Meta pirated books for its AI. Trump is sending immigrants to Guantanamo. The Justice Department orders prosecutors to drop their case against Eric Adams. Trump bans plastic straws. RFK is coming for your SSRIs. And Worcester becomes a sanctuary city for trans people. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/worcester-massachusetts-becomes-sanctuary-city-trans-people-council-vo-rcna192022

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/02/13/nazi-flags-can-fly-utah-school-not/

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/meta-torrented-over-81-7tb-of-pirated-books-to-train-ai-authors-say/

https://grist.org/accountability/exxon-plastics-plant-point-comfort-texas/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/14/trump-guantanamo-bay-migrants

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-city-us-attorney-0395055315864924a3a5cc9a808f76fd

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/economy/plastic-paper-straws-trump?cid=ios_app

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/climate/nuclear-nnsa-firings-trump?cid=ios_app 

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/rfk-jr-goes-after-antidepressants-claiming-threat-to-americans?srsltid=AfmBOopisPR5DYWZ8ZT9TsGOQEapK1rOVqm3OjuTcnpU0LyiGueLoHFI

https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2025/02/heres-whos-running-new-york-city-mayor-2025/401994/ 

Kanye’s Twitter rant. Stories from the Trump Administration. The gleam in Netanyahu’s eye. A Petersburgh judge who knows you’re guilty. And Japanese micro forests.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/politics/us-government-agencies-order-employees-to-remove-gender-pronouns-from-email-signatures?cid=ios_app

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/netanyahu-trump-golden-pager-lebanon-hezbollah-attack 

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-judge-petersburgh-resigns-1634b59d392c834f561d9f992864395f

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2025/02/07/kanye-west-goes-on-antisemetic-rant-online-says-hitler-was-so-fresh/

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/12/29/the-japanese-micro-forest-method-is-transforming-cities

The first week of the Trump administration is over. Let’s see what they’re up to. And Cuba is helping fight illiteracy in Honduras. 

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-cancels-sanctions-far-right-israeli-settlers-occupied-west-bank-2025-01-21/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-world-health-organization.html

https://insiderpaper.com/china-vows-to-support-world-health-organization-after-us-withdrawal/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-executive-orders-list.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://www.404media.co/tiktok-free-palestine-comments-removed/

https://www.ft.com/content/fcaf50dc-6779-44d2-a7fa-264df798a4c1

https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-hits-nih-devastating-freezes-meetings-travel-communications-and-hiring

https://apnews.com/article/trump-transgender-passports-prisons-eggs-sperm-da1d1d280658a8c85c57cfec2f30cefb

https://www.plenglish.com/news/2024/10/29/honduras-highlights-cubas-role-in-literacy-program/ 

Fires are raging, Meta is giving users the keys to the castle, Israel is obstructing the UN, and goose poop has cancer fighting compunds. 

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/07/business/meta-fact-checking?open-in-app=logged-out-regiwall&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare#meta-fact-checking-facebook

https://x.com/esaagar/status/1876612227807236310?s=46

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-11-10/former-incarcerated-firefighters-create-private-fire-crew-to-battle-california-wildfires

https://www.forestryfirerp.org/

https://newrepublic.com/article/190048/california-insurance-los-angeles-fires?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=SF_TNR

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-obstructs-un-probe-7-october-sex-crimes

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/09/middleeast/gaza-death-toll-underreported-study-intl?cid=ios_app

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/10/politics/takeaways-trump-hush-money-sentencing?cid=ios_app

https://archive.ph/2024.12.22-140237/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2024/12/22/middle-school-stem-goose-poop/

A series of violent attacks from troops and veterans. Super sexy bullet trains in China. Congestion pricing takes effect in NYC. Paid prenatal leave for NYers. 

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3292665/china-unveils-future-high-speed-rail-next-gen-prototype?module=perpetual_scroll_0&pgtype=article 

https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/new-york-becomes-first-state-to-mandate-paid-perental-leave-for-employees 

https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2025/01/04/amazon_worker_health/ 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/las-vegas-cybertruck-bomber-matthew-livelsberger-was-a-trump-supporter-source/ 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/colorado-man-allegedly-attacked-reporter-yelling-trumps-america-now-rcna185768

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/05/nyregion/congestion-pricing-nyc-new-jersey/nyc-congestion-pricing-tolls?smid=url-share 

MAGA civil war. Miami is sinking. Hospitals are reporting birthing parents for testing positive for drugs they administered. Biden signs an anti-LGBTQ bill into law. A local inmate was beaten to death by prison guards. And a mayor is building utopia in Mexico City. 

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/climate-change/article296831519.html#m4r019girzakb51lfs 

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/12/11/pregnant-hospital-drug-test-medicine

https://dallasexpress.com/tarrant/exclusive-where-is-congresswoman-kay-granger/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/27/mexico-city-utopias-project-mayor

https://www.advocate.com/politics/biden-signs-anti-lgbtq-bill

https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/death-of-inmate-prompts-call-for-transparency-and-justice-at-marcy-correctional-facility-robert-brooks-prison-new-york-ny-attorney-general-officers-fatal-beating

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/post-luigi-the-extremist-threat-is

https://open.substack.com/pub/taylorlorenz/p/a-maga-civil-war-is-breaking-out?r=itmz&utm_medium=ios

Drones are in the skies. Luigi Mangione has been accused of the UHC CEO killing. A woman from Florida has been arrested for making related terroristic threats. Manchin and Sinema allow a GOP majority on the NLRB. Israel continues to sow death and destruction. Biden commutes sentence for Kids for Cash judge. And Mexico adds animal rights to its constitution. 

https://jacobin.com/2024/12/nlrb-manchin-sinema-gop-majority

https://thehill.com/homenews/5037545-florida-woman-accused-of-threatening-insurance-company-saying-delay-deny-depose/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/11/death-feels-imminent-for-96-of-children-in-gaza-study-finds

https://www.citizensvoice.com/2024/12/12/biden-commutes-sentence-for-kids-for-cash-judge/

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/health/aaron-siri-rfk-jr-vaccines.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/amazon-workers-authorize-strike-companys-unionized-warehouse/story?id=116767350

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/390144/mexico-constitution-reform-animal-rights

Someone shot a CEO. Spain is stopping weapons shipments to Israel. The Harris campaign dropped the ball on outreach to voters of color in Philadelphia. Upheavals in North Korea and Syria. And air pollution is down in China over the last decade. 

https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/us-news/ceo-of-unitedhealthcare-fatally-shot-outside-of-hilton-hotel-in-nyc-in-possible-targeted-attack-sources/ 

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/ai-with-90-error-rate-forces-elderly-out-of-rehab-nursing-homes-suit-claims/

https://apnews.com/article/us-spain-israel-weapons-shipping-7cb890af47716111445f7726ce19ddb4

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-12-07/football-college-ohio-michigan-fights

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/us/politics/harris-philadelphia-black-latino-voters.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://aqli.epic.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/China-FactSheet_2024.pdf

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/6/south-koreas-ruling-party-head-calls-for-suspension-of-yoons-powers 

https://jacobin.com/2024/12/south-korea-failed-coup-democracy/ 

How did the dems manage to lose an election in which they outraised their opponents three to one? In part, ground game. Trump will be rolling back student debt relief. Musk calls to abolish the CFPB. EPA scientists faced retaliation for finding harm from chemicals. The President of Mexico has strong words for Trump. And a Whole Foods in Philadelphia is unionizing. 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/nov/25/democrats-organizing-get-out-the-vote 

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/26/trump-rollback-biden-student-debt-relief-00189841

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/28/elon-musk-cfpb-trump

https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-scientists-faced-retaliation-after-finding-harm-from-chemicals

https://inthesetimes.com/article/whole-foods-union-philadelphia 

https://x.com/davidrkadler/status/1861501962233225513?s=46

Pokemon Go–good or bad? Who knows. Gaetz is out, Bondi is in. The ICC issues an arrest warrant for Netanyahu. Conditions at a Virginia prison are so bad that inmates are setting themselves on fire. And little gophers made a big difference at Mount St. Helens. 

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/protest-matisyahu-concert-troy-savings-bank-19935002.php 

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/gophers-mount-st-helens

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/pikachu-problem-colonie-discouraging-pokemon-go-19928697.php 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hacker-accesses-sealed-testimony-woman-alleging-matt-gaetz-sex-was-17-rcna180830 

https://www.404media.co/pokemon-go-players-have-unwittingly-trained-ai-to-navigate-the-world/ 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/arrest-netanyahu-icc-warrant-divides-world-israel-gaza-rcna181320

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr4g50wxp2o

https://sfbayview.com/2024/11/conditions-so-bad-that-prisoners-set-themselves-on-fire-crisis-and-cover-up-at-red-onion-super-max/