The Hudak Report 05/12/25

Al Mayadeen: 1,500 blinded, 4,000 others at risk as Gaza eye care system crumbles

Al Mayadeen: Columbia suspends over 65 Students following pro-Palestine protest

Montreal Gazette: Quebec Superior Court authorizes class action over traffic stops without reason

Mother Jones: After Jailing of Newark Mayor, DHS Official Warns of “More Arrests Coming”

Village Report: Five Starbucks shops in Ontario ratify first collective agreements

Canadian political news:

• Ballot recounts taking place in 4 tightly contested federal ridings

• Carney will be ‘significant departure’ from Trudeau on policies, relations with Alberta and Saskatchewan: LeBlanc

• Liberals take Quebec riding by single vote after judicial recount

Other Canada news:

• 5 dead, 1 critically injured after Highway 101 crash near Falmouth

• Indigenous groups keen to see Pope Leo continue reconciliation work

• Quebec professors demand minister’s resignation over ‘attack on academic freedom’

• Surrey mayor claims public deposits safe despite alleged $2.5-million fraud

Trump administration news:

• Medicare Advantage: The $1.2 trillion in government waste that Trump won’t cut

• The FTC puts off enforcing its ‘click-to-cancel’ rule

• Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources

• Trump fires Copyright Office director after report raises questions about AI training

• White House claims China trade deal reached while Beijing hails ‘important first steps’

Other US news:

• Alaska to resume bear-killing program, despite court order finding it to be void

• Amazon labor organizers challenge union election loss, alleging employer coercion

• Ken Paxton says Google will pay Texas $1.4 billion to settle privacy suit

• NJ Transit hurtles toward strike

• ‘This shouldn’t have happened,’ Newark mayor says hours after his arrest during ICE protest

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

• Explosive Materials Bound for Israel Are Flying Out of JFK Airport

• Gaza casualty figures mask a much bigger horror, new study shows

• Gaza Health Ministry reports 23 martyrs in 24 hours

• Hamas to free Israeli-American soldier held in Gaza after talks with US

• Liberated prisoner Yousri al-Masri martyred in Gaza airstrike

Other world news:

• Albania votes in general elections as PM Edi Rama seeks a fourth term

• At least 21 die in Sri Lanka after bus carrying pilgrims veers off cliff

• Convicted ex-Panama president Martinelli granted asylum in Colombia

• More than 100 dead after flooding in eastern DR Congo, officials say

• Pakistan, India accuse each other of violating ceasefire hours after deal reached

• Paramilitaries Bomb a Prison in Western Sudan and Kill a 21 People

• Pope Leo XIV lays out his vision and identifies AI as a main challenge for humanity

• Putin proposes direct Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul

• South Korea conservative party reinstates presidential candidate

• Verdict due Tuesday in Depardieu sexual assault trial

• Zelenskyy challenges Putin to meet in person for peace talks

• “Actions Have Consequences”: When Deportation Becomes Political Punishment

• It Is Freakish And Insane How Our Society Averts Its Gaze From Gaza

• Thinking is being outsourced to AI