The Hudak Report 05/14/25

CBC News: B.C. First Nation blocks construction of bridge replacement project

NC Newsline: More than six months after Election Day, Allison Riggs is sworn into the NC Supreme Court

Portside: Mahmoud Khalil’s Letter From Jail to His Son

The North Star: Strikers at Vancouver’s elite Arbutus Club win wage increases

Truthout: As a Political Prisoner, I Won’t Back Down on Supporting Palestine

Canadian political news:

• AFN chief calls for review of natural resource deals amid talk of Alberta separation

• Carney cabinet sworn in, includes two dozen new faces, several Trudeau-era ministers

• Mandy Gull-Masty becomes first Indigenous minister of Indigenous Services Canada

• Liberals suspect special treatment for landfill developers donating to Ford's party

• Liberals won Terrebonne, Que., riding by 1 vote — but this woman's Bloc ballot wasn't counted

Other Canada news:

• B.C.’s efforts to attract American nurses paying off with more than 100 registered available to work: Premier

• Canada is not for sale — And neither is Neskantaga First Nation, says chief

• Honda Canada postpones $15-billion electric vehicle project in Ontario

• N.W.T.'s medical record system under the microscope after 2 reported cases of snooping

• Second dead grey whale in one week washes ashore in British Columbia

• Speedier than usual snowmelt raises drought concern in B.C.

Trump administration news:

• FDA and RFK Jr. aim to remove ingestible fluoride products used to protect kids’ teeth

• Massive Victory in Lawsuit Filed Against Trump Administration’s Dismantling of IMLS

• The Department of Education Forced Idaho to Stop Denying Disabled Students an Education. Then Trump Gutted Its Staff.

• U.S. House Republican plan would force states to pay for a portion of SNAP benefits

Other US news:

• After Ohio man burns 100 library books with LGBTQ+, Black, and Jewish themes, the community responds

• Bad River tribe prepares to challenge Army Corps of Engineers’ Line 5 reroute permit

• Federal appellate court OKs injunction on 2023 law banning children at drag shows

• Louisiana: controversial Denka plant suspends production after dire losses

• Ohio Supreme Court says nitrogen isn’t toxic after it killed a guy at TimkenSteel

• Republicans push for a decadelong ban on states regulating AI

• State Farm wins first-ever emergency rate hike in California

• Traditional ‘Tornado Alley’ is shifting eastward as climate changes, expert says

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

• 57 Gaza children died from effects of malnutrition since March: WHO

• Gaza Ministry reports 46 martyrs, 73 injuries in 24 hours only

• Israel Is Blocking Medical Care for Syrians in Newly Occupied Area of Golan Heights

Other world news:

• French actor Gérard Depardieu found guilty of sexual assault

• Germany arrests self-declared 'king' and bans his extremist group

• Iraq frees over 19,000 prisoners under new amnesty, including some ex-ISIL

• Landmark Report Finds Major Flaws in the Cass Review

• Mali dissolves all political parties after opposition figures ‘arrested’

• The Bulgarian Parliament Blocks Referendum on Euro Adoption

• US and Saudi Arabia agree to $142bn weapons sale during Trump visit

• AI therapy is a surveillance machine in a police state

• Distributing intimate images without consent isn’t just a crime, it’s a threat to democracy

• Exceptional U.S. Hostage

• How To Make Your Mind Harder For The Propagandists To Manipulate

• I responded to a moderate's anti-trans sports views. Here's what happened

• Mass shootings: Byproduct of the military-industrial complex

• The Bullshit Brigade

• The loss in Mark Carney's Cabinet is the Ontario Liberals' gain.