NOTE: This will be the last edition of The Hudak Report that will be released this week. Also: Merry Christmas!

Featured News

CBC News: Canada joins allies in condemning Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank

CBC News: Epstein files: These are the Canadians mentioned in the latest document release

Common Dreams: ‘Beyond Dehumanizing’: ICE Docs Expose Plan to Hold 80,000 People in Warehouses

Truthout: Coal Miners Were Poised to Win Key Safety Protections. Then Trump Showed Up.

Truthout: Gaza Will Mark Christmas With Silent Bells, Frozen Nights, and Grief

Canada & USA

Canadian news:

• Be prepared in case of power outage in extreme cold, say Yukon officials

• Calgary emergency wards coping with 'extreme overcapacity' in flu season: AHS memo

• Government suspending ban on single-use plastic exports

• Hospitals warned about rare infection emerging in Calgary

• NWT RCMP deny excessive force, racism allegations after suspect suffers frostbite

USA news:

• 2 hurt in shooting involving ICE agents in Maryland: Police

• Christmas travel could be affected by flood threats in California and heavy snow in New England

• ‘Fire Them!’ Stephen Miller Throws a Fit Over ‘Revolt’ of ‘60 Minutes’ Producers Against Bari Weiss

• ‘Merry Christmas!’ Declares Trump Moments After Threat to Destroy Broadcasters Who Air Criticism of Him

• National Guard shooting case moved to federal court as prosecutors weigh death penalty

• Pediatrics group sues HHS for cutting funds for children’s health programs

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World News

• Bolivia’s new right-wing government eliminates fuel subsidies and thousands of workers fight back

• Mexico Launches Justice Plan for Cananea Miners

• Russian forces seize embattled Siversk town as Ukrainian troops withdraw

• Sudan: Rapid Support Forces Control Town Near Chad Border

• Thailand Rejects Cambodia’s Call for Talks on Neutral Zone

• Trump administration bars former EU official and anti-disinformation and hate researchers from US

• Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura declared winner of Honduras' presidential vote

• Zelenskyy says he's open to creating demilitarized zone in Ukraine's industrial heartland

What I’m Reading

• Chomsky, Epstein, and the responsibility of intellectuals

• Extrajudicial killing in the age of spectacle

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