The Smile: 03/11/2025

 

March 11, 2025   |   Read Online Happy Tuesday! Democrats are fighting back, introducing a bill to force the Trump administration to rehire fired veterans and, a rare white water buffalo has joined a Tooele County zoo! Progress is happening—let’s celebrate it together. 💛 Democrats introduce bill forcing Trump administration to rehire fired veterans Judge blocks removal of Palestinian activist who was detained at Columbia University Rare white water buffalo joins Tooele County zoo Tesla shares plunge 15%, suffering steepest drop in five years Elon Musk's net worth dropped $29 billion in one day as Tesla stock tanks Elon Musk's net worth fell by $29 billion on Monday as Tesla's stock price also declined. Tesla's stock was down 15% as of close on Monday, while Musk's net worth was down 6.7%. Musk said Monday it had been hard to run his businesses while working on government efficiency. https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-net-worth-drops-billion-tesla-stock-2025-3?op=1 Supreme Court Rebukes 19 Republican Attorneys General The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a lawsuit from 19 Republican-led states seeking to block climate change lawsuits filed against the oil and gas industry by Democratic-led states. The justices declined to hear the unusual Republican effort to challenge Democratic states for using their own courts to sue fossil fuel companies over allegations of misleading the public about the environmental risks of their products. Watch: Dog finds home after 1,739 days in shelter Montana Voter Registration Penalty Law is Permanently Blocked Pro-voting groups reached an agreement with Montana’s secretary of state and attorney general to permanently block portions of a Republican-backed law that criminalizes voters who are inadvertently registered to vote elsewhere.  The agreement, which was approved by a district court judge on Monday, comes after more than a year of litigation challenging provisions of House Bill 892, which was signed into law by Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) in May 2023. The bill’s backers said it was intended to block voters who register to vote in Montana from deliberately remaining registered to vote in another jurisdiction.  But the law imposed criminal penalties and fines even on people who violated the provision inadvertently. The pro-voting groups who sued to block the law — the Montana Public Interest Research Group and the Montana Federation of Public Employees — alleged that it’s overly vague in its language, which could be used to unjustly punish voters for making a mistake. The lawsuit also challenged a provision of HB 892 that requires a person who was previously registered to vote in another county or state to provide their previous registration information when they’re registering to vote. The plaintiffs alleged that this requirement could lead to voters being criminalized for simply forgetting to fill out a portion of their voter registration. Specifically, the plaintiffs argued that these parts of H.B. 892 violate the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of due process and burden the right to vote under the First and 14th Amendments.  On Harriet Tubman Day, a new effort to place the abolitionist on the $20 bill launches Philadelphia couple says love and respect carried them to 75th wedding anniversary Judge orders release of certain owed foreign aid payments Today’s user submitted photo comes from Emily S. who shared the cutest photo of her cat, Small Fry: Thank you for reading, and we hope these articles shine a light on your day. In solidarity, Emily from The Smile