More background on Routh is trickling in. He got around.
@MaxAbrahms – It would be deeply ironic (though unsurprising) after all the hysteria over Russian interference in American domestic politics if it was a pro-Ukraine guy who tried to kill off a major party presidential nominee.
Roger Simon – “Believe Melania.”
Update: The criminal complaint docs
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— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 15, 2024
Remind yourself this is unconfirmed, I’m just posting as I see reasonably credible sources.
Shots were just fired at Trump international golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Trump was there golfing.
An AK-47 was discovered in the bushes and the suspect fled over a nearby wall, per a source in Florida law enforcement. […]
Per my source, the suspect has been arrested in Martin County.
White male.
NY Post reports the shots were from the Secret Service, who spotted a suspected armed person and opened fire.
Update: Officials believe the shots fired at Trump International Golf Club were intended for former President Donald Trump, according to sources familiar on the matter (CNN)
NY Post is sticking with their version.
CNN live update site here.
Benny Johnson captured the press conference, but has about 15 minutes of intro.use the scroll bar to skip through and find the actual coverage.
Unconfirmed: Suspect name may be Ryan Routh. Social media posts are already collecting on X.
He has a website.
Aspiring Trump assasin was the head of the International Volunteer Center in Ukraine. Major activist with foreign ties, per Semafor.
“I have had partners meeting with [Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense] every week…,” said Ryan Routh.
This is 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh. A background check on Routh turned up about 50 pages of criminal activity. (Yes, 50). Most of the charges state ‘charges filed, unspecified’ and cover a time span from 1984 to 2019.
POSO AND CHARLIE KIRK ARE LIVE BREAKING DOWN THE 2ND TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
Well at least it's returning to the place from whence it came. https://t.co/6ny7o9Ji7s
— Katewerk (@katewerk) September 15, 2024
Moneytalks- The problem isn’t what the Conservatives will or will not do. It is the tens of thousands of dentist who have refused to sign up for the plan. Here is the head of the BC Dental Association, in a MoneyTalks featured interview, explaining why.
Grab a beverage
Abacus Data- As Parliament Resumes and on the Eve of Two Crucial Byelections, the Conservatives lead by 21
This is extraordinary. The indigenous cultural competency course at @LawSocietyofBC contains debunked references to the discovery of “the bodies of 215 children.” Two lawyers have proposed to correct the false information. But[BC First Nations Justice Council] claims that correcting the record is tantamount to “denialism.” The BCFNJC also repeats the long-debunked three-year-old fable that “mass graves” are being discovered across Canada. A complete lie.
It’s not extraordinary.
Yemen’s Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack that reached central Israel for the first time on Sunday, saying the group employed a “new hypersonic ballistic missile” in a “specific military operation” targeting the Tel Aviv area, in a statement from the group’s military spokesperson.
The Iranian proxy falsely added that Israel had failed to intercept the missile. While the IDF’s Arrow system failed to bring the missile down before entering Israeli airspace, it did ultimately intercept it.
“It crossed a distance of 2,040 km in 11 and a half minutes and caused a state of fear and panic among the Zionists, as more than two million Zionists headed to shelters for the first time in the history of the Israeli enemy,” the military spokesperson added.
Related: The IDF has released footage of the UNWRA headquarters. In a shock to no one, the headquarters is filled with weapons.
Irish company planning to produce jet fuel in Goldboro, N.S., at former LNG site
Note: Goldboro was one the leading candidates for a Canadian East Coast liquefied natural gas export facility, the type German Chancellor Olaf Scholz basically begged Canada for. However, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there was “no business case,” for Canadian LNG in this context.
But apparently cutting trees to make “sustainable aviation fuel” is quite alright.
Also:
Weekend Watch: Why all eyes are on Arkansas Lithium. There are numerous parallels to what’s happening in Saskatchewan lithium
Woke World: Time to leave the Commonwealth. You will eat bugs and like it.
Today In Islam: Muslim outreach in Germany. An Islamic scholar.
The Sunday Hymn. Classics on a Sunday.
Blackie’s Canada: Liberals and law enforcement. Cackling Kamala’s America: Election interference.
And from the Bee.
Tonight, we present a 1944 film entitled Wing and a Prayer.
Your best tips to finish out the week are appreciated!
I wonder who gave permission to Trudeau to finally say this. People think it’s just a coincidence that several world leaders say on the same day they support long the use of long range missiles? Who is pulling these puppets strings? pic.twitter.com/PA3YmZ7cbz
— Ryan Gerritsen (@ryangerritsen) September 13, 2024
Related: Why doesn’t he send his son to “fight for freedom”?!?
This is brilliant.
A little-known super PAC called Future Coalition PAC is airing ads highlighting Kamala Harris’s support for Israel, such as it is. “Vice President Harris has chosen a side—the right side,” a narrator says. “Harris has made herself clear, she stands with Israel and the Jewish people.” Another notes that Harris’s husband, Doug Emhoff, would be “the first Jewish presidential spouse ever”—that Harris and Emhoff are “making history, standing up for what’s right, supporting Israel.”
In every way, they echo what Harris and Emhoff have said they stand for. But the New York Times doesn’t like these ads. Neither do they link to them and allow viewers to decide for themselves, but it tells readers they are “antisemitic,” “intended to stoke more division,” and that they “signal a new level of ugliness in the race.”
Oh, we forgot to mention: The ads are airing in the Detroit area. Dearborn, Mich., is an inner-ring suburb of Detroit home to the country’s largest Muslim population, and what the Times report from Katie Glueck doesn’t say is that the 40,000 or so odd Arabs there don’t like Jews.
Telegraph- Low-skilled migrants cost taxpayers £150,000 each
Low-paid migrant workers are an immediate drain on the public purse, costing taxpayers more than £150,000 each by the time they hit state pension age, according to the Government’s tax and spending watchdog.
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said the average low-earner who came to Britain aged 25 cost the Government more overall than they paid in from the moment they arrived.
In my career as a newsroom lawyer, I recall speaking with a reporter in the Bloomberg newsroom about the failure to cover the “Fast and Furious” scandal of the Obama-era.
“What’s that?” the reporter asked me. “I’ve never heard of that.”
The grift goes on.
Global- Telesat Lightspeed: Canada, Quebec give billions of dollars for satellite production
Speaking to reporters Friday at MDA’s facility west of Montreal, Trudeau said the Telesat Lightspeed low Earth orbit broadband satellite constellation will enable people in the most remote parts of the country, including in Indigenous communities and mines and forestry companies, to connect with cheaper, more reliable internet.
“That’s what this investment is about,” he said.
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