Andy Grabia

Andy Grabia

@agrabia.bsky.social

Stay At Home Philosopher. Lord of Lost Causes. King of Nightlandia. Suffering from Cassandra Complex. 🦉

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Beatrice Keul, testified that she was introduced by Jeffrey Epstein to Donald J Trump, who then brutally raped her in a hotel room in Atlantic City, NJ, and her claims were deemed credible by a panel of the House Judiciary Committee today. The NYT has decided that this is not reportable news.

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The only reason I can think of for this news not being absolutely everywhere is that large media orgs don’t want to be seen as putting their thumbs on the scales a week before election day. And that’s cowardly as shit.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Two thoughts Abolishing the Indian Act is good. Yeah it won’t be an easy process. But it needs to be done and tbh I’m surprised this is an initiative Carney wants to take on Also Kinew’s national profile has already been growing. But him championing this is going to elevate it further in a big way

I really dislike how we’ve come to accept the banal language companies use when they do terrible stuff. The headline should be, “Microsoft to Fire 60,00 People After Executives Run Business Badly.”

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The achievements of the Serbian student movement will be studied for decades. This was their blueprint for revolution. The recipe for throwing a corrupt authoritarian from office. Read, learn, implement. (📸 Save and Saclony)

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For two years, student-led protests have raged against Aleksandar Vučić and his corrupt government in Serbia. Today, in parliamentary elections, he was toppled. One of the most sustained protest movements in recent European history has succeeded. Resistance works.

Hope this is setting off alarm bells in Ottawa.

Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social

The same US president who treats our friend Canada as an enemy is trying to give Alaska to Russia, a country whose absolutely overt foreign policy is to destroy us. This superpower suicide has to be stopped. www.ft.com/content/e9cf...

And sure as shit he hits a single.

Andy Grabia@agrabia.bsky.social

Top of the 9th, top of the order for Rays. Kevin Cash has the Brewers right where he wants them, with Yandy Diaz, Jonathan Aranda, and a guy with a .630 OPS coming up.

Top of the 9th, top of the order for Rays. Kevin Cash has the Brewers right where he wants them, with Yandy Diaz, Jonathan Aranda, and a guy with a .630 OPS coming up.

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A reason we get stadium boondoggles is that the folks in charge of budgeting don't understand BASIC public finance. IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO COSTLESSLY EXTRACT $1 BILLION FROM THE ECONOMY. No stadium has EVER generated enough new tax revenue to pay for itself, but he projects it will.

Field of Schemes@fieldofschemes.bsky.social

West Sacramento's city manager insists using a mega-TIF district to siphon off $1B in taxes for an MLB expansion team wouldn't cost taxpayers anything because it's only money "generated by the stadium," not the Casino Night Fallacy again.

Sigh. This is not true. The only count that has been completed is Q. 10. There’s still around 100k ballots to still be counted amongst the remaining nine questions. suffrageapp.ca/abref26/

suffrageapp.caAlberta Referendum 2026 · Live resultsLive counted and projected results for the 19 October 2026 Alberta referendum, by question and riding.
Adam MacVicar@adammacvicar.bsky.social

NEW: Elections Alberta website shows unofficial count is finished for Monday's referendum with 100% of polls reporting.

The Elections Alberta website is very clear that “reported” only means that one question has started being counted. It does not mean the counting is complete.

The Westphalian Banker.

Steven Chase@stevenchase.bsky.social

Prime Minister Mark Carney is defending deepening ties with Turkey despite a recent raid of LGBTQ groups in the country, saying his job is to safeguard human rights inside Canada but also find new export markets abroad to strengthen Canadian sovereignty. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

"The ‘or else’ is Dennis Modry and the Alberta Prosperity Project." —Danielle Smith, October 14, 2022. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGjq...

youtube.comDanielle Smith: The Alberta Prosperity Project is the 'or else' to protect Alberta's sovereigntyYouTube video by Alberta Prosperity Project
Scott Robertson@sarobertson.bsky.social

Bob Fife on Danielle Smith telling separatists in the UCP to find another home: "Why didn't she say that at the beginning? This is somebody who has fed them, nurtured them and accommodated them, and now they're coming for her."

"Part of when I decided I wanted to run, I knew how important it was to make sure we addressed the issue of autonomy. And I talked to Dr. Modry as one of my first steps and I said, ""let's try this together. Let's get as much autonomy as we can."

Totally normal behaviour with a trusted ally.

Brian Platt@brianplatt.bsky.social

Bloomberg scoop: Canada has banned its diplomatic staff in the US from even being in the same room as a midterm election candidate, taking an extra cautious approach to avoid accusations from the Trump administration of "interference" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg did NOT mince any words when describing what it was like to guard Luka Dončić! 🤯 #NBA

Turkey is, in fact, not an exceptional partner.

Scott Robertson@sarobertson.bsky.social

Mark Carney: "Canada is building deeper partnerships with reliable partners that create new opportunities for us both. And in Turkey, we have an exceptional partner."

It appears Elections Alberta has broken the law in failing to complete its count for the Referendum. I don’t blame them. Hand tabulating ten different ballots with a shortage of staff was always going to be impossible. Just wondering if there’ll be any fallout ie. conspiracy theories.

People need to be cautious about this number. If you scroll to the bottom of the Elections Alberta page, it explains that the 96% number means the number of polling stations that have started counted at least one of the ten questions. It does not indicate the total percentage of votes counted.

Jack Farrell@jack-farrell.bsky.social

About 2.5 hours till Elections Alberta is ‘legally required’ to finish counting the referendum ballots — they’re super close! As of tweeting Premier Smith is winning on 6/9 other questions, but the yes side on abolishing the senate has a lead of barely 1k votes.

I don't even know why it's there, TBH, as it's totally misleading. Other sites that are pulling in Elections Alberta data show some of the later questions still only at around 80% counted.

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7 HAS FLIPPED.

Steve Smith@edmlawyersteve.bsky.social

For those not paying attention, questions 6 (provincially appointed judges) and 9 (paramountcy of provincial laws) have both flipped, and “no” is now leading, as it continues to for question 8 (fully funded opt-out of federal programs). It looks like even 7 (Senate abolition) *may* flip.

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Albertans should be furious about this. Danielle Smith: 1) Lowered the threshold for signatures on a petition 2) Extended the duration in which they could be collected 3) Continues to pretend the people who signed the Forever Canada petition wanted a referendum Shameless.

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Documents like these are insightful because they suggest the government is knowingly acting out of step with public opinion (and many of their own voters):

The Watchdog@thewatchdog.ca

Canadians want to prioritize clean energy over fossil fuels, Carney government told in internal report New public opinion research commissioned by federal government shows a majority of Canadians want to see Canada become a clean energy superpower

He also really believes that King Charles is out to kill him, so why exactly are media continuing to give this guy oxygen?

Scott Robertson@sarobertson.bsky.social

Mitch Sylvestre on losing the referendum: "We really believe that Ottawa's been abusing Alberta for the last 10 or 11 years. And it seems to me that Albertans have given them permission to continue to do that."

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Other than Q5 ("proof of citizenship to vote") and of course Q10 that got walloped, it looks like the end result will be: - a very weak mandate across the immigration Qs, despite the effort and slanted framing that went into boosting them - a clear rejection of most of the constitutional Qs #ableg

Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦@blakeshaffer.bsky.social

An update on projected results of the "other" 9 AB referendum Q's: Q6 flipped to No overnight, as expected. ** It still looks like all 4 "constitutional" questions will end up No ** The reason: most of the mail-in ballots are yet to be counted there. Those that have are 75% No.

Why is the CBC talking to Nathan Cullen about Alberta?

Scott Robertson@sarobertson.bsky.social

Nathan Cullen: "Danielle Smith managed to accomplish that rare feat in politics of having a binary issue and upsetting both sides equally. The separatists are not happy with her. And a lot of Albertans who voted to remain, the 75 percent, are also not happy."

Absolutely terrible framing. Why are you granting her an out? Place yourself and your party as the solution to Alberta’s problems.

Scott Robertson@sarobertson.bsky.social

Naheed Nenshi: "[Danielle Smith] has a choice. She can double down on all this culture war garbage or she can try and pivot and try and be a politician for everyone — and look, my money's on the first one."

Who could have guessed that outsourcing national security to private companies could lead to less than ideal results??

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social

NEW: Last week, Elon Musk capped the speeds at which Ukrainian hardware could stay connected to a military-grade version of Starlink, “rendering some offensive drones and interceptor drones virtually useless.” Gift link to article here: www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...

Just once. Just one time. “Mr. Kenney, you’ve spent the last nine years suggesting that anyone in this county who disagrees on pipelines and further oil and gas development hates Alberta. Do you accept any responsibility for the vote last night and the current state of politics in Alberta?”

Scott Robertson@sarobertson.bsky.social

Jason Kenney on Albertans voting to remain in Canada: "As a Canadian patriot, I'm happy. And I'm also hopeful that we will now decisively put this behind us. This never should have happened."

Andy Grabia reposted

Relieved that the majority of my fellow Albertans voted to stay in Canada. Demoralized that a majority also voted that the child of a temporary foreign worker or refugee shouldn't have access to health care or education. Yesterday doesn't really feel like a win. #canada #ABleg