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December 24, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
This Ojibwe Band Is Suing to Stop a Pipeline From Polluting Their Wetland Home. The lawsuit specifically targets a federal permit granted in October 2025, which would allow Enbridge to build a new 41-mile segment of the pipeline around the tribe’s reservation.
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/16/bad-river-band-sues-army-corps-of-engineers-over-enbridge-pipeline-permit-approval/

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
ICE Agents Break Into Women’s Bathroom: “Pull Your Pants Up!” Remember when Republicans pretended to care about men in women’s bathrooms? The officers justified their invasive actions by telling Cato’s owners that they had a warrant for a violent felon. In reality, the warrant they did have only allowed them to go into the building and seize documents, not kidnap a woman while she was on the toilet.
https://newrepublic.com/post/204732/ice-agents-break-in-women-bathroom-pull-pants-up

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Trump prays for favorable Supreme Court ruling on tariff authority, said his tariffs on foreign imports are fueling the nation’s economic growth.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_447fbeae-d52f-4cde-b5fa-4df49b7bc465.html

Cracks emerge as members of Congress try to curb their own stock trading. Republicans tease new plan as hopes dim for a compromise bill
https://rollcall.com/2025/12/18/cracks-emerge-congress-curb-their-own-stock-trading/

# Education / Schools
Expert says higher education must take new approach to AI
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_98b2830c-5180-400f-bedf-f8093f19908c.html

Education Department to start garnishing wages next year for those who defaulted on student loans
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/trump-administration-says-it-will-begin-garnishing-wages-of-student-loan-borrowers-in-default

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Trump ramps up pressure on Maduro as tanker seizures paralyze oil exports. to Donald Trump, Venezuela was first all about narcotics. Now it is all about narcotics, oil, and the theft of American assets.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2025/12/trump-venezuela-tankers-maduro/685347/

Trump’s Embrace of Natural Gas Exports Is Driving Up Energy Bills for Consumers. US households paid $124 more on natural gas in the first nine months of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17122025/liquefied-natural-gas-exports-driving-up-energy-bills/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has handed Texas another win in a lawsuit brought by Chinese nationals challenging a state law banning foreign adversaries from purchasing land in Texas.
https://nationalaglawcenter.org/federal-court-dismisses-challenge-to-texas-newly-enacted-foreign-ownership-law/

# FEMA / USAID
Federal judge says Trump administration must restore disaster money to Democratic states
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fema-funds-lawsuit-immigration_n_694b6990e4b080674cebdee8

# General Recalls / Alerts
FDA Confirms 83,000 Items Recalled: 83K bags of frozen shrimp recalled over radioactive concerns. The shrimp, imported from Indonesia and sold nationwide under the Market 32 and Waterfront Bistro brands, may have come in contact with Cesium-137, a radioactive substance. [More on site]
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/recalls/raw-frozen-shrimp-recall-radioactive-cesium/

# General News
More than a dozen staffers leave Heritage to join Pence-led nonprofit. It’s the latest in a string of departures from the embattled organization.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/22/heritage-staff-join-pence-nonprofit-00703192

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
New Epstein files add color but no new charges. While the files offer more detailed “color”—including photos, emails, and jail surveillance videos—they have not resulted in new criminal charges or major revelatory bombshells.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12/19/us/epstein-files-release

Democrats’ push for Epstein files boomeranged with Clinton featured prominently throughout
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5660274-bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-files-democrats-trump/

New trove of apparent Epstein files posted on DOJ site disappears. The Justice Department didn’t respond to requests for comment on the new documents or the decision to remove them.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/22/epstein-files-release-justice-department-00704265

Department of Justice Releases New Epstein Files With Disclaimer Attempting to Exonerate Trump. Trump is mentioned numerous times in the latest batch of documents related to the elite sex trafficker.
https://truthout.org/articles/doj-releases-new-epstein-files-with-disclaimer-attempting-to-exonerate-trump/

# Gov / Politics
Trump ‘Sends a Dangerous Message’ With ‘America First’ Diplomat Purge, Says Union. The American Foreign Service Association said the move “tells our public servants that loyalty to country is no longer enough—that experience and oath to the Constitution take a back seat to political loyalty.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-state-department

Major allies see US as unreliable and destabilizing. Pluralities in Germany and France — and a majority of Canadians — say the US is a negative force globally
https://www.thedailybeast.com/scathing-polling-reveals-what-key-us-allies-really-think-of-america-under-trump/

Newhouse Becomes Latest GOP Lawmaker to Head for the Exit as Greene Says the “Dam Is Breaking”
https://newrepublic.com/post/204546/republican-rep-newhouse-retires-mtg-warns-dam-breaking

More than 10% of Congress won’t return to their seats after 2026. According to NPR’s congressional retirement tracker, as of Dec. 20, 2025, there are 55 current representatives and senators who are retiring or running for a different office — 11 senators and 44 House members.
https://www.wunc.org/2025-12-17/more-than-10-of-congress-wont-return-to-their-seats-after-2026

Rubio issues sanctions on European officials who attempted to censor American free speech. State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformation
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/24/us-state-department-visa-ban-former-eu-commissioner-europe

# Gov / Politics / Global
Too Early, Too Alone: France Prepares for Russia as US Withdraws. Paris has long worried the United States was an unreliable partner. Donald Trump is proving them right.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/12/21/france-europe-security-trump-00700889

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court
Supreme Court blocks National Guard deployment to Chicago. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump can’t use National Guard troops in Chicago, in another blow to the president’s push for federalization nationwide.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/23/supreme-court-national-guard-ruling-00704962?utm_content=topic/politics&utm_source=flipboard

# LGBTQ / Transgender
California attorney general joins coalition to protect trans youth in sports. The amicus brief notes that courts have repeatedly held that policies inclusive of transgender students are consistent with Title IX’s language, which forbids exclusion “on the basis of sex.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/california-attorney-general-joins-coalition-000000385.html

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Condé Nast Upheaval Signals a New Level of Corporate War on Media Workers. Facing the impacts of mergers and displacement by AI, media unions are fighting for democracy and freedom of expression.
https://truthout.org/articles/conde-nast-upheaval-signals-a-new-level-of-corporate-war-on-media-workers/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits
Loophole Closed on Giving Welfare to Noncitizens. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today increased federal oversight to stop states from misusing federal Medicaid dollars to cover health care for individuals who are in the country illegally. As part of the action, CMS is ramping up financial oversight across the board to identify and stop improper spending.
https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cms-increasing-oversight-states-illegally-using-federal-medicaid-funding-health-care-illegal

# Medical / Science / Research
How Overdiagnosis Turns Healthy People Into Patients by expanding disease definitions, lowering risk thresholds (like for blood pressure), and using advanced screening to find harmless abnormalities (overdetection), leading to unnecessary treatments, lifestyle changes, and the psychological burden of being labeled “sick” for conditions that never would have harmed them
https://www.bu.edu/bostonia/web/overdiagnosis/

# Medical / Global
Chinese National Pleads Guilty and is Sentenced for Smuggling a Dangerous Biological Pathogen into the U.S. While Working at a University of Michigan Laboratory
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmi/pr/chinese-national-pleads-guilty-and-sentenced-smuggling-dangerous-biological-pathogen

# Military / War Department
Pentagon Fails 8th Audit in a Row as Congress Grants It $1 Trillion Budget. This funding will enrich billionaires like Elon Musk and Alex Karp as Americans struggle to afford basic needs.
https://www.defensenews.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/12/19/pentagon-fails-financial-audit-for-8th-year-in-a-row/

USAF F-35As Have Arrived In The Caribbean. The F-35As bring enhanced capabilities to Operation Southern Spear, and are the first USAF fighters deployed for it.
https://www.twz.com/air/usaf-f-35as-have-arrived-in-the-caribbean

Battleship Missouri’s Sailors Brace For Incoming Missiles In Intense Desert Storm Video. Sailors aboard USS Missouri faced incoming anti-ship missiles and a suspected chemical attack on February 25, 1991.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news/onboard-camera-brace-for-missile-impact-battleship-missouri-gulf-war/vi-AA1N3N6z?ocid=a2hs

US Army and Navy stretched the rules to misrepresent the academic qualifications of recruits, the inspector general says
https://www.businessinsider.com/pentagon-ig-report-army-navy-misrepresented-recruit-qualifications-2025-12

# Science /  Science Engineers / Chemistry / Research
Humans create massive amounts of trash, and that’s a problem that doesn’t look to be going away anytime soon. Fortunately, some very smart people are turning that trash into useful things. This list highlights five ways trash is being repurposed to make our lives better.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/recycled-products-plastic-bricks-waste/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_campaign=01KCRZKH3Y5GB7KCJWVTG5A4BK&utm_id=01K2W29RSZZS5N96NWWDZ2SY6A

# Veterans / VA
‘Dangerous and Cruel’: Trump VA Quietly Bans Abortion. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued an internal memorandum immediately banning almost all abortion services and counseling for veterans and their dependents, including in cases of rape, incest, or serious health risks.
https://democracyforward.org/updates/trump-vance-administration-bans-abortion-care-and-counseling-for-veterans-in-secret/

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December 23, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
Judge tells administration to submit plans for return of migrants sent to El Salvador. Over 200 migrants were sent to the CECOT prison under the Alien Enemies Act.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-orders-administration-submit-plans-return-migrants-deported/story?id=128632777

DHS triples self-deportation ‘exit bonus’ stipend to $3,000. The DHS is tripling its cash offer for undocumented migrants to leave voluntarily.
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/22/dhs-self-deport-stipend-holiday

Billionaire philanthropy’s growing divide: Mark Zuckerberg stops funding immigration reform as MacKenzie Scott doubles down on DEI
https://www.aol.com/finance/billionaire-philanthropy-growing-divide-mark-181737064.html

Trump Supreme Court battle could be dismantled by Congress members’ own history. New evidence is emerging that could deal a major blow to President Donald Trump’s case for stripping birthright citizenship to the children of immigrants.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-birthright-citizenship-2674821409/

College student deported during Thanksgiving travel describes ICE officer’s intimidation
https://www.aol.com/articles/college-student-deported-during-thanksgiving-182916191.html

Trump wrongly inflicts collective punishment for shootings on millions. Collective punishment is a hateful and unjust practice that has been used by bigots throughout history to harm entire groups of people for the actions or alleged actions of a few individuals. President Trump is now cruelly imposing collective punishment on millions of people around the world in response to deadly shootings in Washington, at Brown University and near MIT.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5658008-trump-anti-immigrant-policies/

# Education / Schools
Record school spending fails to reverse decline in test scores. Expenditures for K-12 schools up by more than 35% across the U.S. despite declines in enrollment
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_e8d0d7fb-bf8a-4f04-92b3-fd2c8cdffd4d.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
The twists and turns of Trump’s 2025 war on unions. Since returning to office, the Trump administration has engaged in a series of efforts to sideline labor representatives within the federal government.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/12/twists-and-turns-trumps-2025-war-unions/410356/

FP Predictions: SCOTUS Will Expand President’s Power to Fire Members of Independent Agencies, Setting Stage for Workplace Regulation Shake-Up
https://www.fisherphillips.com/en/news-insights/fp-predictions-scotus-will-expand-presidents-power-to-fire-members-of-independent-agencies.html

“They chose to weaponize sound.” — Los Angeles city councilwoman Eunisses Hernandes. Home Depot Deploys Havana-Style Sonic Weapon Against Day Laborers
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/18/home-depot-la-noise-machines-day-laborers

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Trump Confirms He Has Talked to U.S. Oil Companies About What Happens After Regime Change In Venezuela. “American officials say that ‘multiple rationales’ have been discussed during internal administration discussions, but Congress has largely been left out of the loop.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-confirms-talked-u-oil-232004704.html

Trump Continues ‘War Against Renewables’ With Halt of Five Offshore Wind Farms: “Trump is killing jobs, raising energy costs, and harming the planet,” said Sen. Tim Kaine. “Grinch!”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-offshore-wind

Trump administration suspends 5 wind projects off the East Coast, cites national security concerns. The suspension, effective immediately, is the latest step by the administration to hobble offshore wind in its push against renewable energy sources. It comes two weeks after a federal judge struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, calling it unlawful.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-offshore-wind-energy-climate-c0ac1e447c93126327f1922327921aa0

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
The Trump Administration Continues To Propose Changes to the Endangered Species Act. Trump administration has proposed several significant revisions to the Endangered Species Act (ESA), primarily aimed at restoring a 2019–2020 regulatory framework that prioritizes economic considerations and reduces permitting burdens
https://www.fws.gov/press-release/2025-11/administration-revises-endangered-species-act-regulations-strengthen

# General News
Neo-Nazi terror group steps up US operations as FBI pulls back. Rinaldo Nazzaro says detention of suspected Base members in Spain justifies ‘resistance … by any means necessary’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/neo-nazi-base-leader-on-terrorism-arrest

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
The Justice Department released tens of thousands of additional Jeffrey Epstein files, dramatically expanding the public record under a new transparency law. The latest drop includes court records, FBI and DOJ documents, emails, photos, videos and investigative material tied to Epstein and his co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell
https://www.today.com/video/doj-releases-11-000-more-files-related-to-jeffrey-epstein-254904389559

Epstein accusers say files are ‘riddled with abnormal’ redactions. “This law, enacted by a nearly unanimous vote in the House and unanimously in the Senate, and signed by the President, was clear. It afforded no permission for delayed disclosure,” the 18 survivors wrote in an open letter.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5660075-epstein-survivors-bash-justice-department/

“Disregard of the law”: Schumer asks Senate to pursue legal action against DOJ over Epstein files. On December 22, 2025, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced he is introducing a resolution to pursue legal action against the Department of Justice (DOJ) over its failure to release the full Jeffrey Epstein files
https://www.wpri.com/news/us-and-world/schumer-calls-for-senate-to-sue-administration-over-epstein-files/

In a rare twist, a Republican and a Democrat are teaming up to impeach Pam Bondi over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-doj-goons-hit-with-impeachment-threat-over-epstein-failure/

Raskin on Democrats’ response to Epstein file redactions: ‘Everything is on the table.’ Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said on Sunday that Democrats are considering various avenues of recourse after the Trump administration released a trove of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein that included heavy redactions.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5658897-democrats-consider-recourse-epstein-documents/

Bill Clinton Demands All Jeffrey Epstein Files Relating to Himself Be Released as He Believes Redactions Are ‘Protecting Someone’
https://kutv.com/news/nation-world/clinton-demands-full-epstein-files-release-says-trump-administration-is-hiding-something-bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein

# General News / Floods
Trump rejects Colorado’s bid for federal disaster relief after fires, flooding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwXaUf3YJTU

‘Malicious and Obscene’: Senator Accuses Trump of Withholding Help for State’s Flood and Fire Victims to Punish Dem Governor
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/malicious-obscene-senator-accuses-trump-175958326.html

# Gov / Politics
Trump unveils ‘Golden Fleet’ of Navy battleships, a new “Trump-class,” including one named the USS Defiant, touts them as ‘more powerful than any’ ever built. Trump described the ships as battleships, a category the U.S. Navy has not built in decades, and said they would serve as flagships for the fleet.
https://san.com/cc/trump-unveils-golden-fleet-of-warships-as-pressure-builds-on-venezuela/

Inside the North Carolina GOP’s decade-long push to seize power from the state’s Democratic governors. This strategy, intensified following Democrat Josh Stein’s 2024 gubernatorial victory, has transitioned North Carolina’s executive branch from one of the most stable to one described as among the nation’s weakest.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-governor-power-transfers-gop

Donald Trump Admitted He’s Building the White House Ballroom as a ‘Monument to Myself Because No One Else Will,’ Jesse Watters Claim
https://people.com/jesse-watters-claims-trump-said-hes-building-white-house-ballroom-as-monument-to-himself-11874091

‘Send the freakin’ Marshals!’ Top Trump ally demands action as stop the steal reignites. MAGA figurehead Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff, demanded Monday that the Trump administration deploy U.S. Marshals to Georgia to seize ballots as part of a relitigation of the president’s false claims that the 2020 election was “stolen.”
https://www.rawstory.com/georgia-2674821781/

Pete Hegseth Warned About Unlawful Military Orders By Trump In ’16 – But Now Is Investigating Democrats For Saying The Same Thing
https://time.com/7338548/pete-hegseth-unlawful-orders-democrats-reactions-seditious-six/

‘Midst of a coverup’: Trump accused of building web of lies so complex aides keep tripping. The Bulwark’s Editor at Large William Kristol described why materials related to the deceased pedophile have sent the White House and President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice spinning. “It’s hard for the mooks to remember which lie they’re supposed to tell,” he wrote.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-administration-epstein-files/

Jack Smith Says His Team Has “Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt” Trump Tried to Overturn 2020 Election
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/18/headlines/jack_smith_had_proof_beyond_a_reasonable_doubt_trump_conspired_to_overturn_2020_election

‘Corruption, Pure and Simple’: Probe Identifies Rich Donors Benefiting From Trump Presidency. “These people are not getting coerced. They are making business decisions,” said one former official who left the Trump White House to become a lobbyist.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-post-election-donors

Advancing American Freedom Hires Former Heritage Foundation Legal, Economic and Data Directors. Former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III stated the following, “I am proud to announce Advancing American Freedom as the home for the new Edwin Meese III Institute for the Rule of Law. AAF has already established itself as a leader in the conservative movement.
https://advancingamericanfreedom.com/advancing-american-freedom-hires-former-heritage-foundation-legal-economic-and-data-directors/
Heritage Foundation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation
Advancing American Freedom: https://advancingamericanfreedom.com/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Trump says Greenland ‘essential’ for security: Could he take it by force? Trump’s latest comments have prompted diplomatic protests from Denmark over sovereignty concerns.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/23/trump-says-greenland-essential-for-security-could-he-take-it-by-force

‘You Cannot Annex Other Countries’: Greenland, Denmark Furious at Trump Special Envoy Appointment
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry’s new title “changes nothing for us at home,” said the leader of Greenland. “We decide our future ourselves.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/22/denmark-summon-us-ambassador-trump-greenland-envoy-appointment

EU’s roughly $105B loan allows Ukraine to keep fighting Russia, changes dynamics of any peace deal. The deal is structured so that future Russian reparations will be used to repay the new loans.
https://justthenews.com/world/europe-ukraine-money

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court
John Brennan’s lawyers confirm he is ‘target’ of Florida grand jury probe, ask judge to stop it
https://apnews.com/article/brennan-cia-trump-russia-justice-department-cannon-8272c2270987315fb39190a20d43dba0

Former Kansas Supreme Court chief justice joins national alliance to promote rule of law. Former Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss joined about 50 counterparts around the country to establish the Alliance of Former Chief Justices, a nonpartisan group dedicated to promoting the rule of law and judicial independence
https://kansasreflector.com/2025/12/22/former-kansas-supreme-court-chief-justice-joins-national-alliance-to-promote-rule-of-law/

# Medical / Science / Research
Cardiologist Regrets Pushing Vax After ‘Undeniable’ Rise in Heart Conditions. “It’s undeniable,” he stressed.
https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/09/08/i-regurgitated-the-party-line-cardiologist-regrets-pushing-vax-after-undeniable-rise-in-heart-conditions/

# Military / War Department
[A bit of history not taught in the schools]
During the Vietnam War, an elite force known as MACV-SOG operated in such secrecy that even many within the U.S. military didn’t know the details of their missions. MACV-SOG (Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group) was a highly secretive, elite, multi-service U.S. special ops unit in Vietnam, conducting clandestine cross-border missions into Laos, Cambodia, and North Vietnam, focusing on intel gathering, sabotage, and rescues, all while remaining officially unknown to many, even within the military, due to extreme classification and operating with no insignia.
https://gendischarge.com/blogs/news/macv-sog-vietnam-war?srsltid=AfmBOoqMw4HRJ_baBRsiGoZxLbvKO0gQXpy36Sj8SxwICJQFHc_36BMK

# Military / Global / NATO
Putin Fury After Ukraine Strikes ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker in Mediterranean
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-war-live-updates-news-zelensky-trump-putin-11241506

# NOAA / Weather
Trump’s Attack on Weather Center Would End Lifesaving Meteorological Research. The National Center for Atmospheric Research has enabled crucial predictions of wildfires and extreme weather.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-attack-on-weather-center-would-end-lifesaving-meteorological-research/

# Nuclear
Japan set to restart world’s biggest nuclear power plant. Kashiwazaki-Kariwa will be the latest plant to restart 15 years after the Fukushima disaster shut down the country’s nuclear energy programme.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/22/japan-set-to-restart-worlds-biggest-nuclear-power-plant

# Pharmaceuticals
China’s Chokehold in Pharma: A ‘Nuclear’ Option in the Trade War? Pharmaceuticals are China’s next trade weapon
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/econographics/sinographs/pharmaceuticals-are-chinas-next-trade-weapon/

# Security / DHS / Surveillance / Cybersecurity / Spyware / Secret Service
Understanding the Dangerous Trump-MAGA National Security Strategy. Declaring an end to Pax Americana, the strategy reinforces white supremacy, authoritarianism, and kleptocracy at home and abroad.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-s-national-security-strategy

# Social Services / Programs
GOP House Oversight panel expands probe into Minnesota social service to look into possible coverup. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer expanded an investigation into massive fraud within Minnesota’s social service programs, specifically looking into allegations of a state-led cover-up and retaliation against whistleblowers
https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-expands-investigation-into-widespread-fraud-uncovered-in-minnesota-government-programs/

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Voices, The Peoples News

December 22, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
‘This has destroyed her’: ICE keeps mom from baby — a month after all charges dropped
https://www.rawstory.com/ice-2674814752/

Immigrant Inmate Dies at ICE Prison in Michigan Pushing Number of Deaths in Custody This Year to 30. Bulgarian national Nenko Stanev Gantchev was found unresponsive on the floor of his cell during routine checks and is suspected to have died of natural causes
https://www.latintimes.com/immigrant-inmate-dies-ice-prison-michigan-pushing-number-deaths-custody-this-year-30-592805

“You Lie and You Lie!”: Rep. Delia Ramirez Blasts Kristi Noem for “Smiling” as Lawmakers Press DHS on ICE Detentions
https://www.newsbreak.com/fort-worth-llc-333211895/4407162928960-you-lie-and-you-lie-rep-delia-ramirez-blasts-kristi-noem-for-smiling-as-lawmakers-press-dhs-on-ice-detentions

Police in Many “Sanctuary Cities” Have Repeatedly Collaborated With ICE. Police face allegations of violating laws meant to protect immigrants from DC to Oregon to Colorado and beyond.
https://truthout.org/articles/police-in-many-sanctuary-cities-have-repeatedly-collaborated-with-ice/

Amid Southern US Raids, Who’s Making Money Off Border Patrol and ICE Contracts? Contracts for companies based in North Carolina and Louisiana total more than $341 million for fiscal years 2025-2026.
https://truthout.org/articles/amid-southern-us-raids-whos-making-money-off-border-patrol-and-ice-contracts/

# Business / Industry / Corporations
White House threatens to withhold Smithsonian funds amid review: The White House threatened to withhold federal funding from the Smithsonian Institution if the prestigious museum system does not submit additional documentation for the Trump administration’s sweeping content review.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5658848-smithsonian-white-house-funding-review/

More Than 150 Individuals and Companies Have Been Sanctioned by U.S. for Money Laundering This Year
https://www.latintimes.com/more-150-individuals-companies-have-been-sanctioned-us-money-laundering-this-year-592647

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Watchdog warns of national debt interest payments hitting $1 trillion
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_0b620f9d-da41-47a9-b976-dab5188cc7ac.html

White House allies admit Trump owns the economy — and that ‘Americans are not feeling it.’ “Americans have serious concerns about the economy and how these larger economic forces will influence their personal finances in 2026,” said Marist.
https://www.audacy.com/kdkaradio/news/national/over-60-say-economy-isnt-working-for-them-under-trump

U.S. lays out terms for trade deal with Canada. U.S. leaders want American products, including whiskey and milk, on Canadian shelves as part of any deal between the neighboring nations
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/u-lays-terms-trade-deal-144900983.html
See also: United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
https://ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/united-states-mexico-canada-agreement

# Education / Schools
As elite college admissions tighten, early decision faces new scrutiny. Admission to America’s top colleges has become more competitive in the last two decades. An antitrust lawsuit reveals how early decision disadvantages most students – and drives up the price of college.
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2025-10-27/college-admissions-early-decision-lawsuit-students

# Employment / Labor / Unions
‘Cannot be retroactively repaired’: Trump administration unlawfully fired federal workers during government shutdown, judge rules. A judge has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate hundreds of federal workers to their jobs, finding that several federal agencies unlawfully terminated them during the recent government shutdown.
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/cannot-be-retroactively-repaired-trump-administration-unlawfully-fired-federal-workers-during-government-shutdown-judge-rules/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Trump EPA Plan Would Restrict Public’s Right to Know About Climate Pollution. “The problems don’t go away when the reporting goes away,” says the Corporate Toxics Information Project’s co-director.
https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-budget/executive-action-watch?item=30226

# FEMA / USAID
Trump rejects disaster aid for Colorado despite significant damage. “There is no politicization,” White House says after simultaneously denying two requests from Gov. Jared Polis to help rebuild from wildfires and flooding.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/12/22/trump-rejects-disaster-aid-for-colorado-despite-significant-damage-00702411

# General News / Boat Strikes
Trump asserts he does not need Congress to launch strikes in Venezuela: “It’s not a big deal”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-does-not-congress-233451763.html

Trump Ramps Up Aggression Against Venezuela With Seizure of Ship Not Under US Sanctions. The Venezuelan government condemned the seizure as “a serious act of international piracy;” meanwhile, a US official said the Coast Guard was pursuing a third tanker in the Caribbean.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-seizes-another-tanker

US Coast Guard tracking third Venezuelan vessel as part of blockade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW8RnJEywqY

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Lawmakers threaten Bondi with contempt amid Epstein file release. Two lawmakers are threatening a seldom-used congressional sanction against the Department of Justice over what they say is a failure to release all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a deadline set in law.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/21/nx-s1-5651323/epstein-files-bondi-justice-department-congress-contempt

Justice Department re-releases Epstein files after scrutiny over redactions. The Department of Justice re-released documents from Friday’s file dump related to Jeffrey Epstein.
https://san.com/cc/justice-department-re-releases-epstein-files-after-scrutiny-over-redactions/

Blanche says all Epstein files material, including anything mentioning Trump, will be released
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5658888-epstein-files-trump-documents-release/

DOJ scrambles to explain Trump redaction in Epstein files: ‘Literally in your possession!’ Lawmakers voice frustration over heavy redactions and the apparent removal of files from government website
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/20/trump-justice-department-legal-threats-epstein-files-release

Epstein Survivor Says Trump Administration Committed ‘Grave and Indefensible’ Violation. A redaction failure in newly released Epstein records sparks outrage from a survivor
https://www.inquisitr.com/epstein-survivor-says-trump-administration-committed-grave-and-indefensible-violation

Trump Justice Department seemingly caught deleting photos from Epstein file dump as critics speak up
https://www.ft.com/content/a1a1bf4f-96f7-4280-842e-ccdf10de291d

Department says image was flagged by prosecutors before determining it posed no risk to survivors of late sex offender
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/21/epstein-files-photos-removed

Massie and Khanna preparing to bring ‘inherent contempt’ against Bondi over Epstein files
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5659394-khanna-massie-bondi-contempt-epstein/

‘Let that one sink in’: Ex-prosecutor ties Trump ‘wingman’ report to missing Epstein files
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-epstein-2674818084/

‘Bring it on’ — Top Justice Department official responds to impeachment threat over redacted partial Epstein files
https://fortune.com/2025/12/21/todd-blanche-justice-department-epstein-files-impeachment-contempt-trump-redactions/

Trump’s DOJ offers states confidential deal to remove voters from rolls. Justice Department attorney says 11 states have shown a willingness to stop residents from voting at DOJ’s request.
https://stateline.org/2025/12/18/trumps-doj-offers-states-confidential-deal-to-wipe-voters-flagged-by-feds-as-ineligible/

A CNN journalist digs through a 100-page Epstein document, and surprise — it’s as grim and twisted as you feared. Investigative reporter on Epstein files: “Things in there they don’t want you to see”
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/14/us/video/the-lead-julie-k-brown-epstein-files-president-trump-justice-department-jake-tapper

# General News / Gaza
Jared Kushner’s $112B plan to turn Gaza into luxury destination could begin in 2 months after permanent relocation of Palestinians
https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/jared-kushners-112b-plan-turn-1574134

# Gov / Politics
U.S. Congressman Says “I Work with Morons” After MAGA Rep. Claims “America Was Not Founded by Immigrants”
https://local.newsbreak.com/fort-worth-llc-333211895/4407029264343-u-s-congressman-says-i-work-with-morons-after-maga-rep-claims-america-was-not-founded-by-immigrants

‘This Isn’t The Republican Party Anymore!’ Don Jr. Proclaims Trump Leads the ‘America First’ and MAGA Party
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/isn-t-republican-party-anymore-191424399.html

Trump’s DNA Dragnet: The Law That Turns Us All into Suspects. A little-used federal law is being activated in ways that could turn immigration screening into the backbone of a far-reaching DNA surveillance system
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-dna-dragnet-immigration-policy-biometric-surveillance-1235487564/

Congress just walked away from its war powers
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5658095-congress-war-powers-retreat/

Steve Bannon: Trump will have a third term. Bannon insists that president Trump will have a third term and has played a role in galvanising Europe’s populist nationalists, many of whom are now close to power.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijf7K_08YWk

DOJ is suing both red and blue states to force them to clean voter rolls for 2026 midterms
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-six-additional-states-failure-provide-voter-registration-rolls

Trump warns of January government shutdown over Obamacare during North Carolina speech
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-nc-rally-democrats-shut-033717120.html

Trump removes nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial positions
https://apnews.com/article/diplomacy-ambassadors-state-department-1a10058998c86e799ce4e5132a99da18

Experts fear pro-Trump paramilitary groups may ‘become active’ as midterms draw near
https://www.rawstory.com/proud-boys-2674817978/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Danish Intel for First Time Lists U.S. as Threat, Says Washington Uses Economic Power Against Allies. “The United States uses economic power, including in the form of threats of high tariffs, to enforce its will and no longer excludes the use of military force, even against allies.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/danish-intelligence-classifies-donald-trump-america-as-security-risk/

Israeli Cabinet Approves 19 New Apartheid Colonies in Occupied West Bank. “The ONLY reason Israel gets away with this naked thievery is US military and political support,” said one observer.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-19-new-settlements

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Trump’s Orders Targeting Anti-Fascism Aim to Criminalize Opposition. Purporting to go after “domestic terrorism,” the president presents an imagined left-wing conspiracy and authorizes punishments for even tenuous connections to speech the administration doesn’t like.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/trumps-orders-targeting-antifascism-aim-criminalize-opposition

Pam Bondi Memo Pushes FBI to Offer Cash for Tips on Domestic “Terrorists” Including Gender Activists. The memo says domestic terrorism could be inspired by a number of things, such as ‘opposition to law and immigration enforcement’ or support for ‘radical gender ideology.’ The memo focuses on what it calls antifa-aligned extremism and omits mentions of rising domestic threats, such as violent white supremacy.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-12-11/justice-department-drafting-list-of-domestic-terrorists

Attorney General Says Pam Bondi Removed 60 DEA Agents Fighting Drug Trafficking in Arizona: [NOTE: Trump has also faced criticism on the drug trafficking front for ordering military strikes on “narco-terrorist” boats in the Caribbean, while simultaneously pardoning convicted drug traffickers like Honduran ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández, now wanted in Honduras after his release from an American prison.]
https://2paragraphs.com/2025/12/attorney-general-says-pam-bondi-removed-60-dea-agents-fighting-drug-trafficking-in-arizona/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court
Trump’s Pulitzer Defamation Suit Backfires as Board Seeks His Financial, Medical Records
https://newrepublic.com/post/204475/pulitzer-board-trump-tax-psych-records-lawsuit

‘Not optional or negotiable’: Judge excoriates Trump admin for repeatedly ‘refusing to comply’ with discovery and court orders in humanities grant-funding lawsuit
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/not-optional-or-negotiable-judge-excoriates-trump-admin-for-repeatedly-refusing-to-comply-with-discovery-and-court-orders-in-humanities-grant-funding-lawsuit/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits
As Obamacare Subsidies expire, House Republicans rebel against Speaker Mike Johnson for refusing to allow votes
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/republicans-defy-speaker-mike-johnson-to-force-house-vote-on-extending-aca-subsidies

# Military / War Department
Trump Military Checks Exposed as Scam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbUkGtu25Ik

Pentagon to review discharges of 8,700 troops who declined COVID vaccine
https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4361100/war-department-reevaluates-discharge-characterizations-for-covid-vaccine-refusal/

Pentagon Escalates Mark Kelly Probe to Official Command Investigation After Viral Military Video
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/12/17/pentagon-escalates-probe-into-sen-mark-kelly-over-lawful-orders-video/

Retired U.S. Army General Joins Ranks Calling For Pete Hegseth To Be “Fired”
https://www.newsbreak.com/share/4375069182750-retired-u-s-army-general-joins-ranks-calling-for-pete-hegseth-to-be-fired?_f=app_share&s=a1&share_destination_id=MjI4OTY1NC0xNzY0NjM3NDMyMDE3&pd=009bduvA&hl=en_US&send_time=1764637432&actBtn=fb&trans_data=%7B%22platform%22%3A1%2C%22cv%22%3A%2224.13.1%22%2C%22languages%22%3A%22en%22%7D

Retired rear admiral fears Trump replacing military leaders with those ‘loyal to him’
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/retired-rear-admiral-fears-trump-replacing-military-leaders-with-those-loyal-to-him

More US strikes on Syria possible as Trump vows revenge. The U.S. military launched large-scale strikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria on Friday in retaliation for an attack on American troops that were ambushed last Saturday. This as more revenge strikes are possible. President Trump says “All terrorist who are eveil enoght to attack Americans are hearby warned!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50U4M1P_4EM

Trump: US Forces ‘Striking Very Strongly’ Against 70+ Targets in Syria. “Most anti-war president ever, also a winner of the FIFA Peace Prize, threatened to invade Venezuela for oil earlier this week and has now launched strikes in Syria,” said one observer.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-air-strikes-syria

# Veterans / VA
Justice Department calls for affordable vet care. With veterinary care out of reach so many Americans, the Justice Department wants to know why.
https://san.com/cc/justice-department-calls-for-affordable-vet-care/

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December 21, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
Georgia grandfather and US military veteran languishing in ICE custody after routine traffic stop, fiancée says: ‘It’s a travesty.’ The Trump administration rescinded a Biden-era ICE policy that placed guardrails on immigration enforcement against non-citizen U.S. veterans
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/georgia-ice-grandfather-veteran-traffic-stop-b2880347.html

Substantial Fraud Found in Federal Immigration Programs: Fraud Risk in Federal Programs: Continuing Threat from Organized Groups Since COVID-19
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-25-107508

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Do it for Trump: Treasury pushes businesses, wealthy people to contribute to ‘Trump Accounts.’ A pair of major contributions from business titans recently is part of a strategy to pump money into the new savings plans for children.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/20/treasury-hopes-to-juice-trump-accounts-with-appeals-to-philanthropists-corporations-00698179

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Energy costs could skyrocket for millions after feds let Big Tech plug data centers into power plants. Federal regulators are set to allow tech companies to essentially plug massive data centers directly into power plants, but the cost of energy for the average consumer could go up as a result.
https://apnews.com/article/power-electricity-ai-power-plants-data-centers-grid-6f52e60c4924f634a21fb5f35d68f29b

# General News / Boat Strikes
2nd Tanker Intercepted. The United States has intercepted an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as part of its enforcement of sanctions against the Maduro government, according to the U.S. Homeland Security secretary. The move comes amid stepped-up U.S. military and maritime activity in the Caribbean,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP2hhHVCA3E

Pete Hegseth Orders Round Three Of Boat Strikes in Pacific and This Time There’s Video Proof
Full video showing follow-up strike on alleged drug boat won’t be released to the public, Hegseth says
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/16/politics/boat-strike-video-hegseth

A timeline of US strikes on boats that have killed 104
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/02/politics/timeline-us-strikes-caribbean-pacific-vis

U.S. Coast Guard STRIKE Cartel Boat – Then THIS Happened…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRmXWA5fs1o

# Gov / Politics
Ex-FBI agent says Bondi has ‘slam dunk’ conspiracy case against Obama’s feds for election meddling. Former FBI agent and Navy SEAL Jonathan Gilliam says Trump should name a “Justice Czar” to coordinate both prosecutions and policy fixes. “This would be a slam dunk case for any US Attorney,” he said.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/slam-dunk-ex-fbi-agent-says-bondi-has-clear-weaponization

House Democrat Says ‘Congress Is Talking About Possible Impeachment’ of DOJ Officials After Partial Epstein Files Release
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5658414-house-democrat-suhas-subramanyam-epstein-files-partial-release/

‘The statute is crystal clear’: GOP congressman gives evidence Trump admin is breaking law. GOP rep. Thomas Massie over the weekend noted that Trump’s DOJ hasn’t followed the proper protocol in accordance with a law passed by lawmakers and signed into law by the president himself.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-admin-breaking-the-law/

Republican Sen. Introduces Bill Allowing The Hiring of Private Entities To Seize Cartel Operatives And Assets Outside The U.S. Private citizens could be granted authority to seize property from drug cartels under a constitutional provision not used in more than 200 years, thanks to a new bill Lee introduced
https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2025/12/19/mike-lee-wants-american-privateers-to-seize-drug-cartel-property-on-the-high-seas/

‘Cult of personality’: White House slammed over new ‘un-American’ name for Kennedy Center. The family of former President John F. Kennedy is slamming a vote to rename The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to include President Trump’s name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZKoJwPFyzI

Trump brags about demanding his own government give him taxpayer money over Mar-a-Lago search: ‘I hereby give myself $1B’
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/4406798089830-trump-brags-about-demanding-his-own-government-give-him-taxpayer-money-over-mar-a-lago-search-i-hereby-give-myself-1b?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NjYyODU5NDQ1NzM%3D

Democrat lawmaker facing indictment and charges: U.S. Attorney says lawmaker arrested for fraud is just the first of many he’s expecting to prosecute. “This is the first of what will be several indictments against members of the state legislature for taking funds for which they were not entitled,” Hertzberg said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/u-attorney-says-lawmaker-arrested-231511002.html

GOP Sen. Lummis not seeking reelection after one term. The “Crypto Queen” was first elected to the upper chamber in 2020.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/19/cynthia-lummis-crypto-retirement-00700961

Sen. Van Hollen, and drag queen among protesters outside new Trump-Kennedy Center after name change
Van Hollen says Trump’s name will eventually come off of the building.
https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/drag-queen-sen-van-hollen-among-protestors-outside-new-trump-kennedy-center

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF
ICE Wants to Reopen Notorious California Prison. Locals Are Fighting Back.
https://truthout.org/articles/ice-wants-to-reopen-notorious-california-prison-locals-are-fighting-back/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn. We need to remake the US high court so Americans don’t suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/19/us-supreme-court-legitimacy

Judge tosses Trump-linked lawsuit targeting Chief Justice Roberts, dealing setback to Trump allies. Wild lawsuit claiming Chief Justice Roberts is actually part of executive branch nosedives in Trump-appointed judge’s court
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/wild-lawsuit-claiming-chief-justice-roberts-is-actually-part-of-executive-branch-nosedives-in-trump-appointed-judges-court/amp/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits
Trump has light-bulb moment as he announces on the fly he will pressure insurance companies into 80% price cuts. He intends to summon executives to the White House or Florida for talks to reduce costs, warning them to lower prices or risk losing out as funds might go directly to individuals instead, a move that sent insurer stocks down.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5657576-trump-pressures-insurers-lower-prices/

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., cut federal grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for programs on infant deaths, autism, and mental health, citing misalignment with department priorities after the AAP criticized the administration’s vaccine policies, leading to concerns about harm to children’s health
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/17/american-academy-pediatrics-funding-rfk

# Pharmaceuticals
Trump Admin Tests New Medicare Drug Pricing Pilot Programs. The Trump administration proposed two new programs aimed at saving Medicare billions of dollars on seniors’ drugs by pegging what the government pays to prices in other developed countries. Why it matters: While President Trump’s deals with drugmakers have focused primarily on getting Medicaid and direct-to-consumer drug prices in line with peer countries, the new efforts focus on Medicare.
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/19/trump-pilot-medicare-drug-prices

# Social / Communities
‘Total lawlessness’: Anger as Trump admin blesses ‘diabolical’ scheme to jack up rent costs. RealPage uses algorithms to help giant landlords collude to raise rent and keep other properties off the market.
https://www.alternet.org/trump-ftc-anti-consumer/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Robotics
Trump Media began with a social media app, now it’s doing TV, AI, crypto and even nuclear power. Trump Media & Technology announced its merger with TAE Technologies in an all-stock deal that the companies said is valued at more than $6 billion.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-media-fusion-power-company-devin-nunes-0ad9fe84447acf340a3fbf57e8dbd4fd

TikTok’s US arm has been sold, in a deal that one Senate Democrat says won’t do ‘a thing to protect the privacy of American users.’ The new company is owned by Oracle, Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi state investment firm MGX.
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/tiktoks-us-arm-has-been-sold-in-a-deal-that-one-senate-democrat-says-wont-do-a-thing-to-protect-the-privacy-of-american-users/

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December 20, 2025
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# Indigenous
ICE is in Northern Wisconsin arresting Indians, so all the 11 Tribes in Wisconsin keep a watch over your tribal members. There are confirmed reports and concerns from Wisconsin’s 11 tribes about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations, with some reports of Native Americans being questioned or detained in recent months
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2025/01/31/indigenous-leaders-warn-tribes-about-getting-caught-up-in-ice-raids/78062329007/

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
Trump Targets Birthright Citizenship, Visa Lottery, and Naturalized Citizens. On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14160, “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” which attempts to end automatic citizenship for children born on U.S. soil to non-citizen parents.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/breaking-down-trump-end-birthright-citizenship/

US Citizen being held in ICE detention in Louisiana after being grabbed off the street
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSD9fkHEh6L/

Congress member who faces charges for visiting ICE facility says Trump is ‘using me as an example.’ The New Jersey Democrat was charged with interfering with an immigration arrest while conducting her oversight duties
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/17/lamonica-mciver-congress-new-jersey-charge

US judge says Trump officials cannot ban surprise lawmaker visits to ICE facilities. District judge says policies deeming ICE field offices ‘off-limits for congressional oversight’ violates federal law
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/17/trump-ice-immigration-detention-facilities-congress-visits

# Education / Schools
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump. Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discrimination … don’t matter,” one attorney said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-education-department-civil-rights-racial-harassment

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
China exploits US-funded research on nuclear technology, a congressional report says. A congressional report says China is exploiting partnerships with U.S. researchers to provide the Chinese military with access to sensitive nuclear technology and other innovations with economic and national security applications
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/china-exploits-us-funded-research-nuclear-technology-congressional-128477736

Investigation Reveals Energy Department Collaborated with China’s Military on Research
https://chinaselectcommittee.house.gov/media/press-releases/investigation-reveals-energy-department-collaborated-with-china-s-military-on-research

China exploited Energy Department to divert research to its own military, congressional report warns. The House House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party cited case studies showing researchers from America’s leading institutions collaborated, whether knowingly or unknowingly, with Chinese scientists affiliated with Chinese government or military-linked laboratories.
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/china-exploited-department-energy-divert-research-its-own-technology-military?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter

# General News / Boat Strikes
Republican lawmakers support President Donald Trump’s increasingly hostile military campaign against Venezuela, including lethal U.S. strikes against suspected drug smuggling boats and seizing sanctioned oil tankers coming to and from the South American country. But there’s one step they aren’t willing to endorse, at least so far: a military invasion involving land-based troops.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-venezuela-war_n_69459d3be4b00a59b4a68b62?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-politics_2025-12-19&utm_term=us-politics&email_hash=3dd0206c24c775c2eb150b32a14844e789cd9d26

US military strikes two alleged drug-smuggling boats, killing five ‘narco-terrorists’ in Pacific.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVhoAA6zmu4

Rep. Deluzio calls Pentagon’s decision to not release the follow-up boat strike video to the public ‘reckless’
https://www.haystack.tv/v/rep-deluzio-calls-pentagon-decision-release-follow-boat-strike-video-public-reckless

WATCH: Public would be ‘shocked’ by video of second strike on alleged drug boat, Blumenthal says
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGC-lYs_Q44

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Epstein files land with a thud as documents are heavily redacted, including contact info for Trump, celebrities, and bankers. The highly anticipated Epstein files have so far landed with a thud as page after page of documents have been blacked out, with many nearly totally redacted.
https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/17TEHwJi?s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NjYxOTIyODc1OTk=&pd=0H1Na41Y&hl=en_US

Epstein files redactions frustrate lawmakers. What’s missing from the Epstein files release. A lot of information that would help the public understand the case is still under wraps.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/19/epstein-files-justice-department-missing-00701512

DOJ releases first batch of Epstein files, 1,200 people identifies as victims or their relatives. More than 100,000 pages, some previously seen, were made public, with more set for release in the weeks to come.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/12/19/epstein-files-trump-administration-doj/

Donald Trump’s Ex-Wife Marla Maples Allegedly Warned Teen’s Mother to Keep Her Daughter Away From the Businessman
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/do-not-let-her-around-any-of-these-men-and-especially-my-husband-donald-trumps-ex-wife-reportedly-gave-mom-of-14yo-girl-dire-warning-about-him/

Newly Released Epstein Photos Leave Viewers Horrified by Disturbing Messages on Women’s Bodies
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/18/jeffrey-epstein-lolita-photo-drop

# Gov / Politics
The Rising Threat of Domestic Terrorism in the U.S. and Federal Efforts to Combat It
https://www.gao.gov/blog/rising-threat-domestic-terrorism-u.s.-and-federal-efforts-combat-it

Things Are Sounding Pretty Hitler-y, And More Things Trump Normalized This Year. Donald Trump made it clear when he was reelected last year that he was in it for revenge, power and hate. “Hitler-esque” Rhetoric and Language, Dehumanizing Terms: Trump has consistently used terms like “vermin” and “the enemy within” to describe political opponents and marginalized groups.
https://www.aol.com/articles/things-sounding-pretty-hitler-y-193017542.html

Stefanik drops bid for N.Y. gov, retiring from Congress
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/19/elise-stefanik-retirement-ny-governor

Official Says 11 States Open to Stopping Residents From Voting at DOJ’s Request. The Justice Department’s effort “should frighten everybody across the political spectrum,” said an election expert.
https://stateline.org/2025/12/18/trumps-doj-offers-states-confidential-deal-to-wipe-voters-flagged-by-feds-as-ineligible/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin tells his annual news conference that the Kremlin’s military goals in Ukraine will be met
https://apnews.com/article/russia-putin-press-conference-ukraine-39fd3f2670227545a6f9e684038ed59d

‘Fatal mistake’: Russia warns Donald Trump to stop before he sparks a war that it might be apart of
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-issues-fatal-mistake-warning-to-trump-admin-over-venezuela-11236268

Ukraine Strikes Russia-Linked Tanker In The Mediterranean With ‘Bomber Drone.’ The Ukrainian drone attack on the tanker, part of the Russian shadow fleet, is the first one of its kind outside of the Black Sea
https://www.twz.com/news-features/ukraine-strikes-russia-linked-tanker-in-the-mediterranean-with-bomber-drone

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court
Donald Trump’s Son Uses Presidential Power in Court — Judge Caprio’s Response STUNS America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJzHBPL3fB4

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits
Nobel Prize winner says GOP health plan has ‘one devastating detail’ hidden within
https://www.rawstory.com/gop-healthcare-2674813598/

What to know about the GOP proposal to steer money into health savings accounts
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-to-know-about-the-gop-proposal-to-steer-money-into-health-savings-accounts

# Military / War Department
Top lawyer for military joint chiefs told chairman that officers should retire if faced with an unlawful orde
https://www.rawstory.com/military-resign-simply-leave/

US launches airstrikes against ISIS in Syria in retribution for deaths of Americans.  The Trump administration launched military strikes Friday in Syria to “eliminate” Islamic State group fighters and weapons sites in retaliation for an ambush attack that killed two U.S. troops and an American interpreter almost a week ago.
https://www.wral.com/news/ap/61dce-us-military-launches-strikes-in-syria-against-islamic-state-fighters-after-american-deaths/

# Military / Global / NATO
New report uncovers Chinese scientists’ ‘Manhattan Project’ that could lead to major collision with US: ‘China wants the United States 100% kicked out.’ “The aim is for China to eventually be able to [have them] entirely China-made.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/china-manhattan-project-semiconductor-chips/

# Pharmaceuticals
Rx Inspector: ProPublica’s New Tool Provides Drug Info the FDA Won’t. To understand how risky drugs could end up in your medicine cabinet, ProPublica spent more than a year and a half investigating the Food and Drug Administration’s oversight of the foreign factories that make generic medications and have been cited for violating critical quality standards.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rx-inspector-fda-generic-drug-tool-methodology

# Travel / Tourism / TSA
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s pregnant daughter rips ‘unconstitutional’ TSA after ‘invasive pat-down.’ Evita Duffy-Alfonso said on the social platform X that she nearly missed her flight after opting out of a body scan because she said she is pregnant and concerned about radiation exposure.
https://apnews.com/article/tsa-sean-duffy-airport-screening-patdowns-31cd1dd649a6f043c046974ee4f0ab72

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
House passes H.R. 4371 bill that would permit body searches of unaccompanied immigrant children: House narrowly passes bill that would subject unaccompanied immigrant children to invasive bodily searches, prolonged mandatory immigration detention
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-statement-on-house-passage-of-h-r-4371

The Trump administration is boosting incentives as it seeks to meet lofty hiring goals. New hires for Border Patrol who complete academy training and move to remote locations will be eligible for the full $60,000. New officers in the Office of Field Operations would qualify for that amount if they are sent into hard-to-fill locations.
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2025/12/dhs-opens-new-60k-bonuses-border-patrol-agents-other-officers/410271/#:~:text=New%20hires%20for%20Border%20Patrol,hard%2Dto%2Dfill%20locations

The Throughline: The Truths About Targeted Immigration Enforcement. One family’s story of being targeted by ICE after their daughter’s deportation can teach us a lot about new immigration enforcement tactics and the risks — and possible rewards — of going public.
https://documentedny.com/2025/12/19/immigration-enforcement-targeting-concerns/

Trump Administration Sets Goal to Denaturalize Thousands of US Citizens in 2026. Immigration officials have reportedly issued guidance setting a quota of 100 to 200 denaturalization cases a month. An official with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it would prioritize “those who’ve unlawfully obtained U.S. citizenship.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/politics/trump-immigration-citizenship-denaturalization.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Treasury Issues New IRS Form 4547: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent provided more details on the administration-backed “Trump Accounts” program that allows investments to be made for U.S. children.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/inside-the-new-trump-accounts-who-qualifies-and-how-this-cash-boosting-program-really-works/articleshow/125789103.cms?from=mdr

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
The Socrates Project: The Key to Countering China? The quest to advance American competitiveness could learn from a Reagan-era project.
https://thediplomat.com/2019/07/the-socrates-project-the-key-to-countering-china/

The Trump administration on Wednesday issued an emergency order requiring a coal-fired power plant in Washington state to remain open this winter, citing a need to ensure grid reliability in the months ahead. The Department of Energy could issue similar emergency orders for at least five other coal-fired power plants set to shutter at the end of the month, according to Earthjustice.
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-transalta-centralia-emergency-order/808123/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Trump Administration Proposes To Shut Down National Center For Atmospheric Research
https://www.cpr.org/2025/12/17/trump-wants-to-dismantle-national-center-for-atmospheric-research/

‘We’re knocking ourselves back into the Stone Age’: Republican administrator slams EPA as it omits this specific cause of climate change. They want their donors happy.
https://attackofthefanboy.com/news/were-knocking-ourselves-back-into-the-stone-age-republican-administrator-slams-epa-as-it-omits-this-specific-cause-of-climate-change/

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Justice Department faces deadline to release files on Epstein sex trafficking investigation
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/justice-department-faces-deadline-to-release-files-on-epstein-sex-trafficking-investigation/ar-AA1SDMTU?ocid=BingNewsBrowse

Trump’s Chief of Staff Says He’s in ‘the Epstein File’: They Were ‘Young, Single Playboys Together.’ Susie Wiles said the president is “not in the file doing anything awful,” but stated that his relationship to Jeffrey Epstein means he’s included in the documents, which she claims to have read
https://people.com/susie-wiles-confirms-trump-in-epstein-files-11870309

Comer Threatens Contempt Charges Against Bill and Hillary Clinton if They Skip Epstein Depositions
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/12/12/congress/comer-threatens-the-clintons-00689936

# Gov / Politics
Purple Heart Veteran, Deported Last June, Confronts Noem at Congressional Hearing. For Sae Joon Park, it’s not political. The U.S. Army veteran simply wants Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to acknowledge what’s happening to veterans in her own department.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/investigations-and-features/2025/12/15/purple-heart-veteran-deported-last-june-confronts-noem-congressional-hearing.html

The American voter is angry about one thing above all and Trump’s tariffs are in the crossfire, Goldman’s chief political economist says
https://fortune.com/2025/12/18/why-is-economy-bad-tariffs-midterms-affordability-cost-of-living/

Trump’s announcement for ‘Patriot Games’ instantly mocked online. As part of the “most spectacular birthday party the world has ever seen,” Trump on Thursday unveiled events planned throughout 2026. The Washington Monument will be illuminated with festive lights, a triumphal arc will be constructed and the “Patriot Games” will commence. Social media users wondered whether the president was announcing the Hunger Games — but no one has yet volunteered as tribute
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-patriot-games-hunger-b2887372.html

Trump Spouted Such a Big ‘Batch of Lies’ in His Speech That CNN’s Daniel Dale Had to Update His Fact Check The Next Morning. ‘Total fiction’: CNN fact-checker demolishes 8 ‘wild exaggerations’ in Trump’s speech
https://www.rawstory.com/alternet-posts/trump-speech-fact-checker/

Caught in 4K: New audio of Donald Trump directing Republicans on how to overturn Georgia election results emerges
https://www.alternet.org/trump-republicans-overturn-election/

‘No War With Venezuela,’ Says Maine US Senate Candidate Graham Platner. “It should not be an option in our government to allow a failing presidency to just start a war because they feel like it’s politically expedient,” said the progressive running to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/fbi-crackdown-dissent-warning

‘It’s All About the Oil,’ Says Venezuelan Defense Minister After ‘Incoherent’ Trump Claims
The minister also echoed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s declaration that the US seizing oil tankers is “piracy.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/venezuelan-oil

63% of US Voters Oppose Attack on Venezuela as Trump’s March to War Accelerates. The new poll comes as the US president openly plots to seize Venezuela’s oil supply.
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5653498-americans-oppose-venezuela-military-action/

Trump’s Response to Reiner’s Death Shows the Cruelty at the Core of His Politics. This language is not Trump’s alone. It is the language of MAGA politics and everything that enables it.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/donald-trumps-remarks-on-the-death-of-rob-reiner-are-next-level-degradation

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court
‘Throwback to McCarthyism’: Trump DOJ Moves to Treat Leftist Dissent as Criminal
https://www.commondreams.org/news/fbi-crackdown-dissent-warning

US sanctions more ICC judges, citing ruling on Israeli war crime probe. International court has repeatedly decried US sanctions amid its ongoing investigation into Gaza war crimes.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/18/us-sanctions-more-icc-judges-citing-ruling-on-israeli-war-crime-probe

# LGBTQ / Transgender
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a multi-pronged regulatory effort Thursday to curtail gender-affirming care for minors, including gender transition procedures at hospitals.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_e7cd2e9e-262e-4ab9-b92c-cc052dcb2843.html

‘Cruel and Unconstitutional’: Trump, RFK Jr. Escalate War on Trans Youth With Threat Against US Hospitals. The Trump administration is showing how easily it can target any health practice it opposes.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5654917-medicare-medicaid-gender-care-cuts/

RFK Jr. Could Defund Your Hospital if He Doesn’t Get His Way on Trans Health Care. The proposed regulations on gender-affirming care for minors are not legally binding and are set to be challenged in court. The administration is using Medicaid and Medicare funding as their way in.
https://www.them.us/story/trump-rfk-jr-trans-health-care-ban-hhs-funding-hospitals

# Marijuana / Hemp
Trump signs executive order reclassifying cannabis. President, categorizing it as a drug with less potential for harm and dependence. Change will loosen limits on research and certain regulations but stops short of making marijuana legal
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/18/trump-cannabis-executive-order

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits
Republicans leave Washington without any solution on healthcare: ‘Giving the middle finger to the American people.’ Sending the House home without a solution on health care is career suicide for many Republicans, Trump’s opposition makes any deal impossible
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/republicans-washington-health-care-subsidies-b2887402.html

# Medical / Biologicals / Science / Research / Technology
American Academy Of Pediatrics Loses U.S. Health Department Funding After Criticizing RFK Jr. An internal HHS official flagged “identity-based language,” referencing a line discussing “racism and poverty.”
https://truthout.org/articles/hhs-cuts-childrens-health-grants-after-pediatric-association-criticizes-rfk-jr/

House speaker says no to Affordable Care Act subsidies vote
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/politics-regulation/mh-house-speaker-mike-johnson-aca-subsidies-vote/

‘There should have been a plan’: Republican senators blast Mike Johnson for putting the GOP right back in the ObamaCare crosshairs
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/politics-regulation/mh-house-speaker-mike-johnson-aca-subsidies-vote/

Trump Acknowledges Obamacare Premiums Will ‘Skyrocket’—But Says He Doesn’t Want Subsidies Extended. Pres. Trump says he doesn’t want to extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies. He has yet to present his own healthcare plan.
https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/trump-health-care-premiums-skyrocket-20-million-americans-128540969

# Military / War Department
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act, which authorizes $900.6 billion in funding for the Pentagon and national security programs in fiscal year 2026.
https://www.govconwire.com/articles/trump-fy26-ndaa-acquisition-reforms

‘Missing’ Trump signs National Defense Authorization Act behind closed doors after dozing off
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/missing-trump-signs-national-defense-authorization-act-behind-closed-doors-after-dozing-off/ar-AA1SD1XK

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth tells military recruiters many young Americans are ‘too fat’ or ‘too dumb’ to serve. Recruiting has been rebounding from a low ebb during the pandemic, according to data
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/hegseth-military-recruiting-pentagon-bonus-b2887435.html

The $1,776 Checks for Troops Trump Claimed Were ‘Because of Tariffs’ Are Actually Congressionally-Allocated Housing Allowances
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/18/trump-warrior-dividend-troops-congress-00697375

What’s in the Big Military Bill That Just Passed? Defense bill passes with troop raise, pushes Hegseth over Venezuela
Congress just passed its $900 billion annual defense policy bill, sending it to President Trump’s desk for a signature.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/17/whats-in-congress-defense-policy-bill/87776564007/

# Military / Global / NATO
Germany, Poland, and the Baltics prepare for war; the UK, France, and others pretend to prepare
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3916324/germany-poland-baltics-prepare-war-uk-france-pretend-prepare/

# Other Stuff / Archaeology
Archaeologists in Indonesia recently uncovered cave paintings that are so old, they seem to predate human migration to the region. A recent discovery on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has revealed what may be the oldest evidence of narrative art ever found.
https://archaeologymag.com/2024/07/worlds-oldest-narrative-art-discovered-in-indonesian-cave/

Scientists Intrigued by Huge Structure Under Bermuda. Scientists have discovered a strange, 12.4-mile-thick (20 kilometres) rock layer sitting beneath the oceanic crust under Bermuda. What’s crazy is that no other similar layer in the world comes close to this thickness.
https://www.uniladtech.com/science/scientists-discover-giant-structure-beneath-bermuda-917734-20251216

# Pharmaceuticals
Big Pharma Is Making Mexico Sick. Medicine and Supply Shortages Are Rampant. Mexico manufactures medical devices and medicines, but the majority are exported, leaving residents facing shortages. Big Pharma Is Making Mexico Sick. Medicine and Supply Shortages Are Rampant.
https://www.axios.com/2021/07/17/mexico-shortage-supplies-cancer-medicine

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Robotics
Private ChatGPT chats are being harvested and sold for profit
https://www.uniladtech.com/news/ai/chatgpt-users-warned-private-chats-sold-for-profit-883195-20251216

# Travel / Tourism / TSA
Trump Admin Expands Muslim & African Ban, Putting 420K New Yorkers at Risk. New York, NY—The Trump administration issued a Proclamation that expands its prior travel ban to 39 countries and Palestine (Palestinian Authority travel document holders).
https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/trump-admin-expands-muslim-african-ban-putting-420k-new-yorkers-at-risk/

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December 18, 2025
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# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Trump’s media company to merge with nuclear fusion startup. The all-stock deal is expected to close in mid-2026. The unusual combo would expand the president’s business interests into the heavily regulated nuclear space.
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/18/trump-nuclear-fusion

Warren Warns ‘Trump Could Be Setting the Stage’ for Next Financial Crash. Discussing the post-2008 financial rules, Trump’s Treasury chief told a Fox host that “we have to take the financial system out of this straitjacket.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/bessent-trump

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Trump’s Surging LNG Exports Cost US Consumers $12 Billion in Just 9 Months: “Trump explicitly promised voters he would slash utility bills by half within the first year, yet in the first nine months of his term, they surged,” said the author of Public Citizen’s new report. Price hikes triggered by the export of fossilized gas cost U.S. households an additional $124 from January through September 2025
https://www.citizen.org/news/trumps-lng-energy-export-policy-cost-households-12-billion-in-first-nine-months-of-2025/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
‘This is an intellectual war crime’: Trump team moves to dismantle one of the world’s leading climate research lab. The White House says it’s targeting the “premier research stronghold for left-wing climate lunacy.”
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/12/17/trump-team-breaking-up-top-climate-research-center-00694887

# General News / Boat Strikes
Sen. Chris Murphy after boat strike briefing: There’s ‘no fentanyl’ and ‘no legal justification
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5651822-trump-administration-strikes-questioned/

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Congressman Ro Khanna warns officials not to impede Epstein files release: ‘They will be prosecuted.’ California lawmaker says names of anyone involved in Epstein’s crimes must come to light, Democrat or Republican
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/20/ro-khanna-epstein-files-release-warning

# Gov / Politics
Trump’s FCC Chair goes full Orwell, threatens journalists, erases description of agency as “independent” from website mid-hearing. This isn’t oversight. It’s authoritarian cosplay, with a federal seal slapped on top.
https://www.facebook.com/OccupyDemocrats/photos/breaking-you-should-resign-trumps-fcc-chair-goes-full-orwell-threatens-journalis/1377355047829399/

Trump stuns reporters by making the insane claim that Venezuela “took all of our oil” as he gears up for his illegal war of aggression. This wasn’t subtle. It wasn’t diplomatic. And it definitely wasn’t accidental.
https://x.com/OccupyDemocrats/status/2001428212845314091

‘Livid’ Democrats shout down House speaker as floor ‘explodes’ over closed vote
https://www.alternet.org/house-of-representitives/

Trump Makes Move Against Country in Truth Social Meltdown. The president steps up his campaign against the Venezuelan leadership.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-makes-move-against-country-in-truth-social-meltdown/

‘This Is Pathetic’: Flailing Trump Defends Economic Agenda as Approval Tanks and Costs Rise. “No matter how he tries to spin it, everything is getting more expensive and the American people are hurting,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) after the address. “Our government should be working to lower costs, not pointing fingers and making excuses.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-economy-speech

A farewell to Oz: Trump’s strategy for a multipolar world. NSS is actually more realist about the US role going forward than critics want to admit
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-nss-europe/

Trump to limit top ratings for all feds and consolidate scoring in forthcoming rule. Though the so-called forced distribution of performance ratings is “categorically prohibited” under current rules, federal agencies already appear to be adopting the system, before the proposal has even been announced.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/12/trump-limit-top-ratings-all-feds-and-consolidate-scoring-forthcoming-rule/410246/

Federal Agencies May Soon Lose Power to Regulate Independently of Trump’s Will. SCOTUS has signaled a willingness to no longer insulate agency personnel from decisions made by the executive branch.
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/17/brendan-carr-fcc-independent-senate-testimony-website

Omar Slams DHS for Accusing Her of Lying About ICE Apprehending Her Son. “No surprise that an agency known for disappearing people also can’t keep its records straight,” Rep. Ilhan Omar’s office said.
https://newrepublic.com/post/204521/ilhan-omar-homeland-security-ice-son-pulled-over

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court
DOJ eyes civil rights action against feds, state officials who pursued Trump and MAGA, official says. Dhillon made the remarks in the wake of recent revelations that the FBI admitted it likely lacked probable cause to raid President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach in 2022.
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/thuharmeet-dhillon-teases-legal-action-against-feds-involved-trump

Surprising Findings in Overturned Somali Fraud Verdict. A new state senator is probing a controversial case that he said could reveal how to better prevent, detect, and prosecute fraudsters.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/overturned-somali-fraud-verdict-could-help-reveal-roadmap-for-reforms-minnesota-lawmaker-5956293

Republican Minnesota senator calls judge ‘true extremist’ after $7.2M taxpayer-fraud conviction overturned
Judge Sarah West ruled prosecutors relied too heavily on circumstantial evidence in Medicaid fraud case
https://www.foxnews.com/us/republican-minnesota-senator-calls-judge-true-extremist-after-7-2m-taxpayer-fraud-conviction-overturned

Jack Smith Claims He Had ‘Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt’ That Trump Conspired to Overturn 2020 Election
https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2025/12/17/judiciary-jack-smith-jim-jordan

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Billionaires Are Encroaching on the Free Press. Let’s Act to Defend It in 2026. Independent grassroots journalism committed to the pursuit of liberation is an antidote to billionaire-dictated media.
https://truthout.org/articles/billionaires-are-encroaching-on-the-free-press-lets-act-to-defend-it-in-2026/

Postal Service hopes selling access to its final-leg delivery network will provide much-needed revenue. U.S. Postal Service delivers to all U.S. addresses, many private companies rely on the agency to ship to harder-to-reach places. Postmaster General David Steiner wants to enable more businesses to utilize this service.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/12/postal-service-hopes-selling-access-its-final-leg-delivery-network-will-provide-much-needed-revenue/410234/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits
House Republican Healthcare Plan Would Leave 100,000 More Uninsured Per Year: “It’s a raw deal for working people: higher costs and less coverage, or no coverage at all,” said Democratic Rep. Brendan Boyle.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/12/16/congress/house-gop-health-package-lowers-spending-boosts-uninsured-00693898

3 in 4 Republicans Under 45 Say They Prefer the US to Fund Health Care Over Israel. Support for unconditional funding for Israel is waning as Americans languish at home.
https://truthout.org/articles/3-in-4-republicans-under-45-say-they-prefer-us-fund-health-care-over-israel/

# Medical / Biologicals / Science / Research / Technology
HHS cuts pediatric grants following vaccine dispute. In mid-December 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) cut seven significant federal grants for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) (AAP), funding programs for infant safety, mental health, and birth defects
https://www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-2674460439/

House Passes GOP Health Care Bill Without Obamacare Subsidy Extension
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5653811-house-gop-health-care-bill/

Microplastics Found in Human Bones May Accelerate Aging and Weaken Skeleton
https://www.wired.com/story/microplastics-could-be-weakening-your-bones-research-suggests-osteoporosis/

People Are Injecting Themselves With an Experimental New Weight Loss Drug…and they absolutely swear by it. A new type of injected weight loss drug is moving into late-stage clinical trials, and it works differently from GLP-1 medicines like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound.
https://www.everydayhealth.com/weight-management/experimental-obesity-drug-could-soon-compete-with-wegovy-and-zepbound/

# Medical Recalls / Alerts
MediNatura New Mexico, Inc. Expands Voluntary Nationwide Recall of ReBoost Nasal Spray and to include ClearLife Allergy Nasal Spray Due to Microbial Contamination
https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/medinatura-new-mexico-inc-expands-voluntary-nationwide-recall-reboost-nasal-spray-and-include

# Military / War Department
Majority of Democrats Join Senate GOP to Pass Trump’s $900 Billion Pentagon Wish List. Sen. Ron Wyden said the bill “increases military spending by tens of billions of dollars and fails to include guardrails against Donald Trump and Hegseth’s authoritarian abuses.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/majority-of-democrats-join-senate-gop-to-pass-trump-s-900-billion-pentagon-wish-list

Appeals court says Trump’s National Guard deployment in Washington can continue for now
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/appeals-court-says-trumps-national-guard-deployment-in-washington-can-continue-for-now

Trump’s Empire of Hubris and Thuggery. The president’s latest National Security Strategy memorandum treats the freedom to coerce others as the essence of US sovereignty. It is an ominous document that will—if allowed to stand—come back to haunt the United States.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-national-security-strategy-memo

Venezuela, Executive Defiance, and the Last Chance to Restore Congressional War Powers. Members of the House and Senate must act to ensure the US does not go to war without the people’s consent.
https://theintercept.com/2025/12/17/venezuela-war-powers-vote-congress/

Asking the Right Questions When Lawless U.S. Officials Go on a Murder Spree. From Venezuela to Yemen to Iran, the extrajudicial slaughter of civilians has been allowed to continue. What we are witnessing in the Caribbean and elsewhere today has been years in the making.
https://ips-dc.org/asking-the-right-questions-when-lawless-u-s-officials-go-on-a-murder-spree/

Lawless Strikes off Venezuela Threaten Justice at Home. We are drifting from a system based on legal principles to one in which the will of a single leader determines who is guilty and who is innocent, and who lives and who dies.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/lawless-strikes-venezuela

# NASA / Space
Scientists Say They’ve Found Another Anomaly About 3I/ATLAS
https://futurism.com/space/scientists-another-anomaly-3i-atlas

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Robotics
Top Spy Says Tech Corporations Are Closer to Running Entire World Than Governments. The new head of one of the world’s most powerful spy agencies has a stark warning.
https://futurism.com/future-society/mi6-tech-billionaires-government

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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
Veterinarians frequently find massive amounts of accumulated plastic and other non-digestible waste in cows’ stomachs during autopsies or surgeries, animals ingest plastic bags and debris while grazing, leading to blockages, illness, and death, with vets often removing tens, even hundreds, of pounds of trash that causes severe internal damage
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/plastic-pollution-cow-india-garbage/

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
ICE entered NYC shelters without warrants
https://gothamist.com/news/ice-enters-nyc-shelters-armed-and-without-judicial-warrants-reports-show

Tracking Trump and Latin America: Migration—Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela Applications Paused. The U.S. president has pursued a more aggressive reduction in immigration, pushing for record deportations while curtailing migrant protections.
https://www.as-coa.org/articles/tracking-trump-and-latin-america-migration-cuba-haiti-venezuela-applications-paused

U.S. detains, sends Cubans to Guantánamo Bay Naval Station: Nearly two dozen men were sent to the Navy base this week, where over 700 individuals are being held
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-transfers-22-cuban-migrants-to-guantanamo-bay-for-deportation-report/3773279

Anti-ICE protest explodes after agents reportedly detain pregnant woman
https://globalnews.ca/video/11580616/wild-scenes-as-anti-ice-demonstrators-clash-with-federal-agents-in-minneapolis

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Trump administration is scrambling to transfer tariff revenue into the U.S. Treasury in response to continuing legal actions from major companies.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/14/trump-hardball-tariff-fees-trade-00689892

Warren Calls for Treasury and Department of Justice to Investigate How Illicit Actors Are Exploiting Decentralized Finance Services to Threaten National Security. “As Congress considers crypto market structure legislation—including rules to prevent terrorists, criminals, and rogue states from exploiting decentralized finance (DeFi) to fund their activities—it is critical to understand whether you are seriously investigating these risks.”
https://www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/minority/warren-calls-for-treasury-and-department-of-justice-to-investigate-how-illicit-actors-are-exploiting-decentralized-finance-services-to-threaten-national-security

New poll paints a grim picture of a nation under financial strain. Rising costs are crushing Americans — and they’re running out of room to adjust. Americans are struggling with affordability pressures that are squeezing everything from their everyday necessities to their biggest-ticket expenses.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/10/poll-affordability-cost-of-living-00678076

The Real Roots Of America’s Affordability Problem. Politicians insist they have the cure. Yet the debate suffers from a muddled understanding of what “affordability” even means, and the resulting policy conversation often chases the wrong targets.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesbroughel/2025/12/14/the-real-roots-of-americas-affordability-problem/

The solution to America’s affordability problem might be broken, too. The US job market has been stagnant in recent months, and paycheck growth has been falling steadily for more than three years.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/15/economy/affordability-jobs-inflation

More Americans say Trump has helped raise prices rather than lower them: Trump has done more to increase prices, while 24 percent say he’s done more to lower prices. Another 17 percent say he’s done “about the same,” and 10 percent say they’re not sure.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/more-americans-say-trump-has-helped-raise-prices-rather-than-lower-them-survey/ar-AA1Rv9Ui

James Talarico: “The biggest welfare queens in this country are the giant corporations that don’t pay a penny in federal taxes. The biggest welfare queens are the CEOs who get a tax deduction for flying on a private jet.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSTZ0W7krLI/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Appellate judges mull challenge to Trump’s efforts to bust most federal labor unions. Much of the discussion in oral arguments for three separate lawsuits revolved around whether an administrative board could hear unions’ legal claims and whether President Trump used a faulty definition of ‘national security’ when he devised two executive orders banning unions at most federal agencies
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/12/appellate-judges-mull-challenge-trumps-efforts-bust-most-federal-labor-unions/410216/

DC Circuit grills DOJ over Trump move to gut federal workers’ bargaining rights. With a pair of executive orders, Trump has moved to exempt 21 agencies and 29 agency subdivisions from labor protections, claiming they had a “primary national security function.”
https://www.courthousenews.com/dc-circuit-grills-doj-over-trump-move-to-gut-federal-workers-bargaining-rights/

Unemployment Rate Hits Highest Level in 4 Years Amid Trump’s Assault on Workers
https://truthout.org/articles/unemployment-rate-hits-highest-level-in-4-years-amid-trumps-assault-on-workers/

House lawmakers preparing to vote on GOP plan allowing small businesses to join together to provide for employees
https://www.jobcreatorsnetwork.com/press_releases/small-businesses-back-house-republican-healthcare-plan/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
The Deadly Volcano That Erased a Town Is Now Active Again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YtXWuxbz5I

New report finds the Arctic continues to warm faster than the planet as a whole
https://theconversation.com/from-record-warming-to-rusting-rivers-2025-arctic-report-card-shows-a-region-transforming-faster-than-expected-271572

# FEMA / USAID
NGO Middlemen Being Cut Out From US Aid Programs. Nongovernmental organizations (NGO’s) are about to lose a great deal of federal government money.
https://tcf.org/content/report/the-foreign-aid-wipeout-a-shadow-revolution-in-americas-middle-east-policy/

# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USDA
Judge Issues Ruling Over Trump Admin’s SNAP Eligibility Restrictions: ‘Ill-considered and illegal federal agency action’: States win injunction blocking Trump admin’s efforts to cut SNAP benefits for legal permanent residents
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/ill-considered-and-illegal-federal-agency-action-states-win-injunction-blocking-trump-admins-efforts-to-cut-snap-benefits-for-legal-permanent-residents/

# General News / Boat Strikes
Pentagon Will Not Release ‘Top Secret’ Boat Strike Video to Public, Claims He’s ‘Proud of What We’re Doing’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/16/pentagon-wont-release-full-video-caribbean-attack

Rights Groups Demand Stronger Congressional Action Over Trump ‘Murder’ on High Seas. “This ramping up of the bombing campaign despite increased pressure from Congress signals the administration’s total disregard for the law.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/boat-bombing-amnesty-hrw

GOP Sen. Rand Paul Says Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth Is ‘Either Lying’ Or ‘He’s Incompetent’ In Response To Boat Strikes. ‘As a country, are we just going to let people lie to us, to our face? Are we going to let them kill people who they call enemies anytime in the world?’ the Kentucky Republican asked
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-venzeula-strike-rand-paul-b2877241.html

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Another Epstein victim details her time with Trump. Epstein survivor breaks her silence on ‘the list,’ Mar-a-Lago and the fight for justice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yoi4aUZ0EDM

Epstein emailed Maxwell that Trump spent ‘hours’ with one of his victims
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1nsRofKp3s

# General News / Floods
Survivors Slam Kristi Noem Over FEMA’s Response to Deadly Disasters. FEMA workers say the agency is being gutted under Trump, putting disaster victims at risk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZdyAQqSkI4

# Gov / Politics
In a Truth Social post, President Donald Trump also declared the government of President Nicolás Maduro a foreign terrorist organization.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/16/trump-venezuela-oil-tanker-blockade/

Pulitzer Prize Board members dump broad discovery demands on Trump for tax returns, psych records, and ‘any’ prescription meds history
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/pulitzer-prize-board-members-fight-back-with-wide-ranging-discovery-demands-including-about-trump-finances/

Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security. The president often invokes national security as a core motivator and justification for his sweeping policy changes, from immigration to trade policy to his overhaul of the federal workforce.
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/16/trump-ballroom-construction-security-concerns

Court filing offers more details about Trump’s White House ballroom
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/court-filing-offers-details-trumps-white-house-ballroom-128432797

How Trump’s China Pivot Turned Taiwan Into a US Strategic Priority: Miles Yu
https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/how-trumps-china-pivot-turned-taiwan-into-a-us-strategic-priority-miles-yu-5959085

Yale Historian Warns Trump Is Putting US on Path to World War III: Historian Greg Grandin argued that Trump’s foreign policy will likely result in “more confrontation, more brinkmanship, more war.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-world-war-iii

Fifty members of Congress have announced they will not seek re-election in 2026—the most at this point since 2018, there are more Republicans signaling their desire to exit Washington (27) than Democrats (10).
https://www.gpb.org/news/2025/09/15/record-number-of-congressional-lawmakers-arent-running-for-reelection-in-2026-heres

Trump’s Posts Spur Threats Against Lawmakers on Both Sides of Aisle
President Donald Trump’s violent rhetoric has very real, terrifying consequences.
https://newrepublic.com/post/204387/trump-violent-threats-lawmakers-republican-democrat

‘Might lead to violence’: Republican senator goes to war against Trump’s plot win midterms. The Kentucky senator torched Trump’s push for GOP-controlled states to redraw their congressional districts.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-senator-warns-trumps-midterm-plot-might-lead-to-violence/

MAGA slams Trump for ‘humiliating’ and ‘entirely unenforceable’ assault on states’ rights
https://www.alternet.org/trump-bannon-ai/

‘Height of asinine stupidity’: Trump advisor rages at GOP Senator wanting to make abortion an issue ahead of midterms
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/height-asinine-stupidity-trump-advisor-185249757.html

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits
The Trump Administration’s War on Disability. Executive actions, budget cuts, layoffs, and legislation—all enacted in the Trump administration’s first six months—have curtailed disability rights and services, including access to Medicaid and the right to free, appropriate public education.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administrations-war-on-disability/

Trump Budget Cuts Threaten Access to Disability Rights Lawyers
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-palm-beach-post/20251217/281663966347135?srsltid=AfmBOorDI0joPrI-Fx9mZtfygP12lRuz5KW97n1l049y2e9gEDr-RjdQ

‘Gambling With Lives of Their Constituents,’ House GOP Leaders Refuse Vote on ACA Tax Credits. “They are actively choosing to go into the holiday break, knowing healthcare premiums are doubling and tripling for millions of Americans in 2026, and doing nothing about it.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/mike-johnson-aca-tax-credits

The Healthcare System Medicare Advantage Could Be Dropping Soon
https://cepr.net/publications/medicare-advantage-companies-focus-on-profits-over-care/

Critics erupt as judge overturns Medicaid verdict
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-tosses-72m-medicaid-fraud-conviction/ar-AA1SfkAd?apiversion=v2&domshim=1&noservercache=1&noservertelemetry=1&batchservertelemetry=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1

Dem-appointed judge under fire for tossing $7M Medicaid fraud conviction tied to Minnesota couple’s ‘lavish lifestyle’
https://nypost.com/2025/12/01/us-news/judge-under-fire-for-tossing-7m-medicaid-fraud-conviction-tied-to-minnesota-couples-lavish-lifestyle/

# Medical / Biologicals / Science / Research / Technology
Pam Bondi dismissed charges against a surgeon who falsified vaccine cards, emboldening others with similar cases
https://www.propublica.org/article/pam-bondi-fake-covid-vaccine-cards-kirk-moore

# Military / War Department
‘Unquestionably an Act of War’: Trump Declares Naval Blockade Against Venezuela. US President Donald Trump declared a blockade on “all sanctioned oil tankers” approaching and leaving Venezuela, a major escalation in what’s widely seen as an accelerating march to war with the South American country.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/unquestionably-an-act-of-war-trump-declares-naval-blockade-against-venezuela

Republican-led congressional committees ‘perturbed’ by lack of details from Trump’s Pentagon
https://www.alternet.org/hegseth-pentagon/?comments=disqus

Pentagon considers major overhaul to merge military commands, cut generals: The move supports the pivot to the Western Hemisphere and the push to reduce the number of four-star generals
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pentagon-considers-major-overhaul-merge-191812188.html

Pentagon officials sound alarm over Hegseth’s shift. Detractors argue the approach could weaken U.S. deterrence, disrupt coordination with allies, and introduce new risks for both national and global stability.
https://www.newsbreak.com/fort-worth-llc-333211895/4399649741178-pentagon-officials-sound-alarm-over-hegseth-s-shift

If tried by court-martial, senator accused of ‘seditious behavior’ would be deprived of several constitutional rights.  President Donald Trump accused the lawmakers of “seditious behavior” that could be “punishable by death.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/tried-court-martial-senator-accused-140428853.html

# NASA / Space
Something in space is sending us bright blue flashes – and now scientists might know what they are
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otM-kF9wvfk

# NOAA / Weather
Meteorologist warns there’s a big incoming weather pattern change that will change winter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_hYOq5SMKA

# Social Services / Programs
Social Security rescue plan intensifies as Americans may be forced to take $2,600 tax hit. If those currently receiving benefits and those who will in the future don’t know that benefits are taxed, they may be surprised to find the IRS is taking a cut of their benefits. This could result in recipients bringing home thousands of dollars less than expected.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEKmxr7c6p8

New Bill Would End Taxes on Social Security Benefits in 2026: What Retirees Should Know
Congress could look to high earners to help offset lost revenue and possibly shore up the Social Security program.
https://www.kiplinger.com/taxes/new-bill-would-end-taxes-on-social-security-benefits-next-year

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Robotics
The Things Young Kids Are Using AI for Are Absolutely Horrifying. New research is pulling back the curtain on how large numbers of kids are using AI companion apps — and what it found is troubling.
“We have a pretty big issue on our hands that I think we don’t fully understand the scope of.”
https://futurism.com/future-society/young-kids-using-ai

‘Make This Delay Permanent,’ Say Child Advocates After Mattel Halts Release of First AI-Powered Toy. The group Fairplay is warning parents not to buy the plushies, dolls, action figures, and robots that were coming embedded with “the very same AI systems that have produced unsafe, confusing, or harmful experiences for older kids and teens, including urging them to self harm or take their own lives.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/mattel-ai-toy-delayed

US student makes stunning breakthrough that could solve major problem with AI: ‘Brain-inspired.’ An MIT doctoral candidate is working on technology that copies how the human brain operates to make artificial intelligence less power-hungry, MIT News reported.
https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/articles/us-student-makes-stunning-breakthrough-060000334.html

# Travel / Tourism / TSA
TSA confirms $17k fines for passengers who ‘make mistake’ with officers & issue warning on 3 airport behaviors to avoid, include threatening or assaulting officers, using fake IDs/passes, and refusing to comply, with recent warnings highlighting stricter enforcement for the busy holiday travel season.
https://www.the-sun.com/travel/15649286/tsa-confirms-fines-passengers-officers-stern-warning-airport/
Transportation Security Administration (TSA): https://www.tsa.gov/

# Water / Lakes / Oceans / Rivers
Experts sound alarm about mysterious clouds appearing in rivers, oceans: ‘The molecules released … are very different.’ “They … create an invisible chemical plume that changes as they weather.” For this study, the authors sought information about how these particles, which move through air, water, and soil, break down and what they release as they decompose over decades.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/microplastics-chemicals-water-pollution-2025-study/

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December 16, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
U.S. military admits wrongdoing after officers assaulted an American tourist in Japan, turns out he was a former captain
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2025-12-11/el-okinawa-military-police-patrols-usfj-20064186.html

Trump’s deportation agenda will destroy millions of jobs. Both immigrants and U.S.-born workers would suffer job losses, particularly in construction and child care. Texas is projected to be one of the most severely affected states due to its large immigrant population in key sectors.
https://www.epi.org/publication/trumps-deportation-agenda-will-destroy-millions-of-jobs-both-immigrants-and-u-s-born-workers-would-suffer-job-losses-particularly-in-construction-and-child-care/

‘A Chilling Assertion’: Trump Officials Falsely Claim Citizens Must Carry Immigration Docs to Prove Their Status. “There is no legal requirement that US citizens carry papers or have proof of their citizenship on them,” said an attorney at the ACLU of Northern California.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/bovino-papers-please

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Trump’s tariffs will cost U.S. consumers $1,400 next year. President Donald Trump’s tariffs are expected to cost U.S. consumers an extra $1,400 in 2026, according to an analysis from the Tax Foundation.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_dc935829-a13f-451a-a0ee-ceb04291f527.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump is hellbent on crushing federal unions, but they’re still kicking. “People think that since we don’t have the right to strike, we’re like a paper tiger.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/trump-doge-layoffs-federal-unions-busting-resistance-strike-protest-collective-bargaining-rights/

# General News / Boat Strikes
International law on the killing of people who survive an attack at sea. The administration justifies these strikes by claiming the United States is in armed conflict with “narco-terrorists,” making the attacks lawful under the laws of war.
https://www.justsecurity.org/126802/expert-backgrounder-law-shipwrecked-survivors/

US Carries Out New Strikes on Alleged Drug Boats, Killing 8. US Southern Command says boats were ‘engaged in narco-trafficking’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/15/us-military-strikes-vessels-pacific

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Comer postpones Clinton depositions in Epstein case until January. Bill and Hillary Clinton were due to sit for depositions this week.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/12/15/congress/clintons-depositions-delayed-00692160

# Gov / Politics
Trump Considering Marijuana Executive Order. The review process was first spearheaded by President Joe Biden in 2022. The potential shift would represent one of the most significant federal changes to cannabis policy in decades, reducing oversight to the level of common prescription drugs and potentially opening doors long closed to banks and investors.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-marijuana-law-change-b2885273.html

President Trump sues BBC for $5 billion despite network’s apology
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/15/trump-lawsuit-bbc-jan-6-speech-00692251

Democracy Forward Sues Justice and Treasury Departments for Stonewalling Records on President Trump’s $230 Million Payout Scheme. Trump Admin Sued for Withholding Documents in President’s Scheme to ‘Pocket Taxpayer Money.’ “If senior officials are processing this grift behind closed doors… that is not just bad optics, it is a direct threat to government integrity.”
https://democracyforward.org/updates/foia-complaint-230m/

US Relied on Illegal Sanctions to Seize Venezuelan Oil Tanker. US armed forces’ seizure of the oil tanker constituted an unlawful use of force in violation of the UN Charter.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/us/snplus/news/2025/12/13/venezuela-us-oil-tanker-tensions

GOP Could Gain Nearly 200 Statehouse Seats If SCOTUS Guts Voting Rights Act. The gains would largely be made in 10 Southern states with GOP-controlled legislatures, a new report finds. The bulk of the gains would be concentrated in 10 GOP-controlled state legislatures in Southern states, according to the analysis, produced by Fair Fight Action, a Georgia-based progressive voting rights group, in partnership with Black Voters Matter Fund, which advocates on behalf of Black voters.
https://www.alternet.org/amp/supreme-court-voting-rights-2674400210-2674400210

# Gov / Politics / Global
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF
DC’s police department beset by toxicity, retaliations, stat manipulation under chief
https://oversight.house.gov/release/oversight-committee-releases-bombshell-report-revealing-d-c-s-police-chief-deliberately-manipulated-crime-data/

Hunter Biden disbarred in Connecticut after complaints over gun, tax convictions. Yes, a Connecticut judge disbarred Hunter Biden in December 2025 for violating the state’s attorney conduct rules
https://www.thederrick.com/ap/national/hunter-biden-disbarred-in-connecticut-following-complaints-about-his-gun-and-tax-convictions/article_5ad3d7f0-a360-5e86-a8bf-c75331b0f334.html

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court
New Justice Department voting rights chief had prior job suspension for ties to election deniers. California prosecutor Eric Neff relied on a right-wing group’s intel to bring charges. Now, he’s apparently in charge of voting rights at the DOJ.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/eric-neff-new-justice-department-voting-rights-chief-had-prior-job-suspension-for-ties-to-election-deniers/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits
Championed by Graham Platner, Medicare for All Increasingly Popular in Maine and Nationwide. “Healthcare is a human right. That’s why we need Medicare for All,” said one senator. “And the American people agree!”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/medicare-for-all-act

House Republicans’ new health care bill sparks mixed reactions. U.S. House Republicans have finally introduced their own health care plan and have scheduled a vote for this week; however, given Democratic opposition, Congress will likely recess for Christmas after failing to pass any legislation
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_90d391f5-b55d-4f1c-8aaa-da4427163962.html

# Military / War Department
Hegseth’s office ‘escalating’ probe of Sen. Mark Kelly, Pentagon says. A lawyer for the Arizona Democrat warned the Defense Department that any legal action it may take “would be unconstitutional and an extraordinary abuse of power.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/12/15/hegseth-mark-kelly-investigation/

# NASA / Space
Astronomers have observed enormous filaments of galaxies tied together with dark matter, the stuff scientists believe makes up 85 percent of the total mass of the universe
https://futurism.com/space/scientists-detect-huge-rotating-structure-in-space

# Veterans / VA
‘This Is Outrageous’: Trump VA to Eliminate Up to 35,000 Healthcare Jobs This Month: “It is abundantly clear that Republicans and the Trump administration want to strangle the VA until it all gets privatized,” said the advocacy group VoteVets.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-cutting-va-jobs

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Voices, The Peoples News

December 15, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
First Nation reservation grappling with transnational crime. A First Nation reservation located in upstate New York and extends into Canada says it is grappling with transnational and illegal border crosser crime. One of its law enforcement chiefs came to Texas seeking help.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/new_york/article_ade96b94-221d-41e0-bbc6-ddb925fb1635.html

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation receives backlash for signing $30 million deal with DHS: The tribe’s chairman, Joseph “Zeke” Rupnick, released a video on Friday to address concerns and discuss efforts to exit the contract.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/native-americans-draw-shocked-response-161324902.html

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
Cuban Detainees Report Beatings and Abuse After Refusing Deportation to Mexico, Human Rights Watchdog Says. Detainees were allegedly driven to the Mexican border and pressured by masked officials to cross or face imprisonment and beatings
https://www.latintimes.com/cuban-detainees-report-beatings-abuse-after-refusing-deportation-mexico-human-rights-watchdog-592364

Administration officials are reportedly changing up tactics as public approval for immigration operations sinks to 38 percent
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/border-patrol-immigration-raids-b2883954.html

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar says ICE agents pulled over her son – US politics live. Somali-born Minnesota representative says her son was let go once he produced his ID
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/dec/15/ilhan-omar-trump-immigration-politics-latest-updates

DHS ends Family Reunification Parole program for nationals from seven countries: The move will impact hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti and Honduras.
https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/dhs-ends-the-abuse-of-the-humanitarian-parole-process-and-terminates-family-reunification-parole

Trump Deportation Push Continues With TSA-ICE Partnership and Move to Strip Legal Status. “We will continue to fight alongside all immigrants and their families who are unjustly targeted by this callous administration,” vowed the legal director at Justice Action Center.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-deportations?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=1c9902e63d-Weekend+Edition+%7C+Sun.+12%2F14%2F25&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Congress drags on full year funding bills, risking second govt shutdown
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_6eb22521-d543-407b-b17c-326eeddd13bd.html

‘Fodder for a recession’: Top economist Mark Zandi warns about so many Americans ‘already living on the financial edge’ in a K-shaped economy
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/top-economist-mark-zandi-recession-151857768.html

# Education / Schools
‘We Don’t Have to Live This Way’: Deadly Brown Shooting Spurs Calls for Action on Guns. “Our lawmakers fail us every day that they refuse to take action on gun violence,” said Students Demand Action.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5648379-murphy-defends-gun-reform-trump/

# FEMA / USAID
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera. Trump officials were told that cutting aid to South Sudan would exacerbate a deadly cholera epidemic. They did so anyway.
Even as lifesaving programs closed in South Sudan, Rubio and other officials maintained they were still active and that no one had died. We found that wasn’t true. After the funding cuts, cases in South Sudan spiked. It’s the worst cholera epidemic in the country’s history.
https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-cholera-deaths-trump-humanitarian-aid-cuts-south-sudan

# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USDA
Economists question necessity of farm bailout, say tariffs don’t help. The Trump administration last week announced it would be giving about $12 billion in direct cash assistance to American farmers, similar to how it assisted farmers in 2018 – only, its stated reasons for doing so are different.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_2498e31c-1312-4510-a788-c491095a4cbb.html

USDA received overwhelmingly negative feedback on its reorg plan from employees, lawmakers and locals governments. The department solicited comments and those who wrote in said a potential exodus of staff and loss of local interaction would prove harmful to farmers.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/12/usda-received-overwhelmingly-negative-feedback-its-reorg-plan-employees-lawmakers-and-locals-governments/410143/

# General News / Boat Strikes
Commander in Charge of US Military Operations in Caribbean Retires After Clashes With Hegseth Over Boat Strikes
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-12-12/admiral-holsey-southern-command-boat-strikes-20069944.html

Former House intelligence chair: Trump administration has not communicated with Congress on Venezuela goals
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5648785-turner-trump-venezuela-policy-criticism/

# Gov / Politics
“I Don’t Recognize My Country Anymore” — Americans Are Revealing Why They Marched In The Streets In 2025, And Their Reasons Will Make You Want To Grab A Protest Sign
https://www.buzzfeed.com/michaelabramwell/americans-share-why-they-protested-in-2025?origin=morebf

Kristi Noem has deportation claim shut down in seconds in â absolutely devastating momentâ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TthGDv9Fzg

‘Who would have imagined?’ Ex-GOP governor in awe as defiant GOP sends Trump clear message
https://www.rawstory.com/republicans-defy-donald-trump/

Major US cities on high alert after US strikes Iran. NYPD increases patrols at religious, cultural sites amid threat concern . Expert warns Iran capable of cyber attacks on US infrastructure. Officials fear terrorist cells may already be active in United States
https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/war-in-israel/major-us-cities-high-alert-strikes-iran/

Sen. Chris Murphy says Trump engaged in a ‘deliberate campaign’ to ‘make violence more likely in this country.’ “But this is not shocking because, over the last year, President Trump has been engaged in a dizzying campaign to increase violence in this country. He is restoring gun rights to felons and people who have lost their ability to buy guns. He eliminated the White House Office of Gun Violence Protection, and he has stopped funding mental health grants and community anti-gun violence grants that Republicans and Democrats supported in that 2022 bill,” Murphy added.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5648379-murphy-defends-gun-reform-trump/

# Gov / Politics / Global
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF
FBI arrests alleged pro-Palestinian group members accused of planning New Year’s Eve bombings in LA
https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/fbi-arrests-5-los-angeles-new-years-eve-new-orleans/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court
Supreme Court Rulings May Be ‘Based on Threats’ to Justices—Court Papers
https://www.newsweek.com/supreme-court-rulings-may-be-based-on-threats-to-justices-court-papers-11193351

Judge Issues New Order to DOJ in James Comey Case
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/12/court-orders-doj-to-return-data-seized-from-comey-friend-00689956

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
USPS sends back over 800 packages meant for US troops in ‘disgraceful move,’ what went wrong with new shipping rule. U.S. customs rejected them citing “incomplete forms.” The nonprofit paid $10,000 in shipping costs.
https://www.aol.com/articles/over-800-holiday-care-packages-025319970.html

# Security / DHS / Surveillance / Cybersecurity / Spyware / Secret Service
DHS moves to rescind TSA bargaining agreement covering 47,000 workers: The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) says it plans to challenge the decision in court
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/unions/2025/12/dhs-moves-to-eliminate-tsa-collective-bargaining-agreement-again/

Labor Leaders Blast DHS Chief Noem’s Union-Busting Attack on TSA Workers. “Noem’s decision to rip up the union contract for 47,000 TSA officers is an illegal act of retaliatory union busting that should cause concern for every person who steps foot in an airport,” said the AFGE president.
https://san.com/cc/dhs-moves-to-rescind-tsa-collective-bargaining-agreement-union-to-fight-this/

# Transportation / Shipping
Trump administration threatens to take $73 million and all trucker licenses from NY
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/12/trump-duffy-truck-drivers-license-revoked-new-york

# Travel / Tourism
TSA Is Forwarding Names, Photos, and Flight Details to ICE. The secret airport deportation program denies victims any semblance of due process.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/tsa-ice-deporting-traveler-flight-details/

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