Alena Helgeson (she/her)

Alberta is going to Hell in a handbasket 🤬

US to end temporary protected status for Syrians The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will terminate deportation protections for Syrian migrants living in the U.S., according to a government notice posted on Friday.

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Colin Kaepernick to pay for independent autopsy for Delta State University student found dead on campus Civil rights attorney Ben Crump made the announcement Friday, Sept. 19, saying Trey Reed's "family has raised serious concerns."

Colin Kaepernick is stepping up—he’ll cover the cost of an independent autopsy for Trey Reed, the Delta State student found hanging from a tree on campus. A powerful move to demand truth and accountability.

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ICE’s Training Manual for Determining Who to Terrorize “The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a federal judge’s order prohibiting government agents from making indiscriminate immigration-related stops in t...

"Welcome to your first day on the job as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. We hope you enjoyed your $50,000 signing bonus and were finally able to pay off your legal fees related to January 6 and/or your divorce."

Show your support for a stronger Alberta within a stronger Canada and let your neighbours know you stand united. This eye-catching sign is the perfect way to proudly display your commitment to a better future.

Order a lawn sign today: shop.albertandp.ca #ableg #abpoli

This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.

Just Like That, Alberta Is Less Safe for Girls | The Tyee New UCP legislation puts all girls at risk, not just trans ones, say two researchers and parents.

Though most of our research focuses on 2SLGBTQIA+ youth and families disproportionately affected by bills 26, 27 and 29, it is imperative the public know how these bills will also negatively affect cisgender girls, write two experts.

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Jeremy is a brilliant journalist, and this piece is written beautifully. 10/10 read.

Podcast Alert! Check out the amazing netzero community being built in Edmonton! Blatchford, with all its controversy, is a bold move in the centre of oil and gas country.
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Chicago roads are looking pretty icy, might be time for some salt. Strange for September, but you can never be too prepared.

Humans Are Altering the Seas. Here’s What the Future Ocean Might Look Like. (Gift Article) Some marine ecosystems could soon be unrecognizable, according to new research. We mapped the possibilities.

“These vast, seemingly timeless seascapes have become some of the world’s most vulnerable marine habitats, according to a new study published on Thursday in the journal Science that adds up and maps the ways human activity is profoundly reshaping oceans and coastlines around the world.”

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New C.D.C. Director Resists Ouster as Other Officials Resign

“Mr. Kennedy and his department, they said, ‘have set their sights on weaponizing public health for political gain and putting millions of American lives at risk.’”

Health Secretary Tries to Oust C.D.C. Director, but She Refuses to Leave www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...

The Alberta Legislature belongs to the people of Alberta. It is supposed to be a welcoming and inclusive place for all.

The UCP is the only government in the country to welcome a performer who preaches hate towards its people onto public land and waste public resources while doing it.

Of note to Albertans, whose government has cited the current CDC recommendations to justify its own COVID vaccination policy:

Sense of personal victimhood linked to conspiracy thinking in large international study A massive 15-country study suggests that people who are highly sensitive to personal injustice are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories — including claims about climate change and vaccines — ...

Sense of victimhood linked to conspiracy thinking in large international study www.psypost.org/sense-of-vic... via @psypost.bsky.social

In US, link "was notably stronger."

From study: "VJS was positively associated with both general & specific conspiracy beliefs (about vaccines & climate change)"

#foreverCanadian signing locations are growing exponentially.

Here are various locations across the province accepting signatures for our petition. Also note, there are permanent locations along with new pop-ups.

Thank you volunteers!!!

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#ableg #cdnpoli

JUST IN: Abbott says he may treat fleeing lawmakers as having “forfeited” their offices and move to replace them. He also suggests they could be subject to felony charges if they accept payments to cover impending fines gov.texas.gov/uploads/file...

It’s pretty obvious they’re going to use Maxwell to absolve Trump so it would be wise for Democrats to get out there and remind everyone — she wasn’t a victim and she wasn’t merely an accomplice in luring girls into Epstein’s trap; she was also allegedly an active participant in these girls’ abuse.

Trump Officials Discussed $500M Alberta Independence Loan, Separatist Claims Private details from a Washington D.C., meeting about Alberta becoming the 51st state was revealed at a separatism event attended by DeSmog.

You ask where Alberta Prosperity Project separatists get their money from? Danielle Smith’s close friends, Dennis Modry and Jeff Rath, negotiated funding from Trump for their cessation effort.

#ForeverCanadian needs your full support.

#ableg #cdnpoli

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Just believe the survivors! We know they were buds. #hallelujah #comedy #parody

PBS Kids Shares Poignant Tribute To 'Magic School Bus' Star Malcolm-Jamal Warner After His Death Rest in peace, sir. You will be missed.

Rest in peace, sir. You will be missed.

Just the dumbest possible government, every single time.

The word is, and it’s a strong word at that, Jimmy Kimmel is NEXT to go in the untalented Late Night Sweepstakes and, shortly thereafter, Fallon will be gone. These are people with absolutely NO TALENT, who were paid Millions of Dollars for, in all cases, destroying what used to be GREAT Television. It’s really good to see them go, and I hope I played a major part in it!

Trump on getting Colbert, Kimmel, and Fallon fired: "It's really good to see them go, and I hope I played a major part in it!"

If my taxes don’t pave my roads or fix my bridges or keep my schools open 5 days a week or pay local teachers a living wage or help keep my hospital open or help my neighbor’s kid eat lunch or fund public television or my healthcare…

Why the f’ck should I pay taxes?

When will Canada call out the genocide of Palestinians?? Sanction Israel, withdraw financial support, uphold the ICC’s identification of Netanyahu and associates as war criminals.

How deep in your own trenches do you have to be to demand an apology from a town gutted by wildfire simply because an independent report found an area of improvement for you for the future?

How separated from reality, how deluded by dogma, how fragile an ego?

Yes, I’m still thinking about it.

Medicine Hat!

Never before in U.S. history has one man exercised such unbridled discretion affecting the lives of so many, while simultaneously preventing others — Congress, the courts, the American people — from having a say or even knowing what he’s going to do next.

This is dictatorship.

Alberta used lists of America’s most banned books and a controversial database to identify ‘inappropriate’ material in schools Internal emails show how education ministry staff compiled pages of book titles that could be restricted through new content guidelines.

More evidence of red state influence on the UCP.

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WTF?!? Border Czar Tom Homan claimed that ICE and Border Patrol agents don’t need probable cause to detain people they suspect are undocumented, saying they can do so based on factors like physical appearance. This is straight-up racial profiling, not law enforcement.