Voices, The Peoples News
March 29, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
As federal environmental priorities shift, sovereign Native American nations have their own plans. Tribal governance takes a long view based in Native peoples’ deep history with these lands.
https://theconversation.com/as-federal-environmental-priorities-shift-sovereign-native-american-nations-have-their-own-plans-251685
Proposed Federal Lease Terminations Impacting Indian Country. As you may be aware, the federal government is currently proposing the termination of multiple leases that directly affect Indian Country. These proposed actions have the potential to significantly disrupt the delivery of essential services to tribal communities, including education, healthcare, housing, and more.
https://tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/real-estate/15035-as-doge-lease-terminations-hit-indian-country-concerns-mount-about-vital-services
# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Only 34 Democrats Sign Letter on ICE Making Students Disappear. Immigration officials are snatching international students off the street and most Democrats don’t seem to care.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/only-34-democrats-sign-letter-165703122.html
Army OKs Fort Bliss to host migrant detention facility, awaiting DOD approval. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said Wednesday during a visit to Fort Bliss that he had approved federal immigration officials to establish a migrant detention facility at the base in west Texas along the U.S. border with Mexico.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2025-03-27/fort-bliss-migrants-detention-facility-border-army-17280372.html#:~:text=AUSTIN%2C%20Texas%20%E2%80%94%20Army%20Secretary%20Dan,the%20U.S.%20border%20with%20Mexico
# Communications / Censorship
Donald Trump is dead set on defunding NPR and PBS, which he calls “horrible” and a “giant SCAM” — and it’s looking more like he might get his way.
https://www.somdnews.com/news/state/quieting-voices-or-giant-scam-trump-steps-up-push-for-federal-defunding-of-npr-pbs/article_d4aedb84-22f0-5f5b-bbaf-222211d60998.html
# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Utah Becomes First State to Ban Fluoride in Drinking Water
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/28/utah-water-fluoride-ban
# DEI [Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion]
Federal employees file anti-DEI class action lawsuit claiming they were fired for not being white men. “Targeting hard-working civil servants because they are associated with an idea the government dislikes violates the First Amendment,” said a rep for the ACLU-D.C
https://thegrio.com/2025/03/27/federal-workers-file-class-action-lawsuit-saying-white-men-kept-jobs-while-they-got-fired-in-dei-backlash/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
Trump Admin Eyeing Letting Taxes Rise on Richest Americans to Pay for Other Agenda Items
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-admin-eyeing-letting-taxes-rise-on-richest-americans-to-pay-for-other-agenda-items-axios-report/
Trumps Great American Crypto Scam. We Wanted to Ignore It. Now We Can’t. For a long time, you could get by in society without really understanding crypto. Now, in America, that’s no longer true.
https://slate.com/crypto?pay=1743259962693&support_journalism=please
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Trump admin may cut energy projects in blue states, but keep them in red states
https://san.com/cc/trump-admin-may-cut-energy-projects-in-blue-states-but-keep-them-in-red-states/
Trump halts historic orphaned well-plugging program. Western states were using funds from the Infrastructure Act to clean up pollution left behind by industry.
https://www.canarymedia.com/newsletters/funding-freeze-imperils-abandoned-oil-and-gas-well-plugging-program
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Satellite Data Reveals Sudden Shift in Global Ocean Currents. Climate change is disrupting ocean currents.
https://science.nasa.gov/earth/climate-change/greenhouse-gases/slowdown-of-the-motion-of-the-ocean/
A coastal California community is sliding 4 inches a week toward the ocean. Residents in scenic communities along the coast of Southern California have known for years that the Palos Verdes Peninsula is prone to landslides, but new research from NASA reveals a startling speed at which the Los Angeles subregion is shifting into the sea.
https://coastalcare.org/2025/02/a-coastal-california-community-is-sliding-4-inches-a-week-toward-the-ocean-sfgate/
Scientists discover disturbing phenomenon occurring across the Arctic: ‘Cannot be reversed.’ The ground beneath the Arctic is disappearing before our eyes. As permafrost thaws at an accelerating rate, it’s reshaping landscapes, threatening communities, and releasing massive amounts of polluting gases that could speed up climate change.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-sound-alarm-discovering-disturbing-110015173.html
Scientists sound alarm about phenomenon observed in trees across the Western US: ‘A lot of value to humans.’ Why is the lack of tree regeneration concerning? “Trees provide a lot of value to humans in terms of clean water, clean air, wildlife habitat and recreation.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/tree-population-decline-cooler-climate-regeneration/
# Food General News
RFK Jr. backs work mandates, waivers for food benefits program in red state as part of MAHA mission
https://www.aol.com/rfk-jr-backs-mandates-waivers-181640701.html
Farmers furious as Farage admits he would allow chlorine-washed chicken to be sold in UK as part of Trump trade deal
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/politics/nigel-farage-us-trade-deal-trump-chlorine-chicken-b2723228.html
# General News
‘They should arrest him’: Experts say Elon Musk’s ‘bribe scheme’ violates Wisconsin laws. For the second time in a year, Elon Musk appears to be trying to bribe voters — and election law experts say it’s probably illegal.
https://www.vox.com/politics/406398/elon-musk-wisconsin-supreme-court-payment-lottery
Why the Signalgate Story Isn’t Fading, Loose lips and laughable PR are helping to keep the scandal afloat. I’m going to try in this column to explain why.
https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2025-03-28/why-the-signalgate-story-is-still-going-strong
Elon Musk Brags About How Much He Controls Trump. Elon Musk is getting Donald Trump to do all of his dirty work. Musk is threatening to use the power of the White House against people protesting his companies.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193305/elon-musk-donald-trump-tesla-protest
Trump and the Fate of the Government’s Massive Art Collection. With a cult of cost-chainsawing threatening every facet of the US government, what might become of the tens of thousands of important works by essential American artists the feds own and oversee?
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/trump-and-the-fate-of-the-governments-massive-art-collection?srsltid=AfmBOopU-eWK1oh6pk6tOeMNX9q5LW1dDP0n5vWRqZUVDQ6hFer2WmaR
Trump’s Greenland grab hits Arctic research. Tension is rising in Arctic science because of US President Donald Trump’s threats to somehow take over Greenland.
https://apnews.com/article/greenland-future-trump-arctic-independence-denmark-minerals-4711a83c4490de99638db32029b668c9
Is Trump’s Greenland plan part of a scramble for the Arctic? US president says ‘we will go as far as we have to’ to get Greenland, but others are interested in the Arctic, too.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/28/is-trumps-greenland-plan-part-of-a-scramble-for-the-arctic
# Gov / Politics
People Are Absolutely Losing It After Trump Said There’s “Talk” About A “Compensation Fund” For Jan. 6 Rioters
https://www.buzzfeed.com/michaelabramwell/heres-what-trump-said-about-compensation-for-jan-6-rioters
Trump breaks with 175 years of Smithsonian tradition and pushes for more control to rid it of ‘anti-American ideology.’ Trump to overhaul the world’s largest museum, education and research complex to ‘restore truth and sanity to American history’
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/trump-smithsonian-museum-institution-order-b2723377.html
This Trump order lacks fundamental understanding of the Constitution — here’s why: scholar
https://www.alternet.org/sarat-trump-citizenship-order/
Donald Trump Has Invented Something New and Chilling. We assumed that the destruction of democracy would be done by rewriting laws. That’s so twentieth century.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193309/trump-destruction-government-chaos-fascism
‘Tributes are required’: Foreign leaders and CEOs ‘privately’ insult ‘mob boss’ Trump. “Government officials and business leaders around the world have gotten the message and are strategizing how to give Trump real or perceived wins to smooth out any relationship bumps with the new administration, and avoid economic or legal penalties,” the report states.
https://www.rawstory.com/tributes-required-mob-boss-trump/
‘Another betrayal’: Lawmaker questions why Trump officials aren’t in jail
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-betrayal-2671628800/
Trump Abruptly Changes Tune on Canada After Prime Minister’s Threat. New Prime Minister Mark Carney warned it was time to split with the U.S.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193325/donald-trump-changes-canada-prime-minister-threat
# Gov / Politics / Global
Trump is upending everything. The world’s leaders must tell the truth about what that means. Britain’s PM has not been open with his citizens for fear of backlash from Washington, but this crisis demands honesty
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/28/donald-trump-orange-hurricane-keir-starmer-warn-britain-danger
Trump’s new mineral deal forces Ukraine to choose between becoming a US or Russian colony
https://www.aol.com/trump-mineral-deal-forces-ukraine-142408648.html
# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
A Political Power Grab Redirected Funds for North Carolina’s Sexual Abuse Survivors. Women in Crisis Paid the Price.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-legislature-power-grab-sexual-abuse-survivors
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Elon Musk must face fraud lawsuit over disclosure of Twitter stake. Carter dismissed some other claims in the proposed class action. He did not rule on the case’s merits. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is also suing Musk over the late disclosure.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-must-face-fraud-213345478.html
# Medicare / Medicaid
American Cancer Society objects to passage House Bill 695, which adds work requirement, more reporting for Medicaid recipients
https://nkytribune.com/2025/03/american-cancer-society-objects-to-passage-house-bill-695-which-adds-work-requirement-more-reporting-for-medicaid-recipients/
Medicaid Work Requirements Jeopardize Cancer Patients & Survivors
https://www.fightcancer.org/policy-resources/medicaid-work-requirements-jeopardize-cancer-patients-survivors
# Medical / Health News
As Doctors Predicted, RFK Jr.’s Bogus Vitamin A Claims Are Making Some Measles Patients More Sick. A Texas children’s hospital is now treating children for vitamin A toxicity after RFK Jr. touted the vitamin as a measles treatment.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr-vitamin-a-toxicity-measles_l_67e6a46ee4b086a4e8de55cf
New bill would require hospitals to note patients citizenship status, The requirement is part of an executive order Gov. Greg Abbott issued this summer.
https://www.childrensdefense.org/blog/texas-hospitals-are-now-required-to-ask-patients-about-their-immigration-status/
# Military / DOD / General News
The shipbuilding industrial base is warning that the US Navy’s aircraft carrier delay could be a disaster. It’ll affect more than 2,000 businesses, representing over 60,000 jobs across the country. If production slows, it’ll take more effort to restart and maintain the workforce.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/shipbuilding-industrial-warning-us-navys-191949757.html
# Social / Social Programs
Social security cuts are coming | D.C. Daily
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvGIUVyyQAM
Some Social Security checks being withheld. The Social Security Administration (SSA) will resume withholding 100% of benefits from individuals who were overpaid until overpayments are recovered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J5ZOEV030M
UPDATE: What’s Really Happening to Social Security Checks in April
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5TRIgj9tE4
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Cybersecurity
How Scammers Steal $1 Trillion a Year—Mostly From Americans. Global Anti-Scam Alliance and Feedzai Unveil 2024 Global State of Scams Report as Scams Continue to Plague Consumers
https://www.gasa.org/post/global-state-of-scams-report-2024-1-trillion-stolen-in-12-months-gasa-feedzai
Musk announces he sold social media company X to his AI company for $33 billion. “xAI and X’s futures are intertwined,” Musk wrote in a post on X. “Today, we officially take the step to combine the data, models, compute, distribution and talent. This combination will unlock immense potential by blending xAI’s advanced AI capability and expertise with X’s massive reach.”
https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/musks-xai-buys-social-media-platform-x-45-billion-2025-03-28/
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