DwZ

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Asked in 2018 about creating a new light rail system, Nashville voters said no.

The campaign against the Nashville light rail system was secretly supported by David Koch and Charles Koch, two oil billionaires.

They funded several fake organizations such as Americans for Prosperity urging Nashville voters to oppose the light rail system. They posted ads like this:

Source:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2018/04/23/koch-brothers-group-begins-ad-blitz-against-nashville-transit-referendum-week-vote/543421002/

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2018/02/02/the-koch-brothers-want-to-keep-nashville-mired-in-traffic

https://www.archpaper.com/2015/01/koch-brothers-helped-stop-nashvilles-plan-bus-rapid-transit/

They are doing all across the US

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/climate/koch-brothers-public-transit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Wk8.Zv-T.IlMNweiwBE7E

[–] DwZ@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Alberta has the single worst premier in Canada

https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/smith-apologizes-for-comparing-vaccinated-albertans-to-followers-of-hitler/

Justin Trudeau sacrificed political capital for Alberta. He opened a brand new pipeline. Under his mandate, Alberta oil production reached the highest level in HISTORY:

👉 https://www.statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/plus/7940-another-record-year-canadian-crude-oil-crude-oil-year-review-2024

He was rewarded with nothing but contempt and lies:

I may disagree with Trudeau on plenty of things, but claiming he was anti-Alberta is a shameless lie.

In January 2025, Smith was the only Premier who REFUSED to sign a joint declaration, saying Canada will hit back if it faces economic bullying:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-premiers-trudeau-meeting-trump-tariffs-1.7431085

On March 20, 2025, she gave an interview to Breitbart in which she said the United States should temporarily pause tariffs in order to help Pierre Poilievre:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/lets-just-put-things-on-pause-alberta-premier-under-fire-for-breitbart-interview/

Smith sickens me. In the military, this is the kind of officers who always end up shot by their own troops.