The Hudak Report 05/15/25

Missouri Independent: Missouri prisons get ‘brutally hot.’ In solitary, it’s even worse

PressProgress: Advocates Accuse Ford Government of Targeting the Homeless with New Bill

teleSUR: Amnesty Report Exposes Exploitation of Kenyan Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia

The Noösphere: How Bias in AI Leads to Inequality on Steroids

WIS: South Carolina Supreme Court rules to ban abortions after 6 weeks

Yahoo! News: 'We are not a priority:' Disability advocates say lack of minister sends a message (Canada)

Zeteo: Georgetown Scholar Badar Khan Suri Released From ICE Detention

Canadian political news:

• Canada’s new housing minister doesn’t think prices need to come down

• Carney says ‘yes’ to building a pipeline if consensus exists for one

• Carney signs order to prioritize middle-class tax cut, after first meeting with new cabinet

• Doug Ford’s budget will target more Toronto bike lanes

• Elections Canada says Quebec recount result ‘final’ despite ballot issue

• New foreign minister says Israel using lack of food as 'political tool' in Gaza

• No more blue wall, red wall: How electoral reform could stop regional election sweeps

Other Canada news:

• Air Canada, flight attendant union head to conciliation amid impasse in negotiations

• Ontario electricity produced with rising percentage of greenhouse-gas-emitting power

• Solidarity with striking CHS workers

• Two found dead in Lac du Bonnet wildfire area

Trump administration news:

• Judge orders WV NIOSH workers for coal miner health back to work after ‘illegal’ action poses risks

• RFK Jr tells Congress ‘people shouldn’t take medical advice from me’

• Trump EPA Guts Rules Against Toxic Forever Chemicals in Drinking Water

• Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship to be heard by U.S. Supreme Court

• U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs

Other US news:

• 25 Arrested Protesting GOP Medicaid Cuts

• Appeals court rules against North Dakota tribes in voting rights case

• Cleveland-Cliffs announces mill and mine closures, impacting over 2,000 workers across 4 states

• Court overturns Michigan’s 24-hour waiting period for abortions, mandatory counseling

• Indiana: Gov. Braun will not block execution of man convicted for killing Beech Grove police officer

• Milwaukee County Judge Dugan indicted in immigration obstruction case

• Montana court strikes down ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors

• More than 1,000 Starbucks baristas strike over new dress code

• Vermont: Rutland teachers and school board reach agreement, averting strike

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

• 17 Palestinian children return to Gaza after receiving treatment in Jordan

• Attack on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital ‘huge blow to already overwhelmed health system’: WHO chief

• Israel kills scores in Gaza dawn massacres following hospital bombing

• Israeli army fire hits UN south Lebanon base for first time since ceasefire

• Israeli strike kills Palestinian journalist receiving treatment in Gaza hospital

• NYT: Israeli officers admit Gaza is on brink of starvation

• Palestinian Authority forces in occupied West Bank kill two men in 'cold blood'

Other world news:

• England: Neo-Nazi extremists guilty of planning terror attack on mosque

• Europe’s Latest Trans Rights Map Shows Unprecedented Regression

• France expels Algerian diplomats in tit-for-tat move as feud deepens

• Ghanaian Journalist's $18M Defamation Win Slashed to $500 by U.S. Court

• Kenya: Gachagua to unveil new political party on May 14 in Nairobi

• Putin will not travel to Istanbul for peace talks with Zelenskyy, Kremlin confirms

• TikTok beauty influencer shot dead during live stream in Mexico

• World Health Organization scales back work after funding cuts

• As one species disappears from Ontario, Doug Ford weakens protections for the rest

• Death penalty for Beech Grove cop killer Benjamin Ritchie? Science says no.

• Fighting for the F Word: Defending Fluoride Against Fear and Faulty Science

• Imagine This America -What Would You Do?

• Mark Carney is already betraying the voters who made him PM

• NDP insiders are trying to fix the leadership race for an establishment candidate

• Pierre Poilievre's gamble