Month: December 2024

Voices, The Peoples News

December 31, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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This daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Smugglers abandon two migrant girls at southern border with note to authorities
https://www.newsbreak.com/jack-beavers-1602412/3734780640464-texas-border-children-abandoned-by-human-smugglers-on-rio-grande

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Tesla replaces laid-off U.S. workers with foreigners using visas pushed by Musk
https://electrek.co/2024/12/30/tesla-replaced-laid-off-us-workers-with-foreign-workers-using-h-1b-visas-that-musk-want-to-increase/

Elon Musk eyes a deal with his native South Africa to let SpaceX offer Starlink service in exchange for a Tesla battery plant, report says
https://fortune.com/2024/12/30/elon-musk-spacex-starlink-deal-south-africa-tesla-battery-plant/

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Coast Guard Intercepts Vessel Carrying Over 1,200 Kilos of Cocaine
https://www.newsbreak.com/tysonomo-multimedia-1824492/3735659648686-coast-guard-intercepts-vessel-carrying-over-1-200-kilos-of-cocaine

# Communications / Censorship
The West found a miles-long piece of evidence backing its claim Russia is purposely cutting undersea cables
https://www.yahoo.com/news/west-found-miles-long-piece-152719344.html

Experts Warn Cybercrime Treaty Gives Governments New Powers to Crush Dissent: “States should not ratify this treaty,” said Deborah Brown of Human Rights Watch.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/un-convention-against-cybercrime

# Covid / Biologicals / Pandemics
MAGA rift: Trump allies clash over tech-worker H1-B visas
https://www.newsnationnow.com/video/maga-rift-trump-allies-clash-over-tech-worker-h1-b-visas-newsnation-now/10329314/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
‘Major incident’: China reportedly hacks Treasury Department: Chinese state-sponsored hackers breached the U.S. Treasury Department’s computer security guardrails this month and stole documents in what Treasury called a “major incident.”
https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/us-treasurys-workstations-hacked-cyberattack-by-china-afp-reports-2024-12-30/

Confirmed: The 9 States That Will Tax Social Security in 2025 and What It Means for You
https://22andyou.net/states-will-still-tax-social-security-benefits-2025/

# Education / Schools
Teachers Turn to Study Groups for Anti-Racist Learning as History Is Whitewashed. Amid right-wing attacks on classrooms, study groups light a “fire of hope” among anti-racist educators.
https://truthout.org/articles/teachers-turn-to-study-groups-for-anti-racist-learning-as-history-is-whitewashed/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
In New Year message, U.N. Secretary-General Guterres urges countries to ‘dramatically slash’ emissions
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/12/1158611

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Global
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
How Soon Might the Atlantic Ocean Break? Two Sibling Scientists Found an Answer—and Shook the World
https://gobillyhill.com/news/news/how-soon-might-the-atlantic-ocean-break-two-sibling-scientists-found-an-answer-and-shook-the-world?uid=8994

The Supreme Court gutted environmental protections. Several major cases destroyed federal agencies’ ability to address climate change and pollution.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-supreme-court-gutted-environmental-protections-in-2024/

# Food General News / Recalls / Alerts
50 Grocery Items Expected To Get More Expensive in 2025
https://www.gobankingrates.com/saving-money/food/grocery-items-expected-to-get-more-expensive-in-2025/

# Foods / Things that impact your health
The Slimy Blob At The Bottom Of The Vinegar Bottle Is The Mother: Don’t throw away that bottle of vinegar. Vinegar mother is just bacteria that feeds on alcoholic liquids, and the fact that one developed in your vinegar just means that there were some sugars or alcohol that weren’t completely fermented in the vinegar process.
https://www.thekitchn.com/what-is-vinegar-mother-82249

# General Recalls / Alerts
Kia, Ford, Ram among 39,000 vehicles recalled: Check car recalls here
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/recalls/2024/12/30/car-recall-check-ford-kia-ram/77290218007/
Also: Kia Owners Portal https://owners.kia.com/us/en/recalls.html

# General News
‘Sounds like treason’: MAGA attorney tells ex-Trump General Mark Milley to ‘lawyer up.’ Milley reportedly called Gen. Li Zuocheng of China’s People’s Liberation Army to ensure they knew America had no plans to attack China. The calls were reported by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa.
https://www.rawstory.com/mike-davis-2670705398/

# Gov / Politics
‘Lost its lunch’: Tech expert sees MAGA in panic after waking up to hostile takeover: “Those who think this is just a passing spat are ignoring a fundamental truth about the Silicon Valley plutocrats: They are a selfish bunch who have shown time and again that what interests them most is themselves.” Adam Lashinsky
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-maga/

‘Two-thirds of the country is with us’: Ethics watchdog fires warning shot at Trump
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/two-thirds-of-the-country-is-with-us-ethics-watchdog-fires-warning-shot-at-trump/ar-AA1wJeLw

“Just the beginning of my worries”: Retired general warns Elon Musk is a national security threat. “Musk’s business dealings in China could require him to hand over sensitive classified information,” general warns
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/30/just-the-beginning-of-my-worries-retired-general-warns-elon-musk-is-a-national-security/

Democrat-Turned-MAGA Republican Spins Heads With Lightning-Fast 180 Regarding Trump
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jeff-van-drew-donald-trump-comments_n_6773ba15e4b00f088f88c49f

Ex-Ambassador Warns Retaking Panama Canal Would Mean War
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5059900-us-panama-canal-reclamation/

Trump will test the extent of his power over congressional Republicans after failing to raise the debt ceiling
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5055449-trump-debt-limit-battle/

Team Trump Warns Cabinet Nominees Amid Surging MAGA Civil War: Donald Trump’s team is ordering Cabinet nominees to keep their mouths shut in the next few weeks.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189750/team-trump-warns-cabinet-nominees-social-media

Trump has openly declared his intentions to weaponize the Justice Department against his political opponents, implement tariffs that will wreak economic havoc on working families, deploy the military to crush dissent, and dismantle the very foundations of our constitutional system
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/4306940-trump-wants-to-turn-the-government-into-a-weapon-for-personal-revenge/

Trump’s Tariffs Will Raise Prices and Harm U.S. Workers and Economic Security
https://www.americanprogress.org/press/release-trumps-tariffs-will-raise-prices-and-harm-u-s-workers-and-economic-security/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Trinidad and Tobago declare state of emergency — allowing warrant-less raids — as murder rate soars
https://san.com/cc/state-of-emergency-declared-in-trinidad-and-tobago-after-rise-in-gang-violence/

Faced with Trump’s tariffs − and crackdowns on migration and narcotrafficking − Mexico is weighing retaliatory options
https://theconversation.com/faced-with-trumps-tariffs-and-crackdowns-on-migration-and-narcotrafficking-mexico-is-weighing-retaliatory-options-244704

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Senator’s Son Sentenced Over Killing Deputy in 100mph Car Chase. Republican senator Kevin Cramer’s son took meth and bath salts, stole his mom’s car and drove 70 miles before killing the officer.
https://www.newsweek.com/son-senator-kevin-cramer-sentenced-role-deputys-death-2007702

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Indictment against German-Russians for alleged espionage
https://www.defensemirror.com/news/38509/German_Prosecutors_Charge_Three_in_Alleged_Espionage_Plot_Linked_to_Russia

# Medical / Health News
U.S. May Again Move to Withdraw from WHO
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-plans-exit-day-one-051841881.html

Number of babies abandoned in Texas twice what it was 10 years ago as abortion restrictions tighten
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/babies-abandoned-texas-doubles-b2671816.html

UnitedHealth Group CEO quietly telling execs company will smash financial records
https://nypost.com/2024/12/30/us-news/unitedhealth-group-ceo-quietly-telling-execs-company-will-hit-financial-records-report/

Louisiana Bans State Funded Promotion of COVID-19, Influenza and Mpox Vaccines
https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/12/louisiana-bars-health-dept-from-promoting-flu-covid-mpox-vaccines-report/

Nearly 12 million U.S. Adults Have Health Conditions Misdiagnosed Each Year
https://www.reuters.com/article/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/about-12-million-us-outpatients-misdiagnosed-annually-study-idUSBREA3G1SA/

# Military General News
US, China to resume military-to-military talks in ‘coming months’: US and China defence chiefs meet for talks in Singapore amid growing tensions between Washington and Beijing.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/31/taiwan-south-china-sea-dominate-meeting-of-us-china-defence-chiefs

# Military / DOD / Militia
Navy information warfare officers can now take command at sea
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/12/30/navy-information-warfare-officers-can-now-take-command-at-sea/

# Military / Global
China Sends Military to Disputed Territory Amid Tensions With US Ally
https://www.newsweek.com/china-news-sends-military-disputed-territory-amid-tensions-us-ally-philippines-2007462

Ukraine drones now carry small cannons, fiber-optic cables
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QYxABulmDw

# Pharmaceuticals
Drugmakers to raise US prices on over 250 medicines starting Jan. 1. The Heritage Foundation has outlined a sweeping, far-right policy vision to put power, and profits, back in pharmaceutical companies’ hands.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/project-2025-prescription-drug-plan-would-increase-costs-for-as-many-as-18-5-million-seniors-and-others-with-medicare/

# Space / Solar / Lunar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
‘Mathematically perfect’ star system discovered 105 light-years from Earth may still be in its infancy. Could that change its prospects for life?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mathematically-perfect-star-system-discovered-150000314.html

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
“They’ll have bio’s and profile pictures”: Meta is gearing up to unleash a wave of AI-powered personas, set to redefine Facebook’s social engagement
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/theyll-have-bios-and-profile-pictures-meta-is-gearing-up-to-unleash-a-wave-of-ai-powered-personas-set-to-redefine-facebooks-social-engagement

# Weather
Map shows where Arctic blast will arrive today – and there’s more to come
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/map-shows-arctic-blast-arrive-883172

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Voices, The Peoples News

December 30, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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This daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Indigenous
Bring back the bison: US indigenous ranchers push for conservation
https://www.americanheritage.com/bringing-back-buffalo

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Elon Musk threatens ‘war’ with Maga Republicans. The president-elect waded into a row that has split the Republican party by defending H1B visas, which permit highly-educated foreigners to work in the US for up to six years.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-threatens-war-maga-133524596.html

The US Has Deported Immigrants En Masse Before. Here’s What Happened: Donald Trump has promised to deport millions on “Day One.” He wouldn’t be the first president to round up undocumented immigrants en masse.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3734682585159-the-us-has-deported-immigrants-en-masse-before-heres-what-happened?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzU1MjEzNDU0NTA%3D

# Cartels /  Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Violent Venezuelan gang expands operations in northeast, mid-Atlantic. Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang members are known for violence, murder, kidnapping, extortion, bribery and human and drug trafficking and are linked to more than 100 law enforcement investigations nationwide.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_dc245212-c494-11ef-b38f-67736bcaa379.html?a&seyid=42526

DEA Laboratory Testing Reveals that 6 out of 10 Fentanyl-Laced Fake Prescription Pills Now Contain a Potentially Lethal Dose of Fentanyl. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is alerting the public of a sharp nationwide increase in the lethality of fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills.
https://www.dea.gov/alert/dea-laboratory-testing-reveals-6-out-10-fentanyl-laced-fake-prescription-pills-now-contain

US ravaged by untraceable elephant tranquilizer that’s 7 times more deadly than fentanyl & kills with less than a pinch
https://www.the-sun.com/news/13171035/us-ravaged-untraceable-elephant-tranquilizer-fentanyl/

# Communications / Censorship
Finnish investigators find anchor drag mark on the Baltic seabed following cable damage
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-12-30/finnish-investigators-find-an-anchor-drag-mark-on-the-baltic-seabed-after-suspicious-cable-damage

Germany calls for sanctions on Russia’s dark fleet that is ‘damaging major undersea cables’
https://www.businessinsider.com/germany-europe-sanctions-russia-dark-shadow-fleet-finland-estonia-cable-2024-12

# Covid / Biologicals / Pandemics
How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic: The U.S. government failed to eliminate the virus on dairy farms when it was confined to a handful of states, by quickly identifying infected cows and taking measures to keep their infections from spreading. Now at least 875 herds across 16 states have tested positive.
https://michiganadvance.com/2024/12/30/how-america-lost-control-of-the-bird-flu-setting-the-stage-for-another-pandemic/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Democrats Begin Throwing Their Support Behind DOGE
https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2024-12-27-democrats-begin-throwing-their-support-behind-doge/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
The 1% Profit While the 99% Suffer – The Crisis Divide: A tax of up to 5 percent on the world’s multi-millionaires and billionaires could raise $1.7 trillion a year, enough to lift 2 billion people out of poverty.
https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/richest-1-bag-nearly-twice-much-wealth-rest-world-put-together-over-past-two-years

President-elect Trump threatens new tariffs on Mexico, Canada: President-Elect Donald Trump on Nov. 25, 2024, announced his intention to impose additional 10 percent tariffs on China, along with additional 25 percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada.
https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2024/12/president-elect-trump-announces-tariff-plans

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Trump says ‘Drill, baby drill’: 2025 oil and gas price projections. Eastern Kentucky University global supply chain management program director James Kirby Easterlin believes we could see some gas relief going into 2025, but not by much.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/economy/trump-says-drill-baby-drill-2025-oil-and-gas-price-projections

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Bees are essential to life—over 75% of food crops depend on them. Yet, pesticides like neonicotinoids, linked to massive bee die-offs, remain widely used in the U.S., even as some are banned in Europe.[Multiple articles]
https://usrtk.org/bees-neonics/

# General News
Older Americans are falling through the cracks of the programs designed to save them. America is getting older — and that shift is straining the federal programs meant to keep older people out of poverty.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/retirement/older-americans-are-falling-through-the-cracks-of-the-programs-designed-to-save-them/ar-AA1wGR9Z?item=flightsprg-tipsubsc-v1a?season//

Progressives Say GOP’s H-1B Visa Feud Distracts From Real Problem: ‘Billionaire Robber Barons’: “Billionaires want you to wage a culture war while they win the class war,” said one critic.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/h-1b-visa-news

# Gov / Politics
‘Are you selling us out?’: Trump’s new comments met with immediate backlash from MAGA base
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-selling-out-immigration-backlash/

‘Could get bad’: Columnist warns frustrated MAGA is going rogue as it sees Trump backtrack
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-vigilante/

‘Mutual destruction’: Analyst claims Trump now realizes dumping Musk would doom himself. Poll finds Musk and Trump are viewed roughly the same by Americans
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/poll-finds-musk-and-trump-are-viewed-roughly-the-same-by-americans

“This is Trump’s America now!”: MAGA diehards jumpstart a new year of political violence. There are already calls for vigilantes to round up “brown folks” to imprison in camps
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/30/this-is-trumps-america-now-maga-diehards-jumpstart-a-new-year-of-political-violence/

Biden announces $2.5 billion in Ukraine defense assistance
https://www.realcleardefense.com/2024/12/30/biden_announces_25_billion_in_fresh_military_aid_to_ukraine_1081473.html

Elon Musk reveals why he is endorsing Germany’s populist far-right despite ties to neo-Nazi scene — ‘Does that sound like Hitler to you?’
https://fortune.com/2024/12/29/elon-musk-germany-endorsement-afd-far-right-populists-alice-weidel/

Former Trump Adviser Tells Fox News: If Denmark Won’t ‘Defend’ Greenland from Russia, U.S. Could Merge it With Alaska
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/former-trump-adviser-tells-fox-news-if-denmark-wont-defend-greenland-from-russia-u-s-could-merge-it-with-alaska/

Kremlin Insiders Reveal How Trump Is Already Secretly Helping Putin. Putin’s top propagandists highlight yet more similarities between Putin and Trump and explain how the President-elect is already helping the Kremlin.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kremlin-insiders-reveal-how-trump-is-already-secretly-helping-putin/

Trump’s pick to lead federal housing agency has opposed efforts to aid the poor. As HUD secretary, Scott Turner would oversee billions in housing aid, but as a Texas state legislator he voted against protections for poor tenants and has called government assistance “one of the most destructive things for the family.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/scott-turner-hud-nominee-trump-public-housing-texas

# Gov / Politics / Global
EU Officials Will Claim Ignorance of Israel’s War Crimes. This Leaked Document Shows What They Knew. The internal EU document may strip European foreign ministers of “plausible deniability” in Israeli war crimes in Gaza, experts said.
https://theintercept.com/2024/12/23/eu-report-israel-war-crimes-complicity/

Israeli spies reveal Hezbollah commander’s secret life: 4 mistresses and phone marriage plans exposed
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/israeli-spies-reveal-hezbollah-commanders-secret-life-4-mistresses-and-phone-marriage-plans-exposed/articleshow/116785459.cms?from=mdr

Israel should strike Iran now, paving way for Trump 2.0: By providing Mr. Trump with an alternative to the first anti-Iranian coalition through a muscular demonstration of Israeli power, Jerusalem can provide Washington enormous leverage over the New Eurasian Axis.
https://thehill.com/opinion/5058156-israel-strike-iran-trump/

Russia said it’s been listening to Trump’s plans for peace in Ukraine and is ‘not happy, of course’
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraine-wary-of-western-disunity-ahead-of-possible-russia-peace-talks/

Security in Syria: Some people wary of new administration: The newly appointed governor of Damascus has called on the United States to use its influence to push for cordial relations with Israel.
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/27/g-s1-40144/syria-israel-relations-hts-damascus-governor

Taliban leader bans windows overlooking women’s areas. Seeing women working in kitchens, in courtyards or while collecting water can “lead to obscene acts”, government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on social media platform X.
https://www.livemint.com/news/world/taliban-bans-windows-overlooking-areas-used-by-afghan-women-to-prevent-obscene-acts-11735526769673.html

The Taliban order all NGOs in Afghanistan to stop employing women or face closure
https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-ngo-women-closure-1fde989369785f8df0e83c81d48626f1

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
11 Illinois teens charged after using dating apps to allegedly lure and beat men as part of a social media trend. Illinois police did not say what the trend is called or if any other cases were reported to the authorities. Authorities point to TikTok as a source of the trend.
https://san.com/cc/11-illinois-teens-face-charges-for-luring-beating-victims-using-dating-apps/

# Media
‘Nuclear demolition’: Columnist flags ‘MAGA’s real World War III’ the media is missing: “The tactical goals for Musk (lower taxes, the end of government regulations, preferential deals with the U.S. government, and yes, Bond fans, global domination) and for Trump (disappearing his criminal cases while monetizing the American presidency) are very much in sight. Their strategy for getting there, the real WWIII that doesn’t involve storming Panama, is the nuclear demolition of objective reality.”
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/nuclear-demolition-columnist-flags-maga-s-real-world-war-iii-the-media-is-missing/ar-AA1wGQGy

# Medical / Health News
America Still Needs Jimmy Carter’s Health Care Agenda. Carter’s willingness to tackle the politically perilous task of trying to rein in health care costs offers a template for the kind of leadership and focus needed to address the health care system’s enduring flaws in 2024.
https://time.com/6338230/jimmy-carter-dies-health-care/

Bird flu virus in patient likely mutated while in hospital
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/bird-flu-virus-likely-mutated-within-louisiana-patient-who-became-severely-ill-cdc-says

Bird flu virus in Louisiana patient likely mutated to be more transmissible, CDC says
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5057673-cdc-bird-flu-mutations/

# Military / Global / General News
China directs largest military build-up since 1930s Nazi Germany, expert warns, citing Pentagon report
https://www.aol.com/news/china-directs-largest-military-build-144406111.html

# NASA / Space Force
NASA Captures Gargantuan Slab of Ice Escape the Grips of Antarctica, Finds Its Doom in Warmer Waters. The iceberg was estimated to move towards the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia as it would be guided by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
https://knewz.com/world/nasa-captures-gargantuan-slab-of-ice-escape-the-grips-of-antarctica-finds-its-doom-in-warmer-waters/

# NATO
NATO will step up Baltic Sea patrols as Finland probes the possible sabotage of undersea cables
https://apnews.com/article/finland-estonia-cable-undersea-russia-sabotage-nato-6460b68ab5236d9892551867b024b0a0

# Nuclear / Bioweapons / Global
Russia warns the United States against possible nuclear testing under Trump. Ministers warned the US that its nuclear arsenal is intended to ‘sober up’ countries on the ‘brink of direct armed conflict’ with Russia
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/donald-trump-russia-us-nuclear-testing-b2670471.html

# Space / Solar / Lunar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
Sun unleashes massive X1.1 solar flare to close out 2024 (photo) The huge solar flare may be the last big explosion from the sun this year.
https://www.space.com/the-universe/sun/sun-unleashes-massive-x1-1-solar-flare-to-close-out-2024-photo

# Space / Rocketry / Global
Italy sells Piaggio Aerospace to Turkish drone maker Baykar. The choice of a Turkish buyer for an Italian aviation firm is a remarkable turnaround given Italy’s traditional heft in the aviation industry.
https://aviationweek.com/aerospace/advanced-air-mobility/baykar-snaps-italys-piaggio-aerospace

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Regulations needed to stop AI being used for ‘bad things’ – Geoffrey Hinton: Prof Hinton said he fears AI will be bad for society if lots of people lost their jobs and all the benefit goes to rich people.
https://bioethics.com/archives/95315

AT&T, Verizon Issue Update Following Security Concern: AT&T and Verizon confirmed they were breached in a massive Chinese espionage campaign targeting telecom carriers worldwide but said the hackers have now been evicted from their networks.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/atandt-and-verizon-say-networks-secure-after-salt-typhoon-breach/

# Veterans / VA
Fellow veterans, our healthcare is under attack: Republicans launched an unprecedented assault on the Department of Veterans Affairs’s healthcare system earlier this month with devastating bills that would gut it from the inside out. This isn’t reform: it’s demolition and privatization. And it is fiscally reckless.
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5057752-veterans-healthcare-under-attack/

# Weather
Extreme Weather Alert! Polar Vortex Is Coming Soon!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OnXUFAMYPc
Also: The polar vortex is a low-pressure area—a wide expanse of swirling cold air—that is parked in polar regions. During winter, the polar vortex at the North Pole expands, sending cold air southward. This happens fairly regularly and is often associated with outbreaks of cold temperatures in the United States.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftfrmIaLqPk

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Trump backs immigration visas for skilled workers after MAGA followers turn on Elon Musk over H-1Bs. President-elect says he has always liked H-1B visas, despite moving to restrict them in first term in office, as ‘America First’ rages against immigration
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Trump’s ‘border czar’ says migrant families will be put in detention centers once again. Tom Homan says the administration will construct ‘family facilities’ for mass deportation plans, including removing citizen children with undocumented parents
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‘These People Are Exploiting These Folks’: Andy Biggs Exposes Flaws In Dems’ Narrative About Migrants. Republican Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs said Friday that the Democratic party are exploiting migrant workers under the guise of economic necessity.
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Mexico Developing ‘Alert Button’ App For Migrants Getting Arrested By ICE. Mexico is developing a phone app for their citizens to use if they are in the U.S. and believe they are about to be detained by federal immigration authorities.
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PATEL: How To Fix Big Tech’s Favorite Broken Immigration Policy. We should identify and recruit the world’s most talented people. But when we find them, we should bring them here with all the same rights we give to Americans.
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# Business / Industry / Corporations
Big Lots, CVS, & Walgreens among national chains with mass closures in 2024 as others quietly shuttered – see full list
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# Cartels /  Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking Mexican cartels test deadly new Fentanyl on homeless and animals before flooding market
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# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
The H-1B Visa Program and Its Impact on the U.S. Economy
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We’re Already Seeing Signs That Trump Is Tanking the Economy. Your stock portfolio may grow. But say goodbye to next year’s raise—and maybe even your job.
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# Employment / Labor / Unions
DAVID MARCUS: Big-brained Ramaswamy, Musk pick fight they can’t win. Let’s hope these geniuses learn from the mistake of kicking American workers, families and culture
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# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Global Energy crisis has Iran on the brink — and hands Trump a historic opportunity
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# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure Biden Moves to Protect Climate Progress From Trump, But Advocates Want More. Time is running out for the administration to secure its legacy as Trump vows to shred it all.
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Report: Climate Crisis Is Causing 3 Quarters of the World’s Land to Dry Out
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# EPA / BLM [Bureau of Land Management]
Wyoming governor approves $100 million sale of state land to join Grand Teton National Park. The federal government will contribute $62.5 million, while the rest of the money will come from private sources, and the area will be maintained for wildlife habitat.
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# Food General News / Recalls / Alerts
Study found 86% of tested foods contained plastic chemicals. Products with plastic chemicals included baby food, meat and human breast milk.
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Potentially Harmful Industrial Chemicals Detected in US Fast Foods. Phthalates and other plasticizers found in cheeseburgers, chicken burritos and other popular foods purchased at fast-food restaurants
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# Foods / Things that impact your health
7 Anti-Inflammatory Spices You Can Feel Extra Good About Using, According to Nutrition Experts
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US processed foods, dyes are ‘unethical’
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# General News
Here are a few new state laws set to take effect in 2025. The 88th Texas Legislature sent more than 1,095 laws into immediate effect during 2023 and about 55 others went into effect during 2024, but several others are set to go into effect in 2025.
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“It’s 2025”- Slim Thug urges black community to stop using racial oppression and white people as an excuse
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# Gov / Politics
‘Shark Tank’ Star Tells Fox He’s Going to Mar-a-Lago to Pitch Trump on Merging US and Canada
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Grand Rapids joins other cities in Trump campaign unpaid bill accusations
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In shift, Trump downgrades soaring rhetoric on campaign promises
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Missouri lawmaker introducing Crown Act again
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Trump lobs threats at Greenland, Panama and Canada – should we take him seriously?
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How the US and Israel Destroyed Syria and Called it Peace
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MAGA Crisis Could Mean No Trump Inauguration on Jan. 20: NOT ANOTHER SUCCESSION BATTLE With Mike Johnson’s speakership in peril, lawmakers worry the House won’t be able to certify Donald Trump’s re-election.
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# Gov / Politics / Global
Acting South Korean president has been impeached
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China is building new detention centers all over the country as Xi Jinping widens corruption purge
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North Korea’s Kim vows the toughest anti-US policy before Trump takes office
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# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Jailed without hope: Ministers block 128 prisoners on indefinite jail terms from moving to open conditions
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# Media
Entertainment and media suffered another major blow with 15,000 job cuts this year and more expected next year
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# Medical / Health News
As Birth Rates Plummet, Women’s Autonomy Will Be Even More at Risk. Nations are more focused than ever on declining populations. Women, along with gender and sexual minorities, will see their rights come under fire.
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Don’t blame insurers for what doctor and hospital cartels did to US health care
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UnitedHealthcare taught us ways to deny claims: A former UnitedHealthcare claims representative says employees were systematically trained to deny medical claims and rush distressed customers off phone lines, revealing internal practices at the nation’s largest health insurer amid growing scrutiny of the industry.
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I Got Cancer at 35. The Health Insurance System Delayed My Treatment for Months. Young adults face rising cancer rates, and barriers to timely interventions.
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# Medical Technology
Weaponizing Reality: The Dawn of Neurowarfare. Stavroula Pabst explores the race to apply emerging neurotechnologies, such as brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), in times of both war and peace, expanding conflicts into a new domain, the brain, while perhaps forever changing humans’ relationship with machines.
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# Military General News
The Terminator’s Vision of AI Warfare Is Now Reality
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Weird robot dogs for future wars and more are showing up with guns, rocket launchers, and even flamethrowers
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A new military-industrial complex: How tech bros are hyping AI’s role in war
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# Military / DOD / Militia
The US Navy’s bold new strategy will see Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyers equipped with hypersonic missiles first
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The US military is now talking openly about going on the attack in space.  “We have to build capabilities that provide our leadership offensive and defensive options.”
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Cheap and Lethal: The Pentagon’s Plan for the Next Drone War. UAVs continually kill civilians, but the U.S. military wants to expand its arsenal with an army of new, mass-produced kamikaze AI drones.
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Why the Pentagon wants to build thousands of easily replaceable, AI-enabled drones. Ukraine’s drone innovations have changed how the US is planning for a war with China.
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# Military / Global / General News
Senegal announces closure of all foreign military bases as it cuts ties to ex-colonial power France
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.voanews.com%2Fa%2Fsenegal-to-close-foreign-military-bases-cuts-ties-to-ex-colonial-power-france%2F7916172.html&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C9f0b34527bb5407584d108dd2831bcca%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638710916336599696%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C20000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=tp6NOnysgb7p3iRZg1KM8i9926Nm8DGjn1Pw8aL9cus%3D&reserved=0

Dutch army to equip its soldiers with personal drone-protection kits. Under the banner of “extended all-arms air defense,” as officials call the approach, soldiers deployed on NATO’s eastern flank will get the gear first.
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.defensenews.com%2Fglobal%2Feurope%2F2024%2F12%2F23%2Fdutch-army-to-equip-its-soldiers-with-personal-drone-protection-kits%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C9f0b34527bb5407584d108dd2831bcca%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638710916336613735%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C20000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=bJtKim%2BdJxxRlBfw1aDT%2FCAXNM3kSyAcL1JmyEKM%2FPw%3D&reserved=0

# NASA / Space Force
NASA Found a Secret Military Base Buried 100 Feet Deep in Greenland’s Ice Shelf
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.popularmechanics.com%2Fscience%2Fa63024551%2Fgreenland-ice-secret-base%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C9f0b34527bb5407584d108dd2831bcca%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638710916336627800%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C20000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2Ft4VpyDiNAmYgIURyFqvXlndvBPam1s6Gy4VukTd9vM%3D&reserved=0

# Pharmaceuticals
How Big Pharma Is Wrecking the Inflation Reduction Act. The industry’s intellectual property manipulations are stealing from your pockets—and limiting the benefits of the Biden administration’s key achievement.
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewrepublic.com%2Farticle%2F189450%2Fbig-pharma-patent-ira-billions&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C9f0b34527bb5407584d108dd2831bcca%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638710916336641848%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C20000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=FkFFIFp%2BrA3YfCzPUH%2FXdfsO3ORaSTFzvQ6ZGNVHmNU%3D&reserved=0

# Science
Kids learning magic of science with dancing candy canes
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DKHjXMF3_lb8&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C9f0b34527bb5407584d108dd2831bcca%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638710916336655545%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C20000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=wK5RRMNWvLHbJ4YW7gQuutbmtezN9DLNjBGUdF5OkoI%3D&reserved=0

# Space / Solar / Lunar / Atmosphere / Astronomy Belfast astronomer at ground control on mission to stop asteroid strike on Earth
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fspace%2Fqueens-university-belfast-earth-belfast-esa-cape-canaveral-b2671124.html&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C9f0b34527bb5407584d108dd2831bcca%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638710916336669366%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C20000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=dOx2acFUm5OErMLt5wfdkniZ5V5bcsPv2W7%2BFEtG01s%3D&reserved=0

Next Year Will See Two Satellites Combine To Create An Artificial Solar Eclipse For First Time. ESA’s Proba-3 mission will demonstrate precision flying and study the sun’s mysterious corona
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencenews.org%2Farticle%2Fartificial-solar-eclipse-satellites&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C9f0b34527bb5407584d108dd2831bcca%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638710916336683514%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C20000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2F%2BK5h9gZDLz3E2jYOVBCM5YayiWof09dvT6nbXUulTE%3D&reserved=0

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
‘Godfather of AI’ shortens odds that new technology will wipe out human race over the next 30 years
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ftechnology%2F2024%2Fdec%2F27%2Fgodfather-of-ai-raises-odds-of-the-technology-wiping-out-humanity-over-next-30-years&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C9f0b34527bb5407584d108dd2831bcca%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638710916336697450%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C20000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=feX5WWp0pKRF1T6shg%2FVqHjs%2FVMKN1Ayzk4A1DrPumg%3D&reserved=0

Microsoft backed a tiny hardware startup that just launched its first AI processor that does inference without GPU or expensive HBM memory and a key Nvidia partner is collaborating with it
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.techradar.com%2Fpro%2Fmicrosoft-backed-a-tiny-hardware-startup-that-just-launched-its-first-ai-processor-that-does-inference-without-gpu-or-expensive-hbm-memory-and-a-key-nvidia-partner-is-collaborating-with-it&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C9f0b34527bb5407584d108dd2831bcca%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638710916336713412%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C20000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=EBqTga3RLfi0mJlnDxr5tlaNi70TP9phoXLouSMdhhI%3D&reserved=0

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December 28, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Business / Industry / Corporations
Big Tech Backs Trump to Cut Taxes, Deregulate Crypto and Replace Workers With AI. Tech investor Roger McNamee explains why Silicon Valley is responding differently to Trump’s second election.
https://truthout.org/video/big-tech-backs-trump-to-cut-taxes-deregulate-crypto-and-replace-workers-with-ai/

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Lawmakers target drug dealers in new bill
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3732822056878-lawmakers-target-drug-dealers-in-new-bill

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE committee will look for ways to slash trillions in spending. The year may be winding down but for Team Trump, the transition to the White House is in high gear, that includes tech billionaire Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative to dismantle parts of the federal government.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-committee-look-ways-slash-141621294.html

MAGA Republican says Americans will ‘cheer’ DOGE crackdown on food stamps
https://www.rawstory.com/doge-2670691352/

DOGE’s big shake up of the federal government: Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to make this move first
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/doges-big-shake-up-of-the-federal-government-elon-musk-and-vivek-ramaswamy-to-make-this-move-first/articleshow/115603583.cms?from=mdr

Elon Musk Wants to Pay for His Tax Cuts With Your Social Security and Medicare. The point of Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s DOGE is to cut entitlement programs so Trump can give tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy and corporations
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/elon-musk-vivek-trump-tax-cuts-social-security-medicare-1235212608/

# Education / Schools
Black Student Stabbed Previously Faced Racist Attacks At School: The 14-year-old Black teen was chased down by a group of boys, one of whom was wielding a butcher knife, before the stabbing.
https://houston.binnews.com/content/2024-12-27-black-student-stabbed-previously-faced-racist-attacks-at-school-lawyer/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
In Tennessee, Climbing Utility Rates and More Than 140,000 Household Cut-Offs in 2023
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28122024/tennessee-climbing-utility-rates/#:~:text=Even%20more%20households%20received%20disconnection,Service%2C%20which%20serves%20460%2C000%20customers.

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / Global
Potential Eruption Of Mount Tambora Could Trigger Climate Crisis. This rare but devastating phenomenon has the power to reshape global climates, disrupt food supplies, and displace millions. As experts delve into the science behind these colossal eruptions, one chilling question remains: is the world prepared for the chaos that could follow?
https://dailygalaxy.com/2024/12/scientists-volcanic-eruption-wipe-cities/

# Food General News / Recalls / Alerts
USDA’s Tyson Foods investigation collected thousands of documents. Would Donald Trump end it? The USDA has withheld 18,000 records tied to its investigation into Tyson Foods, citing active enforcement. Some worry the inquiry could be dropped under a second Trump presidency
https://michiganadvance.com/2024/12/28/usdas-tyson-foods-investigation-collected-thousands-of-documents-would-donald-trump-end-it/

# General News
Michael Goodwin: All of team Joe aided in the big lie, the world knows the truth of the Biden crime family
https://nypost.com/2024/12/27/opinion/michael-goodwin-all-of-team-joe-aided-in-the-big-lie-now-the-world-knows-the-truth-of-the-biden-crime-family/

Trump negotiating a new Panama Canal treaty for the American people. President-elect Donald J. Trump this week escalated his threats to retake control of the Panama Canal, falsely accusing Panama of allowing Chinese soldiers to control the vital shipping route and of overcharging American ships.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/us/politics/trump-panama-canal.html

Vivek Ramaswamy Dragged After Wild Rant on How American Workers Suck. MAGA is about to eat Vivek Ramaswamy alive.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189681/vivek-ramaswamy-american-workers-suck-maga-reaction

# Gov / Politics
Election lawyer warns GOP majority plotting new “voter suppression laws” to get “partisan advantage”
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/27/lawyer-warns-majority-plotting-new-voter-suppression-laws-to-get-partisan-advantage/

Gordon Chang on Tensions in China, the Philippines, and South Korea: “We Could End Up in Conflict… Before President Trump Takes the Oath of Office”
https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/12/27/chang-updates-east-asia-conflicts/

Gov. Abbott issues orders to safeguard Texas from CCP threats (Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_e7824b8e-c47e-11ef-a582-67d4116bfbb6.html

Authority over the Panama Canal does not belong to the U.S
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZfL2CmHV2Y

“That Pretty Much Sums It Up”: Elon Musk Defends H-1B Visas Amid Split Between Trump Tech Bros And MAGA ‘Right Right’
https://deadline.com/2024/12/elon-musk-trump-h1b-visa-skilled-workers-1236242886/

MSNBC Panel Warns ‘Trump Has a Problem’: Caught Between MAGA Feeling ‘Brown People Bad’ And Musk Wanting Foreign Workers
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/brown-people-bad-msnbc-panel-takes-on-the-inevitable-maga-civil-war-over-immigration-and-big-tech/

MAGA rift widens as Elon Musk pledges ‘war’ to protect H1-B visas: Trump’s top lieutenants are clashing with anti-immigration MAGA supporters as they laud the benefits of H-1B visa program for American companies
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-news-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-h1b-maga-b2670910.html?page=6

Trump fulfilling campaign promise would dump hundreds of violent felons on streets: report
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-pardon-jan-6-2670690448/

Why Trump is targeting Panama, Greenland, Canada. China has invested heavily in Panama, including in a number of construction deals, and manages two of Panama’s five main ports.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5058013-trump-purchase-canada-panama-canal/

Steve Bannon Joins War Against Elon Musk as MAGA Implodes. Donald Trump’s biggest fans are at each other’s throats over immigration, and H-1B visas in particular.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189694/steve-bannon-maga-war-elon-musk-immigration

Republicans Quietly Kill Office to Combat Foreign Propaganda. Republicans in Congress have helped axe a critical State Department agency, just as Donald Trump is set to take office.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189692/republicans-office-combat-foreign-propaganda-state-department

Republicans Try to Resurrect Ousting of Mike Johnson. Some Republicans are demanding a new House speaker, threatening to throw Congress into chaos yet again.
https://www.newsweek.com/mike-johnsons-odds-being-house-speaker-republicans-stay-divided-2006875

# Gov / Politics / Global
The president of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, is not happy with Donald Trump’s accusation that Chinese troops are stationed in the Panama Canal, calling the claim “nonsense.”
https://pikpiksandfelinefriendsspaceii.quora.com/https-leftistviewpoints-quora-com-Panama-s-President-Trashes-Trump-s-Nonsense-Lies-Panamanian-President-Jos%C3%A9-Ra%C3%BAl-Muli

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Reagan’s FBI Director Warns Republican Senators Confirming Kash Patel Would Set a ‘Dangerous Precedent’
https://dailygalaxy.com/2024/12/scientists-volcanic-eruption-wipe-cities/

Bodycam footage shows prison guards beating handcuffed inmate . Prison officers punched and kicked 43-year-old Robert Brooks repeatedly while he was handcuffed on an infirmary bed. He died the next day.
https://news.sky.com/story/bodycam-footage-shows-prison-guards-beating-handcuffed-inmate-before-his-death-13280760

Animal lover beaten to death on Christmas Eve while trying to save dog from abusive neighbor
https://nypost.com/2024/12/27/us-news/animal-lover-beaten-to-death-while-trying-to-save-abused-dog/

Alabama SWAT Guns Down Black Teen During No-Knock Warrant, Family Files Lawsuit. The warrant was executed as part of an investigation into Adjessom’s older brother for suspected marijuana possession and distribution, The 16-year-old was not a suspect; his older brother was not there and didn’t live at the home.
https://apnews.com/article/randall-adjessom-alabama-mobile-noknock-predawn-raid-80d09cc1f8b586e670ee0703ea9cc752

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
The Murdoch family waged a secret court battle over succession. A voting machine company is trying to pry the case open. The voting technology company wants to examine sealed documents from the family fight that it thinks will bolster its defamation lawsuit against Fox, according to a source familiar with recent filings in the Murdoch trust case.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143362823

# Media
With Trump’s Return, Combating Corporate News Disinformation Is More Urgent Than Ever. Instead of top-down regulation, we need bottom-up scrutiny of mis- and disinformation based on critical media literacy.
https://truthout.org/articles/with-trumps-return-combating-corporate-news-disinfo-is-more-urgent-than-ever/

# Medical / Health News
Most Americans blame insurance profits and denials alongside the killer in UHC CEO death, poll finds
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/most-americans-blame-insurance-profits-and-coverage-denials-alongside-killer-in-unitedhealthcare-ceo-death-poll-finds

# Military / Global / General News
China unveils world’s largest amphibious warship. China, which already has the world’s largest navy, is reportedly working on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to enhance its global reach.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-unveils-worlds-largest-amphibious-133333888.html

# NASA / Space Force
How NASA Might Change Under Donald Trump. The Trump transition team is looking for “big changes” at NASA—including some cuts.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-nasa-might-change-under-donald-trump/

SHOCKING: Trump Picks New Head of NASA, Jared Isaacman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3NbgyK0j4Y

# Social
Homelessness rates jumped by double digits in 2024 as Americans battled to afford housing
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143362703

# Space / Solar / Lunar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Telesat have achieved a world-first by connecting a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite to the ground using 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) technology.
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Connectivity_and_Secure_Communications/World-first_direct_5G_connection_to_low_Earth_orbit_satellite_opens_new_era_for_mobile_coverage

Surprise arrival: A fragment of the Moon just circled Earth. Earth sometimes picks up unexpected companions.
https://www.earth.com/news/surprise-arrival-a-fragment-of-the-moon-just-circled-earth/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Global
Chinese hackers used broad telco access to geolocate millions of Americans and record phone calls
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/27/salt-typhoon-crackdown-fcc-spy-hack/77259494007/

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Voices, The Peoples News

December 27, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
More Than 3,100 Indigenous Students Died at US “Boarding Schools”: A new report reveals three times the number of deaths reported earlier this year by the Department of Interior.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/12/22/at-least-3-100-native-americans-students-died-in-us-boarding-schools_6736369_4.html#

Tribes sue after massive wind farm in Washington gets green light. Tribal communities claim that a major wind energy project threatens sensitive cultural and environmental resources.
https://www.planetizen.com/news/2024/12/133446-washington-tribes-oppose-wind-project

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Border czar Tom Homan says children of illegal immigrants could be put in halfway homes
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5056599-trump-border-czar-tom-homan-family-detention-centers-immigration/

Exclusive-Guatemala open to accepting Trump’s Central American deportees, sources say
https://www.aol.com/news/guatemala-open-accepting-trumps-central-181257128.html

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Washington, D.C., removed Yusuf Abdi Ali, 71, a citizen of Somalia, from the United States to Somalia Dec. 20.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-washington-dc-removes-high-ranking-somali-national-convicted-human-rights

Legal immigration must be cut too
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-campaign-legal-immigration-policies-dfc09979

Mexico to open shelters to house 12,000+ citizens deported in Trump’s illegal immigrant crackdown
https://www.aol.com/mexico-open-shelters-house-12-221108678.html

Musk influence sparks fresh talk in Congress on high-skilled immigrants
https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/27/musk-and-ramaswamy-defend-foreign-worker-visas/

Blaine Sector Border Patrol agents seize more than $1.1 million worth of cocaine
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/blaine-sector-border-patrol-agents-seize-more-11-million-worth-cocaine

Trump’s Border Czar Vows to Resurrect One of His Worst Policies. In a new interview, Tom Homan explains how he’ll implement Donald Trump’s draconian crackdown on immigration.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-border-czar-says-the-admin-will-bring-back-migrant-family-detention/

Utah taking targeted approach on illegal immigration, Venezuelan prison gang violence
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_9134dcce-c460-11ef-946f-6bdff154af80.html

# Business / Industry / Corporations
With Trump’s Return, Combating Corporate News Disinformation Is More Urgent Than Ever. Instead of top-down regulation, we need bottom-up scrutiny of mis- and disinformation based on critical media literacy.
https://truthout.org/articles/with-trumps-return-combating-corporate-news-disinfo-is-more-urgent-than-ever/

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Venezuelan prison gang crime increasing in Florida. A violent Venezuelan prison gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), has expanded its criminal operations into Florida, according to multiple reports.
https://www.newsbug.info/news/nation/venezuelan-prison-gang-crime-increasing-in-florida/article_d8e9374d-b6b8-5c2f-aad5-d647954c5356.html

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides
New study finds Smartwatch wristbands contain high levels of PFAS. Researchers found elevated level of PFAS in mostly fluorinated synthetic rubber wristbands.
https://www.acs.org/pressroom/presspacs/2024/december/elevated-levels-of-forever-chemicals-found-in-several-smartwatch-wrist-bands.html

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE doubles down on eliminating the government agency that’s cracking down on overdraft fees
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-crowd-maga-loyalists-messy-121521222.html

DOGE prepares to cut government spending
https://www.aol.com/doge-prepares-cut-government-spending-212105122.html

Trump’s DOGE Guy Sparks MAGA Civil War With Slam on American Culture
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/26/maga-civil-war-ramaswamy-musk-loomer-cernovich

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
21 Ways US-Mexico Tariff Wars Could Make Prices Even More Expensive
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/23/nx-s1-5214649/avocados-tariffs-mexico-trump-organic

Trump’s Tariffs Would Raise Prices, Harm U.S. Workers, and Make It Harder To Solve Global Problems
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/trumps-tariffs-would-raise-prices-harm-u-s-workers-and-make-it-harder-to-solve-global-problems/

9 States That Will Tax Social Security Benefits in 2025
https://knewz.com/world/28-enslaved-bodies-found-at-former-american-presidents-property-archeologists-find-piece-of-history-that-was-missing/

Republicans Quietly Axed IRS Funding Amid Government Shutdown Chaos. As Congress fought over the spending bill, Republicans snuck in a passage to gut funding for the IRS. And Democrats didn’t catch it
https://news.yahoo.com/news/republicans-quietly-axed-irs-funding-174424140.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
“Dire shortage”: Elon Musk sparks MAGA backlash after calling for more immigrant workers. The Tesla CEO argues the U.S. needs to court top talent after financing the loudest anti-immigration run in decades
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/26/dire-shortage-elon-musk-sparks-maga-backlash-after-calling-for-more-workers/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Federal government approves 20-year mining ban in part of SD’s Black Hills
https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-government-approves-20-mining-193138220.html

New Mexico Lawmakers to Decide Whether Oil and Gas Wastewater Could Be Reused on Wide Scale. If new rules are approved, treated “produced water” could be used for agriculture, growing trees and manufacturing.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27122024/new-mexico-oil-gas-produced-water-reuse/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA
Brunhes–Matuyama Reversal: When Earth’s Magnetic Field Flips
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3731567110217-brunhesmatuyama-reversal-when-earths-magnetic-field-flips?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzUyNjEzMTQ5MjA%3D

Characteristics of the Matuyama-Brunhes Magnetic Field Reversal Based on a Global Data Compilation
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022JB025286

Our imperiled public lands: President-elect Trump, a Republican-dominated Congress and Utah launch an all-out assault on environmental protection.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/our-imperiled-public-lands/?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2024-12-27-Newsletter

A new administration will set environmental and energy policies that will affect millions of acres in Utah.
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/with-trump-back-in-the-white-house-what-will-happen-with-utah-public-lands/

# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
Agribusiness triumphs over public health in GMO corn trade dispute. Mexico is not allowed to ban U.S.-grown genetically modified corn sprayed with glyphosate from use in its tortillas under the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA), a panel of arbitrators ruled Dec. 20.
https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2024/12/us-wins-gmo-corn-dispute-with-mexico/

# General News
Elon Musk Endorses Post Suggesting Americans Are Too ‘Retarded’ To Do Skilled Jobs
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/elon-musk-endorses-post-suggesting-americans-are-too-retarded-to-do-skilled-jobs/

‘None of this makes any sense’: CNN guest stumped by new wave of Trump attacks
https://www.alternet.org/trump-chaos-2670688914/

Airport with runway straddling the border of the U.S. and Canada will close
https://www.northernnewsnow.com/video/2024/12/27/airport-with-runway-straddling-border-us-canada-will-close/

How China Made Elon Musk’s Celebrity Mom Its ‘Secret Weapon’: The 76-year-old is part of a trend of ‘silver influencers’ whose success in the face of adversity resonates strongly. Could she be Elon’s secret weapon in China?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/25/the-rise-and-rise-of-maye-musk-chinas-love-affair-with-elon-musks-mother

From Big Pharma to Wall Street, Corporate Giants Bankroll Trump’s Inauguration. Uber, Amazon and Ford are reportedly among the companies that have pledged to give $1 million to the 2025 inauguration.
https://truthout.org/articles/from-big-pharma-to-wall-street-corporate-giants-bankroll-trumps-inauguration/

# Gov / Politics
‘I’m done’: Dem strategist and DNC fundraiser abandons party
https://www.rawstory.com/democratic-party-2670686614/

“Please take care of us”: Low-income Trump voters worry he’ll cut benefits they rely on
https://www.yahoo.com/news/please-care-us-low-income-171716619.html

Elon Musk’s Biggest Fans Turn Against Him Over Immigration
https://newrepublic.com/post/189664/elon-musk-maga-immigration

Former FBI, CIA Head Flags ‘Serious Concerns’ With Trump Cabinet Picks. William Webster, the only person to direct both agencies, urged lawmakers to weigh the “critical importance of nonpartisan leadership and experience.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/william-webster-cia-fbi-trump-kash-patel-tulsi-gabbard_n_676e8148e4b04b4c2e25aba6

GOP lawmakers ready to buck Trump after telling him to ‘take a flying leap’
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/william-webster-cia-fbi-trump-kash-patel-tulsi-gabbard_n_676e8148e4b04b4c2e25aba6

Congress has the power to block Trump from taking office, but lawmakers must act now
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5055171-constitution-insurrection-trump-disqualification/

Republicans Quietly Axed IRS Funding Amid Government Shutdown Chaos. As Congress fought over the spending bill, Republicans snuck in a passage to gut funding for the IRS. And Democrats didn’t catch it.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189672/republicans-cut-irs-funding-government-shutdown

Senators’ credibility to be judged alongside Trump’s cabinet picks
https://thefulcrum.us/ethics-leadership/trump-s-cabinet

Trump suggests Panama Canal be returned to US control, says US owning Greenland ‘absolute necessity’
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/23/trump-buying-greenland-us-ownership-plan

Trump Wants to Bring Back the American Imperium. Don’t worry, the president-elect’s plans to seize Greenland and the Panama Canal aren’t serious. But they sure are weird.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2024/12/24/trump_wants_to_bring_back_the_american_imperium_637965.html

MAGA in Total Mayhem as Laura Loomer Goes to War With Elon Musk. Elon Musk has managed to piss off one of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/maga-total-mayhem-laura-loomer-214928827.html

MAGA civil war breaks out over American “mediocrity” culture
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/26/maga-civil-war-ramaswamy-musk-loomer-cernovich

# Gov / Politics / Global
Panama’s President Trashes Trump’s “Nonsense” Lies About Canal. Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino forcefully rejected Trump’s latest claims about the Panama Canal.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189685/panama-president-react-trump-nonsense-lies-canal

Canadian Businessman Kevin O’Leary Proposes ‘Erasing The Border’ Between US, Canada To Combat China. Kevin O’Leary proposed on Thursday that the United States and Canada eliminate the border between them to form a united front against China and Russia.
https://www.aol.com/shark-tank-star-kevin-o-044003844.html

# Medical / Health News.
Is Your Doctor Dismissing Your Symptoms? Here’s How to Deal with Medical Gaslighting. If you feel like your doctor is dismissing your health concerns, you may be experiencing medical gaslighting.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/what-to-do-about-medical-gaslighting

# Medical / Health News / Global
Former Chinese Official Sounds Alarm Over CCP’s Forced Organ Harvesting. A former Chinese official is sounding the alarm over communist regime’s forced organ harvesting based on his experience. “They have an organizational system, with doctors and everything This is large-scale organ harvesting from living people.”
https://amac.us/newsline/society/former-chinese-official-sounds-alarm-over-ccps-forced-organ-harvesting/

# Military / DOD / Militia
Plan to build houses on contaminated airfield stalls as Texas city’s fight with the Navy continues
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/12/24/plan-to-put-houses-on-former-airfield-stalls-as-citys-fight-with-navy-continues/#:~:text=A%20plan%20to%20turn%20a,southern%20half%20of%20the%20city

This Army unit is the first to field new company and battalion drones: The 317th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, out of Fort Drum, New York, employed the Skydio and GhostX systems during training operations at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, according to an Army release.
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2024/12/26/this-army-unit-is-the-first-to-field-new-company-and-battalion-drones/

# Military / Global / General News
Azerbaijan Airlines plane was downed by Russian air defenses
https://nypost.com/2024/12/26/world-news/azerbaijan-airlines-flight-was-downed-by-russian-air-defence-system-four-sources-say/

China Revealed Two New Stealth Fighter Designs In One Momentous Day
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2024/12/chinas-unveils-two-new-stealth-fighters-in-one-day-or-maybe-a-stealth-bomber/

Finland detained an oil tanker it says was part of Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ helping fund its war in Ukraine
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/27/did-a-russian-shadow-ship-cut-the-finland-estonia-undersea-baltic-cable

Israel shifts military focus to Houthis. After Hundreds of Missiles Fired at Israel, PM Says Yemeni Rebels Will Meet Same Fate as Hamas and Hezbollah
https://www.meforum.org/mef-online/israel-shifts-focus-to-houthis-but-it-needs-partners-to-defeat-distant-foe

# Other Interesting Things
‘World’s oldest pyramid’ built 25,000 years ago was not made by humans, archaeologists claim
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3370680984789-world-s-oldest-pyramid-built-25-000-years-ago-was-not-made-by-humans-archaeologists-claim

28 Enslaved Bodies Found at Former American President’s Property, Archeologists Find “Piece of History That Was Missing”
https://knewz.com/world/28-enslaved-bodies-found-at-former-american-presidents-property-archeologists-find-piece-of-history-that-was-missing/

Archeologists Discover 31,000-Year-Old Burial From Old Stone Age, Holds World’s Oldest Known Identical Twins
https://www.livescience.com/oldest-twin-burial-on-record.html

2,000-Year-Old Roman Era Clifftop Beach House With 360-Degree Island View Discovered, Used for Strategic Military Purposes
https://knewz.com/world/2-000-year-old-roman-era-clifftop-beach-house-with-360-degree-island-view-discovered-used-for-strategic-military-purposes/

# Pharmaceuticals
How Big Pharma Is Wrecking the Inflation Reduction Act
https://phrma.org/en/Inflation-Reduction-Act

Ibuprofen Linked to Gut Damage: What to Take Instead. Studies have linked non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen, naproxen and aspirin, to serious health effects.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/12/09/ibuprofen-risks-side-effects-nsaids/

# Science
Scientists Sound Alarm: “Mirror Life” Microbes Pose Catastrophic Risk to Humanity
https://www.newsbreak.com/money-talks-news-2283881/3729394316967-scientists-sound-alarm-mirror-life-microbes-pose-catastrophic-risk-to-humanity

Sunlight Can Split Water Directly Into Hydrogen For The Fuel Of The Future
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a63137651/green-hydrogen-sunlight/

# Social
Cities Across the U.S. Banned Homelessness After Supreme Court Ruling. With homelessness on the rise, dozens of cities have banned people from sleeping outside, thanks to a ruling by conservatives on the Supreme Court
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/supreme-court-homeless-camping-ban-1235218385/

Surviving on $1,800 a month in Social Security, she died looking for a place to live
https://capitalandmain.com/surviving-on-1800-a-month-in-social-security-she-died-looking-for-a-place-to-live

# Space / Solar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
History-making NASA probe flies closer to the sun than ever before — and breaks speed record
https://www.space.com/the-universe/sun/nasas-parker-solar-probe-phones-home-after-surviving-historic-close-sun-flyby

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft is making you pay to use Windows 10 securely after 2025. Here’s how much it’ll cost you. Windows 10 end of support is coming in October 2025, and consumers will only be able to buy an extra year of security updates.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/31/24284398/microsoft-windows-10-extended-security-updates-consumer-pricing

Scientists Want to Teleport a Whole Human. A Quantum Breakthrough Could Make It Reality.
There’s just one catch: every atom in your body would be fully disassembled to the quantum level, effectively leaving your original body totally destroyed.
https://www.newsbreak.com/earth-com-2402525/3731246687007-impossible-success-quantum-teleportation-on-the-internet-is-set-to-change-the-world

What Is Quantum Teleportation? The Science Behind It. Quantum teleportation, a phenomenon that enables the transfer of quantum information from one particle to another without physical transport
https://quantumzeitgeist.com/what-is-quantum-teleportation-the-science-behind-it/

An AI system has reached human level on a test for ‘general intelligence’. Here’s what that means
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/an-ai-system-has-reached-human-level-on-a-test-for-general-intelligence-heres-what-that-means/articleshow/116667162.cms?from=mdr

Chinese humanoid robot is the ‘fastest in the world’ thanks to its trusty pair of sneakers
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3638255589295-chinese-humanoid-robot-is-the-fastest-in-the-world-thanks-to-its-trusty-pair-of-sneakers

How the Silicon Valley Robber Barons’ New Tech Bubble Won 2024. The two major techbro obsessions, crypto and AI, have delivered mostly scams and hype. But this year, they managed to buy themselves a federal government.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189541/tech-bubble-trump-crypto-ai

US launches probe into Chinese semiconductor industry. Investigation comes just weeks before Biden administration hands over to president-elect Donald Trump
https://www.ft.com/content/072d391c-93af-40c6-b020-a4a36d31d4c8

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Undocumented immigrants pay more than their fair share of taxes. We should’n’t lose sight of one of the many ways these community members contribute to federal, state and local economies: through their tax dollars. Much like their neighbors, undocumented immigrants pay sales and excise taxes on goods and services such as groceries, gas and utilities.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5055305-undocumented-immigrants-pay-more-than-their-fair-share-of-taxes/

Trump faces roadblocks to ambitious border crackdown
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5051636-trump-immigration-crackdown-southern-border-mass-deportation/

Texas man charged with smuggling 100 migrants in locked trailer
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/texas-man-charged-with-smuggling-100-migrants-in-locked-trailer/

# Business / Industry / Corporations
CTA may require business owners to register with FinCEN before Jan. 13
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/heres-know-corporate-transparency-act-232422686.html

Court Revives Corporate Transparency Act and Employers Have New January 13 Reporting Deadline: 3 Things Employers Need to Do
https://www.fisherphillips.com/en/news-insights/court-revives-corporate-transparency-act-january-13-reporting-deadline.html

Trump wants U.S. to retake Panama Canal
https://apnews.com/article/trump-panama-canal-turning-point-unity-97cba0d41f043dd9f156dc8355ee3f44

What a merger between Nissan and Honda means for the automakers and the industry
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/what-merger-between-nissan-honda-means-for-automakers-and-industry/articleshow/116604019.cms?from=mdr

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Mayorkas says child trafficking is outside DHS responsibility
https://san.com/cc/mayorkas-says-child-trafficking-is-outside-dhs-responsibility/

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking / Global
A Haiti gang attack on the reopening of a main hospital kills 2 reporters and a police officer
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/25/nx-s1-5239216/haiti-hospital-gang-attack

Chinese spies arrested in California; PRC operatives arrested in Guam during historic missile test
https://www.newsbug.info/news/nation/chinese-spies-arrested-in-california/article_490c810c-e68e-502d-8147-5da2b4553e61.html

# Children / Youth
Why More Parents Are Surrendering Custody of Their Children
https://www.g2.law/blog/2022/05/why-some-parents-voluntarily-relinquish-custody-rights/#:~:text=There%20are%20many%20reasons%20why,wishes%20to%20adopt%20the%20child.

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
‘Sup, DOGE! You should meet RIC, the Regulatory Improvement Commission. There is an ingenious and constitutionally bulletproof alternative to the highly subjective and legally dubious approach they propose, one that includes outside experts, the American public, and both Congress and the president. That would be a Regulatory Improvement Commission, or RIC. Regulations establish the rules of competition, ensure a level playing field, govern participants’ behavior, and protect consumers, public health and safety, private property and environmental resources.
https://thehill.com/opinion/5053021-doge-government-efficiency-regulation/

# Education / Schools
“Financial literacy is a mess.” Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary criticizes the lack of financial education in schools
https://www.soapcentral.com/shows/news-financial-literacy-mess-shark-tank-investor-kevin-o-leary-criticizes-lack-financial-education-schools

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
President Biden to decide on sale of U.S. Steel to Japanese company. A government review board was unable to reach a consensus in Nippon Steel’s planned $15 billion purchase of U.S. Steel and has referred the matter to President Biden, the two companies said on Monday night.
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/24/nippon-steel-us-biden-cfius

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Global
China banned sale of these minerals to the U.S. It matters to all of us
https://theconversation.com/china-has-banned-us-exports-of-key-minerals-for-computer-chips-leaving-washington-with-limited-options-246328

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA
Utah: We’re no longer asking Supreme Court to ‘dispose’ of public BLM land
https://capcity.news/community/outdoors-community/2024/12/24/utah-were-no-longer-asking-supreme-court-to-dispose-of-public-blm-land/

The Denali Fault is a strike-slip fault, a place where two chunks of continental crust slide past each other. There’s a massive fault hidden under America’s highest mountain. Today, the Denali Fault rips apart some of the North American plate.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/theres-a-massive-fault-hidden-under-americas-highest-mountain-and-we-finally-know-how-it-formed

Shocking changes were uncovered when scientists mapped Earth’s rivers over 35 years: New research shows that over the past 35 years, 44 percent of the largest downstream rivers have seen massive changes in the amount of water flowing through them annually. The cause of these rapid river changes? Fossil-fuel-driven climate change and human activity.
https://bgr.com/science/shocking-changes-were-uncovered-when-scientists-mapped-earths-rivers-over-35-years/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / Global
World’s largest iceberg breaks free from ocean cyclone. The icy slab covers about 1,418 square miles, which makes it bigger than Rhode Island.
https://scitechdaily.com/how-the-worlds-largest-iceberg-escaped-an-ocean-whirlpool/

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
These California farmers went for Trump. Now he could deport half their workers.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/12/california-farmers-trump-water-workers-00195839

# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering / Global
Mexico cattle imports halted after screwworm discovery. The parasitic fly lays about 500 eggs in any exposed flesh of warm-blooded animals, and is capable of killing an animal
https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/local/screwworm-discovery-in-mexico/503-e56d3291-fdc7-46c3-82bb-df16e3df25a6

# General News
Newly released photos show Hunter and Joe Biden with Chinese officials in 2013. Images take on added significance in light of the full pardon President Biden granted his son on Dec. 1.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/photos-show-joe-biden-meeting-son-hunters-business-partners-during-china-trip/

A year of Elon Musk’s private jet travels reveals his deepening political ties. The data helps reveal how extensively Musk has burrowed into Trumpworld and, alongside his coming advisory role to the new White House and millions of dollars in donations, provides another window into his growing political involvement.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musks-private-jet-travels-100002235.html

Greenland is a no, but what territories has the U.S. purchased? [Great history of the U.S.]
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/25/trump-buy-greenland-denmark-us-territories/77198293007/

The rise and rise of Maye Musk: China’s love affair with Elon Musk’s mother. The 76-year-old is part of a trend of ‘silver influencers’ whose success in the face of adversity resonates strongly. Could she be Elon’s secret weapon in China?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/25/the-rise-and-rise-of-maye-musk-chinas-love-affair-with-elon-musks-mother

Trump campaign won’t pay $49,000 in bills for Grand Rapids rallies
https://www.woodtv.com/news/target-8/trump-campaign-wont-pay-49000-in-bills-for-grand-rapids-rallies/

What if Trump Does Everything He’s Promised—and the People Don’t Care? The authors of the bestselling “How Democracies Die” talk with editor Michael Tomasky about what kind of mark four more years of Donald Trump might leave on this democracy.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189233/trump-2025-second-term-agenda-democracy

# Gov / Politics
President Biden signs 50 bills into law on Christmas Eve
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-president-biden-signs-50-bills-into-law-on-christmas-eve/3433546

‘Played for fools’: Expert sees ominous signs in Trump’s latest foreign policy rants
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-foreign-policy-2670664890/

Corporate interests commit millions to celebrate Trump’s inauguration
https://www.aol.com/corporate-interests-commit-millions-celebrate-110042203.html

Donald Trump makes blunt three-word claim about Elon Musk amid ‘presidency’ rumors
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-elon-musk-not-president-b2669185.html
Also: Trump Is Right, Elon Musk Can’t Be President. Here’s Why! The U.S. Constitution states that the president must be a natural-born citizen of the United States. Elon Musk was born in South Africa.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-musk-president/

Incoming Trump admin, Congress showdown looms with South Africa over support for Russia, US foes
https://www.foxnews.com/world/incoming-trump-admin-congress-showdown-looms-south-africa-over-support-russia-us-foes

The TV Stars, Billionaires, and Family Trump Has Picked to Run the Government. They include a wrestling magnate, a private space pioneer, a New York real estate developer, the heir to a small appliance empire, and the wealthiest man on the planet — with several being donors and close personal friends of the incoming president.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-tapped-unprecedented-13-billionaires-021222664.html

Liberal Lawyers Urge Longshot Nuclear Option To Stop Trump From Taking Office. Two liberal attorneys claimed Thursday that Congress can prevent President-elect Donald Trump from taking office.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/26/liberal-lawyers-longshot-nuclear-option-congress-stop-trump-taking-office/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Russia: It’s up to Trump team to make first move to improve ties
https://democraticunderground.com/100219851044

Denmark boosts Greenland defense spending after Trump’s call for US ownership of the key Arctic territory. Russia has already sought to claim territory up to Greenland’s Exclusive Economic Zone.
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/24/denmark-greenland-defense-spending-trump-us-control-comments

Hong Kong offers bounties for six more democrats in security squeeze
https://www.voanews.com/a/hong-kong-offers-bounties-for-six-more-democrats-in-security-squeeze/7912151.html

Japan FM raises ‘serious concerns’ over China military buildup
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1265517-japan-fm-raises-serious-concerns-over-china-military-buildup

UK prepares to stave off Musk’s power that he has flexed in US and Germany
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/elon-musk-europe-surging-far-right-rcna185145

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Maniac slashes 2 people at Grand Central subway station in separate attacks: sources
https://www.newsbreak.com/1010wins-560919/3730234352868-2-injured-in-christmas-eve-slashing-at-grand-central-subway-station-suspect-in-custody

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘No precedent’: Texas Attorney General shuts down MAGA host on revoking Biden’s pardons
https://www.rawstory.com/ken-paxton-biden-pardons/

# Medical / Health News
Biden administration withdraws birth control rules
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/24/birth-control-access-biden-plan

Abortion opponents shift focus to pills with lawsuits, proposed laws and possible federal action
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2024-12-23/abortion-opponents-shift-focus-to-pills-with-lawsuits-proposed-laws-and-possible-federal-action

Many women ‘unprepared’ for intensity of pain from chemical abortion, study finds. Abortion pills account for over 60% of all U.S. abortions
https://www.foxnews.com/media/many-women-unprepared-intensity-pain-from-chemical-abortion-study-finds

SC lawmakers to discuss what could be ‘toughest pro-life bill’ in US: One of the most controversial upcoming bills at the statehouse is the South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act, which would define abortion as homicide. If passed, the bill would allow the death penalty for abortions.
https://www.counton2.com/news/south-carolina-news/sc-lawmakers-to-discuss-what-could-be-toughest-pro-life-bill-in-us/

# Military / DOD / Militia
Trump wanted to turn the US military on American citizens while he was president. He has increaslngly said he would do so if he wins the White House in 2024.
https://theconversation.com/threatening-the-enemy-within-with-force-military-ethicists-explain-the-danger-to-important-american-traditions-241964

# Military / Global / General News
North Korea to send more troops to fight for Russia against Ukraine: South Korean intel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IApQnD78UIo

Kiev: Russian troops executing Ukrainian prisoners of war again, Ukrainian human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets posted on Telegram.
https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-pows-lubinets-executions/33249116.html

Solidarity Activists Are Raising Alarm Over Impending Turkish Attacks on Rojava. The Kurdish movement in North and East Syria is facing existential threats from Turkey following the fall of Assad.
https://truthout.org/articles/solidarity-activists-are-raising-alarm-over-impending-turkish-attacks-on-rojava/

Kurdish-led forces push back Turkish-backed Syrian rebels in a tense offensive
https://apnews.com/article/syria-kurds-turkey-sdf-manbij-kobani-84928d1755cc09c239fe00074291ff0f

Airstrikes target suspected Pakistani Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2024/12/25/afghanistan-pakistan-air-raids/1751735163108/

# Other Interesting Things
Revealing the secrets of Britain’s lost Atlantis: Archaeologists discover Stone Age artifacts under North Sea. Using special dredges, scientists have just brought to the surface 100 flint artifacts made by Stone Age humans between 15,000 and 8,000 years ago.8 hours ago
https://www.the-independent.com/news/science/archaeology/stone-age-uk-north-sea-artefacts-b2670049.html

# Social
Camping bans, penalties rise after Supreme Court ruling worsening homelessness, experts say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/camping-bans-penalties-rise-supreme-100043751.html

# Sports
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Donald Trump Is Poised to Pocket Billions in a Meme Stock Media Merger. The former president has kept his finances in the dark. But now he’s pressed for cash and Truth Social could be the answer.
https://deadline.com/2024/03/donald-trump-billion-shareholders-truth-social-media-merger-1235865854/

Stalled Kids Online Safety Act pits Speaker Mike Johnson against powerful Republicans
https://www.yahoo.com/news/analyis-stalled-kids-online-safety-110051956.html

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Global
Iran takes first steps toward easing its broad social media bans
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-24/iran-takes-first-steps-toward-easing-its-broad-social-media-bans

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December 24, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
A Native American Community Regains Its Rights to Land in a New Mexico National Preserve
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/local/article_f49e16bc-d1d8-5e1e-a637-b8c7639eaaa8.html

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
Rand Paul uncovers $15 million taxpayer-funded cat experiments
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/3268783/rand-paul-festivus-15-million-taxpayer-funded-cat-experiments/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Millions Could be Deported Immediately, New “Border Czar” Says
https://www.newsbreak.com/jack-beavers-1602412/3728147625206-millions-could-be-deported-immediately-new-border-czar-says

Guatemalan charged with murder for setting woman on fire on NYC subway, was in U.S. illegally. It is also not clear when Zapeta arrived in New York City, which has been a safe haven for illegal immigrants, but he was already staying at a Days Inn hotel in the city, which had been converted into a migrant shelter in April 2023.
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/woman-burnt-to-death-subway-nyc

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Walmart illegally opened bank accounts for over 1 million drivers, CFPB alleges: Walmart and Branch harvested more than $10 million in junk fees through Walmart’s Spark Driver program
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-sues-walmart-and-branch-messenger-for-illegally-opening-deposit-accounts-for-more-than-one-million-delivery-drivers/

Walmart Sued for Forcing Drivers to Pay Junk Fees to Get Paid: Consumer protection board sues Walmart and fintech firm over gig-worker driver pay access
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/cfpb-sues-walmart-fintech-firm-gig-worker-driver-payments-rcna185221

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
From Venezuela to Dallas to the Dakotas, gang members involved in ATM theft ring: Illegal border crossers from Venezuela with confirmed ties to the violent prison gang Tren de Aragua have been connected to an ATM theft ring in multiple states. The latest arrests occurred in North and South Dakota.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_922e34e4-c12d-11ef-a4a5-e341547bfd82.html

# Covid / Biologicals / Pandemics
Why Are We Giving Babies COVID-19 Vaccines That Don’t Work?
https://thevaccinereaction.org/2024/12/why-are-we-giving-babies-covid-19-vaccines-that-dont-work/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Embezzling Social Security to fund trickle-down economics & billionaire hobbies like SpaceX. Before approving another tax break for the ultra-rich or funding billionaire escapades like SpaceX, lawmakers need to repay the trillions borrowed from Social Security—a debt they’ve ignored for decades.
https://www.newsbreak.com/daymark-news-2229681/3728127790819-opinion-embezzling-social-security-to-fund-trickle-down-economics-billionaire-hobbies-like-spacex

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Global
Mexico Raises Textile-Related Tariffs By Up to 35%. The official publication states that the primary objective is to tackle the unfair competition affecting Mexico’s textile and apparel industry.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mexico-raises-textile-related-tariffs-213304658.html

# Education / Schools
U.S. House fails to reauthorize 20-year-old bipartisan bill to fund rural schools, communities
https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-house-fails-reauthorize-20-010739567.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
No Thanks! 19 Reasons Young People Are Choosing Not to Work. Young adults are disconnected from work and school due to long-term labor force trends
https://www.dallasfed.org/cd/communities/2023/2303

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Brian Kilmeade and RNC Chair Casually Talk of Spending $1.5 Trillion for Greenland To Get Its Minerals: ‘It Probably Will Pay Off’
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/brian-kilmeade-and-rnc-chair-casually-talk-of-spending-1-5-trillion-for-greenland-to-get-its-minerals-it-probably-will-pay-off/

# EPA /Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
E.P.A. head Michael Regan stepping down before Biden’s term ends: “Together, we confronted climate change with the urgency science demands. We set the strongest standards in history and put billions of dollars to work to spur clean energy development, create good-paying American jobs and lower costs for families.” — Michael Regan, outgoing E.P.A. administrator
https://www.ehn.org/e-p-a-head-michael-regan-stepping-down-before-bidens-term-ends-2670664881.html

Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano is erupting, sending hazardous gases billowing, “This one came on really fast,” Ken Hon of the USGS said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hawaii-k-lauea-volcano-erupting-122049741.html

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / Global
Strange behavior from Earth’s magnetic north pole days before Christmas baffles scientists. For the first time in recorded history, the pole has dramatically changed its speed – a shift that could affect everything from smartphone GPS to Santa’s delivery route.
https://studyfinds.org/magnetic-north-pole-moving/#:~:text=For%20the%20first%20time%20in,GPS%20to%20Santa’s%20delivery%20route

# Foods / Things that impact your health
The Lemon and Salt Trick: A Simple Way to Enhance Your Living Space
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3727837868065-the-lemon-and-salt-trick-a-simple-way-to-enhance-your-living-space

# General Recalls / Alerts
Tesla, Kia, Jeep among more than 700,000 vehicles recalled
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hyundai-kia-honda-fisker-jeep-103144310.html

# General News
Trump is vowing to change the name of Denali back to Mount McKinley. It’s been an issue in Alaska for generations. In a speech Sunday night, President-Elect Donald Trump says he plans to weigh in on the name of America’s tallest mountain.
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/12/23/trump-vows-restore-mt-mckinley-name-alaskas-tallest-peak/

Alaskan’s react to President-Elect Trump’s proposal to change the name of Denali
https://www.youralaskalink.com/homepage/alaskans-react-to-trumps-pledge-to-rename-denali-back-to-mount-mckinley/article_14b3fbb8-c194-11ef-ab76-e7e739e696e6.html

A Quick Reminder on the Trump Organization’s Tax Evasion in Panama. Donald Trump’s new threat against Panama should come with a reminder about how his family organization operated in the country.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189654/trump-organization-tax-evasion-panama

Elon Musk Is a Paid Subscriber to Shockingly Racist Pro-Apartheid South African X Account
https://www.mediaite.com/news/elon-musk-is-a-paid-subscriber-to-shockingly-racist-pro-apartheid-south-african-x-account/

Fact Check: Elon Musk Said the AfD Can ‘Save Germany.’ Here’s What We Know About the Political Party
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-said-afd-save-184900407.html

# Gov / Politics
US Government officials urged to lock down devices amid telecoms breach: CISA has urged ‘highly targeted’ individuals in the US Government or in senior political positions to immediately review and implement strict security measures with their mobile devices.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/us-government-officials-urged-to-lock-down-devices-amid-telecoms-breach#:~:text=CISA%20has%20urged%20’highly%20targeted,measures%20with%20their%20mobile%20devices

Anthony Scaramucci Says Musk Is in ‘A Perilous Situation’ With Trump, Who ‘Doesn’t Like’ All the Attention Tesla CEO Gets
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/anthony-scaramucci-says-musk-is-in-a-perilous-situation-with-trump-who-doesnt-like-all-the-attention-tesla-ceo-gets/

House Republican Tells CBS: ‘It Feels Like Elon Musk is Our Prime Minister’
https://www.newsweek.com/tony-gonzales-elon-musk-feels-our-prime-minister-2004828

Republican Senator Backs Trump’s Rhetoric About Seizing Panama Canal: The U.S. built the canal in the early 20th century and gave Panama some control over the passage in 1977 before ceding it fully in 1999.
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/republican-senator-backs-trumps-rhetoric-about-seizing-panama-canal-the-american-people-gave-president-trump-a-mandate/
See also: Panama Canal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal

‘Never mentioned it once!’ Dem says Trump demand came after ‘someone wrote him a check’. Trump suggested the United States should reclaim the Panama Canal, citing exorbitant fees for access and an increasing Chinese presence in the waterway.
https://www.rawstory.com/panama-canal-trump/

Who owns the Panama Canal and what does Trump want with it? US president-elect has threatened to retake canal over ‘exorbitant’ rates but Panama’s president rejects his claims
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/23/panama-canal-donald-trump-us-explainer

Scaramucci advises Musk to ‘stick to business’ because ‘these people can hurt you.’ “He’s just got to be very, very careful because he’s making enemies that he doesn‘t realize,” Scaramucci said
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5054743-scaramucci-advises-musk-stick-to-business-because-these-people-can-hurt-you/

Sen. Collins reacts to Social Security Fairness Act bill passage
https://www.iaff.org/news/what-theyre-saying-lawmakers-react-to-passage-of-social-security-fairness-act/

Trump Pick for State Dept Post ‘Espoused White Nationalist and Islamophobic Views’
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-white-nationalism

# Gov / Politics / Global
Russian TV’s Hypersonic Missile Threat to US: ‘Nothing Will Protect Them’: Solovyov’s statement regarding the Oreshnik’s power is significant as it is increasing already-high tensions with the U.S. and Europe.
https://www.newsweek.com/russian-tv-hypersonic-missile-threat-us-nothing-will-protect-them-2005600

China says US ‘playing with fire’ after latest military aid for Taiwan. The Chinese government continues to claim Taiwan as its territory and says it must come under its control.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/22/china-says-us-playing-with-fire-by-giving-taiwan-more-military-aid

# Medical / Health News
Francis Ford Coppola, who survived polio, has harsh words for vaccine detractors
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/12/23/francis-ford-coppola-polio-vaccine/77170876007/

Medicare Plans and Cancer Treatment: Understanding the Financial and Care Implications
https://www.ncoa.org/article/what-does-medicare-cover-for-cancer/

# Military / Global / General News
Philippines says it will buy U.S. Typhon missile system, angering China. China slams move, warning that Philippines risks ‘arms race’ amid increased militarisation of South China Sea.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/23/philippines-angers-china-with-plans-to-buy-us-typhon-missile-system

The UK successfully tested its new radio-wave weapon that kills drones from 1,000 yards at $0.13 a pop
https://defensescoop.com/2024/12/23/british-troops-test-drone-zapper-radio-frequency-directed-energy-weapon-rfdew/

Vladimir Putin military crisis as Ukrainian drones strike ‘strategic’ base
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-largest-military-range-ukraine-drone-strike-2005269

Dual-Capable Missiles Could Give China an Edge in Nuclear War Against US
https://www.newsweek.com/dual-capable-missiles-could-give-china-news-edge-nuclear-war-against-us-2005518

# NATO
Nato cannot defend Europe from Russia without the US, warns alliance’s frontline leaders
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/nato-russia-trump-ukraine-peace-defence-spending-b2667012.html

# Science
‘Radical departure from known life’: Scientists warn of ‘mirror life’: Mirror life is the synthetic creation of life using molecules.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/science/scientists-warn-of-mirror-life-creation/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Global
Shanghai’s First Humanoid Robot Factory Begins Mass Production
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCAr-_g88nI

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December 23, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
No more welfare for illegal immigrants. Until the parole loophole exploited by President Biden can be closed, Congress should make clear that those in the country illegally may not live on welfare.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3266555/no-more-welfare-for-illegal-immigrants/

Oklahoma to deport detained immigrants illegally in US
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ojt4VBjFFo

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Netflix Boss Ted Sarandos Bends the Knee to Trump With Mar-a-Lago Visit. The high-profile Democratic donor is just one of many business leaders to meet with the president-elect recently.
https://deadline.com/2024/12/ted-sarandos-donald-trump-meeting-1236205157/

‘What choice do they have?’: CEOs rush to bend the knee to Donald Trump From Silicon Valley to Wall Street, even corporate opponents have been bending over backwards to meet the U.S. president-elect
https://financialpost.com/financial-times/americas-ceos-bend-donald-trump

# Cartels /  Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Historic Border Seizure: Unprecedented Blow to The Mexican Cartels. As the dust settles on this massive operation, questions arise about its timing, impact, and the future of the ongoing war against drug trafficking.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3723260315768-us-border-historic-seizure-creates-unprecedented-blow-to-mexican-cartels

Violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua terrorizing Americans in at least 19 states. The gang has reportedly established a presence in Virginia, Montana, Wyoming, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin
https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/venezuelan-gang-tren-de-aragua-16-states-report/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Musk and Ramaswamy to confront Congress in struggle for control of the public purse
https://www.alternet.org/musk-and-ramaswamy-to-confront-congress-in-struggle-for-control-of-the-public-purse/

We’re Already Seeing Signs That Trump Is Tanking the Economy
https://newrepublic.com/article/189632/trump-stock-market-economy-tanking

Trump’s Appointee for Social Security Raises Fears of Austerity and Cuts. The Social Security Administration’s incoming head is a Wall Street insider who may help the right slash benefits.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-appointee-for-social-security-raises-fears-of-austerity-and-cuts/

Social Security on the Brink: The Looming Crisis That Could Slash Your Retirement
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-politicians-1776832/3726724725555-social-security-on-the-brink-the-looming-crisis-that-could-slash-your-retirement

The Future Financial Status of the Social Security Program. The concepts of solvency, sustainability, and budget impact are common in discussions of Social Security, but are not well understood.
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v70n3/v70n3p111.html

Congress approves changes to Social Security that expand benefits for some public sector workerincluding police officers, firefighters, postal workers and public-school teachers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/21/congress-change-social-security-teachers-firefighters/77116060007/

Dave Ramsey warns Americans on a Social Security growing problem. The personal finance bestselling author explains why the retirement program’s math makes people nervous.
https://www.thestreet.com/retirement/dave-ramsey-warns-americans-on-a-social-security-growing-problem

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Oil and gas firms operating in Colorado falsified environmental impact reports. State’s energy and carbon management commission said fraudulent pollution data was reported for at least 344 wells
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/20/colorado-oil-gas-false-environmental-impact-reports

Uranium mining revival portends nuclear renaissance in Texas and beyond. State leaders want nuclear reactors to provide consistent, low-carbon power to large industrial facilities. But in South Texas, locals worry what a uranium boom means for their groundwater.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01122024/texas-uranium-mining-nuclear-renaissance/

Trump’s cabinet picks with ties to the fossil fuel industry and what their selection could mean for climate policy.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19112024/todays-climate-trump-staff-choices-fossil-fuels/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Biden’s Lasting Legacy Is Making the World a More Dangerous Place. The president’s last-minute climate announcement doesn’t overshadow the troubling practical tools he’s putting in the hands of his successor.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189619/biden-ai-climate-data-center

# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Brooke Rollins will spearhead the effort to protect American Farmers, who are truly the backbone of our Country,” the US president-elect said in a statement.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/23/trump-picks-brooke-rollins-agriculture

# Gov / Politics
‘The United States Canal!’ Trump Trolls With AI Image After Panama President Says Control ‘Not Negotiable’
https://www.mediaite.com/news/the-united-states-canal-trump-trolls-with-ai-image-after-panama-president-says-control-not-negotiable/

‘Not Negotiable!’ Panama President Responds to Trump Threat to Seize Panama Canal: ‘Every Square Meter’ Is Ours
https://www.mediaite.com/news/not-negotiable-panama-president-responds-to-trump-threat-to-seize-panama-canal-every-square-meter-is-ours/

‘We’ll see about that!’ Trump issues vague threat to President of Panama after statement
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-vague-panama-threat/

Trump Says U.S. Should Take Ownership Of Greenland And Threatens To Takeover Panama Canal
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-says-us-should-take-over-greenland-after-panama-canal-2024-12

US to announce final package of new arms for Ukraine in coming days
https://san.com/cc/biden-admin-to-announce-final-ukraine-military-aid-package-worth-1-2b-report/

“For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189641/greenland-reaction-trump-threat

# Gov / Politics / Global
Greenland Hits Back After Trump’s Dangerous, Asinine Threat. Greenland’s prime minister has some choice words for Donald Trump.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/greenland-hits-back-trump-dangerous-153931915.html

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
New York Gov. Hochul orders prison staffers involved in inmate’s deadly beating to be fired.  “But we have no tolerance for individuals who cross the line, break the law and engage in unnecessary violence or targeted abuse.”
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-independent-517119/3726098714227-new-york-s-governor-orders-firing-of-prison-staffers-involved-in-inmate-s-fatal-beating

Louisiana’s prison system routinely holds people weeks and months after they have completed their sentences, DOJ lawsuit claims.
https://www.chronicleonline.com/news/national/louisiana-often-holds-inmates-past-their-release-date-doj-lawsuit-claims/article_d6f57e1b-cc33-551f-ae34-8a219b36df3d.html

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
New Report From Senate Democrats Accuses Supreme Court Justices Of ‘Ethical Crisis’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5052145-senate-democrats-condemn-supreme-court-ethics-in-new-report/

# Medical / Health News
RFK Jr. should not be confirmed as HHS secretary. “Efforts to undermine confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed, they’re dangerous,” Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), a polio survivor, declared earlier this month.
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5051344-rfk-jr-is-not-telling-the-truth-about-vaccines/

RFK Jr. may soon become health secretary, but Louisiana and other states are already passing anti-vaccine laws
https://thebulletin.org/2024/12/rfk-jr-may-become-health-secretary-next-year-but-louisiana-and-other-states-are-already-making-an-anti-vaccine-agenda-law/

Nursing has become a new frontier for gig work — and it’s coming with some of the same challenges that delivery and rideshare contractors have already pointed to, according to a new report.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/career/nursing-has-become-a-new-frontier-for-gig-work-and-it-s-creating-the-same-issues-that-uber-drivers-face/ar-AA1wgQYU

# Medical Bio-Engineering / Bio-Science
Stem cell hope on the horizon for preterm babies. cientists at Monash Children’s Hospital have successfully collected and reinfused umbilical cord blood cells in extremely premature babies, offering a glimmer of hope for preventing brain injuries.
https://cosmosmagazine.com/health/stem-cell-hope-for-preterm-babies/?utm_source=Cosmos+Master&utm_campaign=d7b41840e6-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6828fba71f-d7b41840e6-181426858&mc_cid=d7b41840e6&mc_eid=e5e84adac5

# Military / Global / General News
Dramatic moment fireballs are seen flying across the sky as ‘Chinese satellites enter atmosphere over Arkansas’
https://www.newsweek.com/videos-show-dramatic-fireball-over-us-satellite-reenters-atmosphere-2004820

Earlier this year, North Korea and Russia signed a mutual defense pact saying that if one country is attacked, the other will come to its aid. As early as October, North Korean soldiers began traveling to Russia to be trained.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/asia/north-korea-russia-military-deal.html

Russian commanders resist Putin’s orders — refuse to send troops across Dnipro River. The Russian military is building up its forces on the left bank of the Dnipro river, as it prepares to force a crossing, but commanders are reportedly refusing to send their troops to join a planned offensive
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/russian-commanders-resist-putins-orders-34361017

Putin’s chilling seven-word warning to Ukraine after city targeted in drone strike Vladimir Putin has issued a chilling warning to Ukraine after a drone strike on the Russian city of Kazan, as the Kremlin confirmed it had launched its third day of strikes on Ukraine
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/putin-warning-ukraine-response-zelensky-34363040

# Social
Trump’s Pick to Lead Federal Housing Agency Has Opposed Efforts to Aid the Poor. As HUD secretary, Scott Turner would oversee billions in housing aid, but as a Texas state legislator he voted against protections for poor tenants and has called government assistance “one of the most destructive things for the family.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/scott-turner-hud-nominee-trump-public-housing-texas

Woman Arrested While Trying To Reclaim Her Home From Squatter: A Georgia homeowner found herself handcuffed and placed behind bars for attempting to move back into her own home.
https://www.boredpanda.com/georgia-homeowner-arrested-trying-to-move-back-into-house-inhabited-by-squatter/

# SpaceX
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Faces Federal Scrutiny Over Security Breaches
https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/musk-spacex-federal-scrutiny-national-security-124121800301_1.html

# Transportation / Travel / Global
Despite warning, cruise lines visit ‘violent’ Caribbean port
https://www.thestreet.com/travel/why-cruise-lines-visit-roatan-despite-serious-travel-warning

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Border crime in Texas linked to child trafficking in Houston area. As the largest city closest to the border and a gateway hub for human and drug trafficking and crime linked to cartel and gang violence, Houston has been ground zero for some time for law enforcement dedicated to stopping it and saving victims.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_b8511140-bef9-11ef-8cb2-271b773600a1.html?a&seyid=40920

Labor force participation among US-born American men has plunged amid soaring immigration: analysis
https://nypost.com/2024/12/11/us-news/us-immigration-surge-under-biden-administration-is-biggest-in-us-history/

State immigration advocates plot strategy for Trump’s deportation plans
https://www.news-journal.com/state-immigration-advocates-plot-strategy-for-trump-s-deportation-plans/article_d8f140e4-0972-543c-af55-77e4f1d60f3e.html

# Business / Industry / Corporations
U.S. Party Store going out of business after 40 years. Party City will close 850 stores in North America.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91251460/party-city-going-out-of-business-all-locations-stores-closing

Amazon says it doesn’t recognize union and refuses to negotiate with them
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/amazon-says-it-doesn-t-recognize-union-and-refuses-to-negotiate-with-them/vi-AA1wfviM

Low-income Americans are struggling. It could get worse
https://keyt.com/news/money-and-business/cnn-business-consumer/2024/12/21/low-income-americans-are-struggling-it-could-get-worse/

# Cartels /  Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Colorado Tren de Aragua apartment complex is turned into torture hub by migrants. Tren de Aragua goons brutalized a couple at the Edge of Lowry complex in Aurora early Tuesday, police said, despite claims the besieged building had been cleaned-up.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/us-border-crisis/article-14202543/aurora-colorado-tren-aragua-complex-migrant-gangsters-victims.html

# Covid / Biologicals / Pandemics
Confirmations of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Commercial and Backyard Flocks. APHIS confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial flock in the United States on February 8, 2022.
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/commercial-backyard-flocks

Detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Mammals. There are many species that are potentially susceptible to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). In addition to birds and poultry, H5N1 viruses have been detected in some mammals (see list below). Infection may cause illness, including severe disease and death in some cases.
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/mammals?utm_campaign=govdelivery-email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

H5 Bird Flu: Current Situation. What to know: H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and U.S. dairy cows with several recent human cases in U.S. dairy and poultry workers. While the current public health risk is low, CDC is watching the situation carefully and working with states to monitor people with animal exposures. CDC is using its flu surveillance systems to monitor for H5 bird flu activity in people.
https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/situation-summary/index.html?utm_campaign=govdelivery-email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

Maps Show Where Mask Mandates Are Returning Across US
https://www.newsweek.com/maps-mask-mandates-returning-new-york-jersey-california-2004297

What an infectious disease doctor has to say about the bird flu. He said he agrees with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidance that the public health risk for bird flu is low.
https://www.ksby.com/health/bird-flu/what-an-infectious-disease-doctor-has-to-say-about-the-bird-flu#:~:text=virus%20are%20growing.-,Dr.,health%20safety%20before%20the%20holidays.&text=He%20said%20he%20agrees%20with,for%20bird%20flu%20is%20low

U.S. Partnered With China on Project Involving 500,000 Viruses That Could Pose Biosecurity Risks
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/us-partnered-china-project-500000-viruses-biosecurity-risks-rtk/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20241220

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Republican Spending Bill Proposal Is Amazing for China, and for Musk
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-china-continuing-resolution-budget-deal-proposal-2004103

The True Dangers of Trump’s Economic Plans. His Radical Agenda Would Wreak Havoc on American Businesses, Workers, and Consumers
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/true-dangers-trump-presidency-economic-plans#

# Foods / Things that impact your health
Chemical Overload: 20 Grocery Items That Are More Harmful Than Healthy
https://www.newsbreak.com/greg-wilson-cfa-1601099/3722438692308-chemical-overload-20-grocery-items-that-are-more-harmful-than-healthy

The plant you see in the picture is called dandelion and is one of the most wondrous plants
https://holistichealthphysicaltherapy.com/dandelion-a-plant-profile/
Also: Health Benefits and Side Effects of Dandelion Root. What research says and what to consider before trying it. It’s a source of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and beneficial biochemicals. It’s used in supplements to manage diabetes, reduce cholesterol and high blood pressure, decrease inflammation associated with arthritis, and help nursing women by boosting breast milk production
https://www.verywellhealth.com/the-benefits-of-dandelion-root-89103

# General News
Can the Constitution Curb Trump’s “Frightening” Payback Plans? It’s a near certainty that Donald Trump will attempt to weaponize the government against his enemies. The real question is whether—or how far—the institutions will really bend to his will.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-frightening-payback-plans-fbi-middle-east?srsltid=AfmBOoog8xCM_yDZZNUsKMGJsKiDDo3gC7XXtHjkBBzbcEQPimKAk1P5

Elon Musk Endorses Germany’s Far-Right AfD Party. The MAGA billionaire has already thrown his support behind the U.K.’s Nigel Farage and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni.
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/20/musk-germany-afd-party

Drones over New Jersey: Mystery continues month after first sightings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0twUUIEfYEE

Trump moved 114.75 million shares, which makes up 53 percent of TMTG, to a revocable trust where he is the sole beneficiary, a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing on Thursday revealed. The incoming president’s stake in the company is valued at more than $4 billion, with Trump previously making his commitment to the company and its shares clear.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-transferring-4-billion-truth-social-stock-impacts-investors-2004403

# Gov / Politics
Mike Johnson Snubs Trump With Plan C on Government Shutdown. Republicans’ new spending bill completely ignores Trump’s biggest demand.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189604/house-republicans-pass-spending-bill-shutdown-snub-trump

‘Incredibly Risky’: Reporter Suggests Elon Musk Is Entering Dangerous Waters With Trump. There’s been speculation that the Trump-Musk bromance can’t last, and the SpaceX CEO’s latest scheming might not help his cause.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/reporter-elon-musk-donald-trump_n_6763f5c0e4b00aa16adedd4d

‘This is not normal!’ Democratic Senator stunned by Elon Musk ‘endorsing a Neo-Nazi party inside Germany.’
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/this-is-not-normal-democratic-senator-stunned-by-elon-musk-endorsing-a-neo-nazi-party-inside-germany/

170 House Republicans Defied Donald Trump Despite Primaries Threat.  170 House Republicans joined Democrats to approve an emergency funding bill just hours before a partial government shutdown was due to go into effect, despite President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to oust any rebels.
https://www.newsweek.com/170-house-republicans-defied-donald-trump-despite-primaries-threat-2004574

Biden missing in action as Turkey inches closer to full-blown war against US-allied Kurds in Syria. Amid the end of the nearly 14 years of civil war in Syria, Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to rekindle a new war in northern Syria against America’s main ally, the Syrian Kurds.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/biden-missing-action-turkey-inches-closer-full-blown-war-against-u-s-allied-kurds-syria

Congressman floats theory that Musk has promised Trump a ‘windfall’ if he does billionaire’s bidding
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-elon-musk-truth-social-b2668066.html

Democratic senator says Trump’s plans to undermine democracy have already begun. Trump is putting into action a plan to cripple our democracy in a way we may never recover from?”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democratic-senator-says-trump-plans-162208544.html

House Dem Accuses Musk of Killing Initial Spending Deal to Protect His Investments In China, Musk Hits Back With AI Image
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/house-dem-accuses-musk-of-killing-initial-spending-deal-to-protect-his-investments-in-china-musk-hits-back-with-ai-image/

Transcript: Trump-Musk Fiasco Shows How Badly MAGA Voters Got Scammed
https://newrepublic.com/article/189598/trump-musk-fiasco-worsens-exposing-badly-maga-voters-got-scammed

Trump’s new enemy could ‘bring the Republican agenda to a halt’: ex-GOP lawmaker
https://www.rawstory.com/debt-limit-trump/

Trump’s wake-up call: Republicans are willing to defy him. Why These 38 Republicans Stuck a Finger in Trump’s Eye–and Aren’t Afraid to Do it Again
https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-38-republicans-stuck-finger-223242587.html

Washington has provided around 100 billion in financial aid and military assistance to Kiev since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said.
https://www.rt.com/news/609630-us-ukraine-aid-blinken/

Call for $2.5 Trillion in Cuts Proves GOP Wants to ‘Steal Our Benefits’: “Nearly 60% of mandatory spending is for Medicare and Social Security,” noted one expert. “If they don’t touch those, they’d have to cut Medicaid to the bone.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/republicans-benefit-cuts

# Gov / Politics / Global
Syria’s new fundamentalist government: Women ‘biologically’ unsuited to politics, universities to be segregated. The comments provoked a firestorm of protest among Syrian women and, well, non-fundamentalists.
https://www.juancole.com/2024/12/fundamentalist-biologically-universities.html

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Weaponization Committee exposes censorship, FBI abuses, and lawfare in nearly 2-year probe. The broad investigation, the subcommittee says, uncovered a “two-tiered system of government.”
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/weaponization-committee-shed-light-censorship-fbi-abuses-and-lawfare-nearly-2

A mentally challenged man was struggling to use the self checkout at Target. Instead of helping him, employees called the police
https://www.krqe.com/news/crime/video-albuquerque-police-officer-charged-for-disabled-mans-arrest/

Interview: Former FBI Agent Who Once Infiltrated Neo-Nazi Groups and Militias Explains Why Law Enforcement Fails to Take Far-Right Extremism Seriously
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3725483126560-interview-former-fbi-agent-who-once-infiltrated-neo-nazi-groups-and-militias-explains-why-law-enforcement-fails-to-take-far-right-extremism-seriously?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzQ3ODkwMTgwMDY%3D

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
U.S. Senate confirms final two Biden judges, adding to diversity records
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/bidens-diverse-judicial-confirmations-by-the-numbers

# Medical / Health News
Fact Check: Critics Say Musk’s Influence on Trump Led GOP To Cut Children’s Cancer Research. Were Pediatric Cancer Research Funds Cut from the Bill? In short, yes. Here’s What We Know
https://www.snopes.com/news/2024/12/20/trump-elon-musk-childrens-cancer/

Former Cigna insurance executive says he quit after witnessing an industry that ‘puts profits over patients’
https://fortune.com/well/article/cigna-opinion-health-insurance-profits-over-patients/

# Military / DOD / Militia / Space Force
New US Space Force jammers aim to disrupt China’s SATCOM signals, The Remote Modular Terminals, which disrupt adversary satellites by “yelling in their ear,” as one official put it, are cleared for initial fielding,
https://www.defensenews.com/space/2024/12/19/new-us-space-force-jammers-aim-to-disrupt-chinas-satcom-signals/

# Military / Global
Israeli soldiers enforce kill zone in Gaza, targeting civilians. Israeli forces implement open-fire policies in Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor, targeting civilians and leaving corpses uncollected as a warning to others.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2024/12/20/israeli-soldiers-enforce-kill-zone-in-gaza-targeting-civilians-and-leaving-bodies-to-rot/

Ukraine unveils new ‘Trident’ laser weapon that can take out aircraft over a mile away
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/ukraine-unveils-new-laser-weapon-tryzub-that-can-shoot-down-aircraft-from-a-mile-away/articleshow/116499682.cms?from=mdr

# NASA
NASA’s New Deep Space Network Antenna Has Its Crowning Moment. NASA’s Deep Space Network, an array of giant radio antennas, allows agency missions to track, send commands to, and receive scientific data from spacecraft venturing to the Moon and beyond.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-new-deep-space-network-antenna-has-its-crowning-moment/

# Other Interesting Things
Scientists peered into an Antarctic lake hidden beneath the ice, and uncovered a never-before-seen ecosystem
https://www.livescience.com/hidden-ecosystem-under-antarctic-ice

Stonehenge’s mysterious origins may finally be solved — as new study poses unifying theory
https://nypost.com/2020/07/29/scientists-solve-mysterious-origin-of-stonehenge-megaliths/

Scientists thought that Lake Enigma in Antarctica was frozen from top to bottom. But, in 2019, they discovered that water existed 11 meters below the surface. After extracting a sample, a research team led by the National Research Council of Italy discovered a collection of various microbiota that’ve likely been separated from the rest of the world for thousands of years.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mysterious-lifeform-emerged-bottom-lake-150000911.html

A Mysterious Lifeform Has Emerged From the Bottom of a Lake That Should Be Entirely Frozen
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mysterious-lifeform-emerged-bottom-lake-150000911.html

Watch Greenland lose 563 cubic miles of ice in under 30 seconds in disturbing new time-lapse video. Satellite imagery from NASA and the European Space Agency reveal 13 years of melt on the Greenland Ice Sheet.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/watch-greenland-lose-563-cubic-miles-of-ice-in-less-than-30-seconds-in-disturbing-new-satellite-video

# Security / Surveillance
Former House Speaker, Kevin McCarthy warns of potential terrorist ‘sleeper cells’ in the US: These 13 states have the highest volume of known terrorists setting up “terrorist sleeper cells” in each of these states’ most populated cities. “We just caught 18 people just last month on the FBI Terror Watch List coming across our border, more than 160 have done it this year,” the former speaker said,
https://nypost.com/2023/10/23/kevin-mccarthy-warns-of-potential-sleeper-cells-in-the-us/

# Social
Supreme Court’s Controversial Ruling: Criminalizing Homelessness Puts Vulnerable Lives at Risk
https://www.newsbreak.com/modular-grounds-1653902/3722420443222-supreme-court-s-controversial-ruling-criminalizing-homelessness-puts-vulnerable-lives-at-risk

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# Indigenous
Can Farmington hide from its legacy of anti-Indigenous violence? It’s a reservation border town problem, not just a local one. Oil. Then settlers. Then violence. Then protests, tensions and more violence, in a cycle of conquest and dispossession.
https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-12/can-farmington-hide-from-its-legacy-of-anti-indigenous-violence/

Tribes sue after massive wind farm in Washington gets green light. The Yakama Nation contends that the project, which threatens ceremonial sites and wildlife habitat, is unlawful.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_71c3959a-a130-11ef-b336-ffaf3c0a1953.html

Southern Oregon tribes sue feds over offshore wind energy plans. Leaders of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians said they will drop their lawsuit if the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management delays its October auction for developers
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2024/09/16/southern-oregon-tribes-sue-feds-over-offshore-wind-energy-plans/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Closures, Social Security checks, furloughs: What a government shutdown might mean
https://tucson.com/news/nation-world/government-politics/government-shutdown-impact-furloughs-social-security-closures/article_90895f76-ec48-5dd0-a87f-2c7081c05c8a.html

House Republicans agree on Plan B government funding bill with Trump’s debt limit increase
https://thehill.com/business/budget/5049205-house-gop-spending-stopgap-debt-limit/

Democrats pile on ‘President Musk’ for interfering in spending bill fight
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3265286/democrats-pile-president-musk-spending-bill-fight/

Democrats watch as ‘Co-president’ Musk leads Trump in destroying Johnson on spending bill
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-trump-spending-bill-democrats-b2667190.html

What services are impacted when the government shuts down? Without a funding plan, the shut down would begin Saturday, Dec. 21. Federal employees, including military members, would not be paid. Passport services, national parks, museums, travel and more would be affected
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/government-shutdown-impacted-agencies-and-services/

Jerome Powell just showed Donald Trump who’s boss. The Fed said inflation will remain higher than expected next year, and that it is now pricing in just two rate cuts in 2025, rather than the four it had expected during its previous projection in September.
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/jerome-powell-just-showed-donald-135054117.html

Trump Has Shocking New Demand as Government Hurtles Toward Shutdown. Trump told NBC News over the phone that it would be the “smartest thing” Congress could do.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-shocking-demand-government-hurtles-160833037.html

Trump Is Desperately Trying to Shift Blame for Impending Shutdown. Donald Trump is realizing he messed up with the spending bill.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189600/donald-trump-joe-biden-blame-shutdown

The Debt Limit Should Absolutely Be Eliminated. Trump is offering the deal of a lifetime.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2024-12-19-debt-limit-should-absolutely-be-eliminated/

‘Let it begin now’: Trump wants shutdown under Biden. His remarks come after Republicans failed to pass an abridged continuing resolution to avert a shutdown.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-government-shutdown-deadline-speaker-johnson-budget-da117337aa0c0adab34a5626bb5816af

# Education / Schools
Biden cancels another $4.28 billion in U.S. student loans
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/20/biden-student-loan-relief-forgiveness-pslf

# Employment / Labor / Unions
‘No Contract, No Coffee’: Starbucks Workers Launch Five Days of Strikes
https://www.nrn.com/quick-service/starbucks-baristas-launch-strikes-just-ahead-christmas

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Montana Supreme Court delivers landmark ruling in youth climate case against fossil fuels. Montana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a landmark climate ruling that said the state was violating residents’ constitutional right to a clean environment by permitting oil, gas and coal projects without regard for global warming.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/montana-supreme-court-upholds-state-judges-landmark-ruling-in-youth-climate-case

The Supreme Court decisions that gutted environmental protections in 2024. Several major cases destroyed federal agencies’ ability to address climate change and pollution.
https://slate.com/business/2024/07/chevron-deference-federal-agencies-expert-regulators-epa-osha-ftc-atf-fda.html?pay=1734711697072&support_journalism=please

# General News
Closures, Social Security checks, furloughs: What a government shutdown might mean
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3722854546517-closures-social-security-checks-furloughs-what-a-government-shutdown-might-mean?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzQ2NDYwMTkzMTU%3D

Congressman Says Americans Won’t Be Able To Visit Their Families For Christmas If The Government Shuts Down
https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2024/12/19/congressman-says-americans-wont-be-able-to-visit-their-families-for-christmas-if-the-government-shuts-down/

Can Elon Musk Become Speaker of the House if He’s Not Natural Born Citizen? No, the speaker of the House doesn’t have to be a member of Congress. Sen. Rand Paul floated the idea that Elon Musk could be House speaker. If nominated and voted in, any American citizen, including Musk, could be speaker.
https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/verify/government-verify/speaker-of-the-house-rand-musk-fact-check/536-79d02f90-8691-43d9-9789-75bbbffacb51

# Gov / Politics
‘Bowed to their master’: Conservative slams GOP for treating Elon Musk as shadow president
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/3723515781479-bowed-to-their-master-conservative-slams-gop-for-treating-elon-musk-as-shadow-president

‘Intraparty warfare’: MAGA allies reportedly bicker over hiring. The “intraparty warfare” over “hiring at the National Republican Senatorial Committee and its allied GOP super PAC Senate Leadership Fund” has recently turned into “bickering over whether prospective new leaders are sufficiently loyal to Trump and the movement he created.”
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-2670500703/

‘Complete empty promise’: Trump’s threats against prosecutors face serious legal challenge. It’s no secret that Donald Trump would like to punish the prosecutors who went after him, but legal experts say there are some limits to what he can do to them.
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/3722646137496-complete-empty-promise-trump-s-threats-against-prosecutors-face-serious-legal-challenge

Barbara Lee: Allowing Musk to ‘run our government really has grave consequences’ for Americans
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5049773-barbara-lee-allowing-musk-to-run-our-government-really-has-grave-consequences-for-americans/

‘Big deal’: Elon Musk raises alarms by endorsing what’s known as ‘German neo-Nazi party’
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-germany/

Elon Musk Is Already Scamming Washington. He’s the richest person in human history, yet he’s trying to deny meager raises for lawmakers and doesn’t care if federal workers go unpaid over the holidays.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189593/elon-musk-congress-spending-bill-scamming-washington

House Republican Swipes at Musk: ‘Last Time I Checked, Elon Musk Doesn’t Have a Vote in Congress’
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/house-republican-swipes-at-musk-last-time-i-checked-elon-musk-doesnt-have-a-vote-in-congress/

JD Vance: Democrats just voted to shut down the government
https://www.newsbreak.com/videos/3723381014782-jd-vance-democrats-just-voted-to-shut-down-the-government?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzQ3MDAxOTQ5Mzc%3D

Trump was gliding into his inauguration. Now he’s facing a big mess.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-poised-inherit-strong-economy-120023870.html

U.S. Govt Shutdown: ‘President Musk Has No Idea’: Rosa DeLauro’s Stunning Speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R894nKjCg_M

Republicans’ deranged calls for Elon Musk as House speaker are growing.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189568/mtg-marjorie-taylor-greene-elon-musk-house-speaker

Pete Hegseth Just Got a Troubling Sign From Republican Senators. Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick seems to be in some trouble over his FBI background check.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3722805305594-pete-hegseth-just-got-a-troubling-sign-from-republican-senators

Climate of fear is driving local officials to qui, new study finds threats, abuse rampant. Researchers surveyed hundreds of elected officials in three Southern California counties. They found 2 in 3 respondents had been threatened or abused – and that many worried for their safety.
https://www.thederrick.com/ap/climate-of-fear-is-driving-local-officials-to-quit-new-study-from-california-finds-threats/article_2e2c85eb-f09b-525d-b96b-7b07a352569e.html

House Republicans have been ordered to shut down the government. House Democrats worked with Republicans to reach a bipartisan agreement to keep our government open, provide necessary relief to areas devastated by natural disasters and put People Over Politics to make life better for working families.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSLI7TC3Zac

‘President Musk’ Trends After Trump’s Top Oligarch Torpedoes Federal Spending Deal. “Welcome to the Elon Musk presidency,” wrote Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-musk-spending-deal

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Possible Oath Keeper Pardon Haunts Judge At Sentencing Hearing. A federal judge who oversaw the seditious conspiracy trial of Oath Keepers led by Stewart Rhodes issued a bleak warning.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/possible-oath-keeper-pardon-haunts-judge-at-sentencing-hearing_n_676443a1e4b00aa16adf143c

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack
https://apnews.com/article/stewart-rhodes-oath-keepers-seditious-conspiracy-sentencing-b3ed4556a3dec577539c4181639f666c

A whole floor of a NYC building was a secret, ‘illegal police station’ for China: New York Resident Pleads Guilty to Operating Secret Police Station of the Chinese Government in Lower Manhattan
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/new-york-resident-pleads-guilty-operating-secret-police-station-chinese-government-lower

# Medical / Health News
‘Shame’: Homeless Woman Was in Labor and Needed Care, But Was Given Ticket Instead
https://www.lpm.org/news/2024-12-19/pregnant-kentucky-woman-cited-for-street-camping-while-in-labor

Chris Hayes: Elon Musk ‘Took $190 Million Away From Kids With Cancer.’ The MSNBC host says the GOP cut funding for pediatric cancer research because “the richest man in the world, worth $250 billion” told them to
https://www.thewrap.com/chris-hayes-elon-musk-took-190-million-away-from-kids-with-cancer-video/

Fox Host Demolishes Musk Over New Spending Bill’s Child Cancer Research Cuts
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fox-host-demolishes-musk-over-043004702.html

People Are Sharing Their ER Horror Stories, And It’s Proof Of How Broken Our Healthcare System Is
https://www.vice.com/en/article/surprise-medical-bill-stories-and-private-health-care-insurance/

# Medical / Health News / Global
U.S. government agencies have awarded sensitive scientific, military and energy grants to dozens of researchers participating in Chinese government programs linked to economic espionage
https://foreigndesknews.com/asia/u-s-govt-awarded-sensitive-research-grants-to-scientists-in-chinese-communist-party-talent-programs/

# Military General News
Pentagon’s new report on Chinese military power reveals capabilities, context, and consequences
https://warontherocks.com/2024/12/what-the-pentagons-new-report-on-chinese-military-power-reveals-about-capabilities-context-and-consequences/

US Air Force Responds After Videos Show Multiple Take Offs at NATO Base
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R894nKjCg_M

# Military / DOD / Militia / Space Force
New US Space Force jammers aim to disrupt China’s SATCOM signals. The Remote Modular Terminals, which disrupt adversary satellites by “yelling in their ear,” as one official put it, are cleared for initial fielding
https://www.defensenews.com/space/2024/12/19/new-us-space-force-jammers-aim-to-disrupt-chinas-satcom-signals/

US troops doubled in Syria before Assad’s overthrow, Pentagon says. The surge of 1,100 troops to the country has been going on for months without being disclosed publicly.
https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-military/2024/12/19/us-troops-doubled-in-syria-before-assads-overthrow-pentagon-says/

# Military / Global
Vladimir Putin blasts Ukraine with devastating ‘Dagger’ hypersonic missiles in savage ‘revenge attack’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/vladimir-putin-blasts-ukraine-with-devastating-dagger-hypersonic-missiles-in-savage-revenge-attack/ar-AA1wd5FP?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1

# Social
The ‘choking game’ and other challenges amplified by social media come with deadly consequences. There’s more, unfortunately: The Skullbreaker Challenge, the Tide Pod Challenge and Car Surfing are but a few of the deadly games popularized through social media, particularly on Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X – formerly Twitter. Many of these games go back more than a generation, and some are resurging.
https://theconversation.com/the-choking-game-and-other-challenges-amplified-by-social-media-can-come-with-deadly-consequences-242174

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