Links - 29th December 2025 (1 - Hamas Attack Oct 2023)

Faerie 🧡 on X - "Breaking: @elonmusk  just turned on the location spotlight and the entire “Gaza resident” influencer industry & fake IDF soldier industry just imploded.  Turns out the “eyewitness in Rafah living under bombardment” has been live-tweeting from a comfy flat in Islamabad while the only thing exploding is his mum’s pressure cooker.  The “Khan Younis nurse who hasn’t slept in 400 days” is apparently posting between shifts at a call centre in Lahore. Babe, the only IV drip you’ve seen is the chai one.  Congratulations to the “Gaza dad of six hiding in a tent” who’s been rage-sobbing for donations from a rooftop in Dhaka with better Wi-Fi than most of London. Your ‘link in bio’ days are over.   Shout-out to the “Deir al-Balah poet writing by candlelight” who’s actually in Chelyabinsk, Russia, typing manifestos next to a radiator that’s warmer than the entire sob story.  Also, a soecial shout out, to the “IDF snipers in Gaza” accounts that are actually posting from a bedroom in London, sipping tea between sobs for your ‘buy me a coffee’ donations. Busted baby.   The bot farms are naked, the VPNs are crying, and every “northern Gaza survivor” just got outed as a guy in Punjab who’s never met a rocket that wasn’t in Call of Duty.  Grift’s cooked, lads & ladettes. Pack up the fake rubble backdrop and go touch some actual grass. Your mum’s calling you for dinner and the game is finally, gloriously, over."

Meme - "Mahmoud in Gaza @MahmoudAbed_sm. Account based in Netherlands"

Meme - Nazi Hunters @HuntersOfNazi: "Now you know how he was 'freezing' when it's hot in Gaza: because he's based in Poland! And to think they're the ones telling us to "go back to Poland!""
"Motasem A Dalloul @AbujomaaGaza
Account based in Poland"
Motasem A Dalloul @AbujomaaGaza: "Inside our tents, we're freezing.. My children are trembling.. Gaza is freezing.."

Meme - Mahmoud-Gaza @moebari97: "Israel bombed the tents right next to us. At least 15 dead and many injuries. WTF do you want from us? Leave us alone you fucking bastards with triggers."
"Mahmoud-Gaza @moebari97 Account based in Poland"

Motasem A Dalloul on X - "Are my posts hurting you?"
Saul Sadka on X - "They certainly are hurting the reputations of mainstream media outlets, like The Times and the The New York Times, who have been quoting this Poland-based LARPer for years, clearly without even the minimum due diligence."
Bill Ackman on X - "Time for the @nytimes and @thetimes to withdraw from publication all articles based on fake accounts used as sources. They should immediately launch an investigation of which articles relied on fake journalists and issue corrections"

Eyal Yakoby on X - "BREAKING: Thousands of “Palestinian” accounts posting daily about “starvation in Gaza” and “Israeli crimes” aren’t based in Gaza. You have manipulated for over two years."

Meme - Karol Markowicz @karol: "City College in NYC hosted an interfaith event and it went super great:"
"A Difficult Moment at an Interfaith Event. Yesterday, City College hosted an interfaith program intended to bring students of all backgrounds together in dialogue and mutual understanding. Unfortunately, what unfolded was deeply troubling for many who attended. During the program, one of the invited speakers-an imam-refused to begin his remarks while I was present, stating that he would not speak "in front of Zionists." His comments quickly escalated into inflammatory and openly antisemitic rhetoric, including statements about "cutting off the fingers of the rich," along with other remarks that had no place in a space intended to foster respect and learning. Instead of an interfaith dialogue, the speech shifted into conversion-style message that made many attendees, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim alike, deeply uncomfortable. At the end of his speech, the imam tumed toward me directly and verbally attacked me, saying he was "disgusted that a Zionist is here," and accusing me personally of being "responsible for the murder of his brothers in Gaza." He then told the students: "IF YOU ARE A GOOD MUSLIM, YOU SHOULD WALK OUT NOW.' Nearly 100 students wearing keffiyehs stood up and exited the event at his instruction, 'Two Jewish students and approximately 20 Christian students remained, stunned by what had occurred. When the program concluded, security paused the exit ofthe remaining attendees until they could ensure our safety, as a large group had gathered outside. We were eventually escorted out with the assistance of campus security. I want to emphasize clearly: our concern is with one individual's extremist rhetoric-not with Istam, not with Muslim students, and not with interfaith engagement itself. We remain committed to building bridges across communities and to creating spaces where all students feel respected and safe, City College leadership is fully aware of what occurred, and we know they will respond appropriately. Our shared goal is to ensure that future interfaith programming truly reflects the values of dignity, dialogue, and mutual understanding that our campus deserves."

Meme - Wilfred Reilly @wil_da_beast630: "Literal X discourse be like.
A: "This is us beheading a Thai gardener and heading upstairs saying the Arabic words for "ass rape," with female screams audible in the background. This is a viral video on Telegram."
B: "Nope. Can't be. You terrorists are harmless and friendly pets, much like French Bulldogs. Never happened.""
Egyptian Atheist @egy_atheist: "Hamas: We raped Jewish women allahu akbar"
E-Thot Wojak: "No you didn't"

Sexual violence was rife on October 7, say new witnesses
Andrew Fox on X - "I have seen firsthand some of the evidence mentioned here, as have others. It is incontrovertible. No matter how often we testify to its existence, we’re told we are lying.  So we have the UN, ICC, and now this report all corroborating that Hamas are rapists. Even though the first two of those sources aren’t worth a damn when it comes to Israel, *even they* corroborate it.  Next time somebody denies the gang rapes, genital mutilation and sexual abuse by Hamas on 7th October, point them at this report. They’ll still deny it, but at least they’ll be showing the world who they are."
Hieronymus Scott on X - "I just don't understand the deniers. Hamas were literally livestreaming the attacks and uploading them to the social media accounts of the victims. It's the most documented atrocity in history."

Meme - "Unlike his brother standing by his side, Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al- Matoug suffers from cerebral palsy. But BBC, CNN, Daily Express, and The New York Times spread a misleading story using a picture of a sick, disabled child to promote a narrative of mass starvation in Gaza - playing into the hands of Hamas's propaganda war. Without proper disclosure. Without medical context. Without journalistic ethics."

Meme - Open Source Intel @Osint613: "Hamas: "We swear we have no tunnels near our schools."
Also Hamas: "We're searching for hostage bodies inside a tunnel next to school""

Campaign Against Antisemitism on X - "Jewish students at UCL are facing comments such as “October 7th was justified and reasonable” and “Hamas is not a terrorist organisation”.  When this was reported, a student was told that the remarks were simply “an expression of a view on a highly publicised matter” and took no action.  This is the reality on campus, and it’s why Jewish students and staff deserve far better. If you are a student or staff member in need of assistance, contact us at campus@antisemitism.org."

Hen Mazzig on X - "An Australian court ruled that setting fire to a synagogue with 20 worshippers inside wasn’t antisemitic, just “untreated schizophrenia”. Jews are once again expected to believe that attacks on synagogues somehow have nothing to do with Jews."

Misha on X - "They accuse Israel of collective punishment in Gaza. But when a person tries to burn people alive in a synagogue half way around the world. They don’t see it as collective punishment against Jews. The level of cognitive dissonance it takes is impressive."
Abel Losada Esperante #IWantToBelieve #SkynetCult on X - "I wonder why there are not attacks against Iranians and Shi'ite religious and national sites abroad, as, arguably, they act reckless and violent way, both regionally and worldwide, why Israel actions only?"

The Free Press on X - "“I truly did not know how horrific October 7 was. I never saw any of this footage on my feed. I never saw anyone repost it. I didn’t know even about the Nova music festival itself...There’s just so much more information I didn’t know. And I think that my story isn’t unique on the pro-Palestine side. I think a lot of people joined the movement without having all of these facts.”  Former pro-Palestine activist Taryn Thomas talks about how groupthink and her social media algorithm prevented her from learning the truth about the 2023 terrorist attacks on Israel."

Brianna Wu on X - "When I saw the secret footage of October 7th at an IDF base, one of the things I saw was a Palestinian mob gleefully dismembering the corpse of an IDF soldier. They were genuinely thrilled as they tore the body apart and blood splattered. They tore parts off the corpse and ran off with them as trophies.   It was like watching my dogs fight over a piece of meat."

Manitoba's NDP government is refusing to spend $300K on "life-sustaining treatment" for one of its citizens. Meanwhile, NDP Premier Wab Kinew has spent taxpayer dollars on flying people from Gaza to Manitoba to receive taxpayer-funded health care. : r/CanadianConservative - "The NDP has offered unlimited free health care to Gazans that it flew over to Manitoba: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/gaza-family-medical-care-1.7531847"
"Good for them. If Manitobans want healthcare for their friends and family, then stop voting NDP. People can't vote in these far left nutjobs, and then act surprised when they start acting like far left nutjobs. The chickens have come home to roost."
"At some point the voters of Canada have to realize their government hates them. When VAC loses 4 billion and africa gets a billion, when the people who scammed the immigration system get rewarded with a reset, when theres a 70 billion deficit and cuts to veterans, your government loathes its own people."

Freedom of expression must not become a right to harass or intimidate - The Globe and Mail - "I watched video of masked protesters roaming the same streets in north Toronto, leaving many residents fearful of leaving their homes.  These protests – which appear to be thinly veiled efforts at intimidation or harassment – target Jews where they live. They’re not aimed at a government office, an institution, a public event, or a high-profile personality; rather, they seem to be targeting individuals based on their religion or political beliefs. The unmistakable signal is that their mere presence in the community is worthy of protest, which in turn requires a persistent police presence just to maintain public safety.  This is hardly the first time that Canada has experienced intimidation or harassment on our streets and community spaces based on race, religion or political beliefs. In 2017, the Soldiers of Odin, a far-right group founded by a self-proclaimed Nazi that originated in Finland, began appearing in Canada, conducting patrols in public spaces and harassing counter-protesters. Soon after, there were anti-Muslim and anti-immigration events in major cities across Canada.  Those events rightly sparked calls for action. For example, the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) released dozens of recommended policy reforms, including demands that provincial governments mandate that municipalities “pass bylaws to combat and deter street harassment.” It also called on municipalities to pass bylaws that address “hateful verbal assaults and give authorities the ability to ticket and fine when necessary.”  The NCCM is no longer a vocal advocate for such measures, however, and opposes bubble zone bylaws that restrict protests near vulnerable institutions such as hospitals, schools, places of worship, and senior homes. The bylaws, modelled after laws designed to restrict protest near abortion clinics that were upheld by Canadian courts as a reasonable limit on expression rights, have emerged in cities such as Toronto, Vaughan and Ottawa as officials search for answers in response to repeated incidents of hate and intimidation. The principle is also found in Bill C-9, the federal government’s Combatting Hate Act, which is currently being studied in the House of Commons. It features several measures, including a new provision against intimidating or obstructing access to religious or cultural places. This approach is a useful start, but it does little to address the even more pernicious act of harassment or intimidation in residential neighbourhoods where the targets are everyday people rather than places.  Canada rightly protects freedom of expression and assembly as fundamental Charter rights. But while the speech is protectable, there must be consequences for those with the intent to harass or intimidate others based on their religion or political beliefs... Vulnerable groups have supported a range of alternatives in the past: public-order measures to restrict the location of protests, trespass notices and anti-harassment bylaws, which include noise, disruption and targeted harassment, to deny protest permits. Where the situation escalates, such as during a recent incident near Toronto Metropolitan University, the Criminal Code can be used for offences such as assault, forcible entry, unlawful assembly and obstruction.  None of these measures should be particularly controversial. They all aim to balance expression rights with the right to be free from intimidation and harassment. Yet too many politicians have stayed on the sidelines for too long."
Luckily they didn't do anything truly horrific like honk or set up a bouncy castle

Yehuda Teitelbaum on X - "🚨 BREAKING:  Harvard has quietly rehired Elom Tettey Tamaklo, the student who was charged for assaulting an Israeli classmate during the 2023 "die-in" protest. He is now working as a full time Graduate Teaching Fellow.  Tettey Tamaklo completed an anger management class and 80 hours of community service through a pretrial diversion program. Harvard never disciplined him beyond removing him as a freshman proctor. The school refused to cooperate with prosecutors and kept him in good standing throughout the case.  Harvard also rewarded the second student charged in the assault. Ibrahim Bharmal received a sixty five thousand dollar Harvard Law Review fellowship and is now working at CAIR Los Angeles.  The Israeli student who was assaulted is suing Harvard, saying the university obstructed the investigation and prevented any administrative remedy.  Harvard’s message could not be clearer. Harm a Jewish student and keep your politics aligned with the right people, and the institution will protect your future rather than hold you accountable.  Higher education in the United States is a cesspool of hatred and violence with absolutely no accountability.  Via @elianayjohnson"

Max 📟 on X - "Holy sh1t. The Gaza Ministry of Health hasn't reported a single natural death since October 2023. Every single death since October 2023 has been counted as a war death. In other words: When the news reports "70,000 people have died in Ghazza since October 7, 2023," they mean 70,000 people have died FOR ANY REASON.  The Gaza death count might as well be completely fabricated."

Michael Elgort on X - "By the way the Gaza Ministry of Health (Hamas) still has not reported a single natural death for 26 months already Based on their reports (parroted by mainstream media) all Gazans are practically immortal unless they are directly and exclusively killed by Israel… incredible 🤷🏻‍♂️"

Eyal Yakoby on X - "BREAKING: The Palestine Youth Movement in Boston marched to the site of the Boston Marathon bombing — the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11 — and chanted “globalize the intifada” at the memorial."

Pro-Palestinian Protest Turns Violent at Wilshire Boulevard Temple Event : r/TheWorldReports - "We ALL talk about the crimes Israel commits. In fact, that’s all we’ve been talking about for the last two years you moron. You realize you could use that argument for literally anything right? Someone could go kill a random innocent Jewish person on the street and your response would be: “BuT WhAT AbOuT PaLeStInE??? 20k BaBiES are DYING!!!!! WhY ArEnT we TaLkINg AbOuT ThAT???? ” Two things can be bad at once."

Pro-Palestinian Protest Turns Violent at Wilshire Boulevard Temple Event - "Jolkovsky, who is also a Jewish activist with 30,000 followers on Instagram, asked one of the demonstrators why they were protesting in front of the synagogue.  “We are protesting in front of a site that holds genocide supporters, and they are trying to bring it to K-town,” said the masked woman.  Wilshire Boulevard Temple is a historic synagogue located at 3663 Wilshire Blvd. in Koreatown. Founded in 1862, it is the oldest synagogue in Los Angeles.  Inside the historic temple that morning there was a lecture for the Korean community.  “We couldn’t hear the speakers because they were chanting so loudly outside,” said Jolkovsky in a phone interview with the Journal. “The event was done in coordination with the Korean community. I was very shaken up. The Koreans in the group were even more shaken up than we were and said to us, ‘So this is what you experience?’”  The lecture that day was meant to promote bridge-building, learning, and dialogue between the Israeli, Jewish, and Korean communities where the historic temple is situated.  “It was meant to teach the Korean community the safety strategies that the Jewish community uses when facing hate crimes and the surge of antisemitic rhetoric,” said Jolkovsky. “We wanted to unite the Jewish and Korean communities and share our knowledge with them because there is still anti-Asian hate.”  The lecture started at 9:30 a.m., but about an hour and a half into the event, two females in the audience suddenly stood up and began yelling.  “They screamed anti-Israel phrases at the top of their lungs,” recalled Jolkovsky. “Everyone told them to get out, this is not the place. We said there are children downstairs at the nursery and this is a place of worship, but they didn’t care.”   Security soon escorted them out, but seconds later, out of the blue, Jolkovsky heard the sound of shattering glass. One of the protesters, who had pretended to come for the lecture, smashed a glass vase inside the synagogue before being taken out as well.  The shards of broken glass nearly hit Jolkovsky and others in attendance.  “There were pieces of glass everywhere. It seemed like some protesters entered through different doors and pretended to be part of the event, but this guy smashed a glass vase and it shattered all over the floor. He said, ‘Genocidal terrorist, s**k my d—k,’ and other profanities.  “Security took him out, and then another girl started yelling about dead babies in Palestine. I turned around and saw that the wall behind me was all windows, and there was a man with a baby strapped to his chest and a stroller in front of him. He was yelling at us, and his toddler was scared and crying and didn’t know what was happening. It was really cowardly to hide behind his baby.”
Why does this keep happening at "pro-Palestinian" events?! It must be Zionist false flags!
No surprise terrorism supporters use human shields like their heroes

Eyal Yakoby on X - "BREAKING: Masked Islamists in Toronto were caught on video berating Jewish pedestrians with a megaphone, shouting for them to “go back to the slums of Europe” as they simply walked down the sidewalk. Absolutely disgusting."

Andy Lee on X - "Taxpayers paid $99,500 to an organization called Toronto Palestinian Families to “combat anti-semitism.” What does TPF do? Organizes hate rallies with the Palestinian Youth Movement - a “non-profit” which was sponsored by the same foreign entity funding terrorist group Samidoun."
David Knight Legg on X - "Crazy. This has to be shut down. Tax dollars we badly need for real public services are being sent to radical left wing activist organisations connected to terrorist funding and influence platforms. Thankful for serious investigative journalism like Andy Lees."

𝔼𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕠𝕥 𝕄𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕟 🎗️ on X - "The burden of proof is on the accuser, actually. Never on the accused. And the burden of proof here is fully conclusive. So, those accusing Israel of genocide must prove their claim to the highest standard possible in the law.  But sure, happy to oblige.  Every single accusation has failed to establish intent as required by law. That intent threshold is known as “dolus specialis” and is an extremely high bar to meet. It requires that you prove that the conduct you accuse them of is the conduct the accused intended to commit. (Side note: those experts you cited argue to shift from dolus specialis, which is the codified law, to dolus eventualis, which is not the codified law).  Every accusation cites to Netanyahu’s reference to “remember what Amalek did to you” from Deuteronomy. That reference is found in The Hague on the Holocaust memorial and is a culturally important reference after a massacre of Jews. Under the Tolomir case from ICTY it would fail to establish intent because you’re required to place that into context.  Every accusation cites to Gallant’s “we are fighting human animals” statement but each has ignored that it was a direct reference to Hamas, which is not protected in the Genocide Convention. Again, failing the ICTY test.  Every accusation cites to Herzog’s “no innocents” statement but neglects, again, his saying in the same speech that civilians must be protected. Again, failing the ICTY test.  Next, we should assess the harm. In Gaza it’s about 3% of the population having been killed (including combatants). In every genocide that’s been adjudicated it’s a range of 20-80% of the population decimated in about a month to years. This is true for the Holocaust, Srebrenica, and Rwanda. This fails the second prong of the test.  Next, we should assess if a protected group has been systematically targeted for destruction. Here, again, we have 3% of the population having reportedly been killed (so far), of that at least 1/3 are combatants. This was done in a complex urban environment where a combatant party (Hamas) systematically embedded and fought from civilian and humanitarian infrastructure. This causes us to expect higher civilian casualties because provisions of law such as GCIV 19 & 28, and API 51(7) then apply expressly not immunizing the combatant party operating the way Hamas does from harm. Essentially, saying places where civilians are become targetable. Thus, this defeats the third prong of the analysis.  Finally, we need to have demonstrated the conscious planning of the alleged genocidal actus reus. An example of this is the Nazi’s Wannsee Conference. Here, we have the opposite. When a plan of action threatened the safety of Palestinians and was called into question on legality, the plan was scrapped. Demonstrating that there was no conscious planning of a genocidal actus reus and legal mechanisms operated to ensure compliance with the. This defeats the fourth prong of the ICTY’s Tolomir analysis.  Since the ICTY Tolomir analysis cannot be sustained to infer intent, you cannot establish that genocide has occurred.  As a lawyer who actually practices this area of law, and not a keyboard warrior or historian who has mangled the law for ideological bias, I find it prudent to actually apply it objectively and honestly.  Hope this helps, Johnny."

Alex Cosh on X - "This is a shocking escalation by Canadian police against non-violent anti-war activism. We'll be following this very closely."
Andy Lee on X - "lol we know the same people funding World Beyond War are also funding terror entity Samidoun and they are also funding your “publication” The raids didn’t go far enough IMO Your offices should be next"

Mike Engleman🇺🇲 on X - "This is Muslim Zara Raven, here on a student visa at UPenn leading a crowd in chanting “"globalize the intifada" before they started accosting law enforcement! It's not a question of should she be deported, why hasn't she been deported? She's violated the terms of her visa!"
If those the left approve of can't attack law enforcement without repercussions, that's literally fascism

Jews Fight Back 🇺🇸🇮🇱 on X - "It’s not a headline from 1938. It’s a federal court filing in 2025. Harvard kept Jew lists.
✔️ “Peaceful” Jews
❌ “Protesting” Jews
If you weren’t the right kind of Jew, you were banned from a campus event. This isn’t just Harvard’s shame. It belongs to every official and donor still keeping them afloat."

Harvard Law prof who fired pellet gun near synagogue, said he was ‘hunting rats’ agrees to leave US: DHS - "A Brazilian Harvard Law School professor who pleaded guilty last month to illegally firing an air rifle outside a Boston-area synagogue — and told police he was “hunting rats” — has agreed to leave the US following his arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement... Carlos Portugal Gouvea, 43, copped Nov. 13 to a single charge of illegal use of the air rifle in connection with the Oct. 2 incident outside of Brookline’s Temple Beth Zion, which took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism... After firing two shots, Gouvea was confronted by the synagogue’s private security, leading to a “brief physical struggle” before the suspect fled inside his home near the house of worship. When confronted by local cops, Gouvea claimed he was using the pellet gun to hunt local vermin. Police later discovered one of the shots had shattered a car window."

Senate of Canada hosts 'unacceptable' Palestinian tribunal, Jewish advocacy group says - "Many speakers said Israel was committing a genocide in Gaza, despite a ceasefire agreement being reached in October. One speaker said the ceasefire was “a cover for a continuation of the genocide,” while another referred to terrorism as resistance... Suleiman Baraka, a scientist who works with the University of Alberta, told the tribunal that “Hamas is not Taliban, is not ISIS.” All of those groups are listed as terrorist entities in Canada. “The occupation is hindering us. It’s not Hamas,” he said. Former University of Toronto professor Uahikea Maile told the tribunal via video call that his stance after October 7 was mischaracterized in a National Post article as an “antisemitic celebration of violence against Jewish people.” “On Oct. 7, 2023, I woke to photos of Palestinians triumphantly tearing down the apartheid wall near Nir Oz, manifesting their freedom amid a decades-long blockade in Gaza by the Israeli government,” he said. He did not mention that around a quarter of the population of Nir Oz was either kidnapped or murdered by Hamas... Another speaker, Ahmed Abofoul, is a lawyer for Al Haq, a foreign non-government organization that was sanctioned by the United States in September . He called for Canada to “publicly affirm and materially... Two women sitting on the panel of the tribunal — Françoise Vergès and Mireille Fanon Mendès-France — have had ties to the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. Samidoun was listed as a terrorist entity in Canada last year."

Links - 28th December 2025 (2 - Indigenous Peoples: Canada)

Caroline Elliott on X - "🚨David Eby: Repeal UNDRIP or Resign🚨 This decision is a *game-changer.* Every piece of legislation in BC must now be interpreted through the lens of UNDRIP (previously it was a non-binding instrument)... with *immediate* effect. We simply can't have the province run by 200+ small governments that have no democratic relationship to 95% plus of BC citizens.  Our economy will be unworkable.  BC will be ungovernable.  ...and... keep in mind... this is the *same* Court that will hear the Cowichan appeal."
michelle stirling on X - "In June of 2023, Justice Canada said all Canadian laws will be aligned w UNDRIP"

Dallas Brodie on X - "The Court of Appeal has ruled that B.C.’s mineral claims regime under the Mineral Tenure Act violates UNDRIP and must be brought into line — all because the NDP and BC Liberals unanimously voted DRIPA into law in 2019. And politicians and judges will keep doing this. They will keep rewriting your laws, undermining your property rights, and handing veto power to unaccountable tribal leaders — until we stop them. How?
1.Repeal UNDRIP. The Premier must do that immediately, to stop the bleeding.
2.Defund the reconciliation industry. We shouldn’t bankroll tribal chiefs and their lawyers to dismantle the laws that protect us all.
3.Extinguish aboriginal title. To stop courts from giving away private homes and public resources, section 35 must be removed from the Constitution Act, 1982.
The path we are on is not only completely unworkable. It’s completely unnecessary. The settlement and construction of Canada was a great achievement for all its citizens. There is no debt to repay. Nothing to reconcile. We don’t need to unwind the country. We need to rebalance it upon the foundation of equal rights and opportunities for all."

Eby says B.C. may revise DRIPA legislation, worries court is 'in driver's seat' - "B.C. Premier David Eby says he is open to revising the province's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA).  His comments come after the B.C. Court of Appeal found that the legislation is incompatible with the province's current system used to grant mineral rights.  The ruling, released Friday, was in response to a legal challenge from the Gitxaała and Ehaattesaht First Nations against the province... The provincial DRIPA legislation, which was intended to incorporate UNDRIP, was adopted by the province with unanimous support from all parties in the B.C. legislature in 2019."
Virtue signalling has very real consequences

B.C. to amend Indigenous rights act after court ruling on mineral claims - The Globe and Mail - "British Columbia’s NDP government will amend its landmark reconciliation law, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, in response to a BC Court of Appeal decision that found the province’s mineral claims regime is “inconsistent” with the requirements of DRIPA... Mr. Eby told reporters his government will amend DRIPA, although he rejects calls from the opposition to repeal the law entirely... As Canada and the provinces seek to quickly advance major resource projects in response to international trade instability, those commitments to seek consent will be tested.  The provincial government is working to secure tens of billions of dollars in new mining investments. Critical mineral mining is a centrepiece of B.C.’s economic plan."

The extreme ideology behind B.C.’s radical reconciliation agenda - "British Columbians are understandably perplexed as to why their provincial government is going headlong down an economically devastating, undemocratic and divisive “reconciliation” path that is so obviously counter to the public interest.  But the reason is simple, and it’s in plain view for anyone who cares to look. Premier David Eby has surrounded himself with advisors who fervently believe in a radical ideology that sees the drastic reshaping of our society as a moral imperative. One advisor has even suggested that Canada’s formation is analogous to an “original sin,” and his recipe for redemption demands — in his own words — turbulence, rupture, sacrifice, pain, and the utter transformation of human affairs. Understanding this alarming worldview is necessary for anyone concerned with where things are headed on the reconciliation front.  In early November, Eby came as close as he’s ever been to revealing the “original sin” mentality behind his agenda, stating in a video that changes resulting from B.C.’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) are “about correcting that original colonial mistake.”...  Current Indigenous relations minister Spencer Chandra Herbert, in reference to 1.2 million acres of public land on the Sunshine Coast, has said, “if it’s (shíshálh Nation’s) land, they get to make decisions on it.”  And Eby’s previous Indigenous relations minister, Christine Boyle, is a staunch believer in the “LandBack” movement, an initiative that has been critical of Canada and the provinces’ “stubborn insistence… that they own the land” and that holds that change must involve “Canada ceding real jurisdiction to Indigenous peoples.”  Another B.C. NDP MLA, Rohini Arora, suggested in the legislature that non-Indigenous British Columbians are “settlers,” “colonizers,” and “uninvited guests,” to the applause of her colleagues. Eby and his reconciliation advisors are fiercely committed to an atonement project of massive proportions for an “original sin” they believe mars the very conception of this country. Expiation will require turbulent and painful change that renders obsolete our “cherished habits.” And they will undertake “persistent and audacious” efforts aimed at a drastic reorganization of human affairs to achieve it.  Only when we understand the ideology underlying the B.C. government’s radical reconciliation agenda can we comprehend where things are going. And right now, we’re being zealously led towards an ungovernable province in pursuit of absolution."
When you're open about wanting to destroy the country

Eby says he might revise DRIPA : r/ilovebc - "Idiots electing idiots. Will British Columbians wait until the entire province is ceded away?"
"Surprised how many people in bc voted ndp."
"It’s actually kind of funny. People are always saying the cons want to privatize healthcare and sell off all our public institutions, meanwhile the NDP are over here literally trying to give away an entire province 😂"

DRIPA is a red herring because the same shit is happening in New Brunsiwck- which does not have such legislation in place. : r/ilovebc - "People shitting on me for this - I don't think DRIPA is a good piece of legislation, I'm pointing out that the courts literally made up everything that led up to this. You can read the full text of the legislation here.
https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/19044
The courts used the fact that:
   Property Rights are not inherently protected under the charter.
   They can just declare certain rights as "superior"/"inferior" anyways
To lead to this point.
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To fix this, you would either need to pack the courts, or pass a constitutional amendment to put property rights in the Charter and to explicitly write that indigenous claims do not supersede private/public claims. Repealing DRIPA alone would change very little."

Coastal First Nations is an activist group, they have no pipeline veto : r/ilovebc - "Connected to the Tides Foundation funded by billionaire Americans. I suspect their sole goal is to ensure discounted Canadian oil flows to American exporters for an easy billion dollar profit. They hide behind an environmental benefit but the outcome of their activism is profit for American corporations. I believe this is their agenda."

The Vancouver School Board had to sell school land in a 99 year lease for $8.5 million because they needed the money. Meanwhile, the BC NDP has $18 million of our tax dollars from the FIFA budget to give to local First Nations without any clear justification as to why. How is this okay? : r/VancouverLandlords - "The Vancouver School Board had to sell school land in a 99 year lease for $8.5 million.  Children in Vancouver are losing a basketball court, and valuable land to play on, because the Vancouver School Board, as with all school boards, needed more money to deliver services.  The BC NDP did not step in with $8.5 million to save this school land. In fact, this sale was done with the approval of the BC NDP government.  However, we're learning that the BC NDP is now giving $18 million of the FIFA budget, which comes from our tax dollars, to local First Nations without providing a clear, publicly articulated rationale for this expenditure. The Musqueam Nation, as per the report, appears to be getting a new soccer field.  How did the BC NDP not have $8.5 million of our tax dollars to save precious public school land that children from all cultures and creeds can play on... but they somehow have $18 million of our tax dollars to give away to local First Nations in exchange for nothing?  The local nations which are getting new taxpayer funded soccer fields, are among the wealthiest in the entire country. The government has already endowed them with billions of dollars in money and assets which are supposed to generate income so they can pay for their own on-reserve infrastructure such as soccer fields. These 3 nations are already amongst the largest landlords and developers in the city.  This makes no sense.  How is this okay?"

More questions about FIFA costs as host First Nations receive $6M each - "Questions are being raised about payments that were made to the three host First Nations of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.  Global News has learned that $18 million has been paid to the Musqueam Indian Band, Squamish Nation and Tsleil-Waututh Nation, with each getting $6 million.  However, there is no mention of any specific conditions attached to the money. Musqueam Chief Wayne Sparrow said the money does come with clear guidelines for spending and that his community will be consulted; however, he did not elaborate further... B.C.’s minister of tourism, arts and culture said she could not speak to specific details without the First Nations present."

Meme - "John A. MacDonald owned zero slaves. BC First Nations owned thousands of slaves"

First Nation seeks Aboriginal title over B.C. area, including Kamloops and Sun Peaks - "As a major example of the high degree of secrecy and large scope of the claims that are working through the judicial system behind the scenes, Sturko shared that the Secwepemc First Nation first filed a Notice of Civil Claim in September 2015 seeking a declaration of Aboriginal title to all or part of their traditional territories in the B.C. Interior. This included the entirety of the City of Kamloops, a number of other municipalities, Sun Peaks Resort, roads, railways, and privately owned tenures of many types — including fee simple grants, mineral tenures, and many other Crown-granted interests.  The municipal jurisdiction of the City of Kamloops alone spans nearly 300 sq. km. — more than two and a half times the size of the City of Vancouver — and is home to over 100,000 people... They assert their traditional territory covers a much larger area — far beyond their claim area — of about 180,000 sq. km, which is nearly 20 per cent of the entire land area of B.C.  The Secwepemc First Nation asserts this area is roughly framed by “Ashcroft on the Thompson River and an area west of the Fraser River to Quesnel in the north, then east to Windemere, then along the northern part of the Arrow Lakes to the Salmon River and Enderby, and then to the Logan Lake Plateau south of Kamloops and back to Ashcroft.” However, there are likely substantial overlaps with the traditional territories deemed by other First Nations in this area... the provincial government also questioned the historical basis for the Secwepemc First Nation’s Aboriginal title across such a vast area.  “Aboriginal people speaking the Secwepemc language lived in bands which were comprised of loosely knit networks of extended families and households which were not politically unified or organized,” states the response, adding that their ancestors “opportunistically hunted, fished and gathered for sustenance” and did not have “exclusive occupation” of the entire territory.  Similar arguments were made by the Musqueam Indian Band and Tsawwassen First Nation, who were the defendants in the Cowichan Tribes case in Richmond. Both First Nations disputed the existence and legitimacy of the Vancouver Island-based First Nation, which asserted they had a summertime village on the Fraser River in southeast Richmond...  Premier Eby gathered with First Nations leaders across the province in Vancouver and signed the North Coast Protection Declaration, which the B.C. NDP-led provincial government heralds as an agreement that upholds the idea that environmental conservation, Indigenous rights objectives, and economic prosperity go hand-in-hand, including urging a federal ban on large crude-oil tanker ships since 2019 should be made permanent.  Independent MLA Jordan Kealy for the riding of Peace River North has sharply rebuked the declaration signed with “a handful of First Nations chiefs,” asserting that it is an affront to the democratic process, as no public consultation was performed, and it did not go through the legislature. He asserts Alberta will simply work to push more of its oil exports south to the United States, with B.C. forfeiting the potential revenue and economic benefits...   “Our premier is helping Ottawa and a few coastal elites lock Alberta and Northern B.C. out of the ocean, block our export routes, and kill off future jobs, all while pretending it’s about ‘protection.’ Whose protection? Not ours. Not the working people in Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, Chetwynd, or any other northern communities who depend on energy, forestry, and resource jobs,” wrote Kealy in a statement.  “Eby and a few chiefs get to claim ‘shared governance’, but what they’re really doing is setting a dangerous precedent that will hurt the entire province, and country, moving forward. The fact that a few politicians and hereditary leaders can shut down national development without the consent of the people, is a completely wrong approach for the whole of the province and even Canada. It’s Canada’s coast too, not strictly B.C.’s.” “This action shows an overpowering, heavy-handed approach that we do not need, and David Eby is using this power in a dangerous way. First Nations and non-Indigenous workers alike are going to pay the price. The North will see fewer pipelines, fewer tankers, fewer paycheques and more division. This isn’t leadership, it’s sabotage dressed up as reconciliation.”  Kealy further suggested that if the provincial government continues its current policy approach and style of governance, B.C. will be “left behind, broke, divided, and wondering how we lost control of our own future.”  Similar to the concerns raised by Sturko, Kealy says any new “declaration” in the future should go through the legislature and include public consultation.  But all signs point to the B.C. NDP-led provincial government continuing its approach of expanding its reconciliation measures in secrecy. Just last month, the provincial government also proposed eliminating the referendum requirement in Vancouver for transferring parkland to First Nations — one of the several key conditions for the City of Vancouver to abolish the Vancouver Park Board, raising questions about democratic safeguards around land transfers.As well, the provincial government recently proposed legislation to enable municipal governments to hold secret meetings and negotiations with First Nations for confidential matters and cultural sensitivity purposes."
Weird. Some left wingers claimed private property would not be affected

The pieces of Canada that could be declared Aboriginal land next - "B.C. Premier David Eby, for one, has warned that the precedent set in the British Columbia Supreme Court decision could just as easily apply to other cities across Canada. While much of the country is built atop land that was ceded to the Crown in treaties, millions of hectares still fit the definition of “unceded.” That is, the Indigenous groups occupying the land prior to European settlement never formally surrendered control to the Crown. This describes much of B.C. and Quebec, the entirety of Prince Edward Island and much of Newfoundland and Labrador. In addition, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are both governed by 18th century “peace and friendship” treaties that, unlike later treaties, didn’t specifically extinguish Aboriginal title. As Eby told reporters earlier this month, “there are many examples across the province, and across the country, where Indigenous people were displaced from land illegally, wrongly, unjustly, where there are now fee simple property owners that operate businesses or live in homes.”... Port Coquitlam mayor Brad West issued a public statement saying he would “vigorously defend” private property rights against an Aboriginal title claim by the Kwikwetlem First Nation... Just as in the Cowichan Tribes case, the First Nations pursuing the Kamloops claim have said they have no intention of seizing homes from private landowners. Nevertheless, they remain open to the idea that large swaths of Kamloops could simply wake up one morning under their jurisdiction... On Oct. 24, the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation filed a claim to eight areas surrounding Gatineau, the Quebec city directly across the river from Ottawa... like the Cowichan decision, the case isn’t just based on a claim of traditional territory. Rather, the Kitigan Zibi are claiming the breach of an existing contract with the Crown... In 2021, six New Brunswick First Nations collectively forming the Wolastoqey Nation filed a claim seeking Aboriginal title over more than 50 per cent of New Brunswick. Naturally, such a massive claim encompassed hundreds of private and industrial landowners."

B.C. company loses lender, tenant for development after Cowichan ruling | Vancouver Sun - " Montrose Property Holdings, which develops industrial warehouses on land it owns, some of it in the Aboriginal claims area, said it had been in “advanced discussions” with the lender which it had successfully dealt with several times before, and a prospective tenant...  The company said discussions have also ceased for the same reason with companies such as Fortis and Enbridge to develop a facility to capture landfill gas, rather than flare it. Those discussions had been underway for six years."

Cowichan case blamed for sinking B.C. property deals, including luxury hotel purchase - "An Ontario company that put down a deposit to buy a luxury hotel in Richmond, B.C., pulled out of the deal worth tens of millions of dollars weeks later because of “uncertainty” caused by the landmark Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title ruling, according to the marketers of the property.  Court documents show that the 14-storey Versante Hotel, close to Vancouver International Airport, was instead bought by a Hong Kong purchaser in October for the lower price of $51.5 million... It’s not the only major deal in Richmond said to have been sunk by the ruling, with the biggest owner of private land in the title area also blaming the case for the failure of two projects... While the tribes did not lay claim to privately owned property, critics fear the ruling could undermine private land ownership across B.C. – known as “fee simple” title – because the judge said sections of the Land Title Act that establish fee-simple title as “indefeasible” do not apply to Aboriginal title... Thomas Isaac, chair of the Aboriginal law group at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, said that while the Cowichan Tribes may not be claiming private land in the title area, the nation could also “change their mind” in the future.  “But that doesn’t deal with the uncertainty created by the decision. It’s almost irrelevant whether they want people’s property or not, based on the decision. It’s the fact that they could potentially get it,” said Isaac.  He said the ruling that B.C.’s Land Title Act doesn’t apply to Aboriginal title lands is “devastating” to landowners... Isaac said the courts needed to “confirm that indefeasible title remains indefeasible,” or the province should support an amendment to the Constitution to protect indefeasible title."

Burnaby man seeks damages from BC, Canada over Cowichan Tribes ruling | Vancouver Sun - "A Burnaby resident says he is launching a proposed class-action lawsuit to seek damages over B.C. and Canada’s handling of Aboriginal land claims because of the uncertainty created around private land ownership.  J.R. Rampee Grewal said he is concerned that a recent B.C. Supreme Court ruling that granted the Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title to lands in Richmond will have ramifications for private land holders throughout B.C. That ruling is being appealed by B.C., Canada, the City of Richmond, and the Musqueam and Tsawwassen First Nations.  “Sooner or later, it’s going to affect everybody,” says Grewal, who owns a home in Burnaby and runs a hazardous waste material removal business... “The defendants, despite having long-standing internal knowledge of material risks to land security — given unresolved Indigenous claims to title — continue to assure the public the title registered under the Land Title Act was safe, marketable and free from material qualification,” alleges the proposed class-action suit.  “By maintaining these representations and collecting taxes, fees and charges based on inflated or misinformed property values, the defendants caused economic and psychological harm to the plaintiffs and class members.”...  The suit also seeks punitive damages and a declaration that B.C. and Canada’s conduct was unlawful and contrary to their duties of good faith. It also calls for a full disclosure of known risks affecting registered property in B.C."

New 28-storey Broadway rental tower pivots to Indigenous-only medical care hotel : r/ilovebc - "David Eby, a modern day segregationist, approves this message 👍🙏"
New 28-storey Broadway rental tower pivots to Indigenous-only medical care hotel : r/ilovebc - "Thus will pay a lot better than renting them to working people.. yhe government has unlimited funds.."

First Nation seeks Aboriginal title over Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam areas | Urbanized : r/ilovebc - "What do people think will be the endgame? I can’t see people agreeing to paying taxes to FN.  For example, I also can’t see UBC giving up their particle accelerator and other holdings so that the Musqueam can continue their cultural education and traditional ways of life. But constitutional amendment seems equally impossible 🤷‍♂️"
"All land not under treaty (so most of BC) will be handed to FN. Either owners of fee simple property will be paid out by the government and the property given to FN, or FN will be paid the value of the property.  We will all pay our taxes to our local FN, and democracy will be over. We will be barred from entering many parks and outdoor areas (crown land will not exist).  In the Lower Mainland prior to European colonization, FN worked an average of 4-6 weeks per year (I learned this in a FN lead course), and spent the rest of the time doing ceremonies and gatherings. I presume the slaves (15-50% of the population) worked year round."
"we don't talk enough about the FN having slaves. We need to keep bringing this up so that each FN can start asking each other for reparations."
"and the Americans will invade and won't be stopped lol...BC will become the 51st state."
"HAHAHAHA  It's never going to end"
"Can they at least do us a favor, and claim ownership of the provincial and federal parliment land?"
"ironically the land the Leg is sitting on is some of the ONLY ceeded treaty land in the province (douglas treaty)."
"If recent activity in Ontario is any indication, they'll just claim the treaty is invalid and try for it anyway. "
Weird. Left wingers kept telling us this wouldn't happen

David Eby on X - "Reconciliation strengthens BC’s economy and our communities. We reject racist, anti-indigenous rhetoric — and we’ll continue working in true partnership with First Nations to deliver jobs, certainty and prosperity for all British Columbians."
Dallas Brodie on X - "Or maybe you’re panicking because people are realizing that they’ve been sold a lie? Reconciliation lines the pockets of a small circle of opportunistic chiefs, lawyers, developers, and consultants. It does nothing for ordinary indigenous people and it undermines the foundations for prosperity—the rule of law and private property rights. OneBC will wipe the slate clean and restore hope in our future."

First Nation seeks Aboriginal title over Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam areas | Urbanized : r/ilovebc - "The absolute most annoying thing about this case is how Metro Vancouver has handled it with the Kwikwetlem band.  A section of the Home Farm Dyke Trail runs adjacent to the 'Coquitlam 1 Indian Reservation' and is used as a road by the Kwikwetlem band. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the Kwikwetlem band barricaded the road to the indian reservation, starting at a portion of the road within the park. As a result, Metro Vancouver closed that section of the Home Farm Dyke Trail. Ok, not a crazy big deal for any reasonable person.  But now the pandemic is over but that trail is still closed. The Home Farm Dyke Trail is the only east-west cycle trail in that area so cyclists are forced to walk their bikes along a narrow trail only meant for pedestrians and then haul it up a steep set of stairs, which most elderly cyclists with e-bikes cannot do. Only after some complaints, was that section opened for wheelchair users and strollers, but nobody else. Even then, the wheelchair users would have to move some barriers to actually use the trail.  Metro Vancouver has said they were going to resolve the situation but nothing has been done for years at this point.  You can see the closure in this map:  https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/Documents/colony-farm-regional-park-map.pdf  My personal opinion of the situation is that the Kwikwetlem are straight up jerks. Part of their yards and developments already spill into the park's boundary and who the hell tries to prevent cyclists? Not to mention the fact that they also tried to prevent Widgeon Marsh Regional Park until they got their share of taxpayer money. Widgeon Marsh had been planned since the late 80's with the first property acquisition happening in 1992 and yet the Kwikwetlem band only decided to oppose the park in 2021 after Metro went to them nicely and asked for feedback and to have some indigenous signage in the park. Why would Metro ever want to reach out them again if they are such assholes to deal with?  Of course none of this is ever covered in the media so every idiot on reddit thinks it's just some "extreme alt-right American MAGA conspiracy theory" or whatever dumb shit they say to deny what's actually happening."

BlendrNews on X - "The Infantilization of Indigenous Culture Has Become a Shield for Corruption
No serious country would funnel billions into reserves year after year while families still live in mouldy homes and boil their water because local leadership can’t keep a treatment plant running.   Yet Canada treats this as normal and untouchable.  And it’s not just budgets. In Richmond, B.C., private property is now being seized because a tribe fished there centuries ago.   That isn’t reconciliation; it’s rewriting property rights on the basis of political mythology.  Which leads to the obvious question no one in Ottawa will touch: if Indigenous reserves are self-governing  )and they are) how can Canadians be blamed for the outcomes inside them?   Either these communities govern themselves or they don’t. Authority comes with responsibility.   You can’t demand full autonomy and then deflect all accountability."

John Rustad on X - "If any municipality in British Columbia allowed an illegal dump to grow for fifteen years, they’d be fined into oblivion. If a private landowner ignored this level of contamination, the province would hammer them with penalties and force them to pay every cent of remediation. But when it happens on Cowichan land, suddenly every official pretends their hands are tied and the taxpayer becomes the default ATM.  #cdnpoli #bcpoli"

Khelsilem, a former elected councillor of the Squamish Nation, proposes that BC establish dedicated seats in the Provincial Legislature that would be elected by First Nations voters. : r/VancouverLandlords
Some animals are more equal than others

Hodgson apologizes for saying Coastal First Nations could meet by Zoom
Isn't it racist to say Indigenous people don't know how to use technology? Aren't we told that business travel is pointless and harms the environment since covid taught us we could meet virtually?

B.C. Coastal First Nations dismiss any pipeline MOU, vow it will ‘never be built’ : r/canada - "Double whammy. Yes we will block Canada from increasing economic activity and raising revenue, and yes we will continue to demand part of the 30 some odd billion that Canada hands out to us every year."

The Toronto Jews caught in a real life nightmare on Elm Street

The Toronto Jews caught in a real life nightmare on Elm Street

"As has become the norm for many gatherings of Jewish people in Toronto, or any Israel-related event, the final location was withheld from registrants until the last moment and distribution was carefully controlled. This has become the norm since Oct. 7, 2023.

This is because protesters demonize all things Jewish and Israeli. They target Jewish schools, community centres, businesses, residential neighbourhoods, synagogues, Israeli government offices. All such places, to the pro-Palestine, pro-Hamas, leftist “progressives,” are equally offensive.

The location of the SSI meeting was leaked. An “emergency rally” was quickly organized, including a flyer featuring Israeli soldiers with red Xs over their eyes, which is activist code for marking them for death.

Karten entered the premises and climbed the stairs to the meeting room on the second floor where he would be speaking. Almost immediately, he heard shouting and there was a loud commotion, which turned out to be the beginning of what he described as an ambush.

He was surrounded by seven to 10 people dressed in what is called “black block” among seasoned protesters: clothing that obscures their gender and identities.

Some sported a keffiyeh — a uniquely patterned scarf that has been adopted by pro-Palestinian demonstrators globally as a sartorial sign of solidarity with the cause — worn around their necks, or as a mask covering their faces. Dark glasses were also worn by most of the individuals who had entered the building, concealing their eyes. 

Several others dressed in protest chic had already entered the office space where the SSI group had gathered. The intruders were loud, threatening and not at all welcome.

“The organizers and some of the other students had come early,” Karten said in an exclusive interview with National Post. “I heard yelling behind me. I turned around and I saw two men charge at me. One of them was wielding a drill bit.” Karten managed to get inside and close the door, blocking their entry — at least for the moment.

He then noticed the other masked individuals inside. He signalled to his male friend, who was also scheduled to speak, that he should focus on protecting the students from the intruders who had already entered the meeting room. Karten could not let go of the door handle.

The two masked individuals — one holding a long drill bit — were unable to enter the meeting space as long as Kalten held the glass door shut. They then lunged at the door using their body weight — and the drill bit — to apply force to the door. The glass shattered. It was during this altercation that Karten was injured in three spots, including a deep laceration on his right forearm, which was later treated in hospital.

All the while, Karten said that the masked individuals were yelling, “Death to the IDF. Arrest him. War criminal. Kill him. Get him.”

But Karten did not cower. He attempted to prevent the masked man (as it turned out) wielding the drill bit from entering the premises. The attacker fled. Rather than pursuing him, Karten focused instead on protecting the students still trapped in the dangerous situation that was unfolding.

In the midst of all this, Karten asked OFlaherty to call 911. She said that the first responder who answered her call did not seem to not grasp the gravity of the situation. “This is a very serious, dangerous situation,” OFlaherty recalls saying, somewhat panicked. “You need to get people here immediately. This is not a protest, this is a lynching.”

The students — all female — were terrified. One experienced an epileptic episode and had to be rushed to hospital. Others were trying to hide under tables. There was blood. Additional “protesters” were trying to break into the office.

According to OFlaherty, they were saved by Karten’s quick thinking and decisive action. ”Jonathan is standing there like a superhero, literally blocking them. It was a very chaotic scene,” she said. It did not feel like your average protest … who brings a weapon unless they intend on using it?”

Even after police began to arrive, in stages, OFlaherty said that the protesters were not intimidated. “They weren’t even relenting once the police got there. They were desperate to get in and hurt us,” she said. “They were immovable. They were there for a purpose. There was no opportunity to deescalate, have a conversation.

“They were hitting the police officers. They were striking the police. They were trying to break through the police barricade.”

At one point, OFlaherty said that a police officer told her that by filming the violence she was “instigating,” and that her actions were “agitating” the protesters.

This odd approach by police has become a predictable feature of events where protesters target Jewish people. They are often told that their presence is a “provocation.” When I attended a rally in March outside the Toronto Courthouse at 361 University Ave., a police officer approached me and brusquely told me to go to “my side of the street.” I asked him why. He told me that by standing near the protesters I was “provoking” them.

I was wearing no clothing or outerwear to indicate what my religion or political views might be. I had said and done nothing. I stood, passively, watching. My intention was to write about the event, which I later did. I refused to enter the small area reserved for Jews, who were told to stand behind metal grates “for their own safety.”

Treating Jewish people in this manner has become a feature of policing in Toronto...

In the immediate aftermath of the Nov. 5 violence, according to Toronto police, five individuals were arrested and charged with forcible entry, unlawful assembly, obstructing a peace officer and assaulting a peace officer.

One week later, on Nov. 12, a sixth person, 26-year-old Qabil Ibrahim, was arrested following the execution of a search warrant on his residence. Ibrahim was charged with forcible entry, mischief, assault and unlawful assembly while masked.

Ibrahim had previously been arrested in April, after video surfaced of a protest outside the Israeli Consulate in Toronto, where he was alleged to have climbed atop scaffolding, set an Israeli flag on fire, doused it with some form of accelerant and then fled the scene, leaving others to extinguish the flames.

Ibrahim’s latest arrest, and the related attack on Jewish students, has attracted international attention to the way in which Toronto’s large Jewish community has been treated by law enforcement and politicians.

Karten has spoken all over the United States and was surprised by how charged Toronto is, and the way in which the event was handled. He said that police were very helpful but seemed uncertain as to how to manage the hostile crowd, at one point assembling inside as protesters amassed just outside the main entry door to the building...

Additional officers came later, but Karten said that those on the scene “were all standing around downstairs, inside, when the threat was outside and so were the attackers.” He suggested to the officers that more men were needed outside. “But they didn’t seem interested in dispersing the crowd,” said Karten. “I think maybe they were waiting for even more men to come before they would be willing to go outside.”

Speaking recently about police protocols in such contexts on Greg Brady’s radio show on AM 640, Clayton Campbell, president of the Toronto Police Association, made some interesting comments. He was responding to widespread concern regarding the manner in which police officers have responded to the near-constant violence targeting Jews in the city for more than two years.

Campbell lauded the hard work by police in what have been difficult circumstances. He specifically mentioned a recent report, titled “What we Heard,” that canvassed the views and morale of police officers. Campbell implored Jewish Torontonians not to express frustration with the officers when, in his view, any blame rests with the chief of police, Myron Demkiw, and other law enforcement and political leaders.

“Officers are fearful of making decisions because they’ll be blamed for decisions that aren’t supported” by police brass, said Campbell. What is needed, he stressed, are clear guidelines and rules for both police officers and demonstrators. Officers are “certainly not going to put themselves into a position where they’re only going to be thrown under the bus if the wrong decision is made,” he said.

It is interesting to note that Campbell did not mention the interests and safety of the Jewish individuals who may feel threatened in such circumstances. He did acknowledge that they are fearful and expressed regret about that, but stopped short of suggesting that their vulnerability factors into how such events are handled by law enforcement...

A quiet residential street in north Toronto was targeted by pro-Palestinian protesters, who came with drums, loudspeakers, flags, hateful signs and strutted down the street in a menacing, coarse manner. This is not the first time this particular street and neighbourhood have been targeted. One woman — whose family stood nearby — was videoed asking the loud, disruptive group to take their demonstration elsewhere.

Their response, as captured on video, was to tell her that they were on public property. After taunting the woman, asking if she teaches her “kids how to kill babies,” one man stops, stabbing the air as he points at her with his fingers and says, “You don’t own this. This is not occupied Palestine.”

A week later, a journalist in the same neighbourhood was told by a police officer to move and stand elsewhere, as he was attempting to cover another demonstration. “They don’t want you here,” the officer told the reporter, referring to the pro-Palestinian demonstrators. In the same clip, a demonstrator, emboldened by the police support, yells, “We don’t want you here.”

The preference of the loud, hateful mob, it would seem, carries the day with Toronto police.

And yet, curiously, the legitimate fears and concerns of the residents of the area do not seem to register with the officers. This manner of enforcement, which seems to prefer the “rights” of some over others, is perceived by many to have been a consistent feature of Toronto policing since October 7. As does the way in which the Elm Street incident was handled.

On Nov. 6, the Alliance of Canadians Combating Antisemitism issued a bulletin written by criminal lawyer Mark Sandler, discussing the Elm Street incident in a larger context. “Too often,” he wrote, “there is no room for true freedom of expression on university campuses (or apparently in relation to TMU, even off-campus) unless the expression adheres to anti-Israel orthodoxy.”

Asked why he travelled to speak in Toronto, Karten said it is important to expose students to the truth of what is transpiring in Israel and the Gaza Strip.

“I was talking about the war, explaining that it is not a genocide. We (the IDF) differentiate between combatants and civilians. (Soldiers) have been killed in battle because they spent extra time trying to differentiate between combatants and civilians. This is our policy,” he said.

In the aftermath of the Elm Street attack, Karten said he’s received countless death threats on social media. Meanwhile, in Toronto and elsewhere in Canada — home to the fourth-largest Jewish community in the world — the hostility continues, unchecked. It’s time for Canada to wake up."

 

Time to do more about Islamophobia. "Pro-Palestinian" "speech" cannot be censored

Left wingers claim that people's existence cannot be political, but that only applies to groups they approve of. They don't want people exposed to "harmful" views, so they shut down events 

Of course, ICE being masked shows that they are evil Gestapo who need to keep their nefarious deeds secret, but pro-Palestinian rioters need to be masked to protect themselves from "Zionists"

 

Links - 28th December 2025 (1 - Migrants: USA [including Somalis])

Trump, House Republicans launch new probes into Minnesota COVID fraud scheme - "President Donald Trump and congressional allies are probing Minnesota's sprawling "Feeding Our Future" fraud scheme and pressing federal agencies to recover millions in stolen taxpayer dollars, including funds that were used by convicted individuals in the scheme to finance purchases of luxury vehicles and homes that are out of reach for most Americans. Republicans say the renewed investigations are necessary because, despite dozens of convictions, federal officials are still working to recover only a fraction of the stolen money — a process that has uncovered not only the high-end vehicles and homes but also designer goods, and large amounts of cash tied to the scheme... FBI Director Kash Patel described the scheme in July as "one of the worst" in Minnesota history. "These individuals misappropriated hundreds of millions in federal funds intended to nourish vulnerable children during a time of crisis, redirecting those resources into luxury homes, high-end vehicles and extravagant lifestyles while families faced hardship," he said"

MN House GOP Rapid Response on X - "The Walz Administration just said that they do not conduct routine site visits to prevent fraud because they don't have the staff. "Medicaid is a trust-based system." Meanwhile, Republican Fraud Committee staffers were able to build a web using publicly available information that shows how associates of a Feeding Our Future defendant, and possibly the defendant himself, are STILL receiving Medicaid money!"

Wall Street Apes on X - "Senator John Kennedy reads an internal memo from the Minnesota Attorney General's office. They openly say they did not stop the Somalia immigrant fraud because Democrats would lose votes. “Here's what a fraud investigator in the Attorney General's office said. She said, There is a perception that I'm quoting now, that forcefully tackling this issue would cause political backlash from the Somali community, which is a core voting block for Democrats” Seriously, how are Democrats not getting raided and thrown in prison"

John Pavlovitz on X - "I would rather live next to a Somali immigrant than a MAGA, and it ain't even close."
Bad Hombre on X - "John lives in a 96% White suburb of Raleigh, North Carolina, by the way."

Amber Duke on X - "Three Somalis serving in the Maine House released a letter last week objecting to Trump calling some Somalians "garbage." Two of three are involved w/ a Maine org that is accused of stealing millions in taxpayer $ through persistent Medicaid fraud a la the Minnesota scandal."

RedWave Press on X - "SHOCKING STATS: Minnesota’s 75K+ Somali immigrant community, according to the Center for Immigration Studies.
—Nearly every Somali household with children (89%) receives some form of welfare.
—More than half (52%) of children in Somali immigrant homes in Minnesota live in poverty, while only 8 percent of children in native-headed homes are in poverty.
— One in eight children in poverty in Minnesota lives in a Somali immigrant home.
—About 39% of working-age Somalis have no high school diploma, compared to just 5 percent of natives.
—Among working-age adult Somalis who have lived in the U.S. for more than 10 years, half still cannot speak English “very well”.
—About 54% of Somali-headed households in Minnesota receive food stamps, and 73% of Somali households have at least one member on Medicaid. The comparable figures for native households are 7% and 18%."

Dapper Detective on X - "🚨NEW SOMALI FRAUDSTER: Imported Somali refugee and newly elected Lewiston (ME) City Councilor, lied about where he is living and does not live in the ward he purports to represents, just INDICTED on federal gun theft charges. Pay Attention: Maine is the new Minnesota."

Somali refugee contractor defrauded Maine Medicaid funds, lied about completing services: whistleblower - "Christopher Bernardini, former program coordinator of Gateway Community Services between May 2018 and April 2025, told NewsNation that the organization has defrauded Maine’s Medicaid program. Per Gateway Community Services’ website, the organization "is a trusted resource for immigrant, refugee, and asylee communities across Greater Portland and Lewiston-Auburn," areas with large Somali migrant communities. Bernardini alleged that Gateway oversaw an electronic monitoring system that was manipulated to make it appear as though field staff had been visiting disabled and low-income clients, when these visits did not take place. The electronic monitoring system is designed to track the movements of staff. Bernardini said that despite the visits not actually taking place, taxpayers were charged for providing the services... Another former Gateway employee who asked to remain anonymous said they witnessed records being manipulated. "I saw many things happening that shouldn’t have been. Timecards being manipulated to show services being provided they were not — and times also being manipulated."... Gateway’s founder and CEO is Abdullah Ali, a Somali who came to Maine as a refugee. While serving as the organization’s executive director in 2024, he ran for president of the Somali state of Jubaland... Per the Maine Wire, Ali had previously boasted about his fundraising efforts for para-military forces in Somalia. "When I was in the U.S., I contributed to the financial support for the Jubaland-Somali army. To help the troops buy weapons, bullets and food." Gateway came to the attention of state investigators back in 2022, when the organization received a notice of violation from the MaineCare Services Program Integrity Unit, which estimated, based on a review of the organization’s records and billing during 2017 and 2018, that MaineCare had overpaid $904,000, though this was later revised down to $776,000. Among the reasons listed for why the state felt it had overpaid were a lack of signature dates and documentation for interpretive services not having matching start and stop times. Bernardini said that the questionable billing practices grew during the pandemic, when the federal government issued nearly $1 trillion as part of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). "Once the PPP loan stuff started going on, this one really ticked me off because, all of a sudden, I started seeing these staff come aboard. They’d be on board for two or three weeks." “No hours worked. I’d put in their training hours... I was doing the time cards and I started seeing bonuses, $2,000 bonuses, going to these staff that had only been with us for two weeks. Never worked a shift with a client and yet the PPP loan comes, they’re giving $2,000 away like they’re lollipops at a doctor’s office and I’m like, ‘Where the hell’s my $2,000 bonus, I’ve been here six, seven years.’” Records obtained through the Freedom of Access Act by the Maine Wire revealed that Gateway received $28.8 million in payments from MaineCare between 2019 and 2024, with $4.1 million being issued in 2024 alone. A total of $693,382 was given to Gateway in April 2022 under PPP. Bernardini had raised alarm with the Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General in April 2024, requesting whistleblower protections. He wrote, "I work in the billing department for this agency and I have seen several things that are very questionable and could constitute fraud, waste, or even downright theft. I could not (conscionably) continue doing this work wondering if what we are doing is fraudulent. It does not feel right to continue along this path putting my name on all these documents while constantly wondering about the legality of these potential misdeeds by my organization." The Inspector General replied that the complaint "does not involve DHS programs or operations," and "as a result, DHS is unable to provide assistance with inquiries or complaints that fall outside DHS OIG’s jurisdiction." The Inspector General said that he could "report fraud through the state of Maine. Bernardini said he sent a tip to the Maine State auditor’s office following the email, and in April 2025, Gateway terminated his contract, saying it was discontinuing the position"

Benjamin Weingarten on X - "While originally reported that Rep. Ilhan Omar received campaign contributions from three of the Feeding Our Food scandal fraudsters totaling $7,400, evidence from campaign finance filings suggests she has actually received funds from at least eight individuals charged or associated in evidence at trial totaling nearly double that amount. Court documents also show that the U.S. government obtained at least some records connecting Rep. Omar to the fraudsters. A further review of evidence indicates that reporting likely understates the congresswoman's ties to the scandal. I've got the receipts at the link that follows 👇"

Eyal Yakoby on X - "Former Prime Minister of Somalia “It is very important that Ilhan Omar is a Somalian and that she is in the government for us.” This is wild."
Ryan James Girdusky on X - "When you consider that Somalis in Minnesota send more money to Somalia every year than they pay in state and local taxes, you realize why they care so much"

Laura Aboli Official on X - "THE UNTOLD STORY OF ILHAN OMAR’S FAMILY
Before they arrived in America as “refugees,” Ilhan Omar’s family held power in Somalia. Her father, Nur Omar Mohamed, was a colonel in Siad Barre’s military; the same regime responsible for the genocide of the Isaaq people, one of the most brutal ethnic exterminations in modern African history. Between 1987–1989 (roughly), under Siad Barre’s regime, the Somali government carried out a systematic campaign against the Isaaq-clan civilians: mass killings, aerial and artillery bombardment, forced displacement, village destruction, rape, land-mining, and other atrocities. Cities were flattened and communities wiped out. In a genocidal regime, a colonel is not an innocent bystander, he receives orders and he enforces them; he knows exactly what the state is doing. So the real story is not that Ilhan Omar’s family “fled violence”, but that they fled after their side lost. And yet she lectures America about justice and morality. History has a long memory. Sooner or later, truth catches up."

Joe Rogan Podcast News on X - "Ilhan Omar: "The U.S. government will only do what Somalians in the U.S. tell them to do. They will do what we want and nothing else. They must follow our orders.""
eigenrobot on X - "not to harp on this, but i've become aware that i don't feel that ilhan omar is an american in the way that i'm an american, and i don't believe she wants to be. her civic heart clearly lies overseas. in a legal sense, sure, she's a citizen. but it's shared sentiment, not bureaucracy, that fundamentally binds a nation. this discrepancy between law and spirit in civic inclusion is intensely personally alienating. when i understand that my government is shot through with members of outland clans and officers acting as foreign agents, when my contributions to the fisc are siphoned off to support wholly alien interests, my desire to perpetuate or participate in that government plummets. of the people, by the people, for the people? yes, but which people, exactly? dawg, is your heart even swelled with mystic chords of memory? what kind of american are you? but this is just our lives now. asabiyyah shredder goes brrrrrr"

Meme Wilfred Reilly @wil_da_beast630: "Only about 58% of MN Somalis seem to work...at all."
"Minnesota Demographic Statistics
% in Poverty - MN Average 10%, MN Somalis 60%
% on Food Stamps - MN Average 10%, MN Somalis 43%
% Unemployed - MN Average 5%, MN Somalis 42%
% w/o H.S. Education - MN Average 7%, MN Somanlis 43%"
Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar: "80,000 Somali-Americans in Minnesota work in schools, care for seniors, and serve our community. As a former prosecutor, I've strongly supported prosecuting the fraud cases, but the President has chosen to call 80,000 Somali-Americans "garbage." These hateful attacks must stop."

Meme - Common Sense Extremists: "We went from "Somali immigrants aren't committing welfare fraud!" to "it's a good thing that Somali immigrants are committing welfare fraud!!""
Noah Smith @Noahpinion: "Gonna take a lot of shit from the rightists for this one, but the Somali welfare fraud is a bullish signal for Somalis' future success in America. If you can organize a welfare fraud that elaborate with that many people, you can also organize a drone factory."

Minneapolis police chief says Somalis should call 911 if they see ICE and local police will "immediately respond" : r/libsofreddit - "I thought we wanted to defund the police because ACAB"

Wall Street Apes on X - "A man from Somalia came to America, started a nonprofit and opened a “multimillion dollar migrant care service agency” He’s getting over $5 million per year from American taxpayers, being given no-bid contracts from Maine Governor Janet Mills, and is building a military in Somalia He has been funneling money back to Somalia to build a military in Somalia “The guy is running a migrant services agency that bills MaineCare, which is what we call Medicaid, about $5 million a year” “He said he raised money in the US to buy weapons, munitions, and supplies for paramilitary force he had hoped to lead as the president of Jubaland. Yes, that is a real state in Somalia — and to be clear, in Somalia, he's running to be the warlord of Jubaland. Elections in Jubaland aren't exactly like elections in, America, it's whoever has the most guns is able to certify the election. So he needed to buy a paramilitary organization and paramilitary support in order to win that election.”
- Abdullahi Ali’s Background came to Maine founded Gateway Community Services (a migrant services nonprofit)
- Gateway Community Services received millions in taxpayer-funded MaineCare payments and no-bid contracts from Democratic Gov. Janet Mills’ administration; former employees allege systematic fraudulent billing, over-billing by nearly $1 million in earlier audits
- Governor Janet Mills created the Office of New Americans, whose sole employee (from Sudan) is a former Gateway Community Services staffer
The fraud, kick backs and money laundering by Democrats is just mind blowing"

Minnesota news outlet is getting wrecked online for story on Somali migrants' economic i

mpact on Minnesota - "A KSTP-TV report looked at the economic impact of Somali immigrants in Minnesota after President Donald Trump issued a fiery statement accusing them of adding nothing to the economy. "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you," he said in response to criticism from Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota on Tuesday. "These are people that do nothing but complain," he added. "They complain, and from where they came from, they got nothing. ... When they come from hell and they complain and do nothing but bitch, we don't want them in our country. Let them go back to where they came from and fix it."... The report went on to claim that Somalis in Minnesota generate about $500 million in annual income and pay about $67 million in state and local taxes. He added that their economic impact to the state could be about $8 billion. Many online found the stats to be deceiving or unpersuasive. "So they only owe, what, $933,000,000.00 for the autism center fraud alone? Excellent propaganda point," replied Mollie Hemingway of the Federalist. "It's easy to 'generate' $500 million in 'income' when you steal over [$1 billion] from U.S. taxpayers. The media isn't doing its job here," another user said. "As several other people have pointed out, this implies that Somali immigrants in Minnesota are large net recipients of state & local public services," another comment reads. "It's bizarre to see the media and politicians defending this massive Somali fraud ring. These criminals stole over a billion dollars of taxpayer money, diverting much of it to Democrat politicians and literal terrorists. That's bad actually. Objectively so. Stop defending this!" another detractor said. "

Lance Gooden on X - "Over $1 billion in tax dollars have been stolen by Somalians in Minnesota.
MSNBC: Zero headline news coverage
CBS News: Zero headline news coverage
ABC News: Zero headline news coverage
Imagine what they’d cover up if Tim Walz became vice president."

Jack on X - "🚨BREAKING: Minnesota’s Somali fraud may reach $8 BILLION, not just $1 billion as first reported."

Rep. Kevin Kiley on X - "I am introducing the No Tax Dollars for Riots Act, legislation to deny public funding and tax-exempt status to "nonprofits" that organize riots. The group known as CHIRLA played a central role in the chaos in LA after receiving over $34 million in public funding."

The Oregonian on X - "Blind protester dragged, detained by feds says agents picked ‘the weakest person they could find’"
Homeland Security on X - "This rioter obstructed law enforcement and blocked the driveway so vehicles could not enter or exit the ICE facility creating a public safety threat for our officers and detainees. He blatantly disobeyed law enforcement orders to remain off federal property. Does the @Oregonian plan to also report on this individual yelling he “hopes somebody kills you guys and if they do, we should give them the medal of freedom” to our law enforcement? This violence against law enforcement must END. We will not be deterred by rioters. Law and order will prevail."

Confirmed Miscer ⚔️🍁🔫 on X - "Forgotten piece of Biden admin lore that still blows my mind every time: they were literally lifting fencing along the border, and then thousands of illegals would magically appear to walk through the fence"
Zoomer Alcibiades on X - "Biden admin was genuinely crazier than any conspiracy theory of the “woke left.” Kinda impressive how insane they went in just four years…"
Glinert 🇺🇸 🏭 on X - "I consider myself fairly libtarded but lot of liberals misunderstand that the Trump admin popular mandate was because people (not groypers) felt:
1. This made a satire of the concept of a nation.
2. Second order effects. demographics were changing in perceptible ways."

Did Melania Trump Merit an ‘Einstein Visa’? Probably, Immigration Lawyers Say - The New York Times - "It is known as the “Einstein visa.” Nuclear scientists, Nobel laureates and doctors get it. But so do acrobats, stunt men, event planners — and plenty of models... [there were] questions about whether Mrs. Trump had truly qualified for the visa. But several immigration lawyers rebuffed those questions, saying the requirements for the EB-1 immigrant visa leave far more room for interpretation than its nickname and its best-and-brightest reputation suggest... Marshall Cohen, a lawyer in Atlanta who specializes in EB-1s for world-ranked track and field athletes, said that he would not have hesitated to represent Mrs. Trump. “I am assuming she made a lot of money, got a lot of press and was on the cover of magazines,” he said. “She was probably a pretty easy case.” Mrs. Trump, then Melania Knauss, appeared on the cover of British GQ in 2000, the year she petitioned for the EB-1, and was featured in Sports Illustrated and other magazines later that year. “Do we need more foreign fashion models? Some might say no,” said Mr. Cohen, who led a panel titled “Proving Extraordinary Ability Is Extraordinarily Challenging” at a recent immigration lawyers’ conference. “We might need more chemical engineers. But if there is a fashion model at the top of her field, she could qualify.”... What is clear is that extraordinary intelligence is not necessary — nor sufficient on its own — to get one. Indeed, even Albert Einstein might have not qualified for an EB-1 before winning the Nobel Prize. A few years ago, Ms. Sostrin distributed a résumé to immigration lawyers at a conference without revealing that it was Einstein’s, or at least one devised from his career accomplishments. Ms. Sostrin asked them to assess the likelihood that he would be approved for an extraordinary ability visa. The consensus was that it would be very challenging... “The notion that you somehow have to be a genius or Einstein is utter fiction,” said Chris Wright, a lawyer based in Los Angeles. “We have succeeded with models no more accomplished than Melania Trump.” While the majority of applicants and recipients have titles like “space scientist,” “cancer researcher” and “software engineer,” many have less scholarly pursuits. In 2012, Mr. Wright represented Shera Béchard, a Canadian model and Playboy Playmate who successfully petitioned for an EB-1. In her petition, Mr. Wright included scantily clad photographs of Ms. Béchard. “When it’s a glamorous model and pictures show cleavage rather than research, people assume there is something underhanded going on,” said Mr. Wright, who said that he had also obtained the visas for a racecar driver, a hair dresser and a tennis player. For Glenn Boswell, a stunt performer and director used to jumping out of buildings and moving vehicles, getting the EB-1 was a relative cake walk. His lawyer filed a 439-page petition in 2016 detailing Mr. Boswell’s achievements, which include credits in “Unbroken,” “The Matrix” and “The Hobbit,” and he received approval within a week. “I was really excited when it came,” Mr. Boswell, 60, said in a phone interview from his native Australia. He had no idea he had joined an exclusive club. Daniel Riffner, 35, an acrobat for Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas, compiled a dossier in 2009 about his 25-year career, packed with medals, pictures of his high-wire acts and recommendations from coaches. Kinan Azmeh, 41, a Syrian clarinetist in Brooklyn who is a member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, applied in 2012. Both received green cards... The lawyers also said that scholars and scientists have a tougher time winning approval than models, actors and athletes."
From 2018. Doesn't stop left wingers today screeching about how Melania committed immigration fraud and must be deported

Arizona tribal member nearly deported after Iowa jail issues ICE detainer by mistake - "Leticia Jacobo... was booked into the Polk County Jail in Des Moines, Iowa, where she currently lives, in September for allegedly driving with a suspended license. Jacobo was scheduled to be released on Nov. 11, but what should have been a routine process was complicated and delayed by an erroneously issued ICE detainer. She was ultimately allowed to leave just before 4:30 a.m. on Nov. 12... Lt. Mark Chance, a spokesman for the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which oversees the jail, said that the ICE detainer against Jacobo was the result of a clerical mix-up and was intended for a different person who was booked in the jail at the same time. ICE agents requested a detainer be placed on that person, but a mistake resulted in it being put on Jacobo’s file, instead... Polk County Jail has a 287(g) agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. That partnership authorizes local law enforcement officials to perform some immigration enforcement functions, including preparing removal paperwork, interrogating people who have been arrested about their citizenship status and comparing their biographic information against U.S. Department of Homeland Security databases to identify people who may be eligible for deportation. The purpose of the program is to cut down on the investigative legwork for ICE and increase deportations. Police officers trained under the 287(g) program can issue ICE detainers based on the information they’ve gathered or at the written request of federal officials. Detainers allow a person in custody to be held for an extra 48 hours after their scheduled release time, even if they have not yet been convicted of a crime, to give ICE agents time to take them into custody."
Naturally, left wingers got very upset over this and blamed ICE and claimed he almost got deported, even though ICE wasn't involved in detaining him and he wasn't even handed over to ICE. Clearly, the fact that some people are wrongly detained on suspicion of murder means that we cannot detain anyone for murder

Ariana Jasmine on X - ""Show me your papers" is how the Holocaust began "Show me your papers" is how the Rohingya genocide began "Show me your papers" is how the Rwandan genocide began "Show me your papers" is where America is at right now...."
Fusilli Spock on X - ""Show me your papers" is how I get on an airplane "Show me your papers" is how I buy Sudafed "Show me your papers" is how I pay with credit cards Good grief, Hitler drank water too, not everything we do leads to the Holocaust."
Meme - "If I travel to any other country I'll need to provide a passport and likely a tourist visa. If I break a law in that country I would be subject to their justice system."
"Makes you think back to the COVID era doesn't it?"
"Don't forget show us your vaccine papers!"
I keep seeing left wingers talk about "show me your papers". Ironic. Not so long ago, we were told that: "Just had to show a cop my driving passport on my way to buy alcohol with my age passport. Maybe later I’ll go to Costco with one of my capitalism passports. This morning my partner and I decided to use our money passport to grab breakfast. What’s next? Maybe we will go use our library passport to take out a couple books. Or maybe we will go do some physical activity with our exercise passports. Maybe we will cap off date night with a Netflix movie as we use one of our entertainment passports." Having to show ID is only wrong when that pushes the left wing agenda. Left wingers loved covid vaccine passports - which crucially were not just forms of identification but more importantly contingent on having done something, and which violated bodily autonomy (which is also only important when it pushes the left wing agenda)

George on X - "NBC News just went to the border and the reporter was shocked at how much things have changed under Trump. "The last time I was in Eagle Pass was two years ago... and I saw more migrants crossing a single point in one day than I had in 9 years of covering immigration... Now it's a total change." I can't believe they actually did honest journalism for once."

Republicans against Trump on X - "In Hoffman Estates, Illinois, ICE dragged a girl out of a car, slammed her to the ground, then pinned her face down and knelt on her neck. “I’m 15!” she cries out. “I’m not resisting!” What has America become?"
Tricia McLaughlin on X - "Imagine being so desperate to demonize law enforcement you post a video from a burglary arrest Chicago Police made over a year ago. This isn’t even ICE."

Dapper Detective on X - "🚨An illegal alien from Algeria raped two women in the back of his taxi in separate incidents is back on the road, thanks to Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg allowing “Mohammed Bellebia” to plead guilty to lesser charges and harboring him from ICE. @ZohranKMamdani is smiling ear to ear."

James Fishback on X - "So-called American companies say they have no choice but to use the H-1B program because they “can’t find Americans for these jobs.” Here’s the ugly truth: they’re not even looking for Americans. They refuse to interview them. They hide job postings in obscure newspapers to “check the box,” and when no one “applies,” they import another foreign worker—denying yet another qualified American a job, a wage, and the dignity and purpose that come with both. It’s disgraceful. It’s time to finally and fully dismantle the H-1B scam."

I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 on X - "Meet Democrat Tennessee State Senator Heidi Campbell. She votes to give illegal immigrants driver’s licenses and blocks police from cooperating with ICE yet has the nerve to tell Elon Musk, a legal immigrant, that America is “not his country.” She attacks a man who creates jobs, pays millions in taxes, and donates generously all in a single year, more than she will ever contribute in her lifetime. Failed in the music industry, she is now just another puppet of the Democratic Party living off hardworking taxpayers, including legal immigrants. Her hypocrisy is disturbing and demoralizing to all legal immigrants. Someone needs to tell her it’s time to update her profile picture!"

@amuse on X - "SANCTUARY CITIES: Democrat cities are shutting off Flock cameras because ICE was using them to catch criminal aliens. Cambridge paused its system to protect illegals, but had no issue using it to ticket Americans. Across the country, Democrat-run cities are pausing or dismantling Flock camera networks after discovering ICE used the systems to locate undocumented criminals. Cambridge, MA halted its network to preserve “privacy” for illegal immigrants, even though residents were still monitored and ticketed for traffic violations. More than a dozen cities in Western states have taken similar actions, citing fear that data could reach federal authorities. Critics say Democrats are sabotaging public safety to preserve their sanctuary policies."