Adam Schiff throws out rules, again, says Trump should be cut from intel briefings immediately
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., is so unhinged in his hatred for President Donald Trump that he’d apparently leave the United States vulnerable to attack for several days just to exact the ultimate revenge.
Appearing Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Schiff said Trump should no longer receive daily intelligence briefings and be prohibited from receiving these briefings after he leaves office — ex-presidents are entitled to classified briefings.
“There’s no circumstance in which this president should get another intelligence briefing, not now, not in the future,” Schiff said, suggesting the current commander in chief should be kept in the dark about national threats, adding. “I don’t think he can be trusted with it now, and in the future he certainly can’t be trusted.”
Homeland Security Committee Releases Report Outlining Biden Family Selling U.S. Policy for Personal, Financial Gain
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee finalizes a report [pdf available here] with evidence of Joe and Hunter Biden conducting financial deals with foreign governments. The report outlines how the Biden family sold access to government policy for personal financial benefit.
University to start environmental, racial justice institute
The University of Oregon says it will create an institute focusing on environmental and racial justice after receiving a grant of more than $4.5 million, the biggest humanities award in the school’s history.
The Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute for Racial and Climate Justice will foster collaboration between the university’s College of Arts and Sciences and College of Design in conjunction with the University of Idaho and Whitman College in Washington.
No place for ‘far right’ in Conservative Party: O’Toole
The comments come as O’Toole has faced questions from the Liberals about allegedly Trump-style politics within his ranks, which has resulted in fingerpointing between the two parties.
Nearly half of adult Canadians struggle with literacy — and that’s bad for the economy
Poor reading, writing and numeracy skills in adults make up a literacy gap in Canada with consequences for both democracy and the economy. Experts say the gap is due in part to an abundance of jobs in the past that do not require the daily use of reading comprehension and information synthesis skills.
UN committee rebukes Canada for failing to get Indigenous Peoples’ consent for industrial projects
In a rebuke to Canada, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has expressed regret that work continues on the Coastal GasLink pipeline, the Trans Mountain pipeline and the Site C dam without the free, prior and informed consent of Indigenous Peoples.
