CIRCLE WITH A DOT

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Alberta Prosperity Project: "Faith, Family, Freedom"

* constitution “that recognizes the Supremacy of God as foundational to Civil Society & the Rule of Law”

Faith: white Christian nationalism | theocracy | Christofascism

Family: white, paternalist, misogyny -women silenced: male-led "family vote" | binary M/F | "parental rights" anti-LGBT / transgenocidal movement

Freedom: neoliberalism, oligarchy, authoritarianism | separatism; anti-{union | solidarity}

Related: B.C. Prosperity Project

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"Alberta Prosperity Project" 🤨 Inside the Right-Wing Movement Pushing Alberta to Secede From Canada
https://truthout.org/articles/inside-the-right-wing-movement-pushing-alberta-to-secede-from-canada

* Trump officials repeatedly met w. Alberta secessionist leaders
* Alberta: has large oil & gas deposits
* AB separation movement leaders say they have a meeting with U.S. Treasury Department
* will ask for $US500 billion line of credit to transition Alberta to a U.S. state
* Alberta Prosperity Project: Mitch Sylvestre, Stay Free Alberta separatist referendum

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Propaganda Dark Money, US Think Tanks and a Canadian TV Network
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/02/10/Dark-Money-US-Think-Tanks-Canadian-TV-Network

The News Forum grows while broadcasting a lot of talking heads tied to the libertarian billionaire-backed Atlas Network.

* The News Forum incorporating propaganda from U.S. dark-money-funded think tanks directly into its regular programming
* populist shilling | democratic backsliding | Christian right

The News Forum - Wikipedia

(en.wikipedia.org)

#capitalism #billionaires #AtlasNetwork >> answer: #DemocraticSocialism

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The Wild Claims of Jeff Rath, Separatist Firebrand
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/01/26/Wild-Claims-Jeff-Rath-Separatist-Firebrand

The free-swinging Alberta Prosperity Project leader is caught on video spouting conspiracy theories and profanities.

🇺🇲 #Christofascism #AmericanReich #hegemony
#DanielleSmith #transgenocide

️‍⚧️ #TransLivesMatter #TLM #BTLM
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#capitalism #inequality #DemocraticSocialism #justice
Capitalism + fossil fuels lobby = anthropogenic climate change

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* 2018 Sigg's WeatherNation TV dropped by DirecTV

* 2019 Sigg's network purchased distribution rights to Steve Bannon's War Room podcast

* 2021 Sigg discussed desire to turn his network's footage of Trump rallies into non-fungible tokens

Comment: these posts aren't popular / upvoted / shared, but factual reporting of conservative movements and their minions is critical to understanding the forces (wealth / power) and influences that shape our lives.

#DemocraticSocialism #HumanRights

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Know your enemy ... U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent talks encouragingly about prospect of Alberta separating f. Canada

“They have great resources. Albertans are a very independent people” Bessent told conservative website Real America’s Voice.

Real America's Voice
* parent company Performance One Media
* owner Robert J. Sigg - convicted of fraud
* began w. Turner Media Group

Apple does not drop far f. tree: 2012, Sigg's son kidnapped/murdered 10-y.o. girl

Robert J. Sigg - Wikipedia

(en.wikipedia.org)

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The more Trump allies covet Alberta, the less popular separatism may get
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/analysis-alberta-separatism-scott-bessent-9.7059168

Independence leaders crave U.S. cabinet member's support, but don't want province to join States

Alberta / Danielle Smith / UCP:

* home of Alberta Republican Party
* far-right libertarian billionaire influencers: Chip Wilson, Take Back Alberta (UCP caucus group)
* separatist movement | parental rights movement | transgenocide | ...
* fossil fools lobby | climate denial
* ...

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This is the danger of populists like Poilievre; Danielle Smith: 'We should let them come down into the U.S.': Trump cabinet member weighs in on Alberta separatism
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/we-should-let-them-come-down-into-the-u-s-trump-cabinet-member-weighs-in-on-alberta-separatism-9.7058082

🇺🇲 U.S.Treasury Sec Scott Bessent weighs in w. populist (fossil fools) rhetoric

Alberta / UCP / Take Back Alberta (Vancouver billionaire Chip Wilson backed UCP caucus grp) fully ensconced in far-right populism / ultraconservatism, Trumpism, separatism, climate denial, transgenocide...

Our country , incl. AB!

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#AlbertaProsperityProject Counts on Americans to Help Break Apart Canada
https://pressprogress.ca/the-albertans-counting-on-america-to-help-break-apart-canada

* fed up w. finding a constitutional path to separation,
* looks to U.S. for other means
* non-profit society (not a registered charity): not required to publish a list of donors.

Alberta: Trump Officials Discussed $500M Alberta Independence Loan
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114899438179063015

🇺🇲 #Christofascism #SCOTUS #transgenocide
#DanielleSmith #Trumpism

️‍⚧️ #TransLivesMatter
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