Mayor of Thunder Bay Was Just Charged with Extortion: Here’s What We’re Reading Today
The Daily 5 is Sharp’s essential reading list for what’s happening in the world today. Make sure to follow us on Twitter or subscribe to the Sharp Insider newsletter to stay up to date.
Here’s what we’re reading today.
1. Mayor of Thunder Bay charged with extortion and obstruction of justice
“The charges allege that the mayor attempted to pressure Sandy Zaitzeff, a local Thunder Bay lawyer — who is himself facing charges for sexual assault — into purchasing a house by using ‘threats, accusations, or menaces of disclosing criminal allegations to the police.'”
2. Sean Spicer resigns are Trump appoints wealthy financier as communication director
“White House press secretary Sean Spicer resigned on Friday following the appointment of wealthy financier Anthony Scaramucci as White House communications director, according to a White House official. Scaramucci has previously had a tense relationship with both Spicer and White House chief of staff Reince Priebus.”
3. Trump aides try to discredit the Special Counsel’s team
“President Trump’s lawyers and aides are scouring the professional and political backgrounds of investigators hired by the special counsel Robert S. Mueller, looking for conflicts of interest they could use to discredit the investigation — or even build a case to fire Mr. Mueller or get some members of his team recused, according to three people with knowledge of the research effort.”
+1: Deutsche Bank is turning off info on Donald Trump – Vanity Fair
+1: When will Trump fire Robert Mueller? – The Atlantic
+1: What does the Russia scandal look like to the Russians? – Rolling Stone
4. Canadian accused of masterminding AlphaBay, world’s leading ‘darknet’ site, found dead in a Thai jail
“American authorities say a 25-year-old Canadian man accused of masterminding the world’s leading ‘darknet’ internet marketplace has hanged himself in his jail cell. Thai police say Alexandre Cazes died in their custody July 12, just before a scheduled court hearing.”
5. Marshall McLuhan envisioned the internet before anybody
“McLuhan’s point — that massively distributed networks, like TV and radio, were more crucial than the content they conveyed — inspired authors and engineers decades later. ‘Electric media’ is an extension of ourselves, a communal act, he said, adding in a 1968 debate with Norman Mailer ‘an electronic world re-tribalizes men.'”
– Recode
