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“Facts don’t care about your feelings, you’ve heard this, okay. No, it’s completely backward. I think it’s completely wrong. It is the inverse, your feelings actually don’t care about facts,” said keynote speaker Chris Rufo in his opening remarks.

#PostTruth #MAGA #Trumpism #CultureWars #EnablingFascism #antiCRT #RonDeSantis #NewCollegeFlorida

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith under fire for chemtrail comments
https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/alberta-premier-danielle-smith-comes-under-fire-for-comments-about-chemtrails-1.7058333

Pentagon & NORAD to Danielle Smith: We’re Not Spraying Chemicals Over Alberta
https://pressprogress.ca/the-pentagon-and-norad-respond-to-danielle-smith-nope-were-not-spraying-chemicals-over-alberta

Chemtrail conspiracy theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemtrail_conspiracy_theory
* erroneous belief that condensation trails by high-flying aircraft actually "chemtrails:" chemical/biological agents,sprayed for nefarious purposes undisclosed to general public 🤦‍♀️

#Alberta #DanielleSmith #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #ClimateDenial

Alberta government proposing additional restrictions on wind & solar energy
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/danielle-smith-alberta-ruiping-luo-ucp-renewables-wind-1.7351877

* AB to prohibit wind & solar farms on irrigated land
* could rule out 40% of AB for renewable energy
* conservationists: plan more about limiting renewable energy than protecting environment

#Canada #Alberta #DanielleSmith #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #ClimateDenial #FossilFuels #FossilFuelsLobby #capitalism #libertarianism #conservatism #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #EcologicalDestruction

Danielle Smith Spends Albertans’ Money to Elect Poilievre
The UCP’s $7-million ‘Scrap the Cap’ ad campaign has more to do with politics than provincial interests
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/10/16/Danielle-Smith-Political-Scrap-Cap-Campaign

#Alberta #UCP #DanielleSmith #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #ClimateDenial #Trumpism #conservatism #populism #Poilievre #FossilFuels #FossilFuelsLobby #ClimateChange

Dangerous Americanization of Alberta Democracy
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/10/28/Dangerous-Americanization-Alberta-Democracy
Danielle Smith looks south for inspiration/ideas/laws

Comment: this is a long-standing issue. Former AB premier was effectively a Trumpist (copycat). Far far-right billionaire Charles Koch was an investor in the AB oilsands. Far-right Lululemon billionaire Chip Wilson is a political operative behind Take Back Alberta. ... ...

#Alberta #DanielleSmith #conservatism #FossilFuelsLobby #ClimateDenial #ConspiracyTheorists #MAGA

Alberta’s impending anti-2SLGBTQIA+ legislation is stoking fear and anxiety
main thread (transphobia in Canada) https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113386166726948340

* UCP expected to table anti-2SLGBTQIA+ legislation
* restrict trans women/trans girls’ access to sports
* curtail inclusive education
* ban youth f. accessing gender affirming care

#Alberta #UCP #DanielleSmith #conservatism #ChristianRight #FarRight #antiLGBT #ParentalRightsMovement #transphobia #discrimination #ConspiracyTheorists #TransHealth #SOGI

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Pledges to “Triple Down” on Her Climate Denial
https://www.desmog.com/2024/11/02/alberta-premier-danielle-smith-pledges-to-triple-down-on-her-climate-denial

Alberta Conservatives Pass Climate Denial Resolution 12 to Celebrate CO2 Pollution
https://www.desmog.com/2024/11/02/alberta-conservatives-pass-climate-denial-resolution-12-to-celebrate-co2-pollution

#Alberta #DanielleSmith #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #ClimateDenial #GlobalWarming #FossilFuels #capitalism #libertarianism #corporations #transphobia #discrimination #ignorance