Matt Hatfield 🇨🇦
@matthtfld.bsky.social
Executive Director at @openmediaorg.bsky.social, Canada's largest digital rights group. Pro-democracy, everywhere.
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Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
A $30 million "fine" for no crime. Politically-motivated extortion of private institutions.
A $30 million "fine" for no crime. Politically-motivated extortion of private institutions.
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
nyti.ms
November 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
A $30 million "fine" for no crime. Politically-motivated extortion of private institutions.
A $30 million "fine" for no crime. Politically-motivated extortion of private institutions.
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Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority! 📨 openmedia.org/Privacy4Cana...
@openmedia.org
@openmedia.org
Canada Needs Privacy Law Reforms Now!
🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority...
openmedia.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority! 📨 openmedia.org/Privacy4Cana...
@openmedia.org
@openmedia.org
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When one MP crosses the floor and an entire province loses all opposition voices, it shows just how broken our voting system is.
Proportional representation would ensure no party can sweep every seat without sweeping the vote.
Proportional representation would ensure no party can sweep every seat without sweeping the vote.
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
When one MP crosses the floor and an entire province loses all opposition voices, it shows just how broken our voting system is.
Proportional representation would ensure no party can sweep every seat without sweeping the vote.
Proportional representation would ensure no party can sweep every seat without sweeping the vote.
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You would be kicked out of any writer’s room in existence if you had the villains celebrating a Great Gatsby-themed party while taking away food benefits from millions of poor people.
November 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
You would be kicked out of any writer’s room in existence if you had the villains celebrating a Great Gatsby-themed party while taking away food benefits from millions of poor people.
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it's fun how the degenerate gambling/crypto/corruption plotlines are all converging.
My God they've just created a machine that incentivizes every Trump staffer to break the economy (and much else) on purpose so they can insider trade on Truth Social.
Literally every insider trading son of a bitch in this regime is gonna be deliberately *increasing* volatility as much as possible.
Literally every insider trading son of a bitch in this regime is gonna be deliberately *increasing* volatility as much as possible.
"Truth Social users will be able to trade prediction contracts related to major events and milestones, such as political elections, interest and inflation rate changes, commodity prices on gold and crude oil, events across all major sports leagues"
What the bloody hell?
crypto.com/us/company-n...
What the bloody hell?
crypto.com/us/company-n...
October 29, 2025 at 3:57 AM
it's fun how the degenerate gambling/crypto/corruption plotlines are all converging.
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It literally took decades of advocacy to pass these reforms, which would have prevented prison phone and teleconferencing companies from ripping off inmates and their families to the tune of hundreds of millions annually
F.C.C. Changes Course on the Price of Prisoners’ Phone Calls
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
It literally took decades of advocacy to pass these reforms, which would have prevented prison phone and teleconferencing companies from ripping off inmates and their families to the tune of hundreds of millions annually
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Even with this sanitized (not declassified) report from NSICOP, nowhere is the case made out for Bill C-2's intercept technologies or even the specifics of what they're asking for. If the public safety minister were to release what he'd propose as regulations, we could have a real discussion.
Do police and CSIS need new “lawful intercept” powers to keep up with technology?
Parliament says yes. But in a new declassified report meant to justify Bill C-2, it offers little hard data to back this up.
Parliament says yes. But in a new declassified report meant to justify Bill C-2, it offers little hard data to back this up.
October 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Even with this sanitized (not declassified) report from NSICOP, nowhere is the case made out for Bill C-2's intercept technologies or even the specifics of what they're asking for. If the public safety minister were to release what he'd propose as regulations, we could have a real discussion.
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How George Will describes the unlawful arrest of George Retes in the Bezos Post.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
October 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
How George Will describes the unlawful arrest of George Retes in the Bezos Post.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot ...
www.justice.gov
October 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
There are no meaningful permanent deals to strike with the Trump administration.
It isn’t about fentanyl. It isn’t about ads that rightly characterize President Reagan as anti-tariff.
Canada is on our own and have to act like it.
It isn’t about fentanyl. It isn’t about ads that rightly characterize President Reagan as anti-tariff.
Canada is on our own and have to act like it.
October 24, 2025 at 3:46 AM
There are no meaningful permanent deals to strike with the Trump administration.
It isn’t about fentanyl. It isn’t about ads that rightly characterize President Reagan as anti-tariff.
Canada is on our own and have to act like it.
It isn’t about fentanyl. It isn’t about ads that rightly characterize President Reagan as anti-tariff.
Canada is on our own and have to act like it.
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Trump: "I don't think we're gonna necessarily ask for a declaration of war. I think we're just gonna kill people... Okay? We're gonna kill them. They're gonna be, like, dead."
October 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Trump: "I don't think we're gonna necessarily ask for a declaration of war. I think we're just gonna kill people... Okay? We're gonna kill them. They're gonna be, like, dead."
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The perversion of our nonpartisan criminal justice system exactly mirrors the methods used to establish the Erdoğan dictatorship in Turkey—now in its 22nd year.
Forcing public servants to “find” crimes by political opponents equates to suspending our Constitution. It will harm all on Right & Left.
Forcing public servants to “find” crimes by political opponents equates to suspending our Constitution. It will harm all on Right & Left.
No evidence, but the pretextual case isn't dismissed. DOJ will instead keep looking to find some way to bring charges against Schiff. Even when the president's opponents escape charges (for now), it's still heads Trump wins tails they lose. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
October 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The perversion of our nonpartisan criminal justice system exactly mirrors the methods used to establish the Erdoğan dictatorship in Turkey—now in its 22nd year.
Forcing public servants to “find” crimes by political opponents equates to suspending our Constitution. It will harm all on Right & Left.
Forcing public servants to “find” crimes by political opponents equates to suspending our Constitution. It will harm all on Right & Left.
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This is chilling. The President is asserting authority to kill completely outside of the law. And plans to keep at it.
We are not at war, and he is ignoring the criminal laws that actually apply (eg, murder).
No limiting principle stops him from doing this to others he labels "terrorists."
1/3
We are not at war, and he is ignoring the criminal laws that actually apply (eg, murder).
No limiting principle stops him from doing this to others he labels "terrorists."
1/3
Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."
October 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This is chilling. The President is asserting authority to kill completely outside of the law. And plans to keep at it.
We are not at war, and he is ignoring the criminal laws that actually apply (eg, murder).
No limiting principle stops him from doing this to others he labels "terrorists."
1/3
We are not at war, and he is ignoring the criminal laws that actually apply (eg, murder).
No limiting principle stops him from doing this to others he labels "terrorists."
1/3
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Right in front of us. Every day.
A pardon "following months of efforts by Zhao to boost the Trump family’s own crypto company." Unprecedented corruption.
President Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, whose crypto exchange has been boosting the Trump family's own crypto venture.
October 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Right in front of us. Every day.
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Same reason why everything has to have an app. Sweet sweet consumer data, to be sold to ad brokers.
Quick question. Why does literally everything require you to have an account.
Everything.
Everything.
October 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Same reason why everything has to have an app. Sweet sweet consumer data, to be sold to ad brokers.
Grateful to have MP May quote me in 🇨🇦’s House today to state the obvious truth: #BillC2 and little sibling #BillC12 are designed to please President Trump, and nothing else.
Not in keeping with Canadian privacy, values, or national interest.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-6z...
Not in keeping with Canadian privacy, values, or national interest.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-6z...
Elizabeth May: C-2 & C-12 - Democratic Concerns and Rights Violations
YouTube video by Green Party of Canada - Parti vert du Canada
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Grateful to have MP May quote me in 🇨🇦’s House today to state the obvious truth: #BillC2 and little sibling #BillC12 are designed to please President Trump, and nothing else.
Not in keeping with Canadian privacy, values, or national interest.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-6z...
Not in keeping with Canadian privacy, values, or national interest.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-6z...
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I mean, this is just flat out corruption. It’s blatantly obvious. He’s stealing our tax dollars.
President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him.
Whether he gets paid will ultimately be up to DOJ's second-in-command, who was recently his personal lawyer.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Whether he gets paid will ultimately be up to DOJ's second-in-command, who was recently his personal lawyer.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
October 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I mean, this is just flat out corruption. It’s blatantly obvious. He’s stealing our tax dollars.
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So racist it's a news story in 2025. The administration's nominee to head the Office of Special Counsel.
October 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
So racist it's a news story in 2025. The administration's nominee to head the Office of Special Counsel.
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GET RID OF YOUR RING CAMERAS www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Amazon’s Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police
Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."
www.yahoo.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
GET RID OF YOUR RING CAMERAS www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Explaining why he pardoned Santos, Trump openly admits crime is ok if you’re a loyal Republican
October 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Explaining why he pardoned Santos, Trump openly admits crime is ok if you’re a loyal Republican
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Could AI replace political pundits? This company is hiring a Conservative political analyst to help train AI. work.mercor.com/jobs/list_AA...
Conservative Politics Expert - Mercor Jobs
Mercor is seeking professionals deeply engaged in conservative politics to serve as Conservative Politics Experts for a cutting-edge AI research lab. As a Conservative Politics Expert, you’ll help eva...
work.mercor.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Could AI replace political pundits? This company is hiring a Conservative political analyst to help train AI. work.mercor.com/jobs/list_AA...
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The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A stunning investigation by @lighthousereports.com of what I call "despotism as a service"👇
A stunning investigation by @lighthousereports.com of what I call "despotism as a service"👇
The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you
We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.
www.motherjones.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A stunning investigation by @lighthousereports.com of what I call "despotism as a service"👇
A stunning investigation by @lighthousereports.com of what I call "despotism as a service"👇
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This pic really makes the US collapse into full despotism feel real, doesn't it? Leader's dead-eyed, meritless teen son shoved into powerful role solely because Leader wills it: a marker of corrupt autocracy recognizable on every continent and in every century.
Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job
US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This pic really makes the US collapse into full despotism feel real, doesn't it? Leader's dead-eyed, meritless teen son shoved into powerful role solely because Leader wills it: a marker of corrupt autocracy recognizable on every continent and in every century.