@larochecs.bsky.social
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What’s happened to the ICO’s enforcement regime?
We’ve signed @openrightsgroup.org’s letter calling for an inquiry after the data regulator declined to formally investigate the MoD over the Afghan data breach.
https://bit.ly/48gc9ZZ
We’ve signed @openrightsgroup.org’s letter calling for an inquiry after the data regulator declined to formally investigate the MoD over the Afghan data breach.
https://bit.ly/48gc9ZZ
Civil liberties groups call for inquiry into UK data protection watchdog
Campaigners including Good Law Project describe ICO ‘collapse in enforcement activity’ after Afghan data breach
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
What’s happened to the ICO’s enforcement regime?
We’ve signed @openrightsgroup.org’s letter calling for an inquiry after the data regulator declined to formally investigate the MoD over the Afghan data breach.
https://bit.ly/48gc9ZZ
We’ve signed @openrightsgroup.org’s letter calling for an inquiry after the data regulator declined to formally investigate the MoD over the Afghan data breach.
https://bit.ly/48gc9ZZ
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A slap on the wrist isn't a deterrent.
The failure to investigate even the most serious data breach in UK history is the final straw.
We need a strong data regulator that will take action against the government and private sector at a time of escalating threats.
We need an inquiry into the ICO.
The failure to investigate even the most serious data breach in UK history is the final straw.
We need a strong data regulator that will take action against the government and private sector at a time of escalating threats.
We need an inquiry into the ICO.
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A slap on the wrist isn't a deterrent.
The failure to investigate even the most serious data breach in UK history is the final straw.
We need a strong data regulator that will take action against the government and private sector at a time of escalating threats.
We need an inquiry into the ICO.
The failure to investigate even the most serious data breach in UK history is the final straw.
We need a strong data regulator that will take action against the government and private sector at a time of escalating threats.
We need an inquiry into the ICO.
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For the last 3-4 years, the ICO has shifted away from using enforcement powers against public sector organisations except as a last resort.
Since then, the ICO's own review showed “the average number of reported breaches increased by 11%” and an 8% increase in data protection complaints.
Since then, the ICO's own review showed “the average number of reported breaches increased by 11%” and an 8% increase in data protection complaints.
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
For the last 3-4 years, the ICO has shifted away from using enforcement powers against public sector organisations except as a last resort.
Since then, the ICO's own review showed “the average number of reported breaches increased by 11%” and an 8% increase in data protection complaints.
Since then, the ICO's own review showed “the average number of reported breaches increased by 11%” and an 8% increase in data protection complaints.
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No bark. No bite.
The ICO has shied away from enforcing data laws one too many times.
Yesterday over 70 groups and experts joined ORG's demand for an inquiry into the regulator.
Evidence shows that enforcement goes down, breaches go up. We say enough.
www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releas...
The ICO has shied away from enforcing data laws one too many times.
Yesterday over 70 groups and experts joined ORG's demand for an inquiry into the regulator.
Evidence shows that enforcement goes down, breaches go up. We say enough.
www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releas...
70+ organisations and experts demand action over failing ICO
Over 70 civil society organisations, academics and data protection experts have urged the Chair of the Select Committee for Science Information and Technology to open an inquiry into the collapse in…
www.openrightsgroup.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
No bark. No bite.
The ICO has shied away from enforcing data laws one too many times.
Yesterday over 70 groups and experts joined ORG's demand for an inquiry into the regulator.
Evidence shows that enforcement goes down, breaches go up. We say enough.
www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releas...
The ICO has shied away from enforcing data laws one too many times.
Yesterday over 70 groups and experts joined ORG's demand for an inquiry into the regulator.
Evidence shows that enforcement goes down, breaches go up. We say enough.
www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releas...
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"It is extraordinary for the Pentagon to directly threaten a sitting member of Congress with investigation. Until Donald Trump’s second presidency, the institution in charge of the US military had usually strived to appear apolitical."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pentagon investigating US senator over call for troops to refuse illegal orders
Investigation of Mark Kelly after Trump accused Democrats in video of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"It is extraordinary for the Pentagon to directly threaten a sitting member of Congress with investigation. Until Donald Trump’s second presidency, the institution in charge of the US military had usually strived to appear apolitical."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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BREAKING: The court threw out the indictments against Comey & James
Halligan’s entire appointment & every political prosecution that followed had no legal basis
Trump’s attempt to install loyalists to go after his critics failed
Read👇 www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/11.24.25... - TN
Halligan’s entire appointment & every political prosecution that followed had no legal basis
Trump’s attempt to install loyalists to go after his critics failed
Read👇 www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/11.24.25... - TN
Press Release | Democracy Defenders Fund
www.democracydefendersfund.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
BREAKING: The court threw out the indictments against Comey & James
Halligan’s entire appointment & every political prosecution that followed had no legal basis
Trump’s attempt to install loyalists to go after his critics failed
Read👇 www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/11.24.25... - TN
Halligan’s entire appointment & every political prosecution that followed had no legal basis
Trump’s attempt to install loyalists to go after his critics failed
Read👇 www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/11.24.25... - TN
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From the problems created by his old friend Epstein to those presented by his new friend Zohran....
this was Trump's weakest week.
I explain in my weekly column @contrariannews.org
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
this was Trump's weakest week.
I explain in my weekly column @contrariannews.org
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Has Trump’s Power Peaked?
Publisher's Roundup 45
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
From the problems created by his old friend Epstein to those presented by his new friend Zohran....
this was Trump's weakest week.
I explain in my weekly column @contrariannews.org
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
this was Trump's weakest week.
I explain in my weekly column @contrariannews.org
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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After Trump met w/ MBS, Saudi officials & Trump insiders headed to Trump Jr.’s “Executive Branch” club
The Trump family has taken approx. $2B from Saudi entities while giving them VIP access & influence
This is a clear conflict of interest 👇 - TN www.politico.com/newsletters/...
The Trump family has taken approx. $2B from Saudi entities while giving them VIP access & influence
This is a clear conflict of interest 👇 - TN www.politico.com/newsletters/...
November 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
After Trump met w/ MBS, Saudi officials & Trump insiders headed to Trump Jr.’s “Executive Branch” club
The Trump family has taken approx. $2B from Saudi entities while giving them VIP access & influence
This is a clear conflict of interest 👇 - TN www.politico.com/newsletters/...
The Trump family has taken approx. $2B from Saudi entities while giving them VIP access & influence
This is a clear conflict of interest 👇 - TN www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Trump turns on his own CIA's finding from his first term in DISTURBING defense of the Saudi Prince
I discuss on Legal Fight Club w/ @karenattiah.bsky.social 👇 - TN
I discuss on Legal Fight Club w/ @karenattiah.bsky.social 👇 - TN
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Trump turns on his own CIA's finding from his first term in DISTURBING defense of the Saudi Prince
I discuss on Legal Fight Club w/ @karenattiah.bsky.social 👇 - TN
I discuss on Legal Fight Club w/ @karenattiah.bsky.social 👇 - TN
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Trump's history with the Saudi Prince goes way deeper than you think
I discuss on Legal Fight Club w/ @karenattiah.bsky.social👇 - TN
I discuss on Legal Fight Club w/ @karenattiah.bsky.social👇 - TN
November 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Trump's history with the Saudi Prince goes way deeper than you think
I discuss on Legal Fight Club w/ @karenattiah.bsky.social👇 - TN
I discuss on Legal Fight Club w/ @karenattiah.bsky.social👇 - TN
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I am moving to Dubai because England is so dangerous. www.ft.com/content/9bf6...
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I am moving to Dubai because England is so dangerous. www.ft.com/content/9bf6...
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My favorite of the 11 blunders from Trump's DOJ in their historically bad case against James Comey 👇
On Legal Fight Club w/ @katiephang.bsky.social - TN
On Legal Fight Club w/ @katiephang.bsky.social - TN
November 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
My favorite of the 11 blunders from Trump's DOJ in their historically bad case against James Comey 👇
On Legal Fight Club w/ @katiephang.bsky.social - TN
On Legal Fight Club w/ @katiephang.bsky.social - TN
They need to be uncomfortable about this
fortune.com/2025/11/17/a...
fortune.com/2025/11/17/a...
'I'm deeply uncomfortable': Anthropic CEO warns that a cadre of AI leaders, including himself, should not be in charge of the technology’s future | Fortune
Dario Amodei, who left OpenAI before founding Anthropic, has been outspoken about the need for greater AI regulation.
fortune.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
They need to be uncomfortable about this
fortune.com/2025/11/17/a...
fortune.com/2025/11/17/a...
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How big a piece of shit would you have to be to buy the confiscated jewelry of asylum seekers at a government auction?
November 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
How big a piece of shit would you have to be to buy the confiscated jewelry of asylum seekers at a government auction?
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Oh no, please don't seize the assets of those European companies and individuals who stayed in Russia after 2014!
Please, anything but that.
Please, anything but that.
RUSSIA TO USE SIMILAR MEASURE IF EU SEIZES ASSETS: TASS
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Oh no, please don't seize the assets of those European companies and individuals who stayed in Russia after 2014!
Please, anything but that.
Please, anything but that.
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ONS is so bad. (This is about specifically British nationals.) www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
November 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
ONS is so bad. (This is about specifically British nationals.) www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
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We won't give up until we get the Trump–Epstein files & we are driving forward in court!
I'll join @ms.now's @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social to talk about @democracydefendersfund.org's work for transparency & to protect your rights & fight corruption
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
I'll join @ms.now's @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social to talk about @democracydefendersfund.org's work for transparency & to protect your rights & fight corruption
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
We will reveal the Trump-Epstein files—with Contrarian help!
Publisher's Roundup 44
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We won't give up until we get the Trump–Epstein files & we are driving forward in court!
I'll join @ms.now's @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social to talk about @democracydefendersfund.org's work for transparency & to protect your rights & fight corruption
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
I'll join @ms.now's @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social to talk about @democracydefendersfund.org's work for transparency & to protect your rights & fight corruption
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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ProPublica reports Dan Bongino got a polygraph waiver for his security clearance
These exams catch foreign ties & blackmail risks
Waivers at this level are unprecedented & part of a broader purge of career national-security experts
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social 👇 - TN
These exams catch foreign ties & blackmail risks
Waivers at this level are unprecedented & part of a broader purge of career national-security experts
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social 👇 - TN
November 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
ProPublica reports Dan Bongino got a polygraph waiver for his security clearance
These exams catch foreign ties & blackmail risks
Waivers at this level are unprecedented & part of a broader purge of career national-security experts
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social 👇 - TN
These exams catch foreign ties & blackmail risks
Waivers at this level are unprecedented & part of a broader purge of career national-security experts
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social 👇 - TN
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Maxwell played a central role in Epstein’s operation
So why was she moved to a minimum-security facility with special treatment?
New emails show she misled Todd Blanch about Trump’s time in Epstein’s house
This is corruption at the highest levels
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social👇 - TN
So why was she moved to a minimum-security facility with special treatment?
New emails show she misled Todd Blanch about Trump’s time in Epstein’s house
This is corruption at the highest levels
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social👇 - TN
November 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Maxwell played a central role in Epstein’s operation
So why was she moved to a minimum-security facility with special treatment?
New emails show she misled Todd Blanch about Trump’s time in Epstein’s house
This is corruption at the highest levels
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social👇 - TN
So why was she moved to a minimum-security facility with special treatment?
New emails show she misled Todd Blanch about Trump’s time in Epstein’s house
This is corruption at the highest levels
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social👇 - TN
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Trump’s obsession with alleged Biden corruption is a distraction from his own
While Americans face an affordability & healthcare crisis, Trump & his allies are enriching themselves through pardons, crypto deals, & golden perks
I broke it down on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social 👇 - TN
While Americans face an affordability & healthcare crisis, Trump & his allies are enriching themselves through pardons, crypto deals, & golden perks
I broke it down on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social 👇 - TN
November 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Trump’s obsession with alleged Biden corruption is a distraction from his own
While Americans face an affordability & healthcare crisis, Trump & his allies are enriching themselves through pardons, crypto deals, & golden perks
I broke it down on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social 👇 - TN
While Americans face an affordability & healthcare crisis, Trump & his allies are enriching themselves through pardons, crypto deals, & golden perks
I broke it down on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social 👇 - TN
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This week’s pardons—Rudy Giuliani, who helped incite Jan 6, & other Jan 6 participants—show open partisanship at DOJ
Trump crony Ed Martin’s “no MAGA left behind” tweet sends the message: commit crimes, support him, & you’re safe
That’s not America
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social👇 -TN
Trump crony Ed Martin’s “no MAGA left behind” tweet sends the message: commit crimes, support him, & you’re safe
That’s not America
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social👇 -TN
November 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This week’s pardons—Rudy Giuliani, who helped incite Jan 6, & other Jan 6 participants—show open partisanship at DOJ
Trump crony Ed Martin’s “no MAGA left behind” tweet sends the message: commit crimes, support him, & you’re safe
That’s not America
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social👇 -TN
Trump crony Ed Martin’s “no MAGA left behind” tweet sends the message: commit crimes, support him, & you’re safe
That’s not America
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social👇 -TN
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The Epstein emails are a “skeleton key” for understanding a culture “in which the wealthy and powerful appear not as master operators but as bumbling sycophants, eager to cozy up to influence no matter how villainous or depraved,” @cwarzel.bsky.social argues.
The Dumb Truth at the Heart of the Epstein Scandal
When QAnon meets Veep
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The Epstein emails are a “skeleton key” for understanding a culture “in which the wealthy and powerful appear not as master operators but as bumbling sycophants, eager to cozy up to influence no matter how villainous or depraved,” @cwarzel.bsky.social argues.
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Temerko, a Soviet-born oligarch and a major Conservative donor, told Belton that he and Johnson spent time… plotting the overthrow May. According to Temerko, Johnson had finally been persuaded to back Brexit in 2016 by a group of “eastern European businessmen”.
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
Landmark Ruling in Strasbourg as MPs Challenge UK Government over Failure to Investigate Russian Interference in Brexit
'Nothing less than the future of democracy is at stake' says Caroline Lucas as a cross-party coalition and The Citizens win an unprecedented hearing over electoral safety and national security
bylinetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Temerko, a Soviet-born oligarch and a major Conservative donor, told Belton that he and Johnson spent time… plotting the overthrow May. According to Temerko, Johnson had finally been persuaded to back Brexit in 2016 by a group of “eastern European businessmen”.
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
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"I've gotten pulled into the Brexit thing this morning with Nigel, Boris and Rees Mogg."
Then, in what appears to be a reference to Theresa May, Bannon tells Epstein
"The guys are trying to move on. may today / tomorrow…"
2018. As Gill took the bribes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Then, in what appears to be a reference to Theresa May, Bannon tells Epstein
"The guys are trying to move on. may today / tomorrow…"
2018. As Gill took the bribes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Emails highlight Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon relationship
New documents show the pair discussing travel arrangements and UK politics in messages from 2018.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
"I've gotten pulled into the Brexit thing this morning with Nigel, Boris and Rees Mogg."
Then, in what appears to be a reference to Theresa May, Bannon tells Epstein
"The guys are trying to move on. may today / tomorrow…"
2018. As Gill took the bribes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Then, in what appears to be a reference to Theresa May, Bannon tells Epstein
"The guys are trying to move on. may today / tomorrow…"
2018. As Gill took the bribes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Emails highlight Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon relationship
Emails highlight Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon relationship
New documents show the pair discussing travel arrangements and UK politics in messages from 2018.
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Emails highlight Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon relationship