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On May 4, the organizers of the Alberta Independence Movement announced they had accrued a massive number of signatures, well in excess of the required number to submit their petition to trigger an independence referendum.They needed 177,732.🚨 BREAKING: 301,620 signatures have officially been announced for the Alberta independence petition.That is far beyond the required threshold to trigger the Alberta independence vote on October 19th.A massive day for the Alberta Independence movement. pic.twitter.com/RbeIDkNf7e— Rise Of Alberta (@RiseOfAlberta) May 4, 2026Classically, it ain't over 'til it's over, and even getting the referendum on an October ballot is a dogfight.Just because you followed...

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Alberta separatists said Monday they have formally submitted almost 302,000 signatures to try to trigger a referendum on the province leaving Canada. The group needed 178,000 signatures to force the province to consider such a vote. The question of separation could go on a provincewide ballot as early as October, as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has said she would move forward if enough names are gathered and verified. Smith has said she personally does not support the oil-rich province leaving Canada. A “yes” vote would not trigger independence automatically. Negotiations with the federal government would have...

There are still some Trump supporters out there who continue to bill the Trump administration as some kind of great victory for the forces of populism against the “deep state.” A year into the second Trump administration, it is clear this is not a serious position. The populism of the Trump campaign has clearly failed and what we ended up with instead is a continuation and strengthening of the status quo. Over the next three years of this second Trump term, the welfare-warfare state will only get larger...Consequently, the only hope in providing any truly limiting factors on state power...

Alberta separatists said Monday they have formally submitted almost 302,000 signatures to try to trigger a referendum on the province leaving Canada. The group needed 178,000 signatures to force the province to consider such a vote. The question of separation could go on a provincewide ballot as early as October, as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has said she would move forward if enough names are gathered and verified. Smith has said she personally does not support the oil-rich province leaving Canada. A “yes” vote would not trigger independence automatically. Negotiations with the federal government would have to take place and...

Oh, my GOODNESS! This is some wild news coming out of Canada, and I'm not talking about that loser Carney sucking up to Xi Jinping the Pooh.Canada announced its “alignment” with China on the Arctic and Greenland. Really dumb move. https://t.co/z6kyDQmZwB— Marc Thiessen 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦🇹🇼🇮🇱 (@marcthiessen) January 17, 2026A little over a week ago, the first stops on the petition drive for to force a referendum on separating from Canada began.The petition was approved by Elections Alberta in December, and after getting organized, the teams went out to start collecting the 178,000 verified signatures they needed to force a referendum on...

Let’s pretend you are a liberal living in a red state. If you feel aggrieved about the condition of the world and believe that conservatives are to blame, you can find a few like-minded souls, print up some signs covered in half-clever phrases, and go protest. In most cases, unless you chain yourself to a railing on the courthouse steps or attack the police, you will usually be ignored. On the flip side, let’s pretend you are a conservative living in a deep blue state. If you don’t like the school policy, E.V. mandates, high electricity prices, or restrictive gun...

Could Minnesota break away from the United States due to a violent overthrow of the state government?

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) renewed her call for a “national divorce” to divide the country along partisan lines on Monday — this time citing the fractured response to the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and federal funding disputes in Congress. “There is nothing left to talk about with the left. They hate us,” Greene wrote on the social platform X. “To be honest, I want a peaceful national divorce.” “Our country is too far gone and too far divided, and it’s no longer safe for any of us,” she added.

Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Saturday afternoon aimed at holding federal law enforcement in the city to municipal rules on policing while also keeping tabs on new deployments and informing citizens of their rights. The order, the “Protecting Chicago Initiative,” comes after the Chicago Sun-Times first reported that Naval Station Great Lakes near North Chicago was being considered as a possible staging ground for an immigration blitz that could bring more than 200 federal agents to the area from Tuesday to Sept. 30. On Saturday night, two sources familiar with base operations confirmed to the Sun-Times that the...

"Democracy," H.L. Mencken once wrote, "is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." Mencken probably would feel right at home among Californians in this age. Or, perhaps more accurately, among the Californians who haven't left yet.According to a new poll from Politico and its partners, California voters want graft and fraud on a massive scale to continue. And lucky for them, they've elected a governor who can deliver! For example, slightly more than six in ten Californians want Gavin Newsom to keep funding the high-speed rail project that hasn't...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued a threat to the feds as National Guard Troops were deployed to quell the riots. Bass warned the feds that the violent riots won’t stop unless the National Guard is withdrawn from Los Angeles. President Trump deputized 4,000 California National Guard Troops and deployed 700 US Marines to downtown Los Angeles after LAPD got overwhelmed by the violent anti-ICE rioters. California’s Democrat Governor Newsom and failed Democrat LA Mayor Karen Bass blamed the feds for the violence. Mayor Bass said the violence won’t stop until the feds withdraw from Los Angeles. WATCH: MAYOR KAREN...

Katheryn Speck said she used to be a Canadian nationalist, travelled the world with a maple leaf on her backpack and once lived in Quebec so she could become fluently bilingual. But on Saturday she was among hundreds of people who rallied at the Alberta Legislature to support separation from Canada, with many in the crowd waving Alberta flags and a few even displaying the U.S. Stars and Stripes. "I thought it was a beautiful, fantastic country. But now I'm so disappointed. I'm literally crushed that we'll never be represented in this country and there's never a chance of changing...

In response to President Donald Trump’s continued musing about the U.S. acquiring Greenland from Denmark, Danish citizens have launched their own effort to purchase America’s most economically prosperous state. An online petition seeking the “Denmarkification” of California has seemingly garnered nearly 200,000 signatures, with a pitch to Danish citizens that purchasing the Golden State would provide them with more sunshine, dominance in the tech industry, limitless avocado toast and easy access to Disneyland — which organizers say would be renamed to honor fairytale author and poet Hans Christian Andersen. “Have you ever looked at a map and thought, ‘You know...

Danish campaigners are proposing to buy California from the United States and turn it into a territory of Denmark in response to Donald Trump's bid to acquire Greenland. The 'Denmarkification' campaign says it seeks to crowdfund $1trillion to purchase the US state, after which it plans to instill it with Danish values and make the most of its sunny weather and resources. President Trump has repeatedly expressed an interest in making Greenland - an autonomous territory of Denmark - part of the US, citing its strategic importance and mineral wealth. He has not ruled out using military or economic power...

A Danish petition to "buy California" from the U.S. is nearing 300,000 signatures. The tongue-in-cheek petition was created in response to President Donald Trump's repeated threats to purchase Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark. Newsweek has contacted Denmark's Ministry of Foreign Affairs for comment by email. While the petition may be a lighthearted attempt to get back at Trump for floating the idea of purchasing Greenland, despite the prime ministers of Greenland and Denmark both saying the territory is not for sale, it does signal the strength of feeling against Trump's proposal. The tongue-in-cheek petition was created in response to...

California’s latest secession push is a delusional stunt driven by contradictions, but Trump’s growing support proves that voters may be waking up to reality. Californians disgruntled with President Trump are promoting a ballot initiative to allow the state to secede from the United States. The initiative is being promoted by Marcus Ruiz Evans, a Fresno resident who describes himself as an activist, debate moderator, and author. After the initiative was cleared for circulation by the California Secretary of State, in a local television interview, Ruiz Evans claimed that 2016 polling found 32 percent of Californians supported full secession. It’s worth...

Republican House Speaker Todd Huston’s proposal would create an Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission tasked with exploring the secession and transfer of counties that have already voted to leave the state of Illinois. A push for Illinois counties to separate has been ongoing for at least a decade but is gaining traction. Since 2020, 33 Illinois counties have passed “advisory referenda” to secede from the Prairie State — with seven of those votes occurring in the November general election.

Ali Baba had two: “Open Sesame!”Lydia had three: “Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice.”Dorothy, five: “There’s no place like home.”All got results, almost instantly.Donald Trump has four magical words. But unlike the other three, they are rooted in reality, not fiction. Yet they will be as effective.If Donald Trump is sincere about annexing Canada as the 51st state, tariffs are not the way to go. All that tariffs have done so far is unite Canadians. It’s not going to take long for Trump to realize that the opposite approach will be much more effective: disunity. And four magical words uttered by Donald Trump...

NO town, city or State should be allowed to detach itself from our Constitution and all associated FEDERAL LAWS, such as FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW, for example. Doing so is an ILLEGAL ACT OF SECESSION from the Union (United States), our U.S. Constitution and all associated Federal Laws. HOW COME THE "SANCTUARY" PROCLAMATION ISSUE HAS NOT GONE BEFORE THE SCOTUS as an ILLEGAL ACT OF SECESSION FROM THE UNION ?

Long shot is a huge understatement, but the sentiment alone says what you need to know.Secession From Illinois Is in the AirPlease consider Secession From Illinois Is in the AirAs states grow more politically polarized, the difference between good and bad governance is coming into sharper relief for voters. Enough people are noticing in Illinois that some counties want to secede from the Land of Lincoln and join a state that isn’t ruled by public unions and their political yes-men.In November, to little national notice, seven Illinois counties voted to consider seceding, and now Indiana is rolling out the welcome...