The Hudak Report 07/23/25

Canada’s National Observer: Indigenous governments finalize $375M land protection deal

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: Don’t be fooled by the “productivity” panic in Canada

Common Dreams: Trump Labor Department Launches 'Barrage of Attacks' on Workers

Drop Site News: Israel is Attacking Deir al-Balah, Gaza’s Last Standing City

New Jersey Monitor: Trump admin, judge battle over order to halt deportation of Columbia U. activist

Peoples Dispatch: Panama’s top union leader goes into exile in Bolivia

Canadian political news:

• Alberta byelection candidates reported 'potentially threatening' comments: RCMP

• Alberta landowner files conflict-of-interest complaint against Danielle Smith appointee

• B.C. premier slams U.S. ambassador for saying Trump thinks Canadian boycotts are 'nasty'

• Manitoba signs pro-trade agreements with four provinces

• Pierre Poilievre calls on government to act as more than 150 candidates register in byelection

• Premiers show support for Carney after meeting, PM says Canada will ‘only accept best deal’ in trade war with U.S.

Other Canada news:

• B.C. court records show second charge against alleged hijacker Shaheer Cassim

• Federal probe into massive PowerSchool data breach is being discontinued

• First Nations call off talks on forestry bill, say Quebec disrespecting rights

• In first for Canada, woman convicted for ‘family support’ role in ISIS

• Regina, Saskatoon see air quality warnings as wildfire smoke blankets Saskatchewan

• Vancouver will miss its climate targets. Natural gas is partly to blame

Trump administration news:

• DOJ drops challenge to Tennessee's gender care ban for minors

• Donald Trump accuses Barack Obama of ‘treason’ over 2016 election claims

• Investigation underway after Vietnamese national in ICE custody died in the hospital

• Trump claims new CBS owner will gift him $20m worth of airtime after $16m settlement

• Trump State Dept Announces Withdrawal From UNESCO Over Palestine Inclusion

• US to deport Haitian legal permanent residents with alleged gang ties

• Videos reveal harsh conditions inside Ice’s New York confinement center

Other US news:

• 8,000 Indiana Kroger Workers Vote Down Contract a Second Time

• A Tennessee Doctor Refused to Give a Woman Prenatal Care Because She’s Unmarried

• Apparent suicide at Springfield prison continues high number of inmate deaths in South Dakota

• Columbia University disciplines at least 70 students who took part in campus protests

• Federal judge blocks Tennessee law making it crime to aid minors seeking out-of-state abortions

• Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication

• Hunger Threatens to Plague “Golden Years” of Older Americans Due to Trump’s Cuts

• Judge gives ex-officer nearly 3 years in Breonna Taylor raid, rebuffs DOJ call for no prison time

• Judge rejects Homeland Security’s arguments in UI student visa case

• NJ cannot ban companies from detaining immigrants, appeals court rules

• San Francisco to ban homeless people from living in RVs with new parking limit

• Texas Targets California Abortion Provider

• US House GOP to scatter early for August break amid pressure on Epstein files

Palestinian genocide and other Israeli & US aggressions in West Asia:

• 77 Palestinians killed, hundreds injured in Gaza

• Clearing Gaza rubble could yield 90,000 tonnes of planet-heating emissions

• France's top diplomat calls for foreign press access to Gaza

• How one Israeli company controls – and cuts off – Palestinians’ access to water in the West Bank

• Iranians Targeted With Spyware in Lead-Up to War With Israel

• Trump Threatens Iran with New Attacks: “We Will Do It Again if Necessary”

• UN Statements Undercut New Israeli Report on 10/7 Sexual Violence

Other world news:

• 6.5 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Russia’s Kamchatka

• At least three killed in landslide, heavy rains in northern Pakistan

• Italy constitutional court says non-biological mother in same-sex union entitled to paternity leave

• The tiny Pacific nation of Vanuatu turns to the world court as climate disasters mount

• Thousands gather to protest as Zelenskyy signs bill weakening anti-corruption agencies

• Top German court: US drone terror not contrary to international law

• UN says booming solar, wind and other green energy hits global tipping point for even lower costs

• White House releases U.S.-Indonesia trade deal framework, final talks underway

• Housing isn’t just shelter

• Party Control Is Dead

• The Pandemic Has Been a Portal (for a few of us)

• Trump’s Threat to Bilingual Education

• What is behind China’s successful leadership in tackling the climate crisis?

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