[CRAIG NIGRELLI]
GOOD MORNING
I’M CRAIG NIGRELLI
IT’S TUESDAY MAY 6TH 2025
AND THESE ARE YOUR UNBIASED UPDATES:
NEARLY ONE YEAR LATER, MORE CAMPUS UNREST. THIS TIME IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. DEMONSTRATORS LIGHTING FIRES AND PROTESTING IN FAVOR OF PALESTINE, PLUS THE MAJOR CORPORATION THEY ARE CALLING OUT AND WHY.
AND — FINANCIAL INCENTIVE. HOMELAND SECURITY’S NEW PUSH TO GET UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS TO LEAVE THE UNITED STATES, AND THE REWARD IF THEY DO.
L3: PROTESTERS ARRESTED AFTER TAKING OVER UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BUILDING
BREAKING THIS MORNING — RIOT POLICE ARRESTED SEVERAL PEOPLE, AFTER A GROUP OF PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS OCCUPIED A BUILDING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IN SEATTLE OVERNIGHT. THEY ARE PROTESTING THE WAR IN GAZA.
THE DEMONSTRATORS TOOK OVER THE INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING BUILDING — RENAMING IT THE SHABAN AL-DALOU BUILDING — IN OPPOSITION TO THE UNIVERSITY’S TIES TO BOEING.
A GROUP CALLED “STUDENTS UNITED FOR PALESTINIAN EQUALITY & RETURN” — ALSO KNOWN AS “SUPER U-DUB” — CLAIMED IT WAS BEHIND THE TAKEOVER.
THEY ALSO BLOCKED OFF STREETS AND SET FIRES TO DUMPSTERS.
SUPER U-DUB CLAIMS BOEING SPENT 10 MILLION DOLLARS ON THE NEW ENGINEERING BUILDING AND ALLEGE SOME OF IT IS CONNECTED TO THE ONGOING CONFLICT IN THE GAZA STRIP DUE TO BOEING’S DEFENSE CONTRACTS WITH THE MILITARY AND INDIRECT SUPPORT OF ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES, THAT’S ACCORDING TO A SEATTLE NEWS STATION.
BOEING IS ONE OF THE LARGEST DEFENSE COMPANIES IN THE U-S. IT HAS A LONG HISTORY WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
L3: HAMAS SAYS THERE’S ‘NO SENSE’ IN ENGAGING IN FURTHER PEACE TALKS WITH ISRAEL
THE PROTEST COMES AS A HAMAS SPOKESPERSON SAYS THERE IS QUOTE “NO SENSE” IN ENGAGING IN TRUCE TALKS WITH ISRAEL RIGHT NOW — AFTER ISRAELI OFFICIALS APPROVED A PLAN TO TAKE OVER THE ENTIRETY OF THE GAZA STRIP AND STAY THERE FOR AN UNSPECIFIED AMOUNT OF TIME — AND AS ISRAEL CONTINUES TO BLOCK FOOD AND HUMANITARIAN AID FROM ENTERING GAZA.
ISRAEL’S NEW PLAN ALSO CALLS FOR DISPLACING “MOST” OF GAZA’S RESIDENTS.
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITIES ARE REPORTING NEARLY A DOZEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN ISRAELI ATTACKS ACROSS THE GAZA STRIP THIS MORNING.
ISRAEL RENEWED ITS BOMBARDMENT OF THE TERRITORY, COMES AFTER A CEASEFIRE DEAL WITH HAMAS COLLAPSED IN MARCH.
NOW — MORE THAN 70 PERCENT OF GAZA IS REPORTEDLY UNDER ISRAELI CONTROL OR COVERED BY ORDERS, ISSUED BY ISRAEL, TELLING PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS TO EVACUATE SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS.
ISRAEL SAYS IT’S LAUNCHING THIS NEW “FORCEFUL OPERATION” TO DESTROY HAMAS — AND RESCUE ITS REMAINING HOSTAGES. OVER THE WEEKEND, HAMAS PRAISED THE HOUTHI REBELS AS ” THE TWIN OF PALESTINE”, AFTER HOUTHIS FIRED A MISSILE FROM YEMEN, THAT LANDED CLOSE TO ISRAEL’S BEN GURION AIRPORT NEAR TEL AVIV, FORCING THE AIRPORT TO SHUTDOWN.
HAMAS IS STILL BELIEVED TO BE HOLDING DOZENS OF ISRAELI HOSTAGES – SEIZED DURING THE TERROR GROUP’S SNEAK ATTACK ON ISRAEL IN OCTOBER 2023.
MANY OF THE HOSTAGES ARE BELIEVED TO BE DEAD.
Trump admin to pay immigrants $1k to self-deport
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS LAUNCHED A NEW PROGRAM AIMED AT SPEEDING UP DEPORTATION OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.
STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS REPORTER LAUREN KEENAN EXPLAINS, AN INCENTIVE THAT HOMELAND SECURITY IS IMPLEMENTING, IN HOPES OF SAVING TAXPAYERS MONEY, BY HAVING POTENTIALLY HAVING FEWER RAIDS AND ROUNDUPS.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ALSO SAID THOSE WHO SIGN UP FOR SELF-DEPORTATION USING THE C-B-P HOME APP WILL BE DE-PRIORITIZED FOR ARREST AND DETENTION BY IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT QUOTE “AS LONG AS THEY DEMONSTRATE THEY ARE MAKING MEANINGFUL STRIDES IN COMPLETING THAT DEPARTURE.”
L3: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ASKS JUDGE TO TOSS LAWSUIT OVER ACCESS TO ABORTION PILL
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS ASKING A JUDGE TO TOSS OUT A LAWSUIT FROM THREE G-O-P-LED STATES — LOOKING TO CUT OFF TELEHEALTH ACCESS TO THE ABORTION MEDICATION MIFEPRISTONE.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LAWYERS WROTE IN A FILING WITH THE U-S DISTRICT COURT IN AMARILLO, TEXAS –THAT THE THREE STATES BEHIND THE LAWSUIT, MISSOURI, IDAHO AND KANSAS, SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO SO IN THAT COURT.
THE ADMINISTRATION’S MOVE BACKING A REQUEST INITIALLY MADE BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION LAST YEAR.
GOVERNMENT LAWYERS SAY NOTHING IS STOPPING THE STATES FROM FILING THE LAWSUIT SOMEPLACE ELSE — BUT THEY SAY THE VENUE MUST HAVE SOME CONNECTION TO THE CLAIMS BEING MADE.
THE LAWSUIT FROM IDAHO, KANSAS AND MISSOURI ARGUES THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION SHOULD ROLL BACK ACCESS TO MIFEPRISTONE.
THEY FILED THEIR COMPLAINT AFTER THE SUPREME COURT PRESERVED ACCESS TO MIFEPRISTONE LAST YEAR.
THEY WANT THE F-D-A TO PROHIBIT TELEHEALTH PRESCRIPTIONS FOR MIFEPRISTONE, REQUIRE THREE IN-OFFICE VISITS BEFORE IT CAN BE PRESCRIBED AND RESTRICT THE POINT IN A PREGNANCY WHEN IT CAN BE USED.
DEFENSE SECRETARY ORDERS MILITARY TO CUT 20% OF ITS HIGHEST RANKING LEADERS
IN AN EFFORT HE SAYS WILL RID THE MILITARY OF UNNECESSARY BUREAUCRATIC LAYERS, DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH HAS ORDERED MILITARY BRASS TO CUT 20 % OF IT’S FOUR-STAR GENERALS, THAT THE ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES WILL LEAD TO GREATER EFFICIENCY.
HEGSETH ALSO INSTRUCTED THE NATIONAL GUARD TO SLASH ONE-FIFTH OF ITS TOP POSITIONS.
THE DEFENSE SECRETARY HAS ALSO INSTRUCTED THE MILITARY TO CUT 10% OF ITS GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS.
THE MILITARY TIMES REPORTS THERE ARE 800 GENERALS IN THE U.S., 44 ARE EITHER FOUR-STAR OR FLAG OFFICERS.
THE PENTAGON IS UNDER THE SAME PRESSURE THAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE FACING, FROM GOVERNMENT CUTS, BEING PUSHED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY.
LAST WEEK HEGSETH ORDERED SWEEPING CHANGES TO THE U.S. ARMY.
IN THIS CASE, HE SAYS THE CUTS WILL REMOVE, QUOTE ” REDUNDANT FORCE STRUCTURE TO OPTIMIZE AND STREAMLINE LEADERSHIP.”
Trump announces 2027 NFL draft will be in Washington, DC
FINALLY THIS MORNING — THE 20-25 N-F-L DRAFT MIGHT HAVE JUST ENDED… BUT ALREADY THE LEAGUE — AND THE football fans — ARE LOOKING AHEAD, NOT TO NEXT YEAR’S DRAFT, BUT 2027.
STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS SPORTS REPORTER CHRIS FRANCIS SHOWS US HOW THE 20-27 DRAFT WILL BE THE INTERSECTION OF SPORTS AND POLITICS.
THESE ARE YOUR UNBIASED UPDATES FOR THIS TUESDAY.
WE’LL SEE YOU BACK HERE TOMORROW.
FOR ALL OF US HERE AT STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS — I’M CRAIG NIGRELLI.
HAVE A GREAT DAY!
