its cloud platform for Israel’s Unit 8200, which is housing audio files of millions of calls by Palestinians.

www.972mag.com/microsoft-82...

Spain scraps plans to buy F-35 fighter jets Spain has shelved plans to purchase F-35 fighter aircraft, Spanish newspaper El País reported today. Preliminary contacts for the purchase of the fifth-generation American stealth fighters have bee…

Spain has shelved plans to purchase F-35 fighter aircraft, Spanish newspaper El País reported today.

Archival research has found 171 confirmed deaths at Kuper Island residential school, 50 more than previously thought Archival research conducted on behalf of the Penelakut Tribe has found 50 more deaths at the former residential school than previous estimates

Breaking: the team investigating the Kuper Island Residential School in BC has confirmed 171 children deaths at the institution, 50 more than previously known. As a residential school historian and someone fighting residential school denialism, here's a 🧵 www.timescolonist.com/local-news/a...

Excellent article on Sean Feucht. Ban him from entering Canada ever again. ⛔️ 🇨🇦 ⛔️ Read and share. #elbowsup #canada #cdnpoli

ICYMI: July 28 - Aug. 4 Your weekly roundup and blogroll.

ICYMI: July 28 - Aug. 4
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i think a lot of the coverage of this guy last week missed the point. Jeremy didn't. this Feucht character's got it all: failed GOP candidate, bigoted American pastor, grifting on the anti-vax circuit, allegations from all directions of fraud and embezzlement, even a Proud Boys connection

‘MAGA performer’ booked to perform at the Legislature is a far-right associate of Artur Pawlowski and the Proud Boys

NEW: I take a closer look, with help from @reportbywilson.bsky.social, at Sean Feucht, the "MAGA performer" scheduled to perform at the Legislature band stand in a couple weeks.

www.theprogressreport.ca/_maga_perfor...

It is undoubtedly true that some food aid has been stolen (although doubt has been cast on Israeli allegations of systemic looting). It’s true that data on civilian casualties from the Hamas-run health ministry are misleading in ways. And it is beyond a doubt that Hamas propaganda has sought to exaggerate certain instances of suffering.

“It is beyond a doubt that Hamas propaganda has sought to exaggerate certain instances of suffering.”

The editorial board of Canada’s national newspaper The Globe and Mail has just published genocide denialism.

archive.ph/2025.08.02-1...

ADL Musk

I spoke with 40+ sources for a look inside the Anti-Defamation League. Here’s some of what I found.

ADL’s gentle response to Elon Musk’s infamous salute was partially driven by his support of Israel. To ADL, that indicated he didn’t have “antisemitic tendencies.” (1/x)

nymag.com/intelligence...

I Don't Want to be Angry Anymore, by Anti-Spectacular 10 track album

it's Bandcamp Friday, so be sure to pick up my album "I Don't Want to be Angry Anymore." Do you hate how the constant onslaught of venal consumption from mass culture has rendered your heart paranoid and impure? Then this album may be for you.

anti-spectacular.bandcamp.com/album/i-dont...

The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in

The mathematics of famine are simple in Gaza. Palestinians cannot leave, war has ended farming and Israel has banned fishing, so practically every calorie its population eats must be brought in from outside.

#genocide

Wait, the cops were trying to make sure Dershowitz didn’t misgender anyone 😭

Data shows 90% Edmonton transit peace officer trespass tickets to people without home address Ninety per cent of trespass tickets handed out by transit peace officers in Edmonton in 2024 were given to people with no fixed address, city data shows. Lawyer Chris Wiebe fears the ticketing disprop...

90% of trespass tickets handed out by transit peace officers in Edmonton in 2024 were given to people with no fixed address, city data shows. A lawyer fears the ticketing disproportionately targets homeless people. #yeg #yegcc #ableg #Edmonton #Alberta
edmonton.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...

Blue Jays acquire righty Shane Bieber from Guardians The Toronto Blue Jays have added another former Cy Young winner to their rotation after swinging a deal for righty Shane Bieber from the Cleveland Guardians, Sportsnet confirmed Thursday.

I’m a belieber www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/...

ALU founder Chris Smalls to be released from Israeli detainment. Smalls was beaten and jailed in inhumane conditions for trying to deliver baby formula and medicine to starving people in Gaza on the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social

Expected to arrive back in the US on Friday.

One RESKEET = one opinion about the ALIEN(S) franchise*

*until I get bored

Grassroots report paints clearer picture of Canada's arms trade with Israel Researchers used Israeli customs data and commercial shipping records to identify 391 direct Canadian military shipments to Israel since October 2023, many of which were sent on passenger flights.

UPDATED with belated comment from GAC, whose rationale for exporting mortar cartridges sounds eerily similar to what General Dynamics told the CBC.

www.readtheorchard.org/p/grassroots...

As far as i can tell from Carney’s speech, there’s no one responsible for what’s happening in Gaza. It just is

There’s so much to be said about how cynical, how bloviating, how utterly beyond the pale this is, but the thing coming up for me most is the audacity to put such conditions on a symbolic gesture that actually does nothing to address the immediate mass starvation and genocide of an entire people.

Occasional reminder that more states recognize Palestine as a state than Kosovo.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like we might have 2 referendums asking opposite but complementary questions:

"Should Alberta remain in Canada?" and "Should Alberta leave Canada?"

Is there any precedent for such a thing?

“Canadian arms still flow directly to Israel, despite the increasingly dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.”
🇨🇦 is aiding in #genocide

Ford government’s attempt to remove Toronto bike lanes is unconstitutional, judge rules The provincial government had argued that road space dedicated to cyclists was adding to congestion. A Superior Court judge said the government’s decision would risk the lives of cyclsits.

Best news of the day for us people who bike! Ford government's attempt to remove Toronto bike lanes is unconstitutional, judge rules www.thestar.com/news/gta/for... #topoli #onpoli #bikeTO