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Conservative fundraiser casts doubt on whether all votes were ‘accurate and counted’ in leaked call

A caller raising money for the Conservative Party cast doubt on the validity of the recount process in the recent federal election, according to a recording obtained by CBC News.

In the fundraising call, which happened on Saturday, an official identifying herself as being from the Conservative Party’s supporter services claimed that Liberals and media seek to “attack” Conservatives and “scrutinize” the results of two judicial recounts won by Conservatives.

Later in the call, she suggested to a potential donor that the results of the recounts were not final.

by Blazingcatfur•June 3, 2025June 3, 2025•0•Conservative Party

Dutch government on the brink after Geert Wilders pulls out of coalition

The Dutch government faces collapse after Geert Wilders announced on Tuesday morning that his hard-right Party for Freedom (PVV) has pulled out of the country’s fractious conservative coalition.

On Monday night a coalition meeting failed to agree on tough asylum demands from Wilders, which would breach European Union law. Emergency talks on Tuesday to resolve the situation lasted minutes.

“No signature for our asylum plans,” Wilders said on social media. “PVV leaves the coalition.”

by Blazingcatfur•June 3, 2025June 3, 2025•0•Netherlands

First Nations don’t have a veto over nation-building projects, Mark Carney’s justice minister says

OTTAWA—Justice Minister Sean Fraser says the federal duty to consult and engage Indigenous people on major nation-building projects does not amount to granting those communities a veto.

After the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) warned Prime Minister Mark Carney he must secure Indigenous Peoples’ consent to his plans to expedite massive infrastructure projects, citing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, Fraser said the legal duty under that declaration is viewed by international experts and the current government as limited.

by Blazingcatfur•June 3, 2025June 3, 2025•0•Aboriginal Issues, Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Republicans Push to Defund PBS After ‘Sesame Street’ Pride Month Post: ‘Grooming Children on American Taxpayers’ Dime’

PBS stands accused of “grooming” children after Sesame Street, one of the nonprofit TV network’s premier programs, shared a social media post hailing LGBTQ Pride Month that drew an immediate response from a group of Congressional Republicans.

On our street, everyone is welcome. Together, let’s build a world where every person and family feels loved and respected for who they are. Happy #PrideMonth! pic.twitter.com/6JJFhxO9dC

— Sesame Street (@sesamestreet) June 1, 2025

by Blazingcatfur•June 3, 2025June 3, 2025•0•"They really do want your children"

Mexican Cartels Expanding Operations in Canada, Using Indigenous Reserves as Factory Hubs

With Factories on Six Nations Land, Mexican Cartels Are Using Canada to Smuggle Counterfeit Goods Into the U.S. and Mexico

OTTAWA — “Project Panda,” a major Ontario gang taskforce takedown in May targeting a counterfeit tobacco factory on the Six Nations Reserve near Hamilton and Buffalo, exposes a long-ignored reality: Mexican cartel networks have deeply embedded themselves in Canadian territory near the U.S. border—and are expanding in tandem with Chinese state-linked crime partners, using Indigenous land for counterfeit production and cross-border smuggling.

This is no longer just a policing matter. It is a national security crisis—one that exploits Indigenous communities, land, and jurisdictional protections that have inadvertently shielded criminal networks now designated as terrorist threats. Worse still, the threat has long been known to Canadian, American, and Mexican authorities. Yet Ottawa has failed to act.

h/t handy n handsome

by Blazingcatfur•June 3, 2025June 3, 2025•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Mexican drug cartels

Trump orders investigation into Biden’s ‘autopen’ pardons

Donald Trump has ordered an investigation into the pardons granted by Joe Biden to family members and death row inmates which were signed by “autopen” in the final hours of his presidency.

On Monday, a senior official in the justice department told staff that he was investigating pardons granted by the former president, and whether Mr Biden was “competent” at the time.

In an email to staff, obtained by Reuters, Ed Martin, a controversial Trump loyalist, said his investigation would look at whether Mr Biden “was competent and whether others were taking advantage of him through use of autopen or other means”.

by Blazingcatfur•June 3, 2025June 3, 2025•0•"Biden Family Sleaze"

Toronto man accused of supplying Russia’s drone program is 1st to face prosecution over sanctions

On May 9, Russian troops paraded their tanks, armoured vehicles and missiles through Red Square, past the man who sent them to war in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin.

The Victory Day procession in Moscow also showcased, for the first time, the military drones that have proven indispensable to Putin’s invasion. But Russian drones are not really Russian on the inside.

They are built out of electronics purchased around the world by a global procurement network that allegedly relies on suppliers in several countries, including Canada.

by Blazingcatfur•June 3, 2025June 3, 2025•0•"Ukraine - Russia"

Bill Gates to give most of $200 billion fund to Africa

US billionaire Bill Gates on Tuesday announced that the majority of his philanthropic Gates Foundation’s $200 billion (€175 billion) endowment will be spent in Africa over the next two decades.

Gates, who on May 8 said he would wind down the foundation by 2045, made the pledge while addressing African leaders in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

“I recently made a commitment that my wealth will be given away over the next 20 years. The majority of that funding will be spent on helping you address challenges here in Africa,” Gates said as he urged leaders to boost health and development through partnership and innovation.

by Blazingcatfur•June 3, 2025June 3, 2025•0•"Peak Virtue Signalling", WTF?

RCMP says it’s probing potential war crimes related to Israel-Hamas conflict

The RCMP says it is investigating potential war crimes related to the Israel-Hamas conflict.

Very few details of the RCMP’s probe into what it called the “Israel-Hamas armed conflict” are known, with the police service confirming the investigation to the Star on Monday, but refusing to answer questions about its scope.

The RCMP launched the investigation quietly in early 2024. The lack of announcement stands in stark contrast to the agency’s probe into alleged war crimes in Ukraine, which has involved a hotline and dedicated webpage, media interviews, online advertising, signs erected at airports and questionnaires distributed in an attempt to collect witness testimony from fleeing Ukrainians.

Will the findings ever see the light of day?

by Blazingcatfur•June 3, 2025June 3, 2025•0•"Oct 7 2023"

Mohammed Sabry Soliman planned Boulder Colorado fire attack for a year, FBI says

A man accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at demonstrators attending a march for Israeli hostages in Colorado on Sunday planned the attack for a year, investigators say.

Mohammed Sabry Soliman, 45, who is charged with a federal hate crime as well as state charges of attempted murder, assault and use of an explosive device, made a brief appearance in court on Monday.

Officials say the Egyptian national targeted a group of pro-Israel protesters at an outdoor mall in Boulder and shouted “Free Palestine” as he threw incendiary devices, injuring eight of them.

THERE IT IS

USAID paperwork found in the Boulder, Colorado illegal migrant attacker Mohamed Soliman’s vehicle along with 14 unlit Molotov cocktails and a flame thrower

Democrat BOUGHT AND PAID FOR DOMESTIC TERRORIST ATTACKS

pic.twitter.com/EXeeoS0ULA

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) June 2, 2025

h/t patthedog

by Blazingcatfur•June 3, 2025June 3, 2025•0•"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

‘We will onshore every single widget we can’: Ford says in response to 50 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is vowing to “onshore every single widget we can” after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he would double tariffs on steel and aluminum.

Ford made the comment during a media availability in Saskatoon on Monday, where he was scheduled to participate in a first minister’s meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney and his provincial and territorial counterparts.

h/t Mauser

by Blazingcatfur•June 3, 2025June 2, 2025•0•Canada, USA

Supreme Court will soon decide constitutionality of banning AR-15s

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case that involves whether possessing AR-15s is protected by the Second Amendment, but the court’s conservatives are signaling they soon will.

Only three justices — Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch — voted to hear a challenge to Maryland’s ban on possessing AR-15s, barely falling short of the four votes required to take up a case.

But Justice Brett Kavanaugh sent a strong signal that he will provide that crucial fourth vote in a future case once the issue percolates more in the lower courts.

by Blazingcatfur•June 3, 2025June 2, 2025•0•Gun Control, Gun Rights, USA

Is your favourite show CanCon enough? Here’s why the definition of Canadian content may get a reboot

Maybe Schitt’s Creek, which aired on CBC but also streamed on Netflix, comes to mind. Perhaps some iteration of Anne of Green Gables. Or maybe a classic David Cronenberg flick like Dead Ringers? These are all considered to be CanCon — shorthand for Canadian content, it refers to film and television productions made in Canada by Canadians.

But maybe you have a favourite show like CBS’s Tracker, which airs on Global TV in Canada. It’s one of the most watched shows on broadcast and streaming according to the Nielsen ratings, a U.S.-based audience measurement system. It’s filmed in British Columbia and employs Canadians, but it’s not considered CanCon.

by Blazingcatfur•June 3, 2025June 3, 2025•0•Canada

Russia offers three-day ceasefire to ‘collect the dead’

Russia offered Ukraine a limited ceasefire to collect the bodies of soldiers from the battlefield, Moscow’s lead negotiator said after today’s peace talks in Istanbul.

Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to Vladimir Putin, said the truce would be for “two to three days in certain areas of the front line…so that commanders can collect the bodies”.

It is not yet clear if Ukraine has agreed to the proposal. Russia has previously announced limited ceasefires, but Kyiv is pushing for a full and unconditional truce.