The Hudak Report 04/16/25

April 16, 2025

Just in case you missed it, I released an op-ed yesterday on how anti-autistic views, along with white supremacy lead to the killings of innocent people. In this case, Victor Perez.

We’ll start with updates on the Trump administration:

Indiana has certainly been busy lately, and overlooked due to being Indiana. Here’s a recap of what’s been happening in the Hoosier state:

  1. Governor Mike Braun signed into law a bill that redefines fossil fuels as “green energy”. This was done so that fossil fuel projects can compete for the same federal money as actual green energy.

  2. The House passed Senate bill (SB-197) allowing homeless people to be arrested. While that’s bad enough, another bad part of the bill is overlooked: it would allow landlords to not share utility use data with renters.

  3. SB-1, unfortunately, passed. This bill would reduce property taxes for homeowners and punish everyone else. No tax relief for the working poor and it would defund public schools.

  4. RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz traveled to Indiana for a press conference with Gov. Braun as he signed nine executive orders to align Indiana with Trump’s “Make America Healthy Again” effort.

  5. The ACLU of Indiana has stepped in and is suing the Department of Homeland Security over revoking the visas of six Chinese students at two Indiana universities.

  6. Then, because Indiana apparently no real issues to address, the Senate passed a House bill allowing for the beginning of taking away land from Illinois to enlarge Indiana.

  7. Lastly, Benjamin Ritchie will be put to death on May 20 after the Indiana Supreme Court’s decision today.

Next, we’re onto working class issues on both sides of the border. Starting south in America, the Chicago Teachers Union announced that workers approved a sellout tentative agreement with school officials and the city. In Idaho, Governor Brad Little signed House Bill 109 into law. This bill bans candy and pop from being bought with SNAP benefits. Moving to the federal government, research shows that 7 out of 10 Republicans in congress would personally financially benefit from the tax plan working its way through Congress. In our final story in America, three labor groups have filed a lawsuit over DOGE’s cuts to programs that fight child labor in other countries.

For Canada, we’ll start with economic news. In the most curious news of the day, Nikkei reported that Honda would be relocating production from Canada and Mexico to the US. Later that day, Honda tried to both claim the report was inaccurate while also refusing to outright deny the validity of it. Meanwhile, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said, “It’s not accurate at all.” Sticking in Ontario, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario released a report showing how decreased funding negatively impacts both students and workers. Once again, in Ontario, Justice Graham Jenner released a decision on what to do if a suspect refuses to attend court. The decision states that a suspect cannot be forced into court. In British Columbia, the Xatsull First Nation has asked the Supreme Court to review the province’s decision to allow the Mount Polley mine to raise its dam four meters without “meaningful” conversations with the nation. Nationally, Statistics Canada said the rate of inflation has slowed to 2.3% mostly because of gas and travel costs. The Canadian Association of University Teachers is urging Canadian academics to avoid traveling to America and only do so if necessary. Finally, the CBC is giving voice to Canadian permanent residents and how horribly the Canadian government treats them once they’re outside Canada.

Finally, here are your updates on the Canadian election:

We’ll start this section with updates on the Palestinian genocide and Israeli and US aggressions in the Middle East:

A lot happened in Africa during the eligible time period for this article. Starting in Rwanda, between April 10-13, 4 people were killed and 70 hectares of crops were damaged due to flooding and landslides. The International Committee of the Red Cross revealed in an interview with Xinhua that nearly 50,000 have been injured during the Sudanese civil war and nearly 8,000 others have disappeared. In South Sudan, a Médecins Sans Frontières hospital was raided and looted, forcing the hospital to suspend services. Over in Ghana, parliament is once again trying to ban queer people, jailing anyone who isn’t cishet. Finally, UNICEF revealed that nearly 3,500 children fleeing Africa by trying to cross the Mediterranean have died since April of 2015.

Leftover news:

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