Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-03-01

Voices, The Peoples News

March 1, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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Voices turns 25 this month … can I make it another 25?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-02-28

Voices, The Peoples News

February 28, 2025
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 / Gangs / Drugs
Panama And Costa Rica Turning into a ‘Black Hole’ For Migrants and Deportees From US
https://apnews.com/article/panama-costa-rica-migrants-trump-53cb0449a29880e5e6aba8d9b7328416

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-02-27

Voices, The Peoples News

February 27, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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