Voices, The Peoples News
November 21, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
About 1,500 migrants form a new caravan in Mexico. Here’s what it means
https://apnews.com/article/migrants-caravan-mexico-immigration-d4134dcc84ef4cc1df192ad8167eba6e
Biden admin quietly loosening immigration policies before Trump takes office — including letting migrants skip ICE check-ins in NYC
https://nypost.com/2024/11/21/us-news/biden-admin-to-let-illegal-migrants-skip-nyc-ice-appointments/
Trump’s mass deportation plan targets specific groups of immigrants. Tom Homan, Trump’s pick for “border czar,” said the new administration will prioritize deporting unauthorized immigrants with a criminal past.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/scripps-news-investigates/trumps-mass-deportation-plan-targets-specific-groups-of-immigrants
Trump’s deportation plan could separate millions of families, leaving schools to pick up the pieces
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2024/10/29/trump-mass-deportation-immigration-raids-aftermath-for-children-schools/
Deportation raids could happen at schools, so New York is taking preventative measures to help keep kids learning and safe.
https://www.newsbreak.com/v-spehar-1801645/3680273123254-deportation-raids-could-happen-at-schools-so-new-york-is-taking-preventative-measures-to-help-keep-kids-learning-and-safe-is-your-girl-for-more-info-on-the-mass-deportation-process
How local sheriffs plan for Trump’s immigration policy
https://www.aol.com/local-sheriffs-plan-trumps-immigration-025537092.html
How Trump’s mass deportation plans could affect food, farming industry
https://www.agdaily.com/insights/perspective-promises-of-mass-deportation-impact-farm-labor/
Sanctuary cities plan to resist Trump’s mass deportation plans: Los Angeles is the latest to become a sanctuary city. New York has spent more than $5 billion on housing and caring for migrants. Tom Homan has threatened to withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/sanctuary-cities-trump-deportation-plans/
Military Not So Keen on Being Part of Trump’s Deportation Plans
https://www.yahoo.com/news/military-not-keen-being-part-195658502.html
Border Militias Prepare to Assist With Donald Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans: Militias that patrol the US border with Mexico are thrilled that Donald Trump has been elected—and plan to be a “valuable resource” to the incoming administration, whether or not they’re asked.
https://www.wired.com/story/border-militias-immigrants-trump/
How exactly the military would be tapped to carry out this promise of mass deportations is unclear. And there are untested legal questions about involving service members in immigration enforcement operations.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-military-trump-mass-deportation-plan/
ICE Nabs 3 Accused Child Rapists In Massachusetts As Governor, Mayor Remain Opposed To Trump’s Deportation Agenda. Illegal migrants continue to be apprehended in Massachusetts after the state’s Democrats made clear their opposition to Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/11/21/ice-arrests-child-rapists-in-massachusetts/
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Shapiro’s ‘critical’ engagement in U.S. Steel sale questioned. The public silence is deafening for those who, like Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward, want to see Japanese-owned Nippon Steel buy the iconic company and preserve 4,000 jobs in the region.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3237361/shapiros-critical-engagement-in-u-s-steel-sale-questioned/
# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
A neo-Nazi turf war may have flared in Columbus, Ohio. Jewish, Black and elected leaders won’t stand for it
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/us/columbus-ohio-neo-nazi-march/index.html
Columbus Black leaders organize counterprotest after neo-Nazi march in their city: “What we did Sunday changed the tone,” one counterprotester said. “If anything, this has made us stronger.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/columbus-black-leaders-organize-counterprotest-neo-nazi-march-city-rcna180933
White House, Ohio, and Jewish leaders condemn ‘sickening display’ at neo-Nazi march
https://denvergazette.com/news/nation-world/white-house-ohio-and-jewish-leaders-condemn-sickening-display-at-neo-nazi-march/article_a0e1c375-7e3c-5f5b-9967-8e64e9a67f4b.html
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Biden Administration Seeks to Cancel $4.6 Billion of Ukraine’s Debt
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/biden-administration-seeks-cancel-4-003830473.html
5 obstacles Republicans will face on the road to tax cuts
https://thehill.com/business/4998088-republican-tax-cuts-divisions/
Elon Musk’s Stealth War Against the Poor. The world’s richest man is poised to go after the country’s most impoverished citizens under the false pretense of cracking down on fraud.
https://newrepublic.com/article/188552/musk-improper-payments-poor-war
U.S. stops Russian bond payments, raising risk of default
https://www.reuters.com/business/us-cracks-down-russian-debt-payments-latest-sovereign-payments-halted-2022-04-05/
Trump’s tariffs will wreck Kansas economy. Gutless wonders at the Statehouse won’t even protest.
https://kansasreflector.com/2024/11/20/trumps-tariffs-will-wreck-kansas-economy-gutless-wonders-at-the-statehouse-wont-even-protest/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Global
As Russia Completes Transition to a Full War Economy, Treasury Takes Sweeping Aim at Foundational Financial Infrastructure and Access to Third Country Support
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2404
Russia dumped 84% of its American debt. What that means. Russia has rapidly sold off the vast majority of its stash of American debt.
https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/30/investing/russia-us-debt-treasury/index.html
Russia Boosts Investment in US Government Debt
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-boost-investment-us-government-debt-department-treasury-sanctions-ukriane-war-1988087#:~:text=Russia%20has%20increased%20investments%20in,according%20to%20data%20from%20Statista
This Foreign Country Holds More US Debt Than Any Other – and It’s Not China. Japan holds the most U.S. Treasury securities of any country: $1.13 trillion. The two economies are deeply intertwined and have a mutual defense pact.
https://247wallst.com/economy/2024/11/20/this-foreign-country-holds-more-u-s-debt-than-any-other-and-its-not-china/
# Education / Schools
Mike Johnson settles the House trans-bathroom kerfuffle with a simple truth: “All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings — such as restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms — are reserved for individuals of that biological sex.”
https://nypost.com/2024/11/20/opinion/mike-johnson-settles-the-house-trans-bathroom-kerfuffle-with-a-simple-truth/
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy suggest DOGE will end work-from-home for federal employeesPair suggest Trump could require government workers to be in-office five days a week as part of effort to trim workforce.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/21/musk-ramaswamy-work-from-home-federal-employees
Federal workers brace for Trump’s plan to potentially replace them with loyalists
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/federal-workers-brace-for-trumps-plan-to-potentially-replace-them-with-loyalists
The Japanese company that owns tire maker Dunlop shuttered a century-old New York factory, and fired 1,500 workers, as it moved manufacturing overseas.
https://nypost.com/2024/11/20/business/new-york-factory-that-makes-dunlop-tires-shuttered-by-japanese-owner/
A Trump Judge Just Nixed Overtime Pay for Millions and Media Yawned. Remember the right-wing frenzy over “Rich Men North of Richmond”? Well, this ruling exposes Trump-MAGA hypocrisy on the working class, and reveals a big media failure.
https://www.peoplefor.org/trump-judge-takes-away-overtime-pay-over-4-million-workers
# General News
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul blocks Helene disaster aid that would help North Carolina
https://www.carolinajournal.com/tillis-legislation-to-fund-sba-disaster-relief-is-blocked-by-paul/
Watch Republican Senators Melt Down Over Hurricane Relief. These guys can’t even pass simple legislation aimed at helping hurricane victims.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188434/republican-senators-thom-tillis-rand-paul-agree-hurricane-helene-relief
More than 55 Jewish groups come out against terrorism bill that could threaten nonprofits
https://www.jta.org/2024/11/20/united-states/more-than-55-jewish-groups-come-out-against-terrorism-bill-that-could-threaten-nonprofits
# Gov / Politics
‘My Republican friends are laughing’: Trump told that own party members mock his decisions
https://www.rawstory.com/eric-swalwell-matt-gaetz/
Trump’s cabinet is filling up with Project 2025 authors despite him saying he has ‘no idea’ what it is
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-cabinet-filling-project-2025-005256417.html
Pushback from Republicans and Democrats on President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks
https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2024/11/18/trump-cabinet-picks-republicans
‘Very big deal’: Little-discussed election result said to show positive progressive trend
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/very-big-deal-little-discussed-election-result-said-to-show-positive-progressive-trend/ar-AA1uqoKt
“You can’t just get rid of them”: Experts say Trump’s “power grab” may already be doomed
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cant-just-rid-them-experts-104504776.html
Comer to create DOGE subcommittee chaired by Marjorie Taylor Greene to work with Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy
https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/0wvrPlb1?s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzIxOTYyMzA2Njg=&pd=0H1Na41Y&hl=en_US
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy Reveal Secret Weapon to Wreck Government
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-reveal-213927450.html
Biden administration to announce $275 million Ukraine weapons package this week
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-military-weapons-nuclear-42d5d374faf445b811c6abe422da05eb
Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3972421/biden-administration-announces-additional-security-assistance-for-ukraine/
Biden authorizes the shipment of antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine in latest about-face
https://nypost.com/2024/11/19/us-news/biden-authorizes-shipment-of-antipersonnel-land-mines-to-ukraine-report/
Could Biden’s decision on Ukraine weapons use be start of world war with Russia?
https://www.newsweek.com/could-biden-ukraine-missile-move-trigger-world-war-experts-verdicts-1987468
Musk and Ramaswamy reveal plans to weaponize Supreme Court to push through mass firings and drastic cuts. Legal experts have warned that recent rulings could turn the courts into weapons against federal agencies
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-doge-supreme-court-b2650865.html
World War III is now Trump’s to lose
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5000642-trump-world-war-iii/
Governor Abbott Issues Executive Order Hardening State Government From The Chinese Communist Party
https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-issues-executive-order-hardening-state-government-from-the-chinese-communist-party
Abbott issues executive order to arrest CCP operatives in Texas: The order directs the Texas Department of Public Safety to target and arrest anyone implementing CCP influence operations like “Operation Fox Hunt,” an initiative of the PRC to forcibly return people to China it’s identified as so-called dissidents living in the U.S.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3237344/abbott-issues-executive-order-to-arrest-ccp-operatives-in-texas/#google_vignette
Trump Has A Plan That Will Keep The Public In The Dark. Federal agencies set a record for censoring and withholding documents sought through freedom-of-information requests in Trump’s first term. Now it’s likely to be much worse.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-administration-freedom-of-information-act-requests-government-transparency_n_673e4de6e4b02ed2f01ef088
DOGE leaders say U.S. federal bureaucracy an ‘existential threat’: Tesla CEO Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy laid out their plans Wednesday for President-elect Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_2e176e82-a781-11ef-a401-9394a1ff9b35.html?a&seyid=34843
‘Americans Do Not Want World War III’ Congressman Writes To Biden After ATACMS Decision
https://www.conservativenewsdaily.net/breaking-news/americans-do-not-want-world-war-iii-congressman-writes-to-biden-after-atacms-decision-washington-examiner/
Matt Gaetz Withdraws Name From Consideration As Attorney General. Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew his name Thursday from consideration as attorney general.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/politics/matt-gaetz-withdrawing-attorney-general/index.html
# Gov / Politics / Global
President Vladimir Putin’s spy chief warned the West on Wednesday that it risked disastrous consequences if the United States and its European allies stoke a direct military confrontation with Russia over Ukraine, as per a report.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/us/after-putins-nuclear-move-russian-spy-chief-sends-punish-warning-to-nato-countries/amp_articleshow/115489840.cms
Russia Engaging In ‘Asymmetric’ Warfare Against Europe, Likely Behind Bombs Sent In ‘Courier Packages’
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/russia-engaging-in-asymmetric-warfare-against-europe-likely-behind-bombs-sent-in-courier-packages-reports-cnn/ar-AA1ujSJn
Mystery fires were Russian ‘test runs’ to target cargo flights to US: A series of parcel fires targeting courier companies in Poland, Germany and the UK were dry runs aimed at sabotaging flights to the US and Canada, Polish prosecutors say.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07912lxx33o
Russia is ready to consider any ‘realistic’ Ukraine peace initiative, says Foreign Ministry
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-11-21/russia-is-ready-to-consider-any-realistic-ukraine-peace-initiative-says-foreign-ministry
Zelensky: Loss of ‘unity between Ukraine and the United States’ would be ‘very dangerous’
https://thehill.com/policy/international/4999511-volodymyr-zelensky-us-ukraine-unity-russia-war/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
“A watershed moment”: Lawyers hope delays in Trump case are not a “prelude to a dismissal”: Prosecutors mull pursuing a 2029 sentencing, as Trump’s legal team pushes to dismiss the New York case
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/19/a-watershed-moment-lawyers-hope-delays-in-case-are-not-a-prelude-to-a-dismissal/
ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials alleging war crimes
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/icc-arrest-warrants-for-netanyahu-and-hamas-officials-for-war-crimes
Weaponizing of DOJ was a hatchet job against the American people, new Trump admin must restore trust
https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/0wvT8JVf?s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzIxOTQ0MzY2OTU=&pd=0H1Na41Y&hl=en_US
# Media
Trump Says Republicans ‘MUST KILL’ Bipartisan Bill to Protect Press Freedom: The post comes days after the president-elect dubiously touted the importance of “free, fair, and open media”
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-demands-republicans-kill-press-freedom-bill-1235174184/
Donald Trump Gives Republicans an Order Over Press Freedom Bill
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/media/trump-press-act-journalists-media-freedom/index.html
Stephen Colbert Has 1 Burning Question About Matt Gaetz That Says Everything. “What I want to know is: What the hell is it that they don’t want us to see?”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stephen-colbert-matt-gaetz_n_673ee909e4b02ed2f01f1a38
# Medical / Health News
Medicaid cuts in crosshairs as Trump, GOP take control
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5000935-medicaid-cuts-potential-next-congress/
Michigan House passes bill to repeal Medicaid work requirements
https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/michigan-house-passes-bill-to-repeal-medicaid-work-requirements/
Fact Check: RFK Jr. Proposed Sending People with Drug Problems to ‘Wellness Farms’?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rfk-wellness-farms/
# Military / DOD / Militia / NATO
NATO State to Install Air Defense System Near Ukraine Border: Hungary needs to protect itself amid the “greatest-ever” risk of spillover, the defense minister has said
https://www.rt.com/news/607975-hungary-air-defenses-ukraine/
Healey refuses to confirm Storm Shadow use in Russia, but doubles down on Ukraine support
https://www.forcesnews.com/ukraine/healey-refuses-confirm-storm-shadow-usage-russia-confirms-doubled-down-ukraine-support
# Military / Global
North Korea appears to be sending its powerful howitzers to the Ukraine war, where artillery has been king
https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-russia-ukraine-artillery-f16f8a95fc6b4314c52d4a9271c3632d
Now Ukraine fires British missiles at Russia for first time as UK ‘doubles down’ on support for Kyiv
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-storm-shadow-russia-kyiv-atacms-b2650641.html
Ukraine Fires British Storm Shadow Missiles Inside Russia For First Time
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g704g051go
Russia Starts Drafting Ukrainians From Occupied Territories
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-ukraine-war-occupied-country-state-media-army-fight-kremlin-regime/
Russia-Linked ‘Floating Bomb’ Ship With Explosive Cargo Back at NATO Port
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ruby-ship-ammonium-nitrate-nato-1988157
Ukrainian Bombers Fire 10 Bunker-Busting Storm Shadow Cruise Missiles At Russian Commanders. The strike in Russia’s Kursk Oblast comes two days after allied approval for raids on Russian soil.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/11/20/ukrainian-bombers-fire-10-bunker-busting-storm-shadow-cruise-missiles-at-russian-commanders/
# Other Interesting Things
Hidden secret text found beneath gold leaf on 1,000-year-old ancient Blue Quran. The Blue Qur’an is a copy of the Qur’an dating from 800-900 CE.
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/11/hidden-text-revealed-on-the-famous-blue-quran-manuscript/153911
Scientists Say Something Unusual Was Detected Just Before the Massive Hunga Tonga Volcanic Eruption
https://studyfinds.org/hidden-signal-tonga-eruption/
Researchers still puzzled about mysterious sounds in Southern Ocean
https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/oceans/researchers-still-puzzled-about-mysterious-sounds-in-southern-ocean/#:~:text=Mysterious%20repeating%20sounds%20emanating%20from,off%20the%20Australian%20west%20coast
# Science
Substance unknown to science identified in tap water.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/11/21/tap-water-byproduct-chloronitramide-anion/
# Security
China’s Surveillance State Is Selling Citizen Data as a Side Hustle. Chinese black market operators are openly recruiting government agency insiders, paying them for access to surveillance data and then reselling it online—no questions asked.
https://www.wired.com/story/chineses-surveillance-state-is-selling-citizens-data-as-a-side-hustle/
Leaked hacking files show Chinese spying on citizens and foreigners alike. Chinese police are investigating an unauthorized and highly unusual online dump of documents from a private security contractor linked to the nation’s top policing agency and other parts of its government, a trove that catalogs apparent hacking activity and tools to spy on both Chinese and foreigners.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/leaked-hacking-files-show-chinese-spying-on-citizens-and-foreigners-alike
# UFO Disclosure / Space Exploration
A New Hope? Three Reasons Why the Pentagon’s UAP Investigations May Be Course Correcting
https://thedebrief.org/a-new-hope-three-reasons-why-the-pentagons-uap-investigations-may-be-course-correcting/
Astrophysicist Believes He’s Solved ‘Baffling’ Zebra Patterned Signal Coming From the Crab Nebula
https://thedebrief.org/astrophysicist-believes-hes-solved-baffling-zebra-patterned-signal-coming-from-the-crab-nebula/
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