Check out our latest News Digest! conta.cc/4w4QvBH In this edition: - Toronto police charge man over speech during pro-Palestinian protests in worrisome & unprecedented use of terror law - Thomson Reuters to share American info w ICE - ICE: From the ‘War on Terror’ to the war on us 1/ #cdnpoli

FEMA's New Mission: Domestic Terrrorism The disaster response agency forgets the weather, embraces pre-crime www.kenklippenstein.com/p/femas-new-...

FEMA’s New Mission: Domestic Terrorism

The disaster response agency forgets the weather, embraces pre-crime

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Nine months ago, Canada joined key allies by declining to sign the UN Cybercrime Convention, given longstanding surveillance and human rights concerns as well as the absence of key safeguards. Last week, it quietly signed the treaty. What changed?

A Surveillance Treaty in Disguise: The Trouble With Canada's Quiet Decision to Sign the UN Cybercrime Convention - Michael Geist

Last week, the government announced that Canada has signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, with Ministers Anita Anand, Gary Anandasangaree and Sean Fraser touting the treaty’s child…

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In 2017, Russia pushed for a cybercrime treaty that raised immediate human rights concerns. Canada joined many others in opposition. Nearly a decade later, it is now the UN Cybercrime Treaty and despite ongoing concerns, Canada quietly signed it last week. www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/07/a-su...

A Surveillance Treaty in Disguise: The Trouble With Canada's Quiet Decision to Sign the UN Cybercrime Convention - Michael Geist

Last week, the government announced that Canada has signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, with Ministers Anita Anand, Gary Anandasangaree and Sean Fraser touting the treaty’s child ...

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Federal asylum officers can deny interviews to asylum seekers and send them immediately to an immigration judge, speeding up deportation proceedings, under a rule U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published Tuesday.

New DHS Rule Skips Asylum Interviews, Sends Some Cases Straight to Courts

The change speeds up deportation proceedings, and over 444,000 currently pending asylum applicants could be affected.

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"This is not a ceasefire," Doctors Without Borders said of Israel's war on Gaza. "It is a continuation of the genocide, calibrated to be violent enough to keep Palestinians suffering every day, yet silent enough to avoid stirring international outrage."

'This Is Not a Ceasefire,' Doctors Without Borders Says of Gaza, 'It Is a Continuation of the Genocide'

"A ceasefire should ensure that hostilities are paused, weapons are silenced, and that people are safe from strikes across the strip."

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Mark Carney just allowed war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu to fly through Canada despite a warrant for his arrest and the country being a signatory to the Rome Statute. We have aided and embedded one of history's greatest monsters

Since agreeing to a ceasefire last October, Israel has killed 1,200 Palestinians and wounded over 3,888 people. The U.N.-backed Board of Peace and Pres. Trump have not condemned a single attack. 9 more Palestinians were killed and 36 injured in the Gaza Strip on Saturday.

Drop Site@dropsitenews.com · last wk.

🔴 Ministry of Health in Gaza | July 26 ▪️Figures for the past 24 hrs received by hospitals in the Gaza Strip: 🔹Killed: 9. (7 killed in new attacks+ 2 who died as a result of injuries from recent strikes). 🔹Injured: 36 ▪️Since the ceasefire (Oct. 11, 2025): * Total killed: 1,200 * Total injured...

Don't know where this guy *thought* he was working but

Andrew Couts@couts.bsky.social · last wk.

NEW: DHS’s top data-cruncher has resigned after getting worn down by the Trump admin’s “war on immigrants” and “war on feds,” per his LinkedIn. @noahshachtman.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/dhs-of...

The government is prosecuting US citizen Sam Tunick for allegedly providing authorities with a “duress password” that wiped his phone when they tried to seize it at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport.

The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border

Whoops, was that the duress password?

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Russia, China and Iran have signed the UN Cybercrime Convention. Until 11 days ago, Canada joined the US, Japan, and NZ in staying out. Without notice, it quietly signed despite human rights concerns. @kate-ro.bsky.social joins my Law Bytes podcast to discuss. www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/07/epis...

The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 277: Kate Robertson on the Risks That Lie Behind Canada's Unexpected Signing of the UN Cybercrime Convention - Michael Geist

The Canadian government’s surprise decision to sign the UN Cybercrime Convention has sparked many questions about the convention, its risks, and what changed over the past nine months between Canada n...

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Details are still limited, but based on reporting so far, this charge points to a troubling escalation in Canada's use of anti-terrorism laws. Statements alleged to advocate harm against any community warrant investigation... (1/2) www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/6feb710...

Toronto police charge man with terrorism over alleged conduct during pro-Palestinian protests

Police allege that Ahmad Hassan Hajahmad acted on behalf of Hamas when he used a megaphone to call for harm to members of Israeli and Jewish communities in 2024

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This is extremely disturbing. Checking now to ensure I have no subscriptions to Thomson Reuters media!

International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG)@iclmg-csilc.bsky.social · 2w ago

Our National Coordinator @timmcsorley.bsky.social is quoted in this very concerning article: Thomson Reuters to share American info with ICE in new deal Contract will provide ICE agents with access to American residents’ addresses, ethnicities, social security numbers, employment history & more.

I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Demand Accountability for Israel’s Systemic Torture of Palestinian Prisoners. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...

Demand Accountability for Israel’s Systemic Torture of Palestinian Prisoners

There are currently over 9,300 Palestinian political prisoners, including about 350 children. This also includes 3,358 administrative detainees — “Palestinians abducted from the occupied West Bank and...

actionnetwork.org

Not only is this my full Somalia column for paid subscribers, but I had to talk about the Dirk-Diggler-in-the-mirror limpness of Marco Rubio’s attempt to discredit American socialism by linking it to Cuba.

"We Initiated, Basically, A New War" in Somalia (Director's Cut)

PLUS: American Prestige x FOREVER WARS on the war against the left—a left Rubio says belongs to Cuba, which he thinks will scare you

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Look what AFRICOM is already doing on the other side of the continent:

"We Initiated, Basically, A New War" in Somalia (Director's Cut)

PLUS: American Prestige x FOREVER WARS on the war against the left—a left Rubio says belongs to Cuba, which he thinks will scare you

forever-wars.com

Brian Finucane@bcfinucane.bsky.social · 2w ago

Sure, why not another military adventure in World War Trump? Amongst other questions raised by this reporting is whether the executive branch considers JNIM and IS Sahel to be within the scope of the 2001 AUMF. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

I spoke with @readtheorchard.org for this piece in @nationalobserver.com about Thomson Reuters, owned by Canada's wealthiest family, selling the data of millions of people to ICE so its agents can continue their violent and deadly immigration -- and now "voter fraud" -- enforcement operations.

International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG)@iclmg-csilc.bsky.social · 2w ago

Our National Coordinator @timmcsorley.bsky.social is quoted in this very concerning article: Thomson Reuters to share American info with ICE in new deal Contract will provide ICE agents with access to American residents’ addresses, ethnicities, social security numbers, employment history & more.

Our National Coordinator @timmcsorley.bsky.social is quoted in this very concerning article: Thomson Reuters to share American info with ICE in new deal Contract will provide ICE agents with access to American residents’ addresses, ethnicities, social security numbers, employment history & more.

Last week I wrote about the War on Terror approaching its final form: Here you can watch me and my friends talk about that expansively and informally.

The War on Terror Approaches Its Final Form

ICE executes the nonwhite while the White House and State Department look to declare the U.S. left a Foreign Terrorist Organization. We've been heading here since 9/11

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Today @zeteo.com, a piece I hope you'll read, about the shocking growth in US strikes on Somalia under Trump – which @davidsterman.bsky.social told me should be understood not as an escalation but a whole new war. That war is layered on top of an obscure one that, next year, will be the US' longest.

Why Is No One Talking About the ‘New War’ Trump Is Waging in Somalia?

While the administration hounds Somali immigrants at home, it’s pummeling Somalia with an ‘unprecedented’ volume of airstrikes, but you might not know it given the silence from our media and Congress.

zeteo.com

The government presumably hoped that pushing Bill C-22 through a Commons committee past midnight without debate would put an end to the lawful access controversy. That plan has backfired, leading to a political and trade backlash that could have been avoided. www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/07/rush...

Rushing Lawful Access Backfires: Wyden Letter on Bill C-22 Highlights Political, Trade and Business Risks - Michael Geist

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree and the government presumably hoped that pushing Bill C-22 through a House of Commons committee past midnight without debate or a recorded vote would put an ...

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The Combatting Hate Act (Bill C-9) came into effect on July 18. More needs to be done in Canada to address hate-based violence. But this law isn’t the answer - far from it. Instead, this legislation brings in vague new offences around the display of symbols police deem to be linked to terrorism 1/

Check out our latest News Digest! conta.cc/4vHXjps In this edition: - What we’ve been up to in the 1st half of 2026 - Canada attends Trump "extremism" summit amid criticism - The War on Terror Approaches Its Final Form - Bill C-22 will be a hacker's dream 1/ #cdnpoli

New State Department report on foreign "subversion" is a virtual government blacklist that names 43 Americans + domestic orgs, including: - Mamdani - DSA - Hasan Piker - Amy Goodman Full list: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/after-poli...

After "Political Terrorism" Event, U.S. Names 43 Americans + Groups

Rubio report on Cuban "subversion" names Zohran Mamdani, Hasan Piker, Ben Cohen + orgs like DSA and Amazon Labor Union

kenklippenstein.com

Did you know political parties in 🇨🇦 can collect your personal information without the same privacy protections that apply to businesses and public institutions? 🔐 Find out what they can collect—and how we can fix it: openmedia.org/article/item...

What Political Parties Can Collect About You in Canada – and How We Can Fix It

In Canada, political parties can collect your data—including from data brokers—without the same privacy protections that apply to businesses and public institutions. Learn how you can help change that...

openmedia.org

WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO IN THE 1ST HALF OF 2026: iclmg.ca/jan-june-2026/ Thanks to our members & donors, we’ve been able to do a lot & work on the following issues since January: - State surveillance bill C-22 - New social media and online harms bill C-34 - Canada’s complicity in torture 1/

Check out our latest News Digest! conta.cc/4f3MoQ2 In this edition: - Stop Canadian government’s complicity in torture! - Shaky Ground Gets Shakier: What the US Supreme Court’s Location Data Decision Means for Bill C-22 - Bill C-9 is Now Law. What's at Stake & What's Next? A Webinar 1/ #cdnpoli

Arms Embargo Now briefing: "On Thursday July 16 at 7pm ET: join an urgent movement briefing where we will announce the next stage of the #ArmsEmbargoNow campaign and delve into a new strategy to meet this new political context." Register at armsembargonow.ca/webinar/ #cdnpoli

Arms Embargo Now Campaign Call

Join an urgent movement briefing. RSVP here: https://armsembargonow.ca/webinar

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⚠️ "Dr Hussam Abu Safiya's son has issued an emotional appeal calling on governments, international organisations and people around the world to act urgently to save his father's life, warning that his health condition is severe." www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza...

The West must act to save Dr Hussam Abu Safiya from being killed by Israel

Dr Abu Safiya must be immediately released. So too should all Palestinian detainees, including the 82 other healthcare workers still in Israeli prisons

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