Something in the Butina indictment has been niggling at me. It's this portion of an email from U.S. Person 1 to Butina: Thoughts? #TrumpRussia #Butina I'll add that when something niggles at me like this, it usually means I'm missing something, that there are unanswered questions or questions not asked, that there's something else beneath the surface.

(re BUTINA) The Russian official directing her activities in furtherance of the conspiracy is "a high-level official in the Russian government", previously a member of the legislature of the Russian Federation & was a top official at the Russian Central Bank. "U.S. Person 1 is a US citizen and an American political operative. BUTINA established contact with U.S. Person 1 in Moscow in or around 2013"

The purpose of the Canada Summer Jobs Program is to help youth gain job experience to help them (and ultimately the country) with their futures. 1/8 #cdnpoli Did you catch that? It's for youth, not employers. Yes, it rewards the employer for helping the youth, but its purpose is not for the employer. 2/8

I'm thinking that people like Obama and Trudeau are, in the minds of the far right, the equivalent of the "November Criminals" of 1918 including the false "stab in the back" and everyone who is not far right is deemed to be in the same category. 1/? It would then seem reasonable to believe that anyone not vehemently against these November criminals are unpatriotic. Add to that society's growing realization that we are all equal and the concomitant fear of mediocre and weak men 2/

I want to talk about #MeToo ( #YesAllWomen ) & @JustinTrudeau 's response - and yes, there has been a response. I'm writing from the perspective of a woman who spent 30yrs working with survivors & offenders & who is also a #MeToo survivor. 1/? More than a yr ago I saw that old story about JT and the reporter being circulated by JT haters. Along with that were calls for a nice conservative lady to come forward with allegations against him. There were even offers of money for doing so. 2/?