HH:

* The Mississippi Attorney General has cleared police for killing one-year-old Kohen Wiley.

* Israeli settlers brutally beat Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine in the West Bank during an attack on the annual olive harvest.

* Trump admin engages in “lawfare” against MN Rep Ilhan Omar, threatening deportation or jail over naturalization documents.

Artifact: We talk the gambli-fication of capitalism via Brazilian President Lula da Silva’s decision to ban all online casinos and fixed-odds sports betting.

HH:

* Ansar Allah (Houthis) attack the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

* Shane Gillis makes a misogynistic speech and pretends its comedy

Artifact: Part 2 of our examination of the “Effective Altruism” thing via this 2023 article in TruthDig by Emile Torres entitled: The Acronym Behind Our Wildest AI Dreams and Nightmares

Theme Music: “Mock the Afflicted” by Robert Warrington, Licensed under CC BY 3.0

HH:

* Protest erupt in France over the education system

* NC considers Amendment to the State Constitution which would designate fetuses as people

* Brevard Country Public Schools refuses to rehire the veteran teacher Melissa Calhoun because she used a child’s preferred name.

* Trump admin will begin sweeping student visa applicants for “antisemitism”

Artifact: We take a closer look at this “Effective Altruism” thing via this 2023 article in truthdig by Emile Torres entitled: The Acronym Behind Our Wildest AI Dreams and Nightmares (we’ll have to finish this one next week)

Theme Music: “Mock the Afflicted” by Robert Warrington, Licensed under CC BY 3.0