The Hudak Report 05/06/25

rabble: On Red Dress Day, Assembly of First Nations calls on government to urgently address Calls for Justice

Breach Media: Trump admin anti-trans snitch site targeted Canadian doctors

Quds News Network: Michigan Drops Charges Against Pro-Palestine Student Protesters at University of Michigan

Grist: Scientists just found a way to break through climate apathy

Al Mayadeen: UCLA Gaza protesters sue over police violence, rubber bullet injuries

Middle East Monitor: Israel approves plan to expand Gaza onslaught, occupy territories

Canadian political news:

• Alberta premier promises separation referendum in 2026 if petition signatures warrant

• Conservatives signal they are willing to back Carney's Liberals on some legislation

• Doug Ford tells Mark Carney what his top five priorities will be

• Longest ballot group takes aim at byelection where Poilievre plans to run

• NDP national council scheduled to meet Monday night to pick interim leader

• Nenshi urges Albertans to ‘wake up’ as separation talk heats up

• South Korea pitches Canada on $20B-plus plan for subs, armoured vehicles

• Windsor Liberal who lost by 77 votes files for judicial recount

Other Canada news:

• Alberta announces steps to address measles outbreak, worst in decades

• Out-of-control wildfire sparks Sturgeon County to declare state of local emergency

• Several homes destroyed as large grass fire burns in Peguis First Nation

• Toxic Secrets: A Dirty Deal in Blainville

• U.S. company Sunoco signs deal to buy Parkland in agreement valued at US$9.1B

Trump administration news:

• 20 AGs Sue Trump Admin Over Dismantling of Health Agencies

• Alcatraz Push 'No More Than a Sensational Distraction' From Trump's Attack on Public Safety

• Hegseth says he plans to cut 20% of senior generals and admirals, extending Pentagon purge

• Lights, Camera, Anger: Trump Throws A Fit At Movie Industry With New Tariff Threat

• States sue Trump over ‘existential threat’ to wind energy

• Trump administration plans for oil deep in Arctic Ocean, where US claim has yet to be recognized

• Trump administration urges court to dismiss abortion pill challenge

• Trump administration says it will pay immigrants in the US illegally $1,000 to leave the country

• US scientist who touted hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid named to pandemic prevention role

Other US news:

• Alabama gender-affirming care ban lawsuit abruptly dismissed

• Bill that would punish Americans boycotting Israel pulled from US Congress

• California Moves to Create Its Own Science Institute Amid Federal Funding Cuts

• Indiana Parole Board to hold clemency hearing for man facing death penalty

• Iowa: 4,000 gallons of diesel spilled, contamination reached Little Walnut Creek

• New York proposal against wearing a mask during crimes stigmatizes masking and won’t stop antisemitism, Jewish and health advocates say

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

• 10 more Gazans released from Israeli detention

• 'Inhumanity': IDF Soldiers Drop Blue Bomb in Gaza as Part of Gender Reveal Celebration

• Israeli bombardment targets Gaza as infant dies of starvation

• Israeli colonists set fire to Palestinian agricultural land northwest of Nablus

Other world news:

• Anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany sues after spy agency labels it an extremist party

• DWP loses record number of disability discrimination cases

• German coalition deal signed on eve of Merz govt launch

• Spain Pledges Additional Funding for UN War Crimes Investigation in Gaza

• The UN’s top court dismisses Sudan’s genocide case alleging UAE funded rebel paramilitaries

• A starvation blockade is primarily the mass murder of children

• BC NDP fails people suffering from opioid use disorder

• Billionaire Marc Andreessen needs a lesson from Marx

• South Korean parties select their candidates for presidential election

• The Long History of Illegality in US Policy toward Latin America

• U.S. imperialism’s new Cold War against China fosters anti-Asian racism at home

• Who are the Middle East's Druze religious community?

• Why the Legal Profession Needs to Resist Donald Trump’s Authoritarian Intimidation Tactics