David P Ball

Hacked CRA accounts, crime sprees as B.C. health agency denied massive data breach for a decade | CBC News For a decade, a B.C. government agency denied a data breach that affected 28,000 health-care workers, creating a situation that one privacy expert says opened the door for fraud artists to continue cr...

Hacked CRA accounts, crime sprees as the Interior Health Authority denied massive data breach for a decade.

Former privacy commissioner calls for investigation into what health authority knew and when

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Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

2% of Trump appointees are Black (vs 14% of pop’n)

Black workers, esp Black women, have been hardest hit by federal workforce cuts

“You don’t need a very sophisticated analysis to read into what this means“—Cathy Albisa of Branch4, which supports federal workers

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“This is not the first time Trump has tried to have a Black man unjustly arrested,” governor Johnson responded to Trump ordering their arrest

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In a time of hate and rancour, two Jews sought to pray – and were killed. Let Manchester be a turning point | Jonathan Freedland This was a horror but with so much intolerance and antisemitism, no one can say it was a surprise. There are lessons to learn, and that must start now, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

If you’re appalled by the killing of 60,000+ Palestinians, “your fury will be entirely directed at the Israeli government and have nothing to do with Jews: the line between the two will be sharp & clear in your own mind.” But for some “the line is not so clear”

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ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”

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Two dead in Manchester synagogue attack, with suspect shot dead by police Video from the scene, verified by the BBC, shows a man with items strapped around his waist. The attack happened on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.

“We all get on,” says a local resident. "Hatred is just not welcome here."

The timing of an attack on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar feels to many like it is designed to maximise the hurt felt across Jewish communities

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IIO clears police of wrongdoing in fatal shooting of Surrey mom, calls actions 'reasonable' | CBC News The findings are drawing criticism from an advocacy group for domestic violence victims. It faults the police response and says systemic conditions contributed to the fatal shooting.

Angela Marie MacDougall, with Battered Women's Support Services (@endingviolence.bsky.social), accuses police of escalating the situation by barking commands & their tactical stance, and calls relying on Google Translate to speak to Renteria Valencia "appalling”

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Trump says he’ll send troops to Portland, authorizes ‘full force’ The president says the feds will provide “all necessary troops” and called Portland “war-ravaged”

… nor this

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Republican Arizona lawmaker makes post calling for execution of Democratic congresswoman John Gillette on X called for ‘people like’ Pramila Jayapal to be ‘hanged’ in response to her video on anti-Trump protests

But this is apparently not “political violence“ of course

don’t hold your breath for an executive order

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ICE agents point guns at bystanders during violent arrest in Maryland “What’re you gonna do? Shoot me?” one witness yelled. “Go ahead. Shoot me.”

"At one point you can hear the man on the ground yell 'I live in America! I love you America!' ... When one witness asks why the man was arrested, the officer shouts 'Because he’s a criminal, how bout that?' He justifies his actions by telling witnesses 'I have to protect my people.'”

ICE Officer ‘Relieved of His Duties’ After Pushing Woman to Floor

Political violence

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Des Moines Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts Detained by ICE, Officials Say Superintendent Ian Roberts, who has led the Iowa capital’s public school system since 2023, was in the United States without authorization, federal officials said.

Breaking News: The Des Moines schools superintendent was detained by ICE authorities, who said he was in the U.S. without authorization.

‘Dangerous abuse of power’: lawmakers sound alarm over Comey indictment Democrats and legal experts say indictment is latest sign Trump is turning justice system into weapon to silence critics

ACLU: weaponizing justice is “disdain“ for the what “made America great”

”Threatening individuals who speak out…arresting, investigating, & prosecuting elected officials of the opposition party & others who displease him…have corrupted our system of justice“

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Harjit Kaur Deportation: ‘Given plate of ice as food, denied meds on flight’: 73-year-old Punjab grandma deported after 30 years in US | Chandigarh News - The Times of India Harjit Kaur, a 73-year-old woman who lived in the US for 30 years, faced deportation after her asylum applications were denied. During her detention,

"She would ask for food so she could take her medicines…she was given a plate of ice. She explained she had dentures & could not eat them. The guard told her, ‘that's your fault'”

At what point will society be surprised if some of the disappeared never reappear?

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FBI Director James Comey indicted on criminal charges stemming from 2020 testimony Comey faces one count of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice in connection.

Accuses lawman assigned to investigate his obvious corruption of a “witch hunt”

lol

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The bitter irony of saying migration is evil to the “free world” …while celebrating white conquistadors & colonizers who brought terror and suffering to the free world

It’s a winning strategy I found while at CBC’s very noisy newsroom. The double double. Great for airplanes too, and throw some calming sounds on the outer headphones and it’s a triple effect

in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments.

that fox news host still has his job.

1/ Who owns ProPublica?

In today’s media landscape, there are so many questions about who’s pulling the strings in a newsroom — is it wealthy owners, advertisers, politicians?

Not here. 🧵

Robert Redford on How Truth Telling, Challenging Power Fuels His Passion for Independent Film Robert Redford is well known as an actor, a director, a producer and an activist. Since 1980, through the Sundance Film Festival and the Sundance Institute, Robert Redford has helped independent voice...

watching Robert Redford interviews on Indigenous allyship & corporate power with @democracynow.org

“Stories that were worth telling were stories about what’s the truth beneath the truth that you’re given, or you think you know”

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Trans people didn’t ask to get pulled into any of this | Xtra Magazine Charlie Kirk’s murder is the latest event in which trans people have suddenly, inexplicably, become main characters

With the alleged Kirk shooter in custody, those Wall Street Journal reports yesterday about "transgender ideology" on his bullets have been debunked.

We have to talk about the media's breathless obsession with linking trans people to acts of violence like this

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the website that lists Rachel first as someone allegedly celebrating Kirk's murder screenshots a tweet where she explicitly condemns violence & says she hopes he survives. for that she's receiving death & rape threats

America enters a new age of political violence Leaders in both parties react to Charlie Kirk’s slaying with fear and foreboding about the country’s direction.

“Violence has always lurked beneath the surface” of a country that has seen 4/45 presidents assassinated…and Reagan & Trump wounded in attempts. Bipartisan leaders warned “the country is headed to a place of particular darkness if it does not pull back”

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Right? almost always in a panic at the security gate with thousands of people pressing in! Even when I've tried to prepare this ahead of time, somehow

My friend got stuck for 10 minutes before Neil Young having to download the app, get authentication code, reset password, just to access ticket

How Charlie Kirk went from college dropout to Trump influencer – Baptist News Global It seems Charlie Kirk — the Millennial founder of the Christian nationalist powerhouse Turning Point USA — is everywhere these days.

"It's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the 2nd Amendment"

"Our hearts go out to the victims…But we cannot allow them to emotionally hijack the narrative"

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There’s a special place in hell for Ticketmaster & their insatiable demand for password resets that must be (a) never used before in my life, & (b) far more secure than any I need for government tax logins and banking

At this point I have no clue how I will remember this & won‘t store codes online

Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites - BBC News BBC identifies members of Infidels MC gang hired as armed security at US and Israel-backed aid sites.

honestly this explains a lot

“like putting the KKK in charge of delivering humanitarian aid in Sudan”

they’ve slaughtered 1,135 children, women and men just trying to get food

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Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops

A masked officer asked LA-born US citizen Jason Gavidia his birth hospital; he did not know. He slammed Jason against a metal gate, twisted his arm and seized his phone. “Fearing for his life, Gavidia offered to show the agents his ID...They never returned his ID"

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