David P Ball
@davidpball.bsky.social
Freelance reporter, podcaster, photog & editor ¶ Co-founder: Debrief Communications ¶ Formerly CBC, TorStar, AFP, Tyee ¶ CAJ+Webster awards ¶ Bylines: Globe & Mail, Le Monde, Guardian, National Post etc ¶ Tips: david@davidpball.net
Case closed
Despite confessions
“Children were in the room kneeling down…I am trained to shoot 2 shots to the chest and 2 shots to the head and I followed my training…I was able to positively identify the people in the room as women and children before shooting them"
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Despite confessions
“Children were in the room kneeling down…I am trained to shoot 2 shots to the chest and 2 shots to the head and I followed my training…I was able to positively identify the people in the room as women and children before shooting them"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Haditha: Two US marines implicated in killing family in notorious Iraq war shooting, expert tells BBC
New evidence raises doubts about the longest US war crimes investigation of the Iraq war and how US forces are held to account.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Case closed
Despite confessions
“Children were in the room kneeling down…I am trained to shoot 2 shots to the chest and 2 shots to the head and I followed my training…I was able to positively identify the people in the room as women and children before shooting them"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Despite confessions
“Children were in the room kneeling down…I am trained to shoot 2 shots to the chest and 2 shots to the head and I followed my training…I was able to positively identify the people in the room as women and children before shooting them"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
May 16, 2023 at 10:51 PM
Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
“indigenous territory is sacred. Enough of the invasion and disrespect“
“No to predatory tourism in the territory of the Munduruku people.”
“We don’t negotiate the lives of our children”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“No to predatory tourism in the territory of the Munduruku people.”
“We don’t negotiate the lives of our children”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop day 5 live: Indigenous activists blockade the summit centre as climate conference continues
As the climate conference goes into its fifth day, with huge amounts still unresolved, there were reports that activists had blockaded the entrance to the centre
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“indigenous territory is sacred. Enough of the invasion and disrespect“
“No to predatory tourism in the territory of the Munduruku people.”
“We don’t negotiate the lives of our children”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“No to predatory tourism in the territory of the Munduruku people.”
“We don’t negotiate the lives of our children”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Incredible digging by CBC’s Visual Investigations team. Uncovering todays white supremacist movement in Canada
And I recognize names in here from my own 2011-12 reporting on a violent fire assault on people of colour in East Van. Still nazis apparently
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
And I recognize names in here from my own 2011-12 reporting on a violent fire assault on people of colour in East Van. Still nazis apparently
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
MMA gym owners, coaches ID’d at secretive neo-Nazi event in B.C. | CBC News
This summer in Vancouver, dozens of people gathered to attend a conference organized and attended by some of Canada’s most prominent white supremacist organizations. CBC’s visual investigations team l...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Incredible digging by CBC’s Visual Investigations team. Uncovering todays white supremacist movement in Canada
And I recognize names in here from my own 2011-12 reporting on a violent fire assault on people of colour in East Van. Still nazis apparently
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
And I recognize names in here from my own 2011-12 reporting on a violent fire assault on people of colour in East Van. Still nazis apparently
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Trump is trying to shut down the free press by claiming he didn’t incite Jan 6 rioters
Yes media should have clearly shown audiences where they edit content, but Trump and his favoured propaganda also edit hourslong speeches…it’s impossible not to. Red herring
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Yes media should have clearly shown audiences where they edit content, but Trump and his favoured propaganda also edit hourslong speeches…it’s impossible not to. Red herring
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The BBC’s editing of Trump’s January 6 speech caused controversy – but what did he really say?
The scandal has provided Trump another avenue to attack the media, and to relitigate his involvement in January 6
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Trump is trying to shut down the free press by claiming he didn’t incite Jan 6 rioters
Yes media should have clearly shown audiences where they edit content, but Trump and his favoured propaganda also edit hourslong speeches…it’s impossible not to. Red herring
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Yes media should have clearly shown audiences where they edit content, but Trump and his favoured propaganda also edit hourslong speeches…it’s impossible not to. Red herring
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
More "great" policing, even when victims are the Environment Minister they're dismissed - provincial Crown prosecutors decided no charges should be laid against Keon Woronuk, Derek Riddell and Joel Odorski
Now she's suing
Now she's suing
A Lethbridge police officer searched Shannon Phillips on database after overhearing the 'tail end' of a conversation
Provincial Crown prosecutors decided no charges should be laid.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Provincial Crown prosecutors decided no charges should be laid.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Lethbridge officer searched ex-Alberta MLA on database after overhearing 'tail end' of conversation: report | CBC News
After "completely unsatisfying" investigation outcome and no criminal charges, Shannon Phillips plans to continue with lawsuit against her city's police.
www.cbc.ca
November 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
More "great" policing, even when victims are the Environment Minister they're dismissed - provincial Crown prosecutors decided no charges should be laid against Keon Woronuk, Derek Riddell and Joel Odorski
Now she's suing
Now she's suing
Great policing work. Seems like it doesn't matter what country it is, if the victims are viewed as disposable or irrelevant by officers, they don't investigate. Familiar?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A 20-minute date with a Tinder predator 'destroyed' my life for years
Nadia said the abuse started after she ended their date early because of "red flags".
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Great policing work. Seems like it doesn't matter what country it is, if the victims are viewed as disposable or irrelevant by officers, they don't investigate. Familiar?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Albert Pike (KKK Chief Judicial Officer & Arkansas KKK Grand Dragon, and Confederate Gen.):
”Tthe white race, and that race alone, shall govern this country. It is the only one that is fit to govern”
“I took my obligations from white men, not from negroes”
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
”Tthe white race, and that race alone, shall govern this country. It is the only one that is fit to govern”
“I took my obligations from white men, not from negroes”
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Confederate statue torn down during 2020 protests is back up in D.C.
The National Park Service announced in August its plan to return the refurbished statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike to a small federal park at Third and D streets NW.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Albert Pike (KKK Chief Judicial Officer & Arkansas KKK Grand Dragon, and Confederate Gen.):
”Tthe white race, and that race alone, shall govern this country. It is the only one that is fit to govern”
“I took my obligations from white men, not from negroes”
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
”Tthe white race, and that race alone, shall govern this country. It is the only one that is fit to govern”
“I took my obligations from white men, not from negroes”
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
”Some Republican leaders have dismissed the idea as a joke, noting that the Constitution does not permit it. White House aides have mocked reporters for taking the president at his word”
Lol yeah the Constitution is sure gonna be protected by Trump’s judges
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
Lol yeah the Constitution is sure gonna be protected by Trump’s judges
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
Bannon Claims ‘There Is a Plan’ for Trump to Run for a Third Term
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
”Some Republican leaders have dismissed the idea as a joke, noting that the Constitution does not permit it. White House aides have mocked reporters for taking the president at his word”
Lol yeah the Constitution is sure gonna be protected by Trump’s judges
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
Lol yeah the Constitution is sure gonna be protected by Trump’s judges
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
Multiple assaults on journalists by federal agents incl pepper balls shot into a marked CBS van w/ reporter in it. Another journalist taken into custody 6h
Media orgs say agents‘ “pattern of extreme brutality” is to “silence the press & civilians”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
Media orgs say agents‘ “pattern of extreme brutality” is to “silence the press & civilians”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
Judge Says Immigration Agents Must Wear Body Cameras in Chicago
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Multiple assaults on journalists by federal agents incl pepper balls shot into a marked CBS van w/ reporter in it. Another journalist taken into custody 6h
Media orgs say agents‘ “pattern of extreme brutality” is to “silence the press & civilians”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
Media orgs say agents‘ “pattern of extreme brutality” is to “silence the press & civilians”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
Reposted by David P Ball
Hacked CRA accounts, crime sprees as the Interior Health Authority denied massive data breach for a decade.
Former privacy commissioner calls for investigation into what health authority knew and when
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #IHA
Former privacy commissioner calls for investigation into what health authority knew and when
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #IHA
Hacked CRA accounts, crime sprees as B.C. health agency denied massive data breach for a decade | CBC News
For a decade, a B.C. government agency denied a data breach that affected 28,000 health-care workers, creating a situation that one privacy expert says opened the door for fraud artists to continue cr...
www.cbc.ca
October 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Hacked CRA accounts, crime sprees as the Interior Health Authority denied massive data breach for a decade.
Former privacy commissioner calls for investigation into what health authority knew and when
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #IHA
Former privacy commissioner calls for investigation into what health authority knew and when
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #IHA
2% of Trump appointees are Black (vs 14% of pop’n)
Black workers, esp Black women, have been hardest hit by federal workforce cuts
“You don’t need a very sophisticated analysis to read into what this means“—Cathy Albisa of Branch4, which supports federal workers
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
Black workers, esp Black women, have been hardest hit by federal workforce cuts
“You don’t need a very sophisticated analysis to read into what this means“—Cathy Albisa of Branch4, which supports federal workers
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
2% of Trump appointees are Black (vs 14% of pop’n)
Black workers, esp Black women, have been hardest hit by federal workforce cuts
“You don’t need a very sophisticated analysis to read into what this means“—Cathy Albisa of Branch4, which supports federal workers
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
Black workers, esp Black women, have been hardest hit by federal workforce cuts
“You don’t need a very sophisticated analysis to read into what this means“—Cathy Albisa of Branch4, which supports federal workers
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
“This is not the first time Trump has tried to have a Black man unjustly arrested,” governor Johnson responded to Trump ordering their arrest
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
October 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
“This is not the first time Trump has tried to have a Black man unjustly arrested,” governor Johnson responded to Trump ordering their arrest
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
If you’re appalled by the killing of 60,000+ Palestinians, “your fury will be entirely directed at the Israeli government and have nothing to do with Jews: the line between the two will be sharp & clear in your own mind.” But for some “the line is not so clear”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In a time of hate and rancour, two Jews sought to pray – and were killed. Let Manchester be a turning point | Jonathan Freedland
This was a horror but with so much intolerance and antisemitism, no one can say it was a surprise. There are lessons to learn, and that must start now, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If you’re appalled by the killing of 60,000+ Palestinians, “your fury will be entirely directed at the Israeli government and have nothing to do with Jews: the line between the two will be sharp & clear in your own mind.” But for some “the line is not so clear”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by David P Ball
“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”
It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.
It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.
ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground
ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.
abc7chicago.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”
It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.
It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.
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Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
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Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
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Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
“We all get on,” says a local resident. "Hatred is just not welcome here."
The timing of an attack on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar feels to many like it is designed to maximise the hurt felt across Jewish communities
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The timing of an attack on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar feels to many like it is designed to maximise the hurt felt across Jewish communities
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Two dead in Manchester synagogue attack, with suspect shot dead by police
Video from the scene, verified by the BBC, shows a man with items strapped around his waist. The attack happened on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
www.bbc.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“We all get on,” says a local resident. "Hatred is just not welcome here."
The timing of an attack on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar feels to many like it is designed to maximise the hurt felt across Jewish communities
www.bbc.com/news/live/cx...
The timing of an attack on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar feels to many like it is designed to maximise the hurt felt across Jewish communities
www.bbc.com/news/live/cx...
Angela Marie MacDougall, with Battered Women's Support Services (@endingviolence.bsky.social), accuses police of escalating the situation by barking commands & their tactical stance, and calls relying on Google Translate to speak to Renteria Valencia "appalling”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
IIO clears police of wrongdoing in fatal shooting of Surrey mom, calls actions 'reasonable' | CBC News
The findings are drawing criticism from an advocacy group for domestic violence victims. It faults the police response and says systemic conditions contributed to the fatal shooting.
www.cbc.ca
September 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Angela Marie MacDougall, with Battered Women's Support Services (@endingviolence.bsky.social), accuses police of escalating the situation by barking commands & their tactical stance, and calls relying on Google Translate to speak to Renteria Valencia "appalling”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
But this is apparently not “political violence“ of course
don’t hold your breath for an executive order
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
don’t hold your breath for an executive order
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Republican Arizona lawmaker makes post calling for execution of Democratic congresswoman
John Gillette on X called for ‘people like’ Pramila Jayapal to be ‘hanged’ in response to her video on anti-Trump protests
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 3:12 AM
But this is apparently not “political violence“ of course
don’t hold your breath for an executive order
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
don’t hold your breath for an executive order
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by David P Ball
"At one point you can hear the man on the ground yell 'I live in America! I love you America!' ... When one witness asks why the man was arrested, the officer shouts 'Because he’s a criminal, how bout that?' He justifies his actions by telling witnesses 'I have to protect my people.'”
ICE agents point guns at bystanders during violent arrest in Maryland
“What’re you gonna do? Shoot me?” one witness yelled. “Go ahead. Shoot me.”
www.thehandbasket.co
September 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"At one point you can hear the man on the ground yell 'I live in America! I love you America!' ... When one witness asks why the man was arrested, the officer shouts 'Because he’s a criminal, how bout that?' He justifies his actions by telling witnesses 'I have to protect my people.'”
ICE Officer ‘Relieved of His Duties’ After Pushing Woman to Floor
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Breaking News: The Des Moines schools superintendent was detained by ICE authorities, who said he was in the U.S. without authorization.
Des Moines Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts Detained by ICE, Officials Say
Superintendent Ian Roberts, who has led the Iowa capital’s public school system since 2023, was in the United States without authorization, federal officials said.
nyti.ms
September 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Breaking News: The Des Moines schools superintendent was detained by ICE authorities, who said he was in the U.S. without authorization.
ACLU: weaponizing justice is “disdain“ for the what “made America great”
”Threatening individuals who speak out…arresting, investigating, & prosecuting elected officials of the opposition party & others who displease him…have corrupted our system of justice“
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
”Threatening individuals who speak out…arresting, investigating, & prosecuting elected officials of the opposition party & others who displease him…have corrupted our system of justice“
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Dangerous abuse of power’: lawmakers sound alarm over Comey indictment
Democrats and legal experts say indictment is latest sign Trump is turning justice system into weapon to silence critics
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
ACLU: weaponizing justice is “disdain“ for the what “made America great”
”Threatening individuals who speak out…arresting, investigating, & prosecuting elected officials of the opposition party & others who displease him…have corrupted our system of justice“
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
”Threatening individuals who speak out…arresting, investigating, & prosecuting elected officials of the opposition party & others who displease him…have corrupted our system of justice“
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"She would ask for food so she could take her medicines…she was given a plate of ice. She explained she had dentures & could not eat them. The guard told her, ‘that's your fault'”
At what point will society be surprised if some of the disappeared never reappear?
m.timesofindia.com/articleshow/...
At what point will society be surprised if some of the disappeared never reappear?
m.timesofindia.com/articleshow/...
Harjit Kaur Deportation: ‘Given plate of ice as food, denied meds on flight’: 73-year-old Punjab grandma deported after 30 years in US | Chandigarh News - The Times of India
Harjit Kaur, a 73-year-old woman who lived in the US for 30 years, faced deportation after her asylum applications were denied. During her detention,
m.timesofindia.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"She would ask for food so she could take her medicines…she was given a plate of ice. She explained she had dentures & could not eat them. The guard told her, ‘that's your fault'”
At what point will society be surprised if some of the disappeared never reappear?
m.timesofindia.com/articleshow/...
At what point will society be surprised if some of the disappeared never reappear?
m.timesofindia.com/articleshow/...