The Hudak Report 06/28/25

Supreme Court Decision Day Updates

The 19th: Trump’s plans to end birthright citizenship could move ahead after Supreme Court ruling

Techdirt: Supremes Reject Radical Right Wing Effort To Destroy $8 Billion FCC Rural Broadband Subsidy Program

Advocate: Supreme Court rules to save free access to PrEP and other preventive care

Advocate: Supreme Court allows Maryland parents to opt their kids out of LGBTQ+ lessons in schools

The Verge: Porn age-gating is the future of the internet, thanks to the Supreme Court

NPR News: Supreme Court postpones Louisiana redistricting case to next term

Mother Jones: The Supreme Court’s Ruling on Birthright Citizenship Is a Trump Power Grab

Advocate: Supreme Court hands RFK Jr. new power over Americans’ health, buried in PrEP case ruling

Mother Jones: LGBTQ Kids Lose at the Supreme Court—and Parental Rights Win

Other Featured News

CBC News: Trump says he's ending 'all discussions on trade with Canada' effective immediately

rabble: York Region paramedic fired for support of anti-war rally

TRT World: 'We will shoot you': India accused of forcibly deporting Muslims to Bangladesh at gunpoint

Truthout: Why Is BlackRock Gunning to Take Over a Minnesota Electric Utility?

Wisconsin Examiner: Unanimous ruling says state law doesn’t require UW Health to bargain with labor unions

Canadian political news:

• Doug Ford expanding medical procedures covered by OHIP in private clinics

• ‘Let them do their dirty work’: School trustees react as Ford government takes over 4 boards, including Toronto public and Catholic, over finances

• Manitoba taps former White House correspondent Richard Madan to lead Washington trade office

• No injuries after 'explosive device' detonates at MLA Bowinn Ma's office

• Ottawa eyeing Ukrainian partnership, EU loans for defence equipment, minister says

Other Canada news:

• Approximately 55 Canadians have been detained by ICE, minister says

• B.C. man who used Bobcat as ‘weapon’ against homeless people has appeal dismissed

• B.C. police watchdog calls hearing into officers' 'racist, sexist' WhatsApp group

• Canada’s economy shrank in April. Recession risks ‘cannot be ignored’

• Canadian tourist dead in Dominican Republic, local officials say

• Final budget numbers land: Alberta posts $8.3-billion surplus in 2024-25 fiscal year

• Hampstead Fired Whistleblower Who Made Corruption Claims

• Misinformation-laden website almost convinces Alberta town to abandon climate program

• Prayer rooms, student groups fuelling tensions in Quebec colleges, government report finds

• St. Clare's internal medicine doctors give mass resignation notice, warn of 'impending crisis'

Trump administration news:

• Charges that led to ICE detainment of Georgia Spanish-language journalist are dropped

• No One Is in Charge at the US Copyright Office

• Trump administration ends legal protections for half-million Haitians who now face deportations

Other US news:

• Alabama: Gov. Kay Ivey sets execution date for David Lee Roberts

• Christian parents sue to stop Ten Commandments requirement in Texas schools

• Gavin Newsom takes Fox News to court over call with Donald Trump

• Google’s emissions up 51% as AI electricity demand derails efforts to go green

• Gov. Greg Abbott, AG Ken Paxton do not have to release Uvalde or Jan. 6 emails, Texas Supreme Court rules

• Indiana seeks execution date for death row inmate Roy Lee Ward

• Judge blocks Georgia’s social media age verification law, citing free speech concerns

• Louisiana is latest state to redefine natural gas -- a planet-warming fossil fuel -- as green energy

• Metro Atlanta sanitation workers threaten to strike

• Minnesota: 15,000 hospital RNs vote to authorize strike

• Minnesota state worker unions reach tentative deal with administration

• Palestinian American Student Who Refused to Stand for Pledge of Allegiance Sues School for Violating Her Rights

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

• 'Israel' launches series of airstrikes on South Lebanon

• Israeli settlers storm al-Buraq Wall, attack Palestinians in West Bank

• 'It's a Killing Field': IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Deliberately at Unarmed Gazans Waiting for Humanitarian Aid

• Trump says he would consider bombing Iran again, drops sanctions relief plan

Other world news:

• African Union court denies Cote d'Ivoire opposition leaders' appeals

• Central African Republic: Dozens Killed in Central African Republic School Stampede

• England: Four people arrested after aircraft vandalised at RAF Brize Norton

• Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features

• Georgia jails six political figures in one week in crackdown on opposition

• Germany to raise minimum wage to €14.60 by 2027

• Japan executes man convicted of 9 murders, 1st hanging since 2022

• Liberia: Ex-Foreign Minister Kemayah Decries ‘Unlawful’ Arrest, Detention Following Corruption Charges Against Him and Other Weah-Taylor Officials

• Oslo police announce rape and sexual assault charges against son of Norwegian crown princess

• Rwanda, DR Congo sign peace deal in US after rebel sweep

• Security forces disperse Togo protesters demanding president’s resignation

• Starmer retreats on welfare, offering major concessions to rebel MPs

• Blaming Those Who Are Left Behind

• How refugees have helped save these midwestern cities: ‘That’s really something we celebrate’

• In the UK, you can be jailed for opposing genocide but not for supporting it

• Political violence is quintessentially American

• The Fictional Mental Illness That Only Affects Enemies Of The Western Empire

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