Voices, The Peoples News
December 20, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Can Farmington hide from its legacy of anti-Indigenous violence? It’s a reservation border town problem, not just a local one. Oil. Then settlers. Then violence. Then protests, tensions and more violence, in a cycle of conquest and dispossession.
https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-12/can-farmington-hide-from-its-legacy-of-anti-indigenous-violence/
Tribes sue after massive wind farm in Washington gets green light. The Yakama Nation contends that the project, which threatens ceremonial sites and wildlife habitat, is unlawful.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_71c3959a-a130-11ef-b336-ffaf3c0a1953.html
Southern Oregon tribes sue feds over offshore wind energy plans. Leaders of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians said they will drop their lawsuit if the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management delays its October auction for developers
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2024/09/16/southern-oregon-tribes-sue-feds-over-offshore-wind-energy-plans/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Closures, Social Security checks, furloughs: What a government shutdown might mean
https://tucson.com/news/nation-world/government-politics/government-shutdown-impact-furloughs-social-security-closures/article_90895f76-ec48-5dd0-a87f-2c7081c05c8a.html
House Republicans agree on Plan B government funding bill with Trump’s debt limit increase
https://thehill.com/business/budget/5049205-house-gop-spending-stopgap-debt-limit/
Democrats pile on ‘President Musk’ for interfering in spending bill fight
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3265286/democrats-pile-president-musk-spending-bill-fight/
Democrats watch as ‘Co-president’ Musk leads Trump in destroying Johnson on spending bill
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-trump-spending-bill-democrats-b2667190.html
What services are impacted when the government shuts down? Without a funding plan, the shut down would begin Saturday, Dec. 21. Federal employees, including military members, would not be paid. Passport services, national parks, museums, travel and more would be affected
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/government-shutdown-impacted-agencies-and-services/
Jerome Powell just showed Donald Trump who’s boss. The Fed said inflation will remain higher than expected next year, and that it is now pricing in just two rate cuts in 2025, rather than the four it had expected during its previous projection in September.
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/jerome-powell-just-showed-donald-135054117.html
Trump Has Shocking New Demand as Government Hurtles Toward Shutdown. Trump told NBC News over the phone that it would be the “smartest thing” Congress could do.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-shocking-demand-government-hurtles-160833037.html
Trump Is Desperately Trying to Shift Blame for Impending Shutdown. Donald Trump is realizing he messed up with the spending bill.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189600/donald-trump-joe-biden-blame-shutdown
The Debt Limit Should Absolutely Be Eliminated. Trump is offering the deal of a lifetime.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2024-12-19-debt-limit-should-absolutely-be-eliminated/
‘Let it begin now’: Trump wants shutdown under Biden. His remarks come after Republicans failed to pass an abridged continuing resolution to avert a shutdown.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-government-shutdown-deadline-speaker-johnson-budget-da117337aa0c0adab34a5626bb5816af
# Education / Schools
Biden cancels another $4.28 billion in U.S. student loans
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/20/biden-student-loan-relief-forgiveness-pslf
# Employment / Labor / Unions
‘No Contract, No Coffee’: Starbucks Workers Launch Five Days of Strikes
https://www.nrn.com/quick-service/starbucks-baristas-launch-strikes-just-ahead-christmas
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Montana Supreme Court delivers landmark ruling in youth climate case against fossil fuels. Montana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a landmark climate ruling that said the state was violating residents’ constitutional right to a clean environment by permitting oil, gas and coal projects without regard for global warming.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/montana-supreme-court-upholds-state-judges-landmark-ruling-in-youth-climate-case
The Supreme Court decisions that gutted environmental protections in 2024. Several major cases destroyed federal agencies’ ability to address climate change and pollution.
https://slate.com/business/2024/07/chevron-deference-federal-agencies-expert-regulators-epa-osha-ftc-atf-fda.html?pay=1734711697072&support_journalism=please
# General News
Closures, Social Security checks, furloughs: What a government shutdown might mean
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3722854546517-closures-social-security-checks-furloughs-what-a-government-shutdown-might-mean?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzQ2NDYwMTkzMTU%3D
Congressman Says Americans Won’t Be Able To Visit Their Families For Christmas If The Government Shuts Down
https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2024/12/19/congressman-says-americans-wont-be-able-to-visit-their-families-for-christmas-if-the-government-shuts-down/
Can Elon Musk Become Speaker of the House if He’s Not Natural Born Citizen? No, the speaker of the House doesn’t have to be a member of Congress. Sen. Rand Paul floated the idea that Elon Musk could be House speaker. If nominated and voted in, any American citizen, including Musk, could be speaker.
https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/verify/government-verify/speaker-of-the-house-rand-musk-fact-check/536-79d02f90-8691-43d9-9789-75bbbffacb51
# Gov / Politics
‘Bowed to their master’: Conservative slams GOP for treating Elon Musk as shadow president
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/3723515781479-bowed-to-their-master-conservative-slams-gop-for-treating-elon-musk-as-shadow-president
‘Intraparty warfare’: MAGA allies reportedly bicker over hiring. The “intraparty warfare” over “hiring at the National Republican Senatorial Committee and its allied GOP super PAC Senate Leadership Fund” has recently turned into “bickering over whether prospective new leaders are sufficiently loyal to Trump and the movement he created.”
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-2670500703/
‘Complete empty promise’: Trump’s threats against prosecutors face serious legal challenge. It’s no secret that Donald Trump would like to punish the prosecutors who went after him, but legal experts say there are some limits to what he can do to them.
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/3722646137496-complete-empty-promise-trump-s-threats-against-prosecutors-face-serious-legal-challenge
Barbara Lee: Allowing Musk to ‘run our government really has grave consequences’ for Americans
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5049773-barbara-lee-allowing-musk-to-run-our-government-really-has-grave-consequences-for-americans/
‘Big deal’: Elon Musk raises alarms by endorsing what’s known as ‘German neo-Nazi party’
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-germany/
Elon Musk Is Already Scamming Washington. He’s the richest person in human history, yet he’s trying to deny meager raises for lawmakers and doesn’t care if federal workers go unpaid over the holidays.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189593/elon-musk-congress-spending-bill-scamming-washington
House Republican Swipes at Musk: ‘Last Time I Checked, Elon Musk Doesn’t Have a Vote in Congress’
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/house-republican-swipes-at-musk-last-time-i-checked-elon-musk-doesnt-have-a-vote-in-congress/
JD Vance: Democrats just voted to shut down the government
https://www.newsbreak.com/videos/3723381014782-jd-vance-democrats-just-voted-to-shut-down-the-government?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzQ3MDAxOTQ5Mzc%3D
Trump was gliding into his inauguration. Now he’s facing a big mess.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-poised-inherit-strong-economy-120023870.html
U.S. Govt Shutdown: ‘President Musk Has No Idea’: Rosa DeLauro’s Stunning Speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R894nKjCg_M
Republicans’ deranged calls for Elon Musk as House speaker are growing.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189568/mtg-marjorie-taylor-greene-elon-musk-house-speaker
Pete Hegseth Just Got a Troubling Sign From Republican Senators. Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick seems to be in some trouble over his FBI background check.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3722805305594-pete-hegseth-just-got-a-troubling-sign-from-republican-senators
Climate of fear is driving local officials to qui, new study finds threats, abuse rampant. Researchers surveyed hundreds of elected officials in three Southern California counties. They found 2 in 3 respondents had been threatened or abused – and that many worried for their safety.
https://www.thederrick.com/ap/climate-of-fear-is-driving-local-officials-to-quit-new-study-from-california-finds-threats/article_2e2c85eb-f09b-525d-b96b-7b07a352569e.html
House Republicans have been ordered to shut down the government. House Democrats worked with Republicans to reach a bipartisan agreement to keep our government open, provide necessary relief to areas devastated by natural disasters and put People Over Politics to make life better for working families.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSLI7TC3Zac
‘President Musk’ Trends After Trump’s Top Oligarch Torpedoes Federal Spending Deal. “Welcome to the Elon Musk presidency,” wrote Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-musk-spending-deal
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Possible Oath Keeper Pardon Haunts Judge At Sentencing Hearing. A federal judge who oversaw the seditious conspiracy trial of Oath Keepers led by Stewart Rhodes issued a bleak warning.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/possible-oath-keeper-pardon-haunts-judge-at-sentencing-hearing_n_676443a1e4b00aa16adf143c
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack
https://apnews.com/article/stewart-rhodes-oath-keepers-seditious-conspiracy-sentencing-b3ed4556a3dec577539c4181639f666c
A whole floor of a NYC building was a secret, ‘illegal police station’ for China: New York Resident Pleads Guilty to Operating Secret Police Station of the Chinese Government in Lower Manhattan
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/new-york-resident-pleads-guilty-operating-secret-police-station-chinese-government-lower
# Medical / Health News
‘Shame’: Homeless Woman Was in Labor and Needed Care, But Was Given Ticket Instead
https://www.lpm.org/news/2024-12-19/pregnant-kentucky-woman-cited-for-street-camping-while-in-labor
Chris Hayes: Elon Musk ‘Took $190 Million Away From Kids With Cancer.’ The MSNBC host says the GOP cut funding for pediatric cancer research because “the richest man in the world, worth $250 billion” told them to
https://www.thewrap.com/chris-hayes-elon-musk-took-190-million-away-from-kids-with-cancer-video/
Fox Host Demolishes Musk Over New Spending Bill’s Child Cancer Research Cuts
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fox-host-demolishes-musk-over-043004702.html
People Are Sharing Their ER Horror Stories, And It’s Proof Of How Broken Our Healthcare System Is
https://www.vice.com/en/article/surprise-medical-bill-stories-and-private-health-care-insurance/
# Medical / Health News / Global
U.S. government agencies have awarded sensitive scientific, military and energy grants to dozens of researchers participating in Chinese government programs linked to economic espionage
https://foreigndesknews.com/asia/u-s-govt-awarded-sensitive-research-grants-to-scientists-in-chinese-communist-party-talent-programs/
# Military General News
Pentagon’s new report on Chinese military power reveals capabilities, context, and consequences
https://warontherocks.com/2024/12/what-the-pentagons-new-report-on-chinese-military-power-reveals-about-capabilities-context-and-consequences/
US Air Force Responds After Videos Show Multiple Take Offs at NATO Base
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R894nKjCg_M
# Military / DOD / Militia / Space Force
New US Space Force jammers aim to disrupt China’s SATCOM signals. The Remote Modular Terminals, which disrupt adversary satellites by “yelling in their ear,” as one official put it, are cleared for initial fielding
https://www.defensenews.com/space/2024/12/19/new-us-space-force-jammers-aim-to-disrupt-chinas-satcom-signals/
US troops doubled in Syria before Assad’s overthrow, Pentagon says. The surge of 1,100 troops to the country has been going on for months without being disclosed publicly.
https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-military/2024/12/19/us-troops-doubled-in-syria-before-assads-overthrow-pentagon-says/
# Military / Global
Vladimir Putin blasts Ukraine with devastating ‘Dagger’ hypersonic missiles in savage ‘revenge attack’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/vladimir-putin-blasts-ukraine-with-devastating-dagger-hypersonic-missiles-in-savage-revenge-attack/ar-AA1wd5FP?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1
# Social
The ‘choking game’ and other challenges amplified by social media come with deadly consequences. There’s more, unfortunately: The Skullbreaker Challenge, the Tide Pod Challenge and Car Surfing are but a few of the deadly games popularized through social media, particularly on Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X – formerly Twitter. Many of these games go back more than a generation, and some are resurging.
https://theconversation.com/the-choking-game-and-other-challenges-amplified-by-social-media-can-come-with-deadly-consequences-242174
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