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Voices, The Peoples News

March 9, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Trump Offers Pathway To Citizenship For White South African Farmers While Cracking Down On Migrants. Trump signed an executive order last month halting federal aid to South Africa over property laws he said impose “unjust racial discrimination” against white Afrikaner farmers.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5182189-trump-expedited-citizenship-afrikaners/

Legislature passes law to ramp up deportations; critics say it will mostly target legal immigrants
https://www.yahoo.com/news/legislature-passes-law-ramp-deportations-130347447.html

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
‘Could be a backdoor’: Elon Musk’s team reportedly given access to ‘sensitive income data’
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-access-income-data/

RFK Jr. Hands Over Sensitive Taxpayer Information to Musk’s DOGE Goons
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-hands-over-sensitive-215454750.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
Trump’s shipbuilding plan could upend ocean cargo industry, companies warn
https://www.reuters.com/business/trumps-shipbuilding-plan-could-upend-ocean-cargo-industry-companies-warn-2025-03-07/

# Education / Schools
Georgia Senate passes bill that would axe protections for librarians who loan harmful books to kids
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/video/news/georgia-senate-passes-bill-that-would-axe-protections-for-librarians-who-loan-harmful-books-to-kids/77-ebf22b3d-4e60-4e64-954c-b5c8deabf83e

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
New bill would restrict who can own land in Texas. The bill would prohibit hostile foreign entities from purchasing land in Texas.
https://thetexan.news/issues/immigration-border-issues/texas-proposes-land-ownership-ban-for-certain-foreign-entities/article_c01109c4-ee1c-11ef-88d8-47cf7ea700f2.html

Movement to ban Chinese farmland purchases near military bases gains steam in the Senate. A bill to block China, Iran and other US adversaries from buying up farmland has bipartisan support in the Senate
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/movement-ban-chinese-farmland-purchases-near-military-bases-gains-steam-senate

# Food General News
The Trump Administration has eliminated two USDA food safety advisory committees that have been in place for decades. The committees are the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) and the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI).
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/03/president-trump-eliminates-two-key-food-safety-committees/

# General News
Trump Supporters Who Were Fired From Their Government Jobs Are Having Some Serious Voter’s Remorse, And They’re Not Holding Back
https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-supporters-laid-off-205824815.html

# Gov / Politics
House GOP Unveils ‘Clean’ Text To Fund Government While Democrats Threaten Shutdown. House Republican leadership unveiled bill text Saturday afternoon to fund the government through September and avert a partial government shutdown.
https://thehill.com/business/budget/5184117-house-gop-stopgap-government-funding-bill-shutdown/

Some House members have mental faculties so diminished they can no longer do their jobs — and others voting drunk, high: lawmakers
https://nypost.com/2025/03/08/us-news/some-house-members-have-mental-faculties-so-diminished-they-can-no-longer-do-their-jobs-and-others-voting-drunk-high-lawmakers/

‘Familiar to those who have lived under authoritarian regimes’: First Amendment experts implore judge to side with AP in dispute over White House access
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/familiar-to-those-who-have-lived-under-authoritarian-regimes-first-amendment-experts-implore-judge-to-side-with-ap-in-dispute-over-white-house-access/

Trump spent more than $18 million of taxpayer money on golf trips amid DOGE cuts. Donald Trump has played golf at his own courses in Florida on six of the seven weekends since his second term began.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-golf18-million_n_67cb892fe4b02f3ad1f4b2bb

Musk calls social security a ‘Ponzi scheme’. The real con is what Trump’s peddling
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-guardian-usa/20250307/282222311517778?srsltid=AfmBOoozERCTO5am4Dj8NyYMGq9X5gTDWyZCxva2McXThTX9FT6JkidA

This Is the Biggest Trump-Musk Scandal That No One’s Talking About. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are ushering in a new age of bribery, graft, and corruption to American politics.
https://newrepublic.com/article/192008/trump-musk-scandal-corruption-crypto

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
New MAGA FBI Chief Unveils Bonkers Paranoid Demands
https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-maga-fbi-chief-kash-patel-unveils-bonkers-paranoid-demands/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump Justice Department fires head of organized crime drug task force
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-doj-fires-head-crime-040821845.html

The Supreme Court’s Rebuff of Trump Is More Ominous Than It Looks. Two conservative justices joined the three liberals in ordering the administration to pay USAID contractors who are owed around $2 billion. But can that unlikely split hold?
https://newrepublic.com/article/192377/supreme-court-trump-usaid-rebuff-ominous

# Medical Marijuana / Hemp
Donald Trump Is Going to Ruin Legal Marijuana. If he doesn’t abandon efforts to reclassify and legalize marijuana, his administration will unleash a wave of corporatization and consolidation.
https://newrepublic.com/article/192265/donald-trump-going-ruin-legal-marijuana

# Medical / Health News
High-Dose Vitamin C Linked to Improved Cancer Survival. High-dose IV vitamin C plus chemotherapy doubles survival in advanced pancreatic cancer
https://medicine.uiowa.edu/content/high-dose-iv-vitamin-c-plus-chemotherapy-doubles-survival-advanced-pancreatic-cancer

# Military / DOD / General News
‘Gay’ Hiroshima bomber, female and Black soldiers being erased in shocking Pentagon DEI file purge. As many as 100,000 photos and online posts including a female Medal of Honor recipient, Black soldiers and people whose last name is ‘Gay’ may be axed in the diversity eradication ordered by Donald Trump
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pentagon-pete-hegseth-trump-enola-gay-b2710676.html

Legislature rejects proposal to protect military facilities from growing threat: ‘The state is not ready’
https://www.thecooldown.com/uncategorized/arkansas-legislature-cryptocurrency-mining-restriction/

# Military / General News / Global
Grinning Kim Jong Un reveals North Korea’s newest submarine that will be able to carry 10 nuclear missiles capable of targeting the US
https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-nuclear-submarine-missiles-kim-us-183cde96a36844fdce559081551fc0a7

# Social / Social Programs
‘A disruptive effect’: How slashing staff at the Social Security Administration is sparking fears the system could collapse
https://www.aol.com/disruptive-effect-slashing-staff-social-100053565.html

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Cybersecurity
Customer calls out mobile carriers for decision that could leave millions without service: Not everyone is enthused about the latest features a smartphone has to offer.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3847578813510-customer-calls-out-mobile-carriers-for-decision-that-could-leave-millions-without-service-its-a-huge-issue-for-my-family?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDE1MjM4NDIyMzg%3D

# Veterans / VA
‘We’re being bullied’: Veteran health workers say Musk using psychological warfare on them
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/nx-s1-5317722/elon-musk-emails-trump-veterans-mental-health

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Voices, The Peoples News

March 8, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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“A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of
our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.”
– Franklin D. Roosevelt
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# Indigenous
Tribes, Native American students file lawsuit over Bureau of Indian Education firings
https://apnews.com/article/trump-native-american-bureau-of-indian-education-df54c469494e3a2f48321ab76f5b6930

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Mexican Communities in US Rise in Protest Against Trump’s Deportation Threats. You won’t have seen them on the news, but widespread demonstrations are taking place in barrios on the urban
https://truthout.org/articles/mexican-communities-in-us-rise-in-protest-against-trumps-deportation-threats/

Private prison companies set to make billions reopening jails for ICE. “There’s a private interest behind the detention and the incarceration of our community,” said an activist protesting the facilities.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/private-prison-mass-deportation-trump-billions-geogroup-corecivic-ice/

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Trump’s EPA Moves to Block State Pesticide Labels That Warn of Cancer Risks. The plan may conflict with the new HHS head, RFK Jr., who helped sue Monsanto over lack of sufficient health warnings.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-epa-moves-to-block-state-pesticide-labels-that-warn-of-cancer-risks/

# DEI [Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion]
Georgetown Law Just Showed Exactly How to Fight Trump’s Lawless Anti-DEI Crusade. Dean William Treanor said Acting U.S. Attorney Ed Martin’s threat to blacklist students if the school didn’t stop teaching DEI was a clear First Amendment violation.
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/politics/federal-fallout/georgetown-law-school-wont-bow-to-dei-threat-from-dcs-acting-federal-prosecutor-ed-martin-donald-trump-william-treanor/65-22ac5a1d-43a8-492b-92db-1f8c6f70f76c

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
‘Unlike anything we’ve ever seen before’: Watchdog group tells judge DOGE is ‘black box’ of secrets as agency claims its exempt from FOIA requests
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/unlike-anything-weve-ever-seen-before-watchdog-group-tells-judge-doge-is-black-box-of-secrets-as-agency-claims-its-exempt-from-foia-requests/

At the General Services Administration’s towering federal office building in downtown Washington, DOGE workers have set up four separate rooms on the 6th floor for sleeping, complete with beds from IKEA, lamps and dressers, according to two career GSA employees.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/06/doge-federal-office-bedrooms-00216863

DOGE Has Deployed Its GSAi Custom Chatbot for 1,500 Federal Workers. Elon Musk’s DOGE team is automating tasks as it continues its purge of the federal workforce.
https://aitopics.org/doc/news:8E368F86

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
Top Republicans Finally Snap as Trump Flips on Tariffs—Again. Donald Trump has flip-flopped on tariffs for Mexico and Canada three times in as many days.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192460/donald-trump-flips-tariffs-tillis-kennedy-paul

IRS Chief Vows Revenge After Being Ousted by Elon Musk’s DOGE. “I’m just trying to do my goddamn job. They have no idea who they picked a f—king fight with.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/192478/irs-chief-revenge-fired-doge

# Education / Schools
Thousands of public school workers impacted by cyberattack on retirement plan administrator
https://therecord.media/thousands-of-public-school-workers-impacted-data-breach

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump Violated Federal Law in Removing Labor Board Chair, Judge Finds
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-labor-board-wilcox-dismissal-illegal-judge/

Trump Breaks TSA Union Agreement—Brace Yourselves for Airport Chaos. Flying in America is about to get a whole lot worse thanks to this infringement on workers’ rights.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192481/trump-breaks-tsa-union-agreement-airport-chaos

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Half of Global Carbon Emissions Come From Just 36 Fossil Fuel Companies, Study Says. According to the latest update to the Carbon Majors database, produced by InfluenceMap, just 36 companies are linked to more than half of global carbon emissions.
https://www.ecowatch.com/global-carbon-emissions-companies-responsible.html

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Trump Signs Executive Order Handing U.S. Public Forests Over to Private Logging Industry. A new executive order signed by President Donald Trump over the weekend could have a disastrous effect on endangered species, climate change and local economies, warned conservation groups.
https://www.nrdc.org/media/executive-orders-direct-massive-expansion-logging-public-lands

Did Trump really order 280 million acres of national forest to be cut down? The president wants to bypass environmental rules to increase domestic timber production. Here’s what that means for America’s public lands.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/did-trump-really-order-280-million-acres-of-national-forest-to-be-cut-down-223112112.html

# Food General News
Trump said he’s considering 250% tariffs on Canadian dairy. “We may do it as early as today or we may wait until Monday or Tuesday,” Trump said.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-07/trump-says-he-may-hit-canada-with-dairy-lumber-tariffs-shortly

# General News
‘Startup Nation’ Groups Say They’re Meeting Trump Officials to Push for Deregulated ‘Freedom Cities.’
The architects of projects like Próspera are drafting legislation to create US cities that would be free from federal regulations.
https://www.wired.com/story/startup-nations-donald-trump-legislation/

# Gov / Politics
Donald Trump eyes limitless power with teased implementation of the Insurrection Act. It comes after he declared a state of emergency at the southern border.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/donald-trump-eyes-limitless-power-with-teased-implementation-of-the-insurrection-act/
The Insurrection Act: A Presidential Power That Threatens Democracy. It is legally possible under the Insurrection Act, outdated law in urgent need of reform to prevent abuses of power and adapt to modern times.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/insurrection-act-presidential-power-threatens-democracy

Trump Abruptly Changes Tune on Russia Sanctions in Bizarre Switch. Donald Trump is giving us whiplash with his Russia stance.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-abruptly-flips-russia-sanctions-174845306.html

Rep. Al Green Shares Why He Disrupted Trump’s Address to Congress, “You have no mandate” to cut vital government programs.
https://truthout.org/video/rep-al-green-shares-why-he-disrupted-trumps-address-to-congress/

The Impending Government Shutdown. Will the Democrats have the savvy and unity to outplay Trump? A government shutdown occurs when Congress fails to approve new spending for federal agencies. The current spending law, which former President Joe Biden signed in December, expires on March 14.
https://time.com/7265457/government-shutdown-republicans-congress-2/

Marco Rubio Finally Loses It at Elon Musk in Trump Cabinet Meeting. The two advisers got into a heated argument over DOGE-backed firings.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/elon-musk-vs-marco-rubio-a-bitter-feud-erupts-in-donald-trumps-cabinet-and-the-winner-is-/articleshow/118799136.cms?from=mdr

The Memo: Musk-Rubio clash heightens scrutiny on Trump’s approach
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5183658-cabinet-meeting-elon-musk-marcos-rubio/

Truth Be Told: Elon Musk’s influential and unusual government role. Despite never receiving a single vote or being confirmed, Musk is working to radically reshape the federal government – without any oversight or Congressional approval!
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/truth-be-told/truth-be-told-elon-musks-influential-and-unusual-government-role

Trump Cuts Elon’s Power as Disaster Deepens, He’s putting his foot down. Trump made it clear that government agency heads are in charge of personnel decisions in their departments, rather than Elon Musk, during an in-person Cabinet meeting on Thursday, which was attended by both.
https://futurism.com/trump-cuts-elons-power

Trump dreams of a Maga empire – but he’s more likely to leave us a nuclear hellscape. The US president’s new imperialism could make real the apocalyptic world depicted by cold war filmmakers
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/07/donald-trump-maga-empire-nuclear-president-rearm

Florida election lawsuit exposes loophole in federal voter registration law. Lack of voter verification: A Republican congressional candidate is suing Florida election officials over “clone” voters found on voter rolls and questionable mail-in ballot requests.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/florida-election-lawsuit-exposes-loophole-federal-voter-registration-law

Trump yanks security clearances of lawyers at firm that probed any Trump-Russia ties
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/06/trump-perkins-coie-security-clearances

Mike Johnson Says He’s Looking at ‘Real Consequences’ For Disruptive Democrats — Beyond Censure
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/mike-johnson-says-hes-looking-at-real-consequences-for-disruptive-democrats-beyond-censure/

“Elon Is The Biggest Welfare Queen On The Planet”: The Internet Is Fed Up With Elon Musk’s Hypocrisy. How the Billionaire CEO Relies on Government Handouts While Criticizing Welfare
https://vocal.media/history/elon-is-the-biggest-welfare-queen-on-the-planet-the-internet-is-fed-up-with-elon-musk-s-hypocrisy

Congressional negotiators release spending bill to avoid government shutdown. The bill largely maintains current spending levels
https://apnews.com/article/government-spending-shutdown-house-senate-426823710920756447076d15077c33d7

# Gov / Politics / Global
US charges Chinese nationals in cyberattacks. U.S. law enforcement agencies announced dozens of criminal charges against a web of hackers employed by the Chinese government and private companies in China — accusing them of being involved in more than a decade of cyberattacks including the most recent breach of the U.S. Treasury.
https://therecord.media/doj-charges-chinese-nationals-isoon-cyberattacks-treasury

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘Earth-shaking, country-shaking proposition’: Judge scoffs at Trump administration’s claim on president’s ability to override Congress on foreign spending
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/earth-shaking-country-shaking-proposition-judge-scoffs-at-trump-administrations-claim-on-presidents-ability-to-override-congress-on-foreign-spending/

A little agency is standing up to Musk with a tell-all lawsuit. How DOGE is taking over
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/united-states-african-development-foudation-doge-lawsuit/

# LGBTQ / Gender
Trans Woman Transferred to Men’s Prisons Despite Rulings Against Trump’s Order. Incarcerated trans women report mistreatment and legal violations as they’re transferred to men’s prisons. The transgender community is widely terrified by the move on behalf of the Trump administration’s despite being blocked by several courts
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/trans-women-moved-mens-jail-1018454

Texas Bill Proposes Felony Charges for ‘Gender Identity Fraud’: Texas Representative Tom Oliverson has introduced House Bill 3817, aiming to establish “gender identity fraud” as a state jail felony. The proposed legislation would criminalize individuals who identify their biological sex as the opposite of that assigned at birth
https://www.transvitae.com/texas-bill-proposes-felony-charges-for-gender-identity-fraud/

New Texas Bill Outright Criminalizes Being Trans As Felony Fraud. The bill represents a new front in attacks on trans people, and connects with other attempts to label being trans as “fraud.”
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-texas-bill-outright-criminalizes

# Medicare / Medicaid
Will there be Medicaid cuts? Analysts say Republicans cannot reach their budget goals without cutting Medicaid, even as President Donald Trump has said he will leave the program alone.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/will-medicaid-cut/

How Medicaid Cuts Could Leave Millions Without Health Care in the U.S: With Medicaid being threatened by the current administration, it is imperative to recognize its importance in the fight for health equity.
https://www.pih.org/article/medicaid-cuts-millions-without-healthcare

Prenatal PFAS exposure may be linked to an increased risk of some childhood cancers
https://www.ehn.org/pfas-childhood-cancer-2671283323.html

# Military / DOD / General News
Hegseth orders stand down, Ransomware by snail mail, Mark Cuban’s lifeline
https://cisoseries.com/cyber-security-headlines-week-in-review-hegseth-orders-stand-down-ciso-liability-worries-mark-cubans-lifeline/

Pentagon denies reports Hegseth ordered halt in cyber operations against Russia
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5177630-pentagon-denies-reports-hegseth-ordered-halt-in-cyber-operations-against-russia/

# Nuclear
How The Military Wants AI To Help Control America’s Nuclear Arsenal. Science fiction has warned us about melding AI and nuclear command and control, but Pentagon leadership sees it as a critical tool for future deterrence.
https://www.twz.com/nuclear/this-is-how-the-military-wants-ai-to-help-control-americas-nuclear-arsenal

Trump reportedly sent letter to Iranian leader about discussing possible nuclear deal
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-trump-letter-khamenei-f78aeb869d146978b6d377184e236ef9

# Science / Science Engineers
Scientists fight back against funding cuts and policy threats. Researchers are organizing protests and making their voices heard as Trump officials slash funding and lay off federal scientists.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00661-8

This Goopy Seaweed Slurry Could Make Its Way Into Everything You Eat and Wear. A startup called Marine Biologics is breaking down seaweed into its base components so they can be used for a range of consumer applications, from foodstuffs to cosmetics to bioplastics
https://www.wired.com/story/marine-biologics-seaweed-supercrude/

# Social / Social Programs
The Grim Reality of President Donald Trump’s Social Security Plan
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2025/03/08/grim-reality-of-donald-trump-social-security-plan/

DOGE’s cuts to HUD will only make the housing crisis worse. But resistance is building.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/04/nx-s1-5314948/advocates-warn-that-cuts-to-hud-will-worsen-the-housing-crisis

Trump administration throws hundreds of affordable housing projects into limbo after contract cuts
https://www.thederrick.com/ap/business/trump-administration-throws-hundreds-of-affordable-housing-projects-into-limbo-after-contract-cuts/article_5b3924c1-3cac-51db-b59f-b2a50157e7a9.html

Trump Administration reverses course on Social Security policies
https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-update-maine-enumeration-birth-2041318

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March 6, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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“The trouble with tariffs, to be succinct, is that they raise prices,
slow economic growth, cut profits, increase unemployment,
worsen inequality, diminish productivity, and increase global
tensions. Other than that, they’re fine.” David Kelly, the chief
global strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, as quoted
by Bloomberg’s John Authers
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# Business / Industry / Corporations
Two auto giants make unexpected move that will have big impact on manufacturing operations — here are the details. The two companies secured this power bump through Virtual Power Purchase Agreements.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/delilah-1-solar-farm-texas-synthesize/

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Industry-backed bill could block EPA from using key chemical toxicity data. Legislation in Congress threatens to gut the EPA’s ability to regulate toxic chemicals by banning the use of assessments from its IRIS program, a move environmental advocates warn could cripple public health protections.
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/statement/2025/01/trump-epa-withdrawal-pfas-effluent-limits-setback-public-health-ewg

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Trump Speech Provides Opening for Lawyers Challenging Musk’s DOGE Authority. President touted Musk’s leadership in congressional address, while government lawyers tell judges that tech mogul has no power
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/elon-musk-doge-lawsuit-trump-joint-session-address-7043af99

Leaked List Shows DOGE Is Lawyering Up. A list of DOGE staffers reviewed by The Intercept shows Elon Musk’s quasi-agency has brought in at least four more attorneys.
https://theintercept.com/2025/03/05/leaked-list-musk-doge-lawyers/

Musk Goon Arrives at Federal Aviation Administratio (FAA) With Chilling Warning for Staff. Ted Malaska, a Department of Government Efficiency volunteer, told FAA employees anyone who impeded his work would be reported to Musk and “risked losing their jobs,” sources told Bloomberg.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/musks-doge-goon-arrives-at-faa-with-chilling-warning-for-staff/

Elon Musk leaves Capitol Hill after meeting with Republicans who discuss turning DOGE cuts into law
https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-doge-cuts-congress-5f2101c129924c9d416437aca05e1e11

DOGE panel eyes criminal referrals for alleged misuse of US foreign aid. Marjorie Taylor Greene threatened to escalate during her subcommittee’s second hearing.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/02/26/congress/doge-subcommittee-mtg-usaid-00206246

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
Trump Suddenly Grants Tariff Exemptions After Massive Blowback. Donald Trump is already pausing some of his tariffs.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192374/trump-tariffs-exemptions-roll-back

Racism Isn’t the Only Cause of the Racial Wealth Gap. Widening the lens to capitalism itself could yield insights on how to close the gap.
https://newrepublic.com/article/192099/racial-wealth-gap-roots-racism-capitalism

‘End The Fed’ — GOP Lawmakers Unveil Bill To Give Trump Authority Over Central Bank
https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/05/exclusive-end-the-fed-gop-lawmakers-unveil-bill-to-give-trump-authority-over-central-bank/

‘Follow the money’: Ex-GOP rep warns media to pay attention to ‘second-tier’ DOGE lackeys
https://www.rawstory.com/denver-riggleman-2671276263/

# Education / Schools
Trump scheduled to sign order calling for Education Department’s end. By law, only Congress can fully close federal agencies. But the department is already facing another ‘very significant’ workforce reduction, according to an email to staff sent last week.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/03/06/trump-executive-order-education-department/80540008007/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Gutting the federal workforce won’t make government more efficient
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/02/dismantling-government-wont-make-it-more-efficientinvesting-it-will/403014/

Layoffs Hit Unbelievable High Thanks to Trump and Musk. Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s cuts to the federal government have caused a record-breaking surge in layoffs.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192409/layoffs-trump-musk

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Trump Administration Intends to Terminate Lease for Army Corps’ Florida Headquarters. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Jacksonville District is responsible for Everglades restoration and hurricane response, among other duties. Some say the move is “shocking.”
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05032025/trump-aims-to-terminate-army-corps-florida-headquarters/

Trump shuts down worldwide air quality monitoring program
https://www.aol.com/trump-shuts-down-worldwide-air-055234026.html

Trump orders expanded logging and timber production on federal lands
https://www.scrippsnews.com/science-and-tech/environment/trump-orders-expanded-logging-and-timber-production-on-federal-lands

Scientists issue warning over alarming new discovery at Greenland Ice Sheet: ‘It’s a domino effect.’ A warming planet is altering the area at a far faster rate than expected.
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/greenland-ice-sheet-crevasses-melting-expansion-climate-change/

Melting Antarctic ice sheets are slowing Earth’s strongest ocean current: ‘There could be severe consequences’
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/geoscience/melting-ice-sheets-slowing-antarctic-circumpolar-current-13717.html

Lawmakers just passed a controversial law that could change the Amazon forever: ‘An area the size of Costa Rica.’ “The new legislation could cause an increase in deforestation estimated at 5.2 million hectares.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/amazon-rainforest-law-brazil-deforestation/

Evacuations underway as more than 170 wildfires rage across multiple states: ‘It’s very unsettling’ Air quality alerts warn residents to stay inside.
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/carolina-wildfires-north-south-evacuations/#:~:text=Air%20quality%20alerts%20warn%20residents%20to%20stay%20inside.&text=Over%20170%20wildfires%20were%20burning,people%20to%20evacuate%20for%20safety

Wildfires continue to burn in North and South Carolina, prompting evacuations and a state of emergency. The biggest fire in South Carolina, which has burned thousands of acres, is “believed to be human-caused,” forestry officials said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/wildfires-continue-to-burn-in-north-and-south-carolina-prompting-evacuations-and-a-state-of-emergency-225916499.html

# Food General News
Farmers blindsided as USDA erases essential resources: ‘Farmers are on the frontlines.’ They need these “vital tools” to adapt to a shifting weather landscape.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/climate-change-purge-lawsuit-usda-trump-admin/

China hits US agriculture, says it won’t be bullied by fresh Trump tariffs
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-vows-countermeasures-against-us-tariffs-linked-fentanyl-2025-03-04/

# General News
Trump says no one has heard of Lesotho. But Musk is trying to do business in the African nation
https://apnews.com/article/trump-africa-lesotho-insult-congress-speech-0fbd419d541af2e291185bb7d7eac800

Trump may put hundreds of federal buildings up for sale, including FBI, USDA, DOJ
https://san.com/cc/trump-admin-seeking-to-sell-nearly-450-vacant-underused-federal-spaces/

# Gov / Politics
Trump’s “Genocidal” Threat to Gaza: If Hamas Won’t Release Hostages, “You Are DEAD”: “He’s threatening an entire population with death, what else is that other than genocidal?” Amnesty International and Medical Aid for Palestinians have condemned the US president’s threats calling them inflammatory and dehumanising
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-hamas-gaza-netanyahu-b2710234.html

The world is beginning to tire of Trump’s whiplash leadership
https://www.aol.com/news/world-beginning-tire-trump-whiplash-050052059.html

Trump’s vile bullying of our allies deserves to be taken much more seriously, as a clear sign of Trump’s very real imperialist intentions. Trump’s tariffs aren’t about fentanyl or any supposed unfair treatment of the U.S. They’re about forcing Canada, with no justification whatsoever, to submit to his will. It’s straight-up extortion.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/3843027161208-trump-press-sec-accidentally-blurts-out-real-goal-of-his-tariff-scam
Audio: THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trudeaus-blistering-takedown-of-trumps-tariffs-puts/id1728152109?i=1000697835437

Backed by Trump-Musk, $5,000 ‘DOGE dividend’ plan could become law soon? What you need to know
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-doge-dividend-backed-by-trump-musk-5000-doge-dividend-plan-could-become-law-soon-what-you-need-to-know/articleshow/118627573.cms?from=mdr
PolitiFact: President Donald Trump has not signed an order to give $5,000 checks to all American taxpayers. We found no White House announcements or news reports about this.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/feb/26/facebook-posts/is-it-official-that-trump-approved-a-5000-doge-div/

While our eyes are on the welfare state’s destruction, Trump is building a police state. Republicans aren’t simply shrinking the government. They’re investing billions in defense, border control and prisons
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/05/trump-welfare-police-state-government-layoffs

Raw video: TSMC, President Trump announce $100 billion additional investment in Arizona. Taiwan semiconductor company TSMC plans to make a fresh $100 billion investment in the United States that involves building five additional chip facilities there in coming years
https://www.reuters.com/technology/tsmc-ceo-meet-with-trump-tout-investment-plans-2025-03-03/
TSMC is the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturer and supplies chips to the likes of Qualcomm, Apple and Nvidia. Established in 1987, TSMC is the world’s first dedicated semiconductor foundry.
https://www.tsmc.com/english/aboutTSMC

Has Trump flipped Ukraine…for Russia? The disastrous Zelensky visit to the White House caps a three-week spree of Trump breaking ranks with US traditional allies and making free concessions to Putin. The damage to US security interests is already done
https://thebulletin.org/2025/03/has-trump-flipped-ukraine-for-russia/

GOP lawmakers reintroduce constitutional amendment to radically overhaul state Senate districts
https://www.aol.com/gop-lawmakers-reintroduce-constitutional-amendment-180001216.html

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Trump to make death penalty mandatory for ‘anyone who murders a police officer’
https://www.police1.com/legal/trump-calls-for-mandatory-death-penalty-for-those-convicted-of-killing-officers

Millions of users’ personal data shared with US law enforcement: Social media companies track user activity to build detailed profiles that include everything from a person’s banking activity to the grocery stores they visit and apps they use.
https://san.com/cc/millions-of-users-personal-data-shared-with-us-law-enforcement-report/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘I am stunned’: Justice Alito slams colleagues’ refusal to let Trump keep billions in foreign aid frozen as rewarding ‘an act of judicial hubris’
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/i-am-stunned-justice-alito-slams-colleagues-refusal-to-let-trump-keep-billions-in-foreign-aid-frozen-as-rewarding-an-act-of-judicial-hubris/

# Media
America’s Richest Oligarch Wants to Privatize USPS and Amtrak, he is trying to tear it all down.
https://gizmodo.com/americas-richest-oligarch-wants-to-privatize-usps-and-amtrak-2000572284

# Medical / Health News
Mexican medical manufacturers warn tariffs will increase US health care costs
https://www.borderreport.com/news/health/mexican-medical-manufacturers-warn-tariffs-will-increase-us-healthcare-costs/

# Military / DOD / General News
Defense Department begins cutting workers this week. Firings Begin at the Pentagon: Veterans, Civil Servants Caught in the Crosshairs
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/03/05/firings-begin-pentagon-veterans-civil-servants-caught-crosshairs.html

# NASA / Space
The farthest spacecraft from Earth are shutting off instruments in interstellar space: NASA switches off Voyager instruments to extend life of the two interstellar spacecraft ‘Every day could be our last.’ “The Voyagers have been deep space rock stars since launch, and we want to keep it that way as long as possible!”
https://www.space.com/nasa-switches-off-voyager-instruments-to-extend-life-of-the-two-interstellar-spacecraft

# NOAA / Weather
“Front row seats to a coup”: Trump and Musk gut NOAA and EPA, raising alarm among scientists
https://www.salon.com/2025/03/05/front-row-seats-to-a-coup-and-musk-gut-noaa-and-epa-raising-alarm-among-scientists/

# Science / Science Engineers
‘Eureka’ moment as scientists discover common drug stops some cancers spreading
https://www.rawstory.com/denver-riggleman-2671276263/

Supersolid: Scientists turn light into a solid that flows like liquid for first time. This achievement marks a significant milestone in the field of condensed matter physics.
https://interestingengineering.com/science/scientists-create-supersolid-from-light

# Social / Social Programs
Massive cut would leave 34 states with no HUD offices — and experts warn it may be illegal
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-2671275459/

Murray, Colleagues Blast Trump and Musk’s Plans to Gut Social Security Administration, Threaten Americans’ Social Security
https://www.murray.senate.gov/murray-colleagues-blast-trump-and-musks-plans-to-gut-social-security-administration-threaten-americans-social-security/

Trump efficiency group to close 5 state Social Security offices, including Brunswick, Vidalia
https://thecurrentga.org/2025/03/04/trump-efficiency-office-to-close-5-state-social-security-offices-including-brunswick-vidalia/

Trump and Musk’s Plan to Destroy Social Security Started Tuesday Night. Donald Trump stood before the nation and, with the full backing of billionaires like Elon Musk, laid the groundwork for the biggest heist in American history, the rapid, systematic destruction of Social Security, disguised as “reform.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/192404/trump-musk-destroy-social-security-started

Martin O’Malley, the former commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA) says Social Security payments at risk as DOGE makes agency changes
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5173332-social-security-cuts-risk-collapse/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Cybersecurity
GOP lawmakers balk at Trump’s call to repeal CHIPS Act
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5178662-trump-chips-act-repeal-gop-senators/
2022 CHIPS and Science Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIPS_and_Science_Act

# Veterans / VA
The Department of Veterans Affairs will slash more than 80,000 jobs under a major restructuring plan that the agency intends to carry out by August to meet President Donald Trump’s executive order for downsizing the federal government, according to an internal VA memo.
https://www.legion.org/information-center/news/veterans-healthcare/2025/march/83000-va-workers-targeted-for-layoffs-by-august

GOP senator blocks Democratic-led resolution to restore veterans’ jobs in federal workforce
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-03-04/veterans-firings-senators-resolution-17034695.html

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
How Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ plan echoes the Golden Visas programs in Europe. Foreigners were able to invest to obtain citizenship in countries on the continent for years, but governments are increasingly changing course.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/nyregion/trump-gold-card-visa-europe.html

Trump’s Rage Over “Low” Deportations Suddenly Gets More Unnerving. A new DOJ memo argues that immigration judges can be stripped of civil service protections. That could lay the groundwork for firing them if they don’t rule the “right” way.
https://newrepublic.com/article/192318/trump-immigrant-deportations-low-rage-unnerving

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Chinese-owned factories move to Cambodia to avoid U.S. tariffs. As Trump’s trade war with China brings reciprocal tariffs, many Chinese firms are investing in operations elsewhere to avoid the burden. Anna Coren reports from Cambodia.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/chinese-owned-factories-move-to-cambodia-to-avoid-us-tariffs/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries. Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
https://www.alternet.org/doge-musk-trump-fortune/

19 government offices in Kentucky to close due to federal budget cuts
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/03/doge-closes-more-federal-offices-in-kentucky-including-3-in-louisville/81157878007/

‘Major errors’: Investigative reporter rips apart Elon Musk’s spin on DOGE. Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task force quietly tried to delete its so-called “wall of receipts” after reporters identified major mistakes and falsehoods in their claimed monetary savings to the government from canceling various federal contracts.
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-doge-2671252580/

Let’s Be Very Clear, The Real Fraud Is DOGE: The Musk-led effort is neither a money-saving nor fraud-finding operation—it’s an ideologically driven assault by far-right libertarians who seek to destroy a functioning government for their own greedy ends.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/doge-is-a-fraud?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=1dbf84355a-Top+News%3A+Mon.+3%2F3%2F25&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-3b949b3e19-600473715

How DOGE’s cuts to the IRS threaten to cost more than DOGE will ever save. “When you hamstring the IRS, it’s just a tax cut for tax cheats.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-doge-irs-cuts-will-cost-more-than-savings-trump-musk-deficit

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
IRS drafting plans to cut as much as half of its workforce. A reduction in force of tens of thousands of employees would render the IRS “dysfunctional,” said John Koskinen, a former IRS commissioner.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/03/the-irs-is-drafting-plans-to-cut-as-much-as-half-of-its-90000-person-workforce-ap-sources-say/

How Trump Sold America Out to His Kleptocratic Friends. While the American people get saddled with the staggering cost of his trade war, the president has given the world’s worst actors the license to misbehave.
https://newrepublic.com/article/192292/trump-shell-company-registry-kleptocrats

Trudeau slams Trump for starting a trade war with Canada while appeasing Putin
https://apnews.com/article/trudeau-trump-canada-tariffs-us-5d5ef8bd41c4567926d543a9526b2e84

How new Social Security policies could affect your monthly check
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/doge-actions-may-cause-social-security-benefit-interruption-ex-agency-head.html

Mexican President Threatens Next Move Over Trump Tariffs. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum called the U.S. tariffs irrational and promised to announce retaliatory measures on Sunday.
https://apnews.com/article/trade-war-mexico-trump-9cefdded035a0b35e700a7ba0bfc34b4

Canada hits US with retaliatory tariffs after warning of ‘existential threat’
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/3/5/trump-live-canada-files-wto-complaint-against-us-tariff-increases

‘Money is being pilfered’: Democrats worry Trump and Musk will ‘steal’ from new budget. Democrats want reassurances from congressional Republican and the White House that Donald Trump’s administration will actually spend money allocated as part of any new law preventing a government shutdown.
https://www.rawstory.com/congress-budget-impound/

‘Choked out of its very existence’: Judge fears Trump will dismantle Consumer Financial Protection Bureau completely before she can stop him
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/choked-out-of-its-very-existence-judge-fears-trump-will-dismantle-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-completely-before-she-can-stop-him/

Since 1975, $79 trillion has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top 1%: Sanders used the findings of a recent working paper to denounce Republicans’ determination to pass tax cuts that will benefit wealthy Americans the most.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/white-paper-sanders-rand-tax

# Education / Schools
Trump administration asked to end racial segregation, CRT trainings in Illinois school
https://www.chalkboardnews.com/issues/cultural-issues/article_1efe0010-ee0c-11ef-bdaa-8796c1f6aec3.html

Ohio students and teachers may need to begin preparing for an additional two weeks of school.
https://www.cbs19news.com/republican-plan-proposed-to-grow-school-time-for-ohio-students-teachers/article_b4a3fa46-9f98-52f1-810a-bdf6f73cb041.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Canada may halt electricity exports to US over Trump tariffs: A top Canadian official warned. “We will go to the extent of cutting off their energy going down to Michigan, going down to New York State and over to Wisconsin,” Premier Doug Ford of Ontario, Canada’s largest province, threatened on Wednesday evening.
https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/canadian-official-threatens-to-cut-off-energy-to-the-united-states/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Fact Check: Yes, Trump signed executive order to fast-track logging on federal land. The order allows federal agencies to bypass environmental protection laws in an effort to increase production but doesn’t call for clear-cutting.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-clear-cutting-national-forests/

# Food General News
More states want to stop taxing groceries. Amid rising food prices, more states are reducing or eliminating a sales tax that impacts lower-income households the most.
https://www.route-fifty.com/finance/2024/03/states-move-cut-grocery-taxes/394642/

‘Have fun paying more for food’: New Trump tariff outburst sparks instant backlash
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tariffs-farmers/

# Gov / Politics
Trump airs grievances, charts MAGA plan in address before bitterly divided Congress
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-speech-joint-address-congress?id=119442177&entryId=119447123

6 Takeaways from Trump’s address to Congress. “We have accomplished more in 43 days than most administrations accomplish in four years or eight years, we are just getting started.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/us/politics/trump-speech-takeaways.html

CNN Fact Checker: Trump Speech Had These ‘Dishonest’ Claims. The falsehoods spanned a variety of topics, including the economy, climate, immigration and more. The falsehoods spanned a variety of topics, including the economy, climate, immigration and more.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/04/politics/fact-check-trump-address-congress/index.html

The New Abnormal: Dems Completely Dropped the Ball During Trump’s Speech.  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for reportedly ordering Democrats to stand down during Trump’s speech instead of staging a protest. “I don’t understand what he believes Democrats operating in a space of decorum is gonna show the American people and the world,” Moodie said
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-dems-completely-dropped-ball-055110067.html

How Did America Not See This Apocalypse Coming? Trump was radically altering America’s foreign policy in real time, shifting the balance of power globally in favor of authoritarianism, and starting a chain reaction that could lead to Russia invading other neighbors and possibly even triggering World War III.
https://newrepublic.com/article/192315/trump-economy-recession-ukraine-russia-world-war-apocalypse

Trump’s Politics of Cruelty, will it be one more source of division, or will Trump’s sadism unite Americans against him? Soon, there will likely be far more cruelty and suffering, as needy people lose health coverage under a diminished Medicaid, as more families are broken up by ICE raids, and more immigrant workers stop earning a paycheck for fear of being arrested and deported.
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-03-04-trumps-politics-of-cruelty/

Musk and Trump allies use impeachment threats to intimidate federal judges
https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/elon-musk-house-republicans-impeaching-judges-intimidation/

Beware Trump’s Talk of Coming “Emergencies.” The president has set up opportunities for grift through meme coins and other means; he has violated administrative laws and usurped the power of the purse from Congress; he appears to be turning the Department of Justice into his personal legal team; and his billionaire co-president, Elon Musk, is involved in decisions related to agencies (supposedly) regulating his businesses, just to name a few. The goal posts have shifted so far that they can no longer be spotted on the playing field.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3839457703035-beware-trumps-talk-of-coming-emergencies?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDEwOTM4ODMyNjA%3D

‘The president’s violation of law’: Judge permanently reinstates Biden-appointed member of civil service board who Trump illegally and ineffectually tried to fire
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/the-presidents-violation-of-law-judge-permanently-reinstates-biden-appointed-member-of-civil-service-board-who-trump-illegally-and-ineffectually-tried-to-fire/

‘Stop this madness right now’: Conservative writer begs Congress to block Trump trade war
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tariffs-2671259752/

‘Government cannot just press a button’: Trump DOJ blasts $2 billion ‘pay-or-else order’ that requires it to cough up federal funds following USAID freeze in SCOTUS bid
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/government-cannot-just-press-a-button-trump-doj-blasts-2-billion-pay-or-else-order-that-requires-it-to-cough-up-federal-funds-following-usaid-freeze-in-scotus-bid/

‘Going to be a problem’: Musk comments to Rogan cast cloud over Trump administration
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-social-security-2671259159/

‘Exciting News’: Trump Brags About Gutting Anti-Money Laundering Law. The Trump administration won’t enforce a Treasury Department rule requiring shell companies to disclose their owners and beneficiaries
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-treasury-gutting-anti-money-laundering-law-1235286134/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Volodymyr Zelensky has been forced to grovel to Donald Trump after the U.S. president kicked him out of the White House following a spectacular shouting match in the Oval Office.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/zelensky-attempts-kiss-trump-ring-175939144.html

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
The US Department Of Justice Deleted Data So Police Officers Can Dodge Accountability
https://www.napo.org/washington-report/doj-deletes-database-tracking-federal-police-misconduct/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Supreme Court Refuses to Save Trump in Quest to Demolish USAID. The Supreme Court has denied Donald Trump’s emergency bid to cancel billions in USAID funding already approved by Congress.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/supreme-court-refuses-save-trump-142502105.html

# Medical / Health News
Judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump cuts to NIH research overhead payments. Ruling suggests plaintiffs are likely to succeed in overturning 15% cap on indirect costs
https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/nih-indirect-costs-lawsuit-federal-judge-extends-order-blocking-trump-cuts/

Overturning Roe was never just about sending abortion back to the states. As we brace for federal restrictions, state lawmakers are moving to hamper future abortion ballot campaigns, and are even attacking amendments that have already passed.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/republicans-prove-there-was-a-big-catch-about-leaving-abortion-to-the-states/

# Military / General News / Global
Israel halts entry of aid to Gaza until Hamas agrees to new ceasefire deal
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/02/nx-s1-5314852/israel-stops-aid-to-gaza

Ukrainian Trainees Gathered Near The Front Line. Then A Russian Ballistic Missile Thundered Down
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-strikes-training-ground-during-formation-resulting-in-mass-casualties-ukraines-military-says/

# Social / Social Programs
Former Social Security head claims DOGE will cause payment interruptions. Social Security has a perfect record of giving millions of Americans their monthly benefit checks since the agency was founded in the 1930s
https://www.yahoo.com/news/system-collapse-ex-social-security-165050327.html

Trump’s Social Security Lies in Speech to Congress Seen as ‘Prelude to Vicious Cuts’:  “Social Security has survived wars, pandemics, and recessions,” said one advocate. “But unless there is a rapid course correction, it may not survive Donald Trump and Elon Musk.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-social-security-lies?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=96a0c83807-News+Alert%3A+Trump%27s+Social+Security+Lies&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4da0978648-600473715

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Cybersecurity
Pete Hegseth Orders US Cyber Command to Stand Down on Russia: Critics of the move are concerned that such a pause on offensive cyber operations against Russia—critical to understanding Moscow’s intentions ahead of any negotiations—could make the U.S. more vulnerable to potential cyberattacks from Moscow.
https://www.newsweek.com/hegseth-cyber-russia-order-2038563

# Veterans / VA
Trump lawyer says veterans fired from federal government are perhaps ‘not fit to have a job at this moment’
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2025/03/05/trump-lawyer-on-fired-vets-perhaps-theyre-not-fit-to-have-a-job/

Veterans feel ‘scared and disrespected’ by mass firings throughout the federal government. Veterans service organizations castigated the administration of President Donald Trump for sweeping cuts of federal jobs that are hitting veterans who represent nearly one-third of the civilian government workforce and receive their medical care at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-03-04/veterans-services-firings-trump-lawmakers-17033584.html

# Water
The Supreme Court Muddied the Clean Water Act Yet Again. Amy Coney Barrett joined the liberal justices in a dissent against Samuel Alito—and his thinly veiled policy agenda. The justices held that the Environmental Protection Agency could no longer hold certain polluters responsible when the cleanliness of American waterways fell below minimum acceptable standards.
https://newrepublic.com/article/192302/supreme-court-alito-clean-water

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# Indigenous
Corruption fuels environmental destruction and violence against Indigenous communities
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Wyoming will invalidate out-of-state driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants
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How law enforcement targets migrants on ‘smuggler’s highway.’ The highway stretch on Interstate 10 in Arizona is called ‘smuggler’s highway.’ Police say migrants becoming more aggressive. Many found with thousands in cash
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2 Guatemalan nationals ran one of US’ ‘largest human smuggling rings’: DOJ
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# DEI [Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion]
Trump’s war on DEI comes for programs helping autistic students find jobs in STEM
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# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Doge snaps at the ankles of government consultants. After wielding a chainsaw to the federal budget, managing consulting contracts may be next on the chopping block
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Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids objects to Musk’s call for cancellation of $2.4 billion FAA contract. The administration of President Trump shouldn’t cancel a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon and transfer work on the Federal Aviation Administration’s traffic control system to presidential adviser Elon Musk’s own company.
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Fair Housing education and outreach grant has been canceled by DOGE
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DOGE wants to charge one federal agency millions of dollars for its work to make government more efficient. The Office of Personnel Management was asked to pay for 20 full-time positions in Musk’s department for work between January 20 and July 4, 2026
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# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
Warren Buffett says tariffs leave consumers footing the bill: ‘The tooth fairy doesn’t pay ’em’
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US SEC says Trump administration to terminate building leases for Los Angeles, Philadelphia regional offices https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftoday.westlaw.com%2FDocument%2FI5354b4d0f87f11ef8ccbfda34d2048f3%2FView%2FFullText.html%3FtransitionType%3DCategoryPageItem%26contextData%3D&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C9f603963ab6d456018d508dd5b61035f%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638767194468069977%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=TjhTLERnQFlL7vezzbs%2F0D5K%2B1TXvq%2FjcEWOYHD4PGk%3D&reserved=0(sc.Default)&firstPage=true

China Strikes Back at US Tariffs. Need to know: China has announced additional tariffs on U.S. agricultural products and food items, says it won’t be bullied by fresh Trump tariffs
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US tariffs take effect and Mexico, Canada and China retaliate with their own tariffs on the US
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Treasury ends enforcement of business ownership database meant to stop shell company formation
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History of the 16th Amendment and the Income Tax
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Sixteenth Amendment Income Tax: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
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Massachusetts commercial spaces on chopping block as Trump admin cancels leases for federal agencies. DOGE has terminated seven commercial lease connected to federal agencies
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# Education / Schools
Donald Trump Calls Student Protests ‘Illegal,’ Threatens to Imprison Those Who Participate: “All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests,” Trump wrote in a social media post, adding that students may be expelled, arrested or deported
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# Employment / Labor / Unions
Uncovering Unemployment Fraud: A $135 Billion Crisis
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# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Albemarle to build $1.3 billion lithium plant in South Carolina
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Piedmont Lithium is hoping to build a 1,500-acre lithium mine along the same geologic trend in Gaston County, 30 miles west of Charlotte.
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A proposed lithium mine presents a climate versus environment conflict
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New South Carolina plant could process enough lithium for 2.4M EVs a year
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Central Texas homeowners are frustrated after seeing their energy bills double
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Gaping, uncovered mines spew toxic dust all over surrounding areas: ‘It is unfortunately worse … than we thought.’ Using satellite images and hundreds of leaf samples, they traced the toxic dust up to 30 kilometers away from the mines.
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# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Wildfires ravage North and South Carolina, prompting evacuations and state of emergency.
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Carolina Fire Maps Show Where Blazes Burning in North, South Carolina. Multiple fires across North and South Carolina were still burning on Tuesday after more than 170 erupted across the two states over the weekend.
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Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber. Trump has instructed the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to increase logging targets and for officials to circumvent the US’s Endangered Species Act by using unspecified emergency powers to ignore protections placed upon vulnerable creatures’ habitats.
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Hidden Lake the Size of Texas Found Below Antarctic Ice Sheet Could Hold 34 Million Year Old Secrets
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# Food General News
Trump to put tariffs on agricultural imports, tells farmers to ‘have fun.’ President Donald Trump said the U.S. would impose tariffs on “external” agricultural products starting April 2. It’s his latest threat to impose trade barriers on imported goods.
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# General News
Daylight saving time 2025: These states are trying to ‘lock the clocks.’ We’re a couple of weeks away from the start of daylight saving time, and it isn’t just federal lawmakers (and President Donald Trump) who are hoping this is the last time we “spring forward.”
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Trump pushes through name change for another US landmark
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# Gov / Politics
What Next for Ukraine as Trump Halts All Aid. Need to know: President Donald Trump has ordered a pause on all U.S. military aid to Ukraine following a disastrous and remarkable meeting last week
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Trump Short-Circuits When Asked if U.S. Policy Is Aligning With Russia. Donald Trump blatantly refused to answer the question.
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Elon Musk’s Looming Disease Holocaust. The shadow president is gutting America’s vast humanitarian aid system. Millions may die.
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Maddow compares Trump to 1940s senator with Nazi ties who demanded allies ‘say thank you’
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Concerns over foreign agents is not just a Trump-era phenomenon — it started with the Nazis
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JD Vance Accidentally Spills The GOP’s Strategy In Stunning Self-Own
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Ethical Concerns Surround Sen. Joni Ernst’s Relationships With Top Military Officials Who Lobbied Her Committee
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Elon Musk Calls For U.S. To Withdrawal From NATO & United Nations
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What happens if US withdraws from Nato and United Nations?
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# Gov / Politics / Global
With Gaza tensions high, Egyptians and Israelis warn of a new war
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Palestinians in Gaza concerned over Israel closing border crossings and blocking supplies
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UN food program closes its southern Africa office in the wake of Trump administration aid cuts
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Why It’s Time to Reconsider a European Army
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Why Europe can’t get Its Military act together. The continent faces multiple obstacles
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Families of North Korean troops captured in Russia ‘will be executed’
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# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
House Republicans launch judicial task force that targets ‘rogue, activist judges’
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# Media
Trump’s USPS takeover opens up ‘Pandora’s box of mischief’: Voting rights advocates
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# Medicare / Medicaid
Republicans’ new Medicaid arguments: They’re only cutting waste, fraud, and abuse. Conservative think tank’s new report argues Medicaid has high level of improper payments
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# Military / DOD / General News
Trump associate floats idea of transatlantic warplane program. In an interview with Defense News, Paolo Zampolli said he had been discussing the idea of the U.S. entering the tri-nation Global Combat Air Programme
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Europe announces unprecedented $840 billion rearmament plan to tackle ‘grave’ threats, sending defense giants BAE and Thales soaring
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DOD says it’s found $80 million in waste to trim from Pentagon budget with help from DOGE
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# Military / General News / Global
UK orders $2 billion worth of air-defense missiles for Ukraine. The missiles will be produced at Thales in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where the order will create 200 jobs and support 700 existing ones.
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Europeans are fueling Russia’s war effort through gas purchases while militaries wither. Europe’s tough talk on defending Ukraine contrasts with Russian oil purchases and faltering military forces.
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# NOAA / Weather
Unusually powerful March storm threatens to create a blizzard, tornadoes and fires as it crosses the US
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NOAA layoffs raise legal concerns and could weaken public safety
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East Texas State Senator wants to ban ‘weather modification’
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# Nuclear
Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts reach nuclear levels of disaster (Literally). DOGE has gutted the nuclear safety agency.
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How Trump’s ‘Iron Dome for America’ upends four decades of nuclear doctrine. The inclusion of space-based interceptors is a particularly hard nut for Moscow to swallow, given long-standing Russian belief that such weapons are aimed at undercutting the country’s nuclear retaliatory capability following a US first strike.
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# Social / Social Programs
Trump and Musk ignore Pentagon waste while targeting Social Security and public services. Trump administration and Elon Musk push for cuts to Social Security and public services, prioritizing corporate interests over working Americans.
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Cuomo asks if Social Security might be on the chopping block after Medicaid
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Trump administration plans to close HUD offices in the Pacific Northwest
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Social Security Payments May Be Missed For First Time In 80 Years Due To DOGE Outages
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Social Security chief’s work with DOGE raises concerns, Warren says
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Former Social Security head claims DOGE will cause payment interruptions
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Schumer: Trump is cutting Social Security, DOGE cuts hurting recipients
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What has Donald Trump changed in Social Security so far? Elon Musk calls program a ‘Ponzi scheme’
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# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Cybersecurity
Trump announces $100B semiconductor investment from Taiwan.
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Ftech%2Ftrump-chip-maker-tsmc-expected-to-announce-100-billion-investment-in-u-s-02a44399&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C9f603963ab6d456018d508dd5b61035f%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638767194469012533%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=wlEMQ00U7NdiiJK4KTwT5P72nEalW4NULSsl8cs2OsE%3D&reserved=0

FAA reportedly ordered staff to find ‘tens of millions of dollars’ to fund a deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffortune.com%2F2025%2F03%2F03%2Ffaa-starlink-deal-elon-musk-verizon%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C9f603963ab6d456018d508dd5b61035f%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638767194469028083%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Kp1liwUanqjebSZWY8%2BTwRDT%2FbMQ%2B6wwtdR7KcwkJY0%3D&reserved=0

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
‘These Are The Facts!’: Andy Biggs Brutally Confronts Top Immigration Services Official Over Fraud. At today’s House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) questioned Ur Jaddou, Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21Mu9nr5gNY

U.S. troop surge at southern border: Deployment hits 9,000 amid tensions with Mexico
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/01/southern-border-us-military-deployment-00002750

Trump scrambles to build deportation apparatus as Congress moves to fund it. Congress needs to approve a specific dollar amount, a process that may prove complicated in the narrowly divided chambers. The arrest volume has overwhelmed the existing infrastructure.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/wedtrump-scrambles-build-deportation-apparatus-congress-moves-fund-it

Accused Mexican cartel leader Quintero pleads not guilty to drug charges in U.S. court. Quintero, sometimes referred to as the “Narco of Narcos,” masterminded the killing of U.S. Drug Enforcement Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena.
https://www.courthousenews.com/mexican-cartel-leader-rafael-caro-quintero-pleads-not-guilty-to-drug-trafficking-charges/

Mexican officials say 29 cartel members sent to the U.S. were requested by U.S. government
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/extradition-of-29-cartel-leaders-shows-mexico-can-do-more/

California Coast Guard captain sounds alarm as migrants from adversary countries inundate Pacific waters. One Coast Guard captain attributes the recent uptick in boat encounters to increased land border security under the Trump administration
https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-coast-guard-captain-sounds-alarm-migrants-from-adversary-countries-inundate-pacific-waters?utm_source=Newswav&utm_medium=Website

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Make No Mistake, 25% Tariffs Would Destroy Ford (F), General Motors (GM), and other US Automakers
https://247wallst.com/investing/2025/02/28/make-no-mistake-25-tariffs-would-destroy-ford-f-general-motors-gm-and-other-us-automakers/

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Lawmakers approve sweeping ban on chemicals that can have deadly impact: ‘One of the world’s most ambitious laws’
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/france-pfas-forever-chemicals-ban/

# Children / Youth
Global crackdown on AI-generated child sexual abuse material leads to 25 arrests
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-28/police-arrest-25-over-ai-generated-child-sexual-abuse-images

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
D.O.G.E. terminates lease for local U.S. Attorney’s Office
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/corpus-christi-attorneys-office-doge-20193803.php

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
US Treasury Department says it will not enforce anti-money laundering law
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-treasury-department-says-it-will-not-enforce-anti-money-laundering-law/articleshow/118671397.cms?from=mdr

Social Security Offices Closing: Impact on Beneficiaries & Government Cuts. The agency is facing significant workforce reductions. Per the memo, they plan to lay off at least 7,000 employees across the United States, and some estimates suggest cuts could reach as high as 50%.
https://www.newsbreak.com/veronica-charnell-media-1589609/3834970499867-social-security-offices-closing-impact-on-beneficiaries-government-cuts

The tech billionaire argued Friday on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast that one of America’s most enduring social safety nets is an insidious ploy.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-social-security-ponzi-scheme_n_67c337cce4b049364f4586a3

China targets US agriculture over Trump tariff threat, Global Times says
https://stratnewsglobal.com/china/china-targets-u-s-agricultural-products-over-trump-tariff-threat/

An under-the-radar import rule means Trump’s China tariffs could hurt the US more than expected
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/05/nx-s1-5284991/trump-tariffs-higher-prices-inflation-mexico-canada-china

# Education / Schools
Education Department workers offered $25k to quit by Monday. The offer comes before what will be “a very significant” reduction in force, Education Department officials write.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/28/education-department-quit-00206765

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Democrats Must Become the Workers’ Party Again. Reconnecting the Democratic Party to the working class is an electoral and a moral imperative, and it will be my mission for the rest of my life.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2025/03/03/democrats_must_become_the_workersrsquo_party_again_642142.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Record ocean heatwaves fuel storms, disrupt ecosystems, and cost billions. The world’s oceans saw a dramatic rise in marine heatwaves over the past two years, leading to deadly storms, mass coral bleaching, and disruptions to marine life and fisheries
https://www.theenergymix.com/marine-heatwaves-drove-mass-fish-deaths-deadly-storms-billions-in-damage/

Why have wildfires been erupting across the East Coast this fall? New Jersey and Delaware reported their driest October on record this year, according to the National Weather Service.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/11/11/wildfires-erupting-east-coast/76195040007/

Hundreds of blazes break out along Atlantic Coast
https://www.yahoo.com/news/wildfires-erupt-along-eastern-seaboard-233651693.html

# Food General News
Trucker shares photo of disturbing scene after Walmart refuses to accept delivery: ‘I have no words.’ “What a disgusting system.” The sell-by dates occur when their stores are closed for Thanksgiving. This product will still be safe to eat for the next 15 days but they won’t even attempt to sell. This will end up in a dumpster today.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/walmart-pork-rejected-food-delivery/

The Dangerous Dyes and Other Food Additives States Want to Ban
Following California’s lead, more states are trying to keep harmful additives out of our food and our schools
https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-additives/dangerous-dyes-and-food-additives-states-want-to-ban-a3953720328/

# General News
Descendants Of Black Tenant Farmers In Virginia Speak Out As Ancestors’ Graves Displaced For Industrial Park. Plans to honor the sharecroppers buried there include a memorial archway at the new site.
https://www.blackenterprise.com/descendants-of-black-tenant-farmers-speak-out-as-graves-relocated-to-new-burial-site-for-an-industrial-park/

Yes, Musk reposted meme calling Americans who use federal programs the ‘Parasite Class.’ The repost led to accusations of hypocrisy. The X post is real; Musk did repost the meme (archived) with his own pro-DOGE caption and a laughing emoji on Feb. 12, 2025, at 10:35 p.m. (ET).
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/musk-parasite-class/

# Gov / Politics
Trump’s past speeches to Congress asked them to pass his agenda. Now, he’s willing to go it alone
https://www.thederrick.com/ap/washington/trumps-past-speeches-to-congress-asked-them-to-pass-his-agenda-now-hes-willing-to/article_0befd2ce-39f6-59bc-a5bb-cb1f8fe365b2.html

Trump’s speech to Congress comes as he wields vast power almost daring lawmakers, courts to stop him
https://apnews.com/article/trump-speech-congress-musk-zelenskyy-3b7c80f39606911b9f12e732131fe7d1

Trump’s Cabinet proves the only thing they lack is a spine as they chuckle through his veiled threats
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/trumps-cabinet-proves-the-only-thing-they-lack-is-a-spine-as-they-chuckle-through-his-veiled-threats/

Why Trump wants ‘gold card’ to replace EB-5 visa. Experts have mixed feelings about the new program.
The cost would be $5 million per gold card
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/why-trump-gold-card-replace-eb-5-visa/
EB-5 Visa Immigrant Investor Program
https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/permanent-workers/eb-5-immigrant-investor-program

Wildfire rips through South Carolina, believed to cover at least 1,200 acres
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-slammed-for-golfing-while-south-carolina-is-burning-after-deluded-theories/ar-AA1A6zNo

Trump slammed for golfing while South Carolina is burning after deluded theories
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/south-carolina-declares-state-of-emergency-as-blazes-rip-through-1-200-acres-in-us/ar-AA1A6zNo

Trump’s State Department Is Ending Life-Saving Aid Programs Without Review. The department ended nearly 10,000 foreign aid programs — including some granted exemptions just days earlier.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-state-department-is-ending-life-saving-aid-programs-without-review/

Traces Of Jan. 6 Are Now Removed From The U.S. Mint Website
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jan-6-medal-us-mint-website_n_67c1ccace4b0bf54864064e4

Rasmussen Reports poll finds majority of voters think feds act as ‘government gangsters’
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/polling/rasmussen-reports-poll-finds-69-think-feds-act-government-gangsters-least

How Trump’s compulsion to dominate sabotages dealmaking, undermines democracy and threatens global stability. Trump’s angry outburst at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy illustrated why authoritarians are lousy dealmakers, particularly when autocratic instincts are exacerbated by toxic masculinity.
https://theconversation.com/how-trumps-compulsion-to-dominate-sabotages-dealmaking-undermines-democracy-and-threatens-global-stability-251210

Musk’s Purges Suddenly Take a Horrific Turn—and Wreck an Ugly MAGA Lie. We can now be depressingly confident that their mass cuts are killing people.
https://newrepublic.com/article/192193/musk-usaid-purge-horrific-turn-maga-lie

Trumpism Isn’t Working: As a checked-out president sits back and lets Elon Musk shred the civil service, the signs of economic calamity are growing—and Americans of all stripes are getting pissed off.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumpism-isn-t-working-110000433.html

Jasmine Crockett Sums Up GOP Lawmakers In 1 Damning Word On Trump And Musk
https://www.newsweek.com/video-shows-democrat-jasmine-crockett-cursing-out-elon-musk-2036272

Trump Helps Alleged Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate Cross Border Into U.S.: Lobbying to return Andrew Tate to the U.S. reveals the hollowness of the Republican Party’s anti-sex trafficking campaign.
https://theintercept.com/2025/02/27/trump-andrew-tate-sex-trafficking/

House budget resolution is ‘screw America bill,’ House Democrat says. “They are cutting $2 trillion on the backs of everyday Americans, seniors, those who are disabled, women, pregnant women, newborn children, to do what? To give tax breaks to the very wealthy, to big corporations, to tech tycoons.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5171758-house-budget-resolution-is-screw-america-bill-house-democrat-says/

Dismantling agencies and firing workers: How Trump is redefining relations with Congress and courts. Trump has adopted a theory from former Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia that presidents control the entire executive branch
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/02/president-trump-unitary-executive-branch-congress/80517757007/

‘They’re getting death threats’: Lawmaker reportedly reveals how Trump is pressuring GOP
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-gop-threats/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Starmer says UK, France and Ukraine have agreed to collaborate on ceasefire plan, present it to U.S.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/02/g-s1-51585/uk-france-ukraine-ceasefire-plan

The only ‘winner’ here is Putin: Ukraine unites in response to Trump-Zelenskyy spat and resigns itself to new reality. A fractious meeting in Washington has left Ukrainians wondering what will become of relations with the US.
https://theconversation.com/the-only-winner-here-is-putin-ukraine-unites-in-response-to-trump-zelenskyy-spat-and-resigns-itself-to-new-reality-251228

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Judge rules federal layoffs illegal. The federal court order follows another win for probationary employees who challenged their terminations before the Merit Systems Protection Board.
https://fedscoop.com/us-judge-issues-temporary-pause-on-federal-probationary-worker-firings/
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# Medical / Health News
The federal funding freeze is inciting fear and chaos for millions with cancer. There’s a better way
https://www.aaci-cancer.org/news-federal-grant-freeze-causes-confusion-for-cancer-centers

What Medicaid cuts could mean for disabled people. Medicaid cuts that the Trump administration has proposed will decimate the care that people receive
https://thearc.org/blog/media-memo-medicaid-at-risk/

Some couples forced to split up as L.I. senior care facility forces out residents
https://www.today.com/health/elderly-couple-forced-live-apart-after-62-years-marriage-t102273

Breakthrough! Scientist Eva Ramón Gallegos Figures Out How to Wipe Out HPV. Why Isn’t Everyone Talking About It?
https://belatina.com/latina-scientist-eva-ramon-gallegos-figured-out-how-to-wipe-out-hpv/

# Military / DOD / General News
US aircraft carrier, warships arrive in South Korea amid North’s threats. A U.S. aircraft carrier and two warships arrived at South Korea’s largest port Sunday in a show of force aimed at deterring North Korean provocations, the South Korean navy said.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2025-03-02/carl-vinson-aircraft-carrier-south-korea-17004377.html

European leaders on edge as prospect looms of Trump pulling 20K troops from continent
https://foxwilmington.com/european-leaders-on-edge-as-prospect-looms-of-trump-pulling-20k-troops-from-continent/

# NOAA / Weather
Scientists use gliders and underwater robots to make disturbing discovery: ‘A good picture of the areas affected’
https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explainers/technology.html

Scientists use gliders and underwater robots to make disturbing discovery: ‘A good picture of the areas affected.’ Major methane leaks from damaged gas pipelines have contaminated large sections of the Baltic Sea. It creates ripple effects through coastal economies that depend on healthy seas.
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/baltic-sea-methane-leaks-nord-stream-pipelines/

# Pharmaceuticals
New study: Entities that don’t make medicines get half of what is spent on those medicines. So, where exactly is the money going?
https://www.phrma.org/resources/entities-that-don-t-make-medicines-get-half-of-what-is-spent-on-those-medicines

# Science / Science Engineers
Scientists Stunned After Finding Mount Vesuvius Eruption in 79 AD Turned a Man’s Brain Into Glass. Archaeologists have previously discovered human brains preserved in a variety of ways, including drying, freezing and tanning. Some preserved brains even resemble soap.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/27/mt-vesuvius-eruption-turned-mans-brain-into-glass/80495503007/

Researchers experimenting with reversing time discovered something surprising. What if linear time is an illusion? Physics doesn’t care which direction time moves.
https://dnyuz.com/2025/03/02/researchers-experimenting-with-reversing-time-discovered-something-surprising/

# Social
It’s time for time limits on public housing. The agency is considering implementing time limits and work requirements for tenants of public and subsidized housing.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3333868/its-time-time-limits-public-housing/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Cybersecurity
Microsoft to terminate Skype messaging app in May
https://petri.com/microsoft-retire-skype-may/

‘Putin Is on the Inside’: Shock as U.S. Caves to Russia in Cybersecurity Fight
https://san.com/cc/us-to-halt-offensive-cyber-operations-against-russia-reports/

# Veterans / VA
Veterans caught in mass layoffs. Trump administration has laid off about 6,000 veterans so far
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/veterans-federal-employees-cuts/

# Water
El Paso Is Going to Turn Wastewater Into Drinking Water. Other Cities Will Soon Follow. El Paso Water broke ground on the first U.S. facility that will treat wastewater for direct re-use in a city water supply, using a four-step process to transform wastewater into clean, potable drinking water.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03032025/el-paso-wastewater-drinking-water/

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March 1, 2025
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Voices turns 25 this month … can I make it another 25?

Well, let’s see now, I turn 83 this month too, so if I make it another 25
years, that will make me 108. Not bad. There was a lady not too long
ago that made it to 115, and a gentleman that made it to 120.

Gotta be positive … my best to all!
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
AZ ICE Act passes in state Senate, would require local cooperation to enforce immigration laws. Republican-backed legislation requiring state and local law enforcement in Arizona to cooperate with federal immigration authorities is now headed to the state House.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/arizona/article_fc669758-f601-11ef-a067-e3b606358044.html

Democrat Whines About ICE Arresting Migrant ‘Parent’ Outside School. Turns Out Perp Is Twice-Deported Gangbanger. Chuy Garcia chided ICE for making an arrest near a school building, despite that individual being a member of a street gang with multiple criminal convictions.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/democrat-complains-about-ice-arresting-migrant-parent-outside-school-turns-out-perp-is-twice-deported-gangbanger/ar-AA1A10a3?ocid=EMMX

Mexico Finally Hands Over Drug Lord That Was Allegedly Behind Infamous DEA Killing In Response To Trump Exec Order. Mexico extradited one of the most wanted drug lords in the U.S., signaling that the Latin American neighbor is willing to cooperate with Trump’s demands.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/02/28/mexico-hands-drug-kingpins-to-trump-admin/

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Senators propose bill requiring U.S. to monitor China’s ports around world. The Strategic Ports Reporting Act would require the U.S. secretaries of state and defense to develop a map to track efforts by the Chinese government to build, buy or own ports.
https://www.cbs19news.com/senators-propose-bill-requiring-u-s-to-monitor-chinas-ports-around-world/article_c215e7c3-d316-5a25-acad-a9eb85948e95.html

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Trump signs executive order giving DOGE more power over federal government
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/26/trump-doge-executive-order-elon-musk

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
Larson Calls Out Trump-Musk Plan to Gut Social Security with Workers, Retirees, and Advocates at East Hartford Social Security Field Office
https://larson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/larson-calls-out-trump-musk-plan-gut-social-security-workers-retirees

President Donald Trump’s Social Security Promise Would Cripple the Program. President Trump is committed to implementing the game-changing Social Security promise he made while on the campaign trail. From a financial perspective, Trump’s proposal would only dig a deeper hole for Social Security.
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2025/03/01/president-donald-trump-social-security-promise/

The U.S. resumes hundreds of millions in security aid to Taiwan, annoying China
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/27/g-s1-50823/trump-china-taiwan-foreign-security-aid

Republicans don’t care about fixing the economy. Americans need them to start.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-dont-care-fixing-economy-103117852.html

European Union Plans Retaliation Against Trump. Leaders inside the European Union threaten to use their strongest trade weapon against the U.S. should President Donald Trump impose sweeping tariffs.
https://apnews.com/article/eu-us-trump-trade-war-tariffs-e799b44cbaf81b19c37a57d7fd55ee6d

# Education / Schools
The Trump administration blocks student-loan borrowers from online access to decades-old affordable repayment plans. The Education Department has pulled down all applications for borrowers seeking to enroll in income-driven repayment programs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/business/student-loan-repayment-plans.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
The Latest: Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs
https://apnews.com/article/trump-elon-musk-federal-workers-layoffs-d295d4bb2cdd5023c27d9cb03754e81b

Unemployment claims up 22,000 from one week prior. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits jumped 22,000 to a seasonally adjusted 242,000 for the week ended February 22. The increase was the biggest since last October.
https://www.marketplace.org/2025/02/27/unemployment-claims-rose-last-week-economy-job-market-layoffs/

Social Security Administration preparing for ‘significant workforce reductions.’ “Reassignments may be involuntary and may require retraining for new workloads.”
https://blog.ssa.gov/social-security-announces-workforce-and-organization-plans/

Fact Check: Yes, Biden administration is the only one to have created jobs every month
https://budget.house.gov/press-release/fact-check-biden-misleads-on-job-creation-statistics

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
How Trump May Be Able to Stop Biden’s Ban on New Offshore Drilling. “President Biden’s actions banning offshore drilling will not stand. I will reverse it immediately. It’ll be done immediately and we will drill, baby, drill,” he said.
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/01/how-trump-may-be-able-to-stop-bidens-ban-on-new-offshore-drilling/

Renaming the Gulf of Mexico while oil drilling and pollution surge
https://www.ehn.org/greg-grandin-renaming-the-gulf-of-mexico-while-oil-drilling-and-pollution-surge-2671102289.html

Trump Renames the Gulf of Mexico But Questions Remain. The move highlights the Gulf’s importance for US oil and gas production.
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Trump-Renames-the-Gulf-of-Mexico-But-Questions-Remain.html

The Dangerous Thinking Behind Trump’s Attempt to Rename the Gulf of Mexico. The name change signals a territorial and economic claim over these waters and their resources, further cementing U.S. imperial ambitions in the region.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-gulf-of-mexico

Endless thorium supply in China can help make unlimited nuclear power: Thorium generates 200 times more energy than uranium and could power ships and entire nations without the need for refueling.
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/endless-thorium-supply-in-china-can-help-make-unlimited-nuclear-power-survey

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
President Trump: Lee Zeldin plans to cut 65% of EPA staff, Leaving Public Unprotected from Toxic Pollution
https://www.environmentalprotectionnetwork.org/trump-reveals-plans-to-cut-epa-staff-by-65-leaving-public-unprotected-from-toxic-pollution/

EPA backtracks on Trump comment about cutting staff by 65% but says major spending cuts are coming
https://apnews.com/article/epa-budget-staffing-cuts-doge-9260514fd1be2397d39a80dc054d19df

More than 100 employees receive startling notices that could have big impact on public health: ‘That’s unprecedented.’ “Wholesale firings of career staff who have dedicated their lives to this work?”
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/epa-mass-firing-environmental-justice-admin/

Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, home to polar bears, caribou, and countless other species, is once again in the crosshairs as President Donald Trump. Local residents outraged by new plans for massive area teeming with life: ‘He’s fixated, ‘ “these actions ignore what the free market has declared.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-oil-trump-admin-drilling/

# Foods / Things that impact your health
Bottled water giant slapped with lawsuit over ‘false and deceptive’ ads: ‘Consumers deserve the truth’
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/fiji-water-lawsuit-microplastics-bpa-claims/

# General News
Gene Hackman, wife tested negative for carbon monoxide: Sheriff
https://apnews.com/article/gene-hackman-betsy-arakawa-dead-investigation-f77231a7a04bb7eff5de3c391d56a031

Melania Trump, Crypto and The Money Laundering Scam of $2.73M—Here’s the Complete Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khbaS7MJWSg

Melania Trump, Crypto and The Money Laundering Scam of $2.73M—Here’s the Complete Story
https://www.inquisitr.com/melania-trump-crypto-and-the-money-laundering-scam-of-2-73m-heres-the-complete-story

# Gov / Politics
Zelensky’s eight-word comment that sent incensed Trump into a blind rage with tirade of insults
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTod5c19Ymg

White House prepares for ‘maximum elimination’ of federal workers allowed by law
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-formally-instructs-agencies-171532603.html

Shapiro slams Trump and Vance for Zelenskyy spat
https://www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania/article_be5131b4-f622-11ef-9cdf-273d59c9bf14.html

Shapiro: Trump ‘berated’ Zelenskyy, ‘advanced Russia’s propaganda directly from White House’
https://www.tricountyindependent.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/28/josh-shapiro-blasts-trump-vance-oval-office-zelenskyy/80873506007/

Zelenskyy thanks Trump for visit after Oval Office clash. The two leaders’ clash in the Oval Office, which led to the cancellation of further talks and a White House press conference.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5169762-zelensky-trump-oval-office-clash-ukraine-russia-war-putin-vance/

F.B.I. Returns Materials Taken From Mar-a-Lago to Trump. Among the items taken from the president’s Florida residence were files that investigators said contained classified material and formed the central evidence in one of the criminal cases against him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/us/politics/trump-documents-maralago-fbi.html

JB Pritzker: Trump handed government over to Elon Musk, who ‘bought his way in’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3333818/jb-pritzker-trump-handed-government-over-to-elon-musk/#google_vignette

James Cameron Says Trump Administration Is ‘Hollowing’ U.S. ‘Out As Fast As They Can’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/james-cameron-says-trump-administration-202649515.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
Zelenskyy says ‘crucial’ for Ukraine to have Trump’s support in lengthy statement following Oval Office argument – live: Ukrainian president has landed in the UK and will hold talks with PM Keir Starmer later
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/01/live-european-leaders-rally-behind-zelenskyy-after-trump-vance-clash-updates

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
“Rule of Law Shock and Awe”: Norm Eisen’s Legal War on Trump and Musk. Lawyer Norm Eisen talks with TNR editor Michael Tomasky about the dozens of anti-Trump lawsuits he’s involved with—and how he’s winning.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rule-law-shock-awe-norm-163934062.html

Republican lawmakers look for ways to weaken state judges. Measures in several state legislatures this year have called for new approaches to weaken the power of judges
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/kansas/articles/2025-02-27/republican-lawmakers-look-for-ways-to-weaken-state-judges

# LGBTQ / Gender
Trump: Iowa should pass measure removing protections for transgender people ‘as fast as possible’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5168602-donald-trump-iowa-transgender-protections/

Iowa governor signs nation’s first bill removing transgender civil rights protections
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5170105-iowa-kim-reynolds-transgender-civil-rights-protections/

Drag performers could be sued under proposed Montana bill
https://www.yahoo.com/news/drag-performers-could-sued-under-005937845.html

# Media
USPS CEO speaks out on new standards for delivery and zip codes after backlash as he warns of ‘mail mix changes’
https://www.newsweek.com/usps-changes-first-class-mail-services-36-billion-savings-10-years-donald-trump-2037058

Take a Wild Guess Who Bezos Met With After Washington Post Change. The Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos had quite an interesting dinner after announcing a shocking change to what the paper will and won’t publish.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192149/bezos-trump-washington-post

# Medicare / Medicaid
What are the impacts of potential Medicaid cuts? Medicaid covers medical costs for about 80 million low-income Americans. “Gutting a program, as has been proposed, would be the difference between life and death for many of those Medicaid recipients,” Joseph told Scripps News.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/health-care/what-are-the-impacts-of-potential-medicaid-cuts

Republican-controlled Congress is considering massive cuts to Medicaid. Anything that stresses state budgets puts programs on which older adults and people with disabilities rely at risk.
https://www.medicarerights.org/medicare-watch/2025/02/20/potential-target-for-medicaid-cuts-would-end-coverage-for-20-million-people

Everyday Americans, not executives, will feel the pain of Medicaid cuts
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5165297-trump-medicaid-cuts-health-care-crisis/

Cutting Medicaid to pay for low taxes on the rich is a terrible trade for American families
https://www.epi.org/publication/cutting-medicaid-for-low-taxes-on-the-rich-is-terrible-for-american-families/

Jeffries: ‘Republicans are lying’ about Medicaid cuts: “The Republican budget will set in motion the largest cut to Medicaid in American history,” he said. “Children will be hurt. Families will be hurt. Seniors will be hurt. Everyday Americans with disabilities will be hurt. Hospitals will be hurt. And nursing homes will be hurt all across America.”
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2025/02/27/house-democrats-hakeem-jeffries-republican-budget-doge

# Medical / Health News
US Health Secretary Kennedy calls for end to deadly Texas measles outbreak
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-cdc-says-vaccination-remains-161325568.html

HCG Found in WHO Tetanus Vaccine in Kenya Raises Concern in the Developing World: In 1993, WHO announced a “birth-control vaccine” for “family planning”. Published research shows that by 1976 WHO researchers had conjugated tetanus toxoid (TT) with human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) producing a “birth-control” vaccine. Conjugating TT with hCG causes pregnancy hormones to be attacked by the immune system. Expected results are abortions in females already pregnant and/or infertility in recipients not yet impregnated.
https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation?paperid=81838

Snopes: Is Tetanus Vaccine Spiked with Sterilization Chemicals?
Claim: Ongoing tetanus vaccine campaigns in Kenya are a ruse to sterilize women of childbearing age.
Rating: False
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tetanus-vaccine-sterilization/

Trump Ends Funding For Malaria, H.I.V., & More Global Health Programs
https://www.iheart.com/content/2025-02-28-trump-ends-funding-for-malaria-hiv-more-global-health-programs/

USAID cuts expected to devastate global health. The Trump administration has terminated funding for HIV, malaria and maternal health programs it had labeled lifesaving.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/27/foreign-aid-cuts-usaid-hiv-malaria-00206564

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. The rate of sepsis shot up more than 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the second trimester
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-maternal-mortality-analysis

Iowa has high cancer rates. Trump’s cuts to CDC and NIH are already hitting the state
https://thepublicsradio.org/npr/iowa-has-high-cancer-rates-trumps-cuts-to-cdc-and-nih-are-already-hitting-the-state/

How cutting Medicaid will impact US: House Republicans have ordered federal funding cuts that will shutter hospitals, clinics and nursing homes across this country. Healthcare workers are pushing back.
https://www.newsbreak.com/videos/3834365893400-how-cutting-medicaid-will-impact-us?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDA3OTIxMjczMTg%3D

The Republican House Budget Resolution’s Potential $880 Billion in Medicaid Cuts by Congressional District. The Republican House budget resolution would cost congressional districts an average of $2 billion each and could eliminate coverage for 15.9 million people.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-republican-house-budget-resolutions-potential-880-billion-in-medicaid-cuts-by-congressional-district/

“A whole new level of cruelty”: Health experts decry “devastating” cuts to HIV treatment programs
https://www.salon.com/2025/02/28/a-whole-new-level-of-cruelty-health-experts-decry-devastating-cuts-to-hiv-treatment-programs/

# Military / DOD / General News
Special operations commanders issue warning about US enemies’ ‘impressive’ tech advancements
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-02-26/special-forces-technology-16965265.html

Pentagon Marines are annoyed by an ‘odd’ uniform change they say will drive up dry-cleaning bills
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-marines-annoyed-odd-uniform-225845697.html

# Military / General News / Global
China tests world’s first jet fuel-powered engine to hit 16 times the speed of sound. Mach 16 speed is roughly equivalent to 12,276 miles per hour (19,756 km per hour).
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-jet-fueled-hypersonic-flight

# NOAA / Weather
National Weather Service meteorologists fired by Trump administration
https://apnews.com/article/national-weather-service-layoffs-trump-doge-a65360a1eb2500b7d47c9c966e383f4a

Fury erupts over Trump’s firings of National Weather Service, NOAA staff
https://www.oregonlive.com/weather/2025/02/fury-erupts-over-trumps-firings-of-national-weather-service-noaa-staff.html

# Science /  Science Engineers
Scientists make unbelievable breakthrough to harness the power of the sun: ‘Astonishingly efficient.’ The “unique structure of ultra-thin crystals” is “astonishingly efficient at converting sunlight into energy.”
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-just-made-a-breakthrough-in-nanocrystals-that-could-supercharge-solar-power/

# Social
Trump Administration to Slash Funding for Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws. The Associated Press obtained information that says President Donald Trump’s administration has begun terminating federal grants to organizations that enforce the federal Fair Housing Act’s anti-discrimination laws
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/michigan/articles/2025-02-28/trump-administration-to-slash-funding-for-enforcement-of-fair-housing-laws

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Cybersecurity
Musk Reportedly Planning New Starlink Deal With FAA—Raising New Conflict-Of-Interest Concerns
https://www.newsweek.com/faa-elon-musk-starlink-2036497

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Panama And Costa Rica Turning into a ‘Black Hole’ For Migrants and Deportees From US
https://apnews.com/article/panama-costa-rica-migrants-trump-53cb0449a29880e5e6aba8d9b7328416

The order directs Virginia State Police, corrections officers statewide to cooperate with ICE.
https://www.vpm.org/news/2025-02-27/glenn-youngkin-ice-executive-order-immigration-vadoc-vsp

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
The DOGE Takeover Is Worse Than You Think. What’s happening to the US government right now is bad. What comes next is worse.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-worse-than-you-think/

Turns Out, Trump and DOGE Haven’t Actually Saved Any Money
https://newrepublic.com/post/192036/donald-trump-elon-musk-doge-saved-money

Elon Musk’s conflicts of interest ‘should scare every American’, experts say
https://www.thecentersquare.com/south_carolina/article_4c0a6c4a-f557-11ef-92f9-abe4f5cc5560.html

A look at the misleading and incorrect claims on DOGE’s ‘wall of receipts’ Elon Musk claims his campaign to fire tens of thousands of federal workers and cancel government contracts is in the name of rooting out “fraud”
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/a-look-at-the-misleading-and-incorrect-claims-on-doges-wall-of-receipts

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
Trump Takes Aim at Social Security in Dreadful New Layoffs Order
https://apnews.com/article/social-security-layoffs-doge-musk-trump-93efbed33957af5ec8ac37744d0592de

Trump says ‘its 10 plus 10’ as he doubles down by imposing another tariff on Chinese imports. Wall Street worried that new tariffs will turn the Trump bump into a slump—analysts warn the bulk of action is yet to come
https://fortune.com/2025/02/28/wall-street-trump-bump-tariffs-slump-china-trade/

Sanders reintroducing measure increasing Social Security benefits
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5167583-sanders-reintroducing-measure-increasing-social-security-benefits/

Republicans Plan To Hide Cost Of Tax Cuts With 1 Weird Trick. The plan involves “hocus-pocus” math and potentially changing the rules of the Senate. The House Republican budget calls for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts over 10 years. Trump, however, wants to make those cuts permanent, which would make their actual cost, and the damage they would do to the already $36 trillion federal debt, much, much bigger.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tax-cuts-trump-senate_n_67bf6f7fe4b0f92b3ac82a0b

Republicans consider major budget change to obscure deficit impact of extending Trump’s tax cuts
https://www.aol.com/news/republicans-consider-major-budget-change-100000156.html

Lies, Cuts, Closures: Trump and Musk Ravage Social Security Administration. 10 Local Social Security Offices to Close After DOGE Cuts
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-musk-social-security-administration-lies-cuts-closures-1235283161/

Ax falls at Social Security Administration. Beneficiaries will need patience, some say. Offices and employees doing work not specifically mandated by law may be first on the chopping block, it warned.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/02/28/social-security-administration-layoffs-what-to-expect/80843682007/

Sanders and others introduce Social Security Expansion Act to protect seniors, people with disabilities and surviving dependents
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/02/28/sanders-and-others-introduce-social-security-expansion-act-to-protect-seniors-people-with-disabilities-and-surviving-dependents/

# Education / Schools
SC House votes to approve bill that would send thousands of SC students to private school
https://scdailygazette.com/2025/02/27/sc-house-passes-bill-to-revive-k-12-vouchers-as-deadline-for-next-school-year-approaches/

# Food General News
China To Buy 70% of Argentina’s Beef Exports, Including Live Cattle, as U.S. Inventory Shrinks Again
https://www.newsbreak.com/2paragraphs-news-308815884/3832229759265-china-to-buy-70-of-argentina-s-beef-exports-including-live-cattle-as-u-s-inventory-shrinks-again

‘It’s been a lifesaver’: millions risk going hungry as Republicans propose slashing food stamps. Snap helps more than 42 million people, and is considered the country’s most effective tool to fight hunger
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/27/snap-foodstamps-republicans-propose-cuts

# General News
Gene Hackman, wife deaths’ mystery deepens, mummified bodys, scattered pills found: Shocking details emerge
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-gene-hackman-wife-betsy-arakawa-deaths-mystery-deepens-as-mummified-body-and-scattered-pills-found-shocking-details-emerge/articleshow/118623880.cms?from=mdr

NATO’s Plan to Defend Arctic from Putin Faces Trump-Shaped Hurdle.  Need to know: Citing unnamed U.S. officials, Bloomberg reported that Moscow and Washington were discussing economic cooperation in the far north, which could “drive a wedge” between Russia and key trading ally China.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/nato-s-plan-to-defend-arctic-from-putin-faces-trump-shaped-hurdle/ar-AA1zW3ff

Trump Aide Reportedly Threatens to Redraw U.S.-Canada Border
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-aide-reportedly-threatens-redraw-182756952.html

Billionaires earning $10 billion per day in January are suddenly watching their net worth get wiped out—Elon Musk has lost $90 billion alone
https://fortune.com/2025/02/28/tech-billionaires-wealth-wipeout-deepseek-musk-zuckerberg-huang/

# Gov / Politics
Trump’s Resort Mentality Pushes Middle East to Rethink Failed Strategies
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-resort-mentality-middle-east-strategies-2036216

World leaders react to Trump’s plan to turn Gaza into “Riviera of the Middle East”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXCsV_KIjAc

Breaking Down the U.S.-Ukraine Minerals Deal
https://www.csis.org/analysis/breaking-down-us-ukraine-minerals-deal

Donald Trump and Elon Musk aren’t just inflicting pain on poor people abroad or imagined “enemies within.” Their parade of cruelty is coming for MAGA country too.
https://www.aol.com/news/republicans-consider-major-budget-change-100000156.html

Trump Is Really Screwing Over Some of His Core Supporters
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/12/trump-gop-rural-supporters/680981/

AOC: Everything Feels Like a Scam. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez perfectly summed up how we’re all feeling right now.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/28/nx-s1-5306406/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-politics-interview

Trump Hit by Brutal Poll on Economy as Panicked GOPers Nix Town Halls
https://newrepublic.com/article/192129/transcript-trump-hit-brutal-poll-panicked-gopers-nix-town-halls

Murphy: Trump administration focused on ‘stealing from all of us’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5167427-murphy-trump-administration-focused-on-stealing-from-all-of-us/

Authoritarianism Expert Unmasks Trump’s ‘Diabolical’ Move That Broke Republicans
https://www.yahoo.com/news/authoritarianism-expert-unmasks-donald-trump-091208923.html

‘We may be heading towards the next World War’ after Trump’s ‘lie’ warns Rep. Jasmine Crockett
https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/we-heading-towards-next-world-1002911

‘Walking into a political buzzsaw’: GOP warned latest move could push voters over edge
https://www.rawstory.com/gop-2671224385/

Raging Trump boots ‘disrespectful’ Zelensky OUT of White House after extraordinary clash as talks collapse
https://www.the-sun.com/news/13633225/keir-starmer-donald-trump-ukraine-meeting/

Trump and Vance ‘doing Putin’s dirty work’ says Chuck Schumer as senators left disgusted. President Zelensky had a ‘really good’ morning meeting with a bi-partisan group of senators before his explosive clash with Donald Trump and JD Vance.
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/trump-vance-doing-putins-dirty-34773712

‘Blind loyalty to a wannabe dictator’: Trump’s third-term talk leads lawmaker to call on Congress to reaffirm support for 22nd Amendment and two-term limits
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/blind-loyalty-to-a-wannabe-dictator-trumps-third-term-talk-leads-lawmaker-to-call-on-congress-to-reaffirm-support-for-22nd-amendment-and-two-term-limits/

# Gov / Politics / Global
US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/politics/us-intel-russia-china-attempt-recruit-disgruntled-federal-employees/index.html

What A Trump-Putin Detente Means for Russia and Iran. Need to know
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/24/nx-s1-5304271/trump-russia-putin-history

Is a Deal in Ukraine Remotely Possible? From the future of U.S. support to battlefront momentum, many of the conflict’s elements are in flux.
https://www.voanews.com/a/russia-s-3-year-war-on-ukraine-still-unresolved-/7986355.html

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Firing squad execution scheduled next week in South Carolina
https://www.thecentersquare.com/south_carolina/article_4c0a6c4a-f557-11ef-92f9-abe4f5cc5560.html

# Media
Rachel Maddow warns Trump may ‘effectively declare war’ on US after looming ruling.  “How is the Supreme Court going to deal with it now that it’s real?”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-foreign-aid-2671237677/

U.S. Forest Service chief resigns, tells federal workforce to brace for ‘unsettling’ times
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/us-forest-service-chief-retires-doge-layoffs-letter-1235281480/

Trump Threatens to Sue the Media Over Stories He Doesn’t Like
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-threatens-sue-authors-media-130745129.html

# Medicare / Medicaid
Goodlander Votes to Block Trillions in Tax Breaks to Billionaires, Big Corporations Paid for By Largest Medicaid Cuts in History
https://indepthnh.org/2025/02/25/goodlander-votes-to-block-trillions-in-tax-breaks-to-billionaires-big-corporations-paid-for-by-largest-medicaid-cuts-in-history/

Republicans pushing forward on Medicaid changes, despite potential political fallout
https://ktbb.com/post/?p=1393070

Medicaid Isn’t the Only Popular, Lifesaving Program the GOP Will Cut. Programs projected to prevent thousands of deaths and even more illnesses are on the chopping block, while Republicans propose handing $4.5 million to millionaires and billionaires.
https://newrepublic.com/article/192109/jeffries-democrats-gop-budget-cuts-medicaid-ira

Republicans’ plans for Medicaid have a political problem. GOP lawmakers expected to vote soon on slashing the insurance program for low-income people represent tens of millions reliant on it.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/24/medicaid-gop-cuts-republicans-congress-00205542

Republicans Are Starting a War Over Medicaid Cuts
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/medicaid-cuts-gop-budget-2025-rcna193805

Proposed cuts for Medicaid and Medicare
https://www.ktvu.com/video/1600266

The Debate Over Federal Medicaid Cuts: Perspectives of Medicaid Enrollees Who Voted for President Trump and Vice President Harris
https://www.kff.org/report-section/the-debate-over-federal-medicaid-cuts-perspectives-of-medicaid-enrollees-who-voted-for-president-trump-and-vice-president-harris-methodology-10598/

# Medical / Health News
Trump administration mum amid deadly measles outbreak: On measles outbreak, the Trump administration’s messaging strikes some as off-key. Experts fear tepid statements reflect hesitancy to endorse importance of vaccination
https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/27/trump-administration-measles-outbreak-response-breaks-with-past/

Measles Cases Spread in Texas and New Mexico as Trump Purges Federal Health Workers. The U.S. is grappling with multiple outbreaks of disease as the Trump administration purges federal health workers.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/25/nx-s1-5307117/cdc-firings-infectious-disease-response

There has been something of a scandal afoot in Alzheimer’s research.
https://news.uchicago.edu/where-has-alzheimers-research-gone-wrong

RFK Jr. Takes a Sledgehammer to Two Major Vaccine Developments
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/3832268871640-rfk-jr-takes-a-sledgehammer-to-two-major-vaccine-developments

# Military / DOD / General News
Navy Secretary Nominee, a Trump Donor with No Military Experience, Glides Through Confirmation Hearing.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/02/27/navy-secretary-nominee-trump-donor-no-military-experience-glides-through-confirmation-hearing.html

Army pilot turned congressman presses military to use anti-collision tech after deadly crash. Barrett says that equipping military aircraft flying in U.S. airspace with traffic collision avoidance could prevent future tragedies.
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/army-chopper-pilot-turned-congressman-tom-barrett-works-anti-collision

# Military / General News / Global
Israel To Resume War in Gaza and ‘Eradicate Hamas,’ Cutting Off Aid and Bombarding Strip with Troops
https://freebeacon.com/israel/exclusive-israel-to-resume-war-in-gaza-and-eradicate-hamas-cutting-off-aid-and-bombarding-strip-with-troops/

China’s 22,370-mile declassified spy satellite alarms US after 18-month secret reveal
https://interestingengineering.com/military/china-radar-satellite-declassified

# NOAA / Weather
Global backlash after mass terminations at NOAA and National Weather Service.  NOAA, which includes the National Hurricane Center and the Tsunami Warning Center, is the latest in a string of federal agencies targeted for cuts by billionaire Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-27/mass-firings-noaa-national-weather-service-ignite-fury

U.S. Judge Says Trump & Musk’s Mass Firings Are Illegal as New Wave of Layoffs Hits NOAA. NOAA’s central weather forecasting models scrambled in to transfer access to employees who remain at NOAA.
https://www.vpm.org/npr-news/npr-news/2025-02-27/trump-administration-layoffs-hit-noaa-agency-that-forecasts-weather-hurricanes

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Cybersecurity
Elon Musk edges closer to gaining $2.4bn Starlink contract as FAA looks to cancel Verizon deal
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/elon-musk-edges-closer-to-gaining-2-4bn-starlink-contract-as-faa-looks-to-cancel-verizon-deal/ar-AA1zW4mU?ocid=EMMX&apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1

Alex Karp’s War for the West: How Alex Karp helped make Palantir into the West’s AI arms dealer. The CEO says his aggressive stance on AI—and so much else—is aimed at peace: The goal is to “scare the daylights out of our adversaries.”
https://www.fastcompany.com/91237322/how-alex-karp-helped-turn-palantir-into-the-wests-ai-arms-dealer

# Veterans / VA
‘Stop eating the Cheetos’: Republican says veterans must ‘contribute’ to get food stamps
https://www.rawstory.com/food-stamps-2671226629/

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Contractors pitch private force for deportations. The president has urged authorities to speed up deportations.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/contractors-private-forces-deportations/

Former acting ICE director: Private immigration enforcement plan ‘plainly unlawful’: Allies of the president have toyed with the idea of privatizing the deportation process, a move that could run afoul of long-set laws.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/private-mass-deportations-illegal-022717

Trump Orders Undocumented Immigrants to Register and Get Fingerprinted
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/26/trump-immigrants-registry-jail-fine-threat

Federal judge denies Trump’s request to unblock birthright citizenship order. A federal judge in Massachusetts rejected Trump’s request to pause an injunction blocking his birthright citizenship executive order while the case is in the appeals process.
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/federal-court-blocks-trump-birthright-citizenship-executive-order

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Musk’s cost-cutting drive quietly deletes billions in claimed savings from website
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world/doge-s-savings-claims-unravel-as-musk-s-cost-cutting-drive-faces-backlash-12951388.html

DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-hud-systems-access-ai-proptech-real-estate-mobile-home/

DOGE’s Chaos Reaches Antarctica. Daily life at US-run Antarctic stations has already been disrupted. Scientists worry that the long-term impacts could upend not only important research but the continent’s delicate geopolitics.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-antarctica-science-research-china-russia/

DOGE says Texas nonprofit collected millions of dollars each month to operate an empty facility
https://nypost.com/2025/02/27/us-news/texas-nonprofit-collected-millions-of-dollars-each-month-to-operate-an-empty-facility-doge-says/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
What House Republicans’ Budget Means for People’s Taxes. The House Republican budget passed today calls for massive cuts in health coverage, food assistance, and help paying for college, among some other areas, to pay for huge tax giveaways for wealthy households and businesses.
https://www.cbpp.org/press/statements/house-budget-would-increase-costs-and-hardship-for-many-while-providing-huge-tax

President Trump says U.S. can pay off $36 trillion debt by selling wealthy immigrants $5 million ‘gold card’ visas and eventual citizenship
https://fortune.com/2025/02/26/trump-gold-card-visa-national-debt-plan/

Trump’s Finance Guru Reveals Wild Number of People Seeking ‘Gold Card’
https://www.thedailybeast.com/commerce-secretary-howard-lutnick-reveals-wild-number-of-people-seeking-trumps-gold-card/

It’s time we asked: what is the cost not just to the budget, but society, when the rich are helped to get richer?
https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2025/feb/27/its-time-we-asked-what-is-the-cost-not-just-to-the-budget-but-to-society-when-the-richest-are-helped-to-get-richer

Elite investor Ray Dalio warns the US may suffer a financial ‘heart attack’ if the debt problem isn’t tackled
https://fortune.com/2025/02/13/trump-national-debt-fiscal-deficit-economic-heart-attack-ray-dalio-bridgewater-hedge-fund/

Trump administration says it’s cutting 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/2/27/us-cutting-foreign-aid-budgets-by-more-than-90-trump-administration-says

Trump Takes Aim at Social Security in Dreadful New Layoffs Order. Remember when Donald Trump promised he wouldn’t touch Social Security? This is the newest wave of DOGE’s purge.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192074/trump-social-security-layoffs

# Education / Schools
‘Trampling the First Amendment’: Teachers ask judge to block Trump admin funding threat targeting schools that promote diversity and ‘race-consciousness’
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/trampling-the-first-amendment-teachers-ask-judge-to-block-trump-admin-funding-threat-targeting-schools-that-promote-diversity-and-race-consciousness/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Next phase of mass federal layoffs: Federal agencies must develop plans to eliminate employee positions under a directive from the Trump administration, setting the stage for a major restructuring of the federal government.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-orders-federal-workforce-cuts-gives-agencies-new-deadline-2036664

USDA layoffs are wasting public money and decimating popular programs
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/usda-departement-agriculture-layoffs-waste-money-kill-popular-programs-ars-eqip/

A presidential memo from Donald Trump has indefinitely suspended the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s efforts to establish national heat safety regulations, leaving millions of workers at risk.
https://www.ehn.org/trump-administration-halts-federal-workplace-heat-protections-2671225616.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is coming to the White House Friday, where he will sign a rare minerals deal. Trump says its a way for Ukraine to pay back US for war aid. Zelenskyy wants US security guarantees
https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/russia-at-war/ukrainian-president-zelenskyy-expected-sign-minerals-deal-friday-trump/

Trump Tariff Plan Spotlight’s America’s Dirty Little Energy Secret: Crude Oil From Canada, Millions of them rely on Canadian oil to keep warm.
https://dcjournal.com/trump-tariff-plan-spotlights-americas-dirty-little-energy-secret-crude-oil-from-canada/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
As layoffs and budget cuts hit federal agencies, lawmakers explore taking over some public land
https://www.yahoo.com/news/layoffs-budget-cuts-hit-federal-010906740.html

EPA urges White House to eliminate key climate rule
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/02/26/epa-endangerment-finding-trump-climate/

EPA chief Zeldin is planning on gutting the agency by 65%, Trump says. The news was a surprise to union leadership, saying it had not received advance notice about the desired cuts from EPA chief Zeldin.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91286384/epa-chief-zeldin-planning-gutting-agency-65-trump-says

# General News
How we’ve failed the promise of making “genocide” a crime. The lawyer Raphael Lemkin hoped to use international law to curb abuses of power. But his efforts were curtailed from the start.
https://www.gmu.edu/news/2024-06/how-weve-failed-promise-making-genocide-crime

Elon Musk’s billionaire welfare: How the world’s richest man built his empire on government funds while attacking public workers. An extensive investigation has revealed a very different reality, one where Musk’s business empire has been deeply dependent on taxpayer money.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/02/27/elon-musks-billionaire-welfare-how-the-worlds-richest-man-built-his-empire-on-government-funds-while-attacking-public-workers/

# Gov / Politics
Pare Back Presidential Power. Congress rightly has sole legislative and spending power, not the president. To restore constitutional government, Congress must either codify Trump’s executive orders in legislation or repeal them outright, on a case-by-case basis. If America’s Founders had one overriding principle, it is this: Don’t put too much power in one place.
https://dcjournal.com/point-pare-back-presidential-power/

Judge Orders Trump Admin to Comply With Previous Order Restoring USAID Funds. If the White House does not comply with the judge’s order, it could spark a constitutional crisis.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-usaid-state-department-foreign-assistance-funding-contractors-grants/

Trump Calls for Ethnic Cleansing and Using US Troops to “Own” Gaza. “The US will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it, too.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/trump-gaza-own-ethnic-cleaning-us-troops-middle-east-israel-palestine-gaza-netanyahu/

MTG erupts as Democratic Congresswoman Stansbury says kings have no place here, while also giving a pep talk to federal workers and others around the world impacted by Trump’s “reckless and heartless and harmful and disgusting cuts.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/192033/marjorie-taylor-greene-democratic-congresswoman-trump-king-threat

Elon Musk attends Trump’s first Cabinet meeting, describes DOGE as ‘tech support.’ It was impossible to tell how much some of the Cabinet members agreed or disagreed with Musk’s comments through their facial expressions and body language, though any public disagreements with Trump would be unexpected.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/musk-dominates-disparages-federal-workers-at-first-trump-cabinet-meeting/ar-AA1zQYtV?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1

Trump Insults All Americans. The difference in style between Trump’s first and second go-round in the Oval Office was on full display Wednesday when the president called the United States a “bloated, fat, disgusting” country and bashed predecessor Joe Biden during the first meeting with his Cabinet.
https://www.salon.com/2025/02/26/bloated-fat-and-disgusting-paints-bleak-picture-of-united-states-in-first-cabinet-meeting/

This Is the Biggest Trump-Musk Scandal That No One’s Talking About. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are ushering in a new age of bribery, graft, and corruption to American politics.
https://newrepublic.com/article/192008/trump-musk-scandal-corruption-crypto

# Gov / Politics / Global
North Korean hackers pull off the biggest heist of all time, stealing $1.5 billion in crypto
https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2025/PSA250226

North Korea sends more soldiers to Russia as new images reveal troop transfer by sea. South Korea said it was working to determine how many more troops North Korea has deployed to Russia, after up to 12,000 were sent there last year.
https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/164909/north-korea-russia-ukraine-war-troops-sent

Vladimir Putin’s Investment in Donald Trump Pays Off Bigly. After secretly helping Trump’s last three presidential campaigns, Russia is getting its money’s worth from him.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/vladimir-putin-donald-trump-elon-musk-ukraine-russiagate/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Kansas Senate Republicans take up plan to rewrite constitution to elect Supreme Court justices
https://kansasreflector.com/2025/02/26/kansas-senate-republicans-take-up-plan-to-rewrite-constitution-to-elect-supreme-court-justices/

Judge continues to block Trump’s firing of federal watchdog: A Washington, D.C. federal judge extended the halt on President Donald Trump’s attempted dismissal of watchdog agency head Hampton Dellinger. Dellinger’s agency has been working to reverse the unlawful dismissals of workers impacted by the mass firings of Trump and Elon Musk.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/judge-extends-halt-trump-firing-watchdog-agency-headfor-federal-workers/

Trump defying a court order would trigger a constitutional crisis. As federal courts continue to issue injunctions blocking President Trump’s efforts to seize new extra-constitutional powers, the Trump administration seems on the verge of a making the radical claim that it may disregard court orders.
https://www.theusconstitution.org/news/trump-defying-a-court-order-would-trigger-a-constitutional-crisis/

DOJ Set to Release Epstein-Related Flight Logs and Names, Attorney General Says
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/jeffrey-epstein-files-names-live-updates-b2705855.html

# Medicare / Medicaid
Medicaid insures 1 in 5 Americans. This is how the GOP budget could impact coverage.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/02/26/how-house-republicans-budget-impact-medicaid/80475087007/

# Medical / Health News
New research finds medical doctors awash in drug industry money: Billions in drug and medical device company payments to medical specialists may compromise patient care, reports show
https://usrtk.org/healthwire/billions-in-drug-and-medical-device-company-payments-to-medical-professionals/

# Military / DOD / General News
Space Force will play ‘central role’ in Iron Dome, service chief says. The Space Force is evaluating what systems it already has in development to support President Trump’s order and what capabilities it would need to build.
https://www.defensenews.com/space/2025/02/24/space-force-will-play-central-role-in-iron-dome-service-chief-says/

# Military / General News / Global
Vendors flock to the United Arab Emirates to sell naval drones. The emphasis on uncrewed maritime systems serves to plug manpower shortages and capability gaps
https://www.defensenews.com/global/mideast-africa/2025/02/26/vendors-flock-to-the-united-arab-emirates-to-sell-naval-drones/

# Veterans / VA
‘Surgeries are being canceled!’ Senator sounds alarm on Trump’s veteran health care layoff
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tammy-duckworth/

The Supreme Court denied a request for the justices to review a ban on service members suing the military for medical malpractice that was submitted by a veteran who was paralyzed during a surgery at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-02-24/walter-reed-airman-surgery-lawsuit-feres-supreme-court-16942345.html

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Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Notorious Migrant Route To US Suddenly Shows Signs Of Life As Migrants Hoof It Back Home With Trump’s Return. Migrants are now using the Darien Gap to head home or travel to other foreign countries instead of heading toward the U.S.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/02/24/migrants-darien-gap-return-trump-administration/

ICE directed to find and remove unaccounted for migrant minors. About 600,000 unaccompanied migrant children who entered the United States illegally
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ice-directed-remove-unaccounted-migrant-211139363.html

# Bundy Rides Again
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Support Black-Owned Businesses: 450+ Places to Start Online
https://www.websiteplanet.com/blog/support-black-owned-businesses/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE Is Inside the National Institutes of Health’s Finance System. At least three people linked to Elon Musk’s DOGE task force have access to NIH systems that control budgets, procurement, and more
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-is-inside-the-national-institutes-of-health-nih/

ROOKE: Intelligence Agencies Pushback Against DOGE Requests, Giving Trump A Clear Message. President Donald Trump is experiencing pushback among his appointees at national security agencies, signaling that his plan is working.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/02/24/rooke-intelligence-agencies-pushback-doge-donald-trump/

Elon Musk’s underground digital detective reveals all to NewsNation. A data scientist says she is harnessing the power of AI to uncover corruption and waste within the U.S. government.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/elon-musks-digital-detective-newsnation-interview/

Musk and his DOGE operation eye the Social Security Administration. In a lawsuit filed late last week, a coalition of unions and retirees sued the Social Security Administration (SSA) to halt what they call an “unprecedented, unlawful seizure of personal, confidential, private and sensitive data” by the Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
https://www.yahoo.com/news/social-security-advocates-ringing-alarm-173030799.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump Just Fired 6,700 I.R.S. Workers in the Middle of Tax Season. That’s a Huge Mistake
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/opinion/irs-taxes-trump.html

Starbucks to lay off 1,100 employees. The jobs cuts, which will affect about 7 percent of the chain’s non-retail staff, are part of its new chief executive’s plan to win back customers.
https://wng.org/sift/starbucks-to-lay-off-1-100-corporate-staff-1740505900

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Florida road project using radioactive waste faces legal challenge
https://www.ehn.org/florida-road-project-using-radioactive-waste-faces-legal-challenge-2671207991.html

Trump moves swiftly to dismantle U.S. climate policies, a legacy that could long outlast his presidency
https://www.ehn.org/trump-moves-swiftly-to-dismantle-u-s-climate-policies-a-legacy-that-could-long-outlast-his-presidency-2671208558.html

‘Viciousness’ of Trump’s climate attacks stuns even his critics. President Donald Trump has attacked nearly every aspect of the U.S. effort to confront rising temperatures.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/21/trump-gutted-climate-policy-across-federal-government-00204998

Trump moves swiftly to dismantle U.S. climate policies, a legacy that could long outlast his presidency
https://time.com/7258269/trump-climate-policies-executive-orders/

# Food General News
Death toll in Listeria outbreak traced to supplemental shakes increases to 12: Another death has been confirmed in an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections traced to supplemental shakes.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2025/02/25/lyons-readycare-sysco-shakes-recall-listeria/80263286007/

# Gov / Politics
Democrats charged with election fraud amid party’s efforts to obstruct election integrity measures
https://www.allsides.com/news/2025-02-25-0454/politics-democrats-charged-election-fraud-amid-partys-efforts-obstruct-election

Sanders moves to block Trump’s $8.56 billion arms deal to Israel. The Vermont senator challenges U.S. involvement in arming Israel amid allegations of war crimes and violations of international law
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/02/25/sanders-moves-to-block-trumps-8-56-billion-arms-deal-to-israel/

# Gov / Politics / Global
New German Chancellor Merz says ‘priority’ is to make county, Europe independent of Trump-era USA
https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/germany-s-chancellor-in-waiting-prioritizes-20186560.php

This Russian Tech Bro Helped Steal $93 Million and Landed in US Prison. Then Putin Called. In the epic US-Russian prisoner swap last summer, Vladimir Putin brought home an assassin, spies, and another prized ally: the man behind one of the biggest insider trading cases of all time.
https://www.wired.com/story/russian-prisoner-swap-vladislav-klyushin-evan-gershkovich/

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
New York corrections officers strike enters second week over forced overtime, violent conditions
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/new-york-corrections-officers-strike-enters-second-week-over-forced-overtime-violent

# Medical / Health News
RFK Jr. backtracks, tells HHS staffers they must respond to Musk email justifying their jobs: report
https://justthenews.com/government/rfk-jr-backtracks-telling-hhs-staff-they-must-respond-musk-email-justifying-their-jobs

Most U.S. infant formulas contain mainly added sugars, posing a serious risk to babies’ health, researchers say
https://usrtk.org/healthwire/infant-formulas-added-sugars/?mc_cid=a96ea67e01&mc_eid=485b9951ab

Sweetener aspartame aggravates atherosclerosis through insulin-triggered inflammation
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550413125000063

# Military / DOD / General News
Troops deployed to Guantanamo Bay increased to roughly 1,000
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/americas/2025-02-24/troops-migrants-guantanamo-deportation-16941525.html

# Military / General News / Global
Israel sends tanks into West Bank amid ‘de facto annexation’ of Palestinian lands: Mariam Barghouti. “What we are seeing is an intensified campaign aimed at annexation of the West Bank.”
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/02/25/israel-sends-tanks-into-west-bank-amid-de-facto-annexation-of-palestinian-lands-mariam-barghouti/

# NOAA
NOAA prepares for major staff layoffs amid federal cuts
https://www.dailyclimate.org/noaa-prepares-for-major-staff-layoffs-amid-federal-cuts-2671215101.html

# Nuclear
Texas pushes ahead with new nuclear reactor projects. Texas-based Natura Resources and California’s Kairos Power have permits to build advanced nuclear reactors, aiming for completion by 2027. The state legislature is considering public financing to support nuclear projects, with Texas A&M University establishing a site for multiple commercial reactors.
https://www.dailyclimate.org/texas-pushes-ahead-with-new-nuclear-reactor-projects-2671215059.html

# Veterans / VA
VA Research Funding Slashed. Though not as prominent as the NIH, VA researchers play a major role in advancing basic health science. Hundreds of projects have been cut.
https://prospect.org/health/2025-02-25-va-research-funding-slashed/

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