Voices, The Peoples News
November 23, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Activism on foot: When Indigenous activists walk the land to honor their past and reshape their future. It has been, and continues to be, an important way Indigenous nations pursue healing, environmental stewardship and diplomacy across Turtle Island, the name many Indigenous groups use to refer to North America.
https://theconversation.com/activism-on-foot-when-indigenous-activists-walk-the-land-to-honor-their-past-and-reshape-their-future-239049
# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Can’t Happen If US Military Members Resist It. Trump plans to use the military to enact the mass deportation of immigrants. As a veteran, I know orders can be refused.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-mass-deportation-plan-cant-happen-if-us-military-members-resist-it/
Los Angeles becomes sanctuary city but relies on federal funds for migrants
https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_ead412fa-a902-11ef-ade6-7b213d1b2345.html
Trump immigration crackdown: Denaturalization just a drop in the bucket
https://thehill.com/video/trump-immigration-crackdown-denaturalization-just-a-drop-in-the-bucket/10242004/
Head of ICE in NYC says it would ‘take a lifetime’ to clear the city of illegal criminal migrants. More than 223,000 migrants have come to NYC since the crisis began in 2022, and at least 58,000 are living in taxpayers-funded shelters.
https://nypost.com/2024/11/23/us-news/nyc-ice-director-itd-take-a-lifetime-to-deport-citys-migrant-criminals/
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Louisiana lawmakers pass income and corporate tax cuts, raising statewide sales tax to pay for it
https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-tax-reform-special-session-landry-95db6e608809dcdcfae5f5de8b0355d4
Trump’s deportation vow alarms Texas construction industry
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/23/g-s1-35465/trump-deportation-migrants-immigrants-texas-construction-industry-border-security
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
US national debt hits a new record: $36 trillion
https://www.crfb.org/press-releases/gross-national-debt-reaches-36-trillion
Trump’s Proposed Tariffs May Already Be Affecting the Economy. Americans say they continue to feel the aftereffects of the highest inflation in four decades, especially at the grocery store, where prices remain 26% higher than before the pandemic.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tariffs-inflation-grocery-store-food-prices/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Global
Trump tariffs are coming, but some Chinese companies may already know how to avoid them. Some experts liken tariffs to a game of whack-a-mole, with trade flows simply rerouted if the potential rewards are big enough
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/20/donald-trump-tariffs-plan-china-imports-companies-impact-ntwnfb
# Education / Schools
States say court must block Department of Education’s Title IX rule. States and private organizations argued this month that the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals should overturn a district court decision allowing the Biden administration to implement its expanded Title IX rules ahead of oral arguments next month.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_450f0a53-70cf-59a0-8451-d989f7aa2804.html
Title IX provides: No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
https://www.epa.gov/external-civil-rights/title-ix-education-amendments-act-1972#:~:text=Title%20IX%20provides%3A,activity%20receiving%20Federal%20financial%20assistance
Texas Approves Bible-Based Lessons in Elementary Schools. Schools adopting the optional program will receive additional state funding, and the materials could appear in classrooms as early as the next school year.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/22/texas-approves-bible-based-curriculum-elementary-schools
# Employment / Labor / Unions
A Trump Judge Just Nixed Overtime Pay for Millions—and Media Yawned
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/21/2287845/-Greg-Sargent-Trump-Judge-Just-Nixed-Overtime-Pay-for-Millions-and-Media-Yawned
DOGE aims to cut the number of federal workers. Here are the 20 highest-paying federal jobs.
https://www.businessinsider.com/highest-paying-federal-government-jobs-salaries-employment-elon-musk-doge-2024-11
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Nuclear
New non-flammable battery offers 10X higher energy density, can replace lithium cells
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/non-flammable-battery-alsym-energy
Supermagnet 100,000x stronger than Earth’s magnetic field to bring nuclear power closer
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/worlds-largest-nuclear-fusion-company-key-milestone
U.S. coal ash holds tons of rare-earth elements worth $8.4 billion
https://www.earth.com/news/u-s-coal-ash-holds-tons-of-rare-earth-elements-worth-8-4-billion/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / Global
“Absolutely devastating”: Climate change is pushing coral reefs to extinction, experts warn. As CEO of the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, Dempsey often thinks about how to protect coral reefs from human activity, yet is now presented with evidence that even the most remote locations cannot be entirely protected.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/absolutely-devastating-climate-change-pushing-101504145.html
“Emergency” Warning For Antarctica Issued By Nearly 500 Polar Scientists. It’s a dire situation to be in, claims scientists who say the Earth faces losing a continent if we don’t act immediately, as Antarctica loses millions of tonnes of ice each year
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/experts-issue-urgent-antarctica-warning-34173826
# Gov / Politics
It’s Official: Trump Gets Off Scot-Free Despite 34 Felony Convictions
https://newrepublic.com/post/188741/trump-last-criminal-indictment-falls-apart-sentencing-hush-money
Trump advisor says president-elect truly believes he’s now ‘invincible’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-emboldened/
You Will Not Believe What Tom Cotton Just Suggested. Senator Tom Cotton threatened to invade a U.S. ally on behalf of Israel’s genocidal regime. Tom Cotton really wants to go to war.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188733/tom-cotton-plan-icc-benjamin-netanyahu-warrant
Elon Musk Is Now Cyberbullying Government Employees. Elon Musk is directing harassment toward individual federal workers / The ‘efficiency’ agency co-lead is pointing out people by name for his 205 million followers.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/22/24303594/elon-musk-harassing-federal-workers-x
‘Probably Illegal’: Law Professor Spots 1 Trump Move That Could Be ‘Very Destructive’: Goodman, in an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett, called the reported plan “extraordinary on so many levels,” and said that the firings would affect “civil servants who have legal protections” ― including people who were simply working with Smith’s team because they were assigned to do so.
https://www.aol.com/probably-illegal-law-professor-spots-092106597.html
‘This is modern McCarthyism’: Furious Dem nails Republicans on hidden purge hypocrisy. “If this is really about making sure that we have qualified individuals inside the federal government,” she asked, “Why is the president-elect choosing absolutely unqualified Cabinet secretaries to be at the head of every single agency?”
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3682998266325-this-is-modern-mccarthyism-furious-dem-nails-republicans-on-hidden-purge-hypocrisy
Arkansas lawmaker again proposes legislation to end state minority initiatives
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3685404320030-arkansas-advocate-arkansas-lawmaker-again-proposes-legislation-to-end-state-minority-initiatives
Biden to cancel $4.7B in Ukrainian debt as time in office nears end
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC9zHHW0bvk
Donald Trump just blew up any concept of a MAGA mandate
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/22/donald-just-blew-up-any-concept-of-a-maga-mandate/
A politicized military would be the Founders’ nightmare come true
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5002354-trump-military-purge-deep-state/
Trump Cabinet Nominee Proposed Terrifying Role for Military. Donald Trump’s Christian nationalist, crusades-obsessed defense secretary nominee expects the military to mobilize against U.S. citizens in a civil war.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3686149418016-trump-cabinet-nominee-proposed-terrifying-role-for-military?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzIzNjk0MDQ0Nzg%3D
Trump set to roll out wave of controversial executive actions on day one in office: ‘Like nothing in history’
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-executive-orders-immirgation-day-one-b2651370.html
Trump still facing flood of lawsuits with no help from the Supreme Court: report
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-still-faces-civil-lawsuits-even-if-criminal-cases-go-away
US Plutocrats $276 Billion Richer Since Trump Win—And GOP Wants to Give Them Even More. “The tax fight is starting now,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. “Will we sign our names to more giveaways to President-elect Trump’s billionaire buddies, or will we fight for tax fairness for the American people?”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/billionaire-wealth-trump
GOP Targets Medicaid, SNAP Benefits to ‘Pay for Tax Cuts for Their Billionaire Donors’
https://www.commondreams.org/news/tax-cuts-medicaid-snap
# Gov / Politics / Global
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Tells Trump to Screw Off
https://newrepublic.com/post/188747/north-korea-kim-jong-un-message-trump-diplomacy
# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
‘Needs to be abolished’: Republican sets sights on axing ATF and calls agency a ‘disaster’
https://www.rawstory.com/republicans-2669986063/
See also: About the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
https://www.atf.gov/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘This is a red line’: Ex-prosecutor stunned by Trump’s plans to strong-arm DOJ. Donald Trump’s new plan to strong-arm the Justice Department goes well beyond what any president in modern history has ever done, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig warned CNN’s Pamela Brown on Friday.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219754286
Democrats strike deal to get more Biden judges confirmed before Congress adjourns
https://www.thederrick.com/ap/washington/democrats-strike-deal-to-get-more-biden-judges-confirmed-before-congress-adjourns/article_5cc033db-12a9-5b01-b0ab-b450d45f1970.html
Supreme Court allows multibillion-dollar class action to proceed against Meta
https://www.thederrick.com/ap/business/supreme-court-allows-multibillion-dollar-class-action-to-proceed-against-meta/article_0fa4eeda-aab9-50fc-8391-40706cd022ee.html
As Biden and Trump Teams Attack ICC, Tlaib Says Netanyahu ‘Must Be Arrested’: “Today’s historic arrest warrants cannot bring back the dead and displaced,” said U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, “but they are a major step towards holding war criminals accountable.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/rashida-tlaib-icc
# Media
‘Can’t Be Much’: Donald Trump Jr. Floats Buying MSNBC to Elon Musk
https://www.yahoo.com/news/much-does-cost-elon-musk-225628740.html
# Medical / Health News
Georgia dismissed all members of maternal mortality committee after ProPublica obtained internal details of two deaths
https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-dismisses-maternal-mortality-committee-amber-thurman-candi-miller
2 House Republicans seek to stop IVF expansion in defense bill: “As you finalize the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025, we respectfully urge you not to include any House or Senate provisions that expand In Vitro Fertilization (IVF).
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5003418-republicans-rosendale-brecheen-ivf-defense-bill/
Bird flu virus isolated from hospitalized Canadian teen shows signs of human adaptation
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2024-11-22/bird-flu-virus-in-canadian-teen-shows-mutations-that-could-help-it-spread-among-humans
California prepares to fortify state’s abortion access: ‘Fight for what’s right’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/22/trump-california-abortion
Miscarrying patient ‘passed around like a hot potato’ amid Idaho abortion ban
https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/miscarrying-patient-passed-around-like-818040
Wyoming judge strikes state abortion bans that would ‘hamstring’ doctors and impede rights of pregnant women
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/wyoming-judge-strikes-down-state-abortion-bans-that-would-hamstring-doctors-and-impede-the-rights-of-pregnant-women/
# Military / DOD / Militia
US Navy submarines to re-arm with nuclear cruise missiles after 3 decades
https://interestingengineering.com/military/us-navy-submarines-nuclear-cruise-missiles
# Military / Global
Vladimir Putin sends UK blood-curdling warning after Ukraine uses British made missiles
https://www.indy100.com/politics/putin-uk-warning-russia-ukraine-war
China Builds World’s First Boron Ramjet Engine To Launch Underwater Weapons At Supersonic Speeds. World’s first underwater boron ramjet for hypersonic weapons achieves 90% efficiency
https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/china-builds-worlds-first-boron-ramjet-engine-to-launch-underwater-weapons-at-supersonic-speeds/
# NATO
NATO to Hold Emergency Talks After Russia’s Hypersonic Missile Attack
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/23/g-s1-35601/nato-ukraine-emergency-talks-russia-attack-hypersonic-missile
NATO head and Trump meet in Florida for talks on global security
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/23/g-s1-35613/nato-head-and-trump-meet-in-florida
# Other Interesting Things
Indian Ocean gravity hole: The dent in Earth’s gravitational field created by the death of an ancient ocean. The Indian Ocean “gravity hole” is a region where Earth’s mass is reduced, leading to weak gravitational pull, lower-than-average sea levels and a puzzle scientists have only just begun to solve.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/indian-ocean-gravity-hole-the-dent-in-earths-gravitational-field-created-by-the-death-of-an-ancient-ocean
Mysterious exploding craters started turning up in Siberia 10 years ago. Scientists say more are likely. Siberia will likely have more explosive craters in the coming years as global temperatures continue to warm
https://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-solve-mysterious-exploding-craters-in-siberia-2024-11
Scientists Have Figured Out Why Mysterious Craters Are Popping Up Around Siberia
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/scientists-figured-why-mysterious-craters-130100559.html
# Science
Scientists take huge step forward in mapping all 37 trillion cells in the human body
https://www.livescience.com/health/scientists-take-huge-step-forward-in-mapping-all-37-trillion-cells-in-the-human-body
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
US senator Elizabeth Warren and congressman Jerry Nadler have demanded the government investigate whether VeriSign, steward of the .com domain, is ripping off customers and violating antitrust laws.
https://www.newsbreak.com/wired/3685797701689-elizabeth-warren-calls-for-crackdown-on-internet-monopoly-you-ve-never-heard-of
The Red Elephant in the Room at AfroTech. At the annual tech conference for Black professionals, all eyes were on AI, but many also braced for the impact of a Trump administration that has promised to kill DEI.
https://www.wired.com/story/afrotech-2024-red-elephant-in-the-room/
# Water
Solving a 40-year mystery, scientists ID chemical found in millions of Americans’ tap water
https://san.com/cc/mystery-chemical-in-drinking-water-finally-identified-but-is-it-safe/
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