Derek Small

2025-01-01
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[Sharif Haji @SharifHajiMLA]

A 44-year-old father, Prashant Sreekumar, died in an Edmonton ER hallway waiting for care.

In January, the UCP promised Triage Liaison Physicians (TLPs) would start Feb1.

It’s now June. No TLPs in our hospitals.

That’s the UCP’s public health commitment https://t.co/GB7Dec0znt

[Derek Small @smallderek]

https://t.co/hlK2wL9Nc5

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: The Senate Parliamentarian becomes MAGA's public enemy #1 after she takes a blowtorch to Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" and strips out several key provisions — including ones related to the border.

This woman is single-handedly saving our country from Republicans...

"There is no better way to define this Big Beautiful Betrayal of a bill than families lose, and billionaires win. Democrats are on the side of families and workers and are scrutinizing this bill piece by piece to ensure Republicans can’t use the reconciliation process to force their anti-worker policies on the American people," stated Senator Jeff Merkley, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee.

Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough — who previously ruled that several pieces of the bloated, destructive legislation had to be removed — has now announced that sections that would allow states to conduct border "security" and immigration enforcement must be taken out. Such duties traditionally fall under the purview of the federal government.

Once again, MacDonough has said that the provisions she's targeting run afoul of the Byrd Rule, which puts restrictions on what can be included in reconciliation bills. If the bill is to be passed on a simple majority vote, they must be removed.

"The Byrd Rule is enshrined in law for a reason, and Democrats are making sure it is enforced,” said Senator Merkley.

Additionally, MacDonough ruled against a section which increases the size of contributions to the Federal Employees Retirement Systems that civil servants must make if they refuse to become at-will employees.

Perhaps best of all, she advised against a section that would permit the executive branch to dramatically reorganize or even entirely eliminate agencies without congressional oversight — something that the Trump administration is desperate to do with numerous agencies including the Department of Education. Ultimately, Republicans want to slash away at the federal government until there's nothing left to protect Americans from total corporate rule.

While the war to kill this bill is far from over, victories like this should be celebrated.

Please retweet and ❤️ to thank Elizabeth MacDonough!

[Steven Chase @stevenchase]

Prime Minister Mark Carney calls Canada “the most European of the non-European countries” as he signs Security and Defence Partnership agreement to deepen ties with EU in Brussels.

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

When Temu ICE agents show up in Bell,California and it doesn’t work out so well for them especially after tow trucks start hauling off their non tagged cars and the Police won’t help them! 😂😂😂😂

[Prime Minister of Canada @CanadianPM]

Trade. Security. Climate.

Together, Canada and the EU are entering a new era of partnership.

[𝔗𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥 𝔐𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰 @politicsusa46]

A true international statesman in action. I’ve said it before, the election of Mark Carney in Canada was a pivotal moment, not just for Canada, but for the World. He understands the threat and is a team player which is just what we need in this moment.

🎥 TikTok - https://t.co/pMoaGcPgjd

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

🚨🚨🚨 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did 🚨🚨🚨

[Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @LauraBabcock]

Meanwhile Canada charms the world 🇨🇦

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Mr. President, don’t take your anger out on me - I’m just a silly girl.

Take it out on whoever convinced you to betray the American people and our Constitution by illegally bombing Iran and dragging us into war.

It only took you 5 months to break almost every promise you made.

[Richard Knack @RichardKnack]

Quick math tonight on popular vote with almost all votes in for the 3 ridings.

NDP about 47%
UCP about 41%
Separatists less than 10%

Great night for proud Canadians in Alberta.
People not happy with Corruption in government.
People happy with being proud Canadians.

[Derek Small @smallderek]

Again! Drugs flooding in from the USA....thank goodness Canadian Border Patrol caught this shipment....

[Dennis Kendel @DennisKendel]

Important to note that this $23.3M of cocaine was coming from the US into Canada

[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

ICE repeatedly punch father of 3 U.S. Marines—2 in active service.

Masked agent dislocated his left shoulder—even briefly taking gun out of holster with other hand.

"I love serving my country... just infuriates us that our own country did this to our own people," said son.

Narciso Barranco was landscaping an IHOP parking lot in Santa Ana, California.

"They just started chasing him, and he ran because he was scared. He didn’t know who was after him," explained his son.

"I do believe my father was racially profiled, they didn’t ask him anything."

#DemVoice1 #wtpBLUE #DemsUnited

[Zulkifl Mujahid @MujahidZulkifl]

Alberta’s healthcare is crumbling. Our classrooms are overcrowded. Our teachers, nurses, and families are being ignored. When leadership fails, people suffer.

It’s time for accountability. It’s time for change.
Danielle Smith must resign.

Alberta deserves better.

#AbPoli #DanielleSmith #ResignNow #SaveHealthCare #SaveOurSchools #AlbertaDeservesBetter #FixAlberta #LeadershipMatters #UCPFailure #PublicEducation #PublicHealthCare #YYC #YEG #FortMcMurray #StandUpAB

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[🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @front_ukrainian]

❗️🇺🇦Zelensky received a standing ovation before his speech in the 🇳🇱Dutch parliament at the NATO summit in The Hague

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

NATO is a cornerstone of global security and defence.

I’m here at the Leaders’ Summit to reinforce Canada’s commitment to it — so we can better protect our people, our sovereignty, and our Allies.

[🇨🇦CoffeyTimeNews🇨🇦 @CoffeyTimeNews]

This is great news.

“Canada is officially moving on from 75% of our defence budget being spent in the unreliable USA.

“Seventy-five cents of every (Canadian) dollar of capital spending for defence goes to the United States. That's not smart,"

- PM Mark Carney

Problem solved.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

Speaker Johnson put deadly cuts to Medicaid in his bill.
Speaker Johnson denies there are cuts to Medicaid.
Speaker Johnson is a LIAR.

Can we get 1,000 fast RTs and replies using #DontBombMedicaid to make it trend?

Please and thank you. 🙏💪

[Brad @BraddrofliT]

Without a doubt these masked men claiming to be ICE are getting paid a bounty for every person they “kidnap”

[Michael Gerald Gibbs🏳️‍🌈🍁 🇺🇦 (He/Him) @Mikeggibbs]

This is my favourite picture of the G7.

Mark Carney is the most skillful diplomat Canada has ever produced since Lester Pearson.

The Carney charm is something to behold. He connects with people immediately.

Carney had the South African president beaming with joy and laughter