From ICE detentions to AI layoffs, defunded libraries to RCMP scandals, nothing about this week’s headlines says “progress.” In the first episode of Loose Wires, Cory and AncomSciComm break down five stories that show how power protects itself, no matter who’s in charge. We talk about the illusion of change under Canada’s new PM, the deepening crackdown on pro-Palestinian voices, and the slow hollowing out of public life across North America.

Our stories

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may/03/mohsen-mahdawi-trump-deportations

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3400195/nypd-protester-ice-deportation-case/

https://www.businessinsider.com/duolingo-ceo-how-ai-will-be-used-performance-reviews-headcount-2025-4

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5364825/small-and-rural-libraries-are-feeling-the-cuts-from-president-trumps-executive-order

https://cfjctoday.com/2025/03/10/b-c-mountie-tells-hearing-that-dark-humour-in-group-chats-was-to-relieve-stress-2/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/may/03/mark-carney-canada-prime-minister

https://www.nptrust.org/philanthropic-resources/philanthropist/flooding-and-tornadoes-impact-the-midwest-and-south-a-donors-guide-to-helping-those-in-need/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/28/first-edition-just-stop-oil-legacy

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