The Hudak Report 05/08/25

Al Jazeera: US court says student activist Rumeysa Ozturk must be sent to Vermont

CBC News: Files documenting worst abuses at residential schools to be destroyed unless survivors ask otherwise

Drop Site News: U.S. and Houthis reach truce—How it came together

Missouri Independent: Missouri is still illegally denying food assistance despite court order

MSN News: Tens of thousands take part in Istanbul rally for jailed mayor

National Observer: Saskatchewan officials 'mouthpiece' for pesticide industry, documents show

Canadian political news:

• Carney to meet provincial leaders in Saskatoon in June

• Interim NDP leader outlines plan to reconnect with working people after election loss

• Over 800 special ballots 'mistakenly' kept in B.C. riding, Elections Canada says

• Parti Québécois leader cheers on possible referendum in Alberta

• Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai to step aside as Liberal leader, won't seek re-election

Other Canada news:

• As Supervised Consumption Sites Close, People Are Hurting

• B.C. coroner reopens investigation of Indigenous woman's death

• Canadian pharmacist's double life: Key person behind world's most notorious deepfake porn site

• Hundreds of dead fish wash up along shores of Lake Ontario

• Mining executive under fire for email to Indigenous leader

• New Brunswick has no mystery neurological disease, scientific study concludes

• New rules on tipping, price labelling take effect across Quebec

Trump administration news:

• Judge blocks Trump order against three federal agencies

• President Donald Trump Taps Wellness Influencer Close To Robert F. Kennedy Jr. For Surgeon General

• Trump admin turns to far right outlet to distribute news through Voice of America

• Top Trump officials will meet with China amid trade war

• Trump administration stopping NOAA data service used to monitor sea ice off Alaska

• Trump plans to announce that the US will call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf, officials say

• U.S. may soon deport migrants to Libya on military flight, sources say

• U.S. Orders Intelligence Agencies to Step Up Spying on Greenland

Other US news:

• 3 ex-Memphis police officers found not guilty of state charges in Tyre Nichols' beating death

• Bill overturning protections for Section 8 renters sent to Missouri governor

• New York City Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD brass frequented events held by group linked to Israel’s far right

• Griffin concedes NC Supreme Court race, ending unprecedented effort to overturn election

• North Dakota: About 180 students under quarantine amid measles outbreak in Williams County

• Panel denies clemency for Oklahoma killer

• Smoke from climate-fueled wildfires contributed to thousands of US deaths over 15 years, study says

• West Virginia: Morrisey ceremoniously signs gender affirming care bill, DEI ban

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

• Israeli settlers injured in two separate ops. in Jenin, al-Khalil

• Ongoing IOF airstrikes on Gaza kill 92, including 33 in one massacre

• Syria’s leadership engage 'Israel', receive threats via Azeri official

• US, 'Israel' discuss potential US-led administration in Gaza: Reuters

• Yemeni Armed Forces target key Israeli sites, USS Truman

Other world news:

• Black smoke rises from the Sistine Chapel as cardinals cast an unsuccessful first vote

• Brazil rejects US request to classify local gangs as terrorist organizations

• Constitutional Court rules on citizenship

• Pakistan warns will 'avenge' deaths from Indian strikes

• Protected parks in peril as Republic of Congo ramps up oil drilling

• Putin's order for three-day ceasefire with Ukraine enters force

• Real-world geoengineering experiments revealed by UK agency

• SEDENA Spied on 456 Phones with Pegasus in a Single Month during AMLO’s First Year in Office

• UK continuing to send arms to Israel despite ban, report finds

• Abisay Cruz and the Politics of Abandonment

• Fossil fuels are bad business

• Israel Really Is As Evil As It Looks

• New Forms of Power-Sharing are Needed to Uphold Rights of Indigenous Peoples

• Regulation saves money and lives

• Salute to All Those Who Fought in the Anti-Fascist War to Secure Peace,Freedom and Democracy

• Survivor's Guilt

• Technology and Empire

• Who's the 'Us' in 'Keeping Us Safe'?