The Weekly Readlines February 8 -

BIG CUP: THE WEEK’S TOP STORIES

And just like that … the Kennedy Center gets knifed

We will be Hungary very soon at this rate. Trump claims he has fired most of the board of the Kennedy Center and is naming himself Chairman. None of this is legal, of course. Most of what they are doing it not legal, but in this new grotesque version of America, will we finally accept that ‘legal’ doesn’t mean anything to Trump and the architects of Project 2025? Nothing at all! I am weary of reading that ‘it’s not legal’ as if that is any reassurance. The rule of law is for suckers. It seems my late father fought in Germany for absolutely nothing.

LGBTQ

Impact Of Mass Deportations On LGBT People – Williams Institute – UCLA

The Hidden History Of Trans Health Care – Mother Jones

‘I Worry For Myself.’ Hundreds Debate Adding Abortion And LGBTQ Rights To CT Constitution

U.S. AND BEYOND

US Immigration Is Gaming Google To Create A Mirage Of Mass Deportations – The Guardian

Elon Musk’s Assault On US Government Prompts Muted Republican Disquiet – The Guardian

Trump Appears To Support Ending US Education Department And Says He Will ‘Wind Down’ Usaid

‘Am I Now A Walking Target?’ The Canadians Boycotting Travel To The United States Because Of Trump

Argentines March In Defence Of Diversity, Blasting Milei’s Anti-Woke Diatribes – France 24

HEALTH AND AGING

Air Pollution Impacts An Aging Society – Eurekalert!