Voices, The Peoples News
December 14, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Arizona, blasted U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ur Jaddou for her agency approving illegal border crossers as sponsors for illegal border crossers.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_06c2a3be-b993-11ef-bf1d-2b3fcbeb4880.html?a&seyid=39666
Yes, it is unconstitutional to deport U.S. citizens
https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/immigration/yes-it-is-unconstitutional-to-deport-us-citizens/536-7173db78-bec4-4c4c-af0d-b95aff587b9b
Mexico Already Feeling The Pinch Of Trump’s Tariff Threats. The Mexican government is feeling the squeeze from President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to impose sweeping tariffs, with Mazda considering its investments.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-s-tariff-threats-could-mexico-survive-a-trade-war-with-us/3422571
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Team Trump Wants to Destroy Key Safety Rule Hated by Tesla. Tesla’s “self-driving” cars may be about to get a whole lot more dangerous.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-car-crash-rule-tesla-elon-musk-1235205356/
The Trump Organization: Everything to know about the Trump family business. By keeping his assets in a family-managed trust, which he can revoke at any time, Trump and his family are in the unique position to profit directly from his public service.
https://www.opensecrets.org/trump/trump-properties
Trump Organization – American conglomerate
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Trump-Organization
# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Tren de Aragua are ideological terrorists disguised as a street gang warns former military officer
https://www.yahoo.com/news/tren-aragua-ideological-terrorists-disguised-090024772.html
# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
FDA Revokes Emergency Authorizations for Major COVID-19 Drugs
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2770243
Emergency Use Authorization Vs. Full FDA Approval: What’s the Difference?
https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/what-does-eua-mean
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
The Trump team is asking potential nominees some shocking questions about government cuts. Advisers seek to shrink or eliminate bank regulators. Advisers asked potential nominees whether Trump could abolish the FDIC
https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/trump-advisers-bank-regulations-fdic-efa761dc
President-Elect Donald Trump’s Social Security Proposal Comes With Unintended Consequences. An extensive analysis of four campaign promises made by the president-elect points to potential trouble for Social Security.
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2024/12/14/trump-social-security-plan-unintended-consequences/
Trump Prepares to Wreck Economy With Alarming Bank Regulator Plan
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-prepares-wreck-economy-alarming-202637927.html
# Education / Schools
You Might Think Our School District’s Four-Day Week Would Be a Disaster. Instead, It’s Amazing. Our four-day school week turned out to be a total godsend.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/might-think-school-district-four-150000474.html
House passes bill to create anti-communism education for high schoolers
https://san.com/cc/house-passes-bill-to-create-anti-communism-education-for-high-schoolers/
Salazar’s Crucial Communism Teaching Act Passes House
https://salazar.house.gov/media/press-releases/salazars-crucial-communism-teaching-act-passes-house
House Pushes Back on Communist Influence in American Schools
https://1819news.com/news/item/u-s-rep-jerry-carl-stopping-communist-propaganda-in-american-classrooms
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Nuclear / Global
Russia signs $13bn-a-year oil deal with India in blow to Western sanctions
https://www.the-independent.com/news/business/russia-india-oil-deal-ukraine-sanctions-b2663438.html
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / Global
Arctic Tundra Goes From Carbon Sink to Carbon Source for the First Time in Millennia:
https://www.ecowatch.com/arctic-tundra-carbon-dioxide-source.html
# General News
Mystery Aircraft Over New Jersey Might Not Be Drones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn165cdf9hc
‘Really concerned’: Millions of women warned they’ll bear brunt of govt program cuts
https://www.rawstory.com/assistance-programs/
# Gov / Politics
“A Lot of Eyerolls”: Tulsi Gabbard Face-Plants With Senate Republicans. Things are not looking good for Donald Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189373/shallow-tulsi-gabbard-face-plants-senate-republicans
Biden Slammed After Commuting Sentence of “Kids for Cash” Judge. Biden is facing uproar over his decision to give clemency to an infamous judge who pleaded guilty.
https://nypost.com/2024/12/12/us-news/biden-slammed-for-commuting-sentence-of-notorious-kids-for-cash-judge-michael-conahan/
Donald Trump is getting dire warnings from Republican lawmakers that some of his more problematic nominees for his Cabinet are in for rough sledding if they don’t drop out before their nationally televised confirmation hearings.
https://www.alternet.org/trump-nominees-2670453765/
Trump Is About to Betray His Rural Supporters. Small-town America voted heavily in his favor—but the policies he’s pledged won’t reward that faith.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/12/trump-gop-rural-supporters/680981/
# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Chris Wray’s Resignation Is a Terrifying Sign of What’s to Come Under Trump. “In my view, this is the best way to avoid dragging the bureau deeper into the fray, while reinforcing the values and principles that are so important to how we do our work,” Wray added.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce902z8lp81o
FBI director guides the agency in confronting complex international threats, investigating federal crimes and running 55 field offices
https://theconversation.com/fbi-director-guides-the-agency-in-confronting-complex-international-threats-investigating-federal-crimes-and-running-55-field-offices-245506
How to Buy a Piece of a Lawsuit and Impoverish a Country. Investors buying into claims against governments are winning huge payouts. Developing nations, and the environment, are losing big.
https://www.bilaterals.org/?how-to-buy-a-piece-of-a-lawsuit
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Ogg seeks death penalty for Venezuelans now charged with capital murder. Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced her office was seeking the death penalty in the prosecution of two illegal foreign nationals from Venezuela now charged with the capital murder of a 12-year-old Houston girl.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_c0883402-b971-11ef-8fee-37fb51b1009f.html
# Media
Leftwing Media Downplays Role Of FBI Informants At Jan. 6 Capitol Riots. Despite a DOJ watchdog report finding that the FBI had 26 informants at the Capitol on January 6, CNN and Politico emphasized the lack of undercover agents.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/13/leftwing-media-cnn-politico-downplays-role-fbi-informants-jan-6-capitol-riots-andrew-mccabe-jonathan-turley/
# Medical / Health News
Dr. Oz Had Up to Tens of Millions Invested in Companies Involved With CMS. “Seniors deserve a CMS leader who will protect and strengthen Medicare—not someone who wants to privatize this vital and hugely popular program for great personal gain,” said the head of Accountable.US.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/dr-oz
Texas Escalates Its Harrowing War on Abortion Beyond State Lines. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking his anti-abortion crusade to the next level, just as Republicans nationally prepare for their trifecta hold on the government.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-escalates-harrowing-war-abortion-213025448.html
AI-Driven Health Care Is Turning Us Into Numbers on a Spreadsheet. We’re watching the complete dehumanization of people through the eyes of the health care system in real time.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/ai-driven-health-care-turning-us-into-numbers#:~:text=As%20health%20insurance%20companies%20continue,care%20system%20in%20real%20time
Doctors Seethe Over Insurance Companies’ “Out of Control” Tactics. Providers agree that America’s insurance system is off the rails. “I am kind of surprised this hasn’t happened earlier,” says one health care consultant.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/america-health-insurance-brian-thompson?srsltid=AfmBOopPTicclwaDZXPJRuPr9kOcyfRoE_L3rmSsOhHSMaQSVZmsnCM0
RFK Jr. adviser wants FDA to revoke approval for polio and hepatitis B vaccines
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/health/aaron-siri-rfk-jr-vaccines.html
# Military General News
Tech billionaires prepare to invade the Pentagon
https://www.yahoo.com/news/tech-billionaires-prepare-invade-pentagon-190000151.html
# Military / DOD / Militia
Pentagon finally addresses mysterious drones over New Jersey amid escalating fears
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/pentagon-finally-addresses-mysterious-drones-858125
Drones over US: Pentagon shoots down Iran ‘mothership’ claim amid NJ drone mystery. Since mid-November, large drones of uncertain origin have been repeatedly spotted in the sky at night over central, northern NJ
https://abc11.com/post/new-jersey-drones-flying-pentagon-says-is-not-any-truth-iranian-mothership-claim-amid-mysterious-nj-drone-sightings/15646989/
Stealth destroyer 1st to carry hypersonic missiles that travel 5 times the speed of sound — with testing imminent. U.S. Navy stealth ship is getting a major upgrade: USS Zumwalt is currently being fitted with an experimental hypersonic weapon system called Conventional Prompt Strike.
https://www.defensenews.com/global/the-americas/2024/12/02/stealth-destroyer-to-be-home-for-1st-hypersonic-weapon-on-a-us-warship/
US Test-Fires Game-Changing Hypersonic Weapon
https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/army-news-2024/breaking-news-us-successfully-tests-dark-eagle-hypersonic-missile-to-counter-russian-and-chinese-advancements
# Military / Global
Iran’s New Drone Ship ‘Shahid Bagheri’ Spotted In The Persian Gulf
https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/irans-new-drone-ship-shahid-bagheri-spotted-in-the-persian-gulf/
Iran’s new massive drone ship left home port last month – and went weeks without being spotted
https://nypost.com/2024/12/13/world-news/irans-new-massive-drone-ship-left-home-port-last-month-and-went-weeks-without-being-spotted/
Russia is sending 4 ships to its bases in Syria to evacuate weapons, Ukraine intelligence says
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-sending-4-ships-bases-144938884.html
# NATO
‘We are Not Ready for What is Coming’: NATO Chief Issues Grimmest Warning Yet as He Says World Must Prepare for WAR. There are concerns that Donald Trump is losing patience with the 32-country alliance
https://www.the-sun.com/news/13081585/nato-chief-says-must-prepare-for-war/
# Nuclear / Bioweapons
Under U.S. Pressure, Israel Avoids Iran Nuclear Targets
https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2024-11/news/under-us-pressure-israel-avoids-iran-nuclear-targets
Joint US-Israel efforts target Iran’s growing nuclear threat
https://www.newsbreak.com/straight-arrow-news-san-com-1774217/3714397645838-joint-us-israel-efforts-target-iran-s-growing-nuclear-threat
The Case for Destroying Iran’s Nuclear Program Now. Israel is entitled to retaliate against Iran’s act of aggression, and the risks of military action are far lower than they once were.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/03/israel-iran-nuclear-weapons-biden-netanyahu-destroy-now/
Why Striking Iranian Nuclear Facilities Is a Bad Idea
https://www.csis.org/analysis/why-striking-iranian-nuclear-facilities-bad-idea
# Other Interesting Things
# Pharmaceuticals
Bipartisan effort seeks to lower drug prices by targeting pharmacy benefit managers. A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to lower prescription drug prices by banning joint ownership of pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacies.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_c79fec66-b96d-11ef-9e77-67e8fd997e6b.html
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