Hi there. It’s been a while. It turns out rebuilding all the routines of daily life with children in a new country takes up ALL my available resources for the first few months. But, I’m here now. And I’ve got a news update for you.

Would you like to hear it? If so, have a listen. If not, I’ll offer again soon.

TOPICS:

US NEWS: Mass Immigrant Detention Facilities; US Federal Troops in US Cities

International news: Gaza

Nature News: cross-species listening

Thanks for being with me to face the news today. If you’re new here, welcome. I also write essays and reflections over at You’ve Got Mail (Only Butch and Platonic).

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Take care out there, yall.

xo

grover

Sources used to create this update:

Immigration & Mass Deportation

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/alligator-alcatraz-shut-down-closing-florida-lawsuit-rcna227949

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crl5ry3rgzro

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/08/22/florida-ice-indiana-louisiana-prison-immigration-detention

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-says-were-not-going-to-war-with-chicago-after-threatening-city-on-social-media

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/05/trump-ice-immigration-chicago-national-guard

https://apnews.com/article/trump-chicago-baltimore-law-enforcement-6d7c80258f17c3d679358467531f7e9d

DC:

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/washington-dc-turns-out-to-protest-trumps-occupation/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/thousands-protest-free-dc-fourth-week-federal-control-washington-rcna229566

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/03/washington-dc-mayor-trump-national-guard

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/thousands-protest-free-dc-fourth-week-federal-control-washington-rcna229566

https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/night-patrol-washington-dc-occupation/

Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak https://apnews.com/article/trump-duffy-union-station-amtrak-management-8c1f5d00ab7591f3f021cf4a9ee8d8e2

https://apnews.com/article/trump-chicago-baltimore-law-enforcement-6d7c80258f17c3d679358467531f7e9d

https://time.com/7315444/trump-immigration-crackdown-ice-sanctuary-cities/

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/11/politics/police-washington-dc-trump-take-over

Gaza

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg47kvld8go

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-gaza-damage-assessment/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-starvation-analysis-1.7623862

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/04/g-s1-86841/gaza-aid-famine-hunger-israel

Nature News: Cross-species listening

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/24/science/moths-listen-understand-plant-noises

Other things:

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