
Wayne Hsiung
Co-founder at The Simple Heart
Animal rescuer. Animal rights lawyer. Dog dad. Co-founder of @TheSimpleHeart_.
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1 week ago |
blog.simpleheart.org | Wayne Hsiung
On March 5, 2025, the government of the United Kingdom made a startling announcement: it would stop the issuance of new oil and gas licenses for the first time in history. The remarkable victory, after years of pressure by the activist group Just Stop Oil (JSO), was a rare bright spot in a global climate movement that has mostlycollapsed.
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3 weeks ago |
blog.simpleheart.org | Wayne Hsiung
A report published today by Vox describes how the poultry giant Mountaire Corporation has effectively bribed right-wing politicians to fund its engine of animal cruelty. In today’s newsletter, I go deeper into that story — including the secretive religious organization, The Family, that ties factory farming to right-wing politics. We are simultaneously releasing a version of this newsletter on my YouTube show.
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4 weeks ago |
blog.simpleheart.org | Wayne Hsiung
The Free Palestine movement was on the brink of victory. On April 30, 2024, 109 people were arrested at Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall after occupying the building to protest the university’s ties to the Israeli government. Inspired by the students’ civil disobedience, the movement went viral. Occupations spread to dozens of campuses across the country. A famous rapper created a music video lauding the activists as heroes.
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1 month ago |
blog.simpleheart.org | Wayne Hsiung
BREAKING: The Washington Post just published an op-ed by Jane Goodall and Marc Bekoff defending our right to rescue the Ridglan beagles and calling for an end to all experiments on dogs. Shout-out to the University of Denver's AALDP for getting this piece in the Post!—The Simple Heart is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
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Jan 17, 2025 |
blog.simpleheart.org | Wayne Hsiung
Last year, RFK Jr. shared a photo of himself eating a dog. He sent his friend a text message with a photo of a barbecued body on a spit. While metadata apparently showed the image was taken in Korea, where dogs have historically been killed and eaten by the millions, RFK Jr. later claimed the animal was actually a goat in Patagonia.
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The #1 story at Vox right now is about the poultry giant that funds Trump. Do YOU know what you're paying for when you buy chicken at the grocery store? https://t.co/TUbMjjS15S

RT @KennyTorrella: A new investigation into Mountaire Farms — a secretive poultry company that raises 1 out of every 13 chickens and is als…

RT @jaycaspiankang: Masked federal agents taking people off the streets without explanation goes beyond a free speech crisis. We have had a…