NDP Leader Avi Lewis receives RCMP protection

NDP Leader Avi Lewis receives RCMP protection

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Avi Lewis has received RCMP protection for weeks, the Star has learned, becoming the latest Canadian political leader grappling with security concerns.

Lewis was observed by the Star on at least three occasions last week being escorted by officers in Ottawa. He was seen with up to three non-uniformed security personnel, both within and outside the Parliament Hill area.

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Greta Thunberg laughs at protesters still participating in Fridays For Future – the climate movement she started

Greta Thunberg laughs at protesters still participating in Fridays For Future – the climate movement she started

Greta Thunberg has featured in a documentary appearing to mock protesters still participting in the climate movement she started.

Fridays for Future was launched by Thunberg in 2018, when she was just 15, after she began skipping school on Fridays to demand action on climate change.

What began in Sweden quickly snowballed into a global movement, inspiring millions of students to walk out of classrooms and take to the streets in rallies around the world.

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WTF?

WTF?

H/T patthedog

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Nolte: Leak Claims Wonder Woman Is a Lesbian in James Gunn’s ‘Man of Tomorrow’

Nolte: Leak Claims Wonder Woman Is a Lesbian in James Gunn’s ‘Man of Tomorrow’

More fallout for outgoing (cuz he was shit-canned) DC Universe co-CEO James Gunn arrives with the news that he made Wonder Woman a lesbian.

In his upcoming Superman (2025) sequel, Man of Tomorrow, a source tells Cosmic Book News that Man of Tomorrow is “dogshit,” and is filled with a “bunch of random nobodies cameo without rhyme or reason.”

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United Airlines hijacking suspect ID’d as previously deported transgender asylum recipient, DHS says

United Airlines hijacking suspect ID’d as previously deported transgender asylum recipient, DHS says

The previously deported Honduran man accused of trying to storm the cockpit of a United Airlines flight was granted asylum after saying he feared he would be killed in Honduras because he is transgender, the Department of Homeland Security told the Washington Examiner.

In a statement issued Thursday morning, the DHS said Rony Alexander Gomez-Alberto, 34, had been deported twice before returning to the United States and applying for asylum. The department said he told authorities he feared being killed in Honduras because he was transgender and that an immigration judge later granted his application during President Donald Trump’s first term.

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Eight dead and at least 19 injured after Brooklyn building collapse

Eight dead and at least 19 injured after Brooklyn building collapse

NEW YORK — Eight people were dead and at least 19 injured after a three-story building in Brooklyn collapsed into an adjacent construction site Wednesday, according to the New York City fire department.
Several people were trapped beneath the rubble as a rescue operation continued, city Fire Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said in a news conference late Wednesday, adding: “We do not know how many people are still in the collapse zone, and this will be a prolonged operation.”

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