Happy Friday Dip Fam,
We’re closing out the week with stories that are hard to look away from: the Trump administration is targeting international flights at sanctuary city airports, a new investigation into Texas school police raises serious questions about what’s happening in the hallways, and more.
Today’s estimated reading time is 4 minutes and 49 seconds.
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Nostalgia Nerd
On this day in 1919, a total solar eclipse helped confirm what famous scientific theory for the first time? (answer revealed below!)
(hint: bent starlight)
Before We Dip In (TL;DR)
In today’s issue:
Immigration fight expands to sanctuary city airports. ✈️
Texas school cops log 2,600+ use-of-force incidents. ⚖️
NC bill authorizes deadly force to prevent abortions. 📜
Plus, take today’s poll and check out the Nostalgia Nerd quiz answer down below!
POLITICS
🏛️ Trump Administration Eyes Flight Cuts at Sanctuary City Airports
The Trump administration is drafting plans to eliminate international flights at sanctuary-city airports, using travel infrastructure as leverage against jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin specifically named Newark Liberty Airport, where protests have erupted outside an ICE detention facility amid a detainee hunger strike over medical care.
The policy could extend to airports in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and across the New York metro area, which handled more than 50 million international travelers last year.
The stakes: Legal challenges are expected, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy publicly expressed doubts about the approach. Mullin’s position: cities cannot demand customs processing at their airports while refusing to assist with enforcement once travelers leave.
LAW & ORDER
⚖️ Texas Investigation Documents 2,600+ Use-of-Force Incidents in School Police Program
A 17-year-old Texas honor student was handcuffed, taken to ER, and booked into jail after picking up a broken plastic doorbell outside a classroom. She says it was accidental and was arrested after refusing to leave a school office while explaining. She passed out during the incident and later missed graduation.
Her case is part of a broader pattern. A NYT and San Antonio Express-News investigation found over 2,600 use-of-force incidents across roughly one-fifth of Texas school districts since 2022.
The details: Tactics included pepper spray, tasers, and students held at gunpoint. A six-year-old was handcuffed; a 10-year-old was hogtied three times. After Uvalde, Texas mandated school police, but oversight is limited and officers often apply adult policing policies.
Dipper Poll
:📈 Today’s Poll: Campus Crackdown
Texas requires a licensed police officer on every public school campus, a mandate passed after the Uvalde tragedy. Supporters say it keeps students safer; critics say officers trained for street policing aren’t equipped to handle children, and the use-of-force data is raising hard questions.
Should schools rely on armed police officers to maintain school safety?
LAW & POLICY
📜 NC Republicans Introduce Bill Authorizing Deadly Force to Prevent Abortions
Two North Carolina state representatives introduced a proposed constitutional amendment establishing personhood at fertilization, banning abortion from conception, and allowing individuals to use deadly force to prevent one. The measure would also classify performing or facilitating an abortion as a murder offense.
One sponsor later withdrew support, saying the wording caused misunderstandings and did not reflect intent. The proposal is unlikely to advance, as constitutional amendments require a three-fifths legislative vote to reach the ballot.
The concern: Legal advocates say the language could extend to IVF, emergency contraception, and IUDs. Reproductive rights analysts also point to a broader legislative pattern from the sponsor, framing the proposal as part of a longer-term strategy.
Sweet Dip
Let’s end the week on a high note:
Three 16-year-olds from India won the Earth Prize for Asia for creating a tamarind-seed powder that removes microplastics from drinking water by clumping them for easy removal with a handheld magnet, no electricity needed. They’ve already shared it with 8,000 students and teachers. The future of clean water may be in your spice rack. 🌿💧
Five Mississippi middle schoolers stopped a runaway bus after their driver lost consciousness from an asthma attack on a highway with 40 kids on board. Driver Leah Taylor survived, the bus stopped safely on the median, and all five students were honored at a school pep rally. Turns out the real field trip was the heroes we made along the way. 🚌🦸
A rescue dog named Hazel saved her owner’s life when she woke him during a house fire in New Zealand, giving him time to escape with only smoke inhalation. She had previously been surrendered by two owners before being adopted by him. Turns out they both got a second chance at life. 🐾🏠
Fun Facts
🦄 History: Scotland’s national animal is the unicorn, chosen in the 12th century to symbolize purity and independence in heraldry. Apparently all the real animals were booked.
🌊 Animals: Hagfish can release a liter of thick slime in under 0.1 seconds, clogging predator gills almost instantly. Nature invented the world’s fastest emergency exit system.
☄️ Astronomy: Comet 67P smells like rotten eggs, vinegar, almonds, and a stable mix, according to ESA’s Rosetta mission. Space, but make it a horror candle.
🤯 WTF: Platypuses don’t have nipples and instead secrete milk through skin patches their young lap up from fur. Evolution clearly hit “randomize” and never looked back.
TODAY’S QUIZ ANSWER:
Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity
On May 29, 1919, British astronomer Arthur Eddington led eclipse expeditions to Principe Island and Brazil to photograph stars near the sun. The images showed that the sun’s gravity bent starlight exactly as Einstein predicted, helping turn him into one of the world’s most famous scientists almost overnight.
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