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Voices, The Peoples News

December 21, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Border crime in Texas linked to child trafficking in Houston area. As the largest city closest to the border and a gateway hub for human and drug trafficking and crime linked to cartel and gang violence, Houston has been ground zero for some time for law enforcement dedicated to stopping it and saving victims.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_b8511140-bef9-11ef-8cb2-271b773600a1.html?a&seyid=40920

Labor force participation among US-born American men has plunged amid soaring immigration: analysis
https://nypost.com/2024/12/11/us-news/us-immigration-surge-under-biden-administration-is-biggest-in-us-history/

State immigration advocates plot strategy for Trump’s deportation plans
https://www.news-journal.com/state-immigration-advocates-plot-strategy-for-trump-s-deportation-plans/article_d8f140e4-0972-543c-af55-77e4f1d60f3e.html

# Business / Industry / Corporations
U.S. Party Store going out of business after 40 years. Party City will close 850 stores in North America.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91251460/party-city-going-out-of-business-all-locations-stores-closing

Amazon says it doesn’t recognize union and refuses to negotiate with them
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/amazon-says-it-doesn-t-recognize-union-and-refuses-to-negotiate-with-them/vi-AA1wfviM

Low-income Americans are struggling. It could get worse
https://keyt.com/news/money-and-business/cnn-business-consumer/2024/12/21/low-income-americans-are-struggling-it-could-get-worse/

# Cartels /  Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Colorado Tren de Aragua apartment complex is turned into torture hub by migrants. Tren de Aragua goons brutalized a couple at the Edge of Lowry complex in Aurora early Tuesday, police said, despite claims the besieged building had been cleaned-up.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/us-border-crisis/article-14202543/aurora-colorado-tren-aragua-complex-migrant-gangsters-victims.html

# Covid / Biologicals / Pandemics
Confirmations of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Commercial and Backyard Flocks. APHIS confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial flock in the United States on February 8, 2022.
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/commercial-backyard-flocks

Detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Mammals. There are many species that are potentially susceptible to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). In addition to birds and poultry, H5N1 viruses have been detected in some mammals (see list below). Infection may cause illness, including severe disease and death in some cases.
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/mammals?utm_campaign=govdelivery-email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

H5 Bird Flu: Current Situation. What to know: H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and U.S. dairy cows with several recent human cases in U.S. dairy and poultry workers. While the current public health risk is low, CDC is watching the situation carefully and working with states to monitor people with animal exposures. CDC is using its flu surveillance systems to monitor for H5 bird flu activity in people.
https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/situation-summary/index.html?utm_campaign=govdelivery-email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

Maps Show Where Mask Mandates Are Returning Across US
https://www.newsweek.com/maps-mask-mandates-returning-new-york-jersey-california-2004297

What an infectious disease doctor has to say about the bird flu. He said he agrees with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidance that the public health risk for bird flu is low.
https://www.ksby.com/health/bird-flu/what-an-infectious-disease-doctor-has-to-say-about-the-bird-flu#:~:text=virus%20are%20growing.-,Dr.,health%20safety%20before%20the%20holidays.&text=He%20said%20he%20agrees%20with,for%20bird%20flu%20is%20low

U.S. Partnered With China on Project Involving 500,000 Viruses That Could Pose Biosecurity Risks
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/us-partnered-china-project-500000-viruses-biosecurity-risks-rtk/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20241220

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Republican Spending Bill Proposal Is Amazing for China, and for Musk
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-china-continuing-resolution-budget-deal-proposal-2004103

The True Dangers of Trump’s Economic Plans. His Radical Agenda Would Wreak Havoc on American Businesses, Workers, and Consumers
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/true-dangers-trump-presidency-economic-plans#

# Foods / Things that impact your health
Chemical Overload: 20 Grocery Items That Are More Harmful Than Healthy
https://www.newsbreak.com/greg-wilson-cfa-1601099/3722438692308-chemical-overload-20-grocery-items-that-are-more-harmful-than-healthy

The plant you see in the picture is called dandelion and is one of the most wondrous plants
https://holistichealthphysicaltherapy.com/dandelion-a-plant-profile/
Also: Health Benefits and Side Effects of Dandelion Root. What research says and what to consider before trying it. It’s a source of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and beneficial biochemicals. It’s used in supplements to manage diabetes, reduce cholesterol and high blood pressure, decrease inflammation associated with arthritis, and help nursing women by boosting breast milk production
https://www.verywellhealth.com/the-benefits-of-dandelion-root-89103

# General News
Can the Constitution Curb Trump’s “Frightening” Payback Plans? It’s a near certainty that Donald Trump will attempt to weaponize the government against his enemies. The real question is whether—or how far—the institutions will really bend to his will.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-frightening-payback-plans-fbi-middle-east?srsltid=AfmBOoog8xCM_yDZZNUsKMGJsKiDDo3gC7XXtHjkBBzbcEQPimKAk1P5

Elon Musk Endorses Germany’s Far-Right AfD Party. The MAGA billionaire has already thrown his support behind the U.K.’s Nigel Farage and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni.
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/20/musk-germany-afd-party

Drones over New Jersey: Mystery continues month after first sightings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0twUUIEfYEE

Trump moved 114.75 million shares, which makes up 53 percent of TMTG, to a revocable trust where he is the sole beneficiary, a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing on Thursday revealed. The incoming president’s stake in the company is valued at more than $4 billion, with Trump previously making his commitment to the company and its shares clear.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-transferring-4-billion-truth-social-stock-impacts-investors-2004403

# Gov / Politics
Mike Johnson Snubs Trump With Plan C on Government Shutdown. Republicans’ new spending bill completely ignores Trump’s biggest demand.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189604/house-republicans-pass-spending-bill-shutdown-snub-trump

‘Incredibly Risky’: Reporter Suggests Elon Musk Is Entering Dangerous Waters With Trump. There’s been speculation that the Trump-Musk bromance can’t last, and the SpaceX CEO’s latest scheming might not help his cause.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/reporter-elon-musk-donald-trump_n_6763f5c0e4b00aa16adedd4d

‘This is not normal!’ Democratic Senator stunned by Elon Musk ‘endorsing a Neo-Nazi party inside Germany.’
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/this-is-not-normal-democratic-senator-stunned-by-elon-musk-endorsing-a-neo-nazi-party-inside-germany/

170 House Republicans Defied Donald Trump Despite Primaries Threat.  170 House Republicans joined Democrats to approve an emergency funding bill just hours before a partial government shutdown was due to go into effect, despite President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to oust any rebels.
https://www.newsweek.com/170-house-republicans-defied-donald-trump-despite-primaries-threat-2004574

Biden missing in action as Turkey inches closer to full-blown war against US-allied Kurds in Syria. Amid the end of the nearly 14 years of civil war in Syria, Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to rekindle a new war in northern Syria against America’s main ally, the Syrian Kurds.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/biden-missing-action-turkey-inches-closer-full-blown-war-against-u-s-allied-kurds-syria

Congressman floats theory that Musk has promised Trump a ‘windfall’ if he does billionaire’s bidding
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-elon-musk-truth-social-b2668066.html

Democratic senator says Trump’s plans to undermine democracy have already begun. Trump is putting into action a plan to cripple our democracy in a way we may never recover from?”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democratic-senator-says-trump-plans-162208544.html

House Dem Accuses Musk of Killing Initial Spending Deal to Protect His Investments In China, Musk Hits Back With AI Image
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/house-dem-accuses-musk-of-killing-initial-spending-deal-to-protect-his-investments-in-china-musk-hits-back-with-ai-image/

Transcript: Trump-Musk Fiasco Shows How Badly MAGA Voters Got Scammed
https://newrepublic.com/article/189598/trump-musk-fiasco-worsens-exposing-badly-maga-voters-got-scammed

Trump’s new enemy could ‘bring the Republican agenda to a halt’: ex-GOP lawmaker
https://www.rawstory.com/debt-limit-trump/

Trump’s wake-up call: Republicans are willing to defy him. Why These 38 Republicans Stuck a Finger in Trump’s Eye–and Aren’t Afraid to Do it Again
https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-38-republicans-stuck-finger-223242587.html

Washington has provided around 100 billion in financial aid and military assistance to Kiev since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said.
https://www.rt.com/news/609630-us-ukraine-aid-blinken/

Call for $2.5 Trillion in Cuts Proves GOP Wants to ‘Steal Our Benefits’: “Nearly 60% of mandatory spending is for Medicare and Social Security,” noted one expert. “If they don’t touch those, they’d have to cut Medicaid to the bone.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/republicans-benefit-cuts

# Gov / Politics / Global
Syria’s new fundamentalist government: Women ‘biologically’ unsuited to politics, universities to be segregated. The comments provoked a firestorm of protest among Syrian women and, well, non-fundamentalists.
https://www.juancole.com/2024/12/fundamentalist-biologically-universities.html

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Weaponization Committee exposes censorship, FBI abuses, and lawfare in nearly 2-year probe. The broad investigation, the subcommittee says, uncovered a “two-tiered system of government.”
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/weaponization-committee-shed-light-censorship-fbi-abuses-and-lawfare-nearly-2

A mentally challenged man was struggling to use the self checkout at Target. Instead of helping him, employees called the police
https://www.krqe.com/news/crime/video-albuquerque-police-officer-charged-for-disabled-mans-arrest/

Interview: Former FBI Agent Who Once Infiltrated Neo-Nazi Groups and Militias Explains Why Law Enforcement Fails to Take Far-Right Extremism Seriously
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3725483126560-interview-former-fbi-agent-who-once-infiltrated-neo-nazi-groups-and-militias-explains-why-law-enforcement-fails-to-take-far-right-extremism-seriously?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzQ3ODkwMTgwMDY%3D

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
U.S. Senate confirms final two Biden judges, adding to diversity records
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/bidens-diverse-judicial-confirmations-by-the-numbers

# Medical / Health News
Fact Check: Critics Say Musk’s Influence on Trump Led GOP To Cut Children’s Cancer Research. Were Pediatric Cancer Research Funds Cut from the Bill? In short, yes. Here’s What We Know
https://www.snopes.com/news/2024/12/20/trump-elon-musk-childrens-cancer/

Former Cigna insurance executive says he quit after witnessing an industry that ‘puts profits over patients’
https://fortune.com/well/article/cigna-opinion-health-insurance-profits-over-patients/

# 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/

# Military / Global
Israeli soldiers enforce kill zone in Gaza, targeting civilians. Israeli forces implement open-fire policies in Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor, targeting civilians and leaving corpses uncollected as a warning to others.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2024/12/20/israeli-soldiers-enforce-kill-zone-in-gaza-targeting-civilians-and-leaving-bodies-to-rot/

Ukraine unveils new ‘Trident’ laser weapon that can take out aircraft over a mile away
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/ukraine-unveils-new-laser-weapon-tryzub-that-can-shoot-down-aircraft-from-a-mile-away/articleshow/116499682.cms?from=mdr

# NASA
NASA’s New Deep Space Network Antenna Has Its Crowning Moment. NASA’s Deep Space Network, an array of giant radio antennas, allows agency missions to track, send commands to, and receive scientific data from spacecraft venturing to the Moon and beyond.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-new-deep-space-network-antenna-has-its-crowning-moment/

# Other Interesting Things
Scientists peered into an Antarctic lake hidden beneath the ice, and uncovered a never-before-seen ecosystem
https://www.livescience.com/hidden-ecosystem-under-antarctic-ice

Stonehenge’s mysterious origins may finally be solved — as new study poses unifying theory
https://nypost.com/2020/07/29/scientists-solve-mysterious-origin-of-stonehenge-megaliths/

Scientists thought that Lake Enigma in Antarctica was frozen from top to bottom. But, in 2019, they discovered that water existed 11 meters below the surface. After extracting a sample, a research team led by the National Research Council of Italy discovered a collection of various microbiota that’ve likely been separated from the rest of the world for thousands of years.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mysterious-lifeform-emerged-bottom-lake-150000911.html

A Mysterious Lifeform Has Emerged From the Bottom of a Lake That Should Be Entirely Frozen
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mysterious-lifeform-emerged-bottom-lake-150000911.html

Watch Greenland lose 563 cubic miles of ice in under 30 seconds in disturbing new time-lapse video. Satellite imagery from NASA and the European Space Agency reveal 13 years of melt on the Greenland Ice Sheet.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/watch-greenland-lose-563-cubic-miles-of-ice-in-less-than-30-seconds-in-disturbing-new-satellite-video

# Security / Surveillance
Former House Speaker, Kevin McCarthy warns of potential terrorist ‘sleeper cells’ in the US: These 13 states have the highest volume of known terrorists setting up “terrorist sleeper cells” in each of these states’ most populated cities. “We just caught 18 people just last month on the FBI Terror Watch List coming across our border, more than 160 have done it this year,” the former speaker said,
https://nypost.com/2023/10/23/kevin-mccarthy-warns-of-potential-sleeper-cells-in-the-us/

# Social
Supreme Court’s Controversial Ruling: Criminalizing Homelessness Puts Vulnerable Lives at Risk
https://www.newsbreak.com/modular-grounds-1653902/3722420443222-supreme-court-s-controversial-ruling-criminalizing-homelessness-puts-vulnerable-lives-at-risk

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Voices, The Peoples News

December 20, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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This daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# 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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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
The One Big Roadblock to Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans. State supreme courts have the final say on the meaning of their states’ constitutions and laws.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/12/how-to-stop-trump-mass-deportation-plan.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
How To Prepare For Supply Chain Uncertainty And Upcoming Challenges. Before we tackle solutions, let’s take a quick look at what we’re dealing with:
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3719576569153-2025-survival-preparing-for-economic-challenges-and-supply-chain-uncertainty

Lawmakers: DOJ is stalling in oversight of millions in improperly approved funds
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/3719872795472-elon-musk-under-federal-review-for-brazen-flouting-of-clearance-rules

Congress strikes last-minute funding deal to avert government shutdown
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/congress-strikes-disaster-aid-deal-washington-b2666343.html

Elon Musk Asks For Examples Of Government Waste: Twitter Exposes 28 Egregious Cases
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-asks-for-examples-of-government-waste-twitter-exposes-28-egregious-cases/ss-AA1w0Ux9?ocid=iSEM_L_Money

Here’s what made the cut in Congress’ 1,500-page government funding deal
https://thehill.com/business/budget/5040567-government-funding-deal-shutdown-deadline/

How Trump’s Tax Plan Disadvantaged Middle-Income And Low-Income Black Americans
https://theconversation.com/trumps-2017-tax-cuts-expire-soon-study-shows-they-made-income-inequality-worse-and-especially-hurt-black-americans-233758

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Global
Canada announces new border rules following Trump tariff threat. After a threat from Donald Trump to impose a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods if the country does not secure its shared border with America, the Justin Trudeau-led government has pledged to implement a host of new security measures along its US border which include strengthening surveillance as well as a joint ‘strike force’ to target transnational organised crime
https://www.firstpost.com/world/to-avoid-25-per-cent-trump-tariff-canada-announces-new-border-security-rules-13845562.html

# Education / Schools
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Boston Dynamics Lays Off Human Employees, Says It’s “Burning Through Cash”
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3719673484389-boston-dynamics-lays-off-human-employees-says-it-s-burning-through-cash

# General News
Elon Musk Under Federal Review for Brazen Flouting of Clearance Rules. The world’s richest man and close Trump ally is under investigation for hiding info on meetings with foreign leaders.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/3719872795472-elon-musk-under-federal-review-for-brazen-flouting-of-clearance-rules

This Drone CEO’s Explanation About What’s Really Behind ‘Mystery’ Sightings is One of the Best Ones Out There. As a professional in aerospace, I feel it’s important to consider these possibilities. While I’m not trying to scare people or spread fear, the potential implications of these activities are serious.”
https://beckerbrief.substack.com/p/this-drone-ceos-explanation-about?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Feds know what mystery drones are but are too scared to tell us, claims New Jersey senator
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14196791/feds-mystery-new-jersey-drones-sightings.html

What is Project Blue Beam? Inside the ‘government plot’ that conspiracy theorists claim is behind the spate of drone sightings across the US
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14194955/What-Project-Blue-Beam-Inside-government-plot-Donald-Trump-insiders-claim-spate-drone-sightings-US.html

Elon Musk’s Drug Use Becoming a Problem for Government Security Clearance. Ketamine and weed: A great time, to be sure! But not so great when it comes to getting top secret clearances despite a direct line to the American president. Whoops!
https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-spacex-buildings-classified

Dunce-Like Senator Posts Photo of “Drone” That’s Actually a TIE Fighter From “Star Wars.” “Many Bothans died to bring us this information, Senator.”
https://futurism.com/the-byte/senator-photo-drone-tie-fighter-star-wars

Biden Slaps Down Trump and Explains the Mystery Drones
https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-slaps-down-trump-explains-101901280.html

# Gov / Politics
Congress Sneaks Massive Pay Raise For Itself Into Spending Bill As Americans Struggle To Make Ends Meet. Members of Congress are slated to receive a pay raise if the spending bill released by House leaders Tuesday passes both chambers and is signed into law.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/18/congress-sneaks-massive-pay-raise-spending-bill/

Trump Loses It After Hush-Money Judge Says He’s Not Immune. Donald Trump is beyond pissed his attempt to toss out his only conviction didn’t work. The Supreme Court’s immunity decision made it so that former presidents are protected from prosecution for official acts. But Trump’s actions took place well before he was even elected.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-loses-hush-money-judge-180033215.html

‘Fake electors’ from 2020 are casting 2024 votes for Trump while facing felony charges
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/17/nx-s1-5225588/trump-electoral-college-vote-nevada-fake-electors-michigan

‘Complicated’ appointment threatens to create new enemies in GOP for Mike Johnson:
https://www.rawstory.com/gop-rules-committee/

‘This dude is dirty’: Lindsey Graham hit with MAGA fury for ‘contradicting’ Trump
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3716777375544-this-dude-is-dirty-lindsey-graham-hit-with-maga-fury-for-contradicting-trump

GOP battle erupts over Social Security bill. The legislation, which has passed the House, is expected to reach the Senate floor Wednesday, but some Republicans who are worried about its price tag are hoping to stop it dead.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5045437-senate-battle-social-security-benefits/

GOP senator blocks proposal to protect federal workers from Trump
https://thehill.com/homenews/5045553-sen-eric-schmitt-blocks-proposal-protecting-federal-workers-trump/

House Republicans make ‘midnight’ push to roll back Biden regulatory agenda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE9T2mjc5nU

Musk asks ex-Trump aides to snitch on federal staff who should be ‘blacklisted.’ “Of course, civil servants (the career officials) are typically protected from political raids at agencies, but Trump has vowed to use Schedule F, an executive order that would make them fireable — and these plans for mass layoffs will almost certainly wind up before the courts,” the report said.
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/3719504994915-doge-asks-ex-trump-aides-to-snitch-on-federal-staff-who-should-be-blacklisted-report

Turkey prepares to ‘attack’ U.S. backed troops in Syria; wants to seize the region before Trump takes power
https://www.eurasiantimes.com/turkey-prepares-to-attack-u-s-backed-troops/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Israel Vows to Complete Syria Bombing in ‘Very Short Time’
https://www.newsweek.com/israel-syria-airstrikes-bombing-tartus-gideon-saar-2001897

Israel plans to double its population in the occupied Golan Heights amid intensive airstrikes in Syria. Syria’s rebel leader says his Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group has no interest in engaging in new conflicts.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-syria-tartus-golan-heights-bombing-rcna184324

Israel strikes missile depots, air defences in Syria’s Tartous region. While Israel continues blitz on sites in Syria, new administration in Damascus forges ahead with international outreach.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/16/israel-strikes-missile-depots-air-defences-in-syrias-tartus-region

Kremlin Insiders Spill Putin’s Secret Plan to Manipulate Trump
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kremlin-insiders-spill-putin-secret-193522918.html

Syrian mass grave is largest uncovered since Stalin era as 100,000 bodies were discarded outside Damascus: advocacy group
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj90wz8weymo

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Derek Chauvin allowed to test George Floyd’s heart tissue to see if it was health condition, not officer’s knee, that killed him
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/derek-chauvin-allowed-to-test-george-floyds-heart-tissue-to-see-if-it-was-health-condition-not-officers-knee-that-killed-him/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Another judge cancels retirement to prevent a Trump replacement. [#5] In a Dec. 13 letter, U.S. Judge James Andrew Wynn said he had reconsidered his plans to step down
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/16/i-apologize-for-any-inconvenience-another-cancels-retirement-to-prevent-a-replacement/

MAGA rioter gets into ‘shouting match’ with judge — and gets hit with big sentence
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/3719574387097-maga-rioter-gets-into-shouting-match-with-judge-and-gets-hit-with-big-sentence-report

# Media
Donald Trump ran for president pledging retribution against his political enemies. Now Congress is on the verge of handing Trump a powerful new weapon to attack nonprofit news outlets it claims support terrorism.
https://theintercept.com/2024/11/10/trump-nonprofit-tax-exempt-political-enemies/

# Medical / Health News
Texas Abortion Lawsuit Against New York Doctor Kicks Off a New Legal Civil War. Ken Paxton may have just opened a legal Pandora’s box, but it’s part of much broader plans we should expect to see unfold in the new year.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-abortion-lawsuit-against-york-230111563.html

Are Abortion Bans Across America Causing Deaths? The States That Passed Them Are Doing Little to Find Out. Pregnant women have bled to death, succumbed to fatal infections and wound up in morgues with what medical examiners recorded were ‘products of conception’ still in their bodies.
https://www.propublica.org/article/abortion-bans-deaths-state-maternal-mortality-committees

Lawmakers seek to rein in PBMs as part of spending bill’s sweeping health deal
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5045169-health-care-package-pbms-funding-bill/

Trump could target Affordable Care Act, Medicaid for cuts, experts say
https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/12/millions-could-lose-health-insurance-to-pay-for-trump-tax-cuts/

# Medical Bio-Engineering / Bio-Science
A Third Person Has Received a Transplant of a Genetically Engineered Pig Kidney. Researchers are hoping to monitor the long-term effects.
https://www.statnews.com/2024/12/17/gene-edited-pig-kidney-transplanted-into-third-person-nyu-langone/

# Medical / Health News / Global
Congo says mysterious disease killing dozens of kids finally identified
https://www.voanews.com/a/unknown-disease-in-congo-revealed-to-be-severe-malaria-health-authorities-say/7904952.html

# Military General News
Drones are buzzing around US military bases, even forcing one to close its airspace. They reflect a growing problem.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/drones-buzzing-around-us-military-090002401.html

High-tech radar used in war to be deployed to crack Northeast drone mystery
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3719893418995-high-tech-radar-used-in-war-to-be-deployed-to-crack-northeast-drone-mystery?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzQ0ODUxODUxNzM%3D

Map Shows US Military Bases Swarmed by Mystery Drones. Unexplained drone sightings trouble U.S. and allied military bases on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-us-military-bases-mystery-drones-2002561

Pentagon Officials Attempt to Discredit Public UAP and Drone Sightings: Trump Weighs In
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3720800800494-pentagon-officials-attempt-to-discredit-public-uap-and-drone-sightings-trump-weighs-in?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzQ1Mjc3NzA5MDg%3D

The U.S. State Department on Monday approved the pending sale of approximately $300 million worth of upgrades and technical support for guided-missile destroyers in the South Korean navy.
https://www.defensemirror.com/news/38403/U_S__Approves__300M_Sale_for_KDX_II_Class_Destroyer_Upgrades_to_South_Korea

# NATO
Can Trump withdraw from NATO? No, Trump can’t legally withdraw the US from NATO by executive order. Federal law requires congressional approval to leave the North Atlantic Treaty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8D1FHr2q6c

# Other Interesting Things
Earth from space, Antarctica: A 2018 satellite photo shows the aptly named Deception Island, which was formed by a massive eruption 4,000 years ago and remains volcanically active today.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/antarctica/earth-from-space-antarcticas-deception-island-is-one-of-the-only-places-on-earth-where-you-can-sail-into-an-active-volcano

Interstellar ‘tunnel’ found that connects our solar system to other stars. Space can surprise even those who spend their lives studying it. People often think of our solar system as just a few planets and a bunch of empty space.
https://www.earth.com/news/interstellar-tunnel-found-that-connects-our-solar-system-to-other-stars/

Tunnel found in the middle of Solar System: We’ve just discovered where it leads. The tunnel is situated in the Local Hot Bubble, a low-density, X-ray-emitting gaseous region in the neighborhood of the solar system.
https://www.riazor.org/news/interstellar-tunnel-solar-system/2598/

Scientists followed a mysterious signal and found 2 black holes gorging on something like never before. “Our new discovery lies far off the Galactic Plane, so there are only a handful of stars nearby, and we’re now certain one star system, in particular, is generating the radio waves.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mystery-signals-may-coming-one-113014931.html

# Science
Scientists find new forms of life inside human bodies. Recently, a team of researchers stumbled upon strange entities, or obelisks, living inside of human bodies that had escaped notice until now.
https://www.earth.com/news/scientists-find-new-forms-of-life-inside-humans-rna-carriers-obelisks/
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# Space X
Space X launches 6th batch of next-gen US spy satellites
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-launching-6th-batch-of-next-gen-us-spy-satellites-from-california-today

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Google: Record-shattering quantum AI chip accesses ‘parallel universes’: The quantum realm is full of theories and concepts that are impossible for most people to understand, and numbers that are both so large and so small they are equally difficult for our minds to grasp.
https://www.earth.com/news/google-record-shattering-quantum-ai-chip-accesses-parallel-universes/

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
‘You’re not going to stop us’: Trump border czar repeats threats to arrest Democrats
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3718470310989-you-re-not-going-to-stop-us-trump-border-czar-repeats-threats-to-arrest-democrats

Newborn twins among four kids deported with Houston mother. His attorneys said some circumstances were out of their control that led to them being deported. One of those factors was that the family didn’t have legal representation at the time of the impromptu meeting at which they were arrested.
https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/houston-ice-deportation/285-31e39196-c105-486b-bf84-a9475d04f714

# Cartels /  Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Cartel-run clandestine fentanyl labs increasingly difficult to track
https://thehill.com/homenews/5041506-cartels-fentanyl-labs-tracking/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Petition to Reform Social Security: Implications for Public Service Workers. The Senate is approaching a vote on the Social Security Fairness Act, which would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO).
https://www.newsweek.com/thousands-sign-petition-change-social-security-rules-2001769
See also: What is the Social Security Fairness Act?
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/597

Senate races to approve Social Security expansion before end of Congress
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3262087/senate-races-approve-social-security-fairness-act/

US House passes bill to expand Social Security benefits
https://www.newsbreak.com/videos/3718331707860-us-house-passes-bill-to-expand-social-security-benefits?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzQ0NDA0NTUzNzE%3D

# Education / Schools
California bill would make schools off limits to all federal immigration agents
https://www.kqed.org/news/12016440/california-bill-would-protect-schools-child-care-centers-from-immigration-raids

Elon Musk to Open Preschool in Latest Surprise Venture. The Montessori school outside Bastrop, Texas, is ready to receive 21 students, but can accommodate up to 48.
https://afn.net/education/2024/12/12/musk-s-new-montessori-school-the-wave-of-the-future/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump threatens to fire federal employees working from home
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_f4a6827e-bbf2-11ef-8dc5-53561ffb9add.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Nuclear
From eyesore to asset: How a smelly seaweed could fuel cars
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czr71vpz4ypo

World’s 1st nuclear-diamond battery of its kind could power devices for 1000s of years
https://www.livescience.com/technology/engineering/worlds-1st-nuclear-diamond-battery-of-its-kind-could-power-devices-for-1000s-of-years

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is demanding that the Federal Emergency Management Agency make exceptions to a regulatory program or eliminate it in regions devastated by hurricanes Helene and Milton. Floridians who are trying to rebuild are being prevented from doing so because of regulatory requirements that could force them to leave altogether
https://www.myfloridalegal.com/newsrelease/attorney-general-moody-urges-fema-ease-burden-families-recovering-hurricanes-helene-and

# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
Your grocery bill is going up again, prices grocery staples have hit their highest price points in almost a year.
https://www.thestreet.com/video/your-grocery-bill-is-going-up-again–

# Food Recalls / Alerts
Chocolate Recall: Potential Contaminants in 9 States. Sold in stores in California, Arizona, Virginia, New Mexico, Texas, Tennessee, Oregon, Ohio and Pennsylvania, as well as online, due to the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction.
https://www.newsweek.com/chocolate-recall-allergies-cal-yess-farm-fda-2001013

# Foods / Things that impact your health
Foods to Lower Your Cancer Risk
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/cancer-fighting-foods#summary

# General News
Massive Drone Found by Police in New York Raises Questions. A photo shows an NYPD officer holding up the large aircraft, which appears to be more than five feet in diameter. Energy startup Amogy, Inc. said it manufactured the drone and had placed it on the sidewalk outside its headquarters a month before.
https://www.newsweek.com/massive-drone-found-new-york-police-raises-questions-2001904

New Jersey residents ‘suffering alarming symptoms’ after drone surge
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14198585/new-jersey-drones-resident-mystery-health-symptoms.html

White House Adviser Says Government Has Solved Drone Mystery. John Kirby, the spokesperson for the National Security Council, told CNN the drones reported recently over New Jersey and other East Coast states do not pose a threat to the public, and “represent lawful, legal, commercial [and] hobbyist drones—even law enforcement drones.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-adviser-says-government-033724708.html

# Gov / Politics
Electoral College electors meet to certify the presidential election results. It’s unlikely history will repeat itself as electoral college meets in state capitols to formally vote for next president
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/17/electoral-college-certifies-votes-trump
See also: What Is Election Certification? What exactly does certifying an election look like?
https://campaignlegal.org/update/what-election-certification

Potential government shutdown draws near.  Agencies began preparing for a partial government shutdown on Friday as required under Circular A-11, which initiates the process when the expiration of current funding is a week away.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2024/12/federal-agencies-facing-partial-government-shutdown-by-weeks-end/

‘Let’s do it’: MAGA Republican’s bold proposal gets thumbs up from Dem
https://www.rawstory.com/republican-budget-proposal/

‘Not a safe man’: Trump nominee toured Capitol with ex-soldier charged in vicious beating. Mr. Hegseth’s choice of Mr. Hasenbein as a security escort is the latest instance in which he has stood by soldiers accused of crimes. He has repeatedly criticized military leaders as being too “woke” and waging a “war on warriors.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/us/politics/hegseth-bodyguard-army.html

‘That’s never happened’: Expert alarmed by Trump’s ‘unspeakably scandalous’ day one plan
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-jan-6-2670460856/

“Shredding the Constitution”: California Democrat fears MAGA effort to rewrite founding document. Republicans control all three branches of the federal government and a majority of state legislatures, would use a convention to roll back the rights of women and racial minorities.
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/16/shredding-the-constitution-california-democrat-fears-maga-effort-to-rewrite-founding-document/

The biggest threat to our democracy that you haven’t heard of. There is the real possibility of a rogue Constitutional convention and that empowers extremists to change our laws
https://www.salon.com/2018/08/10/the-biggest-threat-to-our-democracy-that-you-have-not-heard-of_partner/

Explainer-How Republicans plan to pass Trump’s agenda through ‘reconciliation’
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/explainer-how-republicans-plan-to-pass-trumps-agenda-through-reconciliation

George Conway warns Trump he’ll ‘end up losing’ by claiming power ‘he does not have’
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/3717582968729-george-conway-warns-trump-he-ll-end-up-losing-by-claiming-power-he-does-not-have

Potential government shutdown draws near. Congressional leaders are running out of time to forge a bipartisan deal before the federal government shuts down Friday, with farm and disaster assistance posing the biggest holdups to an agreement.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_e1ac99aa-bbd0-11ef-b755-ff6820c24788.html

Senate Democrats push plan to abolish Electoral College. The Electoral College has faced debate over its fairness and relevance. Advocates for the bill argue that the Electoral College is an outdated system. Democrats believe that a popular vote would enhance democracy.
https://san.com/media-miss/senate-democrats-push-plan-to-abolish-electoral-college/

Trump Is Going Back to War With Congress
https://newrepublic.com/article/189443/trump-impoundments-supreme-court-congress

A ‘revenge’ administration? What four more years of Trump could mean. Experts warn of ‘slide to authoritarianism’ as Trump promises to crack down on critics, enact hardline policies.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/6/a-revenge-administration-what-four-more-years-of-trump-could-mean#ixzz8ugh6O3KK

Trump will destroy the government agencies that most help working people
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/16/trump-administration-consumer-financial-protection-bureau

Mary Trump Warns Why Uncle’s Second Term ‘Already Is More Dangerous’ Than First. “So the depressing part is everybody in corporate media, everybody in the Republican Party and a significant percentage of Donald’s voters knew it was going to more dangerous and yet, here we are,” she added.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mary-trump-warns-why-uncles-114801630.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
Germany’s government collapsed yesterday after Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of confidence. A caretaker government is now steering Europe’s largest economy, with snap elections planned for Feb. 23.
https://www.morningbrew.com/stories/2024/12/17/germanys-gov-collapses-economic-turmoil

Russia is stepping up a clandestine campaign of sabotage and hybrid attacks against the United States and its allies in Europe, according to a new report.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2024-12-16/russia-nato-shadow-war-16181028.html

Netanyahu Moves to Expand Illegal Israeli Settlements in Syrian Golan Heights. Turkey’s foreign ministry condemned the plan as “a new stage in Israel’s goal of expanding its borders through occupation.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-settlements-golan-heights

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Judge Merchan Denying Trump Immunity Sparks MAGA Fury: ‘Clear Corruption’
https://www.newsweek.com/maga-reaction-trump-hush-money-conviction-2001946

‘Rights for me, not for thee’: Justices Alito and Thomas slammed for hypocrisy in rulings
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/12/alito-thomas-supreme-court-term-hypocrisy.html?pay=1734448148337&support_journalism=please

Third Federal Judge reverses decision to retire, ruins Trump’s plans to fill his seat. U.S. appeals court judge James Wynn, is the third judge to change his mind about retiring since Trump won reelection.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/federal-judges-reverse-decision-retire-trump_n_67604bbbe4b000ebe4d6501a

Fourth Circuit judge reverses retirement plans, preventing Trump from naming replacement
https://ncnewsline.com/2024/12/16/fourth-circuit-judge-reverses-retirement/

# Media
Donald Trump Steps Up Threats Against the Press
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-threatens-straighten-press-more-190249902.html

‘Crack down’: Trump nominees said to be deploying a new ‘weapon at their disposal’
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/politics/crack-down-trump-nominees-said-to-be-deploying-a-new-weapon-at-their-disposal/ar-AA1vUFSM

CNN Fact-Checker Flags ‘Most Dangerous Part’ Of Trump’s News Conference. There was “a lot of lying from the president-elect” but one comment stood out, said Daniel Dale.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/daniel-dale-donald-trump-press-conference_n_67613838e4b06ea8a2b8d705

# Medical / Health News
Bill that would charge women with homicide if they get abortions. Originally proposed in January of 2023, the bill would see women who have abortions in South Carolina charged with homicide. An extension of that change would also mean that those women could also face the death penalty.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/sc/south-carolina/news/2024/12/13/south-carolina-news-abortion-homicide-refiled

Surprise: Trump’s Pick for CDC Chief Has Spread the Debunked Claim That Vaccines Can Cause Autism. It’s not just Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-pick-for-cdc-chief-has-spread-the-debunked-claim-that-vaccines-can-cause-autism?srsltid=AfmBOooDK0pBOaOVCztW1_kvj-u25cxWQcCNLRMzewwHdYSQ-NbXaUwj

Polio Survivor Mitch McConnell Slams RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaccine Plans. Senate minority leader contracted the disease as a child, before the wildly successful vaccine was licensed
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/14/mitch-mcconnell-rfk-jr-polio-vaccine-approval-revocation

RFK Jr.’s key advisor petitioned to revoke approval of the polio vaccine. Photos show the US’s last outbreak. Before vaccines were available in 1955, polio caused 15,000 cases of paralysis in the US each year.
https://www.businessinsider.com/polio-virus-outbreak-photos-1950s

RFK reverses course on polio vaccine amid pressure from GOP
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/rfk-reverses-course-on-polio-vaccine-amid-pressure-from-gop/ar-AA1vZ87s

Health advocates mount opposition to RFK Jr health job pick. An expanding coalition of health and consumer advocates are campaigning against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to the top U.S. health job over concerns about his activism against vaccines and other health issues, according to the groups’ representatives.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/health-advocates-mount-opposition-rfk-181725457.html

Medicare Coverage to Change Under New Bipartisan Bill
https://www.newsweek.com/medicare-coverage-birth-control-change-new-bipartisan-bill-2001694

Here’s What’s in Trump’s Healthcare Plan. The American people are about to find out what Donald Trump meant when he said he had “concepts of a plan” for healthcare reform.
https://dcjournal.com/heres-whats-in-trumps-healthcare-plan/

UnitedHealth Accidentally Makes Claims-Judging AI Public for Anyone to Use. Logs show employees asking questions like “What should be the determination of the claim?”
https://futurism.com/the-byte/unitedhealth-claims-ai-chatbot

# Military General News
Former Pentagon official imprisoned for role in multistate dogfighting ring
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-12-16/pentagon-official-sentenced-dog-fighting-16182414.html

70% of Young Americans Are Unfit to Serve, a New Study Finds. Here’s Why.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/09/28/new-pentagon-study-shows-77-of-young-americans-are-ineligible-military-service.html

Hypersonic Missiles at Center of New US Arms Race Against Russia and China.  The United States, Russia, and China are racing to acquire them at great expense—$3.2 billion dollars in the most recent US annual defense budget. But claims regarding the performance of these weapons are rarely backed up with data.
https://www.newsweek.com/hypersonic-missiles-center-new-us-news-arms-race-against-russia-china-2001986

Slowing the Hypersonic Arms Race, A Rational Approach to an Emerging Missile Technology
https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/slowing-the-hypersonic-arms-race.pdf

# NASA
Hubble took the closest-ever image of a quasar, and captured some ‘weird things’
https://earthsky.org/space/quasar-3c-273-black-holes-hubble-space-telescope/
See also: Quasars are a subclass of active galactic nuclei (AGNs), extremely luminous galactic cores where gas and dust falling into a supermassive black hole emit electromagnetic radiation across the entire electromagnetic spectrum.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasar

# Other Interesting Things
“Hopelessly Obliterated”: Ancient Inscription In Lost Language Finally Deciphered. Anew paper has confirmed and refined an inscription long thought impossible to pin down – and it seems to be a dedication to an ancient Mother goddess.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/hopelessly-obliterated-ancient-inscription-in-lost-language-finally-deciphered/ar-AA1v1U75

# Pharmaceuticals
Nationwide Supplement Recall Due to Dangerous Undeclared Drugs: GNMART INC Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Force Forever Due to Undeclared Drug Ingredients Diclofenac and Dexamethasone
https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/gnmart-inc-issues-voluntary-nationwide-recall-force-forever-due-undeclared-drug-ingredients

Moderna pauses its RSV vaccine trial for children after 5 infants hospitalized in challenge of preventing disease
https://fortune.com/well/2024/12/16/moderna-pauses-its-rsv-vaccine-trial-for-children-after-5-infants-are-hospitalized-in-latest-challenge-of-treating-disease/

# Security
‘Battling Depression’: Biden Deep State Officials Struggling To Find Jobs Ahead Of Trump Takeover. Members of President Biden’s “national security team” are reportedly scrambling to find jobs before their impending exit.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/16/donald-trump-transition-joe-biden-white-house-government-jobs-depression-taxpayer-waste/

# Space / Solar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
Astronomer Captures Moment Unknown Object Lights Up The Moon. An astronomer in Japan has captured a breathtaking moment when an unknown object struck the Moon, creating a brilliant flash of light. The event, filmed with remarkable precision, has sparked curiosity about its mysterious origin.
https://dailygalaxy.com/2024/12/astronomer-captures-incredible-moment-unknown-object-lights-the-moon/

# Sports
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Is this Real footage it’s definitely a clear view. Journalist Kashmir Hill comes on Decoder to discuss her new book, Your Face Belongs to Us, and what the spread of facial recognition technology means for the future of privacy.
https://www.theverge.com/23919134/kashmir-hill-your-face-belongs-to-us-clearview-ai-facial-recognition-privacy-decoder

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Global
Why is tech giant SoftBank investing over $100 billion in the US? Son, a founder and CEO of SoftBank Group, is known for making bold choices that sometimes pay big and sometimes don’t. SoftBank has investments in dozens of Silicon Valley startups, along with big companies like semiconductor design company Arm and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.
https://apnews.com/article/japan-softbank-masayoshi-trump-ai-d45efad6e48f80579456fe48dba95562

China can now mass-produce cyborg cockroaches in a robotic factory. A new study shows that scientists have found a way to create electronically improved insects every 68 seconds without any human intervention.
https://bgr.com/science/china-can-now-mass-produce-cyborg-cockroaches-in-a-robotic-factory/

# Tips, Tricks and How To’s
Life Hacks
https://www.tiktok.com/@tipshacks.us/video/7448638134524349726

# Transportation / Travel
GOP lawmakers set sights on abolishing TSA. Lee made the comments on Monday in a string of social media remarks where he also called for an end to the Affordable Care Act when lawmakers return next month with a Republican trifecta
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/3718482167637-gop-lawmakers-set-sights-on-abolishing-tsa
See also: TSA Security Screening: TSA incorporates unpredictable security measures, both seen and unseen, to accomplish our transportation security mission.
https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening

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# Indigenous
Indigenous Patients Threatened by Collections Over Medical Debt Government Owes
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/native-american-patients-debt-collection-indian-health-service-ihs/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Trump administration accepts Texas’ offer to lease land on the Texas-Mexico border for deportation efforts
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2024/12/10/trump–border-czar–tom-homan-accepts-texas–land-offer-for-potential-mass-deportations–

Over One Million Migrants Given Temporary Protection Status From Biden
https://woai.iheart.com/featured/san-antonios-first-news/content/2024-12-13-over-one-million-migrants-given-temporary-protection-status-from-biden/

Trump calls on Biden to stop selling unused portions of the border wall
https://apnews.com/article/trump-maralago-press-conference-44beea6cf8c93f070638842712bf3aca

Trump’s mass deportation plan could hurt the country more than the Great Recession. Mass deportations could lead to a 7.4 percent drop in the GDP, meaning ‘the U.S. economy would not grow at all’ during President Trump’s second term, the report says
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-mass-deportation-economy-great-recession-b2665123.html

Trump Girds For Battle With Democrats, Supreme Court Over Birthright Citizenship. The 14th Amendment, which states adopted in 1868 in the aftermath of the Civil War, states that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5040111-trump-proposal-birthright-citizenship/
See Also: 14th Amendment: No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/amendment-14/#:~:text=No%20State%20shall%20make%20or,equal%20protection%20of%20the%20laws.

# Cartels /  Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Cops in one of America’s most remote states beg for feds’ help over Tren de Aragua infiltration
https://www.aol.com/cops-one-america-most-remote-170841261.html

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Trump’s DOGE Team Is Asking Potential Appointees If They Can Abolish the FDIC. “Trump is going to create the conditions for another depression,” one critic of the move said.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189377/trump-economy-bank-regulator-plan

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
The Global South Is on the Brink of a Disastrous Debt Crisis. Reform Is Urgent. The coming debt crisis will surpass that of the 1980s and disproportionately impact women
https://truthout.org/articles/the-global-south-is-on-the-brink-of-a-disastrous-debt-crisis-reform-is-urgent/

Trump’s Twisted Economic Vision Is Based on Capitalist Myths. On money matters, I once supported the president-elect with full throat. I now see how his ideas could take down our nation.
https://newrepublic.com/article/188939/trump-capitalism-myths-maga-rage

US hits North Korea and Russia with new sanctions, Treasury says
https://www.aol.com/news/us-hits-north-korea-russia-151616723.html

# Education / Schools
Teen Girl Kills 2 in Christian School Shooting: Cops
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/teacher-and-teen-student-killed-in-wisconsin-school-shooting/2024/12

Christian Nationalists Are Reshaping Texas’s Public School Curricula. The Texas State Board of Education will pay districts $60 a student to use a curriculum infused with Christian content.
https://truthout.org/articles/christian-nationalists-are-reshaping-texass-public-school-curricula/

Federal Judge Delivers Blow to Ten Commandments Law in Classrooms. ACLU of Louisiana, said in a news release that “today’s ruling ensures that the schools our plaintiff’s children attend will stay focused on learning, without promoting a state-preferred version of Christianity.”
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/11/13/judge-blocks-la-law-putting-ten-commandments-classrooms

Massive Brawl Involving 100+ Chicago Students, Three School Floors Leaves Four Police Officers Injured
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/16/chicago-high-school-brawl-100-students-police-officers-injured-four/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Simultaneous Earthquakes Shake Nine States
https://www.newsbreak.com/selkirk-sentinel-1591979/3717872493361-simultaneous-earthquakes-shake-nine-states

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / Global
Massive glacial outburst observed in Greenland for the first time. This staggering release of 3.4 cubic kilometers (about 0.8 cubic miles) of water places the event among the top three largest ever recorded
https://www.earth.com/news/massive-glacial-outburst-observed-in-greenland-for-the-first-time/

# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
Arizona AG sues Saudi firm over depleted rural groundwater. The lawsuit is the latest action by Arizona against foreign companies that use huge amounts of groundwater to grow thirsty forage crops for export because of climate challenges in other countries.
https://www.voanews.com/a/arizona-sues-saudi-firm-over-excessive-groundwater-pumping-saying-it-s-a-public-nuisance-/7898047.html

25 MORE Foods That May Disappear Thanks to RFK Jr.’s Health Regulations
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/25-more-foods-that-may-disappear-thanks-to-rfk-jr-s-health-regulations/ss-AA1vWvZK

Examining the major changes RFK Jr. could make to federal food regulations
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/examining-the-major-changes-rfk-jr-could-make-to-federal-food-regulations

# General News
Sightings span the globe: The crux of the federal probe into mysterious drone sightings in recent weeks has centered around the skies over New Jersey and New York, but the flying objects controlled by unknown operators have become a global phenomenon
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5040153-where-mystery-drones-were-spotted/

Biden’s shadow communications strategy is creating a drone conspiracy crisis. The White House should speak plainly about what is in plain sight to avoid panic
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/16/bidens-shadow-communications-strategy-is-creating-a-drone-conspiracy/

The Most Disturbing Thing About Those Mystery Drones
https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/12/14/extra-the-most-disturbing-thing-about-those-mystery-drones/

Reports of drone sightings across New Jersey and neighboring states, he said Sunday, may be the result of a rule change by the Federal Aviation Administration. “In September of 2023, the Federal Aviation Administration, the FAA, changed the rules so that drones could fly at night.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-official-offers-reason-mystery-222311985.html

What Is Project Blue Beam? Conspiracy Theory Erupts Over Drones. Mysterious drone sightings across the United States has sparked a resurgence of the Project Blue Beam conspiracy theory, which claims the global elites plan to fake an alien invasion.
https://www.newsweek.com/what-project-blue-beam-conspiracy-theory-erupts-over-drones-2001051

‘Will bring havoc’: Religion expert lifts lid on ‘crazy’ plan evangelicals have for Trump
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3717472010701-will-bring-havoc-religion-expert-lifts-lid-on-crazy-plan-evangelicals-have-for-trump

# Gov / Politics
‘Grotesquely hypocritical’: McConnell buried by columnist for finally fretting over Trump
https://www.rawstory.com/mitch-mcconnell-trump-2670456025/

More than 120 House Democrats send letter to Biden urging him to ratify Equal Rights Amendment
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5041368-more-than-120-house-democrats-send-letter-to-biden-urging-him-to-ratify-equal-rights-amendment/

How GOP Senators Are Secretly Getting Ready to Surrender to Trump. Trump wants to turn the FBI into something so draconian that the political press many not grasp it until it’s too late. And Republican senators are already giving themselves cover to go along with all of it.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/3715409710136-how-gop-senators-are-secretly-getting-ready-to-surrender-to-trump

Michael Steele Slams What GOP Senators Are Doing Right Now: ‘Such A Farce’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/michael-steele-slams-gop-senators-080442757.html

How is it possible that Americans are ok with this corrupt cavalcade of unqualified extremists Trump is nominating? These are people who’ve never run large, complex organizations and who, if they shouldn’t be ruled out on those grounds, should certainly be ruled out on the basis of their way-outside-the-mainstream views and announced goals to all but destroy the agencies they’re going to run.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/real-reason-why-americans-approve-110000389.html

Biden commutes sentence of official who stole $53M from taxpayers in small Illinois town
https://www.newsbreak.com/new-york-post-509648/3714979182706-biden-commutes-sentence-of-official-who-stole-53m-from-taxpayers-in-small-illinois-town

CNN busts Trump for hiring ‘record’ number of immigrants while campaigning on deportation
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-immigration-2670459138/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Syrian Activists Feared Assad’s Retaliation. His Fall Frees Them to Speak Openly. The Syrian regime’s ouster unleashed a collective unmasking across the country and its vast diaspora.
https://theintercept.com/2024/12/12/assad-syria-exile-activists-censorship/

Chilling warning issued as ‘threat’ from Putin’s Russia will ‘endure beyond the end of Ukraine war’
https://www.themirror.com/news/world-news/chilling-warning-threat-vladimir-putins-860866

Putin threatens Kyiv decision-makers after striking energy grid
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy15lp21l3o

Japan’s SoftBank Pledges $100 Billion—And 100,000 Jobs— To US For Trump’s Second Term
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2024/12/16/japans-softbank-pledges-100-billion-and-100000-jobs–to-us-for-trumps-second-term/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
President Biden is threatening to veto a bipartisan bill that would expand the number of federal judgeships, giving President Donald Trump more vacancies to fill. The JUDGES Act would create 63 new district-level positions
https://apnews.com/article/congress-new-judges-veto-biden-97fa508ba8b5358d2e33c055d53a2b41

House passes bill to add new judges amid Biden veto threat. Legislation for 63 new permanent judgeships passed Senate in August
https://rollcall.com/2024/12/12/house-passes-bill-to-add-new-judges-amid-biden-veto-threat/

‘Slap in the face’: Another Obama-appointed judge rescinds ‘senior status’ and becomes third on federal bench to pull reverse retirement on Trump since he won the election
https://www.newsbreak.com/law-crime-520571/3716636459802-slap-in-the-face-another-obama-appointed-judge-rescinds-senior-status-and-becomes-third-on-federal-bench-to-pull-reverse-retirement-on-trump-since-he-won-the-election

US deploys resources on drone sightings; NY to receive ‘state-of-the-art’ detection system
https://nypost.com/2024/12/15/us-news/feds-to-deploy-high-tech-system-to-ny-as-drone-swarms-have-experts-baffled/

# Media
ABC News’s Sudden Surrender to Trump Fury Stuns Experts; “Disturbing”: As ABC News agrees to a $15 million settlement with Trump, journalist Anne Applebaum explains why this carries unnerving echoes of what’s unfolding in places like Hungary—and what could happen next.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189407/abc-news-sudden-surrender-trumps-fury-stuns-experts-disturbing

Will Trump Weaponize the FCC to Crack Down on Media Outlets He Doesn’t Like? “There’s a real risk that Trump might invoke emergency powers, on the flimsiest of pretexts, to shut down broadcasters whose tone has rubbed him the wrong way.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/01/trump-fcc-media-crackdown/

Trump Confirms Extreme Plan to Demolish Postal Service. The USPS will likely be on the chopping block during Donald Trump’s second administration.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-confirms-extreme-plan-demolish-210319294.html

# Medical / Health News
Health Insurers Gave $120 Billion To Shareholders While Denying Your Claim
https://www.levernews.com/health-insurers-gave-120-billion-to-shareholders-while-denying-your-claim/

It’s Not Just Denied Claims. Insurance Firms Are Hiring Middlemen to Deny Meds. Lawmakers are looking to break up massive health care conglomerates that manage nearly 80 percent of prescriptions.
https://truthout.org/articles/its-not-just-denied-claims-insurance-firms-are-hiring-middlemen-to-deny-meds/

ProPublica Drops Damning Expose on Leaked UnitedHealthcare Report About Limiting Child Healthcare Services To Cut Costs
https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealthcare-insurance-autism-denials-applied-behavior-analysis-medicaid

# Military / DOD / Militia / Space Force
US forces made a massive unexpected discovery in the desert during the early day of the Iraq war.  The discovery occurred in the early days of the Iraq War . In April 2003, the aircraft was found buried deep in the sand at Al Taqaddum Air Base, situated in Iraq’s western desert. Its presence at the base came as a surprise to many, although intelligence had hinted that various items were hidden in the area.
https://www.newsbreak.com/war-history-online-1745274/3716700323103-us-forces-made-a-massive-unexpected-discovery-in-the-desert-during-the-early-day-of-the-iraq-war

Space Force boot camp? Newest service wants its own military training. The Space Force wants to set up its own tailor-made boot camp for aspiring guardians
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2024/12/13/space-force-boot-camp-newest-service-wants-its-own-military-training/

Political Instability in South Korea Should Lead to Questions About U.S. Troop Deployment. South Korea can remain a nation friendly to the United States without 30,000 U.S. troops being stationed there.
https://dcjournal.com/political-instability-in-south-korea-should-lead-to-questions-about-u-s-troop-deployment/

XM7: The US Army’s Powerful New Standard-Issue Rifle Can Break Through Body Armor. The XM7 chambers the new 6.8 x 51 mm round, which offers increased accuracy, range and penetrating power, making it effective against newer types of personnel and light armor.
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/guns/xm7-rifle-ngsw.html#:~:text=Finally%2C%20as%20aforementioned%2C%20the%20XM7,of%20personnel%20and%20light%20armor.

# Military / Global
Russia air strikes target Ukraine energy sites as winter deepens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxDANxRGifA

Moment gigantic explosion rocks Syria as Israel drops enormous bomb ‘measuring 3.0 on Richter scale’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14195915/Massive-explosions-skies-Syria-Israeli-air-strikes-hammer-munitions-depots-major-port-city-heaviest-onslaught-decade.html

Cockpit video of Ukrainian Su-27 lobbing GBU-39 small diameter bombs. The Flanker popped up from low altitude to launch a salvo of the U.S.-supplied precision-guided glide munitions against a Russian target.
https://www.twz.com/air/cockpit-video-of-ukrainian-su-27-lobbing-gbu-39-small-diameter-bombs

# NASA
# NATO
NATO Calls on Nations To Divert Social Security Money to Defense
https://www.newsweek.com/nato-chief-defense-spending-2001355

# Nuclear / Bio-weapons / Global
Putin threatens WW3 as he says Russia will lift missile restrictions if US crosses ‘red lines’
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/putin-usa-threat-world-war-34322835

Putin Orders Nuclear Forces To Be Kept On Constant Alert
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-business-europe-moscow-2e4e1cf784f22b6afbe5a2f936725550

# Other Interesting Things
Archaeologists puzzled after discovering mysterious basalt stone tablet that contains unknown language. The artifact features 60 etched symbols, 39 of which differ from one another. And while some of the characters resemble those present in other ancient scripts, the team is still unsure what the author’s writing actually says.
https://www.popsci.com/science/mystery-language-stone-tablet/

Experts Publish Stunning Pictures From 52-Foot-Long 2,000-Year-Old Ancient Scroll, Call It “Papyrus for the Dead.” Researchers believed that the ancient document was dubbed ‘Waziri Papyrus,’ as the Book of the Dead was a modern term and did not come from ancient Egyptians
https://knewz.com/world/experts-publish-stunning-pictures-from-52-foot-long-2-000-year-old-ancient-scroll-call-it-papyrus-for-the-dead/

# Pharmaceuticals
FDA: Thousands of Bottles of Popular Antidepressant Recalled Over Potentially Cancer-Causing Chemical
https://www.health.com/duloxetine-antidepressant-cymbalta-recall-cancerous-chemical-8732900

Study Links Ozempic to Blindness, Adding to Growing List of Side Effects
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/ozempic-semaglutide-vision-loss-study-side-effects/

# Space / Solar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
Black hole jet crashes into an unidentified object: NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has detected a plasma jet from a supermassive black hole interacting with an unidentified object in the Centaurus A galaxy.
https://www.earth.com/news/black-hole-jet-crashes-into-an-unidentified-object/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
The Top Cybersecurity Agency in the US Is Bracing for Donald Trump. So why is the Trump re-election so significant for cybersecurity? Here are just some of the many reasons:
https://www.govtech.com/blogs/lohrmann-on-cybersecurity/2024-cyber-review-trump-re-election-eclipses-ai-and-ransomware-stories

Trump 2.0: What cybersecurity shifts lie ahead? The incoming Trump administration is unlikely to continue some key elements of Biden’s 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy, including industry regulation and liability.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/trump-2-0-what-cybersecurity-shifts-lie-ahead/

Human Misuse Will Make Artificial Intelligence More Dangerous. “The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.” This quote by psychologist B.F. Skinner captures two human tendencies that are becoming particularly dangerous in the age of generative AI.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/luisromero/2024/10/08/ai-will-not-destroy-the-world-ai-illiteracy-and-misuse-could/

Big Tech Will Scour the Globe in Its Search for Cheap Energy. Warehouses full of servers are hungry for power, no matter who supplies it.
https://aitopics.org/doc/news:CEB25B6F

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December 15, 2024
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will make violent revolution inevitable.”
President John F. Kennedy
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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
Trump Nominee Pressured IRS To Crush The Humane Society. Billy Long pushed the agency to target the group after it supported an initiative to protect dogs.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/12/06/trump-irs-nominee-wanted-to-shut-down-the-humane-society/

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Macy’s will close more stores than earlier expected during this fiscal year under the company’s revitalization program as the retail chain struggles with falling revenues.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/retail/2024/12/13/macys-store-closures-2024/76961710007/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Global
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://dailycaller.com/2024/12/12/tariff-threat-hurting-mexico-with-mazda/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Millions of Taxpayer Dollars Have Subsidized Project 2025 and Climate Denial. Donors linked to fossil fuels have poured billions of tax-deductible donations into groups that deny climate science. After the hottest summer in recorded human history, along with Hurricanes Helene and Milton, flooding and wildfires, why isn’t there a greater push for action on climate change?
https://ips-dc.org/millions-of-taxpayer-dollars-have-subsidized-project-2025-and-climate-denial/

NGOs are run by ‘lawyers and fundraisers’ who ignore science in their obsession to kill agricultural genetic engineering
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2024/12/10/viewpoint-ngos-are-run-by-lawyers-and-fundraisers-who-ignore-science-in-their-obsession-to-kill-agricultural-genetic-engineering/

# General News
Federal government set to deploy high-tech drone detection system to NY as experts remain baffled. The Biden admin is being accused of either deceit for knowing what they are but refusing to say, or of incompetence for not being able to figure it out.
https://nypost.com/2024/12/15/us-news/feds-to-deploy-high-tech-system-to-ny-as-drone-swarms-have-experts-baffled/

Officials still claim that drones over US are no threat, yet they have no answers for their source. A New Jersey sheriff has sent his own private drone to follow the drones to see if he can get any more information.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/mayorkas-hinted-mysterious-drones-spotted-over-new-jersey-arent-threat

‘They’re on it’: ‘Combat-ready’ drone army could reportedly be sent to stop mystery drones
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/3715881388203-they-re-on-it-combat-ready-drone-army-could-reportedly-be-sent-to-stop-mystery-drones

Ex-CIA staffer offers ‘unsettling’ theory behind drones as feds dismiss concerns as ‘overreaction’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/15/us-news/ex-cia-staffer-laura-ballman-offers-unsettling-theory-behind-drones-as-feds-dismiss-concerns-as-overreaction/

Feds ‘Fearful’ Public Will Find Out What NJ Drones Are REALLY Doing, State Sen. Bramnick Tells Newsnation: ‘They Can’t Tell Us’
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/feds-fearful-public-will-find-out-what-nj-drones-are-really-doing-state-sen-bramnick-tells-newsnation-they-cant-tell-us/

# Gov / Politics
Trump taps Devin Nunes to be Chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board. Devin Nunes is a former California congressman, former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and currently is the CEO of Trump’s media group TRUTH Social.
https://nypost.com/2024/12/14/us-news/trump-taps-devin-nunes-to-lead-presidents-intelligence-advisory-board/

Putin Ally Cheers Donald Trump Statement as ‘Fully in Harmony’ with Kremlin
https://www.newsweek.com/putin-ally-cheers-donald-trump-statement-fully-harmony-kremlin-2000889

# Gov / Politics / Global
Israel Is Invading Syria and Destroying Its Defenses Amid National Upheaval. The invasion and attacks, backed by the US, are continuing Israel’s fantasy of remaking the region through war.
https://truthout.org/articles/israel-is-invading-syria-and-destroying-its-defenses-amid-national-upheaval/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_campaign=9af122bf27-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_14_07_54&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbb541a1db-9af122bf27-650262369

Syria updates: Arab diplomats condemn Israel’s incursion into buffer zone
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/12/14/syria-live-news-israel-bombs-near-damascus-as-syrians-celebrate-freedom

Israel seizing on Syria chaos to strike military assets
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdx921zreweo

Inside Israel’s opportunistic invasion of Syria. Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Israel has carried out an unprovoked invasion of Syria with the support of the U.S. The goals are clear: take strategic land, render Syria defenseless for the future, and redraw the political map of the Middle East.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/inside-israels-opportunistic-invasion-of-syria/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
The Federalist Society Will Soon Be Under New Management. Here’s what we know about the major players jockeying to lead the linchpin organization of the conservative legal movement. The organization’s influence, particularly as a Republican administration makes its way into office, means that its leadership could have a significant impact on the law.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189076/judicial-extremists-run-federalist-society

# Media
‘Sesame Street’ Left With No Home After HBO Cancels Deal: Elmo needs a new streaming home after Max drops Sesame Street / Warner Bros. Discovery won’t extend its deal to stream new episodes on Max, so where is Sesame Street headed next?
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/13/24320522/sesame-street-warner-bros-discovery-part-ways-max-hbo

Trump eyes privatizing United States Postal Service during second term. The USPS was a target during his first administration, and it might now be on the chopping block due to financial losses
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/14/trump-united-states-postal-service-privatization

Without Transformative Local Media, Our Communities Are Vulnerable. We need to break the billionaires’ grip on our democracy — and that starts with loosening their hold over local media.
https://truthout.org/articles/without-transformative-local-media-our-communities-are-vulnerable/

# Medical / Health News
Texas AG Sues New York Doctor, Putting Abortion Provider Shield Laws to the Test. This lawsuit is the first attempt to test what happens when state abortion laws are at odds with each other.
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-pills-lawsuit-shield-laws-texas-telemedicine-74c9b7d5c3c152e4c8f199b29132daec

SC GOP Reintroduces Bill to Punish People Getting Abortions With Death Penalty. The bill pushes the doctrine of “fetal personhood,” and makes religious references to “God’s image” within its text.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/sc/south-carolina/news/2024/12/13/south-carolina-news-abortion-homicide-refiled

Don’t Panic: Organizers Weigh In on Defending Reproductive Justice From the GOP. Organizers are building mutual aid networks to defend against attacks on reproductive rights.
https://truthout.org/articles/dont-panic-organizers-weigh-in-on-defending-reproductive-justice-from-the-gop/

Health Insurers’ $371 Billion Windfall. Since the Affordable Care Act’s passage, the top five health insurers’ annual profits have jumped 230 percent, with much of that going to UnitedHealthcare.
https://www.levernews.com/health-insurers-371-billion-windfall/

It’s Not Just Denied Claims. Insurance Firms Are Hiring Middlemen to Deny Meds. Lawmakers are looking to break up massive health care conglomerates that manage nearly 80 percent of prescriptions.
https://truthout.org/articles/its-not-just-denied-claims-insurance-firms-are-hiring-middlemen-to-deny-meds/

Seven reasons why Americans pay more for health care than any other nation. Why? The blame goes well beyond insurance companies.
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/080615/6-reasons-healthcare-so-expensive-us.asp

# NASA
NASA AWE Instrument on the International Space Station spots something in the atmosphere 55 miles above Earth. The flurry of gravity waves in the mesosphere as they tore their way up from the Earth’s surface due to the extreme forces generated by Helene.
https://thedebrief.org/nasa-awe-instrument-on-the-international-space-station-spots-something-in-the-atmosphere-55-miles-above-earth/

# Space / Solar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
Space Force exec on extraterrestrial life: “I’m not going to answer that”
https://fortune.com/2024/12/13/space-force-exec-dodges-question-alien-life-new-jersey-drones-extraterrestrial/

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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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December 13, 2024
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Trump wants to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th-century law has been invoked only during times of war. Invoking the Alien Enemies Act could make it far easier for the Trump administration to quickly apprehend, detain and deport immigrants living in the U.S. without legal authorization. That’s because the law lets presidents bypass immigration courts.
https://theconversation.com/trump-wants-to-use-the-alien-enemies-act-to-deport-immigrants-but-the-18th-century-law-has-been-invoked-only-during-times-of-war-243663

Irate GOP leaders say Biden’s administration is selling off unused border wall materials. Biden administration clears border wall parts for auction ahead of Trump’s second term. The Biden administration is inviting bids for nearly 20 miles of border wall sections. The auction includes more than 30,000 steel wall panels.
https://san.com/media-miss/biden-administration-clears-border-wall-parts-for-auction-ahead-of-trumps-second-term/

New Mexico Governor Refuses National Guard Deployment for Mass Deportations
https://www.newsweek.com/new-mexico-michelle-lujan-grisham-trump-mass-deportations-2000244

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Walgreens Reportedly in Buyout Talks After Announcing Closure of 1,200 Stores. Reports of a possible sale of the company come just weeks after Walgreens announced it will close approximately 1,200 stores over the next three years, with 500 stores to shut their doors in 2025
https://www.the-sun.com/money/13066794/walgreens-potential-sale-stores-closing/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE tracker: A running list of what Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy say they will change
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3713793688271-doge-tracker-a-running-list-of-what-elon-musk-and-vivek-ramaswamy-say-they-will-change?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzQwOTI3Nzk2MTY%3D

Billionaire Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy spent several hours Thursday swapping ideas with lawmakers about President-elect Donald Trump’s DOGE initiative to dismantle parts of the federal government.
https://wtop.com/business-finance/2024/12/elon-musk-and-vivek-ramaswamy-are-bringing-trumps-doge-to-capitol-hill/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Tariffs, crypto, and interest rates set to dominate 2025 economic agenda
https://gazette.com/news/wex/tariffs-crypto-and-interest-rates-set-to-dominate-2025-economic-agenda/article_10079273-97e2-5082-995a-e89be1c5a192.html

Goldman Sachs tells investors Trump’s tariffs pose a major ‘event risk’ and to expect growth to slow in 2025
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/goldman-sachs-tells-investors-trump-080200784.html

Trump team mulls axing Great Depression-era agency that guards against bank failures: Advisers asked potential nominees whether Trump could abolish the FDIC
https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/trump-advisers-bank-regulations-fdic-efa761dc

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Nuclear / Global
‘Ontario is not having it’: Trump reportedly set stage for Canada to cut off U.S. energy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4Ud2Gow0q0

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Millions of Taxpayer Dollars Have Subsidized Project 2025 and Climate Denial. “It is high time for the American public to understand just how much charitable money is funding climate change disinformation and to recognize the key individuals behind this effort.” A report published Wednesday identifies nearly 140 “climate disinformation organizations”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/taxpayer-subsidies-climate-disinformation

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / Global
The ground in Iceland is cracking open and being liquified. The ground beneath Grindavík, a small fishing town on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula, is so fissured following a volcanic eruption on Jan. 14 that it could collapse, the Icelandic Met Office (IMO) has warned. This “crack collapse” may occur in places where the ground is already unstable, according to a translated IMO statement updated on Thursday (Jan. 25).
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/iceland-villages-in-danger-of-crack-collapse-ground-swelling-following-volcanic-eruption

New aerial footage is now circulating on social media, showing a massive crack splitting Grindavik asunder and sending ominous steam into the air. Some of these fissures have moved buildings and roads, alarming officials.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/iceland-grindavik-volcanic

# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
Michigan voters worry about food prices, but experts say Trump’s plans may raise grocery bills Americans hope President-elect Trump will lower grocery bills, but economists warn his tariffs on imports and deportation plans could raise food prices.
https://planetdetroit.org/2024/11/food-prices-trump-impact/

# Foods / Things that impact your health
10 Grocery Store Herbs That Fight Common Viruses Naturally
https://oasismedicalinstitute.com/10-herbs-that-kill-viruses-fast/

# General News
Drone mystery deepens along with concerns the large flying objects could pose a national security threat. The first such reports of drone activity surfaced in Morris County Nov. 18. The sightings have continued consistently since, prompting social media videos that led to worry among residents as well as a demand for answers from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
https://njbiz.com/fear-and-frustration-in-nj-as-drone-mystery-deepens/

Florida’s Mystery Drones: From Utilities, Insurance Companies To Government There’s a Lot In The Sky
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3713087646871-florida-s-mystery-drones-from-utilities-insurance-companies-to-government-there-s-a-lot-in-the-sky

Drone mystery is ‘worldwide,’ not just in New Jersey: Ross Coulthart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SApQP5ArlFI

NJ gov says feds have authority to shoot down drones, ‘wouldn’t be opposed’ to them playing ‘more robust role’
https://www.aol.com/news/nj-gov-says-feds-authority-125341970.html

Satellite images show Iran’s drone carriers are nowhere near the US as New Jersey faces a mystery drone problem
https://www.yahoo.com/news/satellite-images-show-irans-drone-225305875.html

Drones over US: Pentagon shoots down Iran ‘mothership’ claim amid NJ drone mystery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBY9zuAYep0

New Jersey congressman calls on military to shoot down mystery drones
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/northeast/new-jersey-drones-rep-chris-smith/

Drone crashes into NJ homeowner’s backyard — as panic over mystery sightings grips state
https://nypost.com/2024/12/13/us-news/drone-crashes-into-nj-homeowners-backyard/

Drone sightings reported around the world
https://www.newsnationnow.com/video/drone-sightings-reported-around-the-world-morning-in-america/10295353/

# Gov / Politics
‘A Fool’s Errand’: Bill Clinton Warns Trump Against Targeting Hillary Clinton
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-clinton-trump-kash-patel-hillary-clinton_n_675ac5c2e4b0133709339f88

As Trump escalates war on facts, scientists warn “we are going to get screwed.” Trump has declared a war on government scientists as he denies climate change and pursues a pro-fossil fuel agenda
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/12/as-escalates-on-facts-scientists-warn-we-are-going-to-get-screwed/

Dem claims Trump wielding nuclear strike authority ‘should terrify you’ — then people point out the obvious
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-claims-trump-wielding-nuclear-strike-authority-should-terrify-you-people-point-out-obvious

Strengthening Checks on Presidential Nuclear Launch Authority. The virtues of the protocol—the procedures and timelines for ordering the use of nuclear weapons and for carrying out such an order—are twofold.
https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2018-01/features/strengthening-checks-presidential-nuclear-launch-authority

FACT FOCUS: Federal agents didn’t orchestrate Jan. 6. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection poked another hole in the pro-Trump conspiracy theory that federal agents orchestrated the attack, confirming on Tuesday that a man at the center of the claims said he’d never been an FBI informant.
https://apnews.com/article/arizona-ap-fact-check-ted-cruz-congress-767d5dad0631f88bb0b10a45115a1bc6

FBI didn’t deploy undercover agents on Jan. 6, watchdog report finds, undercutting conspiracy theories
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/12/fbi-undercover-agents-jan-6-riot-report

The Justice Department just released the report that we’ve been waiting for: The FBI had 26 confidential human sources there that day. 26 confidential human sources, a guy the FBI pays to spy for them. Of the 26 confidential human sources who were in DC on Jan. 6, four entered the Capitol during the riot. An additional 13 entered the restricted area around the Capitol. So more than a dozen FBI spies participated in this so-called insurrection.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jesse-watters-justice-department-just-023901779.html

MAGA lawyer’s new conspiracy involves Wray resignation. Justice Department inspector general report found no evidence to support right-wing claims that undercover FBI agents provoked the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/he-knew-this-was-coming-maga-lawyer-s-new-conspiracy-involves-wray-resignation-and-j6/ar-AA1vM22D

‘Sorry To Embarrass You, Donald’: Kinzinger Fires Back at Trump for Threatening To Imprison J6 Committee Members
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/sorry-to-embarrass-you-donald-kinzinger-fires-back-at-trump-for-threatening-to-imprison-j6-committee-members/

FBI director resigning is bad news for Trump: Vittert
https://www.isidewith.com/discuss/5375996850

Hardline activist who raised the idea of jailing women for abortions gets top policy job in Trump administration. As CNN first reported in July, Martin has publicly advocated for a national abortion ban without exceptions for rape or incest and has raised imposing criminal penalties on women and doctors involved in abortions.
https://www.newsbreak.com/apple-valley-news-now-1590299/3713155123097-hardline-activist-who-raised-the-idea-of-jailing-women-for-abortions-gets-top-policy-job-in-trump-administration

Mitch McConnell Bashes Trump’s Entire Philosophy in New Interview. The longtime Republican leader is getting increasingly fed up with Donald Trump. (At least in words.)
https://newrepublic.com/post/189298/mitch-mcconnell-criticize-trump-america-first

Trump’s Rage at FBI Takes Dark Turn as GOPers Signal They Won’t Resist
https://newrepublic.com/article/189359/trumps-rage-fbi-takes-dark-turn-gopers-signal-wont-resist

# Gov / Politics / Global
A key pillar of Russia’s wartime economy could soon be taking another hit
https://www.yahoo.com/news/key-pillar-russias-wartime-economy-094534745.html

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Another Houston girl killed by Venezuelan man illegally in country.  Joel Enrique Gonzalez Chacin, a 41-year-old Venezuelan national in the country illegally with a criminal record, was arrested for intoxicated manslaughter, according to Constable Mark Herman’s Office.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_8c69531c-b954-11ef-a25c-af7840b57977.html?a&seyid=39461

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Even in death, the secrets of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and his infamous private island remain tightly guarded. But in 2024 WIRED conducted an investigation uncovering the data of mobile devices belonging to almost 200 of his visitors.
https://www.wired.com/video/watch/we-tracked-every-visitor-to-epstein-island

The trail from Epstein’s island runs deeper than we imagined, 166 locations, 80 cities, 26 states.Who’s really pulling the strings with Epstein at the center?
https://www.wired.com/video/watch/we-tracked-every-visitor-to-epstein-island

# Medical / Health News
Feds help health insurers hide their dirty secret: denials on the rise. UnitedHealthcare nixed 1.1%, Humana 1.9%, Aetna 1.5% in 2013, per the American Medical Association. By 2022, major insurers were refusing to pay, on average, 15% of claims, according to a national survey of hospitals and health-care providers by Premier, an insurance consultant.
https://nypost.com/2024/12/12/opinion/feds-help-health-insurers-hide-dirty-secret-rising-denials/

Appeals court considers next step for emergency abortion care in Idaho
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2024/12/13/appeals-court-considers-next-step-for-emergency-abortion-care-in-idaho/

Health insurance ‘delay tactic’ is too common: Former Cigna executive. A former top insurance executive has revealed systematic practices within the health care industry that prioritizes shareholder profits over patient care.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3711869820391-health-insurance-delay-tactic-is-too-common-former-cigna-executive?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzQwOTUyMjcwOTc%3D

These 10 startups are using AI to disrupt healthcare payments as public outrage toward insurers mounts
https://www.statnews.com/2024/12/12/startups-using-artificial-intelligence-fight-insurance-denials-health-tech/

The CEO using AI to fight insurance-claim denials says he wants to remove the ‘fearfulness’ around getting sick
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/the-ceo-using-ai-to-fight-insurance-claim-denials-says-he-wants-to-remove-the-fearfulness-around-getting-sick/ar-AA1vK1Y2

Trump’s Pick: 16 Ways Dr. Oz Could Affect Your Medicare and Medicaid
https://www.emarketer.com/content/trump-s-nomination-of-dr–oz-lead-cms-raising-healthcare-access-concerns

UnitedHealth Group CEO acknowledges ‘flawed’ US healthcare system
https://finance.yahoo.com/video/unitedhealth-group-ceo-calls-healthcare-155652243.html

UnitedHealth, rival shares tumble as lawmakers push to break up drug middlemen
https://nypost.com/2024/12/11/business/unitedhealth-rival-shares-tumble-as-lawmakers-push-to-break-up-drug-middlemen/

UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism. Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealthcare-insurance-autism-denials-applied-behavior-analysis-medicaid

# Military / Global
China breaks silence on apparent military drills around Taiwan. Taiwan says Beijing has removed nine coastguard ships from around the island’s waters, possibly signalling the end of its latest round of drills
https://www.the-independent.com/asia/china/taiwan-china-navy-drills-coastguard-b2663820.html

Russia targets Ukrainian infrastructure with a massive attack by cruise missiles and drones
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/12/13/russia-targets-ukrainian-infrastructure-massive-attack-of-cruise-missiles-and-drones.html

Is China setting the table for war? Washington must act with urgency
https://gazette.com/news/wex/is-china-setting-the-table-for-war-washington-must-act-with-urgency/article_86b0e0de-cac2-5d65-b1c0-38b50024a05d.html

# Other Interesting Things
Incredible Artist
https://www.newsbreak.com/videos/3712839778281-incredible-artist?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzQwOTYzMDQ1MDg%3D

Amazing Art: “At first glance, it’s beautiful—but look closely, and it’s absolutely mind-blowing!”
https://www.newsbreak.com/videos/3712178252352-at-first-glance-its-beautifulbut-look-closely-and-its-absolutely-mind-blowing-amazingart-hiddendetails-lookcloser-artwithdepth-masterpiece?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzQwOTMyMjYxOTk%3D

# Pharmaceuticals
Bill would force Big Health Care to sell pharmacies within 3 years
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5035450-bipartisan-lawmakers-want-to-force-health-insurers-pbms-to-sell-off-pharmacies/

# Space / Rocketry / Global
China Announces Historic Discovery As Spacecraft Lands On the Moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7tiMVB1TbM

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Voices, The Peoples News

December 12, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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People talk about being Gen this or Gen that. Out of curiosity,
I researched to see what Gen I am from. Here are the results …

Generations	Born	Current Ages
GenX	1965–1980	44–59
Boomers II (a/k/a Generation Jones)*	1955–1964	60–69
Boomers I*	1946–1954	70–78
Post War	1928–1945	79–96
[This Post War is where I am. Where do you fit in this timeline?]

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
New data reveals America has tens of thousands of noncitizens from US adversary with deportation orders
https://www.yahoo.com/news/data-reveals-america-tens-thousands-222519333.html

One Of Trump’s Most Provocative Talking Points Isn’t Even Legal To Do: Trump’s threat appears to take immigration enforcement into uncharted ground. There is no mechanism to deport U.S. citizens, regardless of their parent’s status.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-trump-really-means-when-he-threatens-to-deport-americans_n_675a0209e4b04fd5c3670754

Trump’s border czar reveals which city is first for mass deportations. Trump’s pledge to arrest, detain and deport people living in the country without legal permission as part of his “day one” agenda would deploy federal, state and local law enforcement into immigrant communities across the country starting in Chicago
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-border-czar-reveals-city-174959741.html

“Who’s Willing to Get Arrested?” Immigrant Activists Ready for Trump Deportation Plans. Immigrant rights organizers and activists have a playbook from the last Trump presidency, but worry of less funding and more fatigue.

https://theintercept.com/2024/12/09/trump-deportation-immigrants-activists/
Also: The Intercept has been reporting from the front lines and the borderlines, exposing the lies and the inhumanity of U.S. immigration enforcement agencies.
https://theintercept.com/collections/the-war-on-immigrants/

She Was Separated From Her 1-Year-Old at the Border. The Government Wouldn’t Tell Her Why. U.S. officials can withhold their rationale in family separation cases that relate to national security. There have been about 80 children separated for these reasons this year, with an estimated 50 of them Russian.
https://www.propublica.org/article/family-separations-biden-russian-immigrants

Some migrants choosing to self-deport ahead of Trump presidency
https://www.yahoo.com/news/migrants-choosing-self-deport-ahead-221145872.html

Trump to strip ICE restrictions to enforce mass deportation. ICE restrictions have been in place since 2011 Officials say new policy will make agency’s job easier. An estimated 11 million illegal immigrants live in U.S.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/trump-strip-ice-restrictions-mass-deportation/

# Business / Industry / Corporation
NASA Nighttime Images Reveal Arctic Industrial Activity: A map shows a pan-Arctic view of nighttime lights and places where the intensity of artificial lights has increased (yellow), decreased (purple), or stayed the same (green). The team used nighttime satellite observations from the U.S. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153659/nighttime-lights-reveal-industrial-activity-in-the-arctic

Trump’s Corruption Business Officially Expands in Saudi Arabia. New tower shows Trump unconcerned with ‘being beholden to a foreign state’: On Wednesday, Eric Trump took to social media to announce a new Trump Organization project in Saudi Arabia: Trump Tower Jeddah.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/new-tower-shows-trump-unconcerned-with-being-beholden-to-a-foreign-state-writer/ar-AA1vHfM8

Unless We Rebuild Manufacturing, Trump’s Tariffs Are Bad News for Small Business
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-tariffs-trade-china-small-business-mexico-1987609

# Cartels /  Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Human trafficking up 25% globally as demand for young girls fuels growth
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3256018/human-trafficking-rises-globally-young-girls-un-report/
Also: UNODC global human trafficking report: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/press/releases/2024/December/unodc-global-human-trafficking-report_-detected-victims-up-25-per-cent-as-more-children-are-exploited-and-forced-labour-cases-spike.html

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Musk and Ramaswamy’s DOGE, a cocktail of corruption, illegality, and harm. A nascent federal advisory committee poised to violate open government rules, declared goals that are unattainable, and an underlying agenda that’s unpopular.
https://www.newsweek.com/musk-ramaswamys-doge-cocktail-corruption-illegality-harm-opinion-1998706

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Helene: Aid package of $227M goes through on veto override. State assistance of another $227 million to western North Carolina in the recovery from Hurricane Helene is going forward, the veto override of a Senate bill completed Wednesday by the state House of Representatives.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/north_carolina/article_ad0d5210-b820-11ef-97f3-bb1dbfcbd3a1.html?a&seyid=39246

29 House Republicans want Trump to scrap the IRS’s free direct tax filing tool on day one of his presidency
https://www.businessinsider.com/republicans-trump-scrap-irs-free-direct-tax-filing-tool-2024-12

Rich boomers refusing to retire are throwing a wrench into the $84 million Great Wealth Transfer, HSBC warns
https://fortune.com/2024/12/11/great-wealth-transfer-hsbc-report/

Steve Bannon warns GOP Congress will give wealthy and corporations ‘massive’ tax breaks
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3711903729298-steve-bannon-warns-gop-congress-will-give-wealthy-and-corporations-massive-tax-breaks

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Nuclear
Julian Brown, 21, has gone viral on Instagram for his invention, “Plastoline,” which converts old plastics into usable fuels such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. Brown’s passion for this project began in his teenage years, and he has been refining his idea ever since
https://www.tiktok.com/@atl5d/video/7446971375669120302

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Nuclear / Global
Canada Threatens to Cut Power to U.S. Over Trump Tariffs
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/11/ontario-premier-threatens-cut-off-energy-supply-us-00193895

Ontario premier says US energy exports will be cut off if Trump imposes sweeping tariffs on Canada
https://apnews.com/article/canada-interest-rate-cut-trump-tariffs-c0ef920ffb02ea0531c93516abad64e0

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Elon Musk Gloats as Trump Announces Billionaires Will Be Exempt From Normal Environmental Rules
https://futurism.com/elon-musk-trump-billionaires-exempt-environmental-rules

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / Global
The Arctic is changing. And not for the better, scientists say. The Arctic tundra , a critical “carbon sink” for thousands of years, is now releasing more of the greenhouse gas than it takes in, scientists have announced.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-independent-517119/3711753671671-the-arctic-is-changing-and-not-for-the-better-scientists-say

# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
Cancer warning issued over popular cooking oil that is ‘poisoning’ Americans. A new study looked at the tumors of more than 80 patients with colon cancer and found that seed oils may raise the risk of the disease
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14177541/cooking-oils-colon-cancer-young-people-study.html

# Food Recalls / Alerts
# Foods / Things that impact your health
The role of herbal medicines in treatment of urinary tract diseases
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5297587/

Common Plants Offer Relief for Urinary Diseases. Certain herbs and vitamins may help prevent UTIs and resolve uncomplicated infections. But if you have severe symptoms, you may need medical attention.
https://us.supersmart.com/en/blog/prostate-urinary-health/5-plants-recognized-benefits-for-urinary-health-s199

# Gov / Politics
Mitch McConnell Says Trump Win Puts Americans In A ‘Very Dangerous World’: The GOP’s outgoing Senate leader said he plans to spend his final two years in office pushing back against the Trump-fueled isolationism within his party.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-trump-americans-dangerous-world_n_675a09cae4b02802b83c4117

McConnell Warns Trump’s Isolationism Is Reminiscent of Pre-World War Two Dangers. “Even the slogan is the same. ‘America First.’ That was what they said in the ’30s.” Rogers reported further on their exchange
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/even-the-slogan-is-the-same-mcconnell-warns-trumps-isolationism-is-reminiscent-of-pre-world-war-two-dangers/

“The core definition of authoritarianism is that the executive overwhelms the other branches of government and all checks on power and the situation of the president, or head of state, are removed,”  Ben-Ghiat, the author of “Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present,”said.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ruth-ben-ghiat-george-conway-trump-second-term_n_675aa697e4b0518821f250dc
Also: Authoritarianism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism
Also: Dictatorship:  https://www.britannica.com/topic/dictatorship

Missouri introduces ‘Donald Trump’ bill that makes it legal for people with felonies to run for office
https://thehill.com/homenews/5036799-donald-trump-missouri-law-felony-candidacy/

The Republicans’ plan to redefine US citizenship is Authoritarianism 101
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5032536-trump-birthright-citizenship-authoritarian-threat/

Senior GOP Senator Secretly Refusing to Bend the Knee to Trump. Incoming Majority Leader John Thune has a plan to defy Donald Trump.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189266/donald-trump-nominations-senate-republican-john-thune

The Federalist Society Will Soon Be Under New Management. Here’s what we know about the major players jockeying to lead the linchpin organization of the conservative legal movement.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189076/judicial-extremists-run-federalist-society

Eric Trump Drops Unnerving Hint About His Dad’s Coming 2025 Corruption. As Donald Trump’s son sends surprisingly clear signals about what’s coming, an expert on kleptocracy explains why conditions are ripe for the new Trump oligarchy to launch an extraordinary corruption spree.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189292/eric-trump-drops-dark-ominous-hint-dads-coming-2025-corruption

# Gov / Politics / Global
Ukrainian spies ‘gun down top Russian missile scientist in Moscow’ in latest assassination
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1987790/ukraine-assassinates-russian-missile-scientist-moscow

Putin’s Hidden Vulnerability. To Break the Kremlin’s War Machine, the West Must Exploit the Grievances and Fears of Ordinary Russians
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/putins-hidden-vulnerability#

Putin Is Already Escalating His War on the West. The reality is that the war has already sprawled and escalated, just not quite in the ways many observers might expect.
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/putin-is-already-escalating-his-war-on-the-west/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump Has Sick Plan for Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. Donald Trump’s team is prepared to use the Justice Department for its “war on woke.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/189250/trump-plan-justice-department-civil-rights-division-war-woke

Dem undermines GOP Afghanistan hearing with photo of Trump official meeting with Taliban
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3711306721897-dem-undermines-gop-afghanistan-hearing-with-photo-of-trump-official-meeting-with-taliban

Trump May Have Just Cost Himself a Bunch of Allies. Donald Trump will avoid accountability. But will his alleged partners in crime?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-lot-pissed-off-ex-180113795.html

# LGBTQ / Gender
Republicans Sneak Anti-Trans Health Care Provision Into Defense Bill. The proposal would codify explicitly anti-LGBTQ+ policy into federal law for the first time in decades.
https://theintercept.com/2024/12/10/republicans-anti-trans-health-care-ndaa/

# Media
This Is How Trump’s Department of Justice Spied on Journalists. In a new report, the Justice Department’s inspector general found that the agency violated its own rules to snoop on reporters.
https://theintercept.com/2024/12/11/trump-justice-department-spied-journalists-congress/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter

He Quit His Job to Protest the Media Bending to Trump. Here’s What He Thinks the Press Needs to Do Now. Federal anti-SLAPP legislation didn’t pass in 2022. Does it have a chance now? SLAPP suits formally, [Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation] are designed to prevent people from exercising their free speech. A common example is a person suing a media outlet after unfavorable coverage—attempting to bankrupt journalists from lawyers’ fees, even if, in the end, the outlet wins the case. Such suits are already illegal in 34 states. But, on the federal level, there’s no such legislation.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/12/trump-raskin-slapp-federal-law/

# Medical / Health News
Democratic Lawmakers Raise Concerns About Medicare Privatization Under Dr. Oz. Several Democratic lawmakers are raising new concerns about Dr. Mehmet Oz’s previous push to privatize Medicare as he’s on the cusp of overseeing the program.
https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/democratic-senators-wary-of-mehmet-oz-running-medicare-citing-past-push-for-privatization

“The Patient Had A Heart Attack And Died Before They Could Get The Approval”: Medical Professionals Are Sharing 19 Times They’ve Witnessed Insurance Companies Fail A Patient
https://www.yahoo.com/news/medical-professionals-sharing-infuriating-stories-173217042.html

More than 20,000 pregnancies in the United States end in stillbirth each year. These losses are not inevitable. At least 1 in 4 U.S. stillbirths is likely preventable.
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/before-a-breath-stillbirth-documentary-callout#:~:text=More%20than%2020%2C000%20pregnancies%20in,of%20stillbirths%20may%20be%20preventable

Leaked Video Shows Insurance CEO Gloating About Denying Care, Calling Critics Delusional. Following the assassination of his colleague Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth Group made some eyebrow-raising remarks. Witty addressed employees in a company-wide video in which he justified their practice of stamping out “unnecessary” health coverage.
https://futurism.com/neoscope/insurance-ceo-gloating-deny-care

# Military General News
Mystery NJ drones are coming from Iranian mothership offshore, congressman suggests: ‘Should be shot down.’ “We have information that a sea-based Iranian drone mothership is currently missing from port, and that its embarkation timeline would align with the appearance of the New Jersey Drones,” he wrote the president in a letter obtained by Agudath Israel of America news.
https://www.aol.com/news/mystery-nj-drones-coming-iranian-174145078.html

Pentagon shoots down Iran ‘mothership’ claim amid drone mystery. The drones, some reportedly the size of small cars, have been described as operating near military installations and critical infrastructure including Picatinny Arsenal and the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. United States government does not have similar technology.
https://www.newsweek.com/drones-new-jersey-iran-jeff-van-drew-1999348

FBI says it has no answers for drones seen over New Jersey
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/northeast/fbi-no-answers-drones-new-jersey/

# Military / DOD / Militia
US intelligence warns Russia may use deadly new IRBM Oreshnik hypersonic missile ‘in coming days’
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/12/11/us-warns-russia-may-be-ready-use-new-lethal-missile-against-ukraine-again-coming-days.html

# Other Interesting Things
Researchers Finally Cracked the Source of Strange Ice Rings in Siberia’s Lake Baikal, Leaves Them Baffled. The rings were the result of methane gas rising from the lake floor.
https://knewz.com/world/researchers-finally-cracked-the-source-of-strange-ice-rings-in-siberias-lake-baikal-leaves-them-baffled/

# Pharmaceuticals
The FDA Hasn’t Inspected This Drug Factory After 7 Recalls for the Same Flaw, 1 Potentially Deadly. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals issued seven recalls for pills that didn’t dissolve properly, records show. All were made at the same factory in India. But the FDA still hasn’t stopped the company from shipping other pills made there to the U.S.
https://www.propublica.org/article/glenmark-pharmaceuticals-recalls-fda-oversight?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=river

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Trump wants to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th-century law has been invoked only during times of war
https://theconversation.com/trump-wants-to-use-the-alien-enemies-act-to-deport-immigrants-but-the-18th-century-law-has-been-invoked-only-during-times-of-war-243663

Trump’s incoming border czar reveals he’s already making plans for 1,400 acres of land offered by Texas
https://www.newsweek.com/tom-homan-mass-deportations-texas-ranch-1999041

Trump’s plans for tougher border enforcement won’t necessarily stop migrants from coming to US − but their journeys could become more costly and dangerous
https://theconversation.com/trumps-plans-for-tougher-border-enforcement-wont-necessarily-stop-migrants-from-coming-to-us-but-their-journeys-could-become-more-costly-and-dangerous-243664

# Business / Industry / Corporation
Trump Organization leases brand to 2 new projects in Saudi Arabia  just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House.
https://apnews.com/article/saudi-arabia-trump-business-real-estate-ethics-cb3bf4f03e32690e7fb65b3da336b0e1

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Two biotech CEOs convicted in fraud scheme involving COVID-19 drug: Pourhassan was found guilty of four counts of securities fraud, two counts of wire fraud and three counts of insider trading, while Kazempour was convicted of one count of securities fraud and one count of wire fraud, according to a Dec. 10 release from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/jury-convicts-ex-cytodyn-ceo-9-counts-tied-biotech-fraud

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Trump is threatening to raise tariffs again. Here’s how China plans to fight back
https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/0xKMFtES?s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzM4NjU5Mzg4MjI=&pd=0H1Na41Y&hl=en_US

Trump’s tariffs could speed up China’s shift to new markets and offshore factories
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/trumps-tariffs-could-speed-up-chinas-shift-to-new-markets-and-offshore-factories

US Treasury transfers $20 billion in Ukraine loan funds to World Bank facility
https://www.livemint.com/news/world/us-treasury-transfers-20-billion-in-ukraine-loan-funds-to-world-bank-facility-11733858150445.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Josh Hawley Confronts Witness Point-Blank To Explain How Flooding Job Market With Illegal Migrants Helps Americans. Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley confronted a witness about how flooding the job market with illegal immigrants benefits Americans.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/10/josh-hawley-job-market-illegal-migrants/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Nuclear
‘All Risk With No Reward’: Outgoing Biden Admin Approves Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Alaska’s Pristine Arctic Wildlife Refuge. The approval of plans for an oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by the outgoing Biden administration on Monday will keep the door open for drilling in the pristine wildlands.
https://www.ecowatch.com/biden-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-alaska-oil-gas-leases.html

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Arctic has changed dramatically in just a couple of decades – 2024 report card shows worrying trends in snow, ice, wildfire and more
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/arctic-has-changed-dramatically-in-just-a-couple-of-decades-2024-report-card-shows-worrying-trends-in-snow-ice-wildfire-and-more

‘Landmark Victory’: US Proposes Endangered Species Protections for Monarch Butterfly. “We’re hoping that this is a call to everybody to say this species is in decline, and now is our opportunity to help reverse that decline,” said one federal scientist.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/monarch-butterfly-endangered

# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
Congress Should Unleash the Economic Power of Farmers
https://dcjournal.com/congress-should-unleash-the-economic-power-of-farmers/

# Gov / Politics
Trump’s Ludicrous Billionaire Polluter Exemption Plan Deserves Ridicule, But His Probable Abuse of National Security Exemptions Deserves Attention: President-elect Donald J. Trump declared on his social media platform that, “Any person or company investing ONE BILLION DOLLARS, OR MORE, in the United States of America, will receive fully expedited approvals and permits, including, but in no way limited to, all Environmental approvals.”
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/trumps-ludicrous-billionaire-polluter-exemption-plan-deserves-ridicule-but-his-probable-abuse-of-national-security-exemptions-deserves-attention

Transcript: Trump’s Private Rage at “Traitors” Reveals Dark 2025 Plans: An interview with Brian Beutler, author of the “Off Message” Substack, who explains how Democrats can and must do more to alert the public to the dangers of a second Trump term.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189137/transcript-trumps-private-rage-traitors-reveals-dark-2025-plans

Trump goes quiet about how he will separate his presidency from his businesses
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3254360/trump-quiet-divest-presidency-business/

The intensifying threat of Donald Trump’s emoluments: Donald Trump will violate the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses if he serves as president and fails to divest from his businesses.
https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/the-intensifying-threat-of-donald-trumps-emoluments/

Trump trolls PM Justin Trudeau as the ‘governor’ of the ‘Great State of Canada’ amid tariff talks
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5031915-donald-trump-justin-trudeau-governor-canada/

Trump’s criminal state: MAGA’s jailhouse-to-White House pipeline is bigger than corruption. What Trump’s government of criminals and ne-er do wells means for America’s future
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/10/trumps-criminal-state-magas-jailhouse-to-pipeline-is-bigger-than-corruption/

Trump Picks Son’s Fiancée as U.S. Ambassador, Fueling Break-Up Rumors. Donald Trump is nominating Kimberly Guilfoyle as U.S. ambassador to Greece.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189242/trump-picks-son-fiancee-us-ambassador-greece-kimberly-guilfoyle

“Dagger Through the Heart”: Ex-Capitol Officer Slams Trump’s Election. Former Officer Harry Dunn torched Donald Trump avoiding all accountability.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dagger-heart-ex-capitol-officer-152010178.html

Trump Is About to Have a Lot of Pissed-Off Ex-Allies. Donald Trump will avoid accountability. But will his alleged partners in crime?
https://newrepublic.com/post/189253/donald-trump-ex-allies-election-lawsuits

Trump Has Sick Plan for Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. Donald Trump’s team is prepared to use the Justice Department for its “war on woke.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/189250/trump-plan-justice-department-civil-rights-division-war-woke

Social Security Advocates Wage Early Fight Against Cuts. As Republicans discuss slashing earned benefits, Social Security Works vows to publicly target any Democrat who joins the congressional DOGE caucuses.
https://prospect.org/politics/2024-12-10-social-security-advocates-wage-early-fight-against-cuts/

House passes $884 billion defense spending bill, setting up Senate fight. 124 Democrats and 16 Republicans opposed the bill.
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/house-passes-884-billion-defense-spending-bill-setting-senate-fight

Trump Floats Plan to Let Billionaire Polluters ‘Bribe Their Way’ Past Regulations. “He’s making it official: If you write a big enough check, his administration will let you break the rules and drive up costs for working families,”  said one climate advocate.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-billion-investment

# Gov / Politics / Global
Resurgent Puerto Rico Independence Movement Challenges 126 Years of Colonialism. Openly promoting decolonization and a social democratic alternative, a historic coalition made record electoral gains.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3709496173007-resurgent-puerto-rico-independence-movement-challenges-126-years-of-colonialism

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Christopher Wray to Step Down as FBI Director. President-elect Trump, angered by the FBI search of his Florida resort, had been planning Wray’s removal
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/11/us/trump-news

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Luigi Mangione’s lawyer: No evidence he shot UnitedHealthcare CEO
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5034162-thomas-dickey-luigi-mangione-attorney-evidence-unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting/

CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione fingerprints, gun match those at scene of shooting: NYPD
https://6abc.com/post/unitedhealthcare-ceo-killing-latest-suspect-luigi-mangione-denied-bail-plans-fight-extradition-new-york/15640321/

White House Welcomes Gallant Despite ICC Warrant for Crimes Against Humanity. Yoav Gallant is no longer a member of Israel’s government and is listed as “at large” by the ICC.
https://truthout.org/articles/white-house-welcomes-gallant-despite-icc-warrant-for-crimes-against-humanity/

# Medical / Health News
Luigi Mangione’s Family Ties to Health Care Industry Revealed.  Luigi Mangione was initially charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm, forgery and providing false identification to the police. By Monday evening, prosecutors in Manhattan had added a murder charge, and he is expected to be extradited to New York.
https://www.newsweek.com/luigi-mangione-family-ties-health-care-industry-1998413

Trump, GOP expected to undo Biden’s divisive nursing home rule
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5033563-nursing-home-staffing-rule-repeal-expected/

When profits kill: The deadly cost of treating healthcare as a business
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/9/2290984/-When-Profits-Kill-The-Deadly-Costs-of-Treating-Healthcare-as-a-Business

Women and girls having medical conditions dismissed due to ‘medical misogyny’, MPs told: A damning new report drills into the experiences of those suffering with endometriosis, adenomyosis and heavy menstrual bleeding
https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/health/female-health/a63156145/medical-misogyny/

Health Insurers’ $371 Billion Windfall. Since the Affordable Care Act’s passage, the top five health insurers’ annual profits have jumped 230 percent, with much of that going to UnitedHealthcare.
https://www.levernews.com/health-insurers-371-billion-windfall/

Federal Judge Halts Dreamers’ Brand-New Access to ACA Enrollment in 19 States
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/federal-judge-stops-dreamers-aca-obamacare-enrollment-19-states/

# Medical / Health News / Global
Doctors in Gaza Say They Have No Doubt Israel Is Targeting Them. Doctors and emergency workers say their colleagues were deliberately attacked or “disappeared” into Israeli prisons.
https://truthout.org/articles/doctors-in-gaza-say-they-have-no-doubt-israel-is-targeting-them/

# Military / DOD / Militia
US Intercepts Ballistic Missile From Guam in First for Pacific Outpost
https://www.newsweek.com/us-news-intercepts-ballistic-missile-guam-first-pacific-outpost-1998907

Governors push back on federal proposal to move National Guard units
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_0ba8a7ce-b728-11ef-94a3-ff58f73a1ff3.html

# Military / Global
Why Is Israel Bombing Syria? What does Israel gain by attacking Syria in the wake of al-Assad’s overthrow?
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/12/11/israel-attack-syria-explainer

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Google-Backed AI Startup Tested Dangerous Chatbots on Children, Lawsuit Alleges: “I don’t know how they can sleep at night, knowing what they have unleashed upon children.” Matt Bergman, founder, Social Media Victims Law Center
https://futurism.com/google-character-ai-children-lawsuit

# Transportation / Travel
Global Guardian’s Intelligence Team puts a spotlight on the most dangerous countries in the world—those where the likelihood and extent of harm to a traveler are highest. World’s most dangerous countries where tourists are at risk from terror and crime – mapped
https://www.globalguardian.com/global-digest/most-dangerous-countries

# Veterans / VA
VA Health System Remains on Federal ‘High Risk’ List Due to Oversight Shortfalls
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/12/10/va-health-system-remains-federal-high-risk-list-due-oversight-shortfalls.html

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