Rumneek Johal
@rumneeek.bsky.social
Associate Editor @pressprogress ✍️
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For @pressprogress.ca I spoke to Nada El-Falou from Palestinian Students and Scholars at Risk about the 100+ students accepted to Canadian Universities still waiting for a visa.
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Why won’t Canada’s government let Gazans come here to study?
Nada El-Falou, from the Palestinian Students and Scholars at Risk Network, explains how Canada’s inaction is endangering students who have already been accepted into grad programs across the country
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January 27, 2026 at 7:48 PM
For @pressprogress.ca I spoke to Nada El-Falou from Palestinian Students and Scholars at Risk about the 100+ students accepted to Canadian Universities still waiting for a visa.
pressprogress.ca/why-wont-can...
pressprogress.ca/why-wont-can...
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New from me: More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In.
More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In.
See a map of the graduate programs they're planning to attend, if the government finally processes their visas
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January 27, 2026 at 9:54 PM
New from me: More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In.
New, from me: BC Officials Know That Private Career Colleges Don’t Always Meet Standards. Advocates Say Little Is Being Done.
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BC Officials Know That Private Career Colleges Don’t Always Meet Standards. Advocates Say Little Is Being Done.
Records released through a freedom-of-information request shed light on the province's enforcement efforts
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January 23, 2026 at 6:33 PM
New, from me: BC Officials Know That Private Career Colleges Don’t Always Meet Standards. Advocates Say Little Is Being Done.
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I'm looking to speak to people who have received extortion related calls/letters living in BC or know someone who has. I'm willing to keep you entirely anonymous!
January 22, 2026 at 7:31 PM
I'm looking to speak to people who have received extortion related calls/letters living in BC or know someone who has. I'm willing to keep you entirely anonymous!
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NEWS: Postmedia suspends Toronto Sun parliamentary bureau chief after tweet applauding ICE killing of Minneapolis woman
Postmedia says Bryan Passifiume’s tweet about ICE killing of Renee Good was ‘regrettable and insensitive’
Postmedia says Bryan Passifiume’s tweet about ICE killing of Renee Good was ‘regrettable and insensitive’
Postmedia Suspends Toronto Sun Parliamentary Bureau Chief After Tweet Applauding ICE Killing Minneapolis Woman
Postmedia says Bryan Passifiume’s tweet about ICE killing of Renee Good was ‘regrettable and insensitive’
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January 13, 2026 at 4:40 PM
NEWS: Postmedia suspends Toronto Sun parliamentary bureau chief after tweet applauding ICE killing of Minneapolis woman
Postmedia says Bryan Passifiume’s tweet about ICE killing of Renee Good was ‘regrettable and insensitive’
Postmedia says Bryan Passifiume’s tweet about ICE killing of Renee Good was ‘regrettable and insensitive’
"It makes sense that she finds herself in the thrall of MAGAism, a movement that, discounting the obvious superficial qualities, in many ways resembles her: vacuous, blustering, obsessed with dominance."
I wrote about MAGA Minaj from the perspective of a Barb (a condition for which there is lamentably no known cure) johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/a-mf-monster
A MF MONSTER
Thoughts on MAGA Minaj from a Barb in recovery
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:10 PM
"It makes sense that she finds herself in the thrall of MAGAism, a movement that, discounting the obvious superficial qualities, in many ways resembles her: vacuous, blustering, obsessed with dominance."
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Some Grok users, mostly men, began to demand to see bruising on the bodies of the women, and for blood to be added to the images. Requests to show women tied up and gagged were instantly granted.
‘Add blood, forced smile’:
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Add blood, forced smile’:
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Add blood, forced smile’: how Grok’s nudification tool went viral
The ‘put her in a bikini’ trend rapidly evolved into hundreds of thousands of requests to strip clothes from photos of women, horrifying those targeted
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Some Grok users, mostly men, began to demand to see bruising on the bodies of the women, and for blood to be added to the images. Requests to show women tied up and gagged were instantly granted.
‘Add blood, forced smile’:
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Add blood, forced smile’:
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Amid all the backlash about sexualized AI-generated images of minors, why the actual F is X running ads for Grok as "the most fun image and creation tool in the world" ???
January 9, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Amid all the backlash about sexualized AI-generated images of minors, why the actual F is X running ads for Grok as "the most fun image and creation tool in the world" ???
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Every day, thousands of women and children are victimized by people on X using the Grok chatbot to generate scantily clad and naked photos of them.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
Elon Musk’s X must be banned
Regulators need to stop cowering before the richest man in the world
disconnect.blog
January 8, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Every day, thousands of women and children are victimized by people on X using the Grok chatbot to generate scantily clad and naked photos of them.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
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What ICE was up to in Minnesota before they murdered a woman
January 7, 2026 at 10:01 PM
What ICE was up to in Minnesota before they murdered a woman
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Two queer women with a 6 year old in school today stopped to film ICE and for their bravery ICE agents murdered one before the other’s eyes. The grief in the survivor’s voice is a knife to the gut. Destroying people and their bonds is what ICE has always done.
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Two queer women with a 6 year old in school today stopped to film ICE and for their bravery ICE agents murdered one before the other’s eyes. The grief in the survivor’s voice is a knife to the gut. Destroying people and their bonds is what ICE has always done.
New, from me
Sikh Federation Canada Calls Out Carney Government For Failing to Hold India Accountable for Foreign Interference
Sikh community calls for “accountability and transparency” as federal government looks to restart relationship with India
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Sikh community calls for “accountability and transparency” as federal government looks to restart relationship with India
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Sikh Federation Canada Calls Out Carney Government For Failing to Hold India Accountable for Foreign Interference
Sikh community calls for “accountability and transparency” as federal government looks to restart relationship with India
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December 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
New, from me
New, from me on the implosion of BC's newest far-right party, OneBC. pressprogress.ca/dallas-brodi...
BC’s newest far-right party, OneBC, entangled in conflict after removal of leader
The party’s implosion appears to have stemmed from the firing of a staffer accused of posting neo-Nazi propaganda
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December 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
New, from me on the implosion of BC's newest far-right party, OneBC. pressprogress.ca/dallas-brodi...
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BREAKING: Over the last hour floodwaters have inundated Sumas, Wash. Flooding will soon be starting in Sumas Prairie.
December 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
BREAKING: Over the last hour floodwaters have inundated Sumas, Wash. Flooding will soon be starting in Sumas Prairie.
A great story by dogged reporter @emmaarkell.bsky.social
Simon Fraser University wants only non-union faculty at its new medical school.
SFU contends that it's so new and different that the existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply.
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SFU contends that it's so new and different that the existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply.
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SFU Wants Only Non-Union Faculty at New Medical School
Simon Fraser contends that the med school is so new and different that its existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply
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December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A great story by dogged reporter @emmaarkell.bsky.social
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The DULF constitutional challenge will continue tomorrow at 9:30am. Lisa Lapointe will continue her testimony.
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
The 'compassion club' fighting Canada's drug laws | Front Burner | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
Through 2022 and 2023, two Vancouver activists made international headlines with DULF — the Drug User Liberation Front. In a bid to stop overdose deaths, founders Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx sold clea...
www.cbc.ca
December 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The DULF constitutional challenge will continue tomorrow at 9:30am. Lisa Lapointe will continue her testimony.
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
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Barf Bag: Apparently, being a career-driven female in Manhattan becomes spiritually corrupt only after you’ve successfully leveraged it.
www.jezebel.com/woman-with-2...
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Woman With 2 Degrees Who Married at 32 & Had Kids at 34 Warns Women Not to Be Career-Driven
Barf Bag: Apparently, being a career-driven female in Manhattan becomes spiritually corrupt only after you’ve successfully leveraged it.
www.jezebel.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Barf Bag: Apparently, being a career-driven female in Manhattan becomes spiritually corrupt only after you’ve successfully leveraged it.
www.jezebel.com/woman-with-2...
www.jezebel.com/woman-with-2...
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Maybe this is a controversial take but I would love it if we were able to do our jobs and ask questions of elected officials.
Context: Premier Eby held 2 press conferences today, one about involuntary treatment for children and the other about Surrey Memorial Hospital expansion.
@rumneeek.bsky.social queued for questions at one, and I did for the other. Neither of us got called on to ask qs for @pressprogress.ca
#bcpoli
@rumneeek.bsky.social queued for questions at one, and I did for the other. Neither of us got called on to ask qs for @pressprogress.ca
#bcpoli
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Maybe this is a controversial take but I would love it if we were able to do our jobs and ask questions of elected officials.
TFW you hand your baby random objects to keep them entertained for an hour while you listen in on a presser and wait to ask questions and then they end it by taking only one question from the phones
Context: Premier Eby held 2 press conferences today, one about involuntary treatment for children and the other about Surrey Memorial Hospital expansion.
@rumneeek.bsky.social queued for questions at one, and I did for the other. Neither of us got called on to ask qs for @pressprogress.ca
#bcpoli
@rumneeek.bsky.social queued for questions at one, and I did for the other. Neither of us got called on to ask qs for @pressprogress.ca
#bcpoli
December 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
TFW you hand your baby random objects to keep them entertained for an hour while you listen in on a presser and wait to ask questions and then they end it by taking only one question from the phones
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this is who you denied taking questions from this morning @davidebybc.bsky.social 😤
Me: I have to join a press conference so ill just put the baby down early so she's sleeping through it and I can listen and ask questions
My baby as soon as the presser starts:
My baby as soon as the presser starts:
December 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
this is who you denied taking questions from this morning @davidebybc.bsky.social 😤
Me: I have to join a press conference so ill just put the baby down early so she's sleeping through it and I can listen and ask questions
My baby as soon as the presser starts:
My baby as soon as the presser starts:
December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Me: I have to join a press conference so ill just put the baby down early so she's sleeping through it and I can listen and ask questions
My baby as soon as the presser starts:
My baby as soon as the presser starts:
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Quebec's government has presented or passed legislation targeting the right to strike and unions' ability to launch legal cases and support social movements.
I dig into why 50,000 Quebecers rallied in front of François Legault's Montreal office this past weekend for @pressprogress.ca
I dig into why 50,000 Quebecers rallied in front of François Legault's Montreal office this past weekend for @pressprogress.ca
Quebec’s Attack on Labour, Explained
Premier François Legault’s government has passed multiple pieces of controversial legislation targeting the province’s workers this year.
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Premier François Legault’s government has passed multiple pieces of controversial legislation targeting the province’s workers this year.
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Quebec’s Attack on Labour, Explained
Premier François Legault’s government has passed multiple pieces of controversial legislation targeting the province’s workers this year.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Quebec's government has presented or passed legislation targeting the right to strike and unions' ability to launch legal cases and support social movements.
I dig into why 50,000 Quebecers rallied in front of François Legault's Montreal office this past weekend for @pressprogress.ca
I dig into why 50,000 Quebecers rallied in front of François Legault's Montreal office this past weekend for @pressprogress.ca
Uh.... what
"It does save lives, but saving those lives for what purpose?" asked Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog during a city council debate about overdose prevention sites and the province's approach to harm reduction in the toxic drug crisis on Monday night.
Nanaimo city council votes down proposed drug policy letter – The Discourse.
At the Dec. 1 Nanaimo City Council meeting, a motion to send a letter to the province asking it to reexamine its approach to "the ongoing addiction crisis" was voted down.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Uh.... what
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tfw you're professionally incapacitated
December 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
tfw you're professionally incapacitated
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Just pure unadulterated evil
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Just pure unadulterated evil