The Daily Moth 2-5-2025
It is Wednesday, February 5, 2025. Ready for news?
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Trump proposes U.S. take over Gaza
President Trump invited Israel’s PM Netanyhau to the White House yesterday and in a press conference, made a proposal for the U.S. to take over Gaza and turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East.”
Trump said the U.S. could get rid of all the destroyed buildings and unexploded bombs and then create an economic development.
Trump said Palestinians in Gaza should be moved to other countries. He’s said this before, he suggested that Egypt and Jordan take in Gaza residents.
Netanyhau was open to the idea – he said it may help with Israel’s goal of making sure that Hamas poses no threat to them. He said it’s worthwhile to pursue this idea.
AP News said after Trump’s remarks, Egypt said it doesn’t agree with moving Palestinians out of Gaza. Saudi Arabia said it opposes the idea and any efforts to push out Palestinians from their land.
The proposal is obviously controversial. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich), who is a Palestinian American, said the proposal is “openly calling for ethnic cleansing.”
It is a sensitive time right now in Gaza and Israel as the first phase of the ceasefire deal is still in place with several Israeli hostage / Palestinian prisoner swaps.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-gaza-trump-netanyahu-db2c407baf803291a4acf6edfd708c48
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Sweden mass shooting kills 10
On Tuesday morning in Sweden, a gunman carried out a mass shooting at a school for adult education and killed 10 people.
Sweden’s PM Kristersson said this is the worst mass shooting in the country’s history. Five people were seriously wounded. All the victims are over 18.
Police in Sweden said the suspected gunman also died and apparently killed himself during a shootout with responding officers. Police said the gunman was not on their radar before the shooting and believe he was a lone perpetrator.
CNN explained that the shooting happened in the city of Örebro, which is in central Sweden. The location was a campus that had several schools, including the adult education school and others for children. The adult classes offered vocational training and classes for immigrants.
BBC News did an interview with a teenage student who is an immigrant from the Middle East – he said he fears that the shooter was racist and targeted the school because it served immigrants.
Some reports in Swedish media said the gunman was a 35-year-old local man who legally owned a gun.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/europe/orebro-sweden-school-shooting-intl/index.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crm71dmkjjyo
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NFL to remove “End Racism” from end zones
The NFL said it would remove the words, “End Racism” from the end zones of the football field at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans ahead of the Super Bowl on Sunday. The field will instead have the phrase, “Choose Love.”
NBC said it will be the first Super Bowl since 2021 that the words, “End Racism” will not be in an end zone stencil. NFL made the announcement yesterday, on the same day that President Trump announced he would attend the Super Bowl.
Naturally, people will make a connection, especially after Trump’s anti-DEI directives,but the NFL said “Choose Love” is fitting in this time because it applies to tragedies that America has gone through in the past few weeks, such as the wildfires in California, the terrorist attack in New Orleans, the helicopter/plane crash in D.C., and the plane crash in Philadelphia.
https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/nfl/nfl-will-remove-end-racism-end-zones-ahead-super-bowl-rcna190686
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$40k worth of eggs stolen from trailer
In Pennsylvania, thieves stole 100,000 organic eggs worth over $40,000 from a trailer that was parked outside a Pete and Gerry’s Organic Eggs distribution center. This happened on Saturday night. Police said they are working on the case and asked the public to provide any information that could lead to finding who the thieves are.
This bizarre incident shows that eggs are now a valuable commodity – I explained in a news report yesterday that egg prices are at an all-time high due to a shortage of egg-laying chickens because of outbreaks of avian flu. It’s like when toilet paper was a valuable commodity during the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/100000-eggs-worth-40000-stolen-trailer-police-crack/story?id=118474293
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Deadly L.A. wildfires are 100% contained
Cal Fire said the two of the deadliest wildfires in the Los Angeles region, the Eaton and Palisades fires, are now 100% contained. That means firefighters have fully set up perimeters around the fires to prevent the risk of spread.
The two fires killed at least 29 people, burned over 37,000 acres, and destroyed many homes and businesses. The fires started on Jan. 7 and spread quickly largely because of powerful Santa Ana winds, which brought hurricane-force wind gusts, and because there was a lot of dry vegetation.
There is an ongoing investigation in exactly what started the two wildfires.
California Gov. Newsom signed a $2.5 billion aid package to help the county rebuild a few weeks ago and recently visited Trump in D.C. to ask for additional federal funding.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/02/los-angeles-wildfires-palisades-eaton-contained/78162651007/
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That is all the top stories for today. See you tomorrow and stay with the light.