December 2024

Voices, The Peoples News No. 2024-12-03

Voices, The Peoples News

December 3, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
“Fossil fascism”: How some on the right use climate change as an excuse to demonize migrants
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/02/fossil-fascism-how-some-on-the-right-use-climate-change-as-an-excuse-to-demonize-migrants/

How Gregg Abbott Won the Border War Against Joe Biden
https://www.newsweek.com/how-gregg-abbott-won-border-war-against-joe-biden-1993551

Ninth Circuit rules in favor of federal deportation. The 29-page ruling was written by Judge Daniel Bress, with judges Michael Hawkins and Richard Clinton concurring.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-center-square-509740/3699118607252-ninth-circuit-rules-in-favor-of-federal-deportation

Fifth Circuit rules in favor of Texas in razor wire case
https://www.aol.com/news/fifth-circuit-rules-favor-texas-230500185.html
Also: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/23/23-50869-CV1.pdf

VIDEO: Chicago residents blast mayor’s stance on migrants, more city spending. Chicago city residents are giving elected officials an earful as the city looks to craft a budget facing a billion dollar deficit.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_684ae4fe-b0f4-11ef-8548-ffc85aebddf1.html

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Trump privatization plan will add thousands a year to typical mortgage: expert
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3698719899021-trump-privatization-plan-will-add-thousands-a-year-to-typical-mortgage-expert

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides
Formaldehyde Causes More Cancer Than Any Other Toxic Air Pollutant. Little Is Being Done to Curb the Risk.
https://www.propublica.org/article/formaldehyde-epa-trump-public-health-danger

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Government Programs On The Chopping Block | Musk & Ramaswamy DOGE Plans
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5000448-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-government-efficiency/

Here’s Who’ll Pay the Highest Cost of Trump’s Tariff War
https://newrepublic.com/post/188935/donald-trump-tariffs-mexico-texas
Also: What are tariffs? Trump’s latest plan and what it means for the US
https://www.nbcchicago.com/illinois-election-2024/what-are-tariffs-trumps-latest-plan-and-what-it-means-for-the-us/3610348/

Major Auto Parts Retailer to Close Hundreds of Stores and Distribution Centers
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/advance-auto-parts-close-hundreds-220852376.html

GOP Members of Congress Threaten Debt Limit Default To Cut Social Security and Medicare.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/gop-members-of-congress-threaten-debt-limit-default-to-cut-social-security-and-medicare/

Verify: Can the president change Social Security? No, the president cannot change Social Security: VERIFY readers asked if the president can change Social Security. Its tax rate and benefits are set by law, so it would take an act of Congress to change them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P94GVtNkUHE
Social Security History FAQ’s
https://www.ssa.gov/history/hfaq.html

Here’s what a Trump presidency could mean for Social Security. Ending taxes on retirement benefits would require bipartisan support. The plan would also worsen Social Security’s looming financial shortfall. Expert: Don’t expect the retirement system to change much under Trump
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-presidency-social-security/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Unions score a major win in Wisconsin with a court ruling restoring collective bargaining rights
https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-union-lawsuit-collective-bargainin-75faef922860f9a7d1dc06ae1dc783d1

America’s biggest private company is laying off thousands of workers: Cargill to Cut Thousands of Jobs After Profits Shrink. Agricultural Commodities Trader Will Slash About 5% of Global Workforce; Majority of Reductions to Take Place This Year
https://www.ttnews.com/articles/cargill-cut-thousands-jobs

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Trump allies begin attack on EPA and rules protecting US drinking water
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/02/trump-allies-attack-epa-drinking-water-rules

The Vanishing Coast of Louisiana. This documentary explores the global significance of these issues, highlighting the need for science-based strategies to preserve the unique ecosystems, cultural heritage, and livelihoods at stake in this vulnerable region.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf-6sncAHbc

Inside the $50B plan to save Louisiana’s Marshland. Louisiana lost about 2,000 square miles of coast since the 1930s. FOX Weather Correspondent Robert Ray reports on the largest coastal restoration project in the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZMCafNQKW8

# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
Food industry continues to rely on child labor
https://thefern.org/2023/04/the-child-workers-who-feed-you/

GOP governors warn of ag challenges if new farm bill not passed. A group of Republican governors has joined together in a letter to key congressional leaders and agricultural policymakers that warns that delayed reforms and inflationary pressures are pushing farmers to a breaking point.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_eeeb0652-b0cb-11ef-b6e0-8ba5ebb7c488.html?a&seyid=37105

# Gov / Politics
‘Red line’: Trump legal ally threatens to make Senate Republicans’ ‘political lives hell’: Conservative lawyer Mike Davis is warning Senate Republicans that they will feel his “political wrath” if they dare to block the confirmation of Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-ally-issues-new-warning-senators-kash-patel-nomination-1994416

“Fight of Our Lives”: Jamie Raskin Moves to Shake Up Democratic Party
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/3698710857706-fight-of-our-lives-jamie-raskin-moves-to-shake-up-democratic-party

Four big deadlines in 2025 that will put Congress and Trump on a collision course
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3244610/four-big-deadlines-2025-trump-congress/?utm_source=DTR

Johnson rips Hunter Biden pardon, saying trust in justice system damaged
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/02/congress/johnson-on-biden-pardon-00192122

Trump’s Defense Secretary pick keeps getting worse. Pete Hegseth has been accused of sexual assault, forced out of leadership positions at veterans’ advocacy groups amid allegations of financial and sexual misconduct.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188912/trump-defense-secretary-pick-serious-skeletons

Trump’s Genius Plan to Release Gaza Hostages: More War. As usual, the president thinks bellicose threats of force—very much including setting off a regional war with Iran—are the solution to all of the world’s problems.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188940/trump-threatens-war-release-gaza-hostages-hamas-israel

This Is No Time for Cynicism. Writing off institutions like the Senate, which has a duty to scrutinize Donald Trump’s nominees, only plays into a would-be authoritarian’s hand.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/kash-patel-donald-trump-senate?srsltid=AfmBOopCH-gjv0ULt19Oa2AoKl35BwP6QHYcm4Hj76d5THjRdY3FpYzc

Joe Biden’s Pardon Is a Stunning Act of Hypocrisy. By granting immunity to his son Hunter, the president has contradicted his values and reinforced the right’s cynical theory of power.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/02/hunter-biden-pardon-joe-biden-comment

Congress will open next session with more veterans than two years ago
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2024/12/02/congress-will-open-next-session-with-more-veterans-than-two-years-ago/

Democratic senators call for directive prohibiting troop deployment against Americans before Trump returns to power. The senators stressed the importance of clear guidelines to prevent the military from being deployed against American citizens without explicit constitutional or congressional authorization.
https://www.washingtoninformer.com/senators-warn-trump-use-military/

US will send Ukraine $725 million more in counter-drone systems, anti-personnel land mines
https://www.newspressnow.com/ap/u-s-will-send-ukraine-725m-more-in-counter-drone-systems-anti-personnel-land-mines/article_809f2186-b127-11ef-ba3f-efc622ccb61f.html

Recess appointments could put Trump at odds with conservatives on the Supreme Court
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-recess-appointments-senate-constitution-55004d00cfa7d4b4832e9701cad48a06

Watch: Dem smacks down Mitch McConnell in argument over ‘fair’ judicial nominations
https://www.rawstory.com/mitch-mcconnell-dick-durbin-judges/

McConnell Criticized for Complaining About ‘Political Games’ with Judges
https://www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnell-complains-political-games-judicial-nominees-1994501

# Gov / Politics / Global
South Korea president declares martial law. President Yoon Suk Yeol made the announcement in a late-night TV address. Parliament voted later requiring President Yoon to lift the martial law he declared earlier.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/3/south-koreas-president-declares-emergency-martial-law

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
As FBI Director, Kash Patel Could Offer January 6 Rioters Retribution Against Their Enemies
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5019000-new-york-daniel-goldman-donald-trump-kash-patel-cabinet-picks-weaponize-government/

The Who’s Who on Kash Patel’s Crazy Enemies List. Trump’s pick to run the FBI has already made it known who he plans to persecute if he gets confirmed.
https://www.newsweek.com/kash-patel-list-officials-targeted-fbi-doj-trump-1994417

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘Misrepresents the law’: DOJ refuses to dismiss Hunter Biden charges despite pardon — and prosecutors brought Bannon receipts
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/misrepresents-the-law-doj-refuses-to-dismiss-hunter-biden-charges-despite-pardon-and-prosecutors-brought-bannon-receipts/

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy Are Already Weaponizing Supreme Court. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are taking the Supreme Court’s controversial ruling as a green light.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188915/supreme-court-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-gut-government

# LGBTQ / Gender
Dobbs Was Just the Beginning. Now Trans Rights Are Being Tested at the Supreme Court. As it involves prepubescent children, it has ignited enormous controversy and is likely to be one of the most important Supreme Court decisions of 2025
https://www.newsweek.com/supreme-court-scotus-trangender-youth-hormone-puberty-blockers-tennessee-1994283

# Medical / Health News
Dr. Oz Has Some Pretty Shady Conflicts of Interest. Trump’s pick to run Medicare and Medicaid is involved with a number of businesses that do business with both.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/3698549316136-dr-oz-has-some-pretty-shady-conflicts-of-interest

Andrew Cuomo committed ‘medical malpractice’ during deadly COVID crisis, House report finds
https://www.aol.com/andrew-cuomo-committed-medical-malpractice-003101600.html

Acetaminophen Is The Number One Leading Cause Of Liver Failure: How Much Is Too Much?
https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/depression/2233

Alzheimer’s may not actually be a “brain disease”
https://www.sciencealert.com/alzheimers-may-not-actually-be-a-brain-disease-an-expert-reveals

The 5 common drugs that could ‘raise your risk of dementia,’ including hay fever, indigestion and anxiety meds
https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/dementia/these-drugs-could-increase-your-risk-of-dementia

Blood Pressure Drugs May Be Unnecessary. Blood pressure (BP) medications are some of the most overly prescribed medications.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/many-older-adults-take-unneeded-blood-pressure-drugs

# Military / DOD / Militia
US Navy revives 30-year-old crane to boost missile reloading at sea against China. It will also enable the vessels to spend much longer durations at sea rather than having to visit a port for getting more missiles onboard.
https://interestingengineering.com/military/us-navy-reloading-missile-warships-at-sea

# NASA / Rocketry
The End Is Near for NASA’s Voyager Probes. The two probes have left the solar system and are still collecting data from the interstellar environment—but their atomic hearts are growing weaker and weaker.
https://www.space.com/nasa-voyager1-spacecraft-interstellar-engineers-mission-glitch

NASA Voyager 1 Probe Encounters New Region in Deep Space. NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new region at the far reaches of our solar system that scientists feel is the final area the spacecraft has to cross before reaching interstellar space.
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-voyager-1-probe-encounters-new-region-in-deep-space/

NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth. After some inventive sleuthing, the mission team can check the health and status of the most distant human-made object in existence.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voyager-1-resumes-sending-engineering-updates-to-earth/

You can knock a good telescope out, but you can’t keep it down. Using data from the now-destroyed Arecibo radio telescope, scientists from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute have unlocked the secrets of signals from “cosmic lighthouses” powered by dead stars.
https://www.space.com/arecibo-seti-pulsars-cosmic-lighthouses

# NATO
Blinken heads to final NATO foreign ministers meeting of Biden administration with Ukraine in focus
https://apnews.com/article/us-nato-ukraine-russia-blinken-d1cc5a864961fd48fe39519a0744327f

NATO draws up plans for its own fleet of naval surveillance drones. Officials envision fielding a network of drone-based sensors to keeping tabs on vital undersea cables and pipelines in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas.
https://www.navytimes.com/breaking-news/2024/12/03/nato-draws-up-plans-for-its-own-fleet-of-naval-surveillance-drones/

# Other Interesting Things
Earth’s crust found to be ‘dripping’ deep into the planet – and the implications could be huge: Crinkles and divots in the surface of Earth on Türkiye’s Central Anatolian Plateau are the smoking gun for a newly discovered class of plate tectonics.
https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-discovery-finds-earths-crust-dripping-into-the-planets-belly

Giant face found in Antarctica at 72° 00′ 36
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/google-earth-uncovers-gigantic-statue-19007865

# Space / Solar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
Astronomers have pinpointed the origin of mysterious repeating radio bursts from space
https://theconversation.com/astronomers-have-pinpointed-the-origin-of-mysterious-repeating-radio-bursts-from-space-244920

# Sports
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Elon Musk in ‘Unprecedented’ Position Over Rural Internet: Former FCC head
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-unprecedented-position-over-rural-internet-1993773

A much-loved streaming service is closing down, but not before everyone gets one month for free
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/a-much-loved-streaming-service-is-closing-down-but-not-before-everyone-gets-one-month-for-free/ar-AA1v88cV

Top US Consumer Watchdog Has a Plan to Fight Predatory Data Brokers
https://thehill.com/business/5018752-consumer-watchdog-crackdown-personal-data-sales/

U.S. imposes new controls on chip exports to China. The Biden administration on Monday instituted a new round of restrictions targeting the export of advanced semiconductor chips and manufacturing equipment to China.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_18a53736-b0ec-11ef-96e5-bb8532ee6ef3.html?a&seyid=37105

# Veterans / VA
Veterans Orgs Accuse Biden-Harris VA Of Stonewalling Access To Medical Care. 24 veterans organizations signed a letter Monday slamming Veterans Affairs for stonewalling access to outside medical care.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/03/veterans-groups-accuse-biden-harris-va-stonewalling-access-medical-care/

# Water
Can Recycled Oilfield Water Quench the Thirst of Drought-Stricken West Texas?
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03122024/west-texas-recycled-oilfield-water-drought-solution/

# Weather
MTG was mocked for weather-control claims. Now Florida has a new bill to ban ‘weather modification’
https://www.aol.com/mtg-mocked-weather-control-claims-185518952.html

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2024-12-02 PM

Voices, The Peoples News

December 2, 2024, PM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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“Leadership requires action: daring to take steps that are
necessary but unpopular, challenging the status quo
in order to reach a brighter future.” – Benazir Bhutto
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This daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Indigenous
Indigenous leader advocates for climate policy rooted in land stewardship
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/climate/climate-policy-indigenous-peoples.html

The US designates a new marine sanctuary led by Indigenous people
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/13/nx-s1-5147914/the-u-s-gets-a-new-national-marine-sanctuary-the-first-led-by-a-tribe

Indigenous fire practices show potential for building wildfire resilience in California
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01092024/california-park-fire-indigenous-cultural-burning/

Indigenous communities restore bison herds to heal lands and culture
https://kleanindustries.com/resources/market-analysis-research/indigenous-communities-restore-bison-herds-to-heal-lands-and-culture/

Restoring Navajo land through traditional farming techniques
https://e360.yale.edu/features/navajo-natural-infrastructure-dryland-streams#:~:text=Farming%20once%20thrived%20in%20the,brush%2C%20sticks%2C%20and%20rocks.

# Indigenous / Global
The Ashaninka’s cultural revival is reshaping the Amazon region
https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2024/the-amazons-ashaninka-tribe-restored-their-territory-now-they-aim-to-change-the-region/

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
U.S. Proposes Listing Giraffes Under the Endangered Species Act for the First Time. Giraffe populations have been decreasing due to habitat loss, poaching and climate change.
https://www.ecowatch.com/giraffes-endangered-species-act-fws.html

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Inside The Plan To Let Trump Track Millions of Immigrants. The private prison lobby has been quietly pushing a drastic expansion of ICE’s surveillance apparatus. Trump’s reelection may be the final step.
https://www.levernews.com/inside-the-plan-to-let-trump-track-millions-of-immigrants/

As Trump touts plans for immigrant roundup, militias are standing back, but standing by
https://theconversation.com/as-trump-touts-plans-for-immigrant-roundup-militias-are-standing-back-but-standing-by-244131
Also: Presidents often claim mandates − especially when they want to expand their power or are on the defensive
https://theconversation.com/presidents-often-claim-mandates-especially-when-they-want-to-expand-their-power-or-are-on-the-defensive-243904

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
2 Tren de Aragua members tied to viral Aurora video arrested in NYC
https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/tren-de-aragua-members-arrested/

Drug cartels lure chemists in Mexico. Criminal groups in Mexico are recruiting chemistry students to upgrade their production of the drug fentanyl. Crackdowns on the trade in precursors from China have put the gangs under pressure, and they hope to develop the ability to produce these raw materials in-house.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/world/americas/mexico-fentanyl-chemistry-students.html

World’s largest piracy network taken down after 100 homes raided across 10 countries
https://www.the-independent.com/tech/piracy-online-streaming-iptv-europol-b2655330.html

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides
What does the National Toxicology Program say about fluoride?
https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/publications/monographs/mgraph08

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Trump announced in a Truth Social post that on his first day as president, he’ll sign an executive order charging Mexico and Canada a 25% tariff on all products coming into the United States.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/11/26/what-are-trumps-plans-for-tariffs-on-china-canada-and-mexico

President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought is his choice to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). “Russ knows exactly how to dismantle the Deep State
https://www.newsweek.com/russ-vought-trump-cabinet-project-2025-1990588

Trump threatens ‘100% Tariffs’ on countries that buck US dollar
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-threatens-100-tariffs-on-countries-that-buck-us-dollar/

Trump tariffs would increase the price of cars made by US automakers by over $2K: Wells Fargo
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tariffs-raise-us-car-prices-thousands-mexico-wells-fargo-2024-11?utm_source=reddit.com

Congress grapples with political hurdles in disaster aid negotiations
https://thehill.com/newsletters/energy-environment/5009182-congress-pushing-for-disaster-aid-deal/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Global
Trump’s tariff plan may be halted by clause in the Constitution
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tariffs-2670170566/

Trump’s tariff plan will send prices ‘through the roof’, warn US firms
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/27/trump-tariffs-policies-prices

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Nuclear
Trump taps North Dakota’s Burgum for dual energy and Interior roles
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-burgum-interior-energy-council-blm-boem-offshore-wind/733163/

What a Trump administration means for the federal hydrogen energy push. Legal and industry experts say there are uncertainties about the future of hydrogen hubs, a cornerstone of the Biden administration’s clean energy push.
https://www.ehn.org/trump-administration-hydrogen-hubs-2670007513.html

After Permits Are Granted, Activists Worry About Impacts of Enbridge’s Line 5 Reroute in Northern Wisconsin
https://truthout.org/articles/indigenous-water-protectors-warn-of-line-5-pipelines-looming-dangers/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
California ‘ghost lake’ reemerges after 130 years, drowning 94,000 acres of farmland. The lake has quickly swallowed up nearly 100,000 acres of land
https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/ghost-lake-tulare-lake-california-san-joaquin-valley-840320-20241202

Scientists sound alarm about terrifying ocean event that could bring global devastation. The collapse of critical ocean circulation could bring major droughts and freezing temperatures across Europe
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/ocean-tipping-point-climate-change-b2657442.html

Air pollution’s quiet toll on children’s minds. Exposure to particulate air pollution, even at levels deemed “safe,” is linked to lower cognitive abilities in children, particularly in critical thinking and nonverbal skills, according to new research. Airborne toxins can increase our risk for cognitive disability and disease. The science of exposomics is helping to identify effective responses.
https://www.openmindmag.org/articles/polluted-minds

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / Global
The Mediterranean Sea lost almost all of its water, triggering a global crisis
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3694218899271-the-mediterranean-sea-lost-almost-all-of-its-water-triggering-a-global-crisis

# Food / Farming / Global
Mexico bolsters GM corn ban with scientific evidence on health risks. New scientific analyses underpin Mexico’s restrictions on GM corn and glyphosate due to health risks
https://usrtk.org/gmo/new-scientific-analyses-mexicos-restrictions-on-gm-corn-glyphosate-health-risks/

# General Recalls / Alerts
# General News
Trump Impeachment Witness Hits Back at Elon Musk Over ‘Treason’ Charge: ‘Let Me Help You Out With the Facts. You, Elon, appear to believe you can act with impunity and are attempting to silence your critics. I’m not intimidated.’
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-impeachment-witness-hits-back-at-elon-musk-over-treason-charge-let-me-help-you-out-with-the-facts/

Toxic secrets: A San Francisco Navy lab knowingly exposed more than a thousand people to radiation during Cold War-era experiments. A remarkable multi-part investigation by San Francisco Public Press.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/25/san-francisco-navy-lab-human-radiation

“I was at the bottom of my class, I started doing heroin, and I went to the top of my class.” The man chosen to lead the US health system, RFK Jr., Who Hates Adderall, Says Heroin Was Great for Treating His ADHD
https://futurism.com/neoscope/rfk-jr-adderall-heroin

# Gov / Politics
Trump Is Falling Into the Classic Trap That Kills Presidencies
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-falling-classic-trap-that-kills-presidencies-opinion-1992016

Trump Finally Signs Transition Documents—With One Giant Catch
https://newrepublic.com/post/188861/trump-finally-signs-transition-documents-catch

Trump Promises His Pick for Special Envoy to Ukraine and Russia Will ‘Make America, and the World, Safe Again’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/27/trump-cabinet-keith-kellogg-ukraine

Trump signed the law to require presidential ethics pledges. Now he is exempting himself from it. Trump appears to have excluded himself from following the same guidelines he signed into law four years ago
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-ethics-transition-agreement-b2656246.html

Trump’s Fans Suddenly Realize How He Picks Nominees—and They’re Pissed
https://newrepublic.com/post/188870/donald-trump-nominee-navy-fans-furious

“I have never seen language like this in a pardon document that purports to pardon offenses that have not apparently even been charged, with the exception of the Nixon pardon.” Margaret Love, U.S. pardon attorney under President Bill Clinton, on the Hunter Biden pardon
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/02/hunter-biden-pardon-nixon-00192101

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Why did Nevada vote to ban slavery, when California didn’t? Both states require incarcerated people to work — often for critical and dangerous jobs.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/why-did-nevada-vote-to-ban-slavery-when-california-didnt/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump Wants New York AG Letitia James To Drop Civil Fraud Case So He Can ‘Cure’ Divisiveness
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5011884-donald-trump-letitia-james-civil-fraud-case-post-election-victory/

The Supreme Court Is Chipping Away at Anti-Corruption Law
https://jacobin.com/2024/03/supreme-court-anti-corruption-snyder

# Medical / Health News
Trump will decide the future of government money for healthcare plans. Letting it expire could save money, but the middle class might pay more.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-decide-future-government-money-095101641.html

# Military / Global
Why the DF-26 is one of the most dangerous missiles in China’s arsenal for the US military
https://www.aol.com/why-df-26-one-most-120502341.html

WW3 fears as Vladimir Putin vows to turn Ukraine to ‘dust’ with super missile ‘as hot as the sun’
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/ww3-fears-vladimir-putin-vows-34213179

Poland readies $740 million fund to jump-start ammunition production
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2024/11/29/poland-readies-740-million-fund-to-jump-start-ammunition-production/

Europe preps for WWIII as secret German documents reveal plans for 800K troops in case Russia invades NATO
https://nypost.com/2024/11/20/us-news/secret-german-docs-reveal-wwiii-plans/

# Nuclear / Bioweapons
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/

# Other Interesting Things
Body snatchers: eaten alive by parasitic wasps
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/body-snatchers-eaten-alive.html

Two Giant Geological Blobs Lurk Under Africa And The Pacific, Still Defying Explanation. It isn’t easy to send a scientist, or even a probe, into Earth’s mantle. However, the mysterious phenomenon clearly needs prying into.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3695104276729-two-giant-geological-blobs-lurk-under-africa-and-the-pacific-still-defying-explanation

Check Out the Highest-Resolution Images Ever Captured of the Sun’s Entire Surface. Four new images show our nearest star in dazzling detail, with each one made up of 25 shots observed by the Solar Orbiter in 2023
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/check-out-the-highest-resolution-images-ever-captured-of-the-suns-entire-surface-180985518/
Also: The Sun is the star at the heart of our solar system. Its gravity holds the solar system together, keeping everything — from the biggest planets to the smallest bits of debris in its orbit. https://science.nasa.gov/sun/

# Social
U.S. fertility rate drops to another historic low. Trends spark questions about declining birthrates in the US
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2024/20240525.htm

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
US scientists may have developed the first robot syllabus that allows machines to transfer skills without human intervention
https://www.techradar.com/pro/us-scientists-may-have-developed-the-first-robot-syllabus-that-allows-machines-to-transfer-skills#:~:text=A%20new%20development%20in%20robotics,data%20and%20facilitate%20skill%20transfer

How Trump’s Huge New Tariffs Spell Trouble for the AI Industry
https://futurism.com/the-byte/trump-tariffs-ai-industry

# Technology / Global
A Chinese ship is suspected of sabotaging undersea cables / Western investigators reportedly think Russia might be behind the destruction of two different internet links.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/27/24307498/chinese-ship-undersea-cables-severed-russia-baltic-seabed?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

# UFO Disclosure / Space Exploration
The Last Arecibo Message Celebrates the Observatory and One of its Greatest Accomplishments: If the original message says “we are a form of life reaching out to connect”, our message says “we are ready to explore the universe together.” The prospect of transmitting this or a similar message remains an open question.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-arecibo-message-earths-first-interstellar-transmission-turns-50/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2024-12-02 AM

Voices, The Peoples News

December 2, 2024 AM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
Trump is likely to dial back tribal management of federal land
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5012475-trump-is-likely-to-dial-back-tribal-management-of-federal-land/

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Inside The Plan To Let Trump Track Millions of Immigrants. The private prison lobby has been quietly pushing a drastic expansion of ICE’s surveillance apparatus. Trump’s reelection may be the final step.
https://www.levernews.com/inside-the-plan-to-let-trump-track-millions-of-immigrants/

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
2 Tren de Aragua members tied to viral Aurora video arrested in NYC
https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/tren-de-aragua-members-arrested/

# DOGE
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought is his choice to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). “Russ knows exactly how to dismantle the Deep State
https://www.newsweek.com/russ-vought-trump-cabinet-project-2025-1990588

Trump threatens ‘100% Tariffs’ on countries that buck US dollar
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-threatens-100-tariffs-on-countries-that-buck-us-dollar/

# Food / Farming / Bio engineering
Texas farmers say sewage-based fertilizer tainted with “forever chemicals” poisoned their land and killed their livestock
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/02/texas-farmers-pfas-forever-chemicals-biosolids-fertilizer/

# General Recalls / Alerts
Children’s Coat from Temu Contained 622 Times The Legal Limit for Toxins
https://sourcingjournal.com/topics/compliance/temu-aliexpress-toxins-childrens-clothing-south-korea-seoul-metropolitan-government-1234725631/

# General News
Emboldened ‘manosphere’ accelerates threats and demeaning language toward women after US election
https://apnews.com/article/trump-harris-election-womens-rights-social-media-d5cea53480437ac8bf837aaa821e5681

# Gov / Politics
We’re Entering a World Where the Rule of Law Is Turned Inside Out. Trump’s vengeance-minded administration will have no blunter instrument than a corrupted Department of Justice.
https://newrepublic.com/article/188900/kash-patel-corrupt-rule-law

A New MAGA Plot To Kill Anti-Corruption Laws
https://www.levernews.com/a-new-maga-plot-to-kill-anti-corruption-laws/

The incoming U.S. administration plans to destabilize Iran’s economy to force it to abandon its nuclear weapons programme.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-62155165

Canada Prime Minister Trudeau meets with Trump at Mar-a-Lago. The former president on Tuesday pledged to impose a 25% tariff on imported goods from Mexico and Canada, and a 10% tariff on imported goods from China over illegal immigration and fentanyl.
https://www.nysun.com/article/canada-says-new-border-restrictions-imminent-after-trudeaus-meeting-with-trump-at-mar-a-lago

Trump appoints Jared Kushners father to serve as U.S. Ambassador to France. “He is a tremendous business leader, philanthropist, & dealmaker, who will be a strong advocate representing our Country & its interests,” Trump said in reference to Kushner
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/30/charles-kushner-nominated-france-ambassador

Trump picks billionaire Massad Boulos, Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law, as advisor on Middle East and Arab affairs
https://nypost.com/2024/12/01/us-news/trump-picks-billionaire-massad-boulos-tiffany-trumps-father-in-law-as-advisor-on-middle-east-and-arab-affairs/
Also: Nepotism at it’s best: The practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives, friends, or associates, especially by giving them jobs.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nepotism

Joe Biden Is Trashing International Law. The two highest courts in the world now have open cases against the state of Israel and its current leadership. The United States couldn’t care less.
https://newrepublic.com/article/188883/joe-biden-trashing-international-law

Trump’s Latest Appointments Are Some of His Most Insidious Yet. Donald Trump isn’t even trying to pretend anymore.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-latest-appointments-most-insidious-150151241.html

Trump-MAGA Rage at Mexico Suddenly Takes Dark Turn: “Pain Will Ensue” As Trump’s threat of tariffs on Mexico drives his MAGA allies into a frenzy, a sharp observer of immigration explains how Trump is unleashing all manner of new hatreds that could veer out of our control.
https://newrepublic.com/article/188892/trump-maga-rage-mexico-suddenly-takes-dark-turn-pain-will-ensue?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tnr_daily

Trump’s planned recess appointments are likely to be ruled unconstitutional
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5012475-trump-is-likely-to-dial-back-tribal-management-of-federal-land/

Why is the US turning a blind eye to Israel’s war crimes?
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5011980-israel-gaza-war-crimes-us/

Trump ‘heading for a real horror show’ and GOP ‘will be held accountable’: Dem senator
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-richard-blumenthal/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Why Russia Is Changing Its Nuclear Doctrine Now
https://www.csis.org/analysis/why-russia-changing-its-nuclear-doctrine-now

Ukraine has suggested that it will cede land to Russia
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/europe/zelensky-putin-russia-ukraine-war-ceasefire-trump-b2656221.html

Putin Offers Bizarre Warning to Trump: You’re ‘Not Safe’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14137667/Putin-issues-chilling-warning-Trump-safety-says-hes-ready-talks-prevent-WWIII.html

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
The Real Danger of Trump’s FBI Chief Nominee. Donald Trump’s choosing Kash Patel makes his ultimate goal clear.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188905/donald-trump-fbi-kash-patel-authoritarian

Trump’s Awful New FBI Pick Is Already Revealing Exactly What’s Coming
https://www.yahoo.com/news/real-danger-trump-fbi-chief-140326505.html

Ex-FBI Official Flags Major ‘Problem’ With Trump’s Pick To Lead Agency. Frank Figliuzzi, a former assistant director at the FBI, said Kash Patel’s takeover could mean a “total hijacking of the federal law enforcement system.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/frank-figliuzzi-trump-fbi-director-pick-kash-patel_n_674d57a3e4b0e9a096d0983c

Louisiana teens could be tried as adults for more crimes under new law
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/southeast/louisiana-teens-could-be-tried-as-adults-for-more-crimes-under-new-law/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘Shakes me to my core’: Legal expert says Trump’s harm to justice system ‘can be undone’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-kirschner-indictments-dismissed-undone/

The Law Went Light on Trump—and Now America Will Pay the Price
https://newrepublic.com/article/188866/trump-court-cases-escapes-law-consequences

# Media
Trump Picks Kash Patel to Lead FBI — a Loyalist Who Vowed to Target His Enemies. Patel, who has promised to prosecute journalists, is considered extreme in his devotion to Trump even by GOP colleagues.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-picks-kash-patel-to-lead-fbi-a-loyalist-who-vowed-to-target-his-enemies/

Joe Rogan says the media engaged in ‘the greatest media psy-op in history’ against Trump
https://nypost.com/2024/11/30/us-news/joe-rogan-says-greatest-media-psy-op-in-history-waged-against-trump/

# Medical / Health News
These Stem Cell Treatments Cost the Rich Thousands. Donors Get Paid $200. A Swedish startup wants to democratize stem cell treatments, but the finances of the unproven therapies raise ethical questions.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2647750/

Parents Are Being Asked to Pay to Deliver Their Babies in Advance. Childbirth is already unaffordable for many. Now some are being asked to pay the bill before they even go into labor.
https://www.mother.ly/news/women-asked-to-prepay-for-baby/

Big Pharma Is the Only Reason Anyone Still Dies From HIV
https://newrepublic.com/article/188772/big-pharma-greed-hiv-drugs

Texas governor threatens to pull children’s hospital funding over doctor’s viral post
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-governor-greg-abbott-threatens-hospital-funding-doctor-tiktok_n_674ca087e4b06dcd5c32af00

Texas won’t review maternal deaths post-Dobbs:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-wont-review-maternal-deaths-182817994.html

# Military / DOD / Militia
What’s Really Going On With All the “Mystery Drone” Incidents Over U.S. Bases?
https://thedebrief.org/whats-really-going-on-with-all-the-mystery-drone-incidents-over-u-s-bases/

This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we analyze what the new director of the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) recently told Senators
https://thedebrief.org/aaro-goes-on-the-record/

A secretive underground U.S. military base resurfaced in new radar images
https://thedebrief.org/we-didnt-know-what-it-was-at-first-buried-beneath-arctic-ice-a-secretive-underground-military-base-emerges-in-new-radar-images/

U.S. military contractors are to deploy to Ukraine.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/08/biden-allows-u-s-military-contractors-into-ukraine-00188537

Full Marine helicopter detachment trains from expeditionary sea base for first time
https://www.marines.mil/News/News-Display/Article/3940719/15th-meu-h-1-det-conducts-live-fire-training-from-uss-miguel-keith-in-the-indo/

Tension rising in the artic as U.S. Military prepare conflict in the region
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TJYAYhlIwE

# Military / Global
Russia has signed a mutual defence agreement with North Korea.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-signs-mutual-defence-treaty-with-north-korea-2024-11-09/

India has conducted its first test of a hypersonic missile.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/amid-global-race-india-tests-its-first-hypersonic-missile/articleshow/115394765.cms

Israel Bombs Another World Central Kitchen Vehicle in Gaza, Killing 5. The strike continues Israel’s pattern of blocking and targeting humanitarian aid.
https://truthout.org/articles/israel-bombs-another-world-central-kitchen-vehicle-in-gaza-killing-5/

11 Russian and Chinese warplanes enter South Korean airspace buffer
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-11-29/russia-china-south-korea-airspace-16000754.html

17 Missiles Sink 4 Ships: Houthis Strike U.S. Warship, Oil Tanker, Container Ships In Arabian Sea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z79343hIgfA

Satellite Photos Capture Chinese Ship Swarm Near US Ally’s Territory
https://www.newsweek.com/satellite-photos-china-news-swarm-near-philippines-1992876

# NATO
German minister warns of Russia-NATO confrontations
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-hybrid-attacks-may-lead-nato-invoking-article-5-says-german-intel-chief-2024-11-27/

Russian acts of sabotage may lead to NATO invoking Article 5, says German intel chief
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-hybrid-attacks-may-lead-nato-invoking-article-5-says-german-intel-chief-2024-11-27/

# Other Interesting Things
Source of Mysterious Glow First Spotted in the Pacific Ocean’s ‘Midnight Zone’ Finally Revealed
A mysterious glow coming from the Pacific Ocean’s pitch-black “midnight zone” leads to the discovery of an enigmatic new life form.
https://thedebrief.org/source-of-mysterious-glow-first-spotted-in-the-pacific-oceans-midnight-zone-finally-revealed/

Siberia’s ‘Gateway to Hell’ crater fuels new fears
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365305355112

# Space / Solar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
SpaceX’s Starlink satellites have a lot of scientists worried about Earth’s atmosphere
https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellites.html

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
This Website Shows How Much Google’s AI Can Glean From Your Photos. A photo sharing startup founded by an ex-Google engineer found a clever way to turn Google’s tech against itself.
https://aitopics.org/doc/news:433A40F8

Malicious Ads in Search Results Are Driving New Generations of Scams
https://www.digitalposition.com/resources/blog/ppc/google-facing-a-surge-of-malvertizing-ahead-of-q4/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2024-11-27

Voices, The Peoples News

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

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Trump Team Eyes Using State And Local Police For Immigration Enforcement
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-team-eyes-using-state-local-police-immigration-enforcement-1991921

‘He’s Not Kidding’: Trump Border Czar Tom Homan Prepares For Deportation War—with Blue City Mayors. Eyes felony charges against anyone who obstructs ICE operations
https://freebeacon.com/politics/hes-not-kidding-trump-border-czar-tom-homan-prepares-for-deportation-war-with-blue-city-mayors/

Texas Offers Trump Even More Land For Mass Deportation: A top Texas official is pledging more land than originally offered for President-elect Donald Trump to use for his massive, nationwide deportation operation.
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/26/texas-donald-trump-deportation-land-offer/

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
California man allegedly checked suitcases containing meth-caked clothes and a cow pajama onesie: “Drug dealers are continually inventing creative ways of smuggling dangerous narcotics in pursuit of illicit profit – as alleged in the facts of this case,” said United States Attorney Martin Estrada. “In the process, they are poisoning communities throughout the world.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/northridge-man-indicted-allegedly-checking-suitcases-lax-containing-meth-caked-clothes

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Trump’s Tariffs Will Likely Hit Prices in These Seven Industries
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-prices-inflation-mexico-canada-d44aa0715a649998195fc3211e9ab7a3

Donald Trump could axe Joe Biden policy which would impact ‘millions’: Trump Win Shows Political Limits of Biden’s Industrial Policy Vision. Long-term economic investments in domestic manufacturing were overshadowed by real-time anxiety over rent and grocery prices.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/08/us/politics/trump-biden-economy-manufacturing.html

Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric has resonated with voters concerned about immigration and crime. Yet there’s more to the story than Trump’s short statement suggested.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-immigration-crime-drugs-border-mexico-1528ef9c04f786478184a279ad26abb9

Trump’s Truth Social rant suggests he’ll “intentionally raise prices for the American people”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-truth-social-rant-suggests-154810911.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Global
Mexico may retaliate with its own tariffs after Trump threat, new president says
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-tariffs-trump-retaliate-sheinbaum-fac0b0c6ee8c425a928418de7332b74a

Volkswagen Sells Plant In China’s Xinjiang Region After Years Of Forced Labor Allegations
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/foreign/2024/11/27/vw-partner-saic-to-sell-joint-venture-plant-in-west-chinas-xinjiang/76615818007/

# Education / Schools
A Bill to Kill the Education Department Is Already Filed. Here’s What It Says:
https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/a-bill-to-kill-the-education-department-is-already-filed-heres-what-it-says/2024/11

U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., recently filed a bill titled the “Returning Education to Our States Act.” His bill would eliminate the U.S. Department of Education and redistribute any “critical federal programs” to other departments, according to a press release from his office.
https://www.aol.com/south-dakota-senator-files-bill-212900417.html

Trump opens up a new war on public schools. MAGA leaders promise an “educational insurgency” to create “boot camps for winning back America”
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/26/opens-up-a-new-on-public-schools/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Nuclear
Biden administration funds clean hydrogen hubs amid uncertain future under Trump
https://www.ehn.org/biden-administration-funds-clean-hydrogen-hubs-2669998925.html

US Hydrogen Strategy Unclear as Trump Seeks Spending Cuts. The future of U.S. clean hydrogen under Donald Trump is uncertain but unravelling support from the Inflation Reduction Act could be politically tricky.
https://fuelcellsworks.com/2024/11/20/clean-energy/us-hydrogen-strategy-unclear-as-trump-seeks-spending-cuts

# General News
[Good grief, we are in trouble!] Elon Musk Suggests That He Is an Ancient Being Who Assumes Human Identities. Sure, grandpa. He kept indulging the fantasy until a nocturnal 3:00 AM, posting that being a time-traveling vampire alien — vampalien? — “would explain a lot of things” about him.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-vampire

Steve Bannon Reveals New List of Trump’s Targets in Grim Rant. Donald Trump’s list of political enemies continues to grow.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188843/steve-bannon-donald-trump-political-targets-january-6

Trump announces campaign speechwriter will head his Domestic Policy Council
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-11-26/trump-picks-vince-haley-to-head-domestic-policy-council

# Gov / Politics
The legal case against Elon Musk’s $1 million election lottery was just dropped.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/musk-due-court-1-million-voter-giveaway-faces-courtroom-test-2024-10-31/

‘Dangerous territory’: Trump’s unsecured calls with world leaders concern foreign policy experts
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/27/trump-foreign-leader-phone-calls/76572774007/

‘Not gonna play dead’: Republican warns Trump just opened door for retaliation against US
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/not-gonna-play-dead-republican-warns-trump-just-opened-door-for-retaliation-against-us/ar-AA1uN6wm

Adam Schiff, California’s Jewish senator-elect and Trump’s nemesis, says the US is ‘very much weakened as a democracy.’ The Democrat feels anti-Jewish animosity has proliferated on the left and the right since Hamas invaded Israel.
https://www.jta.org/2024/11/26/politics/adam-schiff-californias-jewish-senator-elect-and-trumps-nemesis-says-the-us-is-very-much-weakened-as-a-democracy

Congress may have to ‘put the brakes on’ some uses of presidential power, Thune says
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/will-john-thune-defy-donald-trump

Republican Congressional Candidate Tells Muslim Congresswomen They Should ‘Consider Leaving Before I Get There,’ Adds ‘#BombsAway’
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/republican-congressional-candidate-tells-muslim-congresswomen-they-should-consider-leaving-before-i-get-there-adds-bombsaway/

Trump’s Gorka pick met with outrage: he’s ‘as dangerous as he is unqualified.’ Current Trump advisers were reportedly horrified. An unnamed “person close to [Trump’s] national security team” told the Washington Post: “Almost universally, the entire team considers Gorka a clown. They are dreading working with him.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/27/trump-national-security-gorka

Trump Cabinet appointees targeted in violent threats: transition team. The threats were reportedly directed at several appointees and their relatives. The threats varied from bomb threats to “swatting”
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-cabinet-appointees-targeted-in-violent-threats-transition-team/

Trump Finally Signs Transition Docs But Shuns Major Details
https://www.axios.com/2024/11/26/trump-transition-white-house

# Gov / Politics / Global
Lebanese celebrate Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/27/a-new-page-world-reacts-to-israel-hezbollah-ceasefire

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
A Kentucky judge was FURIOUS when she discovered a female inmate had been denied pants for three days. Judge Amber Wolf BLASTED a correction services director over the phone, before apologizing to the defendant for the way she was treated.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/08/01/am-i-in-the-twilight-zone-a-judges-reaction-to-a-bare-legged-defendant-in-court/

Ex-FBI informant charged with lies at ‘heart’ of Biden impeachment effort indicted on new tax charges
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5011228-former-fbi-informant-that-fabricated-biden-claims-indicted-on-tax-charges/

Entire Town’s Police Force In South Carolina Resigns. A South Carolina town’s entire police force resigned, with the police chief claiming a toxic work environment as the motivation for the resignations
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/south-carolina-police-mccoll-resign-b2653632.html

Mayor of South Carolina city dies days after entire police force resigns
https://www.wyff4.com/article/south-carolina-mayor-dies-head-on-crash/63033238

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump demands New York AG Letitia James drop civil fraud case ‘for the greater good of the country’
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3692089718090-trump-demands-new-york-ag-letitia-james-drop-civil-fraud-case-for-the-greater-good-of-the-country

Alan Dershowitz Announces Assembly Of ‘Legal Dream Team’ To Defend Israel At ICC After Netanyahu Indictment
https://dailycaller.com/2024/11/25/alan-dershowitz-announces-assembly-of-legal-dream-team-to-defend-israel-at-icc-after-netanyahu-indictment/

# LGBTQ / Gender
Transgender activists question the confrontational approach. Facing diminishing support, some activists say all-or-nothing tactics are not working. “We have to make it OK for someone to change their minds.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/us/politics/transgender-activists-rights.html

# Medical / Health News
Jay Bhattacharya, prominent physician and economist, nominated by Trump for NIH director
https://www.massdevice.com/trump-selects-stanford-professor-to-be-next-nih-director/

Dr. Oz and the Stealth Destruction of Medicare. The TV doctor’s scams and fake cures are the least of what makes him so dangerous as Trump’s appointee to head Medicare and Medicaid.
https://prospect.org/health/2024-11-26-dr-oz-stealth-destruction-of-medicare/

# Military / DOD / Militia
McConnell to push for more military spending as incoming Senate chairman of defense panel. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Senate’s longest-serving leader, will become chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense subpanel
https://apnews.com/article/senate-mitch-mcconnell-93853ba600bd9de03e39ea613cba452b

A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon surveillance plane flew over the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, the first such transit over the 110-mile-wide channel that separates mainland China from Taiwan since mid-September.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-us-taiwan-strait-military-plane-shadowed-chinese-navy/

# NATO
Top NATO official calls on business leaders to prepare for ‘wartime scenario,’ bring their production lines back home, rather than relying on China or Russia, to avoid blackmail or sabotage — as former and future US President Donald Trump has vowed to restore his “America First” agenda.
https://nypost.com/2024/11/25/world-news/top-nato-military-chair-warns-business-leaders-to-prepare-for-wartime-scenario/

WW3 fears as Russian spy ship spotted in NATO waters prompting US intervention
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/russia-spy-ship-us-nato-34192610

# Rocketry / Space / Global
China launches new mapping satellites to enhance radar imaging network
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/China_launches_new_mapping_satellites_to_enhance_radar_imaging_network_999.html

# Pharmacy / Pharmaceuticals
Common Thyroid Medicine Linked to Bone Loss. Levothyroxine, marketed under brand names such as Synthroid, is the second-most commonly prescribed medication among older adults in the US. It’s consumed by about 7% of the US population.
https://press.rsna.org/timssnet/media/pressreleases/14_pr_target.cfm?ID=2538

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