Scheer Blasts Trudeau for Supporting GG’s ‘Divine Intervention’ Comment: What We’re Reading
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Here’s what we’re reading today.
1. Andrew Scheer blasts Trudeau for supporting Governor General after ‘divine intervention’ comment
“Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for praising Gov. Gen. Julie Payette in the wake of Payette’s suggestion that “divine intervention” did not play a role in the creation of life on Earth.”
– CBC News
2. Ethics watchdog says only 2 Liberal ministers held indirect assets without a blind trust
“Conflict of interest commissioner Mary Dawson says Finance Minister Bill Morneau is the only Liberal cabinet minister who currently holds indirect assets without a blind trust in place.
“Dawson provided the clearest statement she has to date Friday in the cat-and-mouse game between opposition parties and the Liberal government about which cabinet ministers may be at risk of a conflict of interest.”
3. Inside story: How Russians hacked the Democrats’ emails
“It was just before noon in Moscow on March 10, 2016, when the first volley of malicious messages hit the Hillary Clinton campaign.
“The first 29 phishing emails were almost all misfires. Addressed to people who worked for Clinton during her first presidential run, the messages bounced back untouched.
“Except one.
“Within nine days, some of the campaign’s most consequential secrets would be in the hackers’ hands, part of a massive operation aimed at vacuuming up millions of messages from thousands of inboxes across the world.”
+1: Conservative Republicans demand Mueller recuse himself over uranium deal – Washington Post
+1: Roseanne Barr and Michael McFaul argued with her on Twitter. BuzzFeed and The New York Times cited her tweets. But Jenna Abrams was the fictional creation of a Russian troll farm. – The Daily Beast
4. B.C. approves plan to build ski resort on land held sacred by indigenous people
“Canada’s highest court has given developers the green light to build a 6,250-bed ski resort on land considered sacred by an indigenous community in British Columbia, in a landmark court case that pitted religious rights against the controversial project.
5. The timelessness of the middle finger
“The American flag can kiss my ass. The Pledge of Allegiance is horseshit. And don’t get me started on our dumbfuck national anthem. The only emblem of this country worthy of any respect whatsoever is the gesture that exudes our contempt for everyone else: the raised middle finger.”
