The Hudak Report 04/25/25

The Globe and Mail: Poilievre may lose his Ottawa-area riding as Liberals poised to sweep the region

CBS News: Almost half of U.S. residents are exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution, new report says. These are the areas that got an "F"

World Socialist Web Site: FBI raids homes of pro-Palestinian protesters across southeastern Michigan

Al Mayadeen: Over 90% of Gaza homes destroyed or damaged amid Israeli war: UN

Leecamp’s Substack: All Violence Is Not Equal

Resumen: Two Hundred Years Ago, France Strangled the Haitian Revolution with an Inhumane Debt

Canadian election news:

• Arctic sovereignty overshadowing everyday issues in federal election for some Nunavummiut

• Carney confirms Trump spoke to him last month about making Canada a U.S. state

• Carney makes Canada's Liberal Party acceptable to CEOs again, poll suggests

• In his closing pitch, Poilievre paints a dark picture of Canada if Liberals are re-elected

• Pierre Poilievre pledges to scrap electric vehicle sales mandates if elected

• Poilievre's plans for 'woke' research spook Canadian academics

• Will Canada’s next prime minister support Indigenous Rights and conservation projects?

• Why Did the Republicans Want to Fundraise for Pierre Poilievre?

Other Canada news:

• Amidst a First Nations suicide crisis, federal leaders only see gold

• Judge rules Quebec’s 33% tuition hike for out-of-province students is ‘unreasonable’

• Man shot in police-involved shooting at Pearson airport

• No Habs No: Quebec orders STM to drop ‘Go’ from bus messages because it’s an English word

• Quebec passes law requiring doctors to work in the public system for 5 years after med school

• Supreme Court of Canada agrees to weigh in on title dispute between First Nations in B.C. ‘

• Supreme Court to review mandatory minimum sentence in prostitution case

• There’s no Influx: Canada sees drop in asylum seekers, many turned away sent to ICE

• Trump reinserts himself into Canadian politics, saying 'as a state, it works great'

Trump administration news:

• 12 states sue Trump administration over 'illegal tariffs'

• Defense Department reinstates gender-affirming care for trans troops

• Federal judge blocks Trump push to cut funding to public schools over diversity programs

• “Infected an Entire Generation”: AG Bondi Targets Trans-Affirming Health Care in Leaked Memo

• International students in Missouri sue Trump administration over revoked status

• Judge blocks portions of Trump executive order that seeks to overhaul U.S. elections

• Judge orders return of 2nd migrant deported to El Salvador

• Trump DOJ Defunds National Prison Rape Resource Center

• Trump Justice Department asks Supreme Court to reinstate trans military ban blocked by courts

• Trump signs executive order to influence college accreditations

• Trump store selling 'Trump 2028' hat, hinting at prohibited third term

• Trump goes after websites that raise money for his enemies

• US federal agency texts Barnard College employees to ask if they’re Jewish

Other USA news:

• Family of 4 jailed in U.S. for weeks after Canadian border guards turned them away

• Indiana GOP Slips Overnight Higher Ed Takeover into State Budget – Tenure, academic freedom, and governance at IU under assault as local political tensions rise

• More than 200 people have been held in ‘secret’ at Detroit facilities near Canadian border, U.S. congresswoman alleges

• More than 55,000 Los Angeles County workers set to strike

• NJ wildfire update: Teen charged with arson in Ocean County blaze

• North Dakota’s pesticide protection law a first for the US

• Two Arkansas coal-fired plants win exemptions for monitoring toxic air particles

• Workers in 600+ US Cities to Protest 'Billionaire Takeover' on May Day

• Yale Voids Pro-Palestine Group’s Status After Protest of Israeli Police Minister

Palestinian genocide and Israeli and USA aggressions in the Middle East news:

• 3 Palestinians, including child, killed in overnight Israeli attacks

• Israel army warns of 'larger' Gaza assault as strikes kill 55

• Israel Is Using Suicide Drones to Target Displaced Palestinian Families Sheltering in Tents

• Israel Is Using U.S. Bombs in Lebanon to Commit Alleged War Crimes

• Palestinian officials vote to create a vice presidency under Mahmoud Abbas

• Spain Cancels Israeli Arms Contract following Internal Opposition

Other world news:

• Argentine Police Repress Weekly Retiree Protests: Arrests and Pepper Spray Are Deployed Against Milei Government Critics

• At least 9 killed, 70 injured in Russian airstrikes on Kyiv

• DR Congo government and M23 make joint truce pledge

• ‘Morally repugnant’: Brazilian workers sue coffee supplier to Starbucks over ‘slavery-like conditions’

• South Korea’s ex-President Moon Jae-in indicted for bribery

• Study Estimates Fossil Fuel Giants Have Inflicted $28 Trillion in Climate Damage Worldwide

• Sudan war destroys world's only research centre on skin disease mycetoma: director

• The new anti-LGBTQ+ bill proposed to the Turkish parliament, branded as a ‘manifesto of hate’

• Trade, ties and flights off-limits as Pakistan retaliates to India’s moves

• Grief and discontent as Armenia marks WWI mass murders anniversary

• Did You Think U.S. Fascism Abroad Wouldn't Come Home?

• Diversity is essential to all life

• Everyone should have a right to information, including people who are behind bars

• Poilievre’s tax referendum gimmick shows he’s not serious about governing

• The ICC Just Sided with Genocide—Again

• Warning signs from Poilievre’s campaign we must not ignore

• What’s to Blame for the American Dictator? It’s Neoliberalism, Stupid