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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-12-05

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December 5, 2025
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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
New ‘zoning’ law to force American pet owners to give up their beloved animals. A NEW law is cracking down on a controversial pet procedure – but veterinarians are pushing back. The rule, set to take effect on January 1, will ban pet owners from providing their animals with surgical procedures, except in cases where it’s medically necessary.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/15581007/new-pet-owners-law-blasted-vets-unnecessary/

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
ICE goons stopped a Florida woman driving to work in hospital scrubs and dragged her out of the car while she screamed she was a US citizen before tackling her to the ground and handcuffing her! Once again, we are presented with clear-cut evidence that ICE thugs do not discriminate when it comes to harassing, abusing, and brutalizing people; US citizen or immigrant, it’s “get thrown to the ground and cuffed like a criminal until we bother looking at your license.”
https://www.newsweek.com/woman-medical-scrubs-us-citizen-being-dragged-car-11155821

DHS crackdown begins in New Orleans: Over 200 CBP and ICE agents have been deployed as a part of so-called “Operation Catahoula Crunch.”
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/12/03/dhs-launches-operation-catahoula-crunch-new-orleans-targeting-criminal-illegal

Citizenship Requirements to Change For Millions of Americans Under New Bill. The “Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025” would establish that citizens of the United States “shall owe sole and exclusive allegiance to the United States,” according to a text of the bill.
https://www.newsweek.com/dual-citizenship-requirements-millions-americans-new-bill-moreno-11139538
Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025
https://www.moreno.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Exclusive-Citizenship-Act-of-2025.pdf

Noem’s rush to bolster ICE’s members means applicants who can ‘barely read or write’ are being accepted, report says. The Homeland Security Department hopes to hire 10,000 new deportation officers by the end of the year to help in President Donald Trump’s massive immigration crackdown
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/kristi-noem-ice-applicants-barely-read-write-b2877758.html

Democratic congressman claims Trump’s ICE is ‘primarily going after innocent people, including US citizens
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/democratic-congressman-claims-trumps-ice-200209302.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
In Trump Economy, Holiday Spending Plans Plummet and Layoffs Hit Highest Level Since Covid Pandemic.
The grim data arrive as President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to “aggressively push back” on negative perceptions about his economy.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-economy-holiday-spending

Dem plots to take $175B from Trump ‘slush fund’ to tackle the ‘number one issue’ of 2026: Rep. Gomez. “The housing crisis as the biggest issue the country is facing not only this year, but last year and in the year ahead too.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-big-bill-2674365731/

Palantir CEO Alex Karp on Wednesday argued that Americans have lost trust in major institutions because powerful executives routinely avoid consequences for their failures, saying “poor people” are “the only people who pay the price for being wrong in this culture.”
https://www.aol.com/articles/palantir-ceo-says-poor-people-005525000.html

# Education / Schools
Trump’s Education Department transfers illegal, Senate Dems say. The senators blasted the move as “outrageous,” and “illegal,” saying it circumvented appropriations law — which is how Congress exercises its power of the purse — and would “jeopardize the funding and support that tens of millions of students, teachers, and families across the country rely on.”
https://www.lansingcitypulse.com/stories/trumps-education-department-transfers-illegal-us-senate-dems-say,169652

# Employment / Labor / Unions
‘If I had a job I wouldn’t be looking’: Man gets rejected by job recruiter because they’re not looking to hire someone who’s unemployed
https://wegotthiscovered.com/social-media/if-i-had-a-job-i-wouldnt-be-looking-man-gets-rejected-by-job-recruiter-because-theyre-not-looking-to-hire-someone-whos-unemployed/

After Congress paused layoffs, 1,000 feds still facing dismissals are seeking court intervention. The Trump administration says the blanket RIF moratorium does not apply at five agencies.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/12/after-congress-paused-layoffs-1000-feds-still-facing-dismissals-are-seeking-court-intervention/409949/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Energy News Roundup: U.S. oil output rose to record high in September
https://www.oedigital.com/news/532964-eia-data-show-that-us-oil-production-reached-a-record-high-in-september

Revenues from energy production at $14.6B for 2025. Energy production on federal lands and waters and in U.S. tribal areas generated $14.61 billion in government revenues in the 2025 fiscal year
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_9d0eb736-7a0b-4263-a1f6-961f3306b6e2.html

# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA
Trump administration says it will withhold SNAP from states led by Democrats if they don’t provide recipient data
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-administration-says-it-will-withhold-snap-from-states-led-by-democrats-if-they-dont-provide-recipient-data

# General News / Boat Strikes
Top Dem Says Video of Military ‘Attacking Shipwrecked Sailors’ Among ‘Most Troubling Things’ He Has Ever Seen. “Two individuals in clear distress, without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel, were killed by the United States.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pentagon-briefing-congress-venezuela-alleged-drug-boats/

UN Experts Say Those Ordering and Carrying Out US Boat Strikes Should Be ‘Prosecuted for Homicide.’ “US military attacks on alleged drug traffickers at sea,” said two human rights experts, “are grave violations of the right to life and the international law of the sea.”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/28/politics/us-military-second-strike-caribbean

Rand Paul Releases Coast Guard Data Showing 1 in 5 Boats Had No Drugs — Raising New Questions in Hegseth ‘Second-Strike’ Scandal. Roughly 20% of vessels boarded on suspicion of drug trafficking had no drugs on board in the year before the U.S. military carried out its now-controversial boat strikes in the Caribbean.
https://local.newsbreak.com/the-coffman-chronicle-358564907/4379507704454-rand-paul-releases-coast-guard-data-showing-1-in-5-boats-had-no-drugs-raising-new-questions-in-hegseth-second-strike-scandal

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Author Andrew Lownie Defends Source Who Claimed ‘Jeffrey Epstein Introduced Donald Trump to Wife Melania’ — Even After Being Forced to Cut Allegation Out of Book
https://www.aol.com/articles/exclusive-author-andrew-lownie-defends-201354625.html

# Gov / Politics
Classified Report Concludes Defense Secretary’s Signal Messages Were a Safety Risk to U.S. Personnel
https://thedebrief.org/classified-report-concludes-defense-secretarys-signal-messages-were-a-safety-risk-to-u-s-personnel/

‘Somebody’s Getting Rich’: Senator Suggests Trump Pardon Spree Is Yet Another Grift. “There’s clearly a whole group of people around him that are making millions of dollars, and they’re handing out favors to folks in the form of pardons,” said Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/dem-senator-raises-alarm-trump-055214769.html

Palantir CEO says ‘poor people’ are ‘the only people who pay the price for being wrong in this culture’
https://www.aol.com/articles/palantir-ceo-says-poor-people-005525000.html

Leaked memo exposes MAGA’s ‘authoritarian’ targeting of key government agency. The move prompts fears the data will be sent to ICE to further the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/03/us-veterans-affairs-database-immigration

House exodus threatens Johnson’s grip on power as over 40 members head for exit. Over 40 House members plan to exit Congress this year, posing risks to Speaker Mike Johnson’s narrow majority and reflecting a wider trend driven by safety worries, reduced civility and dwindling enthusiasm for the job.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/reporters-notebook-house-exodus-threatens-161909334.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
Israel Is Quietly Expanding Its Occupation of Gaza Under Cover of “Ceasefire.” For us here in Gaza, this “ceasefire” is a fiction. The bombing has continued as Israel moves its Yellow Line.
https://truthout.org/articles/israel-is-quietly-expanding-its-occupation-of-gaza-under-cover-of-ceasefire/

Israel Is Quietly Expanding Its Occupation of Gaza Under Cover of ‘Ceasefire.’ For us here in Gaza, this “ceasefire” is a fiction. The bombing has continued as Israel moves its Yellow Line.
https://truthout.org/articles/israel-is-quietly-expanding-its-occupation-of-gaza-under-cover-of-ceasefire/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court
Barack Obama suggests military ‘resistance’ pushing back on ‘politicization’ of the Justice Department. The former president joined several Democratic figures arguing President Trump politicized the military
https://www.foxnews.com/media/barack-obama-suggests-military-resistance-pushing-back-politicization-justice-department

Supreme Court Rules 6–3 on Texas Election Map challenged as racially discriminatory
https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supreme-court-allows-texas-to-use-redistricting-map-challenged-as-racially-discriminatory/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits
Millions of Republicans on Obamacare want enhanced subsidies extended. Most Hill Republicans don’t
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5634256-gop-health-care-plans-frustration/

Most on Affordable Care Act Exchange Can’t Afford Even Modest Increases in Health Costs. Senate Democrats will force a vote next week on whether to extend tax credits for people on the health exchange.
https://truthout.org/articles/poll-most-on-aca-exchange-cant-afford-even-modest-increases-in-health-costs/

# Medical Recalls / Alerts
FDA Recalls Blood Pressure Drugs. The recall affects various strengths of prazosin capsules manufactured by Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, with expiration dates between 2025 and 2026. Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker (ARB) Recalls (Valsartan, Losartan, and Irbesartan)
https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-updates-and-press-announcements-angiotensin-ii-receptor-blocker-arb-recalls-valsartan-losartan

# Military / Militia / National Guard
Hegseth broke rules, DODIG concludes, even though he said Yemen strike details were ‘safe to declassify.’
Inspector general’s Signalgate report arrives two months after SecDef alleged the office had been “weaponized.”
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2025/12/hegseth-broke-rules-dodig-concludes-even-though-he-said-yemen-strike-details-were-safe-declassify/409942/

Hegseth Ousted Admiral Who Objected to Boat Strikes Under His Command. Hegseth reportedly told the admiral: “When you get an order … don’t ask questions.” Hegseth forced out US Navy admiral who had legal concerns over Trump’s drug boat strikes. The departure of Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of U.S. Southern Command, has stunned lawmakers and military experts
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-drug-boats-navy-admiral-b2877882.html

# Other Stuff / Archaeology
When Egyptian archaeologists opened three 4,000-year-old rock-cut tombs, they found rare artifacts untouched by looters. Venom expert, chief palace physician, chief dentist, and director of medicinal plants were also likely on his resume.
https://www.popsci.com/science/ancient-egypt-magician-tomb/

Scientist makes first-of-its-kind discovery on remote mountain range: ‘It was incredible.’ This never-before-seen bee was dubbed the Lucifer bee after the Netflix show.
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/lucifer-bee-australia-new-species/

# Science / Science Engineers / Chemistry / Research
Scientists discover ‘magical’ material that’s stronger than steel and lighter than aluminum — and its potential is dizzying
https://discussion.fool.com/t/scientists-discover-magical-material-that-s-stronger-than-steel-and-lighter-than-aluminum/97795

Scientists discover unbelievable use for substance hidden in pomegranate trees. Here’s hoping that pomegranate proves to be the fruit of clean energy’s future.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/punicin-lithium-extraction-pomegranate-trees/

# Transportation / Shipping
Two Black men who were fired by President Donald Trump from the National Transportation Safety Board and U.S. Surface Transportation Board accused the administration on Thursday of discriminating against them as part of a pattern of dismissing Black leaders across the government.
https://apnews.com/article/ntsb-stb-discrimination-primus-brown-trump-8a5522b403598801ee51f57fea81d6c7

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-12-04

Voices, The Peoples News

December 4, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
ICE Targets Somalis in Minneapolis as Trump Calls Them “Garbage.” “When they come from hell and they complain and do nothing but bitch, we don’t want them,” Trump said. US president’s xenophobic rant comes amid reports of ramped-up deportation efforts in Ilhan Omar’s district
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/02/trump-somali-immigrants-minnesota

Activists Are Forming Watch Groups And Using Whistles And Car Horns to Monitor Immigration Enforcement, Alert Neighbors
https://lapublicpress.org/2025/11/la-ice-bystanders-help-immigration/

# Drugs / Trafficking
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Critics Warn “Trump Accounts” Won’t Address Most Families’ Needs. The program is “another giveaway to the richest Americans that leaves everyone else further behind,” one critic said.
https://truthout.org/articles/critics-warn-trump-accounts-wont-address-most-families-needs/

Senator Elizabeth Warren has stated that the demise of the IRS Direct File program for the 2026 tax season will result in “huge profits” for tax preparation companies and cause Americans to be “ripped off” with higher prices.
https://www.benzinga.com/news/politics/25/12/49178006/elizabeth-warren-has-a-prophecy-about-the-2026-tax-season-says-demise-of-direct-file-means-huge-profits-for-some-and-americans-getting-ripped-off

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants / Global
In ‘Historic Victory’ for Oceans, Norway Pauses Controversial Deep-Sea Mining Plans. “We will not let this industry destroy the unique life in the deep sea, not in the Arctic, nor anywhere else,” one campaigner said.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/norway-deep-sea-mining-2674367383

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
‘Truth Is Not a Fireable Offense’: Former EPA Staffers File Legal Challenge Over Terminations by Trump
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce-rightsgovernance/2025/12/fired-epa-employees-challenge-agency-alleging-free-speech-violations/

# General News / Boat Strikes
Pete Hegseth Finds His Fall Guy. The defense secretary is doing everything he can to avoid blame for the September 2 boat strikes that have been likened to a “war crime.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/pete-hegseth-admiral-bradley/

Congressmen Unveil Bipartisan War Powers Resolution to Block Trump War on Venezuela. “No conflict for oil, no armed intervention, no war with Venezuela!” said Rep. Jim McGovern.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5632671-trump-venezuela-military-resolution/amp/

A US strike on a suspected drug boat has the military in the hot seat. Its own law of war manual explains why
https://www.aol.com/articles/us-strike-suspected-drug-boat-223031473.html

# Gov / Politics
How Trump family business ventures stand to directly benefit the President. New York Times reporter Eric Lipton says the Trump family businesses, including their crypto company, are capitalizing on the President’s position, and creating unprecedented conflicts of interest.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/nx-s1-5388474/how-trump-family-business-ventures-stand-to-directly-benefit-the-president

Hegseth continues facing scrutiny over boat strikes, Signal messages
https://www.today.com/video/hegseth-faces-scrutiny-for-military-plans-shared-in-signal-chat-253682245736

Justice Department Sues Six Additional States for Failure to Provide Voter Registration Rolls
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-six-additional-states-failure-provide-voter-registration-rolls

Rand Paul Set To Join Dems To Force Trump To Go Through Congress If He Wants To Declare War Against Venezuela
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5632671-trump-venezuela-military-resolution/

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons
Chicago promoted two police officers after investigators found they engaged in sexual misconduct
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-police-department-sexual-misconduct-promotions

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits
Trump team weighs disability cuts up to 20% and what it means: Trump Administration Abandoned Plans for a Major Cut in Disability Benefits for Older Workers. After reporting by ProPublica and other publications, the administration is dropping an effort that could have led 830,000 people, disproportionately blue-collar workers in red states, to lose eligibility for Social Security disability payments.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-social-security-disability-cuts

# Medical / Biologicals / Science / Research / Technology
Potentially Deadly Infant Illness Reported in 18 States. The FDA and CDC said they are investigating the multistate outbreak with the help of state officials and other partners. Outbreak Investigation of Infant Botulism: Infant Formula (November 2025). Do not use recalled ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula. FDA’s investigation is ongoing.
https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/outbreak-investigation-infant-botulism-infant-formula-november-2025

# NASA / Space
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Appears To Be Experiencing “Cryovolcanism”, And Is Eerily Similar To Objects In The Outer Solar System
https://www.iflscience.com/interstellar-comet-3iatlas-appears-to-be-experiencing-cryovolcanism-and-is-eerily-similar-to-objects-in-the-outer-solar-system-81758

NASA has stunned the world with newly analyzed data from Voyager 2 — one of the most extraordinary spacecraft ever launched by humanity. Decades after leaving our solar system, Voyager 2 continues to deliver discoveries that challenge what we thought we knew about the cosmos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyR9v3yw_oc

# Social Services / Programs
Chairman Comer Launches Investigation into Massive Fraud in Minnesota’s Social Services System on Governor Walz’s Watch
https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-launches-investigation-into-massive-fraud-in-minnesotas-social-services-system-on-governor-walzs-watch/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft Faces Reckoning for Assisting Israel’s Genocide in Gaza. The tech giant could face legal liability for aiding and abetting “atrocity crimes” in Palestine, legal groups say.
https://truthout.org/articles/microsoft-faces-reckoning-for-assisting-israels-genocide-in-gaza/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-12-03

Voices, The Peoples News

December 3, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
Proposed Bill to End Dual Citizenship Would Force First Lady and Son Barron to Choose or Lose U.S. Status. According a book about Melania Trump, it was essential for the first lady that Barron spoke Slovenian and held a Slovenian passport, in addition to an American one
https://www.latintimes.com/proposed-bill-end-dual-citizenship-would-force-first-lady-son-barron-choose-lose-us-status-592137

Republican Files Bill to Eliminate Dual Citizenship, Force Renunciations. The legislation directs the secretary of state to create a database on people with multiple citizenships.
https://www.moreno.senate.gov/press-releases/new-moreno-bill-to-outlaw-dual-citizenship/

‘Monday Afternoon Massacre’: Trump Fires 8 Immigration Judges in NYC. “The goal is to transform an imperfect system which aimed for fairness into a rubber stamp mill, leaving only the ‘deportation judges’ they want,” said one policy expert.
https://www.livemint.com/news/us-news/monday-afternoon-massacre-trump-administration-ousts-8-new-york-immigration-judges-amid-migrant-crackdown-11764644966236.html

6-year-old missing after ICE arrested him and his dad and shipped them off to separate facilities. “He said to me, ‘I did what they said I should do. I came in for this check-in.’ And yet they arrested him and his son,” Spector said. Homeland Security denied these claims
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/me/maine/news/2025/12/03/father-and-6-year-old-son-allegedly-detained-and-separated-by-ice

# Drugs / Trafficking
Former Top DEA Official Says Trump’s Campaign Against Drug Traffickers Is a ‘Charade’: ‘Based on Hypocrisy’
https://www.latintimes.com/former-top-dea-official-says-trumps-campaign-against-drug-traffickers-charade-based-592131

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Abbott asks Treasury Department to suspend Islam group’s tax-exempt status. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott took more action Tuesday against the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
https://texasscorecard.com/federal/abbott-asks-treasury-secretary-to-suspend-islamic-groups-tax-exempt-status/

# Education / Schools
New online portal to track universities’ foreign funding live in 2026. Starting in January, American universities can more easily report foreign funding, according to the Department of Education.
https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-announces-new-and-improved-portal-universities-report-foreign-funding

# Employment / Labor / Global
Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/02/monterrey-mexico-air-quality-industrial-pollution

# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA
‘No data, no money’: USDA says states who don’t hand over info will lose SNAP funding. The administration is seeking the names and immigration status of the aid recipients.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/trump-admin-may-pull-snap-funds-from-democratic-states-that-refuse-to-share-data#google_vignette

# General News / Boat Strikes
Second US Strike on Boat Attack Survivors Was Illegal—But Experts Stress That the Rest Were, Too. “It is blatantly illegal to order criminal suspects to be murdered rather than detained,” said one human rights leader.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-drug-boat

Russian Oil Tanker Struck In Aerial Attack Hundreds Of Miles From Ukraine. Ukraine denies involvement in the third reported attack on Russian-connected tankers in the Black Sea since Friday, but has claimed responsibility for the rest.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/2/russian-tanker-struck-off-turkiye-as-ukraine-targets-shadow-fleet

Former Top Pentagon Lawyer Says Hegseth’s Finger-Pointing After Boat Survivor Killings Won’t Work: ‘I Don’t See It Playing Out Well’
https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/former-top-pentagon-lawyer-says-hegseths-finger-pointing-after-boat-survivor-killings-wont-work-i-dont-see-it-playing-out-well/

Admiral Stavridis on alleged drug boat strike: ‘It simply screams for a significant, unbiased, bipartisan investigation’
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/01/world/video/ac360stavridisvenezuela

‘No conceivable legal justification’: Trump administration’s defense of Caribbean strike raises serious questions about what really happened
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/no-conceivable-legal-justification-trump-administrations-defense-of-caribbean-strike-raises-serious-questions-about-what-really-happened/

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Trump slapped with massive lawsuit alleging ‘Epstein-identical’ trafficking operation
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2674362253/

# Gov / Politics
White House Claims Trump ‘Has the Authority to Kill’ Survivors of Boat Strikes. One legal expert called the press secretary’s remarks “painful” to watch and warned of “how the reported patently illegal orders will affect US service members.”
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-the-law-says-about-killing-survivors-of-a-boat-strike-according-to-experts

Trump says he has revoked Biden’s autopen pardons: But can he do it? Legal experts say there is no basis in the US Constitution for a president to revoke pardons.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/3/trump-says-he-has-revoked-bidens-autopen-pardons-but-can-he-do-it

Swalwell Says Some U.S. Troops Privately Told Him They’re Ready to “Check” President Trump. Swalwell argued that the Biden-era balance of power—Congress versus the presidency and the courts—has eroded, and said some service members now believe their own oath to the Constitution effectively makes them a backstop if the political branches fail.
https://www.newsbreak.com/fort-worth-llc-333211895/4376704659475-swalwell-says-some-u-s-troops-privately-told-him-they-re-ready-to-check-president-trump

# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin Announces New Territory Claim
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/12/2/russia-ukraine-war-live-trumps-envoy-witkoff-to-meet-putin

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons
WA police departments back diversion to get people help instead of jail. On Monday, the Substance Use Recovery Services Advisory Committee heard from some members of law enforcement voicing support for pre-arrest diversion programs.
https://www.everettpost.com/state-news/watch-wa-police-departments-back-diversion-to-get-people-help-instead-of-jail/

Prisoner release bills pushed by retiring congressional lawmakers. Aging or rehabilitated prisoners should be released sooner into society to save taxpayers’ money. “When the FIRST STEP Act was signed into law last year, it represented monumental bipartisan reform to our prison system. Today’s bill builds upon that momentum because it promotes fairness in the implementation of Good Conduct Time.”
https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/house-passes-prison-reform-for-elderly-offenders

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court
A $1.8 billion fraud CEO was sentenced for seven years in prison, Trump’s stunning intervention makes mockery of the entire justice system
https://attackofthefanboy.com/politics/a-1-8-billion-fraud-ceo-was-sentenced-for-seven-years-in-prison-trumps-stunning-intervention-makes-mockery-of-the-entire-justice-system/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits
‘We Must Stop Tinkering Around the Edges’: Van Hollen Makes Case for Medicare for All Amid ACA Fight. “Yes, let’s extend the ACA tax credits to prevent a huge spike in healthcare costs for millions,” said Sen. Chris Van Hollen. “Then, let’s finally create a system that puts your health over corporate profits.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/van-hollen-medicare-for-all

Johnson: Democrats ‘broke the system’ of U.S. health care. Republican leaders in Congress remain firmly opposed to any health care plan that renews the pandemic-era expansion of Obamacare subsidies
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_453978ed-59d8-4d20-bbf9-58308c67c559.html

# Medical / Biologicals / Science / Research / Technology
Multiple Child Deaths Linked to COVID Vaccination: FDA
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/11/29/nx-s1-5624998/fda-vaccines-covid-children-safety

# Military / Militia / National Guard
Lawmakers warn Hegseth may have committed war crimes following second-strike report
Democrats and even some Republicans said Hegseth’s orders may have been illegal if a report on his commands to kill survivors of a boat attack are true. “This is murder,” said one legal expert.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/30/war-crimes-hegseth-venezuela-strikes-00671160?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it

# NASA / Space
NASA Spots a Mysterious Object Racing 1 Million Miles per Hour — And It May Be Exiting the Milky Way. identified as CWISE J1249, moving at approximately one million miles per hour, which is likely a low-mass star or brown dwarf on an escape trajectory from the Milky Way
https://www.greenmatters.com/pn/nasa-spots-a-mysterious-object-racing-1-million-miles-per-hour-and-it-may-be-exiting-the-milky-way

# Social Services / Programs
Trump Admin Aims to Cut Down Office Visits in Latest Attack on Social Security. About 7,000 workers have already been cut from the agency, leading to understaffed field offices and overwhelmed phones.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-aims-to-cut-down-office-visits-in-latest-attack-on-social-security/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Something Grim Is Happening to Kids Who Got Cell Phones Early. “When you give your kid a phone, you need to think of it as something that is significant for the kid’s health.” New research conducted by scientists from UC Berkeley and Columbia University found that children 12 years old and younger who received one of these devices were at a higher risk of depression, obesity, and sleep deprivation.
https://futurism.com/health-medicine/grim-happenings-kids-smartphones

Sam Altman Is Suddenly Terrified, He just declared a “code red.”
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-code-red

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