The Hudak Report 04/29/25

NOTE: Canadian elections results came out too late for publication. (This edition covers news from roughly 6 pm EDT on April 27 - roughly 6 pm EDT April 28.) Election results will be covered in an extra edition later today.

The North Star: Labour groups call for Quebec’s Labour Minister to resign

rabble: Organizations reflect on those lost to workplace injuries, look towards future prevention

Ken Klippenstein: Faceless Feds at War With America

World Socialist Web Site: Whooping cough cases surging towards 70-year high in US

techdirt: Congress Moving Forward On Unconstitutional Take It Down Act

Canadian political news:

• Conservatives Missed All-Candidates Events at a Much Higher Rate Than Other Major Parties

• Quebec's failed auto insurance digital shift could cost $500M, inquiry hears

• Residential school survivors confront Conservative candidate Aaron Gunn over genocide comments

• Windsor: Voting relocated after WFCU Centre fire

Other Canada news:

• Convicted murderer claims B.C. prison wrongfully took books including ‘Mein Kampf’

Trump administration updates:

• Elon Musk’s DOGE ties could get his companies out of $2 billion in potential liability

• 'Glaring Example of Misplaced Priorities': GOP Unveils Plan to Give $150 Billion More to Pentagon

• Ice seeking out unaccompanied immigrant children to deport or prosecute

• Queer intel officers targeted by top secret chat leak get their chance to speak

• US military to limit disclosing details on strikes in Yemen

• White House Teases Fake Anti-Trans "Report," Announces Investigations Have Begun

Other US news

• BREAKING: Gerry Connolly Resigns As Ranking Member

• Clemency hearings scheduled for Indiana death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie

• Far-right fight groups endorse ‘youth clubs’ targeting US young men and boys

• Irish woman living in US for decades detained by immigration officials

• Maine: Republican legislator appeals to Supreme Court to end censure over social media post

• One of the Largest Health Insurers Is Making It Harder to Get Asthma Medicine

• Texas lawmakers want to exempt police from deadly conduct charges

• West Virginia: Voters will decide Morgantown’s camping ban Tuesday

Palestinian genocide and other Israeli and US aggressions in the Middle East updates:

• Deadly US strike hits Yemeni migrant centre

• ICJ opens hearings on Israeli obligations on Gaza aid

• Israel flattens remains of Rafah ruins as latest strikes on Gaza hit 3 homes

• 'Israel' will reject a 5-year ceasefire with Gaza: Israeli media

Other world news:

• 25 arrested across France after prison attacks

• Conclave to elect new Pope to begin on May 7th

• Côte d’Ivoire cacao farmers struggle as climate havoc devastates crops

• In photos: Wildfire scorches Cape Town’s Silvermine reserve

• Kenya Police Identified in Protest Killings as Anti-Ruto Sentiment Grows

• Not Just for the Battlefield: Rights Group Warns of Dystopian World Where Killer Robots Reign

• Private landlords and hotels ‘cashing in’ on England’s homelessness

• Russia declares a 72-hour ceasefire in Ukraine for next week to mark Victory Day in World War II

• Spain, Portugal and parts of France hit by massive power outage

• Trinidad & Tobago Goes to the Polls Amid a Crisis of Violence

• UK and EU to defy Trump with ‘free and open trade’ declaration

• A protective force must be deployed to occupied Palestine

• All eyes on Kashmir

• How the Online News Act came back to haunt the federal election

• How to Avoid Trade Wars — and World War Three

• Hurricane Trump hits Puerto Rico—again

• Occupation Breeds Collapse

• Palestinian Unions Appeal to US Unions

• The US Leads the Global Race to the Bottom—and Still Pretends to Be the Victim